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Nature Biotechnology 25, 746 - 748 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nbt0707-746

Loosening lignin's grip on biofuel production

Clint Chapple1, Michael Ladisch2 & Rick Meilan3

  1. Clint Chapple is in the Department of Biochemistry, 175 S. University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47902-2063, USA. e-mail: chapple@purdue.edu
  2. Michael Ladisch is in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, 500 Central Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1295, USA. e-mail: ladisch@purdue.edu
  3. Rick Meilan is in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, 715 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2061, USA. e-mail: rmeilan@purdue.edu


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