Significant influence of lignin on axial elastic modulus of poplar wood at low microfibril angles under wet conditions.

Özparpucu, Merve; Gierlinger, Notburga; Cesarino, Igor; Burgert, Ingo; Boerjan, Wout; Rüggeberg, Markus.

Affiliation

Özparpucu M; Institute for Building Materials (IfB), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Gierlinger N; School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Wood Research Munich, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany.
Cesarino I; Institute for Biophysics, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Wien, Austria.
Burgert I; Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo - SP, Brazil.
Boerjan W; Institute for Building Materials (IfB), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Rüggeberg M; Laboratory of Cellulose and Wood Materials, EMPA, Dübendorf, Switzerland.

J Exp Bot ; 70(15): 4039-4047, 2019 08 07.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31187131

Subject(s)

Lignin/metabolism; Microfibrils/metabolism; Populus/metabolism; Elastic Modulus/physiology; Plant Proteins/genetics; Plant Proteins/metabolism; Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified/metabolism; Populus/genetics

Key words

Populus tremula×Populus alba; CAFFEOYL SHIKIMATE ESTERASE (CSE); cell-wall mechanics; lignin; lignin engineering; micromechanics