Cell-specific and conditional expression of caffeoyl-coenzyme A-3-O-methyltransferase in poplar

Plant Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 853-867

  Chen, Cuiying ^d   Meyermans, Hugo ^d   Burggraeve, Bart ^d   De Rycke, Riet M ^d   Inoue, Kentaro ^a,b   De Vleesschauwer, Vera ^d   Steenackers, Marijke ^c   Van Montagu, Marc C ^d   Engler, Gilbert J ^d   Boerjan, Wout A ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^c Instituut voor Bosbouw en Wildbeheer   (Belgium)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAFFEOYL COENZYME A 3 O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; LIGNIN; MONOLIGNOL; PHLOEM; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XYLEM;

EMBRYOPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 18344410700     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.3.853     Document Type: Article

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