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Denis Kao

 

PhD 2020  Academia Sinica, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Molecular and Cell Biology Program

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M.S. 2008 Fungal Biotechnology, University Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France

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M.S., 2003 Life and Health Science, University of François Rabelais, Tours, France

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B.S., 2002  Biochemistry,, University of François Rabelais, Tours, France

 

 

Publications

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1. Jing Li, Shih-Yi Hsiung, Mu-Rong Kao, Xiaohui Xing, Shu-Chieh Chang, Damao Wang, Pei-Yun Hsieh, Pi-Hui Liang, Zaibiao Zhu, Ting-Jen Rachel Cheng, Jiun-Jie Shie, Jing-Ping Liou, D. Wade Abbott, Sung Won Kwon, Yves S.Y. Hsieh. (2022, Nov). Structural compositions and biological activities of cell wall polysaccharides in the rhizome, stem, and leaf of Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce. Carbohydrate Research, 521, 108662.

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2. Damao Wang, Mu-Rong Kao, Jing Li, Peicheng Sun, Qijun Meng, Anisha Vyas, Pi-Hui Liang, Yane-Shih Wang & Yves S. Y. Hsieh (2022, Aug). Novel two-step process in cellulose depolymerization: hematite-mediated photocatalysis by lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase and Fenton reaction. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 70(32): 9941-9947.

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3. Mei-Huey Wu, Mu-Rong Kao, Chen-Wei Li, Su-May Yu & Tuan-Hua David Ho (2022, Jun). A unique self-truncation of bacterial GH5 endoglucanases leads to enhanced activity and thermostability. BMC Biology, 20: 137.

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4. Meng-Chun Lin, Hsion-Wen Kuo, Mu-Rong Kao, Wen-Dar Lin, Chen-Wei Li, Kuo-Sheng Hung, Sheng-Chih Yang, Su-May Yu & Tuan-Hua David Ho (2021, May). From simple and specific zymographic detections to the annotation of a fungus Daldinia caldariorum D263 that encodes a wide range of highly bioactive cellulolytic enzymes. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14: 120.

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5. Mu-Rong Kao, Su-May Yu & Tuan-Hua David Ho (2021, May). Improvements of the productivity and saccharification efficiency of the cellulolytic β-glucosidase D2-BGL in Pichia pastoris via directed evolution. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14: 126. 

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6. Mu-Rong Kao, Hsion-Wen Kuo, Cheng-Chung Lee, Kuan-Ying Huang, Ting-Yen Huang, Chen-Wei Li, C. Will Chen, Andrew H. -J. Wang, Su-May Yu & Tuan-Hua David Ho (2019, Nov). Chaetomella raphigera β-glucosidase D2-BGL has intriguing structural features and a high substrate affinity that renders it an efficient cellulase supplement for lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 12: 258. 

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