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Debra Mohnen

Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Office: Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Rm   
Voice: 706-542-4458
Fax: 706-542-4412
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Education

Ph.D. Plant Biology , University of Illinois 1985

Selected Publications

  • Mohnen, D. (2008) Pectin Structure and Synthesis. Curr. Opin. Plant Biology 11:266-277.
  • Etzler, M.E. and Mohnen, D. (2008) Green Plants. In Essentials of Glycobiology, Second Edition, eds. Varki, A., Cummings, R., Esko, J., Freeze, H., Stanley, P., Bertozzi, C., Hart, G. and Etzler, M. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Chapter 22.
  • Mohnen, D., Bar-Peled, M. and Somerville, C. (2008) Biosynthesis of Plant Cell Walls. In Biomass Recalcitrance, ed. Himmel, M., Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. Chapter 5, pgs. 94-187.
  • Jackson, C.L., Dreaden, T.M., Theobald, L.K., Tran, N.M.; Beal, T.L., Eid, M., Gao, M.Y., Shirley, R.B., Stoffel, M.T., Kumar, M.V. Mohnen, D. 2007 Pectin induces apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells: correlation of apoptotic function with pectin structure. Glycobiology 17:805-819.
  • Persson, S., Caffall, K.H., Freshour, G. Hilley, M.T., Bauer, S., Poindexter, P., Hahn, M., Mohnen, D., Somerville, C. 2007. The Arabidopsis irregular xylem 8 mutant is deficient in glucuronoxylan and homogalacturonan which are essential for secondary cell wall integrity. Plant Cell 19:237-255.

Course Instruction

Spring 2010
PBIO 9300
Doctoral Dissertation