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Antonio F. Tiburcio

Antonio F. Tiburcio

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
12283
World Ranking
16032
National Ranking
355

Overview

Antonio F. Tiburcio is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of plant science, molecular biology, and biochemistry.

Their work covers a number of key topics including:

  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Seed Germination and Physiology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Antonio F. Tiburcio has authored several recent papers, notable for their focus on plant physiology and molecular responses to environmental stresses. These include:

  • "Polyamines: Small Amines with Large Effects on Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance" (2020, Cells)
  • "Putrescine elicits ROS-dependent activation of the salicylic acid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana" (2020, Plant Cell & Environment)
  • "Lipid kinases PIP5K7 and PIP5K9 are required for polyamine-triggered K⁺ efflux in Arabidopsis roots" (2020, The Plant Journal)
  • "Involvement of Polyamine Metabolism in the Response of Medicago truncatula Genotypes to Salt Stress" (2021, Plants)
  • "Systems biology reveals key tissue-specific metabolic and transcriptional signatures involved in the response of Medicago truncatula plant genotypes to salt stress" (2021, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Rubén Alcázar
  • Xavier Zarza
  • Chrystalla Antoniou
  • Gholamreza Gohari
  • Panagiota S. Filippou

Antonio F. Tiburcio's research has been published across various scientific venues, with contributions appearing in:

  • Cells
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • The Plant Journal
  • Plants
  • Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Their studies typically investigate the roles of polyamines in plant stress tolerance mechanisms, signaling pathways, and metabolism, with a focus on legume models such as Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis thaliana. The research includes exploring molecular and metabolic responses to abiotic stresses such as salinity and oxidative stress, often integrating systems biology approaches.

Best Publications

  • Polyamines: molecules with regulatory functions in plant abiotic stress tolerance

    Rubén Alcázar;Teresa Altabella;Francisco Marco;Cristina Bortolotti

  • Involvement of polyamines in plant response to abiotic stress

    Rubén Alcázar;Francisco Marco;Juan C. Cuevas;Macarena Patron

  • Recent advances in polyamine research

    Amar Kumar;Mark Taylor;Teressa Altabella;Antonio F. Tiburcio

  • Putrescine Is Involved in Arabidopsis Freezing Tolerance and Cold Acclimation by Regulating Abscisic Acid Levels in Response to Low Temperature

    Juan Cruz Cuevas;Rosa María López-Cobollo;Rubén Alcázar;Xavier Zarza

  • The roles of polyamines during the lifespan of plants: from development to stress

    Antonio F. Tiburcio;Teresa Altabella;Teresa Altabella;Marta Bitrián;Rubén Alcázar;Rubén Alcázar

  • 7 – Polyamine Metabolism

    A.F. Tiburcio;R. Kaur–Sawhney;A.W. Galston

  • Effect of polyamines on stabilization of molecular complexes in thylakoid membranes of osmotically stressed oat leaves

    R. T. Besford;C. M. Richardson;J. L. Campos;A. F. Tiburcio

  • Plant Polyamines in Reproductive Activity and Response to Abiotic Stress

    A. W. Galston;R. Kaur-Sawhney;T. Altabella;A. F. Tiburcio

  • Polyamine metabolism and its regulation

    Antonio F. Tiburcio;Teresa Altabella;Antoni Borrell;Carles Masgrau

  • SKP1-SnRK protein kinase interactions mediate proteasomal binding of a plant SCF ubiquitin ligase.

    Rosa Farrás;Alejandro Ferrando;Ján Jásik;Ján Jásik;Tatjana Kleinow

  • Polyamines in plants: An overview

    Kaur Ravindar Sawhney;Antonio F. Tiburcio;Teresa Altabella;Arthur W. Galston

  • Putrescine accumulation confers drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis plants over-expressing the homologous Arginine decarboxylase 2 gene.

    Rubén Alcázar;Joan Planas;Triambak Saxena;Xavier Zarza

  • Recent advances in the understanding of polyamine functions during plant development

    A. F. Tiburcio;J. L. Campos;X. Figueras;R. T. Besford

  • Abscisic acid modulates polyamine metabolism under water stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Rubén Alcázar;Juan C. Cuevas;M. Patron;Teresa Altabella

  • A polyamine metabolon involving aminopropyl transferase complexes in Arabidopsis

    Mireia Panicot;Eugenio G. Minguet;Alejandro Ferrando;Rubén Alcázar

  • Integration of polyamines in the cold acclimation response

    Rubén Alcázar;Juan Cruz Cuevas;Joan Planas;Xavier Zarza

  • Rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the quantitation of polyamines as their dansyl derivatives: application to plant and animal tissues

    Miquel Marcé;David S. Brown;Teresa Capell;Xavier Figueras

  • Overexpression of ADC2 in Arabidopsis induces dwarfism and late-flowering through GA deficiency.

    Rubén Alcázar;José L. García-Martínez;Juan C. Cuevas;Antonio F. Tiburcio

  • Arginine Decarboxylase Is Localized in Chloroplasts.

    A. Borrell;F. A. Culianez-Macia;T. Altabella;R. T. Besford

  • Inducible overexpression of oat arginine decarboxylase in transgenic tobacco plants.

    Carles Masgrau;Teresa Altabella;Rosa Farras;Dante Flores

Frequent Co-Authors

Rubén Alcázar
Rubén Alcázar University of Barcelona
Teresa Altabella
Teresa Altabella University of Barcelona
Csaba Koncz
Csaba Koncz Max Planck Society
Vasileios Fotopoulos
Vasileios Fotopoulos Cyprus University of Technology
Sarvajeet Singh Gill
Sarvajeet Singh Gill Maharshi Dayanand University
Jaume Bastida
Jaume Bastida University of Barcelona
Teresa Capell
Teresa Capell University of Lleida
Narendra Tuteja
Narendra Tuteja International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Sergey Shabala
Sergey Shabala University of Western Australia
Jeff Schell
Jeff Schell Max Planck Society

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