Improving total saccharification yield of Arabidopsis plants by vessel-specific complementation of caffeoyl shikimate esterase (cse) mutants

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Vargas, Lívia ^a,b   Cesarino, Igor ^a,b,c   Vanholme, Ruben ^a,b   Voorend, Wannes ^a,b   De Lyra Soriano Saleme, Marina ^a,b   Morreel, Kris ^a,b   Boerjan, Wout ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Caffeoyl shikimate esterase (CSE); Genetic engineering; Lignin; Saccharification; Secondary cell wall; Vessel specific complementation

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ENGINEERING; ENZYMES; ESTERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; SACCHARIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COMPLEMENTATION; PHENYLPROPANOID PATHWAYS; SECONDARY CELL WALL; SHIKIMATES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY NETWORKS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE;

LIGNIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH; LIGNIN; MORPHOLOGY;

ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; PLANTS; SACCHARIFICATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84977268226     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0551-9     Document Type: Article

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