Loosening xyloglucan accelerates the enzymatic degradation of cellulose in wood

Molecular Plant

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 904-909

  Kaida, Rumi ^a   Kaku, Tomomi ^a   Baba, Kei'Ichi ^a   Oyadomari, Masafumi ^a   Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Nishida, Koji ^a   Kanaya, Toshiji ^a   Shani, Ziv ^b   Shoseyov, Oded ^b   Hayashi, Takahisa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CBD Technologies   (Israel)

Author keywords

Overexpression of xyloglucanase; Saccharification; Transgenic poplar; Xylem

Indexed keywords

POPULUS;

EID: 70349603055     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssp060     Document Type: Article

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