Convergent evolution of syringyl lignin biosynthesis via distinct pathways in the lycophyte Selaginella and flowering plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1033-1045

  Weng, Jing Ke ^a,d   Akiyama, Takuya ^b   Bonawitz, Nicholas D ^a   Li, Xu ^a   Ralph, John ^b,c   Chapple, Clint ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SELAGINELLA;

EID: 77953218591     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.073528     Document Type: Article

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