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Silvia Fornalé
Researcher at Spanish National Research Council
Publications - 14
Citations - 1080
Silvia Fornalé is an academic researcher from Spanish National Research Council. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lignin & Phenylpropanoid. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 14 publications receiving 928 citations.
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ZmMYB31 directly represses maize lignin genes and redirects the phenylpropanoid metabolic flux.
Silvia Fornalé,Xinhui Shi,Chenglin Chai,Antonio Encina,Sami Irar,Montserrat Capellades,Elisabet Fuguet,Josep Lluís Torres,Pere Rovira,Pere Puigdomènech,Joan Rigau,Erich Grotewold,John Gray,David Caparrós-Ruiz +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the role of maize R2R3-myB factor ZmMYB31 in the control of the phenylpropanoid pathway was investigated in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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The maize ZmMYB42 represses the phenylpropanoid pathway and affects the cell wall structure, composition and degradability in Arabidopsis thaliana
Fathi-Mohamed Sonbol,Silvia Fornalé,Montserrat Capellades,Antonio Encina,Sonia Touriño,Josep-Lluís Torres,Pere Rovira,Katia Ruel,Pere Puigdomènech,Joan Rigau,David Caparrós-Ruiz +10 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that ZmMYB42 may be part of the regulatory network controlling the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway and affects the cell wall structure and degradability, and its polysaccharide composition.
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Down-regulation of the maize and Arabidopsis thaliana caffeic acid O-methyl-transferase genes by two new maize R2R3-MYB transcription factors
Silvia Fornalé,Fathi-Mohamed Sonbol,Tamara Maes,Tamara Maes,Montserrat Capellades,Pere Puigdomènech,Joan Rigau,David Caparrós-Ruiz +7 more
TL;DR: Arabidopsisthaliana plants over-expressing ZmMYB31 and ZmmyB42 down-regulate both the A. thaliana and the maize COMT genes and produces a decrease in lignin content of the transgenic plants.
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AtMYB7, a New Player in the Regulation of UV-Sunscreens in Arabidopsis thaliana
Silvia Fornalé,Eric Lopez,Jorge E. Salazar-Henao,Pedro Fernández-Nohales,Joan Rigau,David Caparrós-Ruiz +5 more
TL;DR: Induction assays indicated that AtMYB7 represses several genes of the flavonoid pathway, DFR and UGT being early targets of this transcription factor, and this led to propose AtmyB4 and AtMYb7 as part of the regulatory mechanism controlling the balance of the main A. thaliana UV-sunscreens.
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Altered lignin biosynthesis improves cellulosic bioethanol production in transgenic maize plants down-regulated for cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase
Silvia Fornalé,Montserrat Capellades,Antonio Encina,Kan Wang,Sami Irar,Catherine Lapierre,Katia Ruel,Jean-Paul Joseleau,Jordi Berenguer,Pere Puigdomènech,Joan Rigau,David Caparrós-Ruiz +11 more
TL;DR: In vitro degradability assays showed that the changes induced by the repression of CAD activity produced midribs and stems more degradable than wild-type plants, making CAD a good target to improve both the nutritional and energetic values of maize lignocellulosic biomass.