Modified lignin in tobacco and poplar plants over-expressing the Arabidopsis gene encoding ferulate 5-hydroxylase

Plant Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-234

  Franke, Rochus ^a   McMichael, Colleen M ^a,b   Meyer, Knut ^a,b   Shirley, Amber M ^a   Cusumano, Joanne C ^a   Chappie, Clint ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CINNAMATE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; FERULATE 5 HYDROXYLASE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; HYDROXYLATION; LIGNIFICATION; LIGNIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT GROWTH; POPLAR; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; LIGNIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TOBACCO; TREES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0034031635     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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