RNGR.net is sponsored by the USDA Forest Service and Southern Regional Extension Forestry and is a colloborative effort between these two agencies.

U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Forest Service Southern Regional Extension Forestry Southern Regional Extension Forestry

Skip to content. | Skip to navigation

Home → Publications → Tree Improvement and Genetics → Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference → 20th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference (1989) → Characterization and Genetic Control of Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Loblolly Pine

Characterization and Genetic Control of Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Loblolly Pine

Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) is the enzyme which catalyzes the final step of the biochemical pathway which produces coniferyl alcohol, the monomeric precursor of the lignin polymer in softwoods. Two isozymes of CAD are found in loblolly pine.


Download this file:

PDF document Download this file — PDF document, 68Kb

Details

Author(s): David M. O'Malley, B. Sandozky-Dawes, T. Presnell, Ronald R. Sederoff

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1989

Section: Poster Abstracts