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Shawn Mansfield

Professor, Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia
Verified email at ubc.ca
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Substrate and enzyme characteristics that limit cellulose hydrolysis

SD Mansfield, C Mooney, JN Saddler - Biotechnology progress, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
… Although a substantial amount of research has been directed at understanding the
mechanism(s) of cellulose degradation, the majority of this research has made use of “ideal” model …

Exercise, diet, and weight management during cancer treatment: ASCO guideline

…, ML Irwin, M Late, S Mansfield… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
PURPOSE To provide guidance on exercise, diet, and weight management during active
cancer treatment in adults. METHODS A systematic review of the literature identified systematic …

[HTML][HTML] Designer lignins: harnessing the plasticity of lignification

…, R Vanholme, W Boerjan, J Ralph, SD Mansfield - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
… primarily of G subunits that yield abundant β–5, 5–5, and β–β carbon–carbon bonds in
addition to the less resilient ether-type β–O–4 linkages that feature more prominently in the S-rich …

Solid immersion microscope

SM Mansfield, GS Kino - Applied physics letters, 1990 - pubs.aip.org
A new type of real‐time optical microscope has been developed that operates on the same
principle as a liquid immersion microscope, with the liquid replaced by a solid lens of high …

Whole plant cell wall characterization using solution-state 2D NMR

SD Mansfield, H Kim, F Lu, J Ralph - Nature protocols, 2012 - nature.com
… Because the time required to obtain a given signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) is proportional to
the square of the S/N, a 2D 13 C– 1 H correlation experiment that required 24 h in the 'normal …

The effect of initial pore volume and lignin content on the enzymatic hydrolysis of softwoods

CA Mooney, SD Mansfield, MG Touhy… - Bioresource technology, 1998 - Elsevier
Four Douglas-fir pulps, a refiner mechanical pulp (RMP), sulphonated RMP, delignified RMP
and a kraft pulp were used to determine whether the lignin content and initial pore volume …

Monolignol ferulate transferase introduces chemically labile linkages into the lignin backbone

CG Wilkerson, SD Mansfield, F Lu, S Withers, JY Park… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Redesigning lignin, the aromatic polymer fortifying plant cell walls, to be more amenable to
chemical depolymerization can lower the energy required for industrial processing. We have …

Downregulation of cinnamoyl-coenzyme A reductase in poplar: multiple-level phenotyping reveals effects on cell wall polymer metabolism and structure

…, A Polle, E Messens, B Sundberg, SD Mansfield… - The Plant …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… the S antibody revealed more abundant S epitopes in the inner part of the S2 sublayer. In
the fibers of the colored areas of the FS3 line, S … seemingly reduced the S epitopes in the S2 …

The Effects on Lignin Structure of Overexpression of Ferulate 5-Hydroxylase in Hybrid Poplar1

…, T Akiyama, C Chapple, J Ralph, SD Mansfield - Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
… the measured S:G ratio is a reflection of the units involved only in so-called uncondensed
units. However, the quantification of S:G ratios is confounded due to the poor release of the S

Sucrose synthase affects carbon partitioning to increase cellulose production and altered cell wall ultrastructure

…, J Yan, SD Mansfield - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Overexpression of the Gossypium hirsutum sucrose synthase (SuSy) gene under the control
of 2 promoters was examined in hybrid poplar (Populus alba × grandidentata). Analysis of …