Multiform biosynthetic pathway of syringyl lignin in angiosperms

Planta

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 496-501

  Yamauchi, Kazuchika ^a   Yasuda, Seiichi ^a   Hamada, Katsuyoshi ^b   Tsutsumi, Yuji ^c   Fukushima, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 Coumarate CoA ligase; Arabidopsis; Magnolia; Oleander; Robinia; Syringyl lignin biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; DERIVATIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS;

ANGIOSPERMS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; KOBUS; MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIA KOBUS; MAGNOLIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NERIUM; NERIUM INDICUM; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

ACYL COENZYME A; CARBON; COUMARIC ACID; ENZYME; FERULIC ACID; LIGNIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SINAPIC ACID; SINAPOYL COENZYME A; SINAPOYL-COENZYME A; SYRINGYL MONOLIGNOL;

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; MAGNOLIACEAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NERIUM; ROBINIA;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANGIOSPERMS; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON ISOTOPES; COUMARIC ACIDS; ENZYMES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIGNIN; MAGNOLIA; NERIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; ROBINIA;

EID: 0037837461     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0865-7     Document Type: Article

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