A genomics approach to deciphering lignin biosynthesis in switchgrass

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4342-4361

  Shen, Hui ^a,b,e   Mazarei, Mitra ^b,c   Hisano, Hiroshi ^a,b,f   Escamilla Trevino, Luis ^a,b,e   Fu, Chunxiang ^a,b   Pu, Yunqiao ^b,d   Rudis, Mary R ^b,c   Tang, Yuhong ^a,b   Xiao, Xirong ^a,b   Jackson, Lisa ^a,b   Li, Guifen ^a,b   Hernandez, Tim ^a,b   Chen, Fang ^a,b,e   Ragauskas, Arthur J ^b,d   Stewart Jr , Neal ^b,c   Wang, Zeng Yu ^a,b   Dixon, Richard A ^a,b,e  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^f OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; LIGNIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANICUM; PHYLOGENY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANICUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84891516541     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.118828     Document Type: Article

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