Transgenic plants as an alternative source of lignocellulosic-degrading enzymes

Austin-Phillips, Sandra; Burgess, Richard R.; German, Thomas L.; Ziegelhoffer, Thomas

Transgenic plants as an alternative source of lignocellulosic-degrading enzymes

Patent · 16 November 2004

OSTI ID:1531486

Austin-Phillips, Sandra; Burgess, Richard R.; German, Thomas L.; Ziegelhoffer, Thomas

Transgenic plants which express cellulose-degrading enzymes, methods to make the transgenic plants, and methods to use the cellulose-degrading enzymes produced by the transgenic plants are disclosed.

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Research Organization:: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC05-92OR22072

Assignee:: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)

Patent Number(s):: 6,818,803

Application Number:: 09/373,272

OSTI ID:: 1531486

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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