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Scientists create low-lignin plants with improved potential for biofuel production
August 5, 2012 Editor 0
(Phys.org) — Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new enzyme that effectively “masks” the synthetic precursors of lignin, a plant cell wall component that makes plant biomass particularly difficult to break down. When it was expressed in plants, this enzyme substantially reduced lignin content in the cell wall and increased the digestibility of […]
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