Article
Unexpected variation in lignin.
Current opinion in plant biology - 1 Apr 1999
Sederoff R R, MacKay J J, Ralph J, Hatfield R D
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies on mutant and transgenic plants indicate that lignification may be far more flexible than previously realized. Pines with a mutation affecting the biosynthesis of the major lignin precursor, coniferyl alcohol, show a high level of an unusual subunit, dihydroconiferyl alcohol. These results argue in favor of an increased potential for genetic modification of lignin and indicate that our knowledge of...
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