Sense-, antisense- and RNAi-4CL1 regulate soluble phenolic acids, cell wall components and growth in transgenic Populus tomentosa Carr.

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-119

  Tian, XiaoMing ^a   Xie, Jin ^a   Zhao, YanLing ^b,c   Lu, Hai ^a   Liu, ShiChang ^a   Qu, Long ^a   Li, JianMei ^a   Gai, Ying ^a,b   Jiang, XiangNing ^a,b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Biotechnology Laboratory of Chinese Forestry Administration   (China)

^c HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4CL1 gene; Auxin; Lignin and cellulose; Populus tomentosa Carr.; S unit

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LIGNIN; PHENOLIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POPULUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL WALL; HYDROXYBENZOATES; LIGNIN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS;

EID: 84874442145     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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