Down-regulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and the effect on lignin composition and digestibility

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 437-447

  Baucher, Marie ^a,e   Bernard Vailhé, Marie Andrée ^b   Chabbert, Brigitte ^c   Besle, Jean Michel ^b   Opsomer, Chris ^d   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Botterman, Johan ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SRNHINRA Theix   (France)

^c UPBP Biochimie Des Macromolécules Végétales   (France)

^d Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antisense strategy; Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase; Digestibility; Lignin; Medicago sativa

Indexed keywords

CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ENZYME REGULATION; LIGNIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTION; DNA, ANTISENSE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033082660     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006182925584     Document Type: Article

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