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Yield and Processability

  • Miron Abramson, Oded Shoseyov, Ziv Shani, Plant cell wall reconstruction toward improved lignocellulosic production
    and processability. Plant Science Vol. 178: 61-72 (2010)

  • Baba K., Park Y. W., Kaku T., Kaida R., Takeuchi M., Yoshida M., Hosoo Y., Ojio Y., Okuyama T., Taniguchi T., Ohmiya Y., Kondo T., Shani Z., Shoseyov O., Awano T., Serada S., Norioka N., Norioka S. and Hayashi T., Xyloglucan for Generating Tensile Stress to Bend Tree Stem. Molecular Plant, doi:10.1093/mp/ssp054 (2009)

  • Shoseyov, O., Shani, Z. and Levy, I., Carbohydrate binding modules: biochemical properties and novel applications. MMBR, 70: 283–295 (2006)

  • Shani Z., Dekel, M., Roiz L., Horowitz, M., Kolosovski, N., Lapidot, S., Alkan, S.,  Koltai H., Tsabary G., Goren R. and Shoseyov, O., Expression of endo-1,4-ß-glucanase (cel1) in Arabidopsis thaliana is associated with plant growth, xylem development and cell wall thickening. Plant Cell Report, 25: 1067-1074 (2006)

  • Safra, L., Shani, Z., Danin, A., Shoseyov, O., and Wolf, S., Growth Modulation of Transgenic Potato Plants by Heterologous Expression of Bacterial Carbohydrate-Binding Module. Molecular Breeding, 17: 355-364 (2006)

  • Shani Z. and Shoseyov O., Cell wall proteins as a tool for plant cell modification. In: T. Hayashi eds., The Science and Lore of the Plant Cell Wall: Biosynthesis, Structure and Function,Universal Publishers: BrownWalker Press. pp. 317-325 (2006)

  • Mitchum, M.G., Sukno, S., Wang, X., Shani, Z., Tsabary, G., Shoseyov, O. and Davis, E.L., The of the Arabidopsis thaliana Cel1 endo-1,4-b glucanase gene is differentially expressed in plant feeding cells induced by root-knot and cyst nematodes. Molecular Plant Pathology,5: 175-181 (2004)

  • Shani, Z., Dekel, M., Tzbary, G., Goren., R. and Shoseyov, O., Growth enhancement of transgenic poplar plants by overexpression of Arabidopsis thaliana endo-1,4-b-glucanase (cel1). Molecular Breeding, 14: 321–330 (2004)

  • Tsabary, G., Shani, Z., Roiz, L., Levi, I., Riov, J. and Shoseyov, O., Abnormal "wrinkled" cell walls and retarded development of transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing endo-1,4-ß-glucanase (cel1) antisense. Plant Mol. Biol.51: 213-224 (2003)

  • Levy, I., and Shoseyov, O. Cellulose binding domains: Biotechnological application. Biotechnology Advances 20: 191-213 (2002)

  • Shoseyov, O., Levy, I., Shani, Z., and Mansfield, S. Modulation of wood fibers and paper by cellulose binding domains (CBDs). Proceedings of The 223th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Orlando, Florida, USA (2002)

  • Levy, I., Shani, Z. and Shoseyov O.,  Modification of polysaccharides and plant cell wall by endo-1,4-b-glucanase and cellulose-binding domains. Biomol Eng. 19: 17-30 (2002)

  • Shani, Z., Dekel, M., Sig Jensen, C., Tzfira, T., Goren, R., Altman, A, and Shoseyov, O., Arabidopsis thaliana endo-1,4-b-glucanase (cel1) promoter mediates uidA expression in elongating tissues of aspen (Populus tremula). J. Plant Physiol. 156: 118-120 (2000)

  • Shani Z., Shpigel, E., Roiz, L., Goren, R., Vinocur, B., Tzfira, T., Altman, A., and Shoseyov O. Cellulose binding domain, increases cellulose synthase activity in Acetobacter xylinum, and biomass of transgenic plants. In: A. Altman, M. Ziv, S. Izhar, eds., Plant Biotechnology and In Vitro Biology in the 21st Century, pp. 213-218 Kluwer Academic Publishers. (1999)

  • Shani, Z., M. Dekel, G. Tzbary, C. S. Jensen, T. Tzfira R. Goren, A. Altman and O. Shoseyov: Expression of Arabidopsis thaliana endo-1,4-b-glucanase (cel1) in transgenic plants. In: A. Altman, M. Ziv, S. Izhar, eds., Plant Biotechnology and In Vitro Biology in the 21st Century, pp. 209-212. Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999)

  • Tomme, P., Boraston, A., McLean, B., Kormos, J., Creagh, A.L., Sturch, K., Gilkes, N.R., Haynes, C.A., Warren, R.A.J. and Kilburn, D.G., Characterization and affinity applications of cellulose-binding domains. J Chromatogr B 715: 283-296 (1998)

  • Shpigel E, Roiz L, Goren R, Shoseyov O., Bacterial cellulose-binding domain modulates in vitro elongation of different plant cells. Plant Physiol. 117: 1185-1194 (1998)

  • Shani, Z., Dekel, M., Tzbary, G. and Shoseyov, O. Cloning and characterization of elongation specific endo-1,4-β-glucanase (cel 1) from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol. Biol. 34: 837-842 (1997)

  • Goldstein, M.A., Takagi, M., Hashida, S., Shoseyov, O. and Doi, R.H. Characterization of the cellulose-binding domain of the Clostridium cellulovorans cellulose-binding protein A. J Bacteriol 175:5762-5768 (1993)

  • Shoseyov O, Takagi M, Goldstein MA, Doi, R H., Primary sequence analysis of Clostridium cellulovorans cellulose binding protein A. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89: 3483-3487 (1992)

  • Shoseyov O, Doi RH.,  Essential 170-kDa subunit for degradation of crystalline cellulose by Clostridium cellulovorans cellulase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 87: 2192-2195 (1990)

    Abiotic Stress

  • Jianhua Zhu, Paul E. Verslues, Xianwu Zheng, Byeong-ha Lee, Xiangqiang Zhan, Yuzuki Manabe, Irina Sokolchik, Yanmei Zhu,
    Chun-Hai Dong, Jian-Kang Zhu, Paul M. Hasegawa and Ray A. Bressan: HOS10 encodes an R2R3-type MYB transcription
    factor essential for cold acclimation in plants. PNAS Vol. 102 no. 28; 9966-9971 (2005)

  • Viswanathan Chinnusamy, Masaru Ohta, Siddhartha Kanrar, Byeong-ha Lee, Xuhui Hong, Manu Agarwal and Jian-Kang Zhu:
    ICE1: a regulator of cold-induced transcriptome and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis.
    Genes & Development 17: 1043-1054 (2003)

  • Huazhong Shi, Byeong-ha Lee, Shaw-Jye Wu and Jian-Kang Zhu: Overexpression of a plasma membrane Na/H antiporter gene
    improves salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Biotechnology, doi: 10.1038/nbt 766 (2002)

  • Liming Xiong, Manabu Ishitani, Hojoung Lee and Jian-Kang Zhu: The Arabidopsis LOS5/ABA3 Locus Encodes a Molybdenum
    Cofactor Sulfurase and Modulates Cold Stress - and Osmotic stress - Responsive Gene Expression.
    The Plant Cell, Vol. 13. 2063-2083 (2001)