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Signatures of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency in poplar lignins.
Phytochemistry - 1 Feb 2004
Lapierre Catherine, Pilate Gilles, Pollet Brigitte, Mila Isabelle, Leplé Jean-Charles, Jouanin Lise, Kim Hoon, Ralph John
Abstract excerpt
A series of transgenic poplars down-regulated for cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) was analyzed by thioacidolysis. Among the lignin-derived monomers, the indene compounds that were recently shown to originate from sinapaldehyde incorporated into lignins through 8-O-4-cross-coupling, were foun...
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