Plant genetic engineering to improve biomass characteristics for biofuels

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-319

  Sticklen, Mariam ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CULTIVATION; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOFUELS; FERMENTABLE SUGARS; MAIZE KERNEL; PLANT LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MICROBIAL ENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ARABIDOPSIS; BARREL MEDIC; BIOMASS; CHLOROPLAST; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; RICE; SYNTHESIS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CELLULASE; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CULTIVATION; ETHANOL; LIGNINS; PLANTS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33744903388     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.05.003     Document Type: Review

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