Regiochemical control of monolignol radical coupling: A new paradigm for lignin and lignan biosynthesis

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-151

  Gang, David R ^a   Costa, Michael A ^a   Fujita, Masayuki ^a,c   Dinkova Kostova, Albena T ^a,d   Wang, Huai Bin ^a   Burlat, Vincent ^a   Martin, William ^a   Sarkanen, Simo ^b   Davin, Laurence B ^a   Lewis, Norman G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirigent protein; Lignans; Lignins; Radical coupling

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; BIOSYNTHESIS; LIGNAN; LIGNIN; MONOLIGNOL;

EID: 0033102469     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)89006-1     Document Type: Article

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