Publications

Wettstein, S.G., Alonso, D.M., Gurbuz, E.I. & Dumesic, J.A. "A roadmap for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to chemicals and fuels." Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering 1,3, 218–224+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2012.04.002]

Wettstein, S.G., Alonso, D.M., Yuxuan, C. & Dumesic, J.A. "Production of levulinic acid and gamma-valerolactone (GVL) from cellulose using GVL as a solvent in biphasic systems." Energy & Environmental Science 5, 8199–8203+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22111J]

Wettstein, S.G., Bond, J.Q., Alonso, D.M., Pham, H.N., Datye, A.K. & Dumesic, J.A. "RuSn bimetallic catalysts for selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 117-118, 321–329+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2012.01.033]

Withers, S., Lu, F., Kim, H., Zhu, Y., Ralph, J. & Wilkerson, C.G. "Identification of grass-specific enzyme that acylates monolignols with p-coumarate." The Journal of Biological Chemistry 287,11, 8347–55+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.284497]

Woltz, J., Werling, B.P. & Landis, D.A. "Natural enemies and insect outbreaks in agriculture: a landscape perspective." in Insect Outbreaks Revisited. 355–370+ (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012). [DOI: 10.1002/9781118295205.ch17]

Yue, F., Lu, F., Sun, R. & Ralph, J. "Synthesis and characterization of new 5-linked pinoresinol lignin models." Chemistry, A European Journal 18, 16402–16410+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201506]

Yue, F., Lu, F., Sun, R.-C. & Ralph, J. "Syntheses of lignin-derived thioacidolysis monomers and their uses as quantitation standards." Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 60,4, 922–928+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1021/jf204481x]

Zabotina, O.A., Avci, U., Cavalier, D., Pattathil, S., Chou, Y.-H., Eberhard, S., Danhof, L., Keegstra, K. & Hahn, M.G. "Mutations in multiple XXT genes of Arabidopsis reveal the complexity of xyloglucan biosynthesis." Plant Physiology 159,4, 1367–1384+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.198119]

Zhang, K., Bhuiya, M.-W., Rencoret, J., Pazo, Y., Kim, H., Ralph, J. & Liu, C.-J. "An engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase depresses lignin polymerization and confers novel metabolic capability in Arabidopsis." The Plant Cell 24,7, 3122–3139+ (2012). [DOI: 10.​1105/​tpc.​112.​101287]

Zhu, Y., Mohammadi, A. & Ralph, J. "Facile synthesis of 4-hydroxycinnamaldehydes." BioEnergy Research 5, 407–411+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1007/s12155-011-9151-5]

Howe, A.C., Pell, J., Canino-Koning, R., Mackelprang, R., Tringe, S., Jansson, J., Tiedje, J.M. & Brown, T. "Illumina sequencing artifacts revealed by connectivity analysis of metagenomic datasets." arXiv 1212.0159+ (2012).

Kontur, W.S., Shackwitz, W.S., Ivanova, N.N., Martin, J., LaButti, K., Deshpande, S., Tice, H.N., Pennachio, C., Sodergren, E., Weinstock, G., et al. "Revised sequence and annotation of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 genome." Journal of Bacteriology 194,24, 7016–7017+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1128/JB.01214-12.]

Kosma, D.K., Molina, I., Ohlrogge, J.B. & Pollard, M. "Identification of an Arabidopsis fatty alcohol: caffeoyl-coenzyme A acyltransferase required for the synthesis of alkyl hydroxycinnamates in root waxes." Plant Physiology 160,1, 237–248+ (2012). [DOI: 10.​1104/​pp.​112.​201822]

Lewis, J.A. & Gasch, A.P. "Natural variation in the yeast glucose-signaling network reveals a new role for the Mig3p transcription factor." G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics 2,12, 1607–1612+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.004127]

Peters, J.M., Mooney, R.A., Grass, J.A., Jessen, E.D., Tran, F. & Landick, R. "Rho and NusG suppress pervasive antisense transcription in Escherichia coli." Genes and Development 26,23, 2621–2633+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1101/gad.196741.112]

Ream, T.S., Woods, D.P. & Amasino, R.M. "The molecular basis of vernalization in different plant groups." Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology. vols. 77 105–115+ (2012). [DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2013.77.014449]

Adams, A.S., Jordan, M.S., Adams, S.M., Suen, G., Goodwin, L.A., Davenport, K.W., Currie, C.R. & Raffa, K.F. "Cellulose-degrading bacteria associated with the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio." The International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal 5, 1323–1331+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.14]

Alonso, A.P., Dale, V.L. & Shachar-Hill, Y. "Central metabolic fluxes in the endosperm of developing maize seeds and their implications for metabolic engineering." Metabolic Engineering 13,1, 96–107+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2010.10.002]

Alonso, D.M., Wettstein, S.G., Bond, J.Q., Root, T.W. & Dumesic, J.A. "Production of biofuels from cellulose and corn stover using alkylphenol solvents." ChemSusChem 4,8, 1078–1081+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201100256]

Azarpira, A., Lu, F. & Ralph, J. "Reactions of dehydrodiferulates with ammonia." Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 9, 6779–6787+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1039/c1ob05677h]

Babcock, B.A., Marette, S. & Tréguer, D. "Opportunity for profitable investments in cellulosic biofuels." Energy Policy 39,2, 714–719+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.10.044]

Balan, V., Bals, B., Sousa, L. daCosta, Garlock, R. & Dale, B.E. "A short review on ammonia based lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment." in Chemical and Biochemical Catalysis for Next Generation Biofuels. 89–114+ (Royal Soceity of Chemistry, 2011). [DOI: 10.1039/9781849732857-00089]

Bals, B. & Dale, B.E. "Economic comparison of multiple techniques for recovering leaf protein in biomass processing." Biotechnology and Bioengineering 108,3, 530–537+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1002/bit.22973]

Bals, B., Wedding, C., Balan, V., Sendich, E. & Dale, B. "Evaluating the impact of ammonia fiber expansion (AFEX) pretreatment conditions on the cost of ethanol production." Bioresource Technology 102,2, 1277–1283+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.08.058]

Banerjee, G., Car, S., Scott-Craig, J., Hodge, D. & Walton, J.D. "Alkaline peroxide pretreatment of corn stover: effects of biomass, peroxide, and enzyme loading and composition on yields of glucose and xylose." Biotechnology for Biofuels 4, 16+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-4-16]