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2007

Lauralynn Kourtz, Kevin Dillon, Sean Daughtry, Oliver P. Peoples and Kristi D. Snell, “Chemically inducible expression of the PHB biosynthetic pathway in Arabidopsi” Transgenic Research pgs 759-769, Springer Netherlands

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2005

Lauralynn Kourtz, Kevin Dillon, Sean Daughtry, Lara L. Madison1, Oliver Peoples, and Kristi D. Snell, "A Novel Thiolase-Reductase Gene Fusion Promotes the Production of Polyhydroxybutyrate in Arabidopsis." Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2005.

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2004

Bohmert, K., Peoples, O. P., Snell, K. D. “Metabolic Engineering: Plastids as Bioreactors.” In Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Plant Organelles. H. Daniell and C. D. Chase. Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers: 559-585. 2004.

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2002

Snell, K. D., Feng, F., Zhong, L., Martin, D., Madison, L. J. Bacteriol., “YfcX Enables Medium-Chain-Length Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoate) Formation from Fatty Acids in Recombinant Escherichia coli fadB Strains.” 2002, 184, 5696-5705.

Skraly, F "Bioplastics".. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology. J. Wiley & Sons, 2002.

Snell, K.D. and Peoples, O. P. "Polyhydroxyalkanoate Polymers and Their Production in Transgenic Plants". Metabolic Engineering, 4, 29-40, 2002.

Martin, D.P., Williams, S.F. and Skraly, F.A "Polymers Biosynthesized by Microorganisms: Polyhydroxyalkanoates". In Methods of Tissue Engineering. Chapter 48. Academic Press, 2002.

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1999

Williams, S.F., Martin, D.P., Horowitz, D.M. and Peoples, O.P."Mirel applications: addressing the price performance issue". I: Tissue Engineering. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 25: 111-12, 1999.

Daniel M. Horowitz et al. Novel thermal route to an amorphous, film-forming polymer latex. Macromolecules 1999, 32, 3347-3352.

Zhuang L. Boynton et al. Reduction of cell lysate viscosity during processing of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) by chromosomal integration of the staphylococcal nuclease gene in Pseudomonas putida. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1999, 65, 1524-1529.

Lara L. Madison and Gjalt W. Huisman. Metabolic engineering of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates): from DNA to plastic. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 1999, 63, 21-53.

David P. Martin et al.Extracellular polymerization of 3-hydroxyalkanoate monomers by the synthase from Alcaligenes eutrophus. In Biochemical Principles and Mechanisms of Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Polymers; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 1999; pp 168-175.

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1997

Simon F. Williams and Oliver P. Peoples Making plastics green.. Chem. Br. 1997, 33(12), 29-32.

David P. Martin and Tillman U. Gerngross. Aspects of PHB granule formation in vitro. In 1996 International Symposium on Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates; NRC Research Press: Ottawa, 1997; pp 28-35.

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1996

Simon F. Williams and Oliver P. Peoples. Biodegradable plastics from plants. CHEMTECH 1996(9), 38-44.

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1995

Tillman U. Gerngross and David P. Martin.Enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of poly[(R)-(-)-3-hydroxybutyrate]: formation of macroscopic granules in vitro . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1995, 92, 6279-6283.

Daniel M. Horowitz et al. Biomimetic, amorphous granules of polyhydroxyalkanoates: composition, mobility, and stabilization in vitro by proteins. Can. J. Microbiol. 1995, 41, 115-123.

Simon F. Williams et al. Metabolic engineering and applications of polyhydroxyalkanoates (Mirels). In Proceedings of the Second Biomass Conference of the Americas: Energy, Environment, Agriculture, and Industry; 1995; pp 1130-1140.

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1994

Tillman U. Gerngross et al Overexpression and purification of the soluble polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase from Alcaligenes eutrophus: evidence for a required post-translational modification for catalytic activity.. Biochemistry 1994, 33, 9311-9320.

Daniel M. Horowitz et al. Phase separation within artificial granules from a blend of polyhydroxybutyrate and polyhydroxyoctanoate: biological implications. Polymer 1994, 34, 5079-5083.

Daniel M. Horowitz et al. Amorphous, biomimetic granules of polyhydroxybutyrate: preparation, characterization, and biological implications. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 2695-2702.

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1993

Daniel M. Horowitz et al. Amorphous polymer granules. Nature 1993, 363, 23.

Tillman U. Gerngross et al.Immunocytochemical analysis of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) synthase in Alcaligenes eutrophus H16: localization of the synthase enzyme at the surface of PHB granules. J. Bacteriol. 1993, 175, 5289-5293.

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1992

Simon F. Williams et al. Biosynthetic thiolase from Zoogloea ramigera: mutagenesis of the putative active-site base Cys-378 to Ser-378 changes the partitioning of the acetyl-S-enzyme intermediate. J. Biol. Chem. 1992, 267, 16041-16043.

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1990

Oliver P. Peoples et al Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB): A model system for biopolymer engineering: II.. In Novel Biodegradable Microbial Polymers; Kluyer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, 1990; pp 191-202.

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1989

Oliver P. Peoples et al. Fine structural analysis of the Zoogloea ramigera phbA-phbB locus encoding 3-ketothiolase and acetoacetyl-CoA reductase: nucleotide sequence of phbB. Mol. Microbiol. 1989, 3, 349-357.

Oliver P. Peoples et al.Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesis in Alcaligenes eutrophus H16. Identification and characterization of the PHB polymerase gene (phbC). J. Biol. Chem. 1989, 264, 15298-15303.

Oliver P. Peoples et al Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate biosynthesis in Alcaligenes eutrophus H16. Characterization of the genes encoding ketothiolase and acetoacetyl-CoA reductase.. J. Biol. Chem. 1989, 264, 15293-15297.

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1987

Oliver P. Peoples et al. Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB): a model system for biopolymer engineering. Prog. Biotechnol. 1987, 3, 51-56.

Oliver P. Peoples et al. Biosynthetic thiolase from Zoogloea ramigera. III. Isolation and characterization of the structural gene. J. Biol. Chem. 1987, 262, 97-102.

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