Genome-Wide Characterization of the Lignification Toolbox in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1051-1071

  Raes, Jeroen ^a   Rohde, Antje ^a   Christensen, Jørgen Holst ^a   Van De Peer, Yves ^a   Boerjan, Wout ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; LIGNIN;

LIGNIFICATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0142035247     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.026484     Document Type: Article

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