Unexpected variation in lignin

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-152

  Sederoff, Ronald R ^a   MacKay, John J ^b   Ralph, John ^c,d   Hatfield, Ronald D ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CONIFERYL ALCOHOL; DIHYDROCONIFERYL ALCOHOL; GENE MUTATION; LIGNIFICATION; LIGNIN; MUTAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0033119865     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80029-6     Document Type: Article

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