Lignin bioengineering

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-198

  Eudes, Aymerick ^a,b   Liang, Yan ^a,b   Mitra, Prajakta ^a,b   Loqué, Dominique ^a,b  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; BIOMASS RECALCITRANCES; BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; OXIDATIVE COUPLINGS; PHENYLPROPANOID PATHWAYS; TISSUE-SPECIFIC PROMOTER; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION;

BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LIGNIN;

DNA; LIGNIN; MONOMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIA; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENERGY; BIOENGINEERING; CROP; DNA BINDING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENYLPROPIONATES; PLANTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84896858928     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.01.002     Document Type: Review

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