High-level expression of thermostable cellulolytic enzymes in tobacco transplastomic plants and their use in hydrolysis of an industrially pretreated Arundo donax L. biomass

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Castiglia, Daniela ^a   Sannino, Lorenza ^a   Marcolongo, Loredana ^a   Ionata, Elena ^a   Tamburino, Rachele ^a   De Stradis, Angelo ^b   Cobucci Ponzano, Beatrice ^a   Moracci, Marco ^a   La Cara, Francesco ^a   Scotti, Nunzia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

(Hemi)cellulolytic enzymes; Bioconversion; Green factory; Industrially pretreated plant biomass; Plastid transformation

Indexed keywords

BAST FIBERS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES; CELLULOLYTIC ENZYME; HIGH LEVEL EXPRESSION; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIA; PLANT BIOMASS; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION; TOTAL SOLUBLE PROTEIN;

ENZYMES;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASS; HYDROLYSIS; PLASTID; TOBACCO;

ARUNDO DONAX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84979581235     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0569-z     Document Type: Article

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