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    Combining loss of function of FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHETASE1 and CAFFEOYL-COA 3-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE1 for lignin reduction and improved saccharification efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Downregulation of genes involved in lignin biosynthesis and related biochemical pathways has been used as a strategy to improve biofuel production. Plant C1 metabolism provides the methyl units used for the me...

    Hongli **e, Nancy L. Engle, Sivasankari Venketachalam in Biotechnology for Biofuels (2019)

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    Revealing the transcriptomic complexity of switchgrass by PacBio long-read sequencing

    Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is an important bioenergy crop widely used for lignocellulosic research. While extensive transcriptomic analyses have been conducted on this species using short read-based sequen...

    Chunman Zuo, Matthew Blow, Avinash Sreedasyam, Rita C. Kuo in Biotechnology for Biofuels (2018)

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    Expression and functional analysis of ZmDWF4, an ortholog of Arabidopsis DWF4 from maize (Zea mays L.)

    DWF4 encodes a rate-limiting mono-oxygenase that mediates 22α-hydroxylation reactions in the BR biosynthetic pathway and it is the target gene in the BR feedback loop. Knockout of DWF4 re...

    Tingsong Liu, **peng Zhang, Maoyan Wang, Zhangying Wang, Guifen Li in Plant Cell Reports (2007)