A diverse family of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase genes expressed in pine trees and cell cultures

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-24

  Butland, Stefanie L ^a   Chow, Monica L ^b   Ellis, Brian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b 3650 Wesbrook Mall   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gymnosperm; Lignin; Multigene family; PAL; Phenylpropanoid

Indexed keywords

CLONE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCING; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GYMNOSPERMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TREES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PARAGNETINA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0032080949     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005941228246     Document Type: Article

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