Recent advances in understanding the role of cellulose accessibility in enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic substrates

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-158

  Meng, Xianzhi ^a   Ragauskas, Arthur Jonas ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREAS; CELLULOSE ACCESSIBILITIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ENZYMATIC DIGESTIBILITY; FERMENTABLE SUGARS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATES; PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGY;

CELLULOSE;

LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS ENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROSS LINKING; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CELLULASES; CELLULOSE; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSACCHARIDES; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84896728684     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.01.014     Document Type: Review

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