List of works - William Willats

A bacterial glucanotransferase can replace the complex maltose metabolism required for starch to sucrose conversion in leaves at night

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

A monoclonal antibody to feruloylated-(1-->4)-beta-D-galactan.

scientific article

A putative Arabidopsis thaliana glycosyltransferase, At4g01220, which is closely related to three plant cell wall-specific xylosyltransferases, is differentially expressed spatially and temporally.

scientific article published on 13 November 2010

A specialized outer layer of the primary cell wall joins elongating cotton fibers into tissue-like bundles.

scientific article

Altered cell wall disassembly during ripening of Cnr tomato fruit: implications for cell adhesion and fruit softening.

scientific article

An array of possibilities for pectin.

scientific article

Arabinose-rich polymers as an evolutionary strategy to plasticize resurrection plant cell walls against desiccation.

scientific article

Characterisation of the arabinose-rich carbohydrate composition of immature and mature marama beans (Tylosema esculentum).

scientific article

Characterization of the primary cell walls of seedlings of Brachypodium distachyon--a potential model plant for temperate grasses.

scientific article published on 12 October 2009

Discovery of LPMO activity on hemicelluloses shows the importance of oxidative processes in plant cell wall degradation.

scientific article

Disruption of ATCSLD5 results in reduced growth, reduced xylan and homogalacturonan synthase activity and altered xylan occurrence in Arabidopsis.

scientific article published on 22 September 2007

Disruption of the microtubule network alters cellulose deposition and causes major changes in pectin distribution in the cell wall of the green alga, Penium margaritaceum

scientific article

Dissection of Plant Cell Walls by High-Throughput Methods

article

Effects of temperature, ultraviolet radiation and pectin methyl esterase on aerobic methane release from plant material

scientific article published on 01 November 2009

Exploring the polysaccharide composition of plant cell walls in succulent aloes

scientific article published on 19 February 2023

Extractability and digestibility of plant cell wall polysaccharides during hydrothermal and enzymatic degradation of wheat straw (Triticum aestivum L.)

article

Flagella interact with ionic plant lipids to mediate adherence of pathogenic Escherichia coli to fresh produce plants

scientific article published on 12 November 2013

Functional analysis of the cellulose synthase-like genes CSLD1, CSLD2, and CSLD4 in tip-growing Arabidopsis cells.

scientific article

GeneCAT--novel webtools that combine BLAST and co-expression analyses.

scientific article published on 14 May 2008

Generation of monoclonal antibody specific to (1-->5)-alpha-L-arabinan.

scientific article

High-throughput mapping of cell-wall polymers within and between plants using novel microarrays

article

High-throughput microarray profiling of cell wall polymers during hydrothermal pre-treatment of wheat straw

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

High-throughput screening of monoclonal antibodies against plant cell wall glycans by hierarchical clustering of their carbohydrate microarray binding profiles

scientific article published on 14 July 2007

How have plant cell walls evolved?

scientific article (publication date: June 2010)

Immunoprofiling of Pectic Polysaccharides

article

Inactivation of OsIRX10 Leads to Decreased Xylan Content in Rice Culm Cell Walls and Improved Biomass Saccharification

article

Isolation and characterisation of the homogalacturonan from type II cell walls of the commelinoid monocot wheat using HF-solvolysis.

scientific article

Making and using antibody probes to study plant cell walls

article

Mixed-linkage (1-->3),(1-->4)-beta-D-glucan is not unique to the Poales and is an abundant component of Equisetum arvense cell walls.

scientific article

Modulation of the degree and pattern of methyl-esterification of pectic homogalacturonan in plant cell walls. Implications for pectin methyl esterase action, matrix properties, and cell adhesion.

scientific article published on 6 March 2001

Overexpression of the grapevine PGIP1 in tobacco results in compositional changes in the leaf arabinoxyloglucan network in the absence of fungal infection.

scientific article

Pea Border Cell Maturation and Release Involve Complex Cell Wall Structural Dynamics.

scientific article

Pectic homogalacturonan masks abundant sets of xyloglucan epitopes in plant cell walls. ⬇️

scientific article

Pectin: cell biology and prospects for functional analysis.

scientific article

Pectin: new insights into an old polymer are starting to gel

article

Phage display: practicalities and prospects

scientific article (publication date: December 2002)

Plant science in the age of phage.

scientific article

Profiling the main cell wall polysaccharides of grapevine leaves using high-throughput and fractionation methods.

scientific article published on 17 August 2013

Re-engineering of the PAM1 phage display monoclonal antibody to produce a soluble, versatile anti-homogalacturonan scFv

article

Restricted access of proteins to mannan polysaccharides in intact plant cell walls.

scientific article published on 31 August 2010

Screening and Characterization of Plant Cell Walls Using Carbohydrate Microarrays ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Selection and phenotypic characterization of a core collection of Brachypodium distachyon inbred lines

scientific article

Separating Golgi Proteins from Cis to Trans Reveals Underlying Properties of Cisternal Localization

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

Side chains of pectic polysaccharides are regulated in relation to cell proliferation and cell differentiation

scientific article

Simultaneous in vivo truncation of pectic side chains.

scientific article published on 21 June 2009

Solid-phase chemical tools for glycobiology.

scientific article

Stable transformation and reverse genetic analysis of Penium margaritaceum: a platform for studies of charophyte green algae, the immediate ancestors of land plants.

scientific article

Substituent-specific antibody against glucuronoxylan reveals close association of glucuronic acid and acetyl substituents and distinct labeling patterns in tree species.

scientific article

Sugar-coated microarrays: a novel slide surface for the high-throughput analysis of glycans.

scientific article published in December 2002

The Arabidopsis co-expression tool (ACT): a WWW-based tool and database for microarray-based gene expression analysis.

scientific article published in April 2006

The Cooperative Activities of CSLD2, CSLD3, and CSLD5 Are Required for Normal Arabidopsis Development

article

The Glycosyltransferase Repertoire of the Spikemoss Selaginella moellendorffii and a Comparative Study of Its Cell Wall ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

The charophycean green algae provide insights into the early origins of plant cell walls.

scientific article

The effect of calcium ions on adhesion and competitive exclusion of Lactobacillus ssp. and E. coli O138.

scientific article published on 17 January 2007

Two SusD-like proteins encoded within a polysaccharide utilization locus of an uncultured ruminant Bacteroidetes phylotype bind strongly to cellulose.

scientific article published on 8 June 2012

Versatile high resolution oligosaccharide microarrays for plant glycobiology and cell wall research

scientific article

List of works by William Willats

A bacterial glucanotransferase can replace the complex maltose metabolism required for starch to sucrose conversion in leaves at night

A monoclonal antibody to feruloylated-(1-->4)-beta-D-galactan.

A putative Arabidopsis thaliana glycosyltransferase, At4g01220, which is closely related to three plant cell wall-specific xylosyltransferases, is differentially expressed spatially and temporally.

A specialized outer layer of the primary cell wall joins elongating cotton fibers into tissue-like bundles.

Altered cell wall disassembly during ripening of Cnr tomato fruit: implications for cell adhesion and fruit softening.

An array of possibilities for pectin.

Arabinose-rich polymers as an evolutionary strategy to plasticize resurrection plant cell walls against desiccation.

Characterisation of the arabinose-rich carbohydrate composition of immature and mature marama beans (Tylosema esculentum).

Characterization of the primary cell walls of seedlings of Brachypodium distachyon--a potential model plant for temperate grasses.

Discovery of LPMO activity on hemicelluloses shows the importance of oxidative processes in plant cell wall degradation.

Disruption of ATCSLD5 results in reduced growth, reduced xylan and homogalacturonan synthase activity and altered xylan occurrence in Arabidopsis.

Disruption of the microtubule network alters cellulose deposition and causes major changes in pectin distribution in the cell wall of the green alga, Penium margaritaceum

Dissection of Plant Cell Walls by High-Throughput Methods

Effects of temperature, ultraviolet radiation and pectin methyl esterase on aerobic methane release from plant material

Exploring the polysaccharide composition of plant cell walls in succulent aloes

Extractability and digestibility of plant cell wall polysaccharides during hydrothermal and enzymatic degradation of wheat straw (Triticum aestivum L.)

Flagella interact with ionic plant lipids to mediate adherence of pathogenic Escherichia coli to fresh produce plants

Functional analysis of the cellulose synthase-like genes CSLD1, CSLD2, and CSLD4 in tip-growing Arabidopsis cells.

GeneCAT--novel webtools that combine BLAST and co-expression analyses.

Generation of monoclonal antibody specific to (1-->5)-alpha-L-arabinan.

High-throughput mapping of cell-wall polymers within and between plants using novel microarrays

High-throughput microarray profiling of cell wall polymers during hydrothermal pre-treatment of wheat straw

High-throughput screening of monoclonal antibodies against plant cell wall glycans by hierarchical clustering of their carbohydrate microarray binding profiles

How have plant cell walls evolved?

Immunoprofiling of Pectic Polysaccharides

Inactivation of OsIRX10 Leads to Decreased Xylan Content in Rice Culm Cell Walls and Improved Biomass Saccharification

Isolation and characterisation of the homogalacturonan from type II cell walls of the commelinoid monocot wheat using HF-solvolysis.

Making and using antibody probes to study plant cell walls

Mixed-linkage (1-->3),(1-->4)-beta-D-glucan is not unique to the Poales and is an abundant component of Equisetum arvense cell walls.

Modulation of the degree and pattern of methyl-esterification of pectic homogalacturonan in plant cell walls. Implications for pectin methyl esterase action, matrix properties, and cell adhesion.

Overexpression of the grapevine PGIP1 in tobacco results in compositional changes in the leaf arabinoxyloglucan network in the absence of fungal infection.

Pea Border Cell Maturation and Release Involve Complex Cell Wall Structural Dynamics.

Pectic homogalacturonan masks abundant sets of xyloglucan epitopes in plant cell walls. ⬇️

Pectin: cell biology and prospects for functional analysis.

Pectin: new insights into an old polymer are starting to gel

Phage display: practicalities and prospects

Plant science in the age of phage.

Profiling the main cell wall polysaccharides of grapevine leaves using high-throughput and fractionation methods.

Re-engineering of the PAM1 phage display monoclonal antibody to produce a soluble, versatile anti-homogalacturonan scFv

Restricted access of proteins to mannan polysaccharides in intact plant cell walls.

Screening and Characterization of Plant Cell Walls Using Carbohydrate Microarrays ⬇️

Selection and phenotypic characterization of a core collection of Brachypodium distachyon inbred lines

Separating Golgi Proteins from Cis to Trans Reveals Underlying Properties of Cisternal Localization

Side chains of pectic polysaccharides are regulated in relation to cell proliferation and cell differentiation

Simultaneous in vivo truncation of pectic side chains.

Solid-phase chemical tools for glycobiology.

Stable transformation and reverse genetic analysis of Penium margaritaceum: a platform for studies of charophyte green algae, the immediate ancestors of land plants.

Substituent-specific antibody against glucuronoxylan reveals close association of glucuronic acid and acetyl substituents and distinct labeling patterns in tree species.

Sugar-coated microarrays: a novel slide surface for the high-throughput analysis of glycans.

The Arabidopsis co-expression tool (ACT): a WWW-based tool and database for microarray-based gene expression analysis.

The Cooperative Activities of CSLD2, CSLD3, and CSLD5 Are Required for Normal Arabidopsis Development

The Glycosyltransferase Repertoire of the Spikemoss Selaginella moellendorffii and a Comparative Study of Its Cell Wall ⬇️

The charophycean green algae provide insights into the early origins of plant cell walls.

The effect of calcium ions on adhesion and competitive exclusion of Lactobacillus ssp. and E. coli O138.

Two SusD-like proteins encoded within a polysaccharide utilization locus of an uncultured ruminant Bacteroidetes phylotype bind strongly to cellulose.

Versatile high resolution oligosaccharide microarrays for plant glycobiology and cell wall research