The AmMYB308 and AmMYB330 transcription factors from antirrhinum regulate phenylpropanoid and lignin biosynthesis in transgenic tobacco

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-154

  Tamagnone, Lodovico ^a   Merida, Angel ^a,c   Parr, Adrian ^b   Mackay, Steve ^a,d   Culianez Macia, Francisco A ^a   Roberts, Keith ^a   Martin, Cathie ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

^d Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRRHINUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLAVONOID; GENETIC MODIFICATION; LIGNIN; MONOLIGNOL; PHENOLIC ACID; PHENYLPROPANOID; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0031768569     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.2.135     Document Type: Article

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