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  • Fornale, S.; Capellades, M.; Encina, A.; Wang, K.; Irar, S.; Lapierre, C.; Ruel, K.; Joseleau, J.P.; Berenguer, J.; Puigdomenech, P.; Rigau, J.; Caparros-Ruiz, D.
    Altered lignin biosynthesis improves cellulosic bioethanol production in transgenic maize plants down-regulated for cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (2012), Mol. Plant, 5, 817-830.
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Zea mays
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physiological function after repression of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase by RNAi, cell walls of plant stems contain a lignin polymer with a slight reduction in the S-to-G ratio without affecting the total lignin content. These cell walls accumulate higher levels of cellulose and arabinoxylans. In contrast, cell walls of midribs present a reduction in the total lignin content and of cell wall polysaccharides in RNAi-treated plants. Although to a different extent, the changes induced by the repression of CAD activity produce midribs and stems more degradable than wild-type plants. Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase-RNAi-treated plants grown in the field present a wild-type phenotype and produce higher amounts of dry biomass and higher levels of ethanol compared to wild-type Zea mays