Substrate profiles and expression of caffeoyl coenzyme A and caffeic acid O-methyltransferases in secondary xylem of aspen during seasonal development

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 513-520

  Meng, Huabin ^a   Campbell, Wilbur H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Caffeate; Caffeoyl CoA; Enzyme activity; Gene expression; Lignin; O methyltransferase; Populus tremuloides; Recombinant bacterial overexpression; Xylem

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYFERULIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYFERULOYL COENZYME A; ASPEN; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAFFEATE ACID; CAFFEATE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEOYL COENZYME A O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEOYL COENZYME A; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GUAIACYL PATHWAY; LIGNIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SYRINGYL PATHWAY; XYLEM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, PLANT; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEASONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 0032210897     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006071708728     Document Type: Article

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