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Plant Science and Agronomy

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Cathie Martin is affiliated with Norwich Research Park in the United Kingdom, focusing primarily on research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work engages deeply with Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

The core topics of their research encompass Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis, Natural Product Bioactivities and Synthesis, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management, Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration, and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

Recent publications by Cathie Martin include the following papers:

  • Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi, 2020, Plants People Planet
  • Biofortified tomatoes provide a new route to vitamin D sufficiency, 2022, Nature Plants
  • Natural Blues: Structure Meets Function in Anthocyanins, 2021, Plants
  • Versatility in acyltransferase activity completes chicoric acid biosynthesis in purple coneflower, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The Yin and Yang of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, 2021, Medicinal Research Reviews

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Qing Zhao, Jie Li, Peter M. F. Emmrich, Xiao-Ya Chen, and Eugenio Butelli.

Cathie Martin's work has appeared in multiple publication venues, with notable frequency in Nature Communications and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), alongside contributions to The Plant Cell, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Nature Plants.

Best Publications

  • MYB transcription factors in Arabidopsis

    Christian Dubos;Ralf Stracke;Erich Grotewold;Bernd Weisshaar

  • Enrichment of tomato fruit with health-promoting anthocyanins by expression of select transcription factors.

    Eugenio Butelli;Lucilla Titta;Marco Giorgio;Hans Peter Mock

  • The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor family in plants: a genome-wide study of protein structure and functional diversity

    Marc A. Heim;Marc Jakoby;Martin Werber;Cathie Martin

  • Transcriptional repression by AtMYB4 controls production of UV-protecting sunscreens in Arabidopsis.

    Hailing Jin;Eleonora Cominelli;Paul Bailey;Adrian Parr

  • Engineering plants with increased levels of the antioxidant chlorogenic acid.

    Ricarda Niggeweg;Anthony J Michael;Cathie Martin

  • Multifunctionality and diversity within the plant MYB-gene family.

    Hailing Jin;Cathie Martin

  • Retrotransposons Control Fruit-Specific, Cold-Dependent Accumulation of Anthocyanins in Blood Oranges

    Eugenio Butelli;Concetta Licciardello;Yang Zhang;Jianjun Liu

  • MYB transcription factors in plants

    Cathie Martin;Javier Paz-Ares

  • THE SYNTHESIS OF THE STARCH GRANULE

    A. M. Smith;K. Denyer;C. Martin

  • Towards functional characterisation of the members of the R2R3‐MYB gene family from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Harald D. Kranz;Marten Denekamp;Raffaella Greco;Hailing Jin

  • Fruit development and ripening.

    Graham B Seymour;Lars Østergaard;Natalie H Chapman;Sandra Knapp

  • Cloning and molecular analysis of structural genes involved in flavonoid and stilbene biosynthesis in grape (Vitis vinifera L.).

    Francesca Sparvoli;Cathie Martin;Attilio Scienza;Giuseppe Gavazzi

  • The AmMYB308 and AmMYB330 transcription factors from antirrhinum regulate phenylpropanoid and lignin biosynthesis in transgenic tobacco

    Lodovico Tamagnone;Angel Merida;Adrian Parr;Steve Mackay

  • A small family of MYB-regulatory genes controls floral pigmentation intensity and patterning in the genus Antirrhinum

    Kathy Schwinn;Julien Venail;Yongjin Shang;Yongjin Shang;Steve Mackay

  • Engineering anthocyanin biosynthesis in plants

    Yang Zhang;Eugenio Butelli;Cathie Martin

  • The wrinkled-seed character of pea described by Mendel is caused by a transposon-like insertion in a gene encoding starch-branching enzyme

    Madan K. Bhattacharyya;Alison M. Smith;T.H.Noel Ellis;Cliff Hedley

  • Flower colour intensity depends on specialized cell shape controlled by a Myb-related transcription factor.

    Ken-ichi Noda;Beverley J. Glover;Paul Linstead;Cathie Martin

  • Scutellaria baicalensis , the golden herb from the garden of Chinese medicinal plants

    Qing Zhao;Xiao-Ya Chen;Cathie Martin

  • Control of anthocyanin biosynthesis in flowers of Antirrhinum majus

    Cathie Martin;Andy Prescott;Steve Mackay;Jeremy Bartlett

  • Trichomes: different regulatory networks lead to convergent structures

    Laura Serna;Cathie Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Alison M. Smith
Alison M. Smith John Innes Centre
Beverley J. Glover
Beverley J. Glover University of Cambridge
Trevor L. Wang
Trevor L. Wang John Innes Centre
Xiao-Ya Chen
Xiao-Ya Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kevin M. Davies
Kevin M. Davies Plant & Food Research
Hailing Jin
Hailing Jin University of California, Riverside
Chiara Tonelli
Chiara Tonelli University of Milan
Jie Luo
Jie Luo Huazhong Agricultural University
Kathy E. Schwinn
Kathy E. Schwinn Plant & Food Research
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia

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