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Zara Merali
Researcher at Norwich Research Park
Publications - 10
Citations - 367
Zara Merali is an academic researcher from Norwich Research Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cellulose & Lignin. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 10 publications receiving 316 citations. Previous affiliations of Zara Merali include Norwich University.
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Signaling from an Altered Cell Wall to the Nucleus Mediates Sugar-Responsive Growth and Development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Yunhai Li,Caroline Smith,Fiona Corke,Lei-Ying Zheng,Zara Merali,Peter Ryden,Paul Derbyshire,Keith W. Waldron,Michael W. Bevan +8 more
TL;DR: Findings reveal a pathway that signals changes in the cell wall through PRL1 to altered gene expression and sugar-responsive metabolic, growth, and developmental changes in hsr8 mutant plants.
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Characterization of cell wall components of wheat bran following hydrothermal pretreatment and fractionation
Zara Merali,Samuel R. A. Collins,Adam Elliston,David R. Wilson,Andres Käsper,Keith W. Waldron +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that hydrothermal pretreatment enhances enzymatic digestibility of the cellulose not only by depolymerization and solubilization of the hemicelluloses but by breakdown of interpolymeric phenolic cross-links between the remaining insoluble polymers.
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Characterization of cell wall components of wheat straw following hydrothermal pretreatment and fractionation
Zara Merali,Justin D. Ho,Samuel R. A. Collins,Gwénaëlle Le Gall,Adam Elliston,Andres Käsper,Keith W. Waldron +6 more
TL;DR: The depolymerization of hemicelluloses, reduction in cinnamic acids and partial degradation of cellulose is likely to contribute significantly to the accessibility of cellulases during subsequent enzymolysis.
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Impact of hydrothermal pre-treatment to chemical composition, enzymatic digestibility and spatial distribution of cell wall polymers.
Ulla Holopainen-Mantila,Kaisa Marjamaa,Zara Merali,Andres Käsper,Peter de Bot,Anna Stiina Jääskeläinen,Keith W. Waldron,Kristiina Kruus,Tarja Tamminen +8 more
TL;DR: The sample with the highest digestibility was observed to have intensified cellulose staining, possibly reflecting the increased accessibility of cellulose, and the highest yields were obtained from the samples with a low xylan and diferulate content.
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Durum wheat particle size affects starch and protein digestion in vitro
Giuseppina Mandalari,Zara Merali,Peter Ryden,Simona Chessa,Carlo Bisignano,Davide Barreca,Ersilia Bellocco,Giuseppina Laganà,Richard M. Faulks,Keith W. Waldron +9 more
TL;DR: These results support the hypothesis that different degrees of starch encapsulation elicit different blood glucose responses, and provide further evidence that, by decreasing the size of wheat endosperm, starch release and glycaemic response are enhanced.