Independent origins of syringyl lignin in vascular plants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7887-7892

  Weng, Jing Ke ^a   Li, Xu ^a   Stout, Jake ^a   Chapple, Clint ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; DFRC; F5H; P450; Selaginella

Indexed keywords

CONIFERYL ALCOHOL; CYTOCHROME P450; FERULIC ACID; LIGNIN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYP84A1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII; VASCULAR PLANT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; SELAGINELLACEAE;

FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYA; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII; TRACHEOPHYTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGNIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SELAGINELLACEAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45549097217     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801696105     Document Type: Article

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