Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Identification and characterization of 4 missense mutations in brown midrib 12 (Bmr12); the caffeic O-methyltranferase (COMT) of sorghum - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Sattler, S.E., Palmer, N.A., Saballos, A., Greene, A.M., Xin, Z., Sarath, G., Vermerris, W., Pedersen, J.F. 2012. Identification and characterization of 4 missense mutations in brown midrib 12 (Bmr12); the caffeic O-methyltranferase (COMT) of sorghum. BioEnergy Research. 5: 855-865. DOI 10.1007/s12155-012-9197.

Next generation sequencing of crown and rhizome transcriptome from an upland, tetraploid switchgrass - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Palmer, N.A., Saathoff, A.J., Kim, J., Benson, A., Tobias, C.M., Twigg, P., Vogel, K.P., Madhavan, S., Sarath, G. 2012. Next generation sequencing of crown and rhizome transcriptome from an upland, tetraploid switchgrass. BioEnergy Research. 5:649-661. DOI 10.1007/s12155-011-9171-1.

A Fluorescent Assay for Plant Caffeic Acid O-methyltransferases - (Abstract Only)

Palmer, N.A., Sattler, S.E., Saathoff, A.J., Sarath, G. 2010. A Fluorescent Assay for Plant Caffeic Acid O-methyltransferases. Abstract only - Poster presented at the Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals Symposium Proceedings in Clearwater, FL, April 19-22, 2010. Not published elsewhere.

A Continuous, Quantitative Fluorescent Assay for Plant Caffeic acid O-Methyltransferases - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Palmer, N.A., Sattler, S.E., Saathoff, A.J., Sarath, G. 2010. A Continuous, Quantitative Fluorescent Assay for Plant Caffeic acid O-Methyltransferases. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 58: 5220-5226

A Nonsense Mutation in a Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene is Responsible for the Sorghum Brown Midrib-6 Phenotype - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Sattler, S.E., Saathoff, A.J., Haas, E.J., Palmer, N.A., Funnell-Harris, D.L., Sarath, G., Pedersen, J.F. 2009. A nonsense mutation in a cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene is responsible for the sorghum brown midrib-6 phenotype. Plant Physiology 150 (2):584-95.

Impact of Divergent Selection on the Abundance and Activities of Lignin Biosynthetic Enzymes in Switchgrass, and Characterization of Recombinant Switchgrass CAD and COMT Proteins - (Abstract Only)

Saathoff, A.J., Palmer, N.A., Tobias, C.M., Twigg, P., Sattler, S.E., Haas, E.J., Mitchell, R., Vogel, K.P., Sarath, G. 2009. Impact of Divergent Selection on the Abundance and Activities of Lignin Biosynthetic Enzymes in Switchgrass, and Characterization of Recombinant Switchgrass CAD and COMT Proteins. p. 47 Abstracts 31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Soc. for Industrial Microbiology. May 3-6, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

The sorghum brown midrib mutants, tools to improve biomass for feed and bio-fuels - (Abstract Only)

Sattler, S.E., Saathoff, A.J., Haas, E.J., Palmer, N.A., Funnell-Harris, D.L., Sarath, G., Pedersen, J.F. 2009. The sorghum brown midrib mutants, tools to improve biomass for feed and bio-fuels. PAG XVII. Abstract W467.

Genetic background impacts soluble and cell wall-bound aromatics in brown midrib mutants of sorghum - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Palmer, N.A., Sattler, S.E., Saathoff, A.J., Funnell-Harris, D.L., Pedersen, J.F., Sarath, G. 2008. Genetic background impacts soluble and cell wall-bound aromatics in brown midrib mutants of sorghum. Planta 229 (1): 115-127