Validation of an updated Associative Transcriptomics platform for the polyploid crop species Brassica napus by dissection of the genetic architecture of erucic acid and tocopherol isoform variation in seeds

Havlickova, L., He, Z., Wang, L., Langer, S., Harper, A. L., Kaur, H., Broadley, M. R., Gegas, V. & Bancroft, I., 1 Jan 2018

Article in The Plant journal

Utilisation of supercritical fluids for the effective extraction of waxes and Cannabidiol (CBD) from hemp wastes

Attard, T. M., Bainier, C., Reinaud, M., Lanot, A., McQueen Mason, S. J. & Hunt, A., 1 Feb 2018

Article in INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS

An ancient family of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with roles in arthropod development and biomass digestion

Sabbadin, F., Hemsworth, G. R., Ciano, L., Henrissat, B., Dupree, P., Tryfona, T., Marques, R. D. S., Sweeney, S. T., Besser, K., Elias, L., Pesante, G., Li, Y., Dowle, A. A., Bates, R., Gomez, L. D., Simister, R., Davies, G. J., Walton, P. H., Bruce, N. C. & McQueen-Mason, S. J., 22 Feb 2018

Article in Nature Communications

Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of lignocellulose digestion in shipworms

Sabbadin, F., Pesante, G., Elias, L., Besser, K., Li, Y., Steele-King, C. G., Stark, M., Rathbone, D. A., Dowle, A., Bates, R., Shipway, J. R., Cragg, S. M., Bruce, N. C. & McQueen Mason, S. J., 7 Mar 2018

Article in Biotechnology for biofuels

A glycosyl transferase family 43 protein involved in xylan biosynthesis is associated with straw digestibility in Brachypodium distachyon

Whitehead, C., Ostos Garrido, F. J., Reymond, M., Simister, R., Distelfeld, A., Atienza, S. G., Piston, F., Gomez, L. D. & Mcqueen-Mason, S. J., 25 Mar 2018, (E-pub ahead of print)

Article in The New phytologist

Detailed phytochemical analysis of high- and low artemisinin-producing chemotypes of Artemisia annua.

Czechowski, T., Larson, TR., Catania, T. M., Harvey, D., Wei, C., Essome, M., Brown, GD. & Graham, I. A., 18 May 2018

Article in Frontiers in Plant Science

Silencing amorpha-4,11-diene synthase genes in Artemisia annua leads to FPP accumulation.

Catania, T. M., Branigan, C. A., Stawniak, N., Hodson, J., Harvey, D., Larson, TR., Czechowski, T. & Graham, I. A., 29 May 2018

Article in Frontiers in Plant Science

Defining functional diversity for lignocellulose degradation in a microbial community using multi-omics studies

Alessi, A., Bird, S., Oates, N. C., Li, Y., Dowle, A. A., Novotny, E., deAzevedo, E., Bennett, J. P., Polikarpov, I., Young, J. P. W., McQueen Mason, S. J. & Bruce, N. C., 18 Jun 2018

Article in Biotechnology for biofuels

Optimization of biomass pretreatments using fractional factorial experimental design

Rezende, C. A., Atta, B. W., Breitkreitz, M. C., Simister, R., Gomez, L. D. & McQueen-Mason, S. J., 24 Jul 2018

Article in Biotechnology for biofuels

MOTHER-OF-FT-AND-TFL1 represses seed germination under far-red light by modulating phytohormone responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

Vaistij, F. E., Barros Galvão, T., Cole, A. F., Gilday, A. D., He, Z., Li, Y., Harvey, D., Larson, T. R. & Graham, I. A., 14 Aug 2018

Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

The opium poppy genome and morphinan production.

Guo, L., Winzer, T. H., Yang, X., Li, Y., Ning, Z., He, Z., Teodor, R. I., Lu, Y., Bowser, T., Graham, I. A. & Ye, K., 19 Oct 2018

Article in Science

Response of cell wall composition and RNA-seq transcriptome to methyl-jasmonate in Brachypodium distachyon callus

Hyde, L. S., Pellny, T. K., Freeman, J., Michaelson, L. V., Simister, R., McQueen Mason, S. J. & Mitchell, R. A. C., 1 Nov 2018

Article in Planta

Biomass recalcitrance in barley, wheat and triticale straw: Correlation of biomass quality with classic agronomical traits

Ostos Garrido, F. J., Pistón, F., Gómez, L. D. & McQueen-Mason, S. J., 7 Nov 2018

Article in PLoS ONE

Engineering mannitol biosynthesis in Escherichia coli and Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 using a green algal fusion protein

Madsen, M. A., Semerdzhiev, S., Amtmann, A. & Tonon, T., 8 Nov 2018, (E-pub ahead of print)

Article in ACS Synthetic Biology

Functional and informatics analysis enables glycosyltransferase activity prediction

Yang, M., Fehl, C., Lees, K. V., Lim, E-K., Offen, W. A., Davies, G. J., Bowles, D. J., Davidson, M. G., Roberts, S. J. & Davis, B. G., 12 Nov 2018, (E-pub ahead of print)

Article in NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Isoprostanoids quantitative profiling of marine red and brown macroalgae

Vigor, C., Reversat, G., Rocher, A., Oger, C., Galano, J-M., Vercauteren, J., Durand, T., Tonon, T., Leblanc, C. & Potin, P., 1 Dec 2018

Article in Food Chemistry

Plant–Rhizobium symbiosis, seed nutraceuticals, and waste quality for energy production of Vicia faba L. as affected by crop management

Amalfitano, C., Gomez, L. D., Frendo, P., De Pascale, S., Pepe, O., Simister, R., Ventorino, V., Agrelli, D., Borrelli, C., McQueen-Mason, S. J. & Caruso, G., 1 Dec 2018

Article in Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Hemocyanin facilitates lignocellulose digestion by wood-boring marine crustaceans

Besser, K., Malyon, G. P., Eborall, W. S., Paro da Cunha, G., Goncalves Filgueiras, J., Dowle, A., Cruz Garcia, L., Page, S. J., Dupree, R., Kern, M. F., Gomez, L. D., Li, Y., Elias, L., Sabbadin, F., Mohamad, S. E., Pesante, G., Steele-King, C. G., Ribeiro de Azevedo, E., Polikarpov, I., Dupree, P. & 3 others, Cragg, S. M., Bruce, N. C. & McQueen Mason, S. J., 3 Dec 2018

Article in Nature Communications

Structure-guided mechanisms behind the metabolism of 2,4,6- trinitrotoluene by glutathione transferases U25 and U24 that lead to alternate product distribution

Tzafestas, K., Ahmad, L., Dani, M. P., Grogan, G. J., Rylott, E. L. & Bruce, N. C., 12 Dec 2018

Article in Frontiers in Plant Science

Low-oxygen response is triggered by an ATP-dependent shift in oleoyl-CoA in Arabidopsis

Schmidt, R., Fulda, M., Paul, M., Anders, M., Plum, F., Weits, D., Kosmacz, M., Larson, T., Graham, I. A., Beemster, G., Licausi, F., Gelgenberger, P., Schippers, J. & van Dongen, J. T., 18 Dec 2018

Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America