Production of multifunctional chimaeric enzymes in plants: A promising approach for degrading plant cell wall from within

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-315

  Fan, Zhanmin ^a   Yuan, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Enzyme engineering; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; HEMICELLULASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CHIMAERIFORMES; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77950984305     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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