A systems biology view of responses to lignin biosynthesis perturbations in Arabidopsis
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ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Veronique Storme
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1284 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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A systems biology view of responses to lignin biosynthesis perturbations in Arabidopsis.
Vanholme Ruben R Storme Véronique V Vanholme Bartel B Sundin Lisa L Christensen Jørgen Holst JH Goeminne Geert G Halpin Claire C Rohde Antje A Morreel Kris K Boerjan Wout W
The Plant cell 20120925 9
Lignin engineering is an attractive strategy to improve lignocellulosic biomass quality for processing to biofuels and other bio-based products. However, lignin engineering also results in profound metabolic consequences in the plant. We used a systems biology approach to study the plant's response to lignin perturbations. To this end, inflorescence stems of 20 Arabidopsis thaliana mutants, each mutated in a single gene of the lignin biosynthetic pathway (phenylalanine ammonia-lyase1 [PAL1], PAL ...[more]
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