Global and grain-specific accumulation of glycoside hydrolase family 10 xylanases in transgenic maize (Zea mays)

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1100-1108

  Gray, Benjamin N ^a   Bougri, Oleg ^a   Carlson, Alvar R ^b   Meissner, Judy ^c   Pan, Shihao ^a   Parker, Matthew H ^a   Zhang, Dongcheng ^a   Samoylov, Vladimir ^a   Ekborg, Nathan A ^a   Michael Raab, R ^a  

^a Agrivida Inc   (United States)

^b Vestaron Corporation   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cellulosic biofuels; Corn stover; Ethanol; Xylanase; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ENDO 1,4 BETA XYLANASE; GLUTEN; GLYCOSIDASE; HEMICELLULASE; XYNB XYLANASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CEREAL; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CEREALS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUTENS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEEDS; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS SP. NG-27; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM STERCORARIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80955151478     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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