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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2017

Study of traits and recalcitrance reduction of field-grown

Mi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Chang Geun Yoo, Erica Gjersing, Stephen R Decker, Crissa Doeppke, Todd Shollenberger, Timothy J Tschaplinski, Nancy L Engle, Robert W Sykes and 8 more

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mi LiBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; BioSciences Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN USA ; UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN USA.
Yunqiao PuBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; BioSciences Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN USA ; UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN USA.
Chang Geun YooBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; BioSciences Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN USA ; UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN USA.
Erica GjersingBiosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO USA.
Stephen R DeckerBiosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO USA.
Crissa DoeppkeBiosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO USA.
Todd ShollenbergerBiosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO USA.
Timothy J TschaplinskiBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; BioSciences Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN USA ; UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN USA.
Nancy L EngleBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; BioSciences Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN USA ; UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN USA.
Robert W SykesNational Bioenergy Center, NREL, Golden, CO USA.
Mark F DavisNational Bioenergy Center, NREL, Golden, CO USA.
Holly L BaxterBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA.
Mitra MazareiBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA.
Chunxiang FuForage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK USA.
Richard A DixonBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; BioDiscovery Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX USA.
Zeng-Yu WangBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK USA.
C Neal StewartBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA.
Arthur J RagauskasBioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN USA ; BioSciences Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN USA ; UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN USA ; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory · USNational Renewable Energy Laboratory · USNoble Research Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe native recalcitrance of plants hinders the biomass conversion process using current biorefinery techniques. Down-regulation of the caffeic acid

resultsField-grown

conclusionsThe down-regulation of

Indexed as

Biomass recalcitranceCaffeic acid O-methyltransferaseCellulose accessibilityEnzymatic hydrolysisLigninSwitchgrass

Identifiers

PMID28053668
PMCPMC5209956
OpenAlexW2567191576

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