Apoplastic pH and monolignol addition rate effects on lignin formation and cell wall degradability in maize

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 4984-4989

  Grabber, John H ^a   Hatfield, Ronald D ^a   Ralph, John ^a  

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

Author keywords

Apoplastic pH; Cell wall; Cross linking; Degradability; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Lignin carbohydrate complex; Quinone methide intermediate; Thioacidolysis; Zea mays; Zulauf bulk polymers; Zutropf end wise polymers

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; MONOLIGNOL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE METHIDE INTERMEDIATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; LIGNIFICATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS MONITORING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CELL WALL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; POLYMERS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041559888     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf030027c     Document Type: Article

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