Lignification: Different mechanisms for a versatile polymer

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 23, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-90

  Voxeur, Aline ^a,b   Wang, Yin ^a,b   Sibout, Richard ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PLANT CELL; POLYMERIZATION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGNIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT CELLS; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84911906516     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.11.006     Document Type: Review

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