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Disrupting Flavone Synthase II Alters Lignin and Improves Biomass Digestibility.
Plant physiology - 1 Jun 2017
Lam Pui Ying, Tobimatsu Yuki, Takeda Yuri, Suzuki Shiro, Yamamura Masaomi, Umezawa Toshiaki, Lo Clive
Abstract excerpt
Lignin, a ubiquitous phenylpropanoid polymer in vascular plant cell walls, is derived primarily from oxidative couplings of monolignols (p-hydroxycinnamyl alcohols). It was discovered recently that a wide range of grasses, including cereals, utilize a member of the flavonoids, tricin (3',5'-dimethoxyflavone), as a natural comonomer with monolignols for cell wall lignification. Previously, we established that...
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