Evidence for a novel biosynthetic pathway that regulates the ratio of syringyl to guaiacyl residues in lignin in the differentiating xylem of Magnolia kobus DC

Planta

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 597-603

  Chen, Fang ^a   Yasuda, Seiich ^a   Fukushima, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coniferyl alcohol; Lignin biosynthesis; Magnolia; Sinapyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CINNAMIC ACID; CONIFERYL ALCOHOL; GAMMA DEUTERIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUAIACYL PATHWAY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOLIGNOL; OXIDATION; PENTADEUTERIUM; SYRINGYL PATHWAY; TRIDEUTERIUM; XYLEM;

MAGNOLIA KOBUS;

EID: 0033064130     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050523     Document Type: Article

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