Publications

Publications generated within the project with SSF acknowledgements (March 2015-now):

2021

  • Gandla ML, Mähler N, Escamez S, Skotare T, Obudulu O, Möller L, Abreu IN, Bygdell J, Hertzberg M, Hvidsten TR, Moritz T, Wingsle G, Trygg J, Tuominen H, Jönsson LJ. 2021. Overexpression of vesicle-associated membrane protein PttVAP27-17 as a tool to improve biomass production and the overall saccharification yields in Populus trees. Biotechnology for Biofuels 14, 43.
2020
  • Abedi T, Castilleux R, Nibbering P, Niittylä T (2020). The spatio-temporal distribution of cell wall associated glycoproteins during wood formation in Populus. Frontiers in Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.611607.
  • Blaschek L, Nuoendagula, Bacsik Z, Kajita S, Pesquet E. 2020. Determining the Genetic Regulation and Coordination of Lignification in Stem Tissues of Arabidopsis Using Semiquantitative Raman Microspectroscopy. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 8: 4900–4909. 1. doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00194
  • Blaschek L, Champagne A, Dimotakis C, Nuoendagula, Decou R, Hishiyama S, Kratzer S, Kajita S, Pesquet E. 2020. Cellular and Genetic Regulation of Coniferaldehyde Incorporation in Lignin of Herbaceous and Woody Plants by Quantitative Wiesner Staining. Frontiers Plant Sci 11:109. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00109
  • Derba-Maceluch M, Amini F, Donev EN, Pawar PM-A, Michaud L, Johansson U, Albrectsen BR, Mellerowicz EJ (2020) Cell wall acetylation in hybrid aspen affects field performance, foliar phenolic composition and resistance to biological stress factors in a construct-dependent fashion. Frontiers Plant Sci 11:651. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00651
  • Dominquez PG, Evgeniy D, Derba-Maceluch M, Bünder A, Hedenström M, Tomášková I, Mellerowicz EJ, Niittylä T (2020). Sucrose synthase determines carbon allocation in developing wood and alters carbon flow at the whole tree level in aspen. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16721
  • Wang Z, Pawar PM-A, Derba-Maceluch M, Hedenström M, Chong S-L, Tenkanen M, Jönsson LJ*, Mellerowicz EJ.  2020. Hybrid Aspen Expressing a Carbohydrate Esterase Family 5 Acetyl Xylan Esterase under Control of a Wood-Specific Promoter Shows Improved Saccharification. Frontiers Plant Sci 11:380, doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00380 
  • Kumar V, Donev EN, Barbut FR, Kushwah S, Mannapperuma C, Urbancsok J and Mellerowicz EJ (2020) Genome-Wide Identification of Populus Malectin/Malectin-Like Domain-Containing Proteins and Expression Analyses Reveal Novel Candidates for Signaling and Regulation of Wood Development. Front. Plant Sci. 11:588846. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.588846
  • Kushwah S, Banasiak A, Nishikubo N, Derba-Maceluch M, Majda M, Endo S, Kumar V, Gomez L, Gorzsás A, McQueen-Mason S, Braam J, Sundberg B, Mellerowicz EJ. 2020. Arabidopsis XTH4 and XTH9 contribute to wood cell expansion and secondary wall formation.  Plant Physiology 182: 1946–1965, doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.01529
  • Nibbering P, Petersen BL, Motawia MS, Jorgensen B, Ulvskov P Niittylä T 2020. Golgi-localized exo-β-1,3-galactosidases involved in AGP modification and root cell expansion in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.13.947820
  • Wang Z, Pawar PM-A, Derba-Maceluch M, Hedenström M, Chong S-L, Tenkanen M, Jönsson LJ, Mellerowicz EJ.  2020. Hybrid aspen expressing a carbohydrate esterase family 5 acetyl xylan esterase under control of a wood-specific promoter shows improved saccharification. Frontiers Plant Sci 11:380, doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00380
  • Yamamoto M, Blaschek L, Subbotina E, Kajita S, Pesquet E. 2020 Importance of Lignin Coniferaldehyde Residues for Plant Properties and Sustainable Uses. ChemSusChem. 13: 4400-4408 doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202001242
  • Zhang BP, Sztojka BP, Seyfferth C, Escamez S, Miskolczi P, Chantreau M, Bakó L, Delhomme N, Gorzsás A, Bhalerao RP, Tuominen H. 2020 The chromatin-modifying protein HUB2 is involved in the regulation of lignin composition in xylem vessels. Journal of Experimental Botany, 18, 5484–5494. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa264
2019
  • Kumar V, Hainaut M, Delhomme N, Mannapperuma C, Street NR, Henrissat B, Mellerowicz EJ. 2019. Poplar Carbohydrate Active Enzymes - new annotation and functional analyses based on RNA expression data. Plant J 99: 598-609.
  • Pesquet E, Wagner A, Grabber JH. 2019. Cell culture systems: invaluable tools to investigate lignin formation and cell wall properties. Curr Opin Biotechnol 56: 215-222.
  • Wessels B, Seyffert C, Escamez S, Vain T, Antos K, Vahala J, Delhomme N, Kangasjärvi J, Eder M, Felten J, and Tuominen H. 2019. An AP2/ERF transcription factor ERF139 coordinates cell expansion and secondary cell wall deposition. New Phytologist 224:1585-1599

2018

  • Donev E, Gandla ML, Jönsson LJ, Mellerowicz EJ. 2018. Engineering non-cellulosic polysaccharides of wood for the biorefinery. Frontiers Plant Sci 9:1537
  • Grimberg Å, Lager I, Street NR, Robinson KM, Martilla S, Mähler N, Ingvarsson PK and Bhalerao RP. 2018. Storage lipid accumulation is controlled by photoperiodic signal acting via regulators of growth cessation and dormancy in hybrid aspen. New Phytologist 219: 619-630
  • Obudulu O, Mähler N, Skotare T, Bygdell J, Abreu IN, Ahnlund M, Latha Gandla M, Petterle A, Moritz T, Hvidsten TR, Jönsson L, Wingsle G, Trygg J, Tuominen H. 2018. A multi-omics approach reveals function of Secretory Carrier-Associated Membrane Proteins in wood formation of Populus trees. BMC Genomics, 19:11
  • Pawar PM-A, Schnürer A, Mellerowicz EJ, Rönnberg-Wästljung AC. 2018. QTL mapping of wood FT-IR chemotypes shows promise for improving biofuel potential in short rotation coppice willow (Salix spp.). Bioenergy Res 11:351-363
  • Ratke C, Terebieniec BK, Winestrand S, Derba-Maceluch1 M, Grahn T, Schiffthaler B, Ulvcrona T, Özparpucu M, Rüggeberg M, Lundqvist SO, Street NR, Jönsson LJ, Mellerowicz EJ. 2018. Downregulating aspen xylan biosynthetic GT43 genes in developing wood stimulates growth via reprograming of transcriptome. New Phytologist, 219: 230-245

2017

  • Bhalerao RP and Fischer U 2017. Environmental and hormonal control of stem cell dynamics. J Exp Bot 68:79-87
  • Decou R, Serk H, Ménard D, Pesquet E. 2017. Analysis of Lignin Composition and Distribution Using Fluorescence Laser Confocal Microspectroscopy. Methods Molecular Biology, 1544:233-247.
  • Escamez S, Latha Gandla M, Derba-Maceluch M, Lundqvist S-O, Mellerowicz EJ, Jönsson LJ and Tuominen H. 2017. A collection of genetically engineered Populus trees reveals wood biomass traits that predict glucose yield from enzymatic hydrolysis. Scientific Reports 7: 15798
  • Jokipii-Lukkari S, Sundell D, Nilsson O, Hvidsten TR, Street NR, Tuominen H 2017. NorWood: A gene expression resource for evo-devo studies of wood development. New Phytologist, 216:482-494
  • Ménard D, Serk H, Decou R, Pesquet E. 2017. Establishment and Utilization of Habituated Cell Suspension Cultures for Hormone-Inducible Xylogenesis. Methods Molecular Biology, 1544:37-57.
  • Obudulu O, Mähler N, Skotare T, Bygdell J, Abreu IN, Ahnlund M,  Latha Gandla M, Petterle A, Moritz T, Hvidsten TR, Jönsson L, Wingsle G, Trygg J, Tuominen H. 2017. A multi-omics approach reveals function of Secretory Carrier-Associated Membrane Proteins in wood formation of Populus trees. BMC Genomics, 19:11.
  • Pawar P M-A, Derba-Maceluch M, Chong SL, Gandla ML, Bashar SS, Sparrman T, Ahvenainen P, Hedenström M, Özparpucu M, Rüggeberg M, Serimaa R, Lawoko M, Tenkanen M, Jönsson LJ, Mellerowicz EJ. 2017. In muro deacetylation of xylan increases lignin extractability and improves saccharification of aspen wood. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10:98
  • Pawar P M-A, Ratke C, Balasubramanian VB, Chong SL, Gandla ML, Adriasola M, Sparrman T, Hedenström M, Szwaj K, Derba-Maceluch M, Ezcurra I, Tenkanen M, Jönsson LJ, Mellerowicz EJ.  2017. Downregulation of RWA genes in hybrid aspen affects xylan acetylation and wood processing properties. New Phytologist, 214:1491-1505
  • Rende U, Wang W, Gandla ML, Jönsson LJ, Niittylä T. 2017. Cytosolic invertase contributes to the supply of substrate for cellulose biosynthesis in developing wood. New Phytologist, 214:796-807, doi:10.1111/nph.14392
  • Singh R., Svystun T., AlDahmash B., Jönsson AM and Bhalerao R 2017. Photoperiodic and temperature mediated control of phenology in trees - a molecular perspective. New Phytologist 213:511-524
  • Sundell D,  Street NR, Kumar M, Mellerowicz EJ, Kucukoglu M, Johnsson K, Kumar V, Mannapperuma C, Delhomme N, Nilsson O, Tuominen H, Pesquet E, Fischer U, Niittylä T,  Sundberg B, Hvidsten TR. 2017. AspWood: High-spatial-resolution transcriptome profiles reveal uncharacterized modularity of wood formation in Populus tremula. Plant Cell 29: 1585–1604.

Other publications:

2020

  • Aryal B, Jonsson K, Baral A, Sancho-Andrés G, Routier- Kierzkowska, Kierzkowski D and Bhalerao RP 2020. Interplay between cell wall and auxin mediates the control of differential cell elongation during apical hook development. Current Biology (in press). doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.055
  • Abreu IN, Johansson AI, Sokołowska K, Niittylä T, Sundberg B, Hvidsten TR, Street NR, Moritz T (2020). A metabolite roadmap of the wood-forming tissue in Populus tremula. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16799
  • Baison J, Zhou L, Forsberg N, Mörling T, Grahn T, Olsson L, Karlsson B, Wu HX, Mellerowicz EJ, Lundqvist S-O, Garcia-Gil MR* (2020) Genetic control of tracheid properties in Norway spruce wood. Sci Reports 10:18089. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72586-3
  • Botterweg-Paredes E, Blaakmeer A, Hong SY, Sun B, Mineri L, Kruusvee V, Xie Y, Straub D, Ménard D, Pesquet E, Wenkel S. 2020. Light affects tissue patterning of the hypocotyl in the shade-avoidance response. PLoS Genet. (in press) doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008678.
  • Buender A, Sundman O, Mahboubi A, Persson S, Mansfield S, Rueggeberg M, Niittylä T (2020). CELLULOSE SYNTHASE INTERACTING 1 is required for wood mechanics and leaf morphology in aspen. Plant J 103: 1858–1868.  https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14873
  • Escamez S, André D, Sztojka B, Bollhöner B, Hall H, Berthet B, Voss U, Lers A, Maizel A, Andersson M, Bennett M, Tuominen H. 2020. Cell death in cells overlying lateral root primordia contributes to organ growth in Arabidopsis. Current Biology 30, 1–10. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.078
  • Jonasson S, Buender A, Das O, Niittylä T, Oksman K (2021). Comparison of tension wood and normal wood for oxidative nanofibrillation and network characteristics. Cellulose 28:1085–1104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03556-1
  • Lakehal A, Dob A, Rahneshan Z, Novák O, Escamez S, Alallaq S, Strnad M, Tuominen H, Bellini C. 2020. ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 115 integrates jasmonate and cytokinin signaling machineries to repress adventitious rooting in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 228: 1451-1692 doi.org/10.1111/nph.16794
  • Maurya JP, Singh R, Misckolczi P, Prasad AN, Jonsson K, Wu F and Bhalerao RP. 2020. Branching regulator BRC1 mediates photoperiodic control of seasonal growth in hybrid aspen Current Biology 30: 122-126 doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.001
  • Milhinhos A, Bollhöner B, Blazquez M, Novák O, Miguel C, Tuominen H. 2020. ACAULIS5 is required for cytokinin accumulation and function during secondary growth of Populus trees. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 601858. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.601858
  • Minina EA, Staal J, Alvarez VE,  Berges JA, Berman-Frank I, Beyaert R, Bidle KD, Bornancin F, Casanova M, Cazzulo JJ,  Choi CJ, Coll NS, Dixit VM, Dolinar M, Fasel N, Funk C, Gallois P, Gevaert K, Gutierrez-Beltran E, Hailfinger S, Klemenčič M, Koonin EV, Krappmann D, Linusson A, Machado MFM, Madeo F, Megeney LA, Moschou PN, Mottram JC, Nyström T, Osiewacz HD, Overall CM, Pandey KC, Ruland J, Salvesen GS, Shi Y, Smertenko A, Stael S, Ståhlberg J, Fernanda Suárez M, Thome M, Tuominen H, Van Breusegem F, van der Hoorn RAL, Vardi A, Zhivotovsky B, Lam E, Bozhkov PV. 2020. Classification and nomenclature of metacaspases and paracaspases: no more confusion with caspases. Molecular Cell 77: 927-929. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.12.020
  • Turner P, Nottale L, Zhao J, Pesquet E. 2020. New insights into the physical processes that underpin cell division and the emergence of different cellular and multicellular structures. Prog Biophys Mol Biol 150:13-42. doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2019.04.006

2019

  • Baison J, Vidalis A, Zhou L, Chen ZQ, Li Z, Sillanpää MJ, Bernhardsson C, Scofield D, Forsberg N, Grahn T, Olsson L, Karlsson B, Wu H, Ingvarsson PK, Lundqvist SO, Niittylä T, Garcia-Gil MR 2019. Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) identified novel candidate loci affecting wood formation in Norway spruce. Plant J 100, 83–100.
  • Escamez S, Stael S, Vainonen J, Willems P, Jin H, Kimura S, Van Breusegem F, Gevaert K, Wrzaczek M, and Tuominen H. 2019. Extracellular peptide Kratos restricts cell death during vascular development and stress in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany 70: 2199–2210.
  • Fischer U, Kucukoglu M, Helariutta Y and Bhalerao RP (2019) The dynamics of cambial stem cell activity Annual Rev Plant Biol 70: 293-319
  • Gendre D, Baral A, Dang X, Esnay N, Boutté Y, Stanislas T, Vain T, Claverol S, Gustavsson A, Lin D, Grebe M and Bhalerao RP. 2019. ROP-activated root hair formation requires Arabidopsis YIP4a/b gene function. Development  11:146(5)
  • Giacomello S, Delhomme N, Niittylä T, Tuominen H, Street NR. 2019. High spatial resolution profiling in tree species. Annual Plant Reviews Online. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119312994.apr0688
  • Jonasson S, Bünder A, Niittylä T, Oksman K. 2019. Isolation and characterization of cellulose nanofibers from aspen wood using derivatizing and non-derivatizing pretreatments. Cellulose 27:185–203 
  • Misckolczi P, Singh RK, Tylewicz S, Azeez A, Maurya JP, Tarkowska D, Novak O, Jonsson K and Bhalerao RP. 2019. Long-range mobile signals mediate seasonal control of shoot growth. PNAS 116: 10852-10857
  • Seyfferth C, Wessels BA, Gorzsás A, Love JW, Rüggeberg M, Delhomme N, Vain T, Antos K, Tuominen H, Sundberg B, Felten J. 2019. Ethylene signaling is required for fully functional tension wood in hybrid aspen. Frontiers in Plant Science 10:1101.
  • Singh R, Misckolczi P, Maurya JP and Bhalerao RP. 2019. A tree ortholog SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE floral repressor mediates photoperiodic control of bud dormancy. Current Biology 29: 128-133
  • Rende U, Niittylä T, Moritz T 2019. Two-step derivatization for determination of sugar phosphates in plants by combined reversed phase chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Plant Methods 15 (127)
  • Wang W, Zhang X, Niittylä T. 2019. OPENER Is a Nuclear Envelope and Mitochondria Localized Protein Required for Cell Cycle Progression in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 31:1446-1465.

2018

  • Allario T, Tixier A, Awad H, Lemaire C, Brunel N, Badel E, Barigah TS, Julien J-L, Peyret P, Mellerowicz EJ, Cochard H, Herbette S. 2018. PtxtPME1 and homogalacturonans influence xylem hydraulic properties in poplar. Physiol Plant 163: 502-515
  • Armezzani A, Abad U, Ali O, Vachez L, Robin A, Sallee AE, Larrieu A, Mellerowicz E, Taconnat L, Battu V, Stanislas T, Liu M, Vernoux T, Traas J, Sassi M. 2018. Transcriptional induction of cell wall remodelling machinery is coupled with microtubule-driven growth isotropy at the shoot apex in Arabidopsis. Development 145, dev162255. doi:10.1242/dev.162255
  • Bollhöner B, Jokipii-Lukkari S, Bygdell J, Stael S, Adriasola M, Muniz L, Van Bruesegem F, Ezcurra I, Wingsle G, Tuominen H. 2018. The function of two type II metacaspases in woody tissues of Populus trees. New Phytologist 217: 1551–1565.
  • Dubreuil C, Jin X, Barajas-López JD, Hewitt TC, Tanz SK, Dobrenel T, Schröder WP, Hanson J, Pesquet E, Grönlund A, Small I, Strand Å. 2018. Establishment of Photosynthesis through Chloroplast Development Is Controlled by Two Distinct Regulatory Phases. Plant Physiol 176: 1199-1214.
  • Eklund DM, Kanei M, Flores-Sandoval E, Ishizaki K, Nishihama R, Kohchi T, Lagercrantz U, Bhalerao RP, Sakata Y and Bowman JL. 2018. An evolutionarily conserved ABA signalling pathway regulates dormancy in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Current Biology 28: 3691-3699
  • Felten J, Vahala J, Love J, Gorzsás A, Rüggeberg M, Delhomme N, Leśniewska J, Kangasjärvi J, Hvidsten TR, Mellerowicz EJ, Sundberg B. 2018. Ethylene signaling induces gelatinous layers with typical features of tension wood in hybrid aspen. New Phytologist 218: 999–1014
  • Hayatgheibi H,  Forsberg N, Lundqvist S-O, Mörling T, Mellerowicz EJ, Karlsson B, Wu H, García-Gil MR*. 2018. Genetic control of transition from juvenile to mature wood with respect to microfibril angle (MFA) in Norway spruce (Picea abies) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta). Canadian Journal Forest Sciences 48: 1358–1365
  • Jokipii-Lukkari S, Delhomme N, Schiffthaler B, Mannapperuma C, Prestele J, Nilsson O, Street NR, Tuominen H 2018. Transcriptional roadmap to seasonal variation in wood formation of Norway spruce. Plant Physiology. 176:2851-2870
  • Mahboubi A and Niittylä T. 2018. Sucrose transport and carbon fluxes during wood formation. Physiologia Plantarum, 164: 67-81.
  • Maurya JP, Triozzi PM, Bhalerao RP, Perales M. 2018. Environmentally sensitive molecular switches drive poplar phenology. Front Plant Sci 9: 1873
  • Salnikov VV, Mellerowicz EJ, Gorshkova TA. 2018. Ultrastructure of fibers and distribution of the cell walls components in tension wood of hybrid aspen (Populus tremula L. x tremuloides Michx.) Publishing House of Academy of Sciences of Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan 2018, 128 pages,  ISBN 978-5-9690-0494-8
  • Seyfferth C, Wessels B, Jokipii-Lukkari S, Sundberg B, Delhomme N, Felten J and Tuominen H. 2018. Ethylene-Related Gene Expression Networks in Wood Formation. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 9: 272.
  • Singh R, Misckolczi P, Maurya JP, Azeez A, Tylewicz S, Busov V and Bhalerao RP .2018. A genetic network mediating the control of bud break in hybrid aspen. Nature Communications. 9: 4173
  • Ravikumar R, Kalbfuß N, Gendre D, Steiner A, Altmann M, Altmann S, Rybak K, Edelmann H, Stephan F, Lampe M, Facher E, Wanner G, Falter-Braun P, Bhalerao RP, Assaad FF. 2018. Independent yet overlapping pathways ensure the robustness and responsiveness of trans-Golgi network functions in Arabidopsis. Development 7;145(21)
  • Tylewicz S, Petterle A, Martilla S, Misckolzi P, Singh R, Immanen J, Mähler N, Hvidsten T, Eklund D, Bowman J, Helariutta Y and Bhalerao RP.2 018.  Photoperiodic control of seasonal growth is mediated by ABA acting on cell-cell communication. Science 360: 212-215
  • Zhang X, Dominguez PG, Kumar M, Bygdell J, Miroshnichenko S, Sundberg B, Wingsle G, Niittylä T. 2018. Cellulose synthase stoichiometry in aspen differs from Arabidopsis and Norway spruce. Plant Physiology, 177, 1096-1107.

2017

  • Bygdell J, Srivastava V, Obudulu O, Srivastava MK, Nilsson R, SundbergB, Trygg J, Mellerowicz EJ, Wingsle G. 2017. Protein expression in developing tension wood in Populus, monitored at high tissue resolution. J Exp Bot, 68: 3405–3417.
  • Dietrich D, Pang L, Kobayashi A, Fozard JA, Boudolf V, Bhosale R, Antoni R, Nguyen T, Hiratsuka S, Fujii N, Miyazawa Y, Bae TW, Wells DM, Owen MR, Band LR, Dyson RJ, Jensen OE, King JR, Tracy SR, Sturrock CJ, Mooney SJ, Roberts JA, Bhalerao RP, Dinneny JR, Rodriguez PL, Nagatani A, Hosokawa Y, Baskin TI, Pridmore TP, De Veylder L, Takahashi H, Bennett MJ. 2017. Root hydrotropism is controlled via a cortex-specific growth mechanism. Nature Plants 3:17057
  • Escamez S and Tuominen H 2017. Contribution of cellular autolysis to tissular functions during plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 35: 124–130
  • Escamez S, Bollhöner B and Tuominen H 2017. Quick histochemical staining methods to detect cell death in xylem elements of plant tissues. In Xylem: Methods and Protocols. de Lucas M, Etchells JP (eds) Springer, pp. 27-36.
  • Jonsson K., Gendre D., Singh R., Boutte Y and Bhalerao R 2017. Ethylene regulation of differential growth is mediated by BIG ARF-GEF dependent post-Golgi secretory trafficking in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 29: 1039–1052.
  • Leśniewska J,  Öhman D, Krzesłowska M, Kushwah S, Barciszewska-Pacak M, Kleczkowski LA, Sundberg B, Moritz T, Mellerowicz EJ.  2017. Defense responses in aspens with altered PME activity reveal the hormonal inducers of tyloses. Plant Physiology 173:1409–1419.
  • Majda M, Grones P, Sintorn I-M, Vain T, Milani P, Krupinski P, Zagórska-Marek B, Viotti C, Jönsson H, Mellerowicz EJ, Hamant O, Robert S. 2017. Mechano-chemical polarization of cell walls drives shape coordination. Developmental Cell, 43:290
  • Minina EA, Coll NS, Tuominen H, Bozhkov P 2017. Metacaspases versus caspases in development and cell fate regulation. Cell Death & Differentiation 24:1314–1325
  • Roach M, Arrivault S, Mahboubi A, Krohn N, Sulpice R, Stitt M, Niittylä T (2017). Spatially-resolved metabolic analysis reveals a central role for transcriptional control in carbon allocation to wood. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68: 3529-3539.
  • Schneider R, Tang L, Lampugnani ER, Barkwill S, Lathe R, Zhang Y, McFarlane HE, Pesquet E, Niittyla T, Mansfield SD. 2017. Two complementary mechanisms underpin cell wall patterning during xylem vessel development. Plant Cell 29: 2433-49.
  • Soler M, Plasencia A, Larbat R, Pouzet C, Jauneau A, Rivas S, Pesquet E, Lapierre C, Truchet I, Grima-Pettenati J. 2017. The Eucalyptus linker histone variant EgH1.3 cooperates with the transcription factor EgMYB1 to control lignin biosynthesis during wood formation. New Phytologist, 213: 287-299.

2016

  • Baral A and Bhalerao RP 2016. Exploring exocytosis using chemical genomics . Proc Natl Acad Sci 113: 14-6
  • Blokhina O, Valerio C, Sokołowska K, Zhao L, Kärkönen A, Niittylä T, Fagersted K 2017. Laser Capture Microdissection Protocol for Xylem Tissues of Woody Plants. Front. Plant Sci. 4;7:1965
  • Chen Z-Q, Abramowicz K, Raczkowski R, Ganea S, Wu H, Lundqvist S-O, Mörling T, Sjöstedt de Luna S, García Gil MR, Mellerowicz EJ. 2016. Accurate and cost-efficient method for fiber length determination for large-scale population analyses in Norway spruce based on increment cores. Holtzforschung 70: 829-838
  • Chen Z-Q, Karlsson B, Mörling T, Olsson L, Mellerowicz EJ, Wu HX, Lundqvist S-O, García Gil MR. 2016. Inheritance of fiber properties in two 21-year-old Norway spruce progeny trials in south of Sweden. Tree Genetics and Genomes 12:123
  • Escamez S, André D, Zhang B, Bollhöner B, Pesquet E, Tuominen H. 2016. METACASPASE9 modulates autophagy to confine cell death to the target cells during Arabidopsis vascular xylem differentiation. Biol Open 5:122-9.
  • Fernandez-Moreno JP, Malitsky S, Lashbrooke J, Biswal A, Racovita R, Mellerowicz EJ, Jetter R, Orzaez D, Aharoni A, Granell A. 2016. An efficient method for medium-throughput screening of cuticular wax composition in different crop species. Metabolomics 12:73
  • Immanen J., Nieminen K., Smolander OP., Kojima M., Alonso Serra J., Koskinen P., Zhang J., Elo A., Mähönen AP., Street N., Bhalerao RP., Paulin L., Auvinen P., Sakakibara H., and Helariutta Y 2016. Cytokinin and auxin display distinct but interconnected distribution and signaling profiles to stimulate cambial activity. Curr Biol 16: 30550-4
  • Johnsson C, Immerzeel P, Fischer U, Niittylä T 2016. Framtidens skogsbruk – Utveckling av nya träd och vedbaserade produkter. Fakta Skog Nr 5.
  • Krzesłowska M, Rabęda I, Basińska A, Lewandowski M, Mellerowicz EJ, Napieralska A, Samardakiewicz S, Woźny A. 2016. Pectinous cell wall thickenings formation – a common defense strategy of plants to cope with Pb. Environmental Pollution 214: 354-61
  • Pawar PM-A, Derba-Maceluch M, Chong S-L, Gómez LD, Miedes E, Banasiak A, Ratke C, Gaertner C, Mouille G, McQueen-Mason SJ, Molina A, Sellstedt A, Tenkanen M, Mellerowicz EJ. 2016. Expression of fungal acetyl xylan esterase in Arabidopsis thaliana improves saccharification of stem lignocellulose. Plant Biotechnol J14: 387–397.
  • Pesquet E. 2016. The COST action FP1105-a research network to understand wood cell wall structure, biopolymer interaction and composition. Holzforschung, 70: 1103-1104.
  • Soler M, Plasencia A, Lepikson-Neto J, Camargo ELO, Dupas A, Ladouce N, Pesquet E, Mounet F, Larbat R, Grima-Pettenati J 2016. "The woody-preferential gene EgMYB88 regulates the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoid-derived compounds in wood" Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 7:1422
  • Van de Wouwer D, Vanholme R, Decou R, Goeminne G, Audenaert D, Nguyen L, Höfer R, Pesquet E, Vanholme B, Boerjan W. 2016. Chemical Genetics Uncovers Novel Inhibitors of Lignification, Including p-Iodobenzoic Acid Targeting CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE. Plant Physiology, 172, 198-220.
  • Wattelet-Boyer V., Brocard L., Jonsson K., Mongrand S., Raikhel N., Bhalerao R., Moreau P., and Boutté Y. 2016. The length of acyl-chains of sphingolipids drives apical sorting of the auxin carrier PIN2 at a subdomain of trans-Golgi Network. Nature Commun 7: 12788

2015

  • Barros J, Serk H, Granlund I, Pesquet E. 2015. The cell biology of lignification in higher plants. Ann  Bot 115: 1053-1074.
  • Chong S-L, Derba-Maceluch M, Koutaniemi S, Gómez LD, McQueen-Mason SJ, Tenkanen M, Mellerowicz EJ. 2015. Active fungal GH115 α-glucuronidase produced in Arabidopsis thaliana affects only the UX1-reactive glucuronate decorations on native glucuronoxylans. BMC Biotechnol 15:56
  • Chong S-L, Koutaniemi S, Juvonen M, Derba-Maceluch M, Mellerowicz EJ and Tenkanen M. 2015. Glucuronic acid in Arabidopsis thaliana xylans carries a novel pentose substituent. Int J Biol Macromol, 79:807-812.
  • Derba-Maceluch M, Awano T, Takahashi J, Lucenius J, Ratke C, Kontro I, Busse-Wicher M, Kosik O, Tanaka R, Winzéll A, Kallas Å, Lesniewska J, Berthold F, Immerzeel P, Teeri TT, Ezcurra I, Dupree P, Serimaa R, and Mellerowicz EJ. 2015. Suppression of xylan transglycosylase PtxtXyn10A affects cellulose microfibril angle in secondary wall in aspen wood. New Phytol 205: 666–681.
  • Derbyshire P, Ménard D, Green P, Saalbach G, Buschmann H, Lloyd CW, Pesquet E. 2015. Proteomic Analysis of Microtubule Interacting Proteins over the Course of Xylem Tracheary Element Formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 27: 2709-2726.
  • Gandla ML, Derba-Maceluch M, Liu X, Gerber L, Master ER, Mellerowicz EJ, Jönsson LJ. 2015. Expression of a fungal glucuronoyl esterase in Populus: effects on wood properties and saccharification efficiency. Phytochemistry, 112: 210-220.
  • Grimberg A, Carlsson AS, Marttila S, Bhalerao R, Hofvander P. 2015. Transcriptional transitions in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves upon induction of oil synthesis by WRINKLED1 homologs from diverse species and tissues. BMC Plant Biology 15:192
  • Gorshkova T, Mokshina N, Chernova T, Ibragimova N, Salnikov V, Mikshina P, Tryfona T, Banasiak A, Immerzeel P, Dupree P and Mellerowicz EJ. 2015. Aspen tension wood fibers contain b-(1→4)-galactans and acidic arabinogalactans retained by cellulose microfibrils in gelatinous walls. Plant Physiology, 169(3):2048-63.
  • Mahboubi A, Linden P, Hedenström M, Moritz T, Niittylä T 2015. Carbon-13 tracking after 13CO2 supply revealed diurnal patterns of wood formation in aspen. Plant Physiol 168, 478-489
  • Ménard D, Pesquet E. 2015. Cellular interactions during tracheary elements formation and function. Curr Opinion Plant Biol 23: 109-115.
  • Ménard D. Escamez S. Tuominen H. Pesquet E. 2015. Life beyond death: the formation of xylem sap conduits. In book: Plant Programmed Cell Death, Edition: 1st edition, Springer, Editors: AN Gunawardena, PF McCabe, pp.55-76.
  • Pesquet E., (2016) Plant biomass as multipotent feedstock for the future. International Innovation, in press
  • Rabęda I, Bilski H, Mellerowicz EJ, Napieralska A, Suski S, Woźny A and Krzesłowska M. 2015. Colocalization of low-methylesterified pectins and Pb deposits in the apoplast of aspen roots exposed to lead. Environ Pollut, 205: 315-326.
  • Ratke C, Pawar PM-A, Balasubramanian VK, Naumann M, Lönnäs Duncranz M, Derba-Maceluch M, Gorzsás A, Endo S, Ezcurra I, Mellerowicz EJ. 2015. Populus GT43 family members group into distinct sets required for primary and secondary wall xylan biosynthesis and include useful promoters for wood modification. Plant Biotechnol J 13: 26-37.
  • Serk H, Gorzsás A, Tuominen H, Pesquet E. 2015. Cooperative lignification of xylem tracheary elements. Plant Signal Behavior 10: e1003753.
  • Vera-Sirera F, De Rybel B, Úrbez C, Kouklas E, Pesquera M, Álvarez-Mahecha JC, Minguet EG, Tuominen H, Carbonell J, Borst JW, Weijers D and Blázquez MA. 2015. A bHLH-based feedback loop restricts vascular cell proliferation in plants. Dev Cell   23;35(4):432-43.
  • Wrzaczek M, Vainonen JP, Stael S, Tsiatsiani L, Help H, Gauthier A, Kaufholdt D, Bollhöner B, Lamminmäki A, Staes A, Gevaert K, Tuominen H, Van Breusegem F, Helariutta Y, Kangasjärvi J. 2015. GRIM REAPER peptide binds to receptor kinase PRK5 to trigger cell death in Arabidopsis. EMBO J. 2;34(1):55-6

Book chapter:
Derba-Maceluch M, Mellerowicz EJ (2020) Expression of Cell Wall–Modifying Enzymes in Aspen for Improved Lignocellulose Processing. Methods Molecular Biology, Vol. 2149:145-164, Zoë A. Popper (Eds): The Plant Cell Wall, 978-1-0716-0619-3, 339471_2_En, (9) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-0716-0621-6

Education (theses, advanced courses related to the project)

  • Bernadette Sztojka. New regulators of xylem lignification. Umeå University.  Dec 10, 2020, ISBN (el) 978-91-7855-429-4
  • Pieter Nibbering. The role and synthesis of β-1,3-galactans in plant cell wall formation. 30 Oct, 2020, ISBN (el.) 978-91-7760-613-0
  • Bernard Wessels, thesis defense 2018-10-05 with a title “The significance of ethylene and ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTORS”
  • Zhao Wang, 2018, Umeå University. “Recalcitrance of Wood to Biochemical Conversion.
  • PhD course in Wood Biology and Biotechnology with funding obtained from NOVA in October 30-Nov 6, 2017.
  • Pesquet E. and Turner P. animated a COST Action FP1105 Training School on 4th -8th April, 2016, Riga, Latvia. The objective of the training school was to facilitate a broader, multidisciplinary understan 


Commercialization efforts/patents, etc

  • US patent is applied in 2019 for PIRIN2 overproducing lines in improving saccharification. WO2016028212-A1. GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS HAVING ALTERED LIGNIN CONTENT . Inventor(s): Boerjan W, Vanholme R, Tuominen H; Turumtay H, Escamez S and Zhang B. Publication date: 25.02.2016

Communication with public:

Hosting researchers:

  • Dr. Liudmila Kozlova 2018 – Jan-Jul
  • Dr. Konrad Winnicki 2018 - Oct-Nov

Invited lectures in international conferences:

  • Mellerowicz EJ: International Symposium on Forest Tree Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Harbin, China 24-27 July, 2018
  • Pesquet E: 63rd international Lignin Symposium- Koganei, Japan, 1-2 November, 2018
  • Tuominen H: The university of Helsinki, Finland, November 19,  2018
  • Tuominen H: New Phytologist symposium The biology of wood: from cell to trees, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA 10–12 July 2018
  • Tuominen H: Development Biology and Molecular Breeding of Tree Species. Beijing, August 28-31 2018.
Licentiate thesis:
Leonard Blaschek. Cellular Lignin Distribution Patterns and their Physiological Relevance- Defended on 2020-01-27, http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1383874&dswid=-9414