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Cloning and characterization of irregular xylem4 (irx4): a severely lignin-deficient mutant of Arabidopsis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Apr 2001
Jones L, Ennos A R, Turner S R
Abstract excerpt
A severe lignin mutant, irx4, has been identified in Arabidopsis thaliana as a result of its collapsed xylem phenotype. In contrast to previously described irx mutants, irx4 plants have 50% less lignin than wild-type plants, whilst the cellulose and hemicellulose content remained unchanged. These alterations in the composition of irx4 secondary cell walls had a dramatic effect on the morphology and architecture...
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