Downregulation of GAUT12 in Populus deltoides by RNA silencing results in reduced recalcitrance, increased growth and reduced xylan and pectin in a woody biofuel feedstock

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Biswal, Ajaya K ^a,b,c   Hao, Zhangying ^b,c   Pattathil, Sivakumar ^b,c   Yang, Xiaohan ^c,d   Winkeler, Kim ^c,e   Collins, Cassandra ^c,e   Mohanty, Sushree S ^b,c   Richardson, Elizabeth A ^b   Gelineo Albersheim, Ivana ^b,c   Hunt, Kimberly ^b,c   Ryno, David ^b,c   Sykes, Robert W ^c,f   Turner, Geoffrey B ^c,f   Ziebell, Angela ^c,f   Gjersing, Erica ^c,f   Lukowitz, Wolfgang ^b   Davis, Mark F ^c,f   Decker, Stephen R ^c,f   Hahn, Michael G ^b,c   Mohnen, Debra ^a,b,c  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c DOE BioEnergy Science Center BESC   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ArborGen LLC   (United States)

^f NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Growth; Pectin; Populus; Saccharification; Secondary cell wall; Wood development; Xylan

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FEEDSTOCKS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HARDWOODS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; LIGNIN; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; RNA; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGARS; VECTOR CONTROL (ELECTRIC MACHINERY);

CONCOMITANT REDUCTION; ENZYMATIC SACCHARIFICATION; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; PECTIN; PECTIN HOMOGALACTURONAN; POPULUS; SECONDARY CELL WALL; XYLAN;

WOOD;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; ENZYME; RNA; WOOD;

PECTINS; POPULUS; SACCHARIFICATION; XYLANS;

ARABIDOPSIS; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 84925439867     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0218-y     Document Type: Article

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