Lignin valorization: Improving lignin processing in the biorefinery

Science

Volumn 344, Issue 6185, 2014, Pages

  Ragauskas, Arthur J ^a   Beckham, Gregg T ^b   Biddy, Mary J ^b   Chandra, Richard ^c   Chen, Fang ^d   Davis, Mark F ^b   Davison, Brian H ^e   Dixon, Richard A ^d   Gilna, Paul ^e   Keller, Martin ^e   Langan, Paul ^e   Naskar, Amit K ^e   Saddler, Jack N ^c   Tschaplinski, Timothy J ^e   Tuskan, Gerald A ^e   Wyman, Charles E ^f  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; LIGNIN; CARBON; CARBON FIBER; CELLULOSE; ELASTOMER;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIGNIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOENERGY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CROP; CROSS LINKING; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GYMNOSPERM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; JATROPHA CURCAS; LIGNIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PLANT GROWTH; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SACCHARIFICATION; SEED HUSK; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUELS; CARBON; CELLULOSE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ELASTOMERS; LIGNIN;

EID: 84900453510     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1246843     Document Type: Review

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