Lignins: Natural polymers from oxidative coupling of 4-hydroxyphenyl- propanoids

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 29-60

  Ralph, John ^a,b   Lundquist, Knut ^c   Brunow, Gösta ^d   Lu, Fachuang ^a,b   Kim, Hoon ^a,b   Schatz, Paul F ^a   Marita, Jane M ^a   Hatfield, Ronald D ^a   Ralph, Sally A ^e   Christensen, Jørgen Holst ^f   Boerjan, Wout ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Inter unit linkage; Lignification; Lignin model; Monolignol; Mutant; Optical activity; Oxidative coupling; Peroxidase; Polymerization; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; LIGNIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; LIGNIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRESS; TRANSGENICS;

EID: 6344288191     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHYT.0000047809.65444.a4     Document Type: Review

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