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Expression of a fungal ferulic acid esterase in alfalfa modifies cell wall digestibility

BACKGROUND: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is an important forage crop in North America owing to its high biomass production, perennial nature and ability to fix nitrogen. Feruloyl esterase (EC 3.1.1.73) hydrolyzes ester linkages in plant cell walls and has the potential to further improve alfalfa as bio...

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Autores principales: Badhan, Ajay, Jin, Long, Wang, Yuxi, Han, Shuyou, Kowalczys, Katarzyna, Brown, Daniel CW, Ayala, Carlos Juarez, Latoszek-Green, Marysia, Miki, Brian, Tsang, Adrian, McAllister, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24650274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-6834-7-39