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Ancient origin of the biosynthesis of lignin precursors

BACKGROUND: Lignin plays an important role in plant structural support and water transport, and is considered one of the hallmarks of land plants. The recent discovery of lignin or its precursors in various algae has raised questions on the evolution of its biosynthetic pathway, which could be much...

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Autores principales: Labeeuw, Leen, Martone, Patrick T, Boucher, Yan, Case, Rebecca J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25994183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13062-015-0052-y