Reduction of lignin content by suppression of expression of the LIM domain transcription factor in Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 269-277

  Kawaoka, A ^a   Nanto, K ^a   Ishii, K ^b   Ebinuma, H ^a  

^a NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Ecliml gene; Holocellulose; Lignin; Transgenic Eucalyptus

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; DNA; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CINNAMATE 4 HYDROXYLASE (C4H); ECLIML GENE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIALYASE (PAL); TRANSGENIC EUCALYPTUS;

LIGNIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; EUCALYPTUS ROSTRATA; FORESTS; HOLOCELLULOSE; LIGNINS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; ERYTHROPHLEUM; GENES; LIGNIN CONTENT; REDUCTION;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

% REDUCTIONS; DOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION; ECLIML GENE; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; HOLOCELLULOSE; LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS; LIGNIN CONTENTS; LIM DOMAIN; TRANSGENIC EUCALYPTI; TRANSGENICS;

EID: 33846430573     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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