TY - JOUR AU - Xu, Zhanyou AU - Zhang, Dandan AU - Hu, Jun AU - Zhou, Xin AU - Ye, Xia AU - Reichel, Kristen L. AU - Stewart, Nathan R. AU - Syrenne, Ryan D. AU - Yang, Xiaohan AU - Gao, Peng AU - Shi, Weibing AU - Doeppke, Crissa AU - Sykes, Robert W. AU - Burris, Jason N. AU - Bozell, Joseph J. AU - Cheng, Max Zong-Ming AU - Hayes, Douglas G. AU - Labbe, Nicole AU - Davis, Mark AU - Stewart, C. Neal AU - Yuan, Joshua S. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/10/08 TI - Comparative genome analysis of lignin biosynthesis gene families across the plant kingdom JO - BMC Bioinformatics SP - S3 VL - 10 IS - 11 AB - As a major component of plant cell wall, lignin plays important roles in mechanical support, water transport, and stress responses. As the main cause for the recalcitrance of plant cell wall, lignin modification has been a major task for bioenergy feedstock improvement. The study of the evolution and function of lignin biosynthesis genes thus has two-fold implications. First, the lignin biosynthesis pathway provides an excellent model to study the coordinative evolution of a biochemical pathway in plants. Second, understanding the function and evolution of lignin biosynthesis genes will guide us to develop better strategies for bioenergy feedstock improvement. SN - 1471-2105 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-10-S11-S3 DO - 10.1186/1471-2105-10-S11-S3 ID - Xu2009 ER -