Expression of SofLAC, a new laccase in sugarcane, restores lignin content but not S:G ratio of Arabidopsis lac17 mutant

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1769-1781

  Cesarino, Igor ^a,b,c   Araújo, Pedro ^a   Sampaio Mayer, Juliana Lischka ^a   Vicentini, Renato ^a   Berthet, Serge ^d   Demedts, Brecht ^b,c   Vanholme, Bartel ^b,c   Boerjan, Wout ^b,c   Mazzafera, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

bioenergy; gene expression; genetic complementation; laccase; lignin; sugarcane.

Indexed keywords

GUAIACYL MONOLIGNOL; LACCASE; LIGNIN; MESSENGER RNA; SYRINGYL MONOLIGNOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT STEM; PROMOTER REGION; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACCASE; LIGNIN; MESOPHYLL CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT STEMS; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHARUM;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84876049964     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert045     Document Type: Article

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