Harnessing energy from plant biomass

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 677-684

  Chang, Michelle CY ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELLULOSE; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS;

EID: 36549000742     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.08.039     Document Type: Review

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