Publications

Lennen, R.M. & Pfleger, B.F. "Microbial production of fatty acid-derived fuels and chemicals." Current Opinion in Biotechnology 24,6, 1044–1053+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.02.028]

Li, Z., Chen, C.H., Hegg, E.L. & Hodge, D.B. "Rapid and effective oxidative pretreatment of woody biomass at mild reaction conditions and low oxidant loadings." Biotechnology for Biofuels 6, 119+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-119]

Li, Z., Chen, C.H., Liu, T., Mathrubootham, V., Hegg, E.L. & Hodge, D.B. "Catalysis with CuII(bpy) improves alkaline hydrogen peroxide pretreatment." Biotechnology and Bioengineering 110,4, 1078–1086+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1002/bit.24793]

Lu, S., Li, Q., Wei, H., Chang, M.-J., Tunlaya-Anukit, S., Kim, H., Liu, J., Song, J., Sun, Y.-H., Yuan, L., et al. "Ptr-miR39a is a negative regulator of laccase genes affecting lignin content in Populus trichocarpa." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110,26, 10848–10853+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1308936110]

Ma, W., Kong, Q., Arondel, V., Kilaru, A., Bates, P.D., Thrower, N.A., Benning, C. & Ohlrogge, J. "WRINKLED1, a ubiquitous regulator in oil accumulating tissues from Arabidopsis embryos to oil palm mesocarp." PLOS ONE 8,7, e68887+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068887]

Mead, D., Drinkwater, C. & Brumm, P.J. "Genomic and enzymatic results show Bacillus cellulosilyticus uses a novel set of LPXTA carbohydrases to hydrolyze polysaccharides." PLOS ONE 8,4, e61131+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061131]

Meehan, T.D., Gratton, C., Diehl, E., Hunt, N.D., Mooney, D.F., Ventura, S.J., Barham, B.L. & Jackson, R.D. "Ecosystem-service tradeoffs associated with switching from annual to perennial energy crops in riparian zones of the US Midwest." PLOS ONE 8,11, e80093+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080093]

Minty, J.J., Singer, M.E., Scholz, S.A., Bae, C.-H., Ahn, J.-H., Foster, C.E., Liao, J.C. & Lin, X.N. "Design and characterization of synthetic fungal-bacterial consortia for direct production of isobutanol from cellulosic biomass." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110,36, 14592–14597+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218447110]

Muttoni, G., Palacios-Rojas, N., Galicia, L., Rosales, A. & de Leon, N. "Cell wall composition and biomass digestibility diversity in Mexican maize (Zea mays L.) landraces and CIMMYT elite inbred lines." Maydica 58, 21–33+ (2013).

Myers, K.S., Yan, H., Ong, I.M., Chung, D., Liang, K., Tran, F., Keles, S., Landick, R. & Kiley, P.J. "Genome-scale analysis of Escherichia coli FNR reveals complex features of transcription factor binding." PLOS Genetics 9,6, e1003565+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003565]

Park, D.M., Akhtar, M.S., Ansari, A.Z., Landick, R. & Kiley, P.J. "The bacterial response regulator ArcA uses a diverse binding site architecture to regulate carbon oxidation globally." PLOS Genetics 9,10, e1003839+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003839]

Park, J.-J., Lechno-Yossef, S., Wolk, C.P. & Vieille, C. "Cell-specific gene expression in Anabaena variabilis grown phototrophically, mixotrophically, and heterotrophically." BMC Genomics 14,1, 759+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-759]

Peckham, S.D. & Gower, S.T. "Simulating the effects of harvest and biofuel production on the forest system carbon balance of the Midwest, USA." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 5,4, 431–444+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12033]

Penton, R., Johnson, T.A., Quensen, J.F., III, Iwai, S., Cole, J.R. & Tiedje, J.M. "Functional genes to assess nitrogen cycling and aromatic hydrocarbon degradation: primers and processing matter." Frontiers in Microbiology 4, 279+ (2013). [DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00279]

Politz, M.C., Copeland, M.F. & Pfleger, B.F. "Artificial repressors for controlling gene expression in bacteria." Chemical Communications 49,39, 4325–4327+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc37107c]

Rahimi, A., Azarpira, A., Kim, H., Ralph, J. & Stahl, S.S. "Chemoselective metal-free aerobic alcohol oxidation in lignin." Journal of the American Chemical Society 135,17, 6415–6418+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1021/ja401793n]

Rencoret, J., Ralph, J., Marques, G., Gutierrez, A., Martinez, A.T. & del Rio, J.C. "Structural characterization of lignin isolated from coconut (Cocos nucifera) coir fibers." Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 61,10, 2434–2445+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1021/jf304686x]

Ridley, C.E., Jager, H.I., Clark, C.M., Efroymson, R.A., Kwit, C., Landis, D.A., Leggett, Z.H. & Miller, D.A. "Debate: Can bioenergy be produced in a sustainable manner that protects biodiversity and avoids the risk of invaders?" Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 94,3, 277–290+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1890/0012-9623-94.3.277]

Robertson, B.A. & Doran, P.J. "Biofuels and biodiversity: the implications of energy sprawl." in Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. 528–539+ (Waltham, 2013). [DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00341-5]

Rothamer, D.A. & Donohue, T.J. "Chemistry and combustion of fit-for-purpose biofuels." Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 17,3, 522–528+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.03.039]

Ruan, L. & Robertson, P. "Initial nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane costs of converting conservation reserve program grassland to row crops under no-till vs. conventional tillage." Global Change Biology 19,8, 2478–2489+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12216]

Sanford, G.R. & Kucharik, C.J. "Effect of methodological consideration on soil carbon parameter estimates obtained via the acid hydrolysis-incubation method." Soil Biology and Biochemistry 67, 295–305+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.002]

, Miller, R., Durrett, T.P., Kosma, D.K., Lydic, T.A., Muthan, B., Koo, A.J., Bukhman, Y.V., Reid, G.E., Howe, G.A., et al. "Altered lipid composition and enhanced nutritional value of Arabidopsis leaves following introduction of an algal diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2." The Plant Cell 25,2, 677–693+ (2013). [DOI: 10.​1105/​tpc.​112.​]

Schwartz, C. & Amasino, R. "Nitrogen recycling and flowering time in perennial bioenergy crops." Frontiers in Plant Science 4, 76+ (2013). [DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00076]

Sekhon, R.S., Briskine, R., Hirsch, C.N., Myers, C.L., Springer, N.M., Buell, R., de Leon, N. & Kaeppler, S.M. "Maize gene atlas developed by RNA sequencing and comparative evaluation of transcriptomes based on RNA sequencing and microarrays." PLOS ONE 8, e61005+ (2013). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061005]