Presidential Young Investigator Award
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This action funds a Presidential Young Investigator award for                   five years.  The major field of research is the biodegradation of               the aromatic polymer, lignin.  Areas to be studied are the                      enzymology and molecular biology of oxygen activation and free                  radical reactions during lignin degradation by the wood-                        destroying fungus Phanerochaete.  Lignin is the biopolymer that                 holds together the cellulose and hemicellulose fibers in woody                  tissues and is removed in the paper pulping process.  The                       biological mechanism employed by the fungus is unknown but could                be exploited to great economic and environmental advantage.
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[{'Code': '1144', 'Text': 'Molecular Biophysics'}, {'Code': '9145', 'Text': 'SPECIAL PROGRAMS-RESERVE'}]
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