Down-regulation of PoGT47C expression in poplar results in a reduced glucuronoxylan content and an increased wood digestibility by cellulase

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1075-1089

  Lee, Chanhui ^a   Teng, Quincy ^b   Huang, Wenlin ^b   Zhong, Ruiqin ^a   Ye, Zheng Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass recalcitrance; Glucuronoxylan biosynthesis; Glycosyltransferase; Poplar; Secondary wall biosynthesis; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; GLUCURONOXYLAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; XYLAN;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOOD;

CELL WALL; CELLULASE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; WOOD; XYLANS;

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; POPULUS ALBA;

EID: 67649316098     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp060     Document Type: Article

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