Brancourt-Hulmel M, Arnoult S, Cézard L, El Hage F, Gineau E, Girones J, Griveau Y, Jacquemot MP, Jaffuel S, Mignot E, Mouille G, Lapierre C, Legée F, Méchin V, Navard P, Vo LTT, Reymond M (2022). A Comparative Study of Maize and Miscanthus Regarding Cell-Wall Composition and Stem Anatomy for Conversion into Bioethanol and Polymer Composites. BioEnergy Research, 15: 777–791. DOI

Garajová S, Patel I, Lomascolo A, Legée F, Cézard L, Cottyn B, Lecourt M, Bertrand E, Sciara G, Tapin-Lingua S, Baumberger S, Faulds CB, Record E (2021). Treatment of wood fibres with laccases: improved hardboard properties through phenolic oligomerization. Eur J Wood Wood Prod, 79, pages 1369–1382. DOI

Vo LTT, Girones J, Jacquemot MP, Legée F, Cézard L, Lapierre C, El Hage F, Méchin V, Reymond M, Navard P (2020). Correlations between genotype biochemical characteristics and mechanical properties of maize stem - polyethylene composites. Ind Crops Prod, 143: 111925. DOI

Le Bris P, Wang Y, Barbereau C, Antelme S, Cézard L, Legée F, D'Orlando A, Dalmais M, Bendahmane A, Schuetz M, Samuels L, Lapierre C, Sibout R (2019). Inactivation of LACCASE8 and LACCASE5 genes in Brachypodium distachyon leads to severe decrease in lignin content and high increase in saccharification yield without impacting plant integrity. Biotechnol Biofuels, 12:181. PubMed | DOI

Sibout R, Proost S, Hansen BO, Vaid N, Giorgi FM, Ho-Yue-Kuang S, Legée F, Cezart L, Bouchabké-Coussa O, Soulhat C, Provart N, Pasha A, Le Bris P, Roujol D, Höfte H, Jamet E, Lapierre C, Persson S, Mutwil M (2017). Expression atlas and comparative coexpression network analyses reveal important genes involved in the formation of lignified cell wall in Brachypodium distachyon. New Phytol, 215:1009-1025. PubMed | DOI

Van Acker R, Déjardin A, Desmet S, Hoengenaert L, Vanholme R, Morreel K, Laurans F, Kim H, Santoro N, Foster C, Goeminne G, Legée F, Lapierre C, Pilate G, Ralph J, Boerjan W (2017). Different Routes for Conifer- and Sinapaldehyde and Higher Saccharification upon Deficiency in the Dehydrogenase CAD1. Plant Physiol, 175:1018-1039. PubMed | DOI

Voxeur A, Soubigou-Taconnat L, Legée F, Sakai K, Antelme S, Durand-Tardif M, Lapierre C, Sibout R (2017). Altered lignification in mur1-1 a mutant deficient in GDP-L-fucose synthesis with reduced RG-II cross linking. PLoS One, 12:e0184820. PubMed | DOI

Ho-Yue-Kuang S, Alvarado C, Antelme S, Bouchet B, Cézard L, Le Bris P, Legée F, Maia-Grondard A, Yoshinaga A, Saulnier L, Guillon F, Sibout R, Lapierre C, Chateigner-Boutin AL (2016). Mutation in Brachypodium caffeic acid O-methyltransferase 6 alters stem and grain lignins and improves straw saccharification without deteriorating grain quality. J Exp Bot, 67:227-237. PubMed | DOI

Sibout R, Le Bris P, Legée F, Cézard L, Renault H, Lapierre C (2016). Structural Redesigning Arabidopsis Lignins into Alkali-Soluble Lignins through the Expression of p-Coumaroyl-CoA:Monolignol Transferase PMT. Plant Physiol, 170:1358-1366. PubMed | DOI

Aguié-Béghin V, Foulon L, Soto P, Crônier D, Corti E, Legée F, Cézard L, Chabbert B, Maillard MN, Huijgen WJ, Baumberger S (2015). Use of food and packaging model matrices to investigate the antioxidant properties of biorefinery grass lignins. J Agric Food Chem, 63:10022-10031. PubMed | DOI

Wang Y, Bouchabké-Coussa O, Le Bris P, Antelme S, Soulhat C, Gineau E, Dalmais M, Bendahmane A, Morin H, Mouille G, Legée F, Cézard L, Lapierre C, Sibout R (2015). LACCASE5 is required for lignification of the Brachypodium distachyon Culm. Plant Physiol, 168:192-204. PubMed | DOI

Méchin V, Laluc A, Legée F, Cézard L, Denoue D, Barriere Y, Lapierre C (2014). Impact of the brown-midrib bm5 mutation on maize lignins. J Agric Food Chem, 62:5102-5107. PubMed | DOI

Timpano H, Sibout R, Devaux MF, Alvarado C, Looten R, Falourd X, Pontoire B, Martin M, Legée F, Cézard L, Lapierre C, Badel E, Citerne S, Vernhettes S, Höfte H, Guillon F, Gonneau M (2014). Brachypodium Cell Wall Mutant with Enhanced Saccharification Potential Despite Increased Lignin Content. BioEnergy Research, 8:53-67. PubMed | DOI

Van Acker R, Leple JC, Aerts D, Storme V, Goeminne G, Ivens B, Legée F, Lapierre C, Piens K, Van Montagu MC, Santoro N, Foster CE, Ralph J, Soetaert W, Pilate G, Boerjan W (2014). Improved saccharification and ethanol yield from field-grown transgenic poplar deficient in cinnamoyl-CoA reductase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 111:845-850. PubMed | DOI

Bouvier D'yvoire M, Bouchabké-Coussa O, Voorend W, Antelme S, Cézard L, Legée F, Le Bris P, Legay S, Whitehead C, Mcqueen-Mason SJ, Gomez LD, Jouanin L, Lapierre C, Sibout R (2013). Disrupting the cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 1 gene (BdCAD1) leads to altered lignification and improved saccharification in Brachypodium distachyon. Plant J, 73:496-508. PubMed | DOI

Dalmais M, Antelme S, Ho-Yue-Kuang S, Wang Y, Darracq O, D'yvoire MB, Cézard L, Legée F, Blondet E, Oria N, Troadec C, Brunaud V, Jouanin L, Höfte H, Bendahmane A, Lapierre C, Sibout R (2013). A TILLING Platform for Functional Genomics in Brachypodium distachyon. PLoS One, 8:e65503. PubMed | DOI