Biotechnological improvement of lignocellulosic feedstock for enhanced biofuel productivity and processing

Plant Biotechnology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Ko, Jae Heung ^a   Kim, Hyun Tae ^b,c   Han, Kyung Hwan ^b,c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass feedstock; Secondary wall; Transcriptional regulator; Utility promoter

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751584759     PISSN: 18635466     EISSN: 18635474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-010-0159-7     Document Type: Review

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