Improved sugar release from lignocellulosic material by introducing a tyrosine-rich cell wall peptide gene in poplar

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 662-668

  Liang, Haiying ^a   Frost, Christopher J ^b   Wei, Xiaoping ^b   Brown, Nicole R ^b   Carlson, John E ^b   Tien, Ming ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel feedstock; Ethanol production; Lignin digestibility; Lignin modification; Poplar; Tyrosine rich peptide gene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANGIOSPERM; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; DIGESTIBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; GENE; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; PEPTIDE; SUGAR;

FUNGI;

EID: 67649949929     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200800079     Document Type: Article

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