Acetylation of woody lignocellulose: Significance and regulation

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Pawar, Prashant Mohan Anupama ^a   Koutaniemi, Sanna ^b   Tenkanen, Maija ^b   Mellerowicz, Ewa J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acetyl esterase; Biofuel; Cell wall; Hemicellulose; O acetylation; Saccharification; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896827425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00118     Document Type: Review

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