Alex Costa

Best Publications

• Rice OsHKT2;1 transporter mediates large Na+ influx component into K+-starved roots for growth

  Tomoaki Horie;Alex Costa;Tae Houn Kim;Min Jung Han

  449
  Citations

• Isolation of a strong Arabidopsis guard cell promoter and its potential as a research tool

  Yingzhen Yang;Alex Costa;Nathalie Leonhardt;Robert S Siegel

  399
  Citations

• Nitric Oxide Is Involved in Cadmium-Induced Programmed Cell Death in Arabidopsis Suspension Cultures

  Roberto De Michele;Emanuela Vurro;Chiara Rigo;Alex Costa

  308
  Citations

• OsHKT1;5 mediates Na+ exclusion in the vasculature to protect leaf blades and reproductive tissues from salt toxicity in rice.

  Natsuko I. Kobayashi;Naoki Yamaji;Hiroki Yamamoto;Kaoru Okubo

  298
  Citations

• H2O2 in plant peroxisomes: an in vivo analysis uncovers a Ca(2+)-dependent scavenging system.

  Alex Costa;Ilaria Drago;Smrutisanjita Behera;Michela Zottini

  241
  Citations

• Thioredoxin-regulated β-amylase (BAM1) triggers diurnal starch degradation in guard cells, and in mesophyll cells under osmotic stress

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  239
  Citations

• The fluorescent protein sensor roGFP2-Orp1 monitors in vivo H2O2 and thiol redox integration and elucidates intracellular H2O2 dynamics during elicitor-induced oxidative burst in Arabidopsis

  Thomas Nietzel;Thomas Nietzel;Marlene Elsässer;Marlene Elsässer;Cristina Ruberti;Janina Steinbeck

  231
  Citations

• Salicylic acid activates nitric oxide synthesis in Arabidopsis

  Michela Zottini;Alex Costa;Roberto De Michele;Maria Ruzzene

  227
  Citations

• β-amylase 1 (BAM1) degrades transitory starch to sustain proline biosynthesis during drought stress

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  213
  Citations

• OsHKT1;4-mediated Na(+) transport in stems contributes to Na(+) exclusion from leaf blades of rice at the reproductive growth stage upon salt stress.

  Kei Suzuki;Naoki Yamaji;Alex Costa;Eiji Okuma

  210
  Citations

• ATP sensing in living plant cells reveals tissue gradients and stress dynamics of energy physiology

  Valentina De Col;Valentina De Col;Philippe Fuchs;Thomas Nietzel;Marlene Elsässer

  205
  Citations

• K+ transport by the OsHKT2;4 transporter from rice with atypical Na+ transport properties and competition in permeation of K+ over Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions.

  Tomoaki Horie;Dennis E. Brodsky;Alex Costa;Toshiyuki Kaneko

  185
  Citations

• AtKC1, a conditionally targeted Shaker-type subunit, regulates the activity of plant K+ channels.

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  157
  Citations

• Cellular Ca2+ Signals Generate Defined pH Signatures in Plants

  Smrutisanjita Behera;Smrutisanjita Behera;Zhaolong Xu;Laura Luoni;Maria Cristina Bonza

  155
  Citations

• Agroinfiltration of grapevine leaves for fast transient assays of gene expression and for long-term production of stable transformed cells

  Michela Zottini;Elisabetta Barizza;Alex Costa;Elide Formentin

  143
  Citations

• Redox homeostasis in photosynthetic organisms: Novel and established thiol-based molecular mechanisms

  Mirko Zaffagnini;Simona Fermani;Christophe H. Marchand;Alex Costa

  141
  Citations

• Perception of soft mechanical stress in Arabidopsis leaves activates disease resistance

  Lehcen Benikhlef;Floriane L’Haridon;Eliane Abou-Mansour;Mario Serrano

  134
  Citations

• The contribution of organelles to plant intracellular Calcium signalling.

  Alex Costa;Lorella Navazio;Ildiko Szabo

  134
  Citations

• Nuclear Accumulation of Cytosolic Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Cadmium-Stressed Arabidopsis Roots

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  125
  Citations

• The EF-Hand Ca2+ Binding Protein MICU Choreographs Mitochondrial Ca2+ Dynamics in Arabidopsis

  Stephan Wagner;Smrutisanjita Behera;Sara De Bortoli;David C. Logan

  118
  Citations