Essential role of caffeoyl coenzyme A O-methyltransferase in lignin biosynthesis in woody poplar plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 563-577

  Zhong, R ^a   Morrison III, W H ^a   Himmelsbach, D S ^a   Poole II, F L ^a   Ye, Z H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAFFEOYL COENZYME A O METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROXYCINNAMATE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PLANT BREEDING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WOOD;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS TREMULA; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 0033783438     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.124.2.563     Document Type: Article

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