Field and pulping performances of transgenic trees with altered lignification

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 607-612

  Pilate, Gilles ^a   Guiney, Emma ^b   Holt, Karen ^b   Petit Conil, Michel ^c   Lapierre, Catherine ^d   Leplé, Jean Charles ^a   Pollet, Brigitte ^d   Mila, Isabelle ^d   Webster, Elizabeth A ^e   Marstorp, Håkan G ^f   Hopkins, David W ^e   Jouanin, Lise ^d   Boerjan, Wout ^g   Schuch, Wolfgang ^b,h   Cornu, Daniel ^a   Halpin, Claire ^b,i  

^a National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre Technique du Papie   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^h CellFor Inc   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ALCOHOLS; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; GENES; LIGNIN; PERFORMANCE; PULP; SOILS;

TRANSGENIC TREES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CAFFEIC ACID; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL; LIGNIN; CAFFEATE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEATE O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; LIGNIFICATION; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULPING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE; WOOD; ASPEN; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PAPER; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GREAT BRITAIN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PAPER; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSGENES; WOOD;

EID: 0035984719     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0602-607     Document Type: Article

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