Systems biology of lignin biosynthesis in Populus trichocarpa: Heteromeric 4-coumaric acid: Coenzyme A ligase protein complex formation, regulation, and numerical modeling

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 876-893

  Chen, Hsi Chuan ^a,b   Song, Jina ^c   Wang, Jack P ^a,b   Lin, Ying Chung ^a,b   Ducoste, Joel ^c   Shuford, Christopher M ^b   Liu, Jie ^b   Li, Quanzi ^a,b,d   Shi, Rui ^b   Nepomuceno, Angelito ^b   Isik, Fikret ^b   Muddiman, David C ^b   Williams, Cranos ^c   Sederoff, Ronald R ^b   Chianga, Vincent L ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-COUMARIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; LIGNIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; POPULUS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

COENZYME A LIGASES; COUMARIC ACIDS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULUS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84899153608     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.119685     Document Type: Article

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