Evolutionarily distinct BAHD N-acyltransferases are responsible for natural variation of aromatic amine conjugates in rice

Plant Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1533-1550

  Peng, Meng ^a   Gao, Yanqiang ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Wang, Wensheng ^a   Shen, Shuangqian ^a   Shi, Jian ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Zou, Li ^a   Wang, Shouchuang ^a   Wan, Jian ^a   Liu, Xianqing ^a   Gong, Liang ^a   Luo, Jie ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINE; PLANT PROTEIN;

CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84982960883     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00265     Document Type: Article

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