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1. A vector comprising a substantially purified or isolated nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment selected from the group consisting of:
(a) a nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment encoding a CAD comprising the sequence selected from the group consisting of Sequence ID Nos. 9, 11, 16 and 18; (b) an open reading frame encoding a CAD shown in a figure selected from the group consisting of FIGS. 13, 14, 26 and 27; (c) the complements of the sequences recited in (a) and (b); (d) sequences antisense to the full length of the sequences recited in (a), (b) and (c); and (e) functionally active variants of the sequences recited in (a), (b), (c) and (d), being capable of modifying lignin biosynthesis in a plant and having at least 95% identity to the entirety of the sequence recited in (a), (b), (c) or (d); wherein the nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment is operably linked to a heterologous regulatory element. |