Article
Expression of cell wall related genes in basal and ear internodes of silking brown-midrib-3, caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) down-regulated, and normal maize plants.
BMC plant biology - 26 Jun 2008
Guillaumie Sabine, Goffner Deborah, Barbier Odile, Martinant Jean-Pierre, Pichon Magalie, Barrière Yves
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Silage maize is a major forage and energy resource for cattle feeding, and several studies have shown that lignin content and structure are the determining factors in forage maize feeding value. In maize, four natural brown-midrib mutants have modified lignin content, lignin structure and cell wall digestibility. The greatest lignin reduction and the highest cell wall digestibility were observed in...
Topics
- Cell Wall
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Indoleacetic Acids
- Lignin
- Methyltransferases
- Mutation
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Phenols
- Plant Proteins
- Plants, Genetically Modified