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  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Basil J. Nikolau is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial contributions also in agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields of their research include molecular biology, plant science, biochemistry, genetics, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, plant surface properties and treatments, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, plant reproductive biology, biofuel production and bioconversion, and enzyme structure and function.

Frequent collaborators in their work include Marna D. Yandeau-Nelson, Liza E. Alexander, Ling Li, Yozo Okazaki, and Kazuki Saito.

Basil J. Nikolau has published notably in several venues, with a significant number of contributions in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Frontiers in Plant Science, Metabolites, and Plant Direct.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Nectar biosynthesis is conserved among floral and extrafloral nectaries, 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Maize Glossy2 and Glossy2-like Genes Have Overlapping and Distinct Functions in Cuticular Lipid Deposition, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Dual-Localized Enzymatic Components Constitute the Fatty Acid Synthase Systems in Mitochondria and Plastids, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Synthase Utilizes Multiple Acyl Carrier Protein Isoforms, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Current status of the multinational Arabidopsis community, 2020, Plant Direct

In 2020, Basil J. Nikolau was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Potential of metabolomics as a functional genomics tool

    Raoul J. Bino;Robert D. Hall;Oliver Fiehn;Joachim Kopka

  • Quality control for plant metabolomics: reporting MSI‐compliant studies

    Oliver Fiehn;Gert Wohlgemuth;Martin Scholz;Tobias Kind

  • The metabolomics standards initiative (MSI)

    Oliver Fiehn;Don Robertson;Jules Griffin;Mariet vab der Werf

  • The Metabolomics Standards Initiative

    Susanna Assunta Sansone;Teresa Fan;Royston Goodacre;Julian L. Griffin

  • A proposed framework for the description of plant metabolomics experiments and their results

    Helen Ann Jenkins;Nigel William Hardy;Manfred Beckmann;John Draper

  • Plant biotin-containing carboxylases.

    Basil J Nikolau;John B Ohlrogge;Eve Syrkin Wurtele

  • Use of Mass spectrometry for imaging metabolites in plants

    Young Jin Lee;David C. Perdian;Zhihong Song;Zhihong Song;Edward S. Yeung;Edward S. Yeung

  • Reverse Genetic Characterization of Cytosolic Acetyl-CoA Generation by ATP-Citrate Lyase in Arabidopsis

    Beth L. Fatland;Basil J. Nikolau;Eve Syrkin Wurtele

  • Modern plant metabolomics: Advanced natural product gene discoveries, improved technologies, and future prospects

    Lloyd W. Sumner;Zhentian Lei;Basil J. Nikolau;Basil J. Nikolau;Kazuki Saito

  • Molecular Characterization of a Heteromeric ATP-Citrate Lyase That Generates Cytosolic Acetyl-Coenzyme A in Arabidopsis,

    Beth L. Fatland;Jinshan Ke;Marc D. Anderson;Wieslawa I. Mentzen

  • The relationship between genetic and physical distances in the cloned a1-sh2 interval of the Zea mays L. genome.

    Laura Civardi;Yiji Xia;Keith J. Edwards;Patrick S. Schnable

  • Platform biochemicals for a biorenewable chemical industry

    Basil J. Nikolau;M. Ann D.N. Perera;Libuse Brachova;Brent Shanks

  • Phylogenetic and experimental characterization of an acyl-ACP thioesterase family reveals significant diversity in enzymatic specificity and activity

    Fuyuan Jing;David C Cantu;Jarmila Tvaruzkova;Jay P Chipman

  • The Role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase and Acetyl-Coenzyme A Synthetase in Fatty Acid Synthesis in Developing Arabidopsis Seeds

    Jinshan Ke;Robert H. Behal;Stephanie L. Back;Basil J. Nikolau

  • Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase gene expression in light- and dark-grown amaranth cotyledons.

    James O. Berry;Basil J Nikolau;John P. Carr;Daniel F. Klessig

  • Cloning and characterization of CER2, an Arabidopsis gene that affects cuticular wax accumulation.

    Yiji Xia;Basil J. Nikolau;Patrick S. Schnable

  • Acetyl-CoA—Life at the metabolic nexus

    David J. Oliver;Basil J. Nikolau;Eve Syrkin Wurtele

  • Maize Mu Transposons Are Targeted to the 5′ Untranslated Region of the gl8 Gene and Sequences Flanking Mu Target-Site Duplications Exhibit Nonrandom Nucleotide Composition Throughout the Genome

    Charles R. Dietrich;Feng Cui;Mark L. Packila;Jin Li

  • Genetic recombination in plants

    Patrick S. Schnable;An-Ping Hsia;Basil J. Nikolau

  • Functional genomics: high-throughput mRNA, protein, and metabolite analyses.

    David J. Oliver;Basil Nikolau;Eve Syrkin Wurtele

Frequent Co-Authors

Eve Syrkin Wurtele
Eve Syrkin Wurtele Iowa State University
Patrick S. Schnable
Patrick S. Schnable Iowa State University
Kazuki Saito
Kazuki Saito Chiba University
Lloyd W. Sumner
Lloyd W. Sumner University of Missouri
Yiji Xia
Yiji Xia Hong Kong Baptist University
Oliver Fiehn
Oliver Fiehn University of California, Davis
Patricia A. Murphy
Patricia A. Murphy Iowa State University
Philip M. Dixon
Philip M. Dixon Iowa State University
Julie A. Dickerson
Julie A. Dickerson Iowa State University
Edward S. Yeung
Edward S. Yeung Iowa State University

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