Sugar release and growth of biofuel crops are improved by downregulation of pectin biosynthesis

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Transgenic miR156 switchgrass in the field: growth, recalcitrance and rust susceptibility

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CRISPR-Cas9: Tool for Qualitative and Quantitative Plant Genome Editing

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Development of Agave as a dedicated biomass source: production of biofuels from whole plants

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Downregulation of GAUT12 in Populus deltoides by RNA silencing results in reduced recalcitrance, increased growth and reduced xylan and pectin in a woody biofuel feedstock

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Solid-state NMR investigations of cellulose structure and interactions with matrix polysaccharides in plant primary cell walls

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Controlled expression of pectic enzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances biomass conversion without adverse effects on growth

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Pectin Metabolism and Assembly in the Cell Wall of the Charophyte Green Alga Penium margaritaceum

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Selection and Validation of Reference Genes for Gene Expression Analysis in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Using Quantitative Real-Time RT-PCR

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Standardization of Switchgrass Sample Collection for Cell Wall and Biomass Trait Analysis

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Galacturonosyltransferase 4 silencing alters pectin composition and carbon partitioning in tomato

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AnArabidopsisCell Wall Proteoglycan Consists of Pectin and Arabinoxylan Covalently Linked to an Arabinogalactan Protein

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A Genomics Approach to Deciphering Lignin Biosynthesis in Switchgrass

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Development of an integrated transcript sequence database and a gene expression atlas for gene discovery and analysis in switchgrass (Panicum virgatumL.)

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Improved saccharification and ethanol yield from field-grown transgenic poplar deficient in cinnamoyl-CoA reductase

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Comparison of laboratory delignification methods, their selectivity, and impacts on physiochemical characteristics of cellulosic biomass

(2012) Rajeev Kumar et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Evaluation of the bioconversion of genetically modified switchgrass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation and a consolidated bioprocessing approach

(2012) Kelsey L Yee et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

RNAi-directed down-regulation of RSV results in increased resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

(2012) Yong Zhou et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Very bright orange fluorescent plants: endoplasmic reticulum targeting of orange fluorescent proteins as visual reporters in transgenic plants

(2012) David GJ Mann et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Periplasmic arabinogalactan glycoproteins act as a calcium capacitor that regulates plant growth and development

(2012) Derek T. A. Lamport et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Cell wall mechanics and growth control in plants: the role of pectins revisited

(2012) Alexis Peaucelle et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

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Galacturonosyltransferase (GAUT)1 and GAUT7 are the core of a plant cell wall pectin biosynthetic homogalacturonan:galacturonosyltransferase complex

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

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(2010) Xiao-Lei Liu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

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(2010) J. Harholt et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Comprehensive Toolkit of Plant Cell Wall Glycan-Directed Monoclonal Antibodies

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High-Throughput Screening Techniques for Biomass Conversion

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(2009) Jinhua Yan et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Engineering of a high-throughput screening system to identify cellulosic biomass, pretreatments, and enzyme formulations that enhance sugar release

(2009) Michael H. Studer et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

The structure, function, and biosynthesis of plant cell wall pectic polysaccharides

(2009) Kerry Hosmer Caffall et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

The structure of Cryptococcus neoformans galactoxylomannan contains β-d-glucuronic acid

(2009) Christian Heiss et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Arabidopsis thaliana T-DNA Mutants Implicate GAUT Genes in the Biosynthesis of Pectin and Xylan in Cell Walls and Seed Testa

(2009) Kerry H. Caffall et al.   Molecular Plant

A Specialized Outer Layer of the Primary Cell Wall Joins Elongating Cotton Fibers into Tissue-Like Bundles

(2009) B. Singh et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Engineering the cell wall by reducing de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan improves saccharification of plant tissues for bioconversion

(2009) V. Lionetti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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(2008) D MOHNEN   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

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(2008) Lee R Lynd et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY