Sequencing around 5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol-derived units in caffeic acid O-methyltransferase-deficient poplar lignins

Plant Physiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 569-579

  Lu, Fachuang ^a   Marita, Jane M ^b   Lapierre, Catherine ^c   Jouanin, Lise ^c   Morreel, Kris ^d,e   Boerjan, Wout ^d,e   Ralph, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

^c INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 77953219699     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.154278     Document Type: Article

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