CAFFEOYL COA REDUCTASE
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Feb 23, 2012
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Jul 12, 2011
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Jul 12, 2010
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for increasing lignin content in plants by expression of a cinnamoyl CoA reductase 2 (CCR2) coding sequence in the plant. Also provided are methods for reducing lignin content in a plant by down-regulation of CCR2 expression in the plant. Nucleic acid molecules for modulation of CCR2 expression and transgenic plants the same are also provided. Plants described herein may be used, for example, as improved biofuel feedstock and as highly digestible forage crops. Methods for processing plant tissue and for producing biofuels by utilizing such plants are also provided.
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- C01B:NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF
- C08H:DERIVATIVES OF NATURAL MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
- C07G:COMPOUNDS OF UNKNOWN CONSTITUTION
- C12N:MICRO-ORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
- C07C:ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
- A23K:FODDER
- A01H:NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT ....
- D01F:CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL....
- D21C:PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE ....
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