Emerging strategies of lignin engineering and degradation for cellulosic biofuel production

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-172

  Weng, Jing Ke ^a   Li, Xu ^a   Bonawitz, Nicholas D ^a   Chapple, Clint ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY CROPS; MONOMER BIOSYNTHESIS; PLANT CELL WALLS;

LIGNIN;

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; ENZYME; LIGNIN; MONOMER; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUGAR;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOENERGY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; DELIGNIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; FUELS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42249110184     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.02.014     Document Type: Review

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