A new in vitro model of lignin biosynthesis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1283-1285

  De Angelis, Francesco ^a   Nicoletti, Rosario ^b   Spreti, Nicoletta ^a   Verì, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Enzyme catalysis; Lignin; Mass spectrometry; Micelles

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033519327     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990503)38:9<1283::AID-ANIE1283>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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