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Wood-Derived Materials for Green Electronics, Biological Devices, and Energy Applications by Zhu, Hongli, Luo, Wei, Ciesielski, Peter N, Fang, Zhiqiang, Zhu, J. Y, Henriksson, Gunnar, Himmel, Michael E, Hu, Liangbing

“…With the arising of global climate change and resource shortage, in recent years, increased attention has been paid to environmentally friendly materials…”
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Cellulosic ethanol: status and innovation by Lynd, Lee R, Liang, Xiaoyu, Biddy, Mary J, Allee, Andrew, Cai, Hao, Foust, Thomas, Himmel, Michael E, Laser, Mark S, Wang, Michael, Wyman, Charles E

“…Graphical abstract…”
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Outlook for cellulase improvement: Screening and selection strategies by Percival Zhang, Y.-H., Himmel, Michael E., Mielenz, Jonathan R.

“…Cellulose is the most abundant renewable natural biological resource, and the production of biobased products and bioenergy from less costly renewable…”
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Deconstruction of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals by Chundawat, Shishir P.S, Beckham, Gregg T, Himmel, Michael E, Dale, Bruce E

“…Plants represent a vast, renewable resource and are well suited to provide sustainably for humankind's transportation fuel needs. To produce…”
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Fungal Cellulases by Payne, Christina M, Knott, Brandon C, Mayes, Heather B, Hansson, Henrik, Himmel, Michael E, Sandgren, Mats, Ståhlberg, Jerry, Beckham, Gregg T

“…Payne et al examine new developments with regard to fungal cellulases…”
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Perspectives and new directions for the production of bioethanol using consolidated bioprocessing of lignocellulose by Xu, Qi, Singh, Arjun, Himmel, Michael E

“…The U.S. DOE Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) mandated attainment of a national production level of 36 billion gallons of biofuels (to be added to…”
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Simulation studies of the insolubility of cellulose by Bergenstråhle, Malin, Wohlert, Jakob, Himmel, Michael E., Brady, John W.

“…Molecular dynamics simulations have been used to calculate the potentials of mean force for separating short cellooligomers in aqueous solution as a means of…”
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Intracellular pathways for lignin catabolism in white-rot fungi by del Cerro, Carlos, Erickson, Erika, Dong, Tao, Wong, Allison R., Eder, Elizabeth K., Purvine, Samuel O., Mitchell, Hugh D., Weitz, Karl K., Markillie, Lye Meng, Burnet, Meagan C., Hoyt, David W., Chu, Rosalie K., Cheng, Jan-Fang, Ramirez, Kelsey J., Katahira, Rui, Xiong, Wei, Himmel, Michael E., Subramanian, Venkataramanan, Linger, Jeffrey G., Salvachúa, Davinia

“…Lignin is a biopolymer found in plant cell walls that accounts for 30% of the organic carbon in the biosphere. White-rot fungi (WRF) are considered the most…”
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How Does Plant Cell Wall Nanoscale Architecture Correlate with Enzymatic Digestibility? by Ding, Shi-You, Liu, Yu-San, Zeng, Yining, Himmel, Michael E., Baker, John O., Bayer, Edward A.

“…Greater understanding of the mechanisms contributing to chemical and enzymatic solubilization of plant cell walls is critical for enabling cost-effective…”
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The molecular origins of twist in cellulose I-beta by Bu, Lintao, Himmel, Michael E., Crowley, Michael F.

“…•Cellulose microfibril twist depends on fibril diameter and not on fibril length.•Twisting is highly dependent on hydrogen bonding and electrostatics.•One…”
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Cellulase linkers are optimized based on domain type and function: insights from sequence analysis, biophysical measurements, and molecular simulation by Sammond, Deanne W, Payne, Christina M, Brunecky, Roman, Himmel, Michael E, Crowley, Michael F, Beckham, Gregg T

“…Cellulase enzymes deconstruct cellulose to glucose, and are often comprised of glycosylated linkers connecting glycoside hydrolases (GHs) to…”
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Visualizing lignin coalescence and migration through maize cell walls following thermochemical pretreatment by Donohoe, Bryon S, Decker, Stephen R, Tucker, Melvin P, Himmel, Michael E, Vinzant, Todd B

“…Plant cell walls are composed primarily of cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignins, and pectins. Of these components, lignins exhibit unique chemistry and…”
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Fractionating recalcitrant lignocellulose at modest reaction conditions by Zhang, Yi-Heng Percival, Ding, Shi-You, Mielenz, Jonathan R., Cui, Jing-Biao, Elander, Richard T., Laser, Mark, Himmel, Michael E., McMillan, James R., Lynd, Lee R.

“…Effectively releasing the locked polysaccharides from recalcitrant lignocellulose to fermentable sugars is among the greatest technical and economic barriers…”
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Biomass Recalcitrance: Engineering Plants and Enzymes for Biofuels Production by Himmel, Michael E, Ding, Shi-You, Johnson, David K, Adney, William S, Nimlos, Mark R, Brady, John W, Foust, Thomas D

“…Lignocellulosic biomass has long been recognized as a potential sustainable source of mixed sugars for fermentation to biofuels and other biomaterials. Several…”
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Genomic, proteomic, and biochemical analyses of oleaginous Mucor circinelloides: evaluating its capability in utilizing cellulolytic substrates for lipid production by Wei, Hui, Wang, Wei, Yarbrough, John M, Baker, John O, Laurens, Lieve, Van Wychen, Stefanie, Chen, Xiaowen, Taylor, 2nd, Larry E, Xu, Qi, Himmel, Michael E, Zhang, Min

“…Lipid production by oleaginous microorganisms is a promising route to produce raw material for the production of biodiesel. However, most of these organisms…”
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Homologous expression of the Caldicellulosiruptor bescii CelA reveals that the extracellular protein is glycosylated by Chung, Daehwan, Young, Jenna, Bomble, Yannick J, Vander Wall, Todd A, Groom, Joseph, Himmel, Michael E, Westpheling, Janet

“…Members of the bacterial genus Caldicellulosiruptor are the most thermophilic cellulolytic microbes described with ability to digest lignocellulosic biomass…”
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Zymomonas mobilis as a model system for production of biofuels and biochemicals by Yang, Shihui, Fei, Qiang, Zhang, Yaoping, Contreras, Lydia M., Utturkar, Sagar M., Brown, Steven D., Himmel, Michael E., Zhang, Min

“…Summary Zymomonas mobilis is a natural ethanologen with many desirable industrial biocatalyst characteristics. In this review, we will discuss work to develop…”
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The potential of cellulases and cellulosomes for cellulosic waste management by Bayer, Edward A, Lamed, Raphael, Himmel, Michael E

“…Lignocellulose is the most abundant plant cell wall component of the biosphere and the most voluminous waste produced by our society. Fortunately, it is not…”
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Lignocellulose deconstruction in the biosphere by Bomble, Yannick J, Lin, Chien-Yuan, Amore, Antonella, Wei, Hui, Holwerda, Evert K, Ciesielski, Peter N, Donohoe, Bryon S, Decker, Stephen R, Lynd, Lee R, Himmel, Michael E

“…•Biomass deconstruction is a complex process requiring divergent natural strategies.•Microbes have co-evolved to ensure efficient chemical recycling in the…”
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Molecular-Level Origins of Biomass Recalcitrance: Decrystallization Free Energies for Four Common Cellulose Polymorphs by Beckham, Gregg T, Matthews, James F, Peters, Baron, Bomble, Yannick J, Himmel, Michael E, Crowley, Michael F

“…Cellulose is a crystalline polymer of β1,4-d-glucose that is difficult to deconstruct to sugars by enzymes. The recalcitrance of cellulose microfibrils is a…”
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