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Alison Baker is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, their subfields of study include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Ecology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Chromium effects and bioremediation
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Alison Baker's recent publications consist of work published between 2020 and 2023. Selected papers include:

  • "Catalase: A critical node in the regulation of cell fate" (2023), published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "Fixing the Broken Phosphorus Cycle: Wastewater Remediation by Microalgal Polyphosphates" (2020), published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Nuclear and peroxisomal targeting of catalase" (2022), published in Plant Cell & Environment
  • "A Simple and Non-destructive Method for Chlorophyll Quantification of Chlamydomonas Cultures Using Digital Image Analysis" (2020), published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • "Radiation treatment of benign tumors in NF2-related-schwannomatosis: A national study of 266 irradiated patients showing a significant increase in malignancy/malignant progression" (2023), published in Neuro-Oncology Advances

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, notably including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Planta
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators of Alison Baker's research include:

  • Miller Alonso Camargo-Valero
  • Christine H. Foyer
  • Barbara Karpińska
  • Tatiana Zúñiga-Burgos
  • Chi-Chuan Lin

Best Publications

  • Plant Peroxisomes: Biogenesis and Function

    Jianping Hu;Alison Baker;Bonnie Bartel;Nicole Linka

  • Control of germination and lipid mobilization by COMATOSE, the Arabidopsis homologue of human ALDP

    Steven Footitt;Stephen P. Slocombe;Victoria Larner;Smita Kurup

  • Stress induces peroxisome biogenesis genes

    Eduardo Lopez‐Huertas;Wayne L Charlton;Barbara Johnson;Ian A Graham

  • A 42K outer-membrane protein is a component of the yeast mitochondrial protein import site.

    Dietmar Vestweber;Josef Brunner;Alison Baker;Alison Baker;Gottfried Schatz

  • Plant catalases: peroxisomal redox guardians.

    Amna Mhamdi;Graham Noctor;Alison Baker

  • Chewing the fat: β-oxidation in signalling and development

    Alison Baker;Ian A. Graham;Michael Holdsworth;Steven M. Smith

  • Jasmonic acid levels are reduced in COMATOSE ATP-binding cassette transporter mutants. Implications for transport of jasmonate precursors into peroxisomes

    Frederica L. Theodoulou;Kathleen Job;Steven P. Slocombe;Steven Footitt

  • Plant peroxisomes as a source of signalling molecules.

    Yvonne Nyathi;Alison Baker

  • Germination and storage reserve mobilization are regulated independently in Arabidopsis

    Sarah L. Pritchard;Wayne L. Charlton;Alison Baker;Ian A. Graham

  • Replace, reuse, recycle: improving the sustainable use of phosphorus by plants

    Alison Baker;S. Antony Ceasar;Antony J. Palmer;Jaimie B. Paterson

  • The mitochondrial targeting function of randomly generated peptide sequences correlates with predicted helical amphiphilicity.

    B.D. Lemire;B.D. Lemire;C Fankhauser;C Fankhauser;A Baker;A Baker;G Schatz

  • Sequences from a prokaryotic genome or the mouse dihydrofolate reductase gene can restore the import of a truncated precursor protein into yeast mitochondria.

    Alison Baker;Gottfried Schatz

  • Intrinsic acyl-CoA thioesterase activity of a peroxisomal ATP binding cassette transporter is required for transport and metabolism of fatty acids.

    Carine De Marcos Lousa;Carlo W. T. van Roermund;Vincent L. G. Postis;Daniela Dietrich

  • An Arabidopsis pex10 null mutant is embryo lethal, implicating peroxisomes in an essential role during plant embryogenesis

    Imogen A. Sparkes;Federica Brandizzi;Stephen P. Slocombe;Mahmoud El-Shami

  • Peroxisomal ABC transporters.

    Frederica L. Theodoulou;Michael Holdsworth;Alison Baker

  • Phosphate Concentration and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonisation Influence the Growth, Yield and Expression of Twelve PHT1 Family Phosphate Transporters in Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica)

    S. Antony Ceasar;Angela Hodge;Alison Baker;Stephen A. Baldwin

  • The Breakdown of Stored Triacylglycerols Is Required during Light-Induced Stomatal Opening

    Deirdre H McLachlan;Jue Lan;Christoph-Martin Geilfus;Anthony N Dodd

  • The Arabidopsis thaliana multifunctional protein gene (MFP2) of peroxisomal beta-oxidation is essential for seedling establishment.

    Elizabeth L. Rylott;Peter J. Eastmond;Alison D. Gilday;Steve P. Slocombe

  • Peroxisome biogenesis and the role of protein import

    Laura-Anne Brown;Alison Baker

  • Jasmonic Acid Levels Are Reduced in COMATOSE ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter Mutants. Implications for Transport of Jasmonate Precursors

    Frederica L. Theodoulou;Kathleen Job;Steven P. Slocombe;Steven Footitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Baldwin
Stephen A. Baldwin University of Leeds
Ian A. Graham
Ian A. Graham University of York
S. Antony Ceasar
S. Antony Ceasar Rajagiri College of Social Sciences
Michael J. Holdsworth
Michael J. Holdsworth University of Nottingham
Tony R. Larson
Tony R. Larson University of York
Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu
Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu St Xavier’s College
Ronald J.A. Wanders
Ronald J.A. Wanders University of Amsterdam
Andrew C. Cuming
Andrew C. Cuming University of Leeds
Christine H. Foyer
Christine H. Foyer University of Birmingham
Hans R. Waterham
Hans R. Waterham University of Amsterdam

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