Functional characterization of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase and caffeic acid O-methyltransferase in Brachypodium distachyon

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Trabucco, Gina M ^a   Matos, Dominick A ^a   Lee, Scott J ^a   Saathoff, Aaron J ^b   Priest, Henry D ^c   Mockler, Todd C ^c   Sarath, Gautam ^b   Hazen, Samuel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MICRORNA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CAFFEIC ACID O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; HISTOCHEMICAL STAININGS; MICROBIAL FERMENTATION; SYRINGYL/GUAIACYL RATIO;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ETHANOL; GENES; RNA;

LIGNIN;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CAFFEIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRACHYPODIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; MAIZE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SORGHUM; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BRACHYPODIUM; CELL WALL; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SORGHUM; TRANSGENES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880866761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-13-61     Document Type: Article

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