Phylogenetic, molecular, and biochemical characterization of caffeic acid o -methyltransferase gene family in brachypodium distachyon

International Journal of Plant Genomics

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wu, Xianting ^a,b   Wu, Jiajie ^c   Luo, Yangfan ^a   Bragg, Jennifer ^a   Anderson, Olin ^a   Vogel, John ^a   Gu, Yong Q ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; GRASS; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RECOMBINATION;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON;

EID: 84873336704     PISSN: 16875370     EISSN: 16875389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/423189     Document Type: Article

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