Secondary xylem-specific expression of caffeoyl-coenzyme A 3-O-methyltransferase plays an important role in the methylation pathway associated with lignin biosynthesis in loblolly pine

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 555-565

  Li, Laigeng ^a   Osakabe, Yuriko ^a   Joshi, Chandrashekhar P ^a   Chiang, Vincent L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AEOMT; CCoAOMT; Lignin; Loblolly pine; OMT; Xylem

Indexed keywords

CAFFEOYL COENZYME A 3 O METHYLTRANSFERASE; COUMARIC ACID; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYDROXYCINNAMOYL COENZYME A ESTER O METHYLTRANSFERASE; LIGNIN; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA BLOT ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; LIGNIN; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOBACCO; TREES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0033167045     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006244325250     Document Type: Article

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