Systems and synthetic biology approaches to alter plant cell walls and reduce biomass recalcitrance

The MYB46/MYB83-mediated transcriptional regulatory programme is a gatekeeper of secondary wall biosynthesis

(2014) J.-H. Ko et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A review of xylan and lignin biosynthesis: Foundation for studying Arabidopsisirregular xylemmutants with pleiotropic phenotypes

(2014) Zhangying Hao et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Synthetic biology as it relates to CAM photosynthesis: challenges and opportunities

(2014) Henrique C. DePaoli et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Disruption of Mediator rescues the stunted growth of a lignin-deficient Arabidopsis mutant

(2014) Nicholas D. Bonawitz et al.   NATURE

Interactive assembly algorithms for molecular cloning

(2014) Evan Appleton et al.   NATURE METHODS

Large-scale de novo DNA synthesis: technologies and applications

(2014) Sriram Kosuri et al.   NATURE METHODS

Principles of genetic circuit design

(2014) Jennifer A N Brophy et al.   NATURE METHODS

Synthetic biology in mammalian cells: next generation research tools and therapeutics

(2014) Florian Lienert et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Realizing the potential of synthetic biology

(2014) George M. Church et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Plant systems biology: insights, advances and challenges

(2014) Bhavisha P. Sheth et al.   PLANTA

Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery

(2014) A. J. Ragauskas et al.   SCIENCE

Enhanced characteristics of genetically modified switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) for high biofuel production

(2013) Hui Shen et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Less is more: strategies to remove marker genes from transgenic plants

(2013) Yuan-Yeu Yau et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Xylan biosynthesis

(2013) Emilie A Rennie et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Are designer plant cell walls a realistic aspiration or will the plasticity of the plant's metabolism win out?

(2013) Monika S Doblin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Rapid and Efficient Gene Modification in Rice and Brachypodium Using TALENs

(2013) Qiwei Shan et al.   Molecular Plant

Multiplex and homologous recombination–mediated genome editing in Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana using guide RNA and Cas9

(2013) Jian-Feng Li et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Targeted genome modification of crop plants using a CRISPR-Cas system

(2013) Qiwei Shan et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Advanced genetic tools for plant biotechnology

(2013) Wusheng Liu et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Targeted genome modification technologies and their applications in crop improvements

(2013) Kunling Chen et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Site-specific T-DNA integration in Arabidopsis thaliana mediated by the combined action of CRE recombinase and ϕC31 integrase

(2013) Annelies De Paepe et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Visualization of plant cell wall lignification using fluorescence-tagged monolignols

(2013) Yuki Tobimatsu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The potential for manipulating RNA with pentatricopeptide repeat proteins

(2013) Yusuke Yagi et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

GoldenBraid 2.0: A Comprehensive DNA Assembly Framework for Plant Synthetic Biology

(2013) A. Sarrion-Perdigones et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Hemicellulose biosynthesis

(2013) Markus Pauly et al.   PLANTA

Tertiary model of a plant cellulose synthase

(2013) L. Sethaphong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ptr-miR397a is a negative regulator of laccase genes affecting lignin content in Populus trichocarpa

(2013) S. Lu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Navigating the transcriptional roadmap regulating plant secondary cell wall deposition

(2013) Steven G. Hussey et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

3D Chemical Image using TOF-SIMS Revealing the Biopolymer Component Spatial and Lateral Distributions in Biomass

(2012) Seokwon Jung et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The spatial architecture of protein function and adaptation

(2012) Richard N. McLaughlin Jr et al.   NATURE

Crystallographic snapshot of cellulose synthesis and membrane translocation

(2012) Jacob L. W. Morgan et al.   NATURE

A transcription activator-like effector toolbox for genome engineering

(2012) Neville E Sanjana et al.   Nature Protocols

Metabolic engineering of novel lignin in biomass crops

(2012) Ruben Vanholme et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

RNAi suppression of lignin biosynthesis in sugarcane reduces recalcitrance for biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass

(2012) Je Hyeong Jung et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Engineering secondary cell wall deposition in plants

(2012) Fan Yang et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Biosynthesis and incorporation of side-chain-truncated lignin monomers to reduce lignin polymerization and enhance saccharification

(2012) Aymerick Eudes et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

A Systems Biology View of Responses to Lignin Biosynthesis Perturbations in Arabidopsis

(2012) R. Vanholme et al.   PLANT CELL

Novel seed coat lignins in the Cactaceae: structure, distribution and implications for the evolution of lignin diversity

(2012) Fang Chen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

A polymer of caffeyl alcohol in plant seeds

(2012) F. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How Does Plant Cell Wall Nanoscale Architecture Correlate with Enzymatic Digestibility?

(2012) S.-Y. Ding et al.   SCIENCE

Downregulation of Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase (CAD) Leads to Improved Saccharification Efficiency in Switchgrass

(2011) Chunxiang Fu et al.   BioEnergy Research

Progress in the biological synthesis of the plant cell wall: new ideas for improving biomass for bioenergy

(2011) Nicholas C Carpita   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cellulose Synthases and Synthesis in Arabidopsis

(2011) Anne Endler et al.   Molecular Plant

Cellulose factories: advancing bioenergy production from forest trees

(2011) Eshchar Mizrachi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Silencing of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase in switchgrass leads to reduced lignin content and improved fermentable sugar yields for biofuel production

(2011) Bin Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Functional characterization of the switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) R2R3-MYB transcription factor PvMYB4 for improvement of lignocellulosic feedstocks

(2011) Hui Shen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biosynthesis of non-cellulosic polysaccharides of plant cell walls

(2011) Kanwarpal S. Dhugga   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

NAC domain function and transcriptional control of a secondary cell wall master switch

(2011) Huanzhong Wang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Dissection of the Transcriptional Program Regulating Secondary Wall Biosynthesis during Wood Formation in Poplar

(2011) R. Zhong et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Downregulation of Cinnamyl-Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Switchgrass by RNA Silencing Results in Enhanced Glucose Release after Cellulase Treatment

(2011) Aaron J. Saathoff et al.   PLoS One

Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

(2011) Chunxiang Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcriptional networks for lignin biosynthesis: more complex than we thought?

(2011) Qiao Zhao et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A Decade of Systems Biology

(2010) Han-Yu Chuang et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

The Genetics of Lignin Biosynthesis: Connecting Genotype to Phenotype

(2010) Nicholas D. Bonawitz et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Hemicelluloses

(2010) Henrik Vibe Scheller et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Regulated trafficking of cellulose synthases

(2010) EF Crowell et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Bioenergy research: a new paradigm in multidisciplinary research

(2010) U. C. Kalluri et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Synthetic biology: applications come of age

(2010) Ahmad S. Khalil et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The Poplar MYB Transcription Factors, PtrMYB3 and PtrMYB20, are Involved in the Regulation of Secondary Wall Biosynthesis

(2010) Ryan L. McCarthy et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Over-expression of F5H in COMT-deficient Arabidopsis leads to enrichment of an unusual lignin and disruption of pollen wall formation

(2010) Jing-Ke Weng et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Engineering traditional monolignols out of lignin by concomitant up-regulation of F5H1 and down-regulation of COMT in Arabidopsis

(2010) Ruben Vanholme et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Coordinated Activation of Cellulose and Repression of Lignin Biosynthesis Pathways in Rice

(2010) M. M. R. Ambavaram et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Identification of a cellulose synthase-associated protein required for cellulose biosynthesis

(2010) Y. Gu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Site-directed mutagenesis in Arabidopsis using custom-designed zinc finger nucleases

(2010) K. Osakabe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sequence- and Structure-Specific RNA Processing by a CRISPR Endonuclease

(2010) Rachel E. Haurwitz et al.   SCIENCE

Evolutionary conservation of the transcriptional network regulating secondary cell wall biosynthesis

(2010) Ruiqin Zhong et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Precise genome modification in the crop species Zea mays using zinc-finger nucleases

(2009) Vipula K. Shukla et al.   NATURE

Arabidopsis cortical microtubules position cellulose synthase delivery to the plasma membrane and interact with cellulose synthase trafficking compartments

(2009) Ryan Gutierrez et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) possesses a divergent family of cinnamoyl CoA reductases with distinct biochemical properties

(2009) Luis L. Escamilla-Treviño et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

MYB83 Is a Direct Target of SND1 and Acts Redundantly with MYB46 in the Regulation of Secondary Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2009) R. L. McCarthy et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

MYB58 and MYB63 Are Transcriptional Activators of the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway during Secondary Cell Wall Formation in Arabidopsis

(2009) J. Zhou et al.   PLANT CELL

Pausing of Golgi Bodies on Microtubules Regulates Secretion of Cellulose Synthase Complexes in Arabidopsis

(2009) E. F. Crowell et al.   PLANT CELL

Ectopic expression of MYB46 identifies transcriptional regulatory genes involved in secondary wall biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2009) Jae-Heung Ko et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

A family of thermostable fungal cellulases created by structure-guided recombination

(2009) P. Heinzelman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wood cell walls: biosynthesis, developmental dynamics and their implications for wood properties

(2008) E MELLEROWICZ et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Designing the deconstruction of plant cell walls

(2008) M MCCANN et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Pectin structure and biosynthesis

(2008) D MOHNEN   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Arabidopsis dynamin-like protein DRP1A: a null mutant with widespread defects in endocytosis, cellulose synthesis, cytokinesis, and cell expansion

(2008) David A. Collings et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A Battery of Transcription Factors Involved in the Regulation of Secondary Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2008) R. Zhong et al.   PLANT CELL

VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN7 is involved in the differentiation of all types of xylem vessels in Arabidopsis roots and shoots

(2008) Masatoshi Yamaguchi et al.   PLANT JOURNAL