"By modifying a gene and introducing ester bonds into the lignin backbone, researchers have managed to design trees with a more easily degradable type of lignin, meaning less time and energy will be required to make paper in the near future." http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20140404-25357.html

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"By modifying a gene and introducing ester bonds into the lignin backbone, researchers have managed to design trees with a more easily degradable type of lignin, meaning less time and energy will be required to make paper in the near future."

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20140404-25357.html

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 15:03:25 2014 No.6461520 fuck yeah plant biology

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 15:06:25 2014 No.6461523 speaking of plant biology what possible applications are there of doing organic synthesis reactions within a plant (i.e. Diels-Alder)

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 15:09:25 2014 No.6461531 File: 29 KB, 500x375, 1268548217230.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >doing organic synthesis reactions within a plant

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 15:12:25 2014 No.6461538 >>6461531 I swear someone did this already, but i can't find the primary article. I'm not sure if it was a Diels-Alder.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 15:12:55 2014 No.6461537 >>6461531 Biologists are evil, they should all be killed.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 15:15:26 2014 No.6461540 >>6461531 >Pericyclic Reactions in Biological Systems—Does Nature Know About the Diels—Alder Reaction? >1996 don't have time to sift through the articles right now

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