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Li L, Lu S, Chiang V (2006) A genomic and molecular view of wood formation. Crit Rev Plant Sci, 25(3): 215-233.[PDF]
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Suzuki S, Li LG, Sun YH, Chiang VL (2006) The cellulose synthase gene superfamily and biochemical functions of xylem-specific cellulose synthase-like genes in Populus trichocarpa. Plant Physiol, 142(3): 1233-1245.[PDF]
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Lu S, Zhou Y, Li L, Chiang VL (2006) Distinct roles of cinnamate 4-hydroxylase genes in Populus. Plant Cell Physiol, 47(7): 905-914.[PDF]
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Yamada T, Yeh TF, Chang HM, Li L, Kadla JF, and Chiang VL (2006) Rapid analysis of transgenic trees using transmittance near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR). Holzforschung, 60: 24-28.[PDF]
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Lu S, Sun YH, Shi R, Clark C, Li L, Chiang VL (2005) Novel and mechanical stress-responsive MicroRNAs in Populus trichocarpa that are absent from Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 17(8): 2186-2203.[PDF]
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Li L, Cheng X, Lu S, Nakatsubo T, Umezawa T, Chiang VL (2005) Clarification of cinnamoyl co-enzyme A reductase catalysis in monolignol biosynthesis of Aspen. Plant Cell Physiol, 46(7): 1073-1082.[PDF]
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Lu, SF, Shi R, Tsao CC, Yi X, Li LG, and Chiang VL (2004). Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated heritable gene silencing in plants. Nucl Acids Res, 32(21): e171.[PDF]
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Li LG, Zhou Y, Cheng X, Sun J, Marita JM, Ralph J, Chiang VL (2003) Combinatorial modification of multiple lignin traits in trees through multigene cotransformation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 100(8): 4939-4944.[PDF]
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Li LG, Cheng XF, Leshkevich J, Umezawa T, Harding SA, Chiang VL (2001) The last step of syringyl monolignol biosynthesis in angiosperms is regulated by a novel gene encoding sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase. Plant Cell, 13(7): 1567-1586.[PDF]
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Li LG, Popko JL, Umezawa T, Chiang VL (2000) 5-hydroxyconiferyl aldehyde modulates enzymatic methylation for syringyl monolignol formation, a new view of monolignol biosynthesis in angiosperms. J Biol Chem, 275(9): 6537-6545.[PDF]
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Li LG, Osakabe Y, Joshi CP, Chiang VL (1999) Secondary xylem-specific expression of caffeoyl-coenzyme A 3-O-methyltransferase plays an important role in the methylation pathway associated with lignin biosynthesis in loblolly pine. Plant Mol Biol, 40(4): 555-565[PDF]
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Li LG, Zhang XH, Joshi CP, and Chiang VL (1998) Compression stress responsive expression of ferritin and peroxidase genes in developing xylem of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). Plant Physiol, 116: 1604-1605.[PDF]
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Osakabe K, Tsao CC, Li LG, Popko JL, Umezawa T, Carraway DT, Smeltzer RH, Joshi CP, Chiang VL (1999) Coniferyl aldehyde 5-hydroxylation and methylation direct syringyl lignin biosynthesis in angiosperms. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 96(16): 8955-8960.[PDF]
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Li LG, Popko JL, Zhang XH, Osakabe K, Tsai CJ, Joshi CP, Chiang VL (1997) A novel multifunctional O-methyltransferase implicated in a dual methylation pathway associated with lignin biosynthesis in loblolly pine. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 94(10): 5461-5466.[PDF]