Functional analyses of caffeic acid O-methyltransferase and Cinnamoyl-CoA-reductase genes from perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3357-3373

  Tu, Yi ^a,c   Rochfort, Simone ^a   Liu, Zhiqian ^a   Ran, Yidong ^a   Griffith, Megan ^a,b   Badenhorst, Pieter ^a   Louie, Gordon V ^d   Bowman, Marianne E ^d   Smith, Kevin F ^a,b,c   Noel, Joseph P ^d   Mouradov, Aidyn ^a,b,c   Spangenberg, German ^a,b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE;

EID: 78649521039     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.072827     Document Type: Article

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