Lignin Biosynthesis

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2003, Pages 519-546

  Boerjan, Wout ^a   Ralph, John ^b   Baucher, Marie ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenation; Nucleation; Polymerization; Structure; Topochemistry; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGNIN; PLANTS;

EID: 0042100516     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.54.031902.134938     Document Type: Review

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