Improved Plants Publications

Lignin composition and structure in young versus adult Eucalyptus globulus plants
2011. AMER SOC PLANT BIOLOGISTS. Rencoret, Jorge; Gutierrez, Ana; Nieto, Lidia; Jimenez-Barbero, Jesus; Faulds, Craig B.; Kim, Hoon; Ralph, John; Martinez, Angel T.; del Rio, Jose C.

Facile synthesis of 4-hydroxycinnamaldehydes
2011. BioEnergy Research. Zhu, Y.; Mohammadi, A.; Ralph, J.

Identifying protein-protein interactions in Arabidopsis by co-immunoprecipitation of GFP-tagged proteins and proteomic detection
2011. Fluorescent Proteins. Held, Michael A.; Danhof, Linda; Brandizzi, Federica

Utility of RNA-seq for analysis of maize reproductive transcriptomes
2011. The Plant Genome. Davidson, R.M.; Hansey, Candice N.; Gowda, M.; Childs, Kevin L.; Lin, Haining; Vailancourt, B.; Sekhon, Rajandeep S.; de Leon, Natalia; Kaeppler, Shawn M.; Jiang, N.; Buell, C. Robin

Post-glacial evolution of Panicum virgatum: centers of diversity and gene pools revealed by SSR markers and cpDNA sequences
2011. Springer Netherlands. Zhang, Yunwei; Zalapa, Juan; Jakubowski, Andrew; Price, David; Acharya, Ananta; Wei, Yanling; Brummer, E.; Kaeppler, Shawn; Casler, Michael

Independent Recruitment of an O-Methyltransferase for Syringyl Lignin Biosynthesis in Selaginella moellendorffii
2011. AMER SOC PLANT BIOLOGISTS . Weng, Jing-Ke; Akiyama, Takuya; Ralph, John; Chapple, Clint

The Charophycean green algae provide insights into the early origins of plant cell walls
2011. The Plant Journal. Sørensen, Iben; Pettolino, Filomena A.; Bacic, Antony; Ralph, John; Lu, Fachuang; O'Neill, Malcom A.; Fei, Zhangzhun; Rose, Jocelyn K.; Domozych, David S.; Willats, William G.T.

Comparative transcriptome and metabolite analysis of oil palm and date palm mesocarp that differ dramatically in carbon partitioning
2011. NATL ACAD SCIENCES. Bourgis, Fabienne; Kilaru, Aruna; Cao, Xia; Ngando-Ebongue, George-Frank; Drira, Noureddine; Ohlrogge, John B.; Arondel, Vincent

De novo genome sequencing and comparative genomics of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
2011. Nature Biotechnology. Al-Dous, E K; George, B; Al-Mahmoud, M E; Al-Jaber, M Y; Wang, H; Salameh, Y M; Al-Azwani, E K; Chaluvadi, S; Pontaroli, A C; Debarry, J; Arondel, V; Ohlrogge, J B; Saie, I J; Suliman-Elmeer, K M; Bennetzen, J; Kruegger, R; Malek, J A

Stereoselective synthesis of 1-O-β-feruloyl and 1-O-β-sinapoyl glucopyranoses
2011. Tetrahedron Letters. Zhu Y & Ralph J

Significant Alteration of Gene Expression in Wood Decay Fungi Postia placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium by Plant Species
2011. Applied and environmental microbiology. Vanden Wymelenberg A, et al.

Short review on Ammonia Based Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment
2011. Royal Society of Chemistry. Balan, Venkatesh Bals, Bryan daCosta Sousa, L. Garlock, R. Dale, Bruce E.

The seeds of green energy - expanding the contribution of plant oils as biofuels
2011. The Biochemist. Ohlrogge, John B.; Chapman, Kent

Biomass Yield and Cell Wall Composition of Corn with Alternative Morphologies Planted at Variable Densities
2011. Crop Science. Hansey CN & de Leon N

Fluorescence-Tagged Monolignols: Synthesis, and Application to Studying In Vitro Lignification
2011. Biomacromolecules. Tobimatsu, Yuki; Davidson, Christy L.; Grabber, John H.; Ralph, John

CCoAOMT suppression modifies lignin composition in Pinus radiata
2011. The Plant Journal. Wagner, Armin; Tobimatsu, Yuki; Phillips, Lorelle; Flint, Heather; Torr, Kirk; Donaldson, Lloyd; Pears, Lana; Ralph, John

Genome-wide atlas of transcription during maize development
2011. The Plant Journal. Sekhon RS, et al.

Novel Aspects of transcriptional regulation in the winter survival and maintenance mechanism of poplar
2011. Tree Physiology. Ko, J. H.; Prassinos, C; Keathley, D. E.; Han, Kyung-Hwan

Increasing the energy density of vegetative tissues by diverting carbon from starch to oil biosynthesis in transgenic Arabidopsis
2011. Plant Biotechnology Journal. Sanjaya, Durrett, Timothy P. Weise, Sean E. Benning, Christoph

The DUF579 domain containing proteins IRX15 and IRX15-L affect xylan synthesis in Arabidopsis
2011. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Jensen, Jacob Krüger Kim, Hoon Cocuron, Jean-Christophe Orler, Robert Ralph, John Wilkerson, Curtis G.

Genetic diversity of a maize association population with restricted phenology.
2011. Crop Science. Hansey, Candice N. Johnson, J.M. Kaeppler, Shawn M. de Leon, Natalia

Improved xylan conversion with supplementation of bacterial hemicellulase along with fungal cellulase for AFEX treated corn stover
2010. Biotechnology for Biofuels. Gao, Dahai Uppaguntala, Nirmal Chundadawat, Shishir P.S. Liu, Tongjun Hermanson, Spencer Gowda, Krishne Brumm, Phillip Balan, Venkatesh Dale, Bruce E.

Multi-scale visualization and characterization of plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical pretreatment
2010. Energy and Environmental Science. Chundawat, Shishir P. S Donohoe, Bryon S. da Costa Sousa, Leonardo Elder, Thomas Agarwai, Umesh P Lu, Fachuang Ralph, John Himmel, Michael Balan, Venkatesh Dale, Bruce E.

The Microbiome of Leaf-cutter Ant Fungus Gardens
2010. Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology. Suen, G. Scott, J.J. Aylward, F.O Currie, Cameron R.

Synthetic multi-component enzyme mixtures for deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass
2010. Bioresource Technology. Banerjee, Goutami Car, Suzana Scott-Craig, John S. Borrusch, Melissa S. Bongers, M. Walton, Jonathan D.

Biotechnological Improvement of Lignocellulosic Feedstock for Enhanced Biofuel Productivity and Processing
2010. Plant Biotechnology Reports. Ko, J.-H. Kim, Hyun-Tae Han, Kying Hwan

Synergy between 13C-metabolic flux analysis and flux balance analysis for understanding metabolic adaption to anaerobiosis in E. coli
2010. Metabolic Engineering. Chen, Xuewen Alonso, Ana P. Allen, Doug K. Reed, Jennifer L. Shachar-Hill, Yair

Hierarchical classification of switchgrass genotypes using SSR and chloroplast sequences: ecotypes, ploidies, gene pools, and cultivars
2010. Theoretical and Applied Genetics . Zalapa, J. E.; Price, D. L.; Kaeppler, S. M.; Tobias, C. M.; Okada, M.; Casler, M. D.

Rapid optimization of enzyme mixtures for deconstruction of diverse pretreatment/biomass feedstock combinations
2010. Biotechnol Biofuels. Banerjee, Goutami Car, Suzana Scott-Craig, John Borrusch, Melissa Walton, Jonathan

Plant Cell Walls
2010. Plant Physiology. Keegstra, Kenneth

Comparative lipidomic profiling of xylose-metabolizing S. cerevisiae and its parental strain in different media reveals correlations between membrane lipids and fermentation capacity
2010. Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company. Xia, Jinmei Jones, A. Daniel Lau, Ming W. Yuan, Ying-Jin Dale, Bruce E. Balan, Venkatesh

Engineering traditional monolignols out of lignins by concomitant F5H1-up- and COMT-down-regulation in Arabidopsis
2010. The Plant Journal. Vanholme, R Ralph, John Akiyama, T. Lu, F. Rencoret Pazo, J. Christensen, J. Rohde, A. Morreel, K. DeRycke, R. Kim, Hoon Van Reusel, B. Boerjan, W.

Mass-spectrometry-based fragmentation as an identification tool in lignomics
2010. Analytical Chemistry. Morreel, K., Kim, H., Lu, F., Dima, O., Akiyama, T., Vanholme, R., Niculaes, C., Goeminne, G., Inze, D., Messens, E., Ralph, J. & Boerjan, W

Lignin biosynthesis and structure
2010. Plant Physiology. Vanholme, Ruben, Morreel, Kris, Ralph, John, Boerjan, Wout

NMR of Lignins
2010. Lignin and Lignans; Advances in Chemistry, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). Ralph, John, Landucci, L.L.

The cytoskeleton and root growth behavior
2010. The Plant Cytoskeleton. 1st ed.: Springer.. Vaughn, L.M., Baldwin, K.L., Jia, G., Verdonk, J.C., Strohm, A.K., Masson, P.H.

Mining Dictyoglomus turgidum for Enzymatically Active Carbohydrases
2010. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Part A. Brumm, Phillip Hermanson, Spencer Hochstein, Becky Boyum, Julie Hermersmann, Nick Gowda, Krishne Mead, David

Quantifying the Labeling and the Levels of Plant Cell Wall Precursors Using Ion Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry
2010. Plant Physiol. Alonso, Ana P., Piasecki, Rebecca J., Wang, Yan, LaClair, Russell W., Shachar-Hill, Yair

Mass-spectrometry-based sequencing of lignin oligomers
2010. Plant Physiology. Morreel, K., Dima, O., Kim, H., Lu, F., Niculaes, C., Vanholme, R., Dauwe, R., Goeminne, G., Inze, D., Messens, E., Ralph, J. & Boerjan, W.

Comparative transcriptome and secretome analysis of wood decay fungi Postia placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium
2010. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Wymelenberg, A. V., Gaskell, J., Mozuch, M., Sabat, G., Ralph, J., Skyba, O., Mansfield, S. D., Blanchette, R. A., Martinez, D., Grigoriev, I., Kersten, P. J. & Cullen, D.

Sequencing around 5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol-derived units in COMT-deficient poplar lignins
2010. Plant Physiology. Lu, Fachuang, Marita, Jane M., Lapierre, Catherine, Jouanin, Lise, Morreel, Kris, Boerjan, Wout, Ralph, John

Comparing the fermentation performance of Escherichia coli KO11, Saccharomyces cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST) and Zymomonas mobilis AX101 for cellulosic ethanol production
2010. Biotechnology for Biofuels. Lau, M. W., C. Gunawan, et al. (2010). "Comparing the fermentation performance of Escherichia coli KO11, Saccharomyces cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST) and Zymomonas mobilis AX101 for cellulosic ethanol production." Biotechnology for Biofuels 3(11): 10.

A distinct DGAT with sn-3 acetyltransferase activity that synthesizes unusual, reduced-viscosity oils in Euonymus and transgenic seeds
2010. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Durrett, T. P., McClosky, D. D., Tumaney, A. W., Elzinga, D. A., Ohlrogge, J. & Pollard, M

Modeling Lignin Polymerization. I. Simulation Model of Dehydrogenation Polymers
2010. Plant Physiology. van Parijs, Frederik R.D.; Morreel, Kris; Ralph, John; Boerjan, Wout; Merks, Roeland M.H.

Sequencing around 5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol-derived units in caffeic acid O-methyltransferase-deficient poplar lignins
2010. Plant Physiology. Lu, Fachuang Marita, Jane M. Lapierre, Catherine Jouanin, Lise Morreel, Kris Boerjan, Wout Ralph, John

Lignin biosynthesis and structure.
2010. Plant Physiol.. Vanholme R, Morreel K, Ralph J, Boerjan W.

Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) Pretreatment, Enzymatic Hydrolysis, and Fermentation on Empty Palm Fruit Bunch Fiber (EPFBF) for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
2010. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Part A. Lau, M. J Lau, M. W. Gunawan, C. Dale, Bruce E.

Genetic Analysis of Cell Wall Traits Relevant to Cellulosic Ethanol Production in Maize (Zea mays L.)
2010. Crop Sci. Lorenz, A. J., Coors, J. G., Hansey, Candice N., Kaeppler, Shawn M., de Leon, Natalia

Convergent evolution of syringyl lignin biosynthesis via distinct pathways in the lycophyte Selaginella and flowering plants
2010. Plant Cell. Weng J-K, Akiyama T, Bonawitz ND, Li X, Ralph J, Chapple C.

Hydroxycinnamates in lignification
2010. Phytochemistry Reviews. RALPH, J.