Antisense suppression of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase activity in Arabidopsis leads to altered lignin subunit composition

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1985-1998

  Lee Diana, ^a   Meyer, Knut ^a,b,d   Chapple, Glint ^a,b   Douglas, Carl J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d HRI East Mailing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 COUMARATE COENZYME A LIGASE; ACYLATION; ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE TARGETING; LIGNIN;

EID: 0031277875     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.11.1985     Document Type: Article

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