Four isoforms of arabidopsis 4-coumarate:CoA ligase have overlapping yet distinct roles in phenylpropanoid metabolism

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2409-2421

  Li, Yi ^a   Kim, Jeong Im ^a   Pysh, Len ^b   Chapple, Clint ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-PHENYLPROPANOL; 4-COUMARATE-COA LIGASE; 4CL1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; 4CL4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COENZYME A LIGASE; ISOENZYME; LIGNIN; PROPANOL;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COENZYME A LIGASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; LIGNIN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROPANOLS; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

EID: 84949549111     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00838     Document Type: Article

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