Changes in cell wall carbohydrate extractability are correlated with reduced recalcitrance of HCT downregulated alfalfa biomass

Industrial Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 217-221

  Pattathil, Sivakumar ^a   Saffold, Trina ^a   Gallego Giraldo, Lina ^b   O'Neill, Malcolm ^a   York, William S ^a   Dixon, Richard A ^b   Hahn, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA BIOMASS; CELL WALLS; DOWN-REGULATION; EMPTY VECTOR; EXTRACTABILITY; LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS; MEDICAGO; PECTIC POLYSACCHARIDES; TRANSGENIC LINES; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATES; CYTOLOGY; LIGNIN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SACCHARIFICATION;

CELLS;

EID: 84865209373     PISSN: 15509087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ind.2012.0013     Document Type: Article

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