Isolation and characterisation of a cDNA clone encoding cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase in Eucalyptus globulus Labill

Plant Science

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-182

  De Melis, Linda E ^a   Whiteman, Philip H ^b   Stevenson, Trevor W ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Paper Plantations Pty L   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase; Eucalyptus globulus; Lignin; Rapid amplification of cDNA ends

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS;

CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); SOUTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCES; LIGNIN; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

ENZYMES;

EID: 0033620490     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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