Syringyl lignin is unaltered by severe sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase suppression in tobacco

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4492-4506

  Barakate, Abdellah ^a   Stephens, Jennifer ^a,b   Goldie, Alison ^a   Hunter, William N ^a   Marshall, David ^b   Hancock, Robert D ^b   Lapierre, Catherine ^c   Morreel, Kris ^d,e   Boerjan, Wout ^d,e   Halpin, Claire ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84856508408     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.089037     Document Type: Article

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