Present address: Viikki Biocenter, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikinkaari 5D, PO Box 56, Helsinki, Finland.
A BAHD acyltransferase is expressed in the tapetum of Arabidopsis anthers and is involved in the synthesis of hydroxycinnamoyl spermidines
Article first published online: 19 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03773.x
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Grienenberger, E., Besseau, S., Geoffroy, P., Debayle, D., Heintz, D., Lapierre, C., Pollet, B., Heitz, T. and Legrand, M. (2009), A BAHD acyltransferase is expressed in the tapetum of Arabidopsis anthers and is involved in the synthesis of hydroxycinnamoyl spermidines. The Plant Journal, 58: 246–259. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03773.x
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Present address: Viikki Biocenter, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikinkaari 5D, PO Box 56, Helsinki, Finland.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 8 APR 2009
- Article first published online: 19 JAN 2009
- Received 24 September 2008; revised 1 December 2008; accepted 2 December 2008; published online 19 January 2009.
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