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List of works by Laurence B Davin

A genome-wide analysis of the flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) dirigent protein family: from gene identification and evolution to differential regulation

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A multi-omics strategy resolves the elusive nature of alkaloids in Podophyllum species

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A pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductase homologue from the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) catalyzes the efficient in vitro conversion of p-coumaryl/coniferyl alcohol esters into the allylphenols chavicol/eugenol, but not the propenylphenols p-anol/

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Accurate mass-time tag library for LC/MS-based metabolite profiling of medicinal plants

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Active site cleft mutants of Os9BGlu31 transglucosidase modify acceptor substrate specificity and allow production of multiple kaempferol glycosides

scientific article published on 09 April 2015

Allyl/propenyl phenol synthases from the creosote bush and engineering production of specialty/commodity chemicals, eugenol/isoeugenol, in Escherichia coli.

scientific article published in November 2013

An extraordinary accumulation of (−)-pinoresinol in cell-free extracts of Forsythia intermedia: evidence for enantiospecific reduction of (+)-pinoresinol

scientific article published on 01 November 1992

Antisense down-regulation of 4CL expression alters lignification, tree growth, and saccharification potential of field-grown poplar

scientific article published on 20 August 2010

Arogenate dehydratase isoenzymes profoundly and differentially modulate carbon flux into lignins.

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Assessment of a putative proton relay in Arabidopsis cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase catalysis.

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Beta-glucuronidase as reporter gene: advantages and limitations.

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Biosynthetic Pathway to the Cancer Chemopreventive Secoisolariciresinol Diglucoside−Hydroxymethyl Glutaryl Ester-Linked Lignan Oligomers in Flax (Linum usitatissimum) Seed

scientific article published on November 1, 2001

Cell-wall architecture and lignin composition of wheat developed in a microgravity environment.

scientific article published in July 2001

Characterization in vitro and in vivo of the putative multigene 4-coumarate:CoA ligase network in Arabidopsis: syringyl lignin and sinapate/sinapyl alcohol derivative formation

scientific article published on September 2005

Chavicol formation in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum): cleavage of an esterified C9 hydroxyl group with NAD(P)H-dependent reduction

scientific article published on 09 June 2006

Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils from invasive species of the Azores, Hedychium gardnerianum and Pittosporum undulatum

scientific article published in September 2003

Crystal structures and catalytic mechanism of the Arabidopsis cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenases AtCAD5 and AtCAD4

scientific article published on 04 April 2006

Dirigent Protein-Mediated Lignan and Cyanogenic Glucoside Formation in Flax Seed: Integrated Omics and MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging

scientific article published on 17 May 2015

Dirigent proteins and dirigent sites explain the mystery of specificity of radical precursor coupling in lignan and lignin biosynthesis.

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Dirigent proteins and dirigent sites in lignifying tissues.

scientific article published in July 2001

Dirigent-mediated podophyllotoxin biosynthesis in Linum flavum and Podophyllum peltatum

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Dissection of lignin macromolecular configuration and assembly: comparison to related biochemical processes in allyl/propenyl phenol and lignan biosynthesis

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Draft Genome Sequence of a Gordonia sp. Isolated from the Soil of a Red Alder Plant.

scientific article published on 28 September 2017

Eugenol specialty chemical production in transgenic poplar (Populus tremula × P. alba) field trials

scientific article published on 8 January 2017

Formation of the lignan, (-) secoisolariciresinol, by cell free extracts of Forsythia intermedia.

scientific article published in September 1990

Induced compression wood formation in Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in microgravity

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Insights into lignin primary structure and deconstruction from Arabidopsis thaliana COMT (caffeic acid O-methyl transferase) mutant Atomt1.

scientific article published on 22 July 2010

Kinetic study of coniferyl alcohol radical binding to the (+)-pinoresinol forming dirigent protein

scientific article (publication date: 9 March 2004)

Laser microdissection and genetic manipulation technologies to probe lignin heterogeneity and configuration in plant cell walls.

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Mechanistic and Structural Studies of Apoform, Binary, and Ternary Complexes of theArabidopsisAlkenal Double Bond Reductase At5g16970

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Monolignol radical-radical coupling networks in western red cedar and Arabidopsis and their evolutionary implications.

scientific article published in October 2002

Multi-Site Modulation of Flux during Monolignol Formation in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Next generation sequencing in predicting gene function in podophyllotoxin biosynthesis

scientific article published on 16 November 2012

Non-host disease resistance response in pea (Pisum sativum) pods: Biochemical function of DRR206 and phytoalexin pathway localization

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On the stereoselective synthesis of (+)-pinoresinol in Forsythia suspensa from its achiral precursor, coniferyl alcohol

scientific article (publication date: November 1992)

Opposite stereoselectivities of dirigent proteins in Arabidopsis and schizandra species

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Phenylalanine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Identification and characterization of arogenate dehydratases.

scientific article published on 28 August 2007

Pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductase: Substrate versatility, enantiospecificity, and kinetic properties

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Pinus taeda phenylpropenal double-bond reductase: purification, cDNA cloning, heterologous expression in Escherichia coli, and subcellular localization in P. taeda.

scientific article published on 14 August 2006

Plant cell walls are enfeebled when attempting to preserve native lignin configuration with poly-p-hydroxycinnamaldehydes: evolutionary implications.

scientific article published on 7 June 2007

Probing native lignin macromolecular configuration in Arabidopsis thaliana in specific cell wall types: further insights into limited substrate degeneracy and assembly of the lignins of ref8, fah 1-2 and C4H::F5H lines

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Pterocarpan synthase (PTS) structures suggest a common quinone methide-stabilizing function in dirigent proteins and proteins with dirigent-like domains

scientific article published on 21 June 2020

Reaction tissue formation and stem tensile modulus properties in wild-type and p -coumarate-3-hydroxylase downregulated lines of alfalfa, Medicago sativa (Fabaceae)

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Reassessment of effects on lignification and vascular development in the irx4 Arabidopsis mutant.

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Reduced Arogenate Dehydratase Expression: Ramifications for Photosynthesis and Metabolism

scientific article published on 09 March 2018

Regiochemical control of monolignol radical coupling: a new paradigm for lignin and lignan biosynthesis.

scientific article published in March 1999

Relationship of dirigent protein and 18s RNA transcript localization to heartwood formation in western red cedar.

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Specimen block counter-staining for localization of GUS expression in transgenic arabidopsis and tobacco

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

The Arabidopsis cinnamoyl CoA reductaseirx4mutant has a delayed but coherent (normal) program of lignification

scientific article published on 08 November 2006

The Arabidopsis phenylalanine ammonia lyase gene family: kinetic characterization of the four PAL isoforms.

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The arogenate dehydratase gene family: towards understanding differential regulation of carbon flux through phenylalanine into primary versus secondary metabolic pathways.

scientific article published on 18 July 2012

The western red cedar (Thuja plicata) 8-8' DIRIGENT family displays diverse expression patterns and conserved monolignol coupling specificity.

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Transgenic hybrid poplar for sustainable and scalable production of the commodity/specialty chemical, 2-phenylethanol

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Trimeric structure of (+)-pinoresinol-forming dirigent protein at 1.95 Å resolution with three isolated active sites

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[13C]-Specific labeling of 8-2' linked (-)-cis-blechnic, (-)-trans-blechnic and (-)-brainic acids in the fern Blechnum spicant.

scientific article published in February 2003