Plants: Biofactories for a sustainable future?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1942, 2011, Pages 1826-1839

  Jenkins, Thomas ^a   Bovi, Aurélie ^a   Edwards, Robert ^b  

^a IT Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biorefining; Lignocellulosics; SPPI net; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOFACTORIES; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINING; BULK PRODUCTION; CELL WALLS; EDIBLE PLANTS; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LIGNO-CELLULOSICS; OIL RESERVES; OPTIMAL PROCESSING; PLANT BIOMASS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SPPI-NET; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; WASTE STREAM;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; METABOLISM; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PROVEN RESERVES; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO; SUGARS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOFUEL; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METABOLISM; PLANT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; LIGNIN; PLANTS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 79956089460     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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