Lignification in sugarcane: Biochemical characterization, gene discovery, and expression analysis in two genotypes contrasting for lignin content

Plant Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1539-1557

  Bottcher, Alexandra ^a   Cesarino, Igor ^a,c,d   dos Santos, Adriana Brombini ^a   Vicentini, Renato ^a,c,d   Sampaio Mayer, Juliana Lischka ^a,b   Vanholme, Ruben ^a,c,d   Morreel, Kris ^c,d   Goeminne, Geert ^c,d   Magalhães Silva Moura, Jullyana Cristina ^a,e   Nobile, Paula Macedo ^a,f   Carmello Guerreiro, Sandra Maria ^a   dos Anjos, Ivan Antonio ^f   Creste, Silvana ^f   Boerjan, Wout ^c,d   de Andrade Landell, Marcos Guimarães ^f   Mazzafera, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT STEM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SUGARCANE;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; LIGNIN; PHENOLS; PLANT STEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SACCHARUM; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84888882985     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.225250     Document Type: Article

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