Ancient origin of the biosynthesis of lignin precursors

Biology Direct

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Labeeuw, Leen ^a   Martone, Patrick T ^b   Boucher, Yan ^a   Case, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Chlorophyte; Cryptophyte; Diatom; Dinoflagellate; Evolution; Haptophyte; Lignin; Monolignol; Rhodophyte

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CINNAMOYL COA REDUCTASE; LIGNIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLORELLA; DINOFLAGELLATE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HAPTOPHYTA; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SELAGINELLACEAE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLORELLA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HAPTOPHYTA; LIGNIN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SELAGINELLACEAE;

EID: 84930204858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13062-015-0052-y     Document Type: Article

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