Biosynthesis and Genetic Engineering of Lignin

• Published in: Critical reviews in plant sciences Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 125 - 197
• Main Author: Baucher, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colchester Taylor & Francis 01.03.1998
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical and Process Engineering; Economic plant physiology; Engineering Sciences; Food engineering; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; Life Sciences; Metabolism; Metabolism. Physicochemical requirements; Nitrogen metabolism and other ones (excepting carbon metabolism); Nutrition. Photosynthesis. Respiration. Metabolism; Plant physiology and development; Varietal selection. Specialized plant breeding, plant breeding aims; Yield, quality, earliness, varia; Lignin; Genetic transformation; Economic importance; Biosynthesis; Metabolic pathway; Review; Pteridophyta; Cell wall; Heterogeneity; Genetic engineering; Chemical composition; Spermatophyta; Mutation

Lignin, a complex heteropolymer of cinnamyl alcohols, is, second to cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer on Earth. Lignification has played a determining role in the adaptation of plants to terrestrial life. As all extracellular polymers, lignin confers rheological properties to plant tissues and...