Lignin primary structures and dirigent sites

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-415

  Davin, Laurence B ^a   Lewis, Norman G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CLEAVAGE; DIRIGENT SITES; MONOLIGNOL COMPOSITION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LIGNIN;

LIGNIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL WALL; DOWN REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC LINKAGE; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; FREE RADICALS; FURANS; LIGNANS; LIGNIN; PLANTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; LIGNINS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; SYNTHESIS; VASCULAR PLANTS;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 23644435769     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.06.011     Document Type: Review

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