Brown midrib2 (Bmr2) encodes the major 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase involved in lignin biosynthesis in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)

Silencing of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase in switchgrass leads to reduced lignin content and improved fermentable sugar yields for biofuel production

(2011) Bin Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Interactive Tree Of Life v2: online annotation and display of phylogenetic trees made easy

(2011) I. Letunic et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Functional Characterization of Evolutionarily Divergent 4-Coumarate:Coenzyme A Ligases in Rice

(2011) J. Gui et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Features and development ofCoot

(2010) P. Emsley et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

A Simple Method for Enzymatic Synthesis of Unlabeled and Radiolabeled Hydroxycinnamate-CoA

(2010) Carsten Rautengarten et al.   BioEnergy Research

Genome scale prediction of substrate specificity for acyl adenylate superfamily of enzymes based on active site residue profiles

(2010) Pankaj Khurana et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Phenotypic plasticity in cell walls of maize brown midrib mutants is limited by lignin composition

(2010) Wilfred Vermerris et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

gorgon, a Novel Missense Mutation in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS Gene, Impairs Shoot Meristem Homeostasis in Arabidopsis

(2010) Sho Takano et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Crystal Structures of aPopulus tomentosa4-Coumarate:CoA Ligase Shed Light on Its Enzymatic Mechanisms

(2010) Yonglin Hu et al.   PLANT CELL

Antisense Down-Regulation of 4CL Expression Alters Lignification, Tree Growth, and Saccharification Potential of Field-Grown Poplar

(2010) S. L. Voelker et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Brown midrib mutations and their importance to the utilization of maize, sorghum, and pearl millet lignocellulosic tissues

(2010) Scott E. Sattler et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Comparative genome analysis of lignin biosynthesis gene families across the plant kingdom

(2009) Zhanyou Xu et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Execution of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: what defines a substrate?

(2009) Indrani Rebbapragada et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Genetic Resources for Maize Cell Wall Biology

(2009) B. W. Penning et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Nonsense Mutation in a Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene Is Responsible for the Sorghum brown midrib6 Phenotype

(2009) S. E. Sattler et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Improving Saccharification Efficiency of Alfalfa Stems Through Modification of the Terminal Stages of Monolignol Biosynthesis

(2008) Lisa A. Jackson et al.   BioEnergy Research

Applying genotyping (TILLING) and phenotyping analyses to elucidate gene function in a chemically induced sorghum mutant population

(2008) Zhanguo Xin et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Lignin engineering

(2008) R VANHOLME et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

A Genomewide Analysis of the Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Family in Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Identifies SbCAD2 as the Brown midrib6 Gene

(2008) A. Saballos et al.   GENETICS

Multi-site genetic modification of monolignol biosynthesis in alfalfa (Medicago sativa): effects on lignin composition in specific cell types

(2008) Jin Nakashima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST