The Edinburgh Cell Wall Group

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NEWEST PUBLICATIONS

  • ➩L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2024) Chara — a living sister to the land plants with pivotal enzymic toolkit for mannan and xylan remodelling. Physiologia Plantarum, 176: e14134. doi: 10.1111/ppl.14134
  • ➩M.I. Khan, R.A. Begum, L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2024) Allelochemical root-growth inhibitors in low-molecular-weight cress-seed exudate. Annals of Botany 133: 447–458. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcad200.
  • ➩C.M Ford, C. Sweetman, S.C. Fry (2024). Ascorbate degradation: pathways, products and possibilities. Journal of Experimental Botany 75: 2733–2739. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae048
  • ➩T.Z.S. Al-Hinai, C.L. Mackay, S.C. Fry (2024) Fruit softening: evidence for rhamnogalacturonan lyase action in vivo in ripe fruit cell walls. Annals of Botany 133: 547–558. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcad197.
  • ➩M.N. Rapin, L. Murray, I.H. Sadler, J.H. Bothwell, S.C. Fry (2023) Same but different — pseudo-pectin in the charophytic alga Chlorokybus atmophyticus. Physiologia Plantarum e14079; doi: 10.1111/ppl.14079.
  • ➩S.C. Fry (2023). Enzymic and non-enzymic remodelling of cell-wall polysaccharides. Chapter 4 (pages 75–93) in: Geitmann A. (ed.) Plant Cell Walls — Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. DOI: 10.1201/9781003178309-4
  • ➩R.A. Begum, S.C. Fry (2023) Arabinogalactan-proteins as boron-acting enzymes, cross-linking the rhamnogalacturonan-II domains of pectin. Plants 12: 3921. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12233921
  • ➩E. Whale, A.E.K. Bulling, S.C. Fry (2023) Biochemical characterisation of cellulose and cell-wall-matrix polysaccharides in variously oxidised sugar-beet pulp preparations differing in viscosity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 253 (Pt 7): 127356. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127356
  • ➩F. Farhat, S.C. Fry (2023) Copper, cadmium and nickel pollution inhibit growth and promote ascorbate catabolism in cell cultures of Arabidopsis thaliana and Zea mays. Plant Biosystems. doi: 10.1080/11263504.2023.2188273
  • ➩D. Sanhueza, R.A. Begum, C. Albenne, E. Jamet, S.C. Fry (2022) An Arabidopsis thaliana arabinogalactan-protein (AGP31) and several cationic AGP fragments catalyse the boron bridging of rhamnogalacturonan-II. Biochemical Journal, 479: 1967–1984. (DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20220340).
  • ➩R.A. Begum, S.C. Fry (2022) Boron bridging of rhamnogalacturonan-II in Rosa and arabidopsis cell cultures occurs mainly in the endo-membrane system and continues at a reduced rate after secretion. Annals of Botany 130: 703–715. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcac119
  • ➩R.A. Begum, D.J. Messenger, S.C. Fry (2023) Making and breaking of boron bridges in the pectic domain rhamnogalacturonan-II at apoplastic pH in vivo and in vitro. The Plant Journal 113: 1310–1329. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16112
  • ➩Franková, L., Fry, S.C. (2021) Novel hemicellulose-remodelling transglycanases from charophytes: towards the evolution of the land-plant cell wal. Plant J., 108: 7-28 https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15500
  • [Featured in a commentary: Verhage, L. (2021) Tear down that wall-cell wall remodeling in charophyte algae. Plant J., 108: 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15504]

  • ➩T.Z.S. Al Hinai, R.A.M. Vreeburg, C.L. Mackay, L. Murray, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2021) Fruit softening: evidence for pectate lyase action in vivo in date (Phoenix dactylifera) and rosaceous fruit cell walls. Annals of Botany 128: 511–525, doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab072 [Featured in a commentary: G.B. Seymour (2021) Pectate lyase action in vivo and fruit softening. A commentary on: ‘Fruit softening: evidence for pectate lyase action in vivo in date (Phoenix dactylifera) and rosaceous fruit cell walls’, Annals of Botany 128 (5): pp i–ii, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab096]
  • ➩A. Xin, S.C. Fry (2021) Cutin:xyloglucan transacylase (CXT) activity covalently links cutin to a plant cell-wall polysaccharide. Journal of Plant Physiology 262: 153446. doi: /10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153446.
  • ➩M.D. Mikkelsen, J. Harholt, B. Westereng, D. Domozych, S.C. Fry, I.E. Johansen, J.U. Fangel, M. Lezyk, T. Fenge, L. Nancke, J.D. Mikkelsen, W.G. T. Willats, P. Ulvskov (2021) Ancient origin of fucosylated xyloglucan in charophycean green algae. Nature Communications Biology 4: 754. doi/10.1038/s42003-021-02277-w.
  • ➩A. Xin, Y. Fei, A. Molnar, S.C. Fry (2021)Cutin:cutin-acid endo-transacylase (CCT), a cuticle-remodelling enzyme activity in the plant epidermis. Biochemical Journal, 478, 777–798. doi: /10.1042/BCJ20200835
    • Books

    S.C. Fry (1988) "The Growing Plant Cell Wall: Chemical and Metabolic Analysis".
    Longman, London.Pp. xviii + 333 [ISBN 0-582-01897-8].
    S.C. Fry (2000) "The Growing Plant Cell Wall: Chemical and Metabolic Analysis"
    Reprint Edition, The Blackburn Press, New Jersey. Pp. xviii + 333 [ISBN 1-930665-08-3].

    • Reviews and Book chapters

    See within A-J referring to the publication topics

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    • Research Articles

      Publication topics

    1. General plant physiology
    2. Ferulic acid and other phenolics; peroxidases
    3. Extensin, isodityrosine and related studies
    4. Oligosaccharins
    5. Wall biosynthesis and pathways
    6. Transglycosylases and hydrolases
    7. Evolution of the plant cell wall
    8. Hydroxyl radicals and ascorbate
    9. General cell wall biochemistry
    10. Dietary fibre and wall decomposition

    A: General plant physiology

    1. M.I. Khan, R.A. Begum, L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2024) Allelochemical root-growth inhibitors in low-molecular-weight cress-seed exudate. Annals of Botany 133: 447–458. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcad200.
    2. S.C. Fry (2017) Potassium, not lepidimoide, is the principal ‘allelochemical’ of cress-seed exudate that promotes amaranth hypocotyl elongation. Annals of Botany 120 511–520
    3. B.C. McGorum, R.S. Pirie, S.C. Fry (2012) Quantification of cyanogenic glycosides in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) from horse pastures in relation to equine grass sickness. Grass and Forage Science 67: 274-279.
    4. S.J. Bartholdson, A.R. Brown,B.R. Mewburn, D.J. Clarke, S.C. Fry, D.J. Campopiano,J.R.W. Govan (2008) Plant host and sugar alcohol induced exopolysaccharide biosynthesis in the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Microbiology SGM 154, 2513–2521.
    5. N.O’Looney, S.C. Fry (2005) Oxaziclomefone, a new herbicide, inhibits wall expansion in maize cell-cultures without affecting polysaccharide biosynthesis, xyloglucan transglycosylation, peroxidase action or apoplastic ascorbate oxidation. Annals of Botany 96: 1097-1107.
    6. F. Cervone, G. Dalessandro, S.C. Fry (2005) Editorship of special issue covering Tenth Cell Wall Meeting, Sorrento, Italy, 2004. Plant Biosystems 139.
    7. N. O’Looney, S.C. Fry (2005) The novel herbicide oxaziclomefone inhibits cell expansion in maize cell cultures without affecting turgor pressure or wall acidification. New Phytologist 168, 323–329.
    8. N. O’Looney, S.C. Fry (2005) A simple apparatus for measuring long-term extension of plant cell walls subjected to tensile stress. Plant Biosystems 139: 102-106.
    9. E.P. Lorences, S.C. Fry (1990). Absolute measurement of cell expansion in plant cell suspension cultures. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 24: 211–215.
    10. C.E. Jeffree, J.E. Dale and S.C. Fry (1986). The genesis of intercellular spaces in developing leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Protoplasma 132: 90–98.
    11. S.C. Fry, H.E. Street (1980). Gibberellin-sensitive suspension cultures. Plant Physiology 65: 472–477.
    12. S.C. Fry, E. Wangermann (1976). Polar transport of auxin through embryos. New Phytologist 77: 313–317.
    13. Reviews and book chapters:

    14. S.C. Fry (2003). Ripening. In: Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Academic Press, 794–807.
    15. S.C. Fry (2003). Cells. In: Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Academic Press, pp 512–523.

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    B: Phenolics and peroxidases

    1. S. Perveen, I.H. Sadler, R. Orfali, A.M. Al-Taweel, L. Murray, S.C. Fry (2019) Montbresides A–D: antibacterial p-coumaroyl esters of a new sucrose-based tetrasaccharide from Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (montbretia) flowers. Fitoterapia 139 : 104377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2019.104377.
    2. M. de Castro, R. Martínez-Rubio, J.L. Acebes, A. Encina, S.C. Fry, P. García-Angulo (2017). Phenolic metabolism and molecular mass distribution of polysaccharides in cellulose deficient maize cells. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59: 475–495.
    3. M. de Castro, J.G. Miller, J.L. Acebes, A. Encina, P. García-Angulo, S.C. Fry (2015) The biosynthesis and wall-binding of hemicelluloses in cellulose-deficient maize cells: an example of metabolic plasticity. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 57: 373-387.
    4. H. Mélida, J. Álvarez, J.L. Acebes, A. Encina, S.C. Fry (2011) Changes in cinnamicacid derivatives associated with the habituation of maize cells to dichlobenil. Molecular Plant 4, 869-878.
    5. S.J. Burr, S.C. Fry (2009a). Extracellular cross-linking of maize arabinoxylans by oxidation of feruloylesters to form oligoferuloyl esters andether-like bonds The Plant Journal 58, 554-567.
    6. S.J. Burr, S.C. Fry (2009b) Effect of ascorbate and its oxidation-products on H2O2production in cell-suspension cultures of Picea abies and in the absence of cells. Molecular Plant 2, 883-892.
    7. S.E. Lindsay, S.C.Fry (2008) Control of diferulate formation indicotyledonous and gramineous cell-suspensioncultures Planta 227, 439-452
    8. S.E. Lindsay, S.C. Fry (2008) Control of diferulate formation in dicotyledonous and gramineous cell-suspension cultures. Planta 227, 439-452
    9. A. Kärkönen, S.C. Fry (2006b) Effect of ascorbate and its oxidation-products on H2O2 production in cell-suspension cultures of Picea abies and in the absence of cells. Journal of Experimental Botany. 57, 1633-1644.
    10. A. Encina, S.C.Fry (2005) Oxidative coupling of a feruloyl-arabinoxylan trisaccharide (FAXX) in the walls of living maize cells requires endogenous hydrogen peroxide and is controlled by a low-Mr apoplastic inhibitor. Planta 223: 77-89.
    11. E.M. Kerr, S.C. Fry (2004) Extracellular cross-linking of xylan and xyloglucan in maize cell-suspension cultures: the role of oxidative phenolic coupling. Planta 219, 73–83.
    12. S.C. Fry, S.C. Willis, A.E.J. Paterson (2000). Intraprotoplasmic and wall-localised formation of arabinoxylan-bound diferulates and larger ferulate coupling-products in maize cell-suspension cultures. Planta 211, 679–692.
    13. G. Wallace, S.C. Fry (1999). Action of diverse peroxidases and laccases on six cell wall-related phenolic compounds. Phytochemistry 52, 769–773.
    14. R. Franke, S.C. Fry, H. Kauss (1998). Low-molecular-weight precursors for defence-related cell wall hydroxycinnamoyl esters in elicited parsley suspension cultures. Plant Cell Reports 17: 379–83.
    15. G. Wende, S.C. Fry (1997). Digestion by fungal glycanases of arabinoxylans with different feruloylated side-chains. Phytochemistry 45: 1123–1129.
    16. G. Wende, S.C. Fry (1996). O-Feruloylated, O-acetylated oligosaccharides as side-chains of grass xylans. Phytochemistry 44: 1011–1018.
    17. G. Wende, S.C. Fry (1996). 2-O-β-D-Xylopyranosyl-(5-O-feruloyl)-L-arabinose, a widespread component of grass cell walls. Phytochemistry, 44: 1019–1030.
    18. G. Wallace, S.C. Fry (1995). In vitro peroxidase-catalysed oxidation of ferulic acid esters. Phytochemistry 39: 1292–1299.
    19. K.E. Myton, S.C. Fry (1995). Dithiothreitol and cobalt effects on membrane-associated peroxidases oxidising feruloyl-CoA. Phytochemistry 38: 573–577.
    20. K.E. Myton, S.C. Fry (1994). Intraprotoplasmic feruloylation of arabinoxylan in Festuca arundinacea cell suspension cultures. Planta 193: 326–330.
    21. S.C. Fry, J.G. Miller (1987). H2O2-dependent cross-linking of feruloyl-pectins in vivo. Food Hydrocolloids 1: 395–397.
    22. S.C. Fry (1987). Intracellular feruloylation of pectic polysaccharides. Planta 171: 205–211.
    23. S.C. Fry (1986). The kinetics of feruloylation of spinach cell wall polysaccharides. In: Proceedings of the Journées Internationales d’Étude du Groupe Polyphénols, Montpellier, July 1986. Pp. 33–38.
    24. B. Ahluwalia, S.C. Fry (1986). Barley endosperm cell walls contain a feruloylated arabinoxylan and a non-feruloylated β-glucan. Journal of Cereal Science 4: 287–295.
    25. S.C. Fry (1984). Incorporation of [14C]cinnamate into hydrolase-resistant components of the primary cell wall. Phytochemistry 23: 59–64.
    26. S.C. Fry (1983). Feruloylated pectins from the primary cell wall: their structure and possible functions. Planta 157: 111–123.
    27. S.C. Fry (1982). Phenolic components of the primary cell wall: feruloylated disaccharides of D-galactose and L-arabinose from spinach polysaccharide. Biochemical Journal 203: 493–504.
    28. S.C. Fry (1980). Gibberellin-controlled pectinic acid and protein secretion in growing cells. Phytochemistry 19: 735–740.
    29. S.C. Fry (1979). Phenolic components of the primary cell wall and their possible role in the hormonal regulation of growth. Planta 146: 343–351.
    30. Reviews and book chapters:

    31. S.C. Fry (2010) Book review [Quinone Methides. Vol. 1 in Wiley Series of Reactive Intermediates in Chemistry and Biology.  Editor and Series Editor: S.E. Rokita (2009). Pp xviii + 431 + 8 colour plates.  Wiley, ISBN 978-0-470-19224-5]  In Phytochemistry 71, 701–702.
    32. S.E. Lindsay, S.C. Fry (2007) Redox and wall-restructuring. In ‘The Expanding Cell’ edited by J-P. Verbelen & K. Vissenberg, Springer, Berlin [ISBN 10 3-540-39114-2]. Pp 159–190.
    33. S.C. Fry (2004) Oxidative coupling of tyrosine and ferulic acid residues: intra- and extra-protoplasmic occurrence, predominance of trimers and larger products, and possible role in inter-polymeric cross-linking. Phytochemistry Reviews 3, 97–111.
    34. S.C. Fry (2000). Ménage à trois: oxidative coupling of feruloyl polysaccharides in vivo proceeds beyond dimers. Polyphénols Actualités 19, 8–12.
    35. G. Wallace, S.C. Fry (1994) Phenolic components of the plant cell wall. International Review of Cytology 151: 229–267
    36. K.J. Biggs, S.C. Fry (1987). Phenolic cross-linking in the cell wall. In: Physiology of Plant Cell Expansion During Plant Growth. Editors, D.J. Cosgrove, D.P. Knievel. American Society of Plant Physiologists, Rockville, MD. Pp. 46–57.
    37. S.C. Fry (1986). Polymer-bound phenols as natural substrates of peroxidases. In: Molecular and Physiological Aspects of Plant Peroxidases. Editors, H. Greppin, C. Penel, T. Gaspar. University of Geneva Press. Pp. 169–182.
    38. S.C. Fry (1986). Cross-linking of matrix polymers in the growing cell walls of angiosperms. Annual Review of Plant Physiology 37: 165–186.
    39. S.C. Fry (1983). Oxidative phenolic coupling reactions cross-link hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein molecules in the plant cell wall. Current Topics in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology 2: 59–72 (University of Missouri Press).

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    C: Extensin, isodityrosine and related studies

    1. J.D. Brady, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (1997). Pulcherosine, an oxidatively coupled trimer of tyrosine in plant cell walls: its role in cross-link formation. Phytochemistry, 47: 349–53.
    2. J.D. Brady, S.C. Fry (1997). Formation of di-isodityrosine and loss of isodityrosine in the cell walls of tomato cell-suspension cultures treated with fungal elicitors or H2O2. Plant Physiology 115: 87–92.
    3. J.D. Brady, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (1996). Di-isodityrosine, a novel tetrameric derivative of tyrosine in plant cell wall proteins: a new potential cross-link. Biochemical Journal 315: 323–327.
    4. J.G. Miller, S.C. Fry (1993). Spinach extensin exhibits characteristics of an adhesive polymer. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 42: 221–231.
    5. J.G. Miller, S.C. Fry (1992). Production and harvesting of extensin, an ionically-bound cell wall protein, in plant cell suspension cultures. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 31: 61–66.
    6. J.G. Miller, S.C. Fry (1992). Preparation of radioactive isodityrosine. Phytochemical Analysis 3: 61–64.
    7. K.J. Biggs, S.C. Fry (1990). Solubilization of covalently-bound extensin from Capsicum cell walls. Plant Physiology 92: 197–204.
    8. L.V. Lopez Llorca, S.C. Fry (1989). Dityrosine, trityrosine and tetratyrosine, potential cross-links in structural proteins of plant-parasitic nematodes. Nematologica 35: 165–179.
    9. S.C. Fry (1987). Isodityrosine formation by peroxidase isozymes. Journal of Experimental Botany 38: 853–862.
    10. S.C. Fry (1984). Isodityrosine—its detection, estimation and chemical synthesis. Methods in Enzymology 107: 388–397.
    11. S.C. Fry (1982). Isodityrosine, a new cross-linking amino acid from plant cell-wall glycoprotein. Biochemical Journal 204: 449–455.

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    D: Oligosaccharins

    1. A. Iqbal, J.G. Miller, L. Murray, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2016). The pectic disaccharides lepidimoic acid and β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→3)-D-galacturonic acid occur in cress-seed exudate but lack allelochemical activity. Annals of Botany 117, 607–623.
    2. A. Iqbal, S.C. Fry (2012) Potent endogenous allelopathic compounds in Lepidium sativum seed exudate: effects on epidermal cell growth in Amaranthus caudatus seedlings. Journal of Experimental Botany 63: 2595-2604.
    3. J.C. Dumville, S.C. Fry (2003) Gentiobiose: a novel oligosaccharin in ripening tomato fruit. Planta 216, 484–495.
    4. J.C. Dumville, S.C. Fry (2000). Uronic acid-containing oligosaccharins: Their biosynthesis, degradation and signalling roles in non-diseased plant tissues. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 38, 125–140.
    5. C.K. Smith, C.M. Hewage, S.C. Fry, I.H. Sadler (1999). α-D-Mannopyranosyl-(1®4)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1®2)-myo-inositol, a new and unusual oligosaccharide from cultured rose cells. Phytochemistry 52, 387–396.
    6. C.K. Smith, S.C. Fry (1999). Biosynthetic origin and longevity in vivo of α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1®4)-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-(1®2)-myo-inositol, an unusual extracellular oligosaccharide produced by cultured rose cells. Planta 210, 150–156.
    7. H. Warneck, D.C. Fulton, H.U. Seitz, S.C. Fry (1998). Transport, degradation and cell wall-integration of XXFGol, a growth-regulating nonasaccharide of xyloglucan, in pea stems. Planta 204: 78–85.
    8. A. Cutillas-Iturralde, D.C. Fulton, S.C. Fry, E.P. Lorences (1998). Xyloglucan-derived oligosaccharides induce ethylene synthesis in persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) fruit. Journal of Experimental Botany 49: 701–6.
    9. I. García-Romera, S.C. Fry (1997). Upper limits for endogenous oligogalacturonides and free galacturonic acid in rose cell-suspension cultures: implications for the action of exo- and endo-polygalacturonases in vivo. Journal of Plant Physiology 150: 241–246.
    10. I. García-Romera, S.C. Fry (1995). The longevity of biologically-active oligogalacturonides in rose cell cultures: degradation by exo-polygalacturonase. Journal of Experimental Botany 46: 1853–1857.
    11. G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1994). Fucosylated xyloglucan in suspension-cultured cells of the gramineous monocotyledon, Festuca arundinacea. Journal of Plant Physiology 143: 591–595.
    12. E.P. Lorences, S.C. Fry (1994). Sequencing of xyloglucan oligosaccharides by partial Driselase digestion: the preparation and quantitative and qualitative analysis of two new tetrasaccharides. Carbohydrate Research 263: 285–293.
    13. S. Aldington, S.C. Fry (1994). Rhamnogalacturonan-II — a biologically active fragment. Journal of Experimental Botany 45: 287–293.
    14. G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1991). Purification and analysis of growth-regulating xyloglucan-derived oligosaccharides by high-pressure liquid chromatography. Carbohydrate Research 219: 123–132.
    15. G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1991). Xyloglucan nonasaccharide, a naturally-occurring oligosaccharin, arises in vivo by polysaccharide breakdown. Journal of Plant Physiology 137: 332–336.
    16. G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1990). Xyloglucan oligosaccharides promote growth and activate cellulase: evidence for a role of cellulase in cell expansion. Plant Physiology 93: 1042–1048.
    17. E.P. Lorences, G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1990). Xyloglucan- and cello-oligosaccharides: antagonists of the growth-promoting effect of H+. Physiologia Plantarum 80: 109–113.
    18. G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1989). Structure–activity relationships for xyloglucan oligosaccharides with anti-auxin activity. Plant Physiology 89: 883–887.
    19. G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1989). Anti-auxin activity of xyloglucan oligosaccharides: the role of groups other than the terminal α-L-fucose residue. Journal of Experimental Botany 40: 233–238.
    20. G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1988). Inhibition of auxin-stimulated growth of pea stem segments by a specific nonasaccharide of xyloglucan. Planta 175: 412–416.
    21. G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1987). Anti-auxin activity of a naturally-occurring xyloglucan nonasaccharide. Food Hydrocolloids 1: 505–506.
    22. S.C. Fry (1986). In vivo formation of xyloglucan-nonasaccharide: a possible biologically active cell-wall fragment. Planta 169: 443–453.
    23. E. A.-H. Baydoun, S.C. Fry (1985). The immobility of pectic substances in injured tomato leaves and its bearing on the identity of the wound hormone. Planta 165: 269–276.
    24. N. Yamazaki, S.C. Fry, A.G. Darvill, P. Albersheim (1983). Host-pathogen interactions. XXIV: Fragments isolated from suspension-cultured sycamore cell walls inhibit the ability of the cells to incorporate [14C]leucine into proteins. Plant Physiology 72: 864–869.
    25. S.C. Fry, A.G. Darvill, P. Albersheim (1983). Amino acid transport and protein synthesis, possible primary targets of biologically-active cell wall fragments. In: Interactions between Nitrogen and Growth Regulators in the Control of Plant Development. Editor, M.B. Jackson. Monograph 9, British Plant Growth Regulator Group, Wantage, Oxfordshire. Pp. 33–43.
    26. Reviews and book chapters:

    27. J.C. Dumville, S.C. Fry (1999) Uronic acid-containing oligosaccharins: their biosynthesis, degradation and signalling roles in non-diseased plant tissues. Plant Physiol. Biochem . 38, 125–140.
    28. S.C. Fry (1996). Oligosaccharin mutants. Trends in Plant Science 1: 326–328.
    29. S.C. Fry (1994). Oligosaccharins as plant growth regulators. Biochemical Society Symposium 60 (Ed by D.J. Bowles, J.P. Knox & P.M. Gilmartin), pp 5–14.
    30. S.C. Fry, S. Aldington, P.R. Hetherington, J. Aitken (1993). Oligosaccharides as signals and substrates in the plant cell wall. Plant Physiology 103: 1–5.
    31. S. Aldington, S.C. Fry (1993). Oligosaccharins. Advances in Botanical Research 19: 1–101.
    32. S.C. Fry (1992). Xyloglucan oligosaccharides. In: Molecular Plant Pathology, Vol. 2. Ed. by S.J. Gurr, M.J. McPherson, D.J. Bowles. IRL Press, Oxford. Pp 149–158.
    33. S. Aldington, G.J. McDougall, S.C. Fry (1991). Structure–activity relationships of biologically-active oligosaccharides. Plant, Cell and Environment 14: 625–636.
    34. S.C. Fry, G.J. McDougall, E.P. Lorences, K.J. Biggs, R.C. Smith (1990). Oligosaccharins from xyloglucan and cellulose: modulators of the action of auxin and H+ on plant growth. In: Hormone Perception and Signal Transduction in Animals and Plants. Editors, C. Kirk, M.A. Venis, J.A. Roberts. Society for Experimental Biology pp. 285–298.

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    E: Wall biosynthesis and pathways

    1. S.C. Sharples, S.C. Fry (2007) Radio-isotope ratios discriminate between competing pathways of cell wall polysaccharide and RNA biosynthesis in living plant cells. Plant Journal, 52, 252–262.
    2. P. Sotiriou, S.C. Fry, C.G. Spyropoulos (2007). Protoplast isolation and culture from carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) hypocotyls: ability of regenerated protoplasts to produce mannose-containing polysaccharides. Physiologia Plantarum, 130, 11–22.
    3. A. Kärkönen, A. Murigneux, J.-P. Martinant, E. Pepey, C. Tatout, B.J. Dudley, S.C. Fry (2005) UDP-Glucose dehydrogenases of maize — a role in cell wall pentose biosynthesis. Biochemical Journal 391: 409–415.
    4. A. Kärkönen, S.C. Fry (2006) Novel characteristics of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase activities in maize: non-involvement of alcohol dehydrogenases in cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis. Planta 223: 858-870.
    5. J.M. Longland, S.C. Fry, A.J. Trewavas (1989). Developmental control of apiogalacturonan biosynthesis and UDP-apiose production in a duckweed. Plant Physiology 90: 972–976.
    6. C.C. Perry, R.J.P. Williams, S.C. Fry (1987). Cell wall biosynthesis during silicification of grass hairs. Journal of Plant Physiology 126: 437–448.
    7. S.C. Fry, D.H. Northcote (1983). Sugar-nucleotide precursors of the arabinofuranosyl, arabinopyranosyl and xylopyranosyl residues of spinach polysaccharides. Plant Physiology 73: 1055–1061.
    8. S.C. Fry (2007) Plant cell wall biosynthesis. In Handbook of Plant Science, ed. by K. Roberts, J. Wiley. Pp. 276–283.
    9. S.C. Fry (1999). Plant cell wall biosynthesis. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, http://www.els.net, London: Nature Publishing Group. (Also printed edition.)
    10. S.C. Fry (1985). Primary cell wall metabolism. Oxford Surveys of Plant Molecular and Cell Biology 2: 1–42.

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    F: Transglycosylases and hydrolases

    1. Franková, L., Fry, S.C. (2021) Novel hemicellulose-remodelling transglycanases from charophytes: towards the evolution of the land-plant cell wal. Plant J., 108: 7-28 https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15500
    2. [Featured in a commentary: Verhage, L. (2021) Tear down that wall-cell wall remodeling in charophyte algae. Plant J., 108: 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15504]
    3. Herburger, K., Franková, L., Picmanová, M., Xin, A., Meulewaeter, F., Hudson, A., Fry, S.C. (2021) Defining factors that stimulate and inhibit cellulose:xyloglucan heterotransglucosylation. Plant J., 105: 1549-1565. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15131
    4. K. Herburger, L. Franková, M. Pičmanová, J.W. Loh, M. Valenzuela-Ortega, F. Meulewaeter, A. Hudson, C.E. French, S.C. Fry (2020) Hetero-trans-β-glucanase produces cellulose–xyloglucan covalent bonds in the cell walls of structural plant tissues and is stimulated by expansin. Molecular Plant 13: 1–16. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2020.04.011].
    5. K. Herburger, L. Franková, D. Sanhueza, S. Roig-Sanchez, F. Meulewaeter, A. Hudson, A. Thomson, A. Laromaine, T. Budtova, S.C. Fry (2020) Enzymically attaching oligosaccharide-linked ‘cargoes’ to cellulose and other commercial polysaccharides via stable covalent bonds. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 164: 4359-4369.
    6. C. Holland, T.J. Simmons, F. Meulewaeter, A. Hudson, S.C. Fry (2020) Three highly acidic Equisetum XTHs differ from hetero-trans-β-glucanase in donor substrate specificity and are predominantly xyloglucan homo-transglucosylases. Journal of Plant Physiology, in press [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153210]
    7. L.D. Witasari, F-C. Huang, T. Hoffmann, W. Rozhon, S.C. Fry, W. Schwab (2019) Up-regulation of the strawberry xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase genes FvXTH9 and FvXTH6 accelerates fruit ripening. Plant Journal, 100: 1237–1253.
    8. C.T. Nguyen-Phan, S.C. Fry (2019) Functional and chemical characterisation of XAF: a heat-stable plant polymer that activates xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH). Annals of Botany 124: 131–147.
    9. M. Fan, K. Herburger, J.K. Jensen, S. Zemelis-Durfee, F. Brandizzi, S.C. Fry, and C.G. Wilkerson (2018) A trihelix family transcription factor is associated with key genes in mixed-linkage glucan accumulation. Plant Physiology 178: 1207-1221, doi:10.1104/pp.18.00978.
    10. S.C. Sharples, C.T. Nguyen-Phan, S.C. Fry (2017) Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases (XTHs) are inactivated by binding to glass and cellulosic surfaces, and released in active form by a heat-stable polymer from cauliflower florets. Journal of Plant Physiology, 218: 135–143.
    11. A. Iurlaro, M. De Caroli, E. Sabella, M. De Pascali, P. Rampino, L. De Bellis, C. Perrotta, G. Dalessandro, G. Piro, S.C. Fry, M.S. Lenucci (2016) Drought and heat differentially affect XTH expression and XET activity and action in 3-day-old seedlings of durum wheat cultivars with different stress susceptibility. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01686 (18 pp.)
    12. T.J. Simmons, S.C. Fry (2017). Bonds broken and formed during the mixed-linkage glucan : xyloglucan endotransglucosylase reaction catalysed by Equisetum hetero-trans-b-glucanase. Biochemical Journal 474: 1055–1070.
    13. L. Franková and S.C. Fry (2015) A general method for assaying homo- and hetero-transglycanase activities that act on plant cell-wall polysaccharides. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 57: 411-428.
    14. Simmons, T.J., Mohler, K.E., Holland, C., Goubet, F., Franková, L., Houston, D.R., Hudson, A.D., Meulewaeter, F., Fry, S.C. (2015) Hetero-trans-β-glucanase, an enzyme unique to Equisetum plants, functionalises cellulose. Plant Journal 83: 753-769.
    15. Y.Z. Shi, X.F. Zhu, J.G. Miller, T. Gregson, S.J. Zheng, S.C. Fry (2015) Distinct catalytic capacities of two aluminium-repressed Arabidopsis thaliana xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases, XTH15 and XTH31, heterologously produced in Pichia. Phytochemistry 112: 160–169.
    16. T.J. Simmons, D. Uhrín, T. Gregson, L. Murray, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2013) An unexpectedly lichenase-stable hexasaccharide from cereal, horsetail and lichen mixed-linkage β-glucans (MLGs): Implications for MLG subunit distribution. Phytochemistry 95: 322-332.
    17. L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2013) Biochemistry and physiological roles of enzymes that 'cut and paste' plant cell-wall polysaccharides. (Darwin review). J Exp. Bot. 64: 3519-3550.
    18. K. Mohler, T.J. Simmons, S.C. Fry (2013) Mixed-linkage glucan:xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (MXE) re-models hemicelluloses in Equisetum shoots but not in barley shoots or Equisetum callus. New Phytologist 197: 111-122.
    19. Beattie, A.E., Gupta, S.D., Franková, L., Kazlauskaite, A., Harmon, J.M., Dunn, T.M., Campopiano D.J.(2013) The Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate (PLP)-Dependent Enzyme Serine Palmitoyltransferase (SPT): Effects of the small subunits and insights from bacterial mimics of human hLCB2a HSAN1 mutations. Biomed. Res. Int. 2013: Article ID 194371, 1-13.
    20. L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2012) Trans-α-xylosidase, a widespread enzyme activity in plants, introduces (1→4)-α-D-xylobiose side-chains into xyloglucan structures. Phytochemistry 78: 29-43.
    21. L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2012) Trans-α-xylosidase and trans-β-galactosidase activities, widespread in plants, modify and stabilize xyloglucan structures. Plant J. 71: 45-60.
    22. X.F Zhu, Y.Z. Shi, G.J Lei, S.C.Fry, et al. (2012) XTH31, encoding an in vtro XEH/XET-active enzyme, regulates aluminum sensitivity by modulating in vivo XET action, cell wall xyloglucan content, and aluminum binding capacity in Arabidopsis Plant Cell 24: 64731-6474.
    23. L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2011) Phylogenetic variation in glycosidases and glycanases acting on plant cell wall polysaccharides, and the detection of transglycosidase and trans-α-xylanase activities. Plant J. 67: 662–681.
    24. A. Maris, N. Kaewthai, J.M. Eklöf, J.G. Miller, H. Brumer, S.C. Fry, J.-P. Verbelen, K. Vissenberg (2011) Differences in enzymic properties of five recombinant xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, 261–271.
    25. A. Maris, D. Suslov, S.C.Fry, J.-P. Verbelen, K. Vissenberg (2009) Enzymic characterization of two recombinant xyloglucan edotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) proteins of Arabidopsis and their effect on root growth and cell wall extension. Journal of Experimental Botany 60, 3959–3972.
    26. S.C. Fry, K.E. Mohler, B.H.W.A. Nesselrode, L. Franková (2008) Mixed-linkage b-glucan : xyloglucan endotransglucosylase, a novel wall-remodelling enzyme from Equisetum (horsetails) and charophytic algae. Plant Journal 55, 240–252.
    27. V. Genovesi, S. Fornalé, S.C. Fry, K. Ruel, P. Ferrer, A. Encina, F.-M. Sonbol, J. Bosch, P. Puigdomènech, J. Rigau, D. Caparrós-Ruiz (2008) ZmXTH1, a new xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase in maize, affects cell wall structure and composition. Journal of Experimental Botany 59, 875–889.
    28. T. Takeda, J.G. Miller, S.C. Fry (2008) Anionic derivatives of xyloglucan function as acceptor but not donor substrates for xyloglucan endotransglucosylase activity. Planta 227, 893–905.
    29. Z.A. Popper, S.C. Fry (2008) Xyloglucan–pectin linkages are formed intra-protoplasmically, contribute to wall-assembly, and remain stable in the cell wall. Planta, 227, 781–794.
    30. Z.A. Popper, S.C. Fry (2005) Widespread occurrence of a covalent linkage between xyloglucan and acidic polysaccharides in suspension-cultured angiosperm cells. Annals of Botany 96: 91-99.
    31. Y.J. Wu, B.R. Jeong, S.C. Fry, J.S. Boyer (2005) Change in XET activities, cell wall extensibility and hypocotyl elongation of soybean seedlings at low water potential. Planta 220: 593–601.
    32. K. Vissenberg, S.C. Fry, M. Pauly, H. Höfte, J.-P. Verbelen (2005) XTH acts at the microfibril–matrix interface during cell elongation. Journal of Experimental Botany 56: 673–683.
    33. M. Albert, M. Werner, P. Proksch, S.C. Fry, R. Kaldenhoff (2004) The cell wall-modifying xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase LeXTH1 is expressed during the defence reaction of tomato against the plant parasite Cuscuta reflexa. Plant Biology 6: 402–408.
    34. T. Takeda and S.C. Fry (2004) Control of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase activity by salts and anionic polymers. Planta 219: 722–732.
    35. K. Vissenberg, V. van Sandt, S.C. Fry, J.-P. Verbelen (2003) Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase action is high in the root elongation zone and in the trichoblasts of all vascular plants from Selaginella to Zea mays. Journal of Experimental Botany 54: 335–344.
    36. E.M. Kerr, S.C. Fry (2003) Pre-formed xyloglucans and xylans increase in molecular weight in three distinct compartments of a maize cell-suspension culture. Planta 217: 327–339.
    37. K. Vissenberg, J.-P. Verbelen, S.C. Fry (2001) Root hair initiation is coupled to a highly localized increase of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase action in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Physiology 127: 1125–1135.
    38. J.E. Thompson, S.C. Fry (2001). Restructuring of wall-bound xyloglucan by transglycosylation in living plant cells. Plant Journal 26: 23–34.
    39. K. Vissenberg, I.M. Martinez-Vilchez, J.-P. Verbelen, J.G. Miller, S.C. Fry (2000). In-vivo colocalization of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase activity and its donor substrate in the elongation zone of Arabidopsis roots. Plant Cell 12: 1229–1238.
    40. J.E. Thompson, S.C. Fry (2000). Evidence for covalent linkage between xyloglucan and acidic pectins in suspension-cultured rose cells. Planta 211: 275–286.
    41. N.M. Steele, Z. Sulová, P. Campbell, J. Braam, V. Farkaš, and S.C. Fry. (2000). Ten isoenzymes of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase from plant cell walls select and cleave the donor substrate stochastically. Biochemical Journal 355: 671–679.
    42. N.M. Steele, S.C. Fry (2000). Differences in catalytic properties between native isoenzymes of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (XET). Phytochemistry 54: 667–680.
    43. T.A. Truelsen, J. Laird, S.C. Fry (1999). Xyloglucan metabolising enzyme activities in tobacco cells. Journal of Plant Physiology 154: 95–101.
    44. N.M. Steele, S.C. Fry (1999). Purification of xyloglucan endotransglycosylases (XETs): a generally applicable and simple method based on reversible formation of an enzyme–substrate complex. Biochemical Journal 340, 207–211.
    45. P.P.M. Iannetta, S.C. Fry (1999). Visualisation of the activity of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (XET) isoenzymes after gel electrophoresis. Phytochemical Analysis 10: 238–240.
    46. Z. Sulová, M. Takácová, N.M. Steele, S.C. Fry, V. Farkaš (1998). Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase: evidence for the existence of a relatively stable glycosyl–enzyme intermediate. Biochemical Journal 330: 1475–80.
    47. J.E. Thompson, R.C. Smith, S.C. Fry (1997). Xyloglucan undergoes inter-polymeric transglycosylation during binding to the plant cell wall in vivo: evidence from 13C/3H dual labelling and isopycnic centrifugation in caesium trifluoroacetate. Biochemical Journal 327: 699–708.
    48. J.E. Thompson, S.C. Fry (1997). Trimming and solubilization of xyloglucan after deposition in the walls of cultured rose cells. Journal of Experimental Botany 48: 297–305.
    49. M.M. Purugganan, J. Braam, S.C. Fry (1997) The Arabidopsis TCH4 xyloglucan endotransglycosylase: substrate specificity, pH optimum, and cold tolerance. Plant Physiology 115: 181–90.
    50. S.C. Fry (1997). Novel ‘dot-blot’ assays for glycosyltransferases and glycosylhydrolases: optimization for xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (XET) activity. The Plant Journal 11: 1141–1150.
    51. M. Thiyagarajah, S.C. Fry, A.R. Yeo (1996). In vitro salt tolerance of cell wall enzymes from halophytes and glycophytes. Journal of Experimental Botany 47: 1717–1724.
    52. W. Xu, M.M. Purugganan, D.H. Polisensky, D.M. Antosiewicz, S.C. Fry, J. Braam (1995). Arabidopsis TCH4, regulated by hormones and the environment, encodes a xyloglucan endotransglycosylase. The Plant Cell 7: 1555–1567.
    53. Y. Wu, W.G. Spollen, R.E. Sharp, P.R. Hetherington, S.C. Fry (1994). Root growth maintenance at low water potentials: increased activity of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase and its possible regulation by ABA. Plant Physiology 106: 607–615.
    54. I. Potter, S.C. Fry (1994). Changes in xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (XET) activity during hormone-induced growth in lettuce and cucumber hypocotyls and spinach cell cultures. Journal of Experimental Botany 45: 1703–1710.
    55. A. Cutillas-Iturralde, I. Zarra, S.C. Fry, E.P. Lorences (1994). Implication of persimmon fruit hemicellulose metabolism in the softening process. Importance of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase. Physiologia Plantarum 91: 169–176.
    56. R.J. Redgwell, S.C. Fry (1993). Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase activity increases during kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) ripening: implications for fruit softening. Plant Physiology 103: 1399–1406.
    57. J. Pritchard, P.R. Hetherington, S.C. Fry, A.D. Tomos (1993). Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase activity, microfibril orientation and the profiles of cell wall properties along growing regions of maize roots. Journal of Experimental Botany 44: 1281–1289.
    58. I. Potter, S.C. Fry (1993). Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase activity in pea internodes: effects of applied gibberellic acid. Plant Physiology 103: 235–241.
    59. S. McQueen-Mason, S.C. Fry, D.M. Durachko, D.J. Cosgrove (1993). The relationship between xyloglucan endotransglycosylase and in-vitro cell wall extension in cucumber hypocotyls. Planta 190: 327–331.
    60. E.P. Lorences, S.C. Fry (1993). Xyloglucan oligosaccharides with at least two α-D-xylose residues act as acceptor substrates for xyloglucan endotransglycosylase and promote the depolymerisation of xyloglucan. Physiologia Plantarum 88: 105–112.
    61. P.R. Hetherington, S.C. Fry (1993). Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase activity in carrot cell suspensions during cell elongation and somatic embryogenesis. Plant Physiology 103: 987–992.
    62. H.G. Edelmann, S.C. Fry (1992). Effect of cellulose synthesis inhibition on growth and the integration of xyloglucan into pea internode cell walls. Plant Physiology 100: 993–997.
    63. H.G. Edelmann, S.C. Fry (1992). Kinetics of integration of xyloglucan into the walls of suspension-cultured rose cells. Journal of Experimental Botany 43: 463–470.
    64. S.C. Fry, R.C. Smith, K.F. Renwick, DJ. Martin, S.K. Hodge, K.J. Matthews (1992). Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase, a new wall-loosening enzyme activity from plants. Biochemical Journal 282: 821–828.
    65. R.C. Smith, S.C. Fry (1991). Endotransglycosylation of xyloglucans in plant cell-suspension cultures. Biochemical Journal 279: 529–535.
    66. S.C. Fry (1989). Cellulases, hemicelluloses and auxin-stimulated growth: a possible relationship. Physiologia Plantarum 75: 532–536.
    67. E.A-H. Baydoun, S.C. Fry (1989). In vivo degradation and extracellular polymer-binding of xyloglucan nonasaccharide, a natural anti-auxin. Journal of Plant Physiology 134: 453–459.
    68. Reviews and book chapters:

    69. L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2020) Activity and action of cell-wall transglycanases. In: Popper, Z. (ed) The Plant Cell Wall. Methods in Molecular Biology Vol 2149, pp 165–192. Humana, New York, NY. Print ISBN 978-1-0716-0619-3; online ISBN 978-1-0716-0621-6.
    70. L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2013) Biochemistry and physiological roles of enzymes that 'cut and paste' plant cell-wall polysaccharides. (Darwin review). J Exp. Bot. 64: 3519-3550.
    71. J.K.C. Rose, J. Braam, S.C. Fry, K. Nishitani (2002) The XTH family of enzymes involved in xyloglucan endotransglucosylation and endohydrolysis: current perspectives and a new unifying nomenclature. Plant and Cell Physiology, 43, 1421–1435.
    72. S.C. Fry (1996). Role of transglycosylation in the integration of xyloglucan into the growing plant cell wall in vivo. Giornale Botanico Italiano, 130: 901–907.
    73. S.C. Fry, P.R. Hetherington, J.A. Brown (1992). Transglycosylation and possible transacylation reactions in the growing plant cell wall. Proc 6th Bratislava Symposium on Saccharides, eds I. Tvaroška, V. Farkaš, J. Gajdoš, K. Linek, K. Tihlárik, D. Liškova, N. Kolarová, J. Haplová (Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences) Pp 20–23.
    74. R.C. Smith, S.C. Fry (1992). Endotransglycosylation of xyloglucan in vivo and in vitro. Proc. XXXII Yamada Symposium, Osaka, Japan (Ed Y. Masuda). Pp 313–318.
    75. S.C. Fry, R.C. Smith, P.R. Hetherington, I. Potter (1992) Endotransglycosylation of xyloglucan: a role in cell wall yielding? Current Topics in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology 11: 42–62 (University of Missouri Press).
    76. S.C. Fry (1992). Xyloglucan, a metabolically dynamic polysaccharide. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology 4: 279–289.
    77. S.C. Fry (1989). The structure and functions of xyloglucan. Journal of Experimental Botany 40: 1–11.

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    G: Evolution of the plant cell wall

    1. L. Franková, S.C. Fry (2024) Chara — a living sister to the land plants with pivotal enzymic toolkit for mannan and xylan remodelling. Physiologia Plantarum, 176: e14134. doi: 10.1111/ppl.14134
    2. M.N. Rapin, L. Murray, I.H. Sadler, J.H. Bothwell, S.C. Fry (2023) Same but different — pseudo-pectin in the charophytic alga Chlorokybus atmophyticus. Physiologia Plantarum e14079; doi: 10.1111/ppl.14079.
    3. Franková, L., Fry, S.C. (2021) Novel hemicellulose-remodelling transglycanases from charophytes: towards the evolution of the land-plant cell wal. Plant J., 108: 7-28 https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15500
    4. Linked article: Verhage, L. (2021) Tear down that wall-cell wall remodeling in charophyte algae. Plant J., 108: 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15504
    5. M.D. Mikkelsen, J. Harholt, B. Westereng, D. Domozych, S.C. Fry, I.E. Johansen, J.U. Fangel, M. Lezyk, T. Fenge, L. Nancke, J.D. Mikkelsen, W.G. T. Willats, P. Ulvskov (2021) Ancient origin of fucosylated xyloglucan in charophycean green algae. Nature Communications Biology 4: 754. doi/10.1038/s42003-021-02277-w.
    6. C. O’Rourke, T. Gregson, L. Murray, I.H. Sadler and S.C. Fry (2015) Sugar composition of the pectic polysaccharides of charophytes, the closest algal relatives of land-plants: presence of 3-O-methyl-D-galactose residues. Annals of Botany 116: 225–236.
    7. T.J. Simmons, D. Uhrín, T. Gregson, L. Murray, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2013) An unexpectedly lichenase-stable hexasaccharide from cereal, horsetail and lichen mixed-linkage β-glucans (MLGs): Implications for MLG subunit distribution. Phytochemistry 95: 322-332.
    8. X. Xue, S.C. Fry (2012) Evolution of mixed-linkage (1®3,1®4)-b-D-glucan (MLG) and xyloglucan in Equisetum (horsetails) and other monilophytes. Annals of Botany 109: 873-886.
    9. S.C. Fry, B.H.W.A. Nesselrode, J.G. Miller, B.R. Mewburn (2008) Mixed-linkage (1®3,1®4)-b-d-glucan is a major hemicellulose of Equisetum (horsetail) cell walls. New Phytologist 179, 104–115.
    10. Z.A. Popper, S.C. Fry (2004) Primary cell wall composition of pteridophytes and spermatophytes. New Phytologist 164, 165–174.
    11. Z.A. Popper, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2004) 3-O-Methylrhamnose in lower land plant primary cell walls. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 32, 279–289.
    12. Z.A. Popper, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2003) β-D-Glucuronosyl-(1®3)-L-galactose, an unusual disaccharide from polysaccharides of the hornwort Anthoceros caucasicus. Phytochemistry 64, 325–335.
    13. Z.A. Popper, S.C. Fry (2003) Primary cell wall composition of bryophytes and charophytes. Annals of Botany 91, 1–12.
    14. Z.A. Popper, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2001). 3-O-Methyl-D-galactose residues in lycophyte primary cell walls. Phytochemistry 57, 711–719.

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    H: Hydroxyl radicals and ascorbate

    1. F. Farhat, S.C. Fry (2023) Copper, cadmium and nickel pollution inhibit growth and promote ascorbate catabolism in cell cultures of Arabidopsis thaliana and Zea mays. Plant Biosystems. doi: 10.1080/11263504.2023.2188273
    2. R.A. Dewhirst, L. Murray, C.L. Mackay, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2020) Characterisation of the non-oxidative degradation pathway of dehydroascorbic acid in slightly acidic aqueous solution. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 681: 108240, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2019.108240.
    3. R.A. Dewhirst, S.C. Fry (2018) Oxalyltransferase, a plant cell-wall acyltransferase activity, transfers oxalate groups from ascorbate metabolites to carbohydrates. Plant Journal 95: 743–757.
    4. R.A. Dewhirst, S.C. Fry (2018) The oxidation of dehydroascorbic acid and 2,3-diketogulonate by distinct reactive oxygen species. Biochemical Journal 475: 3451–3470, doi: 10.1042/BCJ20180688
    5. V. Truffault, S.C. Fry, R.G. Stevens, H. Gautier (2017). Ascorbate degradation in tomato leads to accumulation of oxalate, threonate and oxalyl threonate. Plant Journa 89: 996–1008.
    6. A. Kärkönen, R.A. Dewhirst, C.L. Mackay, S.C. Fry (2017). Metabolites of 2,3-diketogulonate delay peroxidase action and induce non-enzymic H2O2 generation: potential roles in the plant cell wall. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 620: 12–22.
    7. R.A. Dewhirst, G.J.J. Clarkson, S.D. Rothwell, S.C. Fry (2017). Novel insights into ascorbate retention and degradation during the washing and post-harvest storage of spinach and other salad leaves. Food Chemistry 233: 237–246.
    8. O.B. Airianah, R.A.M. Vreeburg, S.C. Fry (2016) Pectic polysaccharides are attacked by hydroxyl radicals in ripening fruit: evidence from a fluorescent fingerprinting method. Annals of Botany, 117: 441–455.
    9. Iurlaro A, Dalessandro G, Piro G, Miller JG, Fry SC , Lenucci MS. (2014). Evaluation of glycosidic bond cleavage and formation of oxo groups in oxidized barley mixed-linkage β-glucans using tritium labelling. Food Research International 66: 115–122.
    10. Vreeburg RAM, Airianah OB, Fry SC (2014). Fingerprinting of hydroxyl radical-attacked polysaccharides by N-isopropyl-2-aminoacridone labelling. Biochemical Journal 463: 225-237.
    11. H.T. Parsons, S.C. Fry (2012) Oxidation of dehydroascorbic acid and 2,3-diketogulonate under plant apoplastic conditions. Phytochemistry 75: 41-49.
    12. H.T. Parsons, T. Yasmin, S.C. Fry (2012) Alternative pathways of dehydroascorbic acid degradation in vitro and in plant cell cultures: novel insights into vitamin C catabolism. Biochemical Journal 440: 375-383.
    13. H.T. Parsons, S.C. Fry (2010) Reactive oxygen species-induced release of intracellular ascorbate in plant cell-suspension cultures and evidence for pulsing of net release rate. New Phytologist 187, 332–342.
    14. A. Kärkönen, T. Warinowski, T.H. Teeri, L. Kaarina Simola, S.C. Fry (2009) On the mechanism of apoplastic H2O2 production during lignin formation and elicitation in cultured spruce cells; peroxidases after elicitation. Planta 230, 553–567.
    15. K. Müller, A. Linkies, R.A.M. Vreeburg, S.C. Fry, A. Krieger-Liszkay, G. Leubner-Metzger (2009) In-vivo cell wall loosening by hydroxyl radicals during cress (Lepidium sativum L.) seed germination and elongation growth. Plant Physiology, 150, 1855–1865.
    16. D.J. Messenger, A.R. McLeod, S.C. Fry (2009). The role of UV radiation, photosensitizers, reactive oxygen species and ester groups in mechanisms of methane formation from pectin. Plant, Cell & Environment 32, 1–9.
    17. A.R. McLeod, S.C. Fry, G.J. Loake, D.J. Messenger, D.S. Reay, K.A. Smith, B-W. Yun (2008) Ultraviolet radiation drives methane emissions from terrestrial plant pectins. New Phytologist 180:, 124–132.
    18. M.A. Green, S.C. Fry (2005) Vitamin C degradation in plant cells via enzymatic hydrolysis of 4-O-oxalyl-L-threonate. Nature 433: 83–88.
    19. J.G. Miller, S.C. Fry (2004) N-[3H]Benzoylglycylglycylglycine as a probe for hydroxyl radicals. Analytical Biochemistry 335, 126–134.
    20. J.C. Dumville, S.C. Fry (2003) Solubilisation of tomato fruit pectins by ascorbate: a possible non-enzymic mechanism of fruit softening. Planta 217, 951–961.
    21. S.C. Fry, J.G. Miller, J.C. Dumville (2002) A proposed role for copper ions in cell wall loosening. Plant and Soil 247, 57–67.
    22. G. Tabbì, S.C. Fry, R.P. Bonomo (2001). ESR study of the non-enzymic scission of xyloglucan by an ascorbate–H2O2–copper system: the involvement of the hydroxyl radical and the degradation of ascorbate. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 84, 179–187.
    23. J.G. Miller, S.C. Fry (2001). Characteristics of xyloglucanafter attack by hydroxyl radicals. Carbohydrate Research 332, 389–403.
    24. S.C. Fry, J.C. Dumville, J.G. Miller (2001). Fingerprinting of polysaccharides attacked by hydroxyl radicals in vitro and in the cell walls of ripening pear fruit. Biochemical Journal 357, 729–735.
    25. B.C. McGorum, S.C. Fry, G. Wallace, K. Coenen, J. Robb, G. Williamson, O.I. Aruoma (2000). Properties of herbage in relation to equine dysautonomia: biochemical composition and antioxidant and pro-oxidant actions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48, 2346–2352.
    26. S.C. Fry (1998). Oxidative scission of plant cell wall polysaccharides by ascorbate-induced hydroxyl radicals. Biochemical Journal 332: 507–15.
    27. Reviews and book chapters:

    28. C.M Ford, C. Sweetman, S.C. Fry (2024). Ascorbate degradation: pathways, products and possibilities. Journal of Experimental Botany 75: 2733–2739. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae048
    29. D.J. Messenger, A.R. McLeod, S.C. Fry (2009) Reactive oxygen species in aerobic methane formation from vegetation. Plant Signaling and Behavior 4: 629–630.
    30. R.A.M. Vreeburg, S.C. Fry (2005) Reactive oxygen species in cell walls. In: ‘Anti¬oxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants’, Blackwell, Oxford (pp. 215–249). Edited by N. Smirnoff. ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2529-1
    31. M.A. Green, S.C. Fry (2005) Apoplastic degradation of ascorbate: novel enzymes and metabolites permeating the plant cell wall. Plant Biosystems 139: 2-7.
    32. R.A.M. Vreeburg, S.C. Fry (2005) Reactive oxygen species in cell walls. In: ‘Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants’, Blackwell, Oxford. Edited by N. Smirnoff. pp 215-249.

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    I: General cell wall biochemistry

    1. T.Z.S. Al-Hinai, C.L. Mackay, S.C. Fry (2024) Fruit softening: evidence for rhamnogalacturonan lyase action in vivo in ripe fruit cell walls. Annals of Botany in press, doi: 10.1093/aob/mcad197.
    2. E. Whale, A.E.K. Bulling, S.C. Fry (2023) Biochemical characterisation of cellulose and cell-wall-matrix polysaccharides in variously oxidised sugar-beet pulp preparations differing in viscosity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 253 (Pt 7): 127356. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127356
    3. F. Farhat, S.C. Fry (2023) Copper, cadmium and nickel pollution inhibit growth and promote ascorbate catabolism in cell cultures of Arabidopsis thaliana and Zea mays. Plant Biosystems. doi: 10.1080/11263504.2023.2188273
    4. :The Plant Journal: :113: 1310–1329. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16112
    5. R.A. Begum, S.C. Fry (2022) Boron bridging of rhamnogalacturonan-II in Rosa and arabidopsis cell cultures occurs mainly in the endo-membrane system and continues at a reduced rate after secretion. Annals of Botany 130: 703–715. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcac119
    6. D. Sanhueza, R.A. Begum, C. Albenne, E. Jamet, S.C. Fry (2022) An Arabidopsis thaliana arabinogalactan-protein (AGP31) and several cationic AGP fragments catalyse the boron bridging of rhamnogalacturonan-II. Biochemical Journal, 479: 1967–1984. (DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20220340).
    7. T.Z.S. Al Hinai, R.A.M. Vreeburg, C.L. Mackay, L. Murray, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2021) Fruit softening: evidence for pectate lyase action in vivo in date (Phoenix dactylifera) and rosaceous fruit cell walls. Annals of Botany 128: 511–525, doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab072 [Featured in a commentary: G.B. Seymour (2021) Pectate lyase action in vivo and fruit softening. A commentary on: ‘Fruit softening: evidence for pectate lyase action in vivo in date (Phoenix dactylifera) and rosaceous fruit cell walls’, Annals of Botany 128 (5): pp i–ii, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab096]
    8. A. Xin, S.C. Fry (2021) Cutin:xyloglucan transacylase (CXT) activity covalently links cutin to a plant cell-wall polysaccharide. Journal of Plant Physiology 262: 153446. doi: /10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153446.
    9. A. Xin, Y. Fei, A. Molnar, S.C. Fry (2021) Cutin:cutin-acid endo-transacylase (CCT), a cuticle-remodelling enzyme activity in the plant epidermis. Biochemical Journal, 478: 777–798. doi: /10.1042/BCJ20200835
    10. P.E. Panter, O. Kent, M. Dale, S.J. Smith, M. Skipsey, G. Thorlby, I. Cummins, N. Ramsay, R. Ara Begum, D. Sanhueza, S.C. Fry, M.R. Knight and H. Knight (2019) MUR1-mediated cell-wall fucosylation is required for freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 224: 1518–1531.
    11. S. Rossini Oliva, M.D. Mingorance, D. Sanhueza, S.C. Fry, E.O. Leidi (2018). Active proton efflux, nutrient retention and boron-bridging of pectin are related to greater tolerance of proton toxicity in the roots of two Erica species. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 126: 142–151, doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.02.029.
    12. Chormova, D., Fry, S.C.(2016) Boron bridging of rhamnogalacturonan-II is promoted in vitro by cationic chaperones, including polyhistidine and wall glycoproteins. New Phytologist, 209: 241-251.
    13. S. Arrivault, M. Guenther, S.C. Fry, M.F.F. Fuenfgeld, D. Veyel, T. Mettler-Altmann, M. Stitt, J.E. Lunn (2015) Synthesis and use of stable isotope labelled internal standards for quantification of phosphorylated metabolites by LC–MS/MS. Analytical Chemistry 87: 6896-6904.
    14. Chormova, D., Franková, L., Defries, A., Cutler, S.R. and Fry, S.C.(2015) Discovery of small molecule inhibitors of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (XET) activity by high-throughput screening. Phytochemistry 117: 220-236.
    15. Smith CM, Fry SC, Gough KC, Patel AJF, Glenn S, Goldrick M, Roberts IS, Whitelam GC, Andrew PW. (2014) Recombinant plants provide a new approach to the production of bacterial polysaccharide for vaccines. PLOS ONE 9: e88144, pp 1-8.
    16. Voxeur A, Fry SC. (2014). Glycosylinositol phosphorylceramides from Rosa cell cultures are boron-bridged in the plasma membrane and form complexes with rhamnogalacturonan II. Plant Journal 79: 139-149.
    17. Chormova D, Messenger DJ, Fry SC.(2014). Rhamnogalacturonan-II cross-linking of plant pectins via boron bridges occurs during polysaccharide synthesis and/or secretion.Plant Signaling and Behavior 9: e28169, doi 10.4161/psb.28169.
    18. Chormova D, Messenger DJ, Fry SC.(2014) Boron bridging of rhamnogalacturonan-II, monitored by gel electrophoresis, occurs during polysaccharide synthesis and secretion, but not post-secretion The Plant Journal 77: 534-546.
    19. C. Wagstaff, G.J.J. Clarkson, F.Z. Zhang, S.D. Rothwell, S.C. Fry, G. Taylor, M.S. Dixon (2010) Modification of cell wall properties in lettuce improves shelf life. Journal of Experimental Botany 61, 1239–1248.
    20. Wagstaff, G.J.J. Clarkson, F.Z. Zhang, S.D. Rothwell, S.C. Fry, G. Taylor, M.S. Dixon (2010) Modification of cell wall properties in lettuce improves shelf life. Journal of Experimental Botany 61, 1239–1248.
    21. R. Fauré, C.M. Courtin, J.A. Delcour, C. Dumon, C.B. Faulds, G.B. Fincher, S. Fort, S.C. Fry, S. Halila, M.A. Kabel, L. Pouvreau, B. Quéméner, L. Saulnier, H.A. Schols, M.J. O’Donohue, H. Driguez (2009). An unambiguous nomenclature system for oligosaccharide motifs derived from heteroxylans found in plant cell walls. Australian Journal of Chemistry 62, 533–537.
    22. M. Chantarangsee, W. Tanthanuch, T. Fujimura, S.C. Fry, J. Ketudat-Cairns (2007) Molecular characterization of β-galactosidases from germinating rice (Oryza sativa). Plant Science, 173: 118–134.
    23. J.G. Miller, V. Farkaš, S.C. Sharples, S.C. Fry (2007) O-Oligosaccharidyl-1-amino-1-deoxyalditols as intermediates for fluorescent labelling of oligosaccharides. Carbohydrate Research 342, 44–54.
    24. L.I. Ortega, S.C. Fry, and E. Taleisnik (2006) Why are Chloris gayana leaves shorter in salt-affected plants? Analyses in the elongation zone. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 3945–3952.
    25. M. Lenucci, G. Piro, J.G. Miller, G. Dalessandro, S.C. Fry (2005) Do polyamines contribute to plant cell wall assembly by forming amide bonds with pectins? Phytochemistry 66:2581-2594.
    26. P. Perrone, C.M. Hewage, A.R. Thomson, K. Bailey, I.H. Sadler, S.C. Fry (2002) Patterns of methyl and O-acetyl esterification in spinach pectins: new complexity. Phytochemistry 60, 67–77.
    27. S.L. Gardner, M.M. Burrell, S.C. Fry (2002) Screening of Arabidopsis thaliana stems for variation in cell wall polysaccharides. Phytochemistry 60, 241–254.
    28. J.E. Thompson, S.C. Fry (2001). Density-labelling of cell wall polysaccharides in cultured rose cells: comparison of incorporation of 2H and 13C from exogenous glucose. Carbohydrate Research 332, 175–182.
    29. W. Suginta, P.A.W. Robertson, B. Austin, B., S.C. Fry, L.A. Fothergill-Gilmore (2000). Chitinases from Vibrio: activity screening and purification of chiA from Vibrio carchariae. Journal of Applied Microbiology 89, 76–84.
    30. P. Perrone, C. Hewage, I.H. Sadler, S.C.nFry (1998). N-α- and N-epsilon-D-galacturonoyl-L-lysine amides: properties and possible occurrence in plant cell walls. Phytochemistry 49: 1879–90.
    31. J.G. Miller, C.J. Buchanan, M.A. Eastwood, S.C. Fry (1995). Specific 14C-labelling of spinach cell walls in their methyl, acetyl or uronic acid residues. Carbohydrate Letters 1: 129–136.
    32. I. García-Romera, S.C. Fry (1994). Absence of transglycosylation of oligogalacturonides in plant apoplasts. Phytochemistry 35: 67–72
    33. S.C. Fry, W.S. York, P. Albersheim, A. Darvill, T. Hayashi, J.-P. Joseleau, Y. Kato, E.P. Lorences, G.A. Maclachlan, M. McNeil, A.J. Mort, J.G.S. Reid, H.U. Seitz, R.R. Selvendran, A.G.J. Voragen, A.R. White (1993). An unambiguous nomenclature for xyloglucan-derived oligosaccharides. Physiologia Plantarum 89: 1–3.
    34. J.A. Brown, S.C. Fry (1993). Novel O-D-galacturonoyl esters in the pectic polysaccharides of suspension-cultured plant cells. Plant Physiology 103: 993–999.
    35. J.A. Brown, S.C. Fry (1993). The preparation and susceptibility to hydrolysis of novel O-galacturonoyl derivatives of carbohydrates. Carbohydrate Research 240: 95–106.
    36. J.B. Passioura, S.C.Fry (1992). Turgor and cell expansion: beyond the Lockhart equation. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 19: 565–176.
    37. H.G. Edelmann, S.C. Fry (1992). Factors that affect the extraction of xyloglucan from the primary cell walls of suspension-cultured rose cells. Carbohydrate Research 228: 423–431.
    38. S. Aldington, S.C. Fry (1992). Plant cell wall-lysing enzymes in the apoplast of Fulvia fulvum-infected tomato leaves. Canadian Journal of Botany 70: 607–613.
    39. E.A-H. Baydoun, S.C. Fry (1988). [2-3H]Mannose incorporation in cultured plant cells: investigation of L-galactose residues in the primary cell wall. Journal of Plant Physiology 132: 484–490.
    40. S. Green, S.C. Fry (1987). Apoplastic glycosylhydrolases as markers of early pathogenesis. Food Hydrocolloids 1: 499–500.
    41. Reviews and book chapters:

    42. S.C. Fry (2023). Enzymic and non-enzymic remodelling of cell-wall polysaccharides. Chapter 4 (pages 75–93) in: Geitmann A. (ed.) Plant Cell Walls — Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. DOI: 10.1201/9781003178309-4
    43. R.A. Begum, S.C. Fry (2023) Arabinogalactan-proteins as boron-acting enzymes, cross-linking the rhamnogalacturonan-II domains of pectin. Plants 12: 3921. doi: 10.3390/plants12233921
    44. S.C. Fry (2020) High-voltage paper electrophoresis (HVPE). In: Popper, Z. (ed) The Plant Cell Wall. Methods in Molecular Biology Vol 2149, pp 1–31. Humana, New York, NY. Print ISBN 978-1-0716-0619-3; online ISBN 978-1-0716-0621-6.
    45. S.C. Fry, L. Franková, D. Chormova (2011) Setting the boundaries - primary cell wall synthesis and expansion. The Biochemist 33: 14-19.
    46. S.C. Fry (2011). Cell wall polysaccharide composition and covalent cross-linking. In: P Ulvskov, ed, Annual plant reviews: plant polysaccharides, biosynthesis and bioengineering , vol. 41. Oxford:Blackwell Publishing, pp 1-42.
    47. S.C. Fry (2011) High-voltage paper electrophoresis (HVPE) of cell-wall building blocks and their metabolic precursors. In:Popper, ZA. ed, The Plant Cell Wall Methods and Protocols, New York: Springer, pp. 55-80 (ISBN 978-1-61779-007-2.
    48. S.C. Fry (2007) Plant cell walls. In Handbook of Plant Science, ed by K. Roberts, J. Wiley Pp. 266–275
    49. S.C. Fry (2006) Wall-to-wall biochemistry: a personal perspective. In ‘The Science and Lore of the Plant Cell Wall: Biosynthesis, Structure and Function’ edited by T. Hayashi, BrownWalker Press, Boca Raton, Florida [ISBN 1-58112-445-7]. Pp. 171–180.
    50. S.C. Fry (2004) Tansley Review: Primary cell wall metabolism: tracking the careers of wall polymers in living plant cells. New Phytologist 161, 641–675.
    51. S.C. Fry (2003). Cell walls. In Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Academic Press, pp 75–87.
    52. S.C.Fry (September 1999) Plant cell walls. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, http://www.els.net, London: Nature Publishing Group. (Also printed edition.)
    53. S.C. Fry (1995). Polysaccharide-modifying enzymes in the plant cell wall. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 46: 497–520.
    54. S.C. Fry (1994). Plant cell expansion: Unzipped by expansin. Current Biology 4: 815–817.
    55. S.C. Fry (1994). Chemical analysis of components of the primary cell wall. In: Plant Cell Biology, a Practical Approach’. Ed by N. Harris. IRL Press, Oxford, pp 199–220.
    56. S.C. Fry (1993). Plant cell expansion: Loosening the ties (plant cell expansion). Current Biology 3: 355–357.
    57. S.C. Fry (1991). A cloistered existence: life in a plant cell wall. Biological Sciences Review 4: 8–11.
    58. S.C. Fry (1990). Roles of the primary cell wall in morphogenesis. In: Progress in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, edited by H.J.J. Nijkamp, L.H.W. van der Plas, J. van Aartrijk. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 504–513.
    59. S.C. Fry (1989). Dissecting the complexities of the plant cell wall. Plants Today 2: 126–132.
    60. S.C. Fry, J.G. Miller (1989). Towards a working model of the growing plant cell wall: phenolic cross-linking reactions in the primary cell walls of Dicotyledons. In: The Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Plant Cell Wall Polymers. Editors, N.G. Lewis, M.G. Paice. American Chemical Society, Washington DC. Pp 33–46.
    61. S.C. Fry (1989). Analytical methods for cross-links in plant cell walls. In: Modern Methods in Plant Analysis, New Series, Vol. 10. Editors, H.F. Linskens, J.F. Jackson. Springer Verlag, Berlin. Pp. 12–36.
    62. M. McNeil, A.G. Darvill, S.C. Fry, P. Albersheim (1984). Structure and function of the primary cell walls of higher plants. Annual Review of Biochemistry 53: 625–663.

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    J: Dietary fibre and wall decomposition

    1. W.T. Fraser, E. Blei, S.C. Fry, M.F. Newman, D.S. Reay, K. Smith, A. McLeod (2015) Emission of methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and short-chain hydrocarbons from vegetation foliage under ultraviolet irradiation. Plant, Cell and Environment, 38: 980–989
    2. Parsons BN, Wigley P, Simpson HL, Williams JM, Humphrey S, Salisbury A-M, Watson AJM, Fry SC, O'Brien D, Roberts CL, O'Kennedy N, Keita AV, Soderholm JD, Rhodes JM, Campbell BJ.(2014). Dietary supplementation with soluble plantain non-starch polysaccharides inhibits intestinal invasion of Salmonella Typhimurium in the chicken.PLOS ONE 9: e87658, pp 1-11.
    3. Smith CM, Fry SC, Gough KC, Patel AJF, Glenn S, Goldrick M, Roberts IS, Whitelam GC, Andrew PW. (2014). Dietary supplementation with soluble plantain non-starch polysaccharides inhibits intestinal invasion of Salmonella Typhimurium in the chicken.PLOS ONE 9: e87658, pp 1-11.
    4. Smith CM, Fry SC, Gough KC, Patel AJF, Glenn S, Goldrick M, Roberts IS, Whitelam GC, Andrew PW. (2014) Recombinant plants provide a new approach to the production of bacterial polysaccharide for vaccines. PLOS ONE 9: e88144, pp 1-8.
    5. Parsons BN, Wigley P, Simpson HL, Williams JM, Humphrey S, Salisbury A-M, Watson AJM, Fry SC, O'Brien D, Roberts CL, O'Kennedy N, Keita AV, Soderholm JD, Rhodes JM, Campbell BJ. (2014). Dietary supplementation with soluble plantain non-starch polysaccharides inhibits intestinal invasion of Salmonella Typhimurium in the chicken.PLOS ONE 9: e87658, pp 1-11.
    6. D.J. Messenger, S.C. Fry, S. Yamulki, et al. (2012) Effects of UV-B filtration on the chemistry and decomposition of Fraxinus excelsior leaves. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 47: 133-141.
    7. A.R. McLeod, K.K.Newsham, S.C. Fry (2006) Elevated UV-B radiation modifies the extractability of carbohydrates from leaf litter of Quercus. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39, 116–126.
    8. R. Abia, S.C. Fry (2001) Degradation and metabolism of 14C-labelled proanthocyanidins from carob pods (Ceratonia siliqua) in the gastrointestinal tract of the rat. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 81, 1156–1165.
    9. G. Wende, C.J. Buchanan, S.C. Fry (1997). Hydrolysis and fermentation by rat gut micro-organisms of 2-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(5-O-feruloyl)-L-arabinose derived from grass cell wall arabinoxylan. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 73: 296–300.
    10. C.J. Buchanan, G. Wallace, S.C. Fry, M.A. Eastwood (1996) In vivo release of 14C-labelled phenolic groups from intact dietary spinach cell walls during passage through the rat intestine. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 71: 459–469
    11. R. Abia, S.C. Fry, M.A. Eastwood (1996). Metabolic transformations of U-14C-resistant and U-14C-gelatinized bean starch in rat liver and body. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 44: 2324–2329.
    12. R. Abia, S.C. Fry, M.A. Eastwood (1996). Fate of U-14C-gelatinized and U-14C-retrograded bean starch in the rat. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 44: 2316–2323.
    13. J.G. Miller, C.J. Buchanan, M.A. Eastwood, S.C. Fry (1995). The solubilisation and hydrolysis of spinach cell wall polysaccharides in gastric and pancreatic fluids. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 68: 389–394.
    14. C.J. Buchanan<, S.C. Fry, M.A. Eastwood (1995). In vivo breakdown of dietary [methyl-14C] and [uronate-6-14C]pectin-labelled spinach cell walls by rat intestinal microorganisms and incorporation of 14C into host tissues. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 68: 175–185.
    15. C.J. Buchanan, S.C. Fry, M.A. Eastwood (1995). Metabolism of dietary (acetyl-1-14C)-plant cell walls in the rat intestine. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 67: 367–374.
    16. C.J. Buchanan, S.C. Fry, M.A. Eastwood (1994). The metabolism and fate of [methyl-14C]- and [uronate-14C]pectin-labelled dietary plant cell walls in the rat. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 66: 163–173.
    17. C.J. Buchanan, S.C. Fry, M.A. Eastwood (1994). Metabolism and fate of (U-14C)-labelled spinach cell walls in the rat. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 64: 135–140.
    18. D.F. Gray, S.C. Fry, M.A. Eastwood (1993). Uniformly 14C-labelled plant cell walls: production, analysis and behaviour in the rat’s gastrointestinal tract. British Journal of Nutrition 69: 177–188.
    19. D.F. Gray, M.A. Eastwood, W.G. Brydon, S.C. Fry (1993). Fermentation and subsequent disposition of 14C plant cell wall material in the rat. British Journal of Nutrition 69: 189–197.
    20. Reviews and book chapters:

    21. C.J. Buchanan, S.C. Fry, M.A. Eastwood (1996) The use of 14C-labelled substrates to study plant cell wall breakdown in the gastrointestinal tract. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 55: 927–936.

    • Popularised contributions to New Scientist’s “Last Word” page

    1. S.C. Fry (1996). Banana armour (The Last Word). New Scientist, July 1996.
    2. S.C. Fry (1996). Fruits of the C (The Last Word). New Scientist, September 1996.
    3. S.C. Fry (1999). Biosphere (The Last Word). New Scientist, April 1999.
    4. S.C. Fry (2002). Worm count (The Last Word). New Scientist, April 2002.
    5. S.C. Fry (2003). Citric secret (The Last Word). New Scientist, July 2003.
    6. S.C. Fry (2005). Hanging on (The Last Word). New Scientist, 23 July 2005.
    7. S.C. Fry (2011) ‘Funny Onion’ (The Last Word), New Scientist, 2 Apr 2011.
    8. S.C. Fry (2012) ‘Growth Spurt’ (The Last Word), New Scientist, 26 May 2012.
    9. S.C. Fry (2014). ‘The beet goes on’ (The Last Word), New Scientist, 3 May 2014.
    10. S.C. Fry (2016). ‘Sharp taste’ (The Last Word), New Scientist, 30 January 2016.
    11. S.C. Fry (2018). ‘Dead of night’ (The Last Word), New Scientist, 3 March 2018

     



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