<i>Arabidopsis</i> Stems Showing Effects Of Enzyme On Lignin Production (IMAGE)

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<i>Arabidopsis</i> Stems Showing Effects Of Enzyme On Lignin Production

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Cross-sections of Arabidopsis stems stained to show total lignin (top) and S-lignin content (bottom) in wild type plants (left) and plants lacking the gene for an electron-shuttle protein known as CB5D (right). Knocking out this CB5D gene does not impair total lignin content but specifically lowers S-lignin subunits.

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