A Century-Old Mystery Unveiled: Sekizaisou is a Natural Lignin Mutant
Masanobu Yamamoto, Hirokazu Tomiyama, Akio Kôyama, Hisato Okuizumi, Sarah Liu, Ruben Vanholme, Geert Goeminne, Yuta Hirai, Shi Hu, Nuoendagula, Naoki Takata, Tsutomu Ikeda, Mikiko Uesugi, Hoon Kim, Shingo Sakamoto, Nobutaka Mitsuda, Wout Boerjan, John Ralph, Shinya Kajita
Abstract
Sekizaisou, a red-wood mulberry variety used in traditional sericulture, is a naturally occurring lignin mutant.
Topics & Concepts
MutantLigninSericultureBotanyBiologyBiochemistryGeneBombyx moriPlant Gene Expression AnalysisSilkworms and Sericulture Research