Genetic and molecular basis of grass cell wall biosynthesis and degradability. II. Lessons from brown-midrib mutants

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 327, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 847-860

  Barrière, Yves ^a   Ralph, John ^b   Méchin, Valérie ^a,c   Guillaumie, Sabine ^a   Grabber, John H ^b   Argillier, Odile ^a,e   Chabbert, Brigitte ^d   Lapierre, Catherine ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d UMR614 FARE   (France)

^e Syngenta Seeds SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Brown midrib; Cell wall; Degradability; Ferulic acid; Grass; Lignin; Maize

Indexed keywords

COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FERULIC ACID; LIGNIN; MONOMER; PARA COUMARIC ACID; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

LIGNIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHERIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; GRASS; LIGNIFICATION; LYSIS; MAIZE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROBABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SILAGE;

CELL WALL; COUMARIC ACIDS; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZEA MAYS;

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2942572557     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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