Reduced Lignin Content and Altered Lignin Composition in Transgenic Tobacco Down-Regulated in Expression of L-Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase or Cinnamate 4-Hydroxylase

VJH. Sewalt, Weiting Ni, Jack W. Blount, +5

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Biomass UtilizationAltered Lignin CompositionBiosynthesisEngineeringBiochemistry +10

Quantitative relationship between phenylalanine ammonia-lyase levels and phenylpropanoid accumulation in transgenic tobacco identifies a rate-determining step in natural product synthesis.

Nicholas J. Bate, J Orr, Weiting Ni, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Plant PhysiologyEngineeringGeneticsTransgenic TobaccoQuantitative Relationship +15

Increased disease susceptibility of transgenic tobacco plants with suppressed levels of preformed phenylpropanoid products.

Elizabeth A. Maher, Nicholas J. Bate, Weiting Ni, +3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiologyPlant ImmunityDisease SusceptibilityBiosynthesisEngineering +13

The Protein Kinase SnRK2.6 Mediates the Regulation of Sucrose Metabolism and Plant Growth in Arabidopsis 

Zhifu Zheng, Xiao-Ping Xu, Rodney A. Crosley, +14

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Developmental Expression and Substrate Specificities of Alfalfa Caffeic Acid 3-<i>O</i>-Methyltransferase and Caffeoyl Coenzyme A 3-<i>O</i>-Methyltransferase in Relation to Lignification1

Kentaro Inoue, Vincent Sewalt, G. M. Ballance, +3

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Reduced lignin in transgenic plants containing a caffeic acidO-methyltransferase antisense gene

Weiting Ni, Nancy L. Paiva, Richard A. Dixon

Transgenic Research

Plant PhysiologyPlant Molecular BiologyTransgenic PlantsBiosynthesisEngineering +7

Lignin Impact on Fiber Degradation:  Increased Enzymatic Digestibility of Genetically Engineered Tobacco (<i>Nicotiana tabacum</i>) Stems Reduced in Lignin Content

Vincent Sewalt, Weiting Ni, Hans Jung, +1

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

EngineeringBioenergyTransgenic TobaccoLignin ContentLignin Chemistry +16

Insecticidal Toxin Complex Proteins from Xenorhabdus nematophilus

Joel J. Sheets, Tim D. Hey, Kristin J. Fencil, +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). XX. Transcriptional activation of phenylpropanoid pathway genes in elicitor-induced cell suspension cultures

Weiting Ni, Theo Fahrendorf, G. M. Ballance, +2

Plant Molecular Biology

Phenylpropanoid Pathway GenesPlant Gene ExpressionPlant StressAbiotic StressBiotic Stress +8

Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) XIX. Transcriptional activation of oxidative pentose phosphate pathway genes at the onset of the isoflavonoid phytoalexin response

Theo Fahrendorf, Weiting Ni, Basil S. Shorrosh, +1

Plant Molecular Biology

BiologyPhytoalexinPlant StressBiochemistryNatural Sciences +9