Key gene regulating plant cell wall recalcitrance

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14638838

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This disclosure provides plants having desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of selecting plants with such desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that the expression and/or activity of POPTR_0014s08530, a gene encoding an Angustifolia/CtBP transcription factor, modulates lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens in plants. Plants with lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the POPTR_0014s08530 gene, have divergent uses including pulp and paper production, and ethanol/biofuel production.

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UT-BATTELLE LLCONE BETHEL VALLEY ROAD 5002 MS-6265 OAK RIDGE TN 37831

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Bryan, Anthony C Knoxville, US 1 0
Chen, Jay Oak Ridge, US 22 254
DiFazio, Stephen P Morgantown, US 1 0
Gunter, Lee E Oak Ridge, US 8 1
Guo, Jianjun Sunnyvale, US 57 404
Jawdy, Sara Oak Ridge, US 4 1
Muchero, Wellington Oak Ridge, US 18 1
Ranjan, Priya Knoxville, US 4 17
Tuskan, Gerald Oak Ridge, US 3 0

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