Genetic engineering approaches to improve bioethanol production from maize

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-199

  Torney, François ^a   Moeller, Lorena ^a   Scarpa, Andréa ^a   Wang, Kan ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; STARCH;

BIOETHANOL; GENOMICS; LAND DELINEATION; MOLECULAR MARKER;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STARCH; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; GRAIN YIELD; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC CROP;

BIOMASS; CELL WALL; ETHANOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34249935490     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.03.006     Document Type: Review

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