Engineering of plant cell walls for enhanced biofuel production

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-161

  Loqué, Dominique ^a   Scheller, Henrik V ^a,b   Pauly, Markus ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; LIGNIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT CELL;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; LIGNIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT CELLS; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 84935011924     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.05.018     Document Type: Review

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