Advances in Botanical Research

PrefaceRichard Sibout1. Unconventional lignin monomers: Extension of the lignin paradigmJosé C. Del Río, Jorge Rencoret, Ana Gutiérrez, Hoon Kim and John Ralph2. Lignin synthesis and bioengineering approaches toward lignin modificationChang-Jun Liu and Aymerick Eudes3. Glycobiology of the plant secondary cell wall dynamicsMarc Behr, Mondher El Jaziri and Marie Baucher4. Oxidative enzymes in lignificationNatalie Hoffmann, Eliana Gonzales-Vigil, Shawn D. Mansfield and A. Lacey Samuels5. Ferulic and coumaric acids in the cereal grain: Occurrence, biosynthesis, biological functionsAnne Laure Chateigner-Boutin and Luc Saulnier6. In situ imaging of lignin and related compounds by Raman, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) and fluorescence microscopyFabienne Guillon, Notburga Gierlinger, Marie-Françoise Devaux and András Gorzsás7. Spatio-temporal regulation of lignificationMaxime Chantreau and Hannele Tuominen8. Transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall formation and lignificationSteven G. Hussey9. Regulation of secondary cell wall lignification by abiotic and biotic constraintsInes Hadj Bachir, Raphael Ployet, Chantal Teulières, Hua Cassan-Wang, Fabien Mounet and Jacqueline Grima-Pettenati