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Fang Chen
Researcher at University of North Texas
Publications - 158
Citations - 15611
Fang Chen is an academic researcher from University of North Texas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lignin & Catalysis. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 151 publications receiving 13115 citations. Previous affiliations of Fang Chen include United States Department of Energy & Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Lignin valorization: improving lignin processing in the biorefinery.
Arthur J. Ragauskas,Gregg T. Beckham,Mary J. Biddy,Richard P. Chandra,Fang Chen,Mark F. Davis,Brian H. Davison,Richard A. Dixon,Paul Gilna,Martin Keller,Paul Langan,Amit K. Naskar,John N. Saddler,Timothy J. Tschaplinski,Gerald A. Tuskan,Charles E. Wyman +15 more
TL;DR: Recent developments in genetic engineering, enhanced extraction methods, and a deeper understanding of the structure of lignin are yielding promising opportunities for efficient conversion of this renewable resource to carbon fibers, polymers, commodity chemicals, and fuels.
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Lignin modification improves fermentable sugar yields for biofuel production.
Fang Chen,Richard A. Dixon +1 more
TL;DR: Recalcitrance to saccharification is a major limitation for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol and lignin modification could bypass the need for acid pretreatment and thereby facilitate bioprocess consolidation.
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The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome.
David A. Sela,Jarrod Chapman,A. Adeuya,Jaehan Kim,Fang Chen,T. R. Whitehead,Alla Lapidus,Daniel S. Rokhsar,Carlito B. Lebrilla,German John Bruce,Neil P. J. Price,Paul G. Richardson,David A. Mills +12 more
TL;DR: An examination of in vivo metabolism has detected the hallmarks of milk oligosaccharide utilization via the central fermentative pathway using metabolomic and proteomic approaches and conservation of gene clusters in multiple isolates corroborates the genomic mechanism underlying milk utilization for this infant-associated phylotype.
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Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass
Chunxiang Fu,Jonathan R. Mielenz,Xirong Xiao,Yaxin Ge,Choo Hamilton,Miguel Á. Rodríguez,Fang Chen,Marcus Foston,Arthur J. Ragauskas,Joseph H. Bouton,Richard A. Dixon,Zeng-Yu Wang +11 more
TL;DR: It is shown here that genetic modification of switchgrass can produce phenotypically normal plants that have reduced thermal-chemical, enzymatic, and microbial recalcitrance, which has the potential to lower processing costs for biomass fermentation-derived fuels and chemicals significantly.
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Downregulation of Caffeic Acid 3-O-Methyltransferase and Caffeoyl CoA 3-O-Methyltransferase in Transgenic Alfalfa: Impacts on Lignin Structure and Implications for the Biosynthesis of G and S Lignin
TL;DR: The results suggest that CCOMT does not significantly contribute to the 3-O-methylation step in S lignin biosynthesis in alfalfa and that there is redundancy with respect to the 5-hydroxy guaiacyl units in monomeric and dimeric lignIn biosynthesis.