Identification and suppression of the p-coumaroyl CoA:Hydroxycinnamyl alcohol transferase in Zea mays L.

Plant Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 850-864

  Marita, Jane M ^a   Hatfield, Ronald D ^a   Rancour, David M ^a   Frost, Kenneth E ^b  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

accession number BT042717.1; cell wall; lignin; p coumarate; p coumaroylation; transferase; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CLONING; CYTOLOGY; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PURIFICATION;

ACCESSION NUMBER BT042717.1; CELL WALLS; ISOLATED CELL WALLS; PEPTIDE SEQUENCES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSFERASE; TRYPSIN DIGESTION; ZEA MAYS L;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

4-COUMARIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; LIGNIN; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL WALL; COUMARIC ACIDS; LIGNIN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFERASES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84901634445     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12510     Document Type: Article

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