Monolignol radical-radical coupling networks in western red cedar and Arabidopsis and their evolutionary implications

Phytochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-322

  Kim, Myoung K ^a   Jeon, Jae Heung ^a   Davin, Laurence B ^a   Lewis, Norman G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassicaceae; Cupressaceae; Dirigent proteins; Genome walking; GUS reporter gene; Monolignol radical radical coupling networks; Thale cress; Thuja plicata; Western red cedar

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; LIGNAN; LIGNIN; RADICAL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GYMNOSPERM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; THUJA; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VASCULAR PLANT;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; LIGNANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); THUJA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; CUPRESSACEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036797429     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00261-3     Document Type: Article

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