Maize tricin-oligolignol metabolites and their implications for monocot lignification

Plant Physiology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 810-820

  Lan, Wu ^a   Morreel, Kris ^b,c   Lu, Fachuang ^a,d   Rencoret, Jorge ^e   del Río, José Carlos ^e   Voorend, Wannes ^b,c   Vermerris, Wilfred ^f   Boerjan, Wout ^b,c   Ralph, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; LIGNIN; POLYMER; TRICIN;

ACYLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; MAIZE; METABOLISM;

ACYLATION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL WALL; FLAVONES; FLAVONOIDS; LIGNIN; POLYMERS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84973655810     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.02012     Document Type: Article

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