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GRIBCG: a software for selection of sgRNAs in the design of balancer chromosomes by Merritt, Brian B, Cheung, Lily S

“…Balancer chromosomes are tools used by fruit fly geneticists to prevent meiotic recombination. Recently, CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing has been shown capable of…”
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The META tool optimizes metagenomic analyses across sequencing platforms and classifiers by Player, Robert A, Aguinaldo, Angeline M, Merritt, Brian B, Maszkiewicz, Lisa N, Adeyemo, Oluwaferanmi E, Forsyth, Ellen R, Verratti, Kathleen J, Chee, Brant W, Grady, Sarah L, Bradburne, Christopher E

“…A major challenge in the field of metagenomics is the selection of the correct combination of sequencing platform and downstream metagenomic analysis…”
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Cell wall composition and penetration resistance against the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum higginsianum are affected by impaired starch turnover in Arabidopsis mutants by Engelsdorf, Timo, Will, Cornelia, Hofmann, Jörg, Schmitt, Christine, Merritt, Brian B., Rieger, Leonie, Frenger, Marc S., Marschall, André, Franke, Rochus B., Pattathil, Sivakumar, Voll, Lars M.

“…Penetration resistance represents the first level of plant defense against phytopathogenic fungi. Here, we report that the starch-deficient Arabidopsis…”
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Evaluating the Role of Ultrasonication‐Assisted Alkali Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis on Cellwall Polysaccharides of Pennisetum Grass Varieties as Potential Biofuel Feedstock by Mohapatra, Sonali, Mishra, Chinmaya, Merritt, Brian B, Pattathil, Sivakumar, Thatoi, Hrudayanath

“…Production of renewable fuel like bioethanol from plant biomass and agro wastes will be the future energy source to combat the depletion of fossil fuels. The…”
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Identification of developmental stage and anatomical fraction contributions to cell wall recalcitrance in switchgrass by Crowe, Jacob D, Feringa, Nicholas, Pattathil, Sivakumar, Merritt, Brian, Foster, Cliff, Dines, Dayna, Ong, Rebecca G, Hodge, David B

“…Heterogeneity within herbaceous biomass can present important challenges for processing feedstocks to cellulosic biofuels. Alterations to cell wall composition…”
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