Designing cell walls for improved bioenergy production

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-10

  Nookaraju, Akula ^a,b   Pandey, Shashank K ^b   Bae, Hyeun Jong ^b   Joshi, Chandrashekhar P ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

BIOFUELS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; GENES, PLANT; LIGNIN;

EID: 84875758307     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss111     Document Type: Article

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