Variations in the cell wall composition of maize brown midrib mutants

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1313-1321

  Marita, Jane M ^a,b   Vermerris, Wilfred ^c,d   Ralph, John ^a,b   Hatfield, Ronald D ^b  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodioxane; Brown midrib mutants (bm1, bm2, bm3, bm4); Cell wall; Lignin; Maize; NMR; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

4-COUMARIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; CELLULASE; COUMARIC ACID; FERULIC ACID; LIGNIN; PARA COUMARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; ESTERIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT TISSUE; SOLUBILITY;

ALDEHYDES; CELL WALL; CELLULASE; COUMARIC ACIDS; ESTERIFICATION; LIGNIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTATION; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037467056     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0260592     Document Type: Article

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