Abstract:
Methods of using plant biomass extracts to improve glucan conversion, to increase fermentation yields, to reduce biomass recalcitrance, to improve silage quality, to increase starch hydrolysis, and/or to bleach cellulosic material.
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Improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol including compositions of matter comprising plant biomass and cell wall-modifying enzyme polypeptides and transgenic plants expression cell wall- modifying enzyme polypeptides.
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Technologies for stacking multiple genes into a single vector, such as an expression vector. Stacked vectors, cells expressing multiple genes from such vectors, and organisms with stacked traits.
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Improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol including compositions of matter comprising plant biomass and cell wall-modifying enzyme polypeptides and transgenic plants expression cell wall- modifying enzyme polypeptides.
Abstract:
Improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol are disclosed herein, along with plants genetically transformed for increased biomass, expression of lignocellulolytic enzyme polypeptides, and/or simplification of harvesting and downstream processing. Methods for processing biomass from these transgenic plants that involve less severe and/or less expensive pre-treatment protocols than are typically employed are also disclosed.
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Described herein are methods to reduce the resistance of the plant cell wall to hydrolysis, methods to enhance the conversion of plant biomass into fermentable sugars, methods to increase yields of fermentable sugars from corn grain hydrolysis, and techniques to harvest both the grain and stover from the field simultaneously for hydrolysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides transgenic plants transformed with expression vectors containing a DNA sequence encoding plant cell wall-modifying enzymes from microbial and animal sources. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of improving enzyme performance by creating variants of the parental enzyme. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of using stay-green varieties as biomass feedstocks for cellulosic biofuel production. Uses of this invention include, but are not limited to, enhanced biomass conversion, cost-effective lignocellulosic biomass conversion and biofuel production, reduced biomass recalcitrance, enhanced forage digestibility by animals, improved fiber qualities, and enhanced fiber processing properties.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol. In particular, the present invention provides plants genetically transformed for increased biomass, expression of lignocellulolytic enzyme polypeptides, and/or simplification of harvesting and downstream processing. Also provided are methods for processing biomass from these transgenic plants that involve less severe and/or less expensive pre-treatment protocols that are typically employed. Such methods allow, among other things, reduced costs associated with externally applied lignocellulolytic enzyme polypeptides.
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Nucleic acids, vectors, and expression vectors comprising novel plant gene regulatory elements from sorghum. Novel transgenic plants expressing heterologous genes under the control of novel gene regulatory elements.
Abstract:
Improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol are disclosed herein, along with plants genetically transformed for increased biomass, expression of lignocellulolytic enzyme polypeptides, and/or simplification of harvesting and downstream processing. Methods for processing biomass from these transgenic plants that involve less severe and/or less expensive pre-treatment protocols than are typically employed are also disclosed.