Down regulation of Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase, a lignification enzyme, in Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-167

  Valério, Luisa ^a,c,d   Carter, Dawn ^b   Rodrigues, José C ^c   Tournier, Vincent ^a   Gominho, Jorge ^c   Marque, Christiane ^a   Boudet, Alain Michel ^a   Maunders, Martin ^b   Pereira, Helena ^c   Teulières, Chantal ^a  

^a Signaux M   (France)

^b Advanced Technologies Cambridge Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Lignification; Pulpwood quality; RNA antisense strategy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KRAFT PULP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROLYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION; WOOD;

% REDUCTIONS; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTISENSE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DOWN-REGULATION; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; LIGNIFICATION; PULPWOOD QUALITY; RNA ANTISENSE STRATEGY; TUMEFACIENS;

LIGNIN;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS GUNNII; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0142245711     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026070725107     Document Type: Article

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