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Molecular phenotyping of lignin-modified tobacco reveals associated changes in cell-wall metabolism, primary metabolism, stress metabolism and photorespiration.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Oct 2007
Dauwe Rebecca, Morreel Kris, Goeminne Geert, Gielen Birgit, Rohde Antje, Van Beeumen Jos, Ralph John, Boudet Alain-Michel, Kopka Joachim, Rochange Soizic F, Halpin Claire, Messens Eric, Boerjan Wout
Abstract excerpt
Lignin is an important component of secondarily thickened cell walls. Cinnamoyl CoA reductase (CCR) and cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) are two key enzymes that catalyse the penultimate and last steps in the biosynthesis of the monolignols. Downregulation of CCR in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) has been shown to reduce lignin content, whereas lignin in tobacco downregulated for CAD incorporates more aldehydes....
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