Harnessing lignin evolution for biotechnological applications.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2018.10.011
Abstract: Lignin evolved concomitantly with the rise of vascular plants on planet earth ∼450 million years ago. Several iterations of exploiting ancestral phenylpropanoid metabolism for biopolymers occurred prior to lignin that facilitated early plants' adaptation to… read more here.
Keywords: harnessing lignin; vascular plants; lignin; evolution biotechnological ... See more keywords