Lignin: Genetic Engineering and Impact on Pulping

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-350

  Baucher, Marie ^a,d   Halpin, Claire ^b   Petit Conil, Michel ^c   Boerjan, Wout ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE TECHNIQUE DU PAPIER   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemical pulp; Monolignol biosynthetic pathway; Pulp and paper; Transgenic trees; Wood

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; CAFFEIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEOYL COENZYME A O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CINNAMATE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; CINNAMOYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; FERULIC ACID 5 HYDROXYLASE; ISOENZYME; LACCASE; LIGNIN; PARA COUMARIC ACID 3 HYDROXYLASE; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLEACHING; DOWN REGULATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; MECHANICS; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULPING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION; WOOD PULP;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 0142106014     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230391036757     Document Type: Review

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