Integrated -omics: A powerful approach to understanding the heterogeneous lignification of fibre crops

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 10958-10978

  Guerriero, Gea ^a   Sergeant, Kjell ^a   Hausman, Jean François ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

omics; Bast fibres; Fibre crops; Lignin; Secondary cell wall; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; LIGNIN;

CELL WALL; CROP; CULTIVAR; FLAX; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; JUTE; LIGNIFICATION; LINUM; LINUM USITASSIMUM; METABOLOMICS; PHLOEM; PLANT FIBER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROTEOMICS; RAMIE; REVIEW; SISAL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; DIETARY FIBER; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

CELL WALL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIETARY FIBER; LIGNIN; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 84878468755     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140610958     Document Type: Review

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