Molecular phenotyping of lignin-modified tobacco reveals associated changes in cell-wall metabolism, primary metabolism, stress metabolism and photorespiration

Plant Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-285

  Dauwe, Rebecca ^a,b,c   Morreel, Kris ^b,c   Goeminne, Geert ^b,c   Gielen, Birgit ^d   Rohde, Antje ^b,c   Van Beeumen, Jos ^c   Ralph, John ^e   Boudet, Alain Michel ^f   Kopka, Joachim ^g   Rochange, Soizic F ^f   Halpin, Claire ^h   Messens, Eric ^b,c   Boerjan, Wout ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAD; CCR; Metabolomics; Oligolignol; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

METABOLOMICS; OLIGOLIGNOLS; PHOTORESPIRATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ALDEHYDES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGNIN; METABOLISM;

TOBACCO;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CHLOROPHYLL; CINNAMOYL COA REDUCTASE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; DOC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; PLANT DNA; POLYSACCHARIDE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOBACCO;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL WALL; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOKINES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIGNIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARCH; TOBACCO;

LIGNINS; METABOLISM; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 35148893591     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03233.x     Document Type: Article

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