Lignin radicals in the plant cell wall probed by Kerr-gated resonance Raman spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2978-2986

  Barsberg, Søren ^a   Matousek, Pavel ^b   Towrie, Mike ^b   Jørgensen, Henning ^a   Felby, Claus ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^b Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; PHENOL; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BEECH; CELL WALL; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN BOND; LASER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PROBE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLANT CELL; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPRUCE; VIBRATION; WOOD;

FAGUS; PICEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33646187285     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.070391     Document Type: Article

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