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National Ranking
406

Overview

Changfu Zhu is affiliated with the University of Lleida in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans several subfields including molecular biology, plant science, biochemistry, rheumatology, and biotechnology.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, antioxidant activity and oxidative stress, plant virus research studies, plant tissue culture and regeneration, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and transgenic plants and applications.

Recent papers authored by Changfu Zhu include:

  • Inactivation of rice starch branching enzyme IIb triggers broad and unexpected changes in metabolism by transcriptional reprogramming (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genome editing in cereal crops: an overview (2021) published in Transgenic Research
  • Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against human infectious diseases - part 1: epidemic and pandemic diseases (2021) published in Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against infectious diseases in humans-part 2: Affordable drugs in edible plants for endemic and re-emerging diseases (2021) published in Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Modification of cereal plant architecture by genome editing to improve yields (2021) published in Plant Cell Reports

Changfu Zhu's frequent coauthors include Paul Christou, Teresa Capell, Can Baysal, Wenshu He, and Xin Huang. These collaborations reflect a network of research activity aligned with plant science and genetic engineering.

Frequent publication venues for their work encompass the following journals:

  • Transgenic Research
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Asian Journal of Surgery
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Plant Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • A global perspective on carotenoids: Metabolism, biotechnology, and benefits for nutrition and health

    Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion;Javier Avalos;M. Luisa Bonet;Albert Boronat

  • Transgenic multivitamin corn through biofortification of endosperm with three vitamins representing three distinct metabolic pathways.

    Shaista Naqvi;Changfu Zhu;Gemma Farre;Koreen Ramessar

  • Combinatorial genetic transformation generates a library of metabolic phenotypes for the carotenoid pathway in maize

    Changfu Zhu;Shaista Naqvi;Jürgen Breitenbach;Gerhard Sandmann

  • Transgenic strategies for the nutritional enhancement of plants

    Changfu Zhu;Shaista Naqvi;Sonia Gomez-Galera;Ana M. Pelacho

  • Critical evaluation of strategies for mineral fortification of staple food crops.

    Sonia Gómez-Galera;Eduard Rojas;Duraialagaraja Sudhakar;Changfu Zhu

  • When more is better: multigene engineering in plants

    Shaista Naqvi;Gemma Farré;Georgina Sanahuja;Teresa Capell

  • Travel advice on the road to carotenoids in plants.

    Gemma Farré;Georgina Sanahuja;Shaista Naqvi;Chao Bai

  • The regulation of carotenoid pigmentation in flowers.

    Changfu Zhu;Chao Bai;Georgina Sanahuja;Dawei Yuan

  • Promoter diversity in multigene transformation

    Ariadna Peremarti;Richard M. Twyman;Sonia Gómez-Galera;Shaista Naqvi

  • Bleaching Herbicide Norflurazon Inhibits Phytoene Desaturase by Competition with the Cofactors

    Jürgen Breitenbach;Changfu Zhu;Gerhard Sandmann

  • The contribution of transgenic plants to better health through improved nutrition: opportunities and constraints

    Eduard Pérez-Massot;Raviraj Banakar;Sonia Gómez-Galera;Uxue Zorrilla-López

  • Engineering Complex Metabolic Pathways in Plants

    Gemma Farré;Dieter Blancquaert;Teresa Capell;Dominique Van Der Straeten

  • Nutritionally important carotenoids as consumer products

    Judit Berman;Uxue Zorrilla-López;Gemma Farré;Gemma Farré;Changfu Zhu

  • Bottlenecks in carotenoid biosynthesis and accumulation in rice endosperm are influenced by the precursor–product balance

    Chao Bai;Teresa Capell;Judit Berman;Vicente Medina

  • Patterns of CRISPR/Cas9 activity in plants, animals and microbes

    Luisa Bortesi;Changfu Zhu;Julia Zischewski;Lucia Perez

  • Characteristics of Genome Editing Mutations in Cereal Crops

    Changfu Zhu;Luisa Bortesi;Can Baysal;Richard M. Twyman

  • Light-dark regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in pepper (Capsicum annuum) leaves

    Andrew J. Simkin;Changfu Zhu;Marcel Kuntz;Gerhard Sandmann

  • A golden era—pro-vitamin A enhancement in diverse crops

    Chao Bai;Richard M. Twyman;Gemma Farré;Georgina Sanahuja

  • The carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase CCD2 catalysing the synthesis of crocetin in spring crocuses and saffron is a plastidial enzyme.

    Oussama Ahrazem;Angela Rubio-Moraga;Judit Berman;Teresa Capell

  • Biofortification of plants with altered antioxidant content and composition: genetic engineering strategies

    Changfu Zhu;Georgina Sanahuja;Dawei Yuan;Gemma Farré

Frequent Co-Authors

Teresa Capell
Teresa Capell University of Lleida
Paul Christou
Paul Christou University of Lleida
Gerhard Sandmann
Gerhard Sandmann Goethe University Frankfurt
Richard M. Twyman
Richard M. Twyman University of Warwick
Stefan Schillberg
Stefan Schillberg Fraunhofer Society
Paul D. Fraser
Paul D. Fraser Royal Holloway University of London
Eva Stoger
Eva Stoger BOKU University
Manuel Portero-Otin
Manuel Portero-Otin University of Lleida
Rainer Fischer
Rainer Fischer Purdue University West Lafayette
Ralph Bock
Ralph Bock Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology

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