Cloning and characterization of irregular xylem4 (irx4): A severely lignin-deficient mutant of Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-216

  Jones, L ^a   Ennos, A R ^a   Turner, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; CCR; Lignin; Mutant; Strength; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CINNAMOYL COA REDUCTASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; LIGNIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; RNA SPLICING; WILD RELATIVE;

CELLS; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITION; DNA; LIGNIN; MORPHOLOGY; MUTAGENS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

PHENOTYPES;

CLONING;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDES; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034967467     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2001.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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