Publications

Heather D. Coleman

Assistant Professor

hcoleman@syr.edu

Office: 460 LSC; Lab 473 LSC
Phone: 315-443-0453

Coleman, HD, Cánovas, FM, Man, H, Kirby, EG, & Mansfield, SD (2012). Enhanced expression of glutamine synthetase (GS1a) confers altered fibre and wood chemistry in field grown hybrid poplar (populus tremula X alba) (717-1B4). Plant Biotechnology Journal, in press.

Ye X, Busov V, Zhao N, Meilan R, McDonnell LM, Coleman HD, Mansfield SD, Chen F, Li Y, Cheng ZM. Transgenic Populus trees for forest products, bioenergy, and functional genomics. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 30:415-434.

Harrison M, Geijskes RJ, Coleman HD, Shand K, Kinkema M, Palupe A, Hassall R, Sainz M, Lloyd R, Miles S, Dale J. (2011) Accumulation of recombinant cellobiohydrolase and endoglucanase in the leaves of mature transgenic sugarcane.  Plant Biotechnology Journal, 9: 884-896.

McDonnell LM, Coleman HD, French DG, Meilan R, Mansfield, SD. (2010) Engineering trees with target traits.  In: Forests and Genetically Modified Trees.  Y. El-Kassaby and J. A. Prado (eds). Rome, IUFRO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: 77-122.

Coleman HD, Beamish L, Reid AM, Park JY, Mansfield SD. (2010) Altered sucrose metabolism impacts plant biomass production and flower development. Transgenic Research, 19: 269-283.

Coleman HD, Yan J, Mansfield SD. (2009) Sucrose synthase affects carbon partitioning to increase cellulose production and altered cell wall ultrastructure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 106: 13118–13123.

Coleman HD, Samuels AL, Guy R, Mansfield SD. (2008) Perturbed lignification impacts tree growth in hybrid poplar - a function of sink strength, vascular integrity, and photosynthetic assimilation. Plant Physiology, 148: 1229-1237.

Coleman HD, Park JY, Nair R, Chapple C, Ralph J, Mansfield SD. (2008).  RNAi-mediated suppression of p-coumaroyl-CoA 3’-hydroxylase in hybrid poplar impacts lignin deposition and soluble secondary metabolism.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 105: 4501-4506.

Coleman HD, Canam T, Kang KY, Ellis DD, Mansfield SD. (2007).  Over-expression of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in hybrid poplar affects carbon allocation.  Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 4257-4268.

Coleman HD, Ellis DD, Gilbert M,  Mansfield SD.  (2006). Up-regulation of sucrose synthase and UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase impacts plant growth and metabolism.  Plant Biotechnology Journal.  4: 87-101.

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