Lignin content in natural populus variants affects sugar release

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

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 6300-6305

  Studer, Michael H ^a,b   DeMartini, Jaclyn D ^a,b   Davis, Mark F ^b,c   Sykes, Robert W ^b,c   Davison, Brian ^b   Keller, Martin ^b   Tuskan, Gerald A ^b   Wyman, Charles E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; LIGNIN; SUGAR; XYLAN; XYLOSE;

ASPEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 79955010096     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009252108     Document Type: Article

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