John Ralph

Research interests

Publications

• Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining

  Energy & Environmental Science · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ee02870c

• Lignin structure and its engineering

  Current Opinion in Biotechnology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2019.02.019

• Lignin biosynthesis and its integration into metabolism

  Current Opinion in Biotechnology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2019.02.018

• Lignin‐based barrier restricts pathogens to the infection site and confers resistance in plants

  The EMBO Journal · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2019101948

• Paving the Way for Lignin Valorisation: Recent Advances in Bioengineering, Biorefining and Catalysis

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201510351

• Formaldehyde stabilization facilitates lignin monomer production during biomass depolymerization

  Science · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf7810

• Chemoselective Metal-Free Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation in Lignin

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja401793n

• Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) Is an Enzyme in the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway in Arabidopsis

  Science · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1241602

• Whole plant cell wall characterization using solution-state 2D NMR

  Nature Protocols · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2012.064

• Structural Characterization of Wheat Straw Lignin as Revealed by Analytical Pyrolysis, 2D-NMR, and Reductive Cleavage Methods

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jf301002n

• Multi-scale visualization and characterization of lignocellulosic plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical pretreatment

  Energy & Environmental Science · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c0ee00574f

• Lignin Biosynthesis and Structure

  PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.110.155119

• Solution-state 2D NMR of ball-milled plant cell wall gels in DMSO-d6/pyridine-d5

  Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1039/b916070a

• Hydroxycinnamates in lignification

  Phytochemistry Reviews · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-009-9141-9

• Discovery of Lignin in Seaweed Reveals Convergent Evolution of Cell-Wall Architecture

  Current Biology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.031

• Lignin engineering

  Current Opinion in Plant Biology · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2008.03.005

• Lignins: Natural polymers from oxidative coupling of 4-hydroxyphenyl- propanoids

  Phytochemistry Reviews · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1023/b:phyt.0000047809.65444.a4

• Molecular Phenotyping of the pal1 and pal2 Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana Reveals Far-Reaching Consequences on Phenylpropanoid, Amino Acid, and Carbohydrate Metabolism

  The Plant Cell · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.104.023705

• Lignin Biosynthesis

  Annual Review of Plant Biology · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.arplant.54.031902.134938

• Combinatorial modification of multiple lignin traits in trees through multigene cotransformation

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0831166100

• Repression of lignin biosynthesis promotes cellulose accumulation and growth in transgenic trees

  Nature Biotechnology · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1038/11758

• Lignin-ferulate cross-links in grasses: active incorporation of ferulate polysaccharide esters into ryegrass lignins

  Carbohydrate Research · 1995 · https://doi.org/10.1016/0008-6215(95)00237-n

• Pathway of p-Coumaric Acid Incorporation into Maize Lignin As Revealed by NMR

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00100a006

• Identification and synthesis of new ferulic acid dehydrodimers present in grass cell walls

  Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1039/p19940003485

• Pyrolysis-GC-MS characterization of forage materials

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 1991 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00008a014

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