Search Results - "Peter S. Summers"

Coding and long non-coding RNAs provide evidence of distinct transcriptional reprogramming for two ecotypes of the extremophile plant Eutrema salsugineum undergoing water deficit stress by Simopoulos, Caitlin M A, MacLeod, Mitchell J R, Irani, Solmaz, Sung, Wilson W L, Champigny, Marc J, Summers, Peter S, Golding, G Brian, Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A

“…The severity and frequency of drought has increased around the globe, creating challenges in ensuring food security for a growing world population. As a…”
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RNA-Seq effectively monitors gene expression in Eutrema salsugineum plants growing in an extreme natural habitat and in controlled growth cabinet conditions by Champigny, Marc J, Sung, Wilson Wl, Catana, Vasile, Salwan, Rupa, Summers, Peter S, Dudley, Susan A, Provart, Nicholas J, Cameron, Robin K, Golding, G Brian, Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A

“…The investigation of extremophile plant species growing in their natural environment offers certain advantages, chiefly that plants adapted to severe habitats…”
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Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of Yukon Thellungiella plants grown in cabinets and their natural habitat show phenotypic plasticity by Guevara, David R, Champigny, Marc J, Tattersall, Ashley, Dedrick, Jeff, Wong, Chui E, Li, Yong, Labbe, Aurelie, Ping, Chien-Lu, Wang, Yanxiang, Nuin, Paulo, Golding, G Brian, McCarry, Brian E, Summers, Peter S, Moffatt, Barbara A, Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A

“…Thellungiella salsuginea is an important model plant due to its natural tolerance to abiotic stresses including salt, cold, and water deficits. Microarray and…”
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Identification of Phosphomethylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase from Arabidopsis and Its Role in Choline and Phospholipid Metabolism by BeGora, Michael D., Macleod, Mitchell J.R., McCarry, Brian E., Summers, Peter S., Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A.

“…Three sequential methylations of phosphoethanolamine (PEA) are required for the synthesis of phosphocholine (PCho) in plants. A cDNA encoding an…”
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Adenosine Kinase Deficiency Is Associated with Developmental Abnormalities and Reduced Transmethylation by Moffatt, Barbara A., Yvonne Y. Stevens, Allen, Michael S., Jamie D. Snider, Luiz A. Pereira, Margarita I. Todorova, Peter S. Summers, Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A., Luke Martin-Mc Caffrey, Wagner, Conrad

“…Adenosine (Ado) kinase (ADK; ATP:Ado 5′ phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.20) catalyzes the salvage synthesis of adenine monophosphate from Ado and ATP. In…”
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Benzyl isothiocyanate is the chief or sole anthelmintic in papaya seed extracts by Kermanshai, Rohan, McCarry, Brian E, Rosenfeld, Jack, Summers, Peter S, Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A, Sorger, George J

“…Papaya ( Carica papaya) seeds were extracted in an aqueous buffer or in organic solvents, fractionated by chromatography on silica and aliquots tested for…”
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Evidence that tolerance of Eutrema salsugineum to low phosphate conditions is hard-wired by constitutive metabolic and root-associated adaptations by Velasco, Vera Marjorie Elauria, Irani, Solmaz, Axakova, Anna, da Silva, Rosa, Summers, Peter S., Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A.

“…Main conclusion The extremophyte Eutrema salsugineum (Yukon ecotype) has adapted to an environment low in available phosphate through metabolic and…”
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Maintaining Methylation Activities during Salt Stress. The Involvement of Adenosine Kinase by Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A., Kristin J. Alexander, Martina Drebenstedt, Jamie D. Snider, Peter S. Summers, Moffatt, Barbara A.

“…Synthesis of the compatible osmolyte Gly betaine is increased in salt-stressed spinach (Spinacia oleracea). Gly betaine arises by oxidation of choline from…”
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Acclimation of the crucifer Eutrema salsugineum to phosphate limitation is associated with constitutively high expression of phosphate‐starvation genes by Velasco, Vera Marjorie Elauria, Mansbridge, John, Bremner, Samantha, Carruthers, Kimberley, Summers, Peter S., Sung, Wilson W.L., Champigny, Marc J., Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A.

“…Eutrema salsugineum, a halophytic relative of Arabidopsis thaliana, was subjected to varying phosphate (Pi) treatments. Arabidopsis seedlings grown on 0.05 mm…”
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Identification and Stereospecificity of the First Three Enzymes of 3-Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Biosynthesis in a Chlorophyte Alga by Peter S. Summers, Nolte, Kurt D., Arthur J. L. Cooper, Heidi Borgeas, Leustek, Thomas, Rhodes, David, Hanson, Andrew D.

“…Many marine algae produce 3-dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), a potent osmoprotective compound whose degradation product dimethylsulfide plays a central role…”
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Molecular characterization of the Brittle-2 gene effect on maize endosperm ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase subunits by Preiss, J. (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI), Danner, S, Summers, P.S, Morell, M, Barton, C.R, Yang, L, Nieder, M

“…Activity of the enzyme ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase is known to be reduced in maize (Zea mays L.) endosperm mutants at two independent loci, Shrunken-2 (Sh2)…”
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Phosphocholine synthesis in spinach: Characterization of phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase by Smith, David D., Summers, Peter S., Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A.

“…Phosphocholine is a precursor for phosphatidylcholine or it may be hydrolysed to choline. Choline can be oxidized to form the compatible osmolyte glycine…”
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Choline synthesis in spinach in relation to salt stress by Summers, P.S, Weretilnyk, E.A

“…Choline metabolism was examined in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) plants growing under nonsaline and saline conditions. In spinach, choline is required for…”
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Enzymes of choline synthesis in spinach. Response of phospho-base N-methyltransferase activities to light and salinity by Weretilnyk, E.A. (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.), Smith, D.D, Wilch, G.A, Summers, P.S

“…In spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.), choline is synthesized by the sequential N-methylation of phosphoethanolamine leads to phosphomono- leads to phosphodi-…”
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Maintaining Methylation Activities during Salt Stress. The Involvement of Adenosine Kinase1 by Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A., Alexander, Kristin J., Drebenstedt, Martina, Snider, Jamie D., Summers, Peter S., Moffatt, Barbara A.

“…Synthesis of the compatible osmolyte Gly betaine is increased in salt-stressed spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ). Gly betaine arises by oxidation of choline from…”
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Adenosine Kinase Deficiency Is Associated with Developmental Abnormalities and Reduced Transmethylation1 by Moffatt, Barbara A., Stevens, Yvonne Y., Allen, Michael S., Snider, Jamie D., Pereira, Luiz A., Todorova, Margarita I., Summers, Peter S., Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A., Martin-McCaffrey, Luke, Wagner, Conrad

“…Adenosine (Ado) kinase (ADK; ATP:Ado 5′ phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.20 ) catalyzes the salvage synthesis of adenine monophosphate from Ado and ATP. In…”
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Identification and Stereospecificity of the First Three Enzymes of 3-Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Biosynthesis in a Chlorophyte Alga1 by Summers, Peter S., Nolte, Kurt D., Cooper, Arthur J.L., Borgeas, Heidi, Leustek, Thomas, Rhodes, David, Hanson, Andrew D.

“…Abstract Many marine algae produce 3-dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), a potent osmoprotective compound whose degradation product dimethylsulfide plays a…”
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Investigations into protein synthesis in protoplasts isolated from laminae of Hordeum vulgare by Summers, Peter S

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Translocation studies of glyphosate and picloram in Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.) by Summers, Peter S

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