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Monolignol ferulate conjugates are naturally incorporated into plant lignins

Steven D. Karlen, Chengcheng Zhang, Matthew L. Peck, Rebecca A. Smith, Dharshana Padmakshan, K.E. Helmich, Heather C.A. Free, Seonghee Lee, Bronwen G. Smith, Fachuang Lu,

Science Advances · 2016 · 181 citations · 35 references

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Plants have convergently evolved to use monolignol ferulate conjugates to produce lignins containing chemically labile backbone esters.

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