The Arabidopsis thaliana Reduced Epidermal Fluorescence1 Gene Encodes an Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Involved in Ferulic Acid and Sinapic Acid Biosynthesis

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 544-554

  Nair, Ramesh B ^a,b   Bastress, Kristen L ^a   Ruegger, Max O ^a,c   Denault, Jeff W ^a   Chapple, Clint ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

REDUCED EPIDERMAL FLUORESCENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1042302352     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.017509     Document Type: Article

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