Research Publications

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

(1)  John P. Moore, Kim L Westall, Neil Ravenscroft, Jill M. Farrant, George G. Lindsey, Wolf F. Brandt. 2005. The predominant polyphenol in the leaves of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolius, 3, 4, 5 tri-O-galloylquinic acid, protects membranes against desiccation and free radical induced oxidation. Biochemical Journal. 385, 301-308.  

 

(2)    John P. Moore, Jill M. Farrant, George G. Lindsey, Wolf F. Brandt. 2005. The South African and Namibian populations of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolius are genetically distinct and display variation in their galloylquinic acid composition. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 31(12), 2823-2834.  

 

(3)    John P. Moore, Eric Nguema-Ona, Laurence Chevalier, George G. Lindsey, Wolf F. Brandt, Patrice Lerouge, Jill M. Farrant, Azeddine Driouich. 2006. Response of the leaf cell wall to desiccation in the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolius. Plant Physiology. 141, 651-662.

 

(4)    John P. Moore, Jill M. Farrant, George G Lindsey, Wolf F Brandt. 2007. An overview of the biology of the desiccation tolerant resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia. Annals of Botany. 99, 211-217.  

 

(5)    John P. Moore, Meredith Hearshaw, Neil Ravenscroft, Jill M. Farrant, George G Lindsey, Wolf F Brandt. 2007. Desiccation-induced ultrastructural and biochemical changes in the leaves of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia. Australian Journal of Botany. 55(4), 482-491.  

 

(6)    John P. Moore, Jill M. Farrant, Azeddine Driouich. 2008. A role for pectin-associated arabinans in maintaining the flexibility of the plant cell wall during water deficit stress. Plant Signaling and Behavior. 3(2), 102-104.

 

(7)    John P. Moore, Mäite Vicré-Gibouin, Jill M. Farrant, Azeddine Driouich. 2008. Adaptations of higher plant cell walls to water loss: drought versus desiccation. Physiologia Plantarum 134(2), 237-245.  

 

(8) John P. Moore, Benoit Divol, Philip R. Young, Hélène H. Nieuwoudt, Viresh P. Ramburan, Maret du Toit, Florian F. Bauer, Melané A Vivier. 2008. Wine Biotechnology in South Africa: Towards a systems approach to wine science. Biotechnology Journal. 3, 1355-1367.

 

(9)    John P. Moore, Ngoc Tuan Le, Wolf F. Brandt, Azeddine Driouich, Jill M. Farrant. 2009. Towards a systems-based understanding of plant desiccation tolerance. Trends in Plant Science 14(2), 110-117.

 

(10) John P. Moore, Miranda Waldron, George G. Lindsey, Jill M. Farrant, Wolf F. Brandt. 2011. Surface microbiota on the leaves and reproductive structures of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia. South African Journal of Botany 77(2), 485-491.

 

(11)      Arox Kamng’ona, John P. Moore, George G. Lindsey, Wolf F. Brandt. 2011. Inhibition of HIV-1 and MMLV reverse transcriptases by the major polyphenol (3, 4, 5 tri-O-galloylquinic acid) of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 26(6), 843-853.

 

(12) Jill M. Farrant, John P. Moore. 2011. Programming desiccation-tolerance: from plants to seeds to resurrection plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 14(3), pp. 340-345.  

 

(13) Eric Nguema-Ona, John P. Moore, Alexandra Fagerstrom, Jonatan U Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Annatjie Hugo, Melané A Vivier. 2012. Profiling the main cell wall polysaccharides of tobacco leaves using high-throughput and fractionation techniques. Carbohydrate Polymers 88(3), pp. 939-949.

 

(14) Eric E. Nguema-Ona, John P. Moore, Alexandra Fagerstrom, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Annatjie Hugo, Melané A Vivier. 2013. Overexpression of the grapevine PGIP1 in tobacco leaves results in an altered arabinoxyloglucan composition in the absence of fungal infection. BMC Plant Biology 13(46), 1-15.

 

(15) John P. Moore, Eric Nguema-Ona, Maite Vicré-Gibouin, Iben Sorensen, William G.T. Willats, Azeddine Driouich, Jill M. Farrant. 2013. Arabinose-rich polymers as an evolutionary strategy to

       plasticize resurrection plant cell walls against desiccation. Planta 237(3), 739-754.

 

(16) John P. Moore, Eric Nguema-Ona, Alexandra Fagerstrom, Jonatan U Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Annatjie Hugo, Melané A Vivier. 2014. Profiling the main cell wall polysaccharides of grapevine leaves using high-throughput and fractionation techniques. Carbohydrate Polymers 99, 190-198.

 

(17) Barbara Plancot, Gaëtan Vanier, Florian Maire, Muriel Bardor, Patrice Lerouge, Jill. M. Farrant, John P. Moore, Azeddine Driouich, Maite Vicré-Gibouin, Carlos Afonso, Corinne Loutelier-Bourhis. 2014. Structural characterization of arabinoxylans from two African plant species Eragrostis nindensis and Eragrostis tef using various mass spectrometric methods. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 28 (8), 908-916.

 

(18) John P. Moore, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Melané A Vivier. 2014. Pectic-β(1,4)-galactan, extensin and arabinogalactan-protein epitopes differentiate ripening stages in wine and table grape cell walls. Annals of Botany, 114(6), 1279-1294.

 

(19) Anscha J.J. Zietsman, John P. Moore, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Johan Trygg, Melané A Vivier. 2015. Following the compositional changes of fresh grape skin cell walls during the fermentation process in the presence and absence of maceration enzymes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 63(10), 2798-2810.

 

(20) Yu Gao, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Melané A Vivier, John P. Moore. 2015. Dissecting the polysaccharide-rich grape cell wall matrix during the winemaking process using high-throughput and fractionation methods. Carbohydrate Polymers 133, 567-577.

 

(21) Anscha J. J. Zietsman, John P. Moore, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Melané A. Vivier. 2015. Profiling the hydrolysis of isolated grape berry skin cell walls by purified enzymes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 63, 8267−8274.

 

(22) John P. Moore, Jill M. Farrant. 2015. Editorial: Current advances and challenges in understanding plant desiccation tolerance. Frontiers in Plant Science 6, 78.

 

(23) John P. Moore, Song-Lei Zhang, Helene Nieuwoudt, Benoit Divol, Johan Trygg, Florian F. Bauer. 2015. A multivariate approach using attenuated total reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopy to measure the surface mannoproteins and β-glucans of yeast cell walls during wine fermentations. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 63 (45), 10054-10063.

 

(24) Maxime Gotté,, Magalie Bénard, Marie-Christine Kiefer-Meyer, Rim Jaber, John P. Moore, Maïté Vicré-Gibouin, Azeddine Driouich. 2016. Endoplasmic reticulum body–related gene expression in different root zones of Arabidopsis isolated by laser-assisted microdissection. The Plant Genome 9, 2.

 

(25) Yu Gao, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Melané A Vivier, John P. Moore. 2016. Effect of intra-vineyard ripeness variation on the efficiency of commercial enzymes on berry cell wall deconstruction under winemaking conditions Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 64, 3862-3872.

 

(26) Yu Gao, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Melané A Vivier, John P. Moore. 2016. Dissecting the polysaccharide-rich grape cell wall matrix using recombinant pectinases during winemaking. Carbohydrate Polymers 152, 510-519.

 

(27) Florent Weiller, John P. Moore, Philip Young, Azeddine Driouich, Melané A Vivier. 2017. The Brassicaceae species Heliophila coronopifolia produces root border-like cells that protect the root tip and secrete defensin peptides. Annals of Botany 119, 803-813.

 

(28) Anscha J. J. Zietsman, John P. Moore, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Melané A. Vivier. 2017. Combining hydrothermal pretreatment with enzymes de-pectinates and exposes the inner most xyloglucan-rich hemicellulose layers of wine grape pomace. Food Chemistry 232, 340-350.

 

(29) Gonzalo Garrido-Bañuelos, Astrid Buica, Julia Schückel, Anscha J.J. Zietsman, William G.T. Willats, John P. Moore, Wessel J. du Toit. 2018. Investigating the relationship between grape cell wall polysaccharide composition and the extractability of phenolic compounds into Shiraz wines. Part I: vintage and ripeness effects, Food Chemistry 278, 36-46.

 

(30) Gonzalo Garrido-Bañuelos, Astrid Buica, Julia Schückel, Anscha J.J. Zietsman, William G.T. Willats, John P. Moore, Wessel J. du Toit. 2018. Investigating the relationship between cell wall polysaccharide composition and the extractability of grape phenolic compounds into Shiraz wines. Part II: extractability during fermentation into wines made from grapes of different ripeness levels, Food Chemistry 278, 26-35.

 

(31) Coralie Chuberre, Barbara Plancot, Azeddine Driouich, John P. Moore, Muriel Bardor, Bruno Gugi, Maïté Vicré. 2018. Plant immunity is compartmentalized and specialized in roots. Frontiers in Plant Science. 871, 1692.

 

(32) Yu Gao, Anscha J. J. Zietsman, Melané A Vivier, John P. Moore. 2019. Deconstructing wine grape cell walls with enzymes during winemaking: new insights from glycan microarray technology. Molecules 24 (1), 165.

 

(33) Joanne Bentley, John P. Moore, Jill M. Farrant. 2019. Metabolomics as a complement to phylogenetics for assessing intraspecific boundaries in the desiccation-tolerant medicinal shrub Myrothamnus flabellifolia (Myrothamnaceae). Phytochemistry 159, 127-136.

 

(34) Joanne Bentley, John P. Moore, Jill M. Farrant. 2019. Metabolomic profiling of the desiccation-tolerant medicinal shrub Myrothamnus flabellifolia indicates phenolic variability across its natural habitat: implications for tea and cosmetics production. Molecules, 24(7), 1240.

 

(35) Azeddine Driouich, Carine Smith, Marc Ropitaux, Marie Chambard, Isabelle Boulogne, Sophie Bernard, Marie‐Laure Follet‐Gueye, Maïté Vicré, John P. Moore. 2019. Root extracellular traps versus neutrophil extracellular traps in host defence, a case of functional convergence? Biological Reviews. 94(5), 1685-1700.

 

(36) Yu Gao, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, John P. Moore. 2019. Tracking polysaccharides during white winemaking using glycan microarrays reveals glycoprotein-rich sediments. Food Research International 123, 662-673.

 

(37) Chih-Ta Lin, Tao Xu, Shi-Lai Xing, Li Zhao, Run-Ze Sun, Yang Liu, John P. Moore, Xin Deng. 2019. Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) reveals the hub role of protein ubiquitination in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance in Boea hygrometrica. Plant and Cell Physiology 60(12), 2707-2719.

 

(38) Andrea Osete-Alcaraz, Encarna Gómez-Plaza, Pilar Martínez-Pérez, Florent Weiller, Julia Schückel, William G.T. Willats, John P. Moore, José M. Ros-García, Ana B. Bautista-Ortín. 2020. The impact of carbohydrate-active enzymes on mediating cell wall polysaccharide-tannin interactions in a wine-like matrix. Food Research International 129, 108889.

 

(39) Joanne Bentley, Elisabeth K. Olsen, John P. Moore, Jill M. Farrant. 2020. The phenolic profile extracted from the desiccation-tolerant medicinal shrub Myrothamnus flabellifolia using Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents varies according to the solvation conditions. Phytochemistry 173, 112323.

 

(40) Jill M. Farrant, John P. Moore, Henk M.W. Hilhorst. 2020. Editorial: Unifying insights into the desiccation tolerance mechanisms of resurrection plants and seeds. Frontiers in Plant Science 11, 1089.

 

(41) Florent Weiller, Lorenz Gerber, Johan Trygg, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Azeddine Driouich, Melané A Vivier, John P. Moore. 2020. Overexpression of VviPGIP1 and NtCAD14 in tobacco screened using glycan microarrays reveals cell wall reorganisation in the absence of fungal infection. Vaccines. 8, 388.

 

(42) Andrea Osete-Alcaraz, Encarna Gómez-Plaza, Pilar Martínez-Pérez, Florent Weiller, Julia Schückel, William G.T. Willats, John P. Moore, José M. Ros-García, Ana B. Bautista-Ortín. 2021. The influence of hydrolytic enzymes on tannin adsorption-desorption onto grape cell walls in a wine-like matrix Molecules 26, 770. 

 

(43) Yu Gao, Xiangjing Yin, Haoyu Jiang, Jeanett Hansen, Bodil Jørgensen, John P. Moore, Peining Fu, Wei Wu, Bohan Yang, Wenxiu Ye, Shiren Song, Jiang Lu. 2021. Comprehensive leaf cell wall analysis using carbohydrate microarrays reveals polysaccharide-level variation between Vitis species with differing resistance to Downy Mildew. Polymers 13, 1379.

 

(44) Yu Gao, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Melané A Vivier, John P. Moore. 2021. Differences in berry skin and pulp cell wall polysaccharides from ripe and overripe Shiraz grapes evaluated using glycan profiling reveals extensin-rich flesh. Food Chemistry 130180.

 

(45) Azeddine Driouich; Alexia Gaudry; Barbara Pawlak; John P. Moore. 2021. Root cap-derived cells and mucilage, a protective network at the root tip. Protoplasma 258, 1179-1185.

 

(46) Florent Weiller, Julia Schückel, William G.T. Willats, Azeddine Driouich, Melané A Vivier, John P. Moore. 2021. Tracking cell wall changes in wine and table grapes undergoing Botrytis cinerea infection using glycan microarrays. Annals of Botany, 128, 527-543.

 

(47) Gonzalo Garrido-Bañuelos, Astrid Buica, Brock Kuhlman, Julia Schückel, Anscha J.J. Zietsman, William G.T. Willats, John P. Moore, Wessel J. du Toit. 2021. Untangling the impact of red wine maceration times on wine ageing. A multidisciplinary approach focusing on extended maceration in Shiraz wines. Food Research International 150, 110697.

 

(48) Brock Kuhlman, Jeanett Hansen, Bodil Jørgensen, Wessel J. du Toit, John P. Moore. 2022. The effect of enzyme treatment on polyphenol and cell wall polysaccharide extraction from the grape berry and subsequent sensory attributes in Cabernet Sauvignon wines. Food Chemistry 385, 132645

 

(49) Anscha J.J. Zietsman, John P. Moore, Jonatan U. Fangel, William G.T. Willats, Melané A. Vivier. 2022. Commercial yeast strains expressing polygalacturonase and glucanase unravel the cell walls of Chardonnay grape pomace. Biology 11, 664.

 

(50) Halford J.W. Dace, Ademola E. Adetunji, John P. Moore, Jill M. Farrant, Henk W.M. Hilhorst. 2023. A review of the role of metabolites in vegetative desiccation tolerance of Angiosperms. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 75, 102410.

 

(51) Brock Kuhlman, Jose Luis Aleixandre-Tudo, Wessel J. du Toit, John P. Moore. 2023. Pectolytic enzyme treatment partially degrades an arabinogalactan protein–rhamnogalacturonan I–xyloglucan co-polymer in red wine as characterised using epitope mass profiling. Food Hydrocolloids 145, 109100.

 

(52) Dominic Vogel, Paul Hills, John P. Moore. 2023. Strigolactones GR-24 and Nijmegen applications result in reduced susceptibility of tobacco and grapevine plantlets to Botrytis cinerea infection. Plants 12(18), 3202.

 

(53) Brock Kuhlman, Jose Luis Aleixandre-Tudo, John P. Moore, Wessel du Toit. 2024. Arabinogalactan proteins and polysaccharides compete directly with condensed tannins for saliva proteins influencing astringency perception of Cabernet Sauvignon wines. Food Chemistry 137625.

 

(54) Brock Kuhlman, Jose Luis Aleixandre-Tudo, John P. Moore, Wessel du Toit. 2024. Astringency perception in a red wine context – a review. Oeno One 58(1).

 

(55) Nicole C. Venter, Eunice Avenant, Theunis N. Kotze, Paul N. Hills, John P. Moore. 2024. Plant biostimulants enhance bud break in Vitis vinifera Crimson Seedless using combination treatments. Horticulturae 10(5), 471.

 

(56) John P. Moore, Brock Kuhlman, Jeanett Hansen, Leonardo Gomez, Bodil Jørgensen, Dorothea Bartels. 2024. Cell wall profiling of the resurrection plants Craterostigma plantagineum and Lindernia brevidens and their desiccation-sensitive relative, Lindernia subracemosa. Plants 13(16), 2235.

 

(57) Azeddine Driouich, Marie-Laure Follet Gueye, Maïté Vicré, John P. Moore. 2024. The root extracellular trap; a complex and dynamic biomatrix network essential for plant protection. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 82, 102656.

 

(58) Marco Biancucci, Daniele Chirivì, Alessio Baldini, Eugene Badenhorst, Fabio Dobetti, Bahman Khahani, Elide Formentin, Tenai Eguen, Franziska Turck, John P. Moore, Elahe Tavakol, Stephan Wenkel, Fiorella Lo Schiavo, Ignacio Ezquer, Vittoria Brambilla, David Horner, Matteo Chiara, Giorgio Perrella, Camilla Betti, Fabio Fornara. 2025. Mutations in HEADING DATE 1 affect transcription and cell wall composition in rice. Plant Physiology 197 (4), kiaf120, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf120

 

(59) Xiuxiu Chen, Songsong Jina, Hong Du, Zebin Liu, Congcong Hou, Yuanyuan Wang, Ling Tang, Zhaolin Yang, Tong Zhao, Jinying Ma, Lanjun Zhang, Meijing Lia, Dongdong Qia, Wenlong Li, Xiaohua Wang, Runze Sun, John P. Moore, Yongxiu Liu, Jinxing Lina, Xin Deng. 2025. Plasma membrane CYBDOM proteins catalyze apoplastic AsA regeneration and interact with RbohD to activate autophagy and drought tolerance in plants. Nature Plants https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02057-y.

BOOK CHAPTERS

(1)    John P. Moore, Benoit Divol. 2010. Tracking the careers of grape and wine polymers using biotechnology and systems biology. In Biotechnology in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (Eds. D, Bagchi; F, Lau and D, Ghosh) Taylor and Francis Publishers, CRC Press, USA pp. 389-406.

 

(2)    John P. Moore, Jill M Farrant. 2012. A systems-based molecular biology analysis of resurrection plants for crop and forage improvement. In "Improving Crop Resistance to Abiotic Stress: Omics Approaches" (Eds. N, Tuteja; S, Gill; A, Tiburcio; R, Tuteja) Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., Germany pp. 399-418.

 

(3)    John P. Moore, Yu Gao, Anscha Zietsman, Jonatan Fangel, Johan Trygg, William G.T. Willats, Melané A Vivier. 2020. Analysis of plant cell walls using high-throughput profiling techniques with multivariate methods. In The Plant Cell Wall: Methods and Protocols (Ed. Z, Popper) Springer, Humana, New York, USA pp. 327-337.

 

(4)    John P Moore, Maite Vicré, Eric Nguema-Ona, Azeddine Driouich, Jill M. Farrant. 2023. Drying out walls: How do the cell walls of resurrection plants survive desiccation? In ‘Plant Cell Walls - Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights’ (Ed. A, Geitmann) CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) USA pp. 441-451.

 

(5)    Eric Nguema-Ona, Romain Castilleux, John P. Moore, Maite Vicré, Azeddine Driouich. 2023. Root cell walls and secretions: a role in plant relationship with its surrounding soil microbiome. In ‘Plant Cell Walls - Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights’ (Ed. A, Geitmann) CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) USA pp. 340-351.

 

THESIS

(1)    John P. Moore. 2006. The role of polyphenols and the cell wall in relation to the desiccation tolerance of the resurrection plant, Myrothamnus flabellifolia (Welw.). PhD Thesis, University of Cape Town, pp. 198.

 

POPULAR ARTICLES

 

(1)    John P. Moore, Jill M Farrant, George G Lindsey and Wolf F Brandt. 2007. The resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia: One species or many? Veld and Flora (Journal of the Botanical Society of South Africa). Vol. 93. pp. 161-163.

 

(2)    Anscha J.J. Zietsman, Melané A. Vivier and John P. Moore. 2016. Investigating wine grape cell walls (Selwande van die wingerd plant). Wineland. pp. 80-83 (March)

 

(3)    Yu Gao, Melané A. Vivier and John P. Moore. 2019. Pectinases improve consistency in winemaking. Wineland, pp. 60-61 (July).

 

(4)    Julie Barthoux, Bastien Nazaris, Yu Gao, John P. Moore, Virginie Moine. 2019. Structure de la paroi cellulaire du raisin rouge. Impact de la maturité et des préparations enzymatiques. (The structure of the red grape cell wall – The impact of grape maturity and enzyme preparations) Revues des Oenologues no. 172 pp. 27-30 (July).

 

(5)    Yu Gao, Melané A. Vivier and John P. Moore. 2019. Pectin-Lyase – the key wine enzyme? Exploring the secret ingredients of enzyme mixes and cocktails. Wineland, pp. 60-61 (August).

 

(6)    Alana Seabrook, Julie Barthoux, Bastien Nazaris, Virginie Moine, John Moore. 2019. New knowledge on grape cell wall structure and the effects of maceration enzymes. Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker. no. 668, pp. 60-65 (September).