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Inheritance, gene expression, and lignin characterization in a mutant pine deficient in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jul 1997
MacKay J J, O'Malley D M, Presnell T, Booker F L, Campbell M M, Whetten R W, Sederoff R R
Abstract excerpt
We have discovered a mutant loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) in which expression of the gene encoding cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD; EC 1.1.1.195) is severely reduced. The products of CAD, cinnamyl alcohols, are the precursors of lignin, a major cell wall polymer of plant vascular tissues. Lignin composition in this mutant shows dramatic modifications, including increased incorporation of the substrate of CAD...
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