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62
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World Ranking
10570
National Ranking
4592

Overview

Fang Chen is affiliated with the University of North Texas in the United States and has a research focus primarily rooted in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output includes a total of 65 publications in this main field, with notable subfields being Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's research encompasses a variety of main topics, including:

  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Biochemical and biochemical processes
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Fang Chen's recent papers cover a diverse range of scientific themes and have appeared in multiple respected journals. These include:

  • "Cooperation of oxygen vacancies and 2D ultrathin structure promoting CO2 photoreduction performance of Bi4Ti3O12," published in 2020 in Science Bulletin
  • "<scp>PINK</scp> 1 phosphorylates Drp1 <sup>S616</sup> to regulate mitophagy-independent mitochondrial dynamics," published in 2020 in EMBO Reports
  • "Recent Advances on Single-Atom Catalysts for CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction," published in 2022 in Small Structures
  • "Substrate Specificity of LACCASE8 Facilitates Polymerization of Caffeyl Alcohol for C-Lignin Biosynthesis in the Seed Coat of <i>Cleome hassleriana</i>," published in 2020 in The Plant Cell
  • "YTHDC1 is downregulated by the YY1/HDAC2 complex and controls the sensitivity of ccRCC to sunitinib by targeting the ANXA1-MAPK pathway," published in 2022 in Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

In terms of research collaboration, Fang Chen has frequently co-authored work with notable colleagues, including:

  • Richard A. Dixon
  • Chunliu Zhuo
  • Hongwei Huang
  • Xirong Xiao
  • Yunqiao Pu

The scientist's work has been published regularly in several prominent venues, with the most frequent outlets being:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Food Research International
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Lignin valorization: improving lignin processing in the biorefinery.

    Arthur J. Ragauskas;Gregg T. Beckham;Mary J. Biddy;Richard Chandra

  • Lignin modification improves fermentable sugar yields for biofuel production.

    Fang Chen;Richard A Dixon

  • The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome.

    D. A. Sela;J. Chapman;A. Adeuya;J. H. Kim

  • Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

    Chunxiang Fu;Jonathan R. Mielenz;Xirong Xiao;Yaxin Ge

  • 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

    Dianjing Guo;Fang Chen;Kentaro Inoue;Jack W. Blount

  • Laccase is necessary and nonredundant with peroxidase for lignin polymerization during vascular development in Arabidopsis.

    Qiao Zhao;Jin Nakashima;Fang Chen;Yanbin Yin

  • Virus infection improves drought tolerance.

    Ping Xu;Fang Chen;Jonathan P. Mannas;Tracy Feldman

  • Mutation of WRKY transcription factors initiates pith secondary wall formation and increases stem biomass in dicotyledonous plants

    Huanzhong Wang;Utku Avci;Jin Nakashima;Michael G. Hahn

  • Targeted down-regulation of cytochrome P450 enzymes for forage quality improvement in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

    M. S. Srinivasa Reddy;Fang Chen;Gail Shadle;Lisa Jackson

  • Phenylpropanoid compounds and disease resistance in transgenic tobacco with altered expression of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase

    Gail L. Shadle;S. Varsha Wesley;Kenneth L. Korth;Fang Chen

  • Functional characterization of the switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) R2R3-MYB transcription factor PvMYB4 for improvement of lignocellulosic feedstocks

    Hui Shen;Xianzhi He;Charleson R. Poovaiah;Charleson R. Poovaiah;Wegi A. Wuddineh;Wegi A. Wuddineh

  • The Biosynthesis of Monolignols: A "Metabolic Grid", or Independent Pathways to Guaiacyl and Syringyl Units?

    Richard A Dixon;Fang Chen;Dianjing Guo;Kota Parvathi

  • A polymer of caffeyl alcohol in plant seeds

    Fang Chen;Yuki Tobimatsu;Daphna Havkin-Frenkel;Richard A. Dixon

  • Effects of Coumarate 3-Hydroxylase Down-regulation on Lignin Structure

    John Ralph;John Ralph;Takuya Akiyama;Hoon Kim;Hoon Kim;Fachuang Lu;Fachuang Lu

  • Down-regulation of hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: Shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase in transgenic alfalfa affects lignification, development and forage quality

    Gail Shadle;Fang Chen;M.S. Srinivasa Reddy;Lisa Jackson

  • Role of bifunctional ammonia-lyase in grass cell wall biosynthesis

    Jaime Barros;Juan C Serrani-Yarce;Fang Chen;Fang Chen;David Baxter

  • An “ideal lignin” facilitates full biomass utilization

    Yanding Li;Yanding Li;Li Shuai;Li Shuai;Hoon Kim;Hoon Kim;Ali Hussain Motagamwala;Ali Hussain Motagamwala

  • Improvement of in-rumen digestibility of alfalfa forage by genetic manipulation of lignin O-methyltransferases

    Dianging Guo;Fang Chen;John Wheeler;John Winder

  • Multi-site genetic modulation of monolignol biosynthesis suggests new routes for formation of syringyl lignin and wall-bound ferulic acid in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

    Fang Chen;Marry S. Srinivasa Reddy;Stephen Temple;Lisa Jackson

  • Coexistence but Independent Biosynthesis of Catechyl and Guaiacyl/Syringyl Lignin Polymers in Seed Coats

    Yuki Tobimatsu;Fang Chen;Jin Nakashima;Luis L. Escamilla-Treviño

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Dixon
Richard A. Dixon University of North Texas
Feng-Shou Xiao
Feng-Shou Xiao Zhejiang University
Rolando Burgos
Rolando Burgos Virginia Tech
Xiangju Meng
Xiangju Meng Zhejiang University
John Ralph
John Ralph Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Dushan Boroyevich
Dushan Boroyevich Virginia Tech
Arthur J. Ragauskas
Arthur J. Ragauskas University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Zeng-Yu Wang
Zeng-Yu Wang Oak Ridge National Laboratory
C. Neal Stewart
C. Neal Stewart University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Michael G. Hahn
Michael G. Hahn University of Georgia

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