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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth Keegstra is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within agricultural and biological sciences. Their work focuses on topics involving polysaccharides and plant cell walls, plant molecular biology, and plant reproductive biology, with particular attention to the composition and applications of polysaccharides.

The main fields of study associated with Keegstra include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, they have engaged in several specialized subfields such as:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Food Science

The research topics Keegstra frequently addresses are:

  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications

Keegstra's recent publications include:

  • "The synthesis of xyloglucan, an abundant plant cell wall polysaccharide, requires CSLC function," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The plant cell wall-dynamic, strong, and adaptable-is a natural shapeshifter," 2024, The Plant Cell

Collaborations with other researchers have been a part of their work, involving co-authors such as:

  • Sang-Jin Kim
  • Balakumaran Chandrasekar
  • Anne C. Rea
  • Linda Danhof
  • Starla Zemelis-Durfee

Keegstra has published in venues including:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Plant Cell

Recognition for their contributions include receiving the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006 and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Cell‐wall carbohydrates and their modification as a resource for biofuels

    Markus Pauly;Kenneth Keegstra

  • The Structure of Plant Cell Walls: III. A Model of the Walls of Suspension-cultured Sycamore Cells Based on the Interconnections of the Macromolecular Components.

    Kenneth Keegstra;Kenneth W. Talmadge;W. D. Bauer;Peter Albersheim

  • Genes Galore: A Summary of Methods for Accessing Results from Large-Scale Partial Sequencing of Anonymous Arabidopsis cDNA Clones

    T. Newman;F. J. de Bruijn;P. Green;K. Keegstra

  • The Structure of Plant Cell Walls: I. The Macromolecular Components of the Walls of Suspension-cultured Sycamore Cells with a Detailed Analysis of the Pectic Polysaccharides.

    Kenneth W. Talmadge;Kenneth Keegstra;Wolfgang D. Bauer;Peter Albersheim

  • Chloroplastic Precursors and their Transport Across the Envelope Membranes

    K. Keegstra;L. J. Olsen;S. M. Theg

  • Plant cell walls

    Kenneth Keegstra

  • The Structure of Plant Cell Walls: II. The Hemicellulose of the Walls of Suspension-cultured Sycamore Cells.

    Wolfgang D. Bauer;Kenneth W. Talmadge;Kenneth Keegstra;Peter Albersheim

  • Protein Import and Routing Systems of Chloroplasts

    Kenneth Keegstra;Kenneth Cline

  • Disrupting Two Arabidopsis thaliana Xylosyltransferase Genes Results in Plants Deficient in Xyloglucan, a Major Primary Cell Wall Component

    David M. Cavalier;Olivier Lerouxel;Lutz Neumetzler;Kazuchika Yamauchi

  • Biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides — a complex process

    Olivier Lerouxel;David M Cavalier;Aaron H Liepman;Aaron H Liepman;Kenneth Keegstra

  • Expression of cellulose synthase-like (Csl) genes in insect cells reveals that CslA family members encode mannan synthases.

    Aaron H. Liepman;Curtis G. Wilkerson;Kenneth Keegstra

  • Plant cell wall polymers as precursors for biofuels

    Markus Pauly;Kenneth Keegstra

  • The role of the transit peptide in the routing of precursors toward different chloroplast compartments

    Sjef Smeekens;Cynthia Bauerle;Johan Hageman;Kenneth Keegstra

  • A gene from the cellulose synthase-like C family encodes a β-1,4 glucan synthase

    Jean Christophe Cocuron;Olivier Lerouxel;Georgia Drakakaki;Ana P. Alonso

  • Stable association of chloroplastic precursors with protein translocation complexes that contain proteins from both envelope membranes and a stromal Hsp100 molecular chaperone.

    Erik Nielsen;Mitsuru Akita;Jennifer Davila-Aponte;Kenneth Keegstra

  • Xyloglucan Fucosyltransferase, an Enzyme Involved in Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis

    Robyn M. Perrin;Amy E. DeRocher;Maor Bar-Peled;Weiqing Zeng

  • Internal ATP is the only energy requirement for the translocation of precursor proteins across chloroplastic membranes.

    S M Theg;C Bauerle;L J Olsen;B R Selman

  • Envelope membrane proteins that interact with chloroplastic precursor proteins.

    Sharyn E. Perry;Kenneth Keegstra

  • The mur2 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana lacks fucosylated xyloglucan because of a lesion in fucosyltransferase AtFUT1.

    Gary F. Vanzin;Michael Madson;Nicholas C. Carpita;Natasha V. Raikhel

  • Protein import into chloroplasts.

    Kenneth Keegstra;John E Froehlich

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Froehlich
John E. Froehlich Michigan State University
Natasha V. Raikhel
Natasha V. Raikhel University of California, Riverside
Federica Brandizzi
Federica Brandizzi Michigan State University
Curtis G. Wilkerson
Curtis G. Wilkerson Michigan State University
Markus Pauly
Markus Pauly Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Michael G. Hahn
Michael G. Hahn University of Georgia
Peter Albersheim
Peter Albersheim University of Georgia
Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen Northern Arizona University
Kyung Hwan Han
Kyung Hwan Han Michigan State University
Michael F. Thomashow
Michael F. Thomashow Michigan State University

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