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Fig. 3 | Biotechnology for Biofuels

Fig. 3

From: Suppression of CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE increases the level of monolignol ferulates incorporated into maize lignins

Fig. 3

The levels of monolignol conjugates released from DFRC analysis. a The level of monolignol dihydroferulate (ML-DHFA) conjugates released from Zmccr1 mutants is three to fivefold higher than from wild-type (WT) plants, indicating higher ML-DHFA production and incorporation into the lignin polymer. b The level of monolignol dihydro-p-coumarates (ML-DHpCA) is similar between the Zmccr1 mutants and the wild-type plants, indicating that the production of monolignol ferulates and p-coumarates are independent. CA-FA/pCA is the coniferyl alcohol conjugate, SA-FA/pCA the sinapyl alcohol conjugate. Error bars represent standard deviation of biological replicates (n = 5 plants for greenhouse lines, n = 2 pools of 10 plants for field-grown lines), asterisks represent a significant difference from WT, p < 0.05

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