Characterisation of a pine MYB that regulates lignification

Plant Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 743-754

  Patzlaff, Astrid ^a   McInnis, Stephanie ^a,e   Courtenay, Adrian ^a,f   Surman, Christine ^a   Newman, Lisa J ^a,g   Smith, Caroline ^b   Bevan, Michael W ^b   Mansfield, Shawn ^c   Whetten, Ross W ^d   Sederoff, Ronald R ^d   Campbell, Malcolm M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f Schroder Investment Management   (United Kingdom)

^g PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lignin; MYB; Phenylpropanoid; Pine; Transcription; Wood

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IN SITU PROCESSING; RNA;

LIGNIFICATION;

FORESTRY;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LIGNIN; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE MYB; PINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, MYB; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PINUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 9144260601     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01916.x     Document Type: Article

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