Nitrogen-driven stem elongation in poplar is linked with wood modification and gene clusters for stress, photosynthesis and cell wall formation

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Euring, Dejuan ^a   Bai, Hua ^a   Janz, Dennis ^a   Polle, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Metaxylem; Nitrogen use; Populus trichocarpa; Stress; Transcriptome; Wood; Xylem

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPULUS;

CELL WALL; FERTILIZERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LIGNIN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84988836334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0391-3     Document Type: Article

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