A lignin-specific peroxidase in tobacco whose antisense suppression leads to vascular tissue modification

Phytochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-176

  Bleea, Kristopher A ^a,d   Choib, Joon W ^b   O'Connella, Ann P ^a   Schuchc, Wolfgang ^c,e   Lewis, Norman G ^b   Bolwell, G Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CellFor Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cationic peroxidase; Lignin; Nicotiana tabacum; Solanaceae; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

4 COUMARATE 3 HYDROXYLASE; CINNAMATE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; ISOENZYME; LIGNIN; NITROBENZENE; OXYGENASE; PEROXIDASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIGNIFICATION; OXIDATION; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 0042823502     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00212-7     Document Type: Article

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