Publications

Schrotenboer, A.C., Allen, M.S. & Malmstrom, C.M. "Modification of native grasses for biofuel production may increase virus susceptibility." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 3, 360–374+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01093.x]

Scott-Craig, J.S., Borrusch, M., Banerjee, G., Harvey, C.M. & Walton, J.D. "Biochemical and molecular characterization of secreted α-xylosidase from Aspergillus niger." The Journal of Biological Chemistry 286, 12848–42854+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.307397 jbc.M111.307397.]

Sekhon, R.S., Lin, H., Childs, K.L., Hansey, C.N., Buell, R., de Leon, N. & Kaeppler, S.M. "Genome-wide atlas of transcription during maize development." The Plant Journal 66,4, 553–563+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04527.x]

Serrano-Ruiz, J.C. & Dumesic, J.A. "Catalytic routes for the conversion of biomass into liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuels." Energy & Environmental Science 4,1, 83–99+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1039/C0ee00436g]

Song, F., Zhao, J. & Swinton, S.M. "Switching to perennial energy crops under uncertainty and costly reversibility." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93,3, 768–783+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar018]

Sørensen, I., Pettolino, F.A., Bacic, A., Ralph, J., Lu, F., O’Neill, M.A., Fei, Z., Rose, J.K., Domozych, D.S. & Willats, W.G. "The charophycean green algae provide insights into the early origins of plant cell walls." The Plant Journal 68,2, 201–211+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04686.x]

Suen, G., Scott, J.J., Aylward, F.O. & Currie, C.R. "The microbiome of leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens." in Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II. vols. 2 367–379+ (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). [DOI: 10.1002/9781118010549.ch36]

Suen, G., Stevenson, D.M., Bruce, D.C., Chertkov, O., Copeland, A., Cheng, J.-F., Detter, C., Detter, J.C., Goodwin, L.A., Han, C.S., et al. "Complete genome of the cellulolytic ruminal bacterium Ruminococcus albus 7." Journal of Bacteriology 193,19, 5574–5+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1128/JB.05621-11]

Suen, G., Teiling, C., Li, L., Holt, C., Abouheif, E., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Bouffard, P., Caldera, E.J., Cash, E., Cavanaugh, A., et al. "The genome sequence of the leaf-cutter ant Atta cephalotes reveals insights into its obligate symbiotic lifestyle." PLOS Genetics 7,2, e1002007+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002007]

Suen, G., Weimer, P.J., Stevenson, D.M., Aylward, F.O., Boyum, J., Deneke, J., Drinkwater, C., Ivanova, N.N., Mikhailova, N., Chertkov, O., et al. "The complete genome sequence of Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 reveals a cellulolytic and metabolic specialist." PLOS ONE 6,4, e18814+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018814]

Swinton, S.M., Babcock, B.A., James, L.K. & Bandaru, V. "Higher US crop prices trigger little area expansion so marginal land for biofuel crops is limited." Energy Policy 39,9, 5254–5258+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.039]

Syswerda, S.P., Corbin, A.T., Mokma, D.L., Kravchenko, A.N. & Robertson, G.P. "Agricultural management and soil carbon storage in surface vs. deep layers." Soil Science Society of America Journal 75,1, 92+ (2011). [DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0414]

Tobimatsu, Y., Davidson, C.L., Grabber, J.H. & Ralph, J. "Fluorescence-tagged monolignols: synthesis, and application to studying in vitro lignification." Biomacromolecules 12,5, 1752–1761+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1021/bm200136x]

Troncoso-Ponce, M., Kilaru, A., Cao, X., Durrett, T., Fan, J., Jensen, J., Thrower, N., Pauly, M., Wilkerson, C. & Ohlrogge, J. "Comparative deep transcriptional profiling of four developing oilseeds." The Plant Journal 68,6, 1014–1027+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04751.x]

Van Acker, R., Storme, V., Goeminne, G., Ivens, B., Custers, R., Aerts, D., Soetaert, W., Ralph, J., Santoro, N., Leple, J.-C., et al. "Science, society and biosafety of a field trial with transgenic biofuel poplars." BMC Proceedings 5,Suppl 7, 123+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-S7-I23]

Varbanova, M., Porter, K., Lu, F., Ralph, J., Hammerschmidt, R., Jones, D. & Day, B. "Molecular and biochemical basis for stress-induced accumulation of free and bound p-coumaraldehyde in cucumber." Plant Physiology 157, 1056–1066+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.184358]

Wagner, A., Tobimatsu, Y., Phillips, L., Flint, H., Torr, K., Donaldson, L., Pears, L. & Ralph, J. "CCoAOMT suppression modifies lignin composition in Pinus radiata." The Plant Journal 67, 119–129+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04580.x]

Walton, J., Banerjee, G. & Car, S. "GENPLAT: an automated platform for biomass enzyme discovery and cocktail optimization." Journal of Visualized Experiments 56, e3314+ (2011). [DOI: 10.3791/3314]

Weise, S.E., van Wijk, K.J. & Sharkey, T.D. "The role of transitory starch in C3, CAM, and C4 metabolism and opportunities for engineering leaf starch accumulation." Journal of Experimental Botany 62,9, 3109–3118+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err035]

Weng, J.-K., Akiyama, T., Ralph, J. & Chapple, C. "Independent recruitment of an O-methyltransferase for syringyl lignin biosynthesis in Selaginella moellendorffii." The Plant Cell 23, 2708–2724+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.081547]

Werling, B.P., Meehan, T.D., Gratton, C. & Landis, D.A. "Influence of habitat and landscape perenniality on insect natural enemies in three candidate biofuel crops." Biological Control 59,2, 304–312+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.06.014]

Werling, B.P., Meehan, T.D., Robertson, B.A., Gratton, C. & Landis, D.A. "Biocontrol potential varies with biofuel-crop plant community and landscape perenniality." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 3,5, 347–359+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01092.x]

Wohlbach, D.J., Kuo, A., Sato, T.K., Potts, K.M., Salamov, A.A., LaButti, K.M., Sun, H., Clum, A., Pangilinan, J.L., Lindquist, E.A., et al. "Comparative genomics of xylose-fermenting fungi for enhanced biofuel production." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108,32, 13212–13217+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103039108]

Wymelenberg, A.V., Gaskell, J., Mozuch, M., Bondurant, S.S., Sabat, G., Ralph, J., Skyba, O., Mansfield, S.D., Blanchette, R.A., Grigoriev, I.V., et al. "Significant alteration of gene expression in wood decay fungi Postia placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium by plant species." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77,13, 4499–507+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00508-11]

Xia, J., Jones, D., Lau, M.W., Yuan, Y.-J., Dale, B.E. & Balan, V. "Comparative lipidomic profiling of xylose-metabolizing S. cerevisiae and its parental strain in different media reveals correlations between membrane lipids and fermentation capacity." Biotechnology and Bioengineering 108,1, 12–21+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1002/bit.22910]