ScGUX2西,

Rafael Henrique Gallinari1,2, Jan J Lyczakowski2,3, Juan Pablo Portilla Llerena1,4

  • 1Department of Genetic, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil.

Plant biotechnology journal
|December 26, 2023
PubMed
概括

在甘中抑制GUX2可以降低生物质的回性,从而更容易生产纤维素生物乙醇. 这种基因改造提高了生物燃料生产效率,并支持了温室气体减排目标.

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