Diversity of beetle genes encoding novel plant cell wall degrading enzymes.

Plant cell walls are a heterogeneous mixture of polysaccharides and proteins that require a range of different enzymes to degrade them. Plant cell walls are also the primary source of cellulose, the most abundant and useful biopolymer on the planet. Plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) are the...

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Main Authors: Yannick Pauchet, Paul Wilkinson, Ritika Chauhan, Richard H Ffrench-Constant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3003705?pdf=render