Enhanced ethylene production and peroxidase activity in IAA- overproducing transgenic tobacco plants is associated with increased lignin content and altered lignin composition

Plant Science

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-173

  Sitbon, Folke ^a   Hennion, Stéphane ^a   Little, C H Anthony ^b   Sundberg, Björn ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucosidase; Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase; Ethylene; IAA; Lignin; Nicotiana tabacum (transgenic); Peroxidase

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; LIGNIN; PEROXIDASE; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0033593798     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00236-2     Document Type: Article

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