The growth reduction associated with repressed lignin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana is independent of flavonoids

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1620-1632

  Li, Xu ^a   Bonawitz, Nicholas D ^a   Weng, Jing Ke ^a,b   Chapple, Clint ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; FLAVONOID; HCT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; LIGNIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; RNA INTERFERENCE; SELAGINELLACEAE; SOLUBILITY; TRANSGENE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLAVONOIDS; LIGNIN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOLS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SELAGINELLACEAE; SOLUBILITY; TRANSGENES;

EID: 77954419449     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.074161     Document Type: Article

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