Expression pattern of two paralogs encoding cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenases in Arabidopsis. Isolation and characterization of the corresponding mutants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 848-860

  Sibout, Richard ^a,b   Eudes, Aymerick ^b   Pollet, Brigitte ^b   Goujon, Thomas ^b   Mila, Isabelle ^b   Granier, Fabienne ^b   Séguin, Armand ^a   Lapierre, Catherine ^b   Jouanin, Lise ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA;

PROMOTER ACTIVITIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038120007     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.021048     Document Type: Article

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