Expression profiling of the lignin biosynthetic pathway in Norway spruce using EST sequencing and real-time RT-PCR

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-328

  Koutaniemi, Sanna ^a   Warinowski, Tino ^a   Kärkönen, Anna ^a   Alatalo, Edward ^b   Fossdal, Carl G ^c   Saranpää, Pekka ^d   Laakso, Tapio ^d   Fagerstedt, Kurt V ^a   Simola, Liisa K ^a   Paulin, Lars ^b   Rudd, Stephen ^e   Teeri, Teemu H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e TURKU CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compression wood; EST; Heterobasidion annosum; Lignin biosynthesis; Picea abies; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGENS; POLYMERIZATION; TISSUE CULTURE; WOOD;

EST SEQUENCING; EXPRESSION PROFILING; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; MONOLIGNOL BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; PHENYLPROPANOIDS; WOODY ANGIOSPERMS;

LIGNIN;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIGNIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRUCE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PICEA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; ENZYMES; LIGNINASE; PATHOGENS; POLYMERIZATION; TISSUE CULTURE; WOOD;

GYMNOSPERMAE; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 34548700817     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9220-5     Document Type: Article

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