Enzymatic Depolymerization of Plant Cell Wall Hemicelluloses

Biomass Recalcitrance: Deconstructing the Plant Cell Wall for Bioenergy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 352-373

  Decker, Stephen R ^a   Siika Aho, Matti ^b   Viikari, Liisa ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cell wall depolymerizing xylanases; Enzymatic depolymerization of plant cell wall hemicelluloses; Enzymatic hydrolysis of residual hemicellulose; Hemicellulase types, activities, and specificities; Other cell wall depolymerizing glycosyl hydrolases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863173065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305418.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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