Alex Kirui
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Recent Articles
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Deligey F, Frank M, Cho S, Kirui A, Mentink-Vigier F, Swulius M, et al.
Biomacromolecules
. 2022 Mar;
23(6):2290-2301.
PMID: 35341242
Cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer, is a central source for renewable energy and functionalized materials. synthesis of cellulose microfibrils (CMFs) has become possible using purified cellulose synthase (CESA) isoforms from...
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Kirui A, Zhao W, Deligey F, Yang H, Kang X, Mentink-Vigier F, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2022 Jan;
13(1):538.
PMID: 35087039
Plant cell walls constitute the majority of lignocellulosic biomass and serve as a renewable resource of biomaterials and biofuel. Extensive interactions between polysaccharides and the aromatic polymer lignin make lignocellulose...
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Kirui A, Du J, Zhao W, Barnes W, Kang X, Anderson C, et al.
Carbohydr Polym
. 2021 Aug;
270:118370.
PMID: 34364615
Plant cell walls contain cellulose embedded in matrix polysaccharides. Understanding carbohydrate structures and interactions is critical to the production of biofuel and biomaterials using these natural resources. Here we present...
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Zhao W, Kirui A, Deligey F, Mentink-Vigier F, Zhou Y, Zhang B, et al.
Biotechnol Biofuels
. 2021 Jan;
14(1):14.
PMID: 33413580
Background: Multidimensional solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy has emerged as an indispensable technique for resolving polymer structure and intermolecular packing in primary and secondary plant cell walls. Isotope (C)...
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Du J, Kirui A, Huang S, Wang L, Barnes W, Kiemle S, et al.
Plant Cell
. 2020 Sep;
32(11):3576-3597.
PMID: 32883711
Pectins are abundant in the cell walls of dicotyledonous plants, but how they interact with other wall polymers and influence wall integrity and cell growth has remained mysterious. Here, we...
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Zhao W, Fernando L, Kirui A, Deligey F, Wang T
Solid State Nucl Magn Reson
. 2020 May;
108:101675.
PMID: 32450509
No abstract available.
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Zhao W, Fernando L, Kirui A, Deligey F, Wang T
Solid State Nucl Magn Reson
. 2020 Apr;
107:101660.
PMID: 32251983
The cell walls of plants and microbes are a central source for bio-renewable energy and the major targets of antibiotics and antifungal agents. It is highly challenging to determine the...
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Kang X, Zhao W, Widanage M, Kirui A, Ozdenvar U, Wang T
J Biomol NMR
. 2020 Mar;
74(4-5):239-245.
PMID: 32125579
Carbohydrates are essential to various life activities in living organisms and serve as the central component in many biomaterials. As an emerging technique with steadily improving resolution, solid-state Nuclear Magnetic...
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Kang X, Elson C, Penfield J, Kirui A, Chen A, Zhang L, et al.
Commun Biol
. 2019 Nov;
2:402.
PMID: 31701030
Human β-defensins (hBD) play central roles in antimicrobial activities against various microorganisms and in immune-regulation. These peptides perturb phospholipid membranes for function, but it is not well understood how defensins...
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Kirui A, Ling Z, Kang X, Widanage M, Mentink-Vigier F, French A, et al.
Cellulose (Lond)
. 2019 Jul;
26(1):329-339.
PMID: 31289425
The insufficient resolution of conventional methods has long limited the structural elucidation of cellulose and its derivatives, especially for those with relatively low crystallinities or in native cell walls. Recent...