Correlations of expression of cell wall biosynthesis genes with variation in biomass composition in shrub willow (Salix spp.) biomass crops

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 775-788

  Serapiglia, Michelle J ^a   Cameron, Kimberly D ^a   Stipanovic, Arthur J ^b   Smart, Lawrence B ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid O methyltransferase; Caffeoyl CoA O methyltransferase; Cellulose synthase; Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase; Glycosyltransferase; Wood composition

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; SALIX; SALIX MIYABEANA; SALIX SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 84865531341     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-011-0462-7     Document Type: Article

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