Structural redesigning Arabidopsis Lignins into alkali-soluble Lignins through the expression of p-coumaroyl-CoA:Monolignol transferase PMT

Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1358-1366

  Sibout, Richard ^a   Le Bris, Philippe ^a   Legée, Frédéric ^a   Cézard, Laurent ^a   Renault, Hugues ^b,c   Lapierre, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALI; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BIOFUEL; CINNAMATE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRACHYPODIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; SOLUBILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKALIES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOFUELS; BRACHYPODIUM; ETHANOL; LIGNIN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SOLUBILITY; TRANS-CINNAMATE 4-MONOOXYGENASE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84959284770     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01877     Document Type: Article

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