Table 1.

Impact of 35S promoter-driven F5H overexpression on lignin monomer composition in transgenic Arabidopsis

Line	Total G units* (μmol g−1 d.w.)	Total S units† (μmol g−1 d.w.)	Total G+S units (μmol g−1 d.w.)	Mol% S
Wild type	168  ±  16	37.5  ±  4.5	205  ±  21	18.4  ±  0.91
fahl-2	272  ±  23	ND	272  ±  23	–
A	332  ±  38	17.5  ±  2.0	350  ±  40	5.06  ±  0.17
B	211  ±  18	33.5  ±  3.5	244  ±  21	13.7  ±  0.55
C	204  ±  17	48.5  ±  3.0	253  ±  19	19.2  ±  0.56
D	187  ±  10	46.5  ±  2.5	233  ±  11	19.9  ±  0.86
E	270  ±  24	79.5  ±  9.0	349  ±  33	22.7  ±  0.82
F	287  ±  30	98.0  ±  16	385  ±  45	25.3  ±  1.23
G	193  ±  16	67.0  ±  5.5	260  ±  20	25.8  ±  0.78
H	161  ±  15	59.0  ±  6.5	220  ±  22	28.8  ±  0.92
I	173  ±  11	69.5  ±  8.5	253  ±  19	27.5  ±  1.80

Stem tissue from the plants described in Fig. 4 was used for lignin monomer composition by nitrobenzene oxidation. Average values of 10 replicates and their SDs are shown. 

*Sum of vanillin + vanillic acid. 

^†Sum of syringaldehyde + syringic acid. 

ND, not detectable.