Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3803-3808

  Fu, Chunxiang ^a   Mielenz, Jonathan R ^b   Xiao, Xirong ^a,b   Ge, Yaxin ^a   Hamilton, Choo Y ^b   Rodriguez Jr , Miguel ^b   Chen, Fang ^a,b   Foston, Marcus ^b,c   Ragauskas, Arthur ^b,c   Bouton, Joseph ^a   Dixon, Richard A ^a,b   Wang, Zeng Yu ^a,b  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel crop; Cellulosic ethanol; Lignin modification; Panicum virgatum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEIC ACID O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CELLULASE; GUAIACYL; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MONOMER; SYRINGYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FERMENTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HYDROLYSIS; MILLET; NONHUMAN; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHARIFICATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSGENICS;

BIOFUELS; CELLULASE; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANICUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 79952762070     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100310108     Document Type: Article

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