Researcher interests: Plant molecular biology; Secondary metabolism; Carotenoid biosynthesis; Plant biotechnology
FACULTY / SCHOOL: Faculty of Science
Selected Publications
a mutant allele of ΞΆ carotene isomerase z iso is associated with the yellow pigmentation of the pinalate sweet orange mutant and reveals new insights into its role in fruit carotenogenesis (2019)|
BMC Plant Biology|
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astaxanthin extends lifespan via altered biogenesis of the mitochondrial respiratory chain complex iii (2019)|
bioRxiv|
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nutritional value of potato solanum tuberosum in hot climates anthocyanins carotenoids and steroidal glycoalkaloids (2019)|
Planta|
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acetaldehyde inhibits retinoic acid biosynthesis to mediate alcohol teratogenicity (2018)|
Scientific Reports|
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effects of nicotine on the biosynthesis of carotenoids in halophilic archaea class halobacteria an hplc and raman spectroscopy study (2018)|
Extremophiles|
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fruit carotenoid deficient mutants in tomato reveal a function of the plastidial isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase idi1 in carotenoid biosynthesis (2016)|
Plant Journal|
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kinetic characterization and regulation of the human retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 enzyme during production of retinoic acid (2016)|
Biochemical Journal|
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the tomato mutation nxd1 reveals a gene necessary for neoxanthin biosynthesis and demonstrates that violaxanthin is a sufficient precursor for abscisic acid biosynthesis (2014)|
Plant Journal|
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formation of norisoprenoid flavor compounds in carrot daucus carota l roots characterization of a cyclic specific carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 gene (2013)|
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry|
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altered chloroplast development and delayed fruit ripening caused by mutations in a zinc metalloprotease at the lutescent2 locus of tomato (2012)|
Plant Physiology|
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