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David A. Jones is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main subfields of study include Plant Science, Cell Biology, and Molecular Biology, with additional focus on Pharmacology and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, and Fungal and Yeast Genetics Research. Other researched areas include Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Plant Pathogens and Resistance Mechanisms, Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food, and Fungal Biology and Applications.

David A. Jones has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several scientific venues. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, eLife, New Phytologist, and the Journal of Fungi.

  • The structural repertoire of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici effectors revealed by experimental and computational studies, 2023, eLife
  • The crystal structure of SnTox3 from the necrotrophic fungus Parastagonospora nodorum reveals a unique effector fold and provides insight into Snn3 recognition and pro-domain protease processing of fungal effectors, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Transcriptome Analysis of Fusarium-Tomato Interaction Based on an Updated Genome Annotation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici Identifies Novel Effector Candidates That Suppress or Induce Cell Death in Nicotiana benthamiana, 2022, Journal of Fungi
  • A rust-fungus Nudix hydrolase effector decaps mRNAin vitro and interferes with plant immune pathways, 2023, New Phytologist
  • The structural repertoire of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici effectors revealed by experimental and computational studies, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist collaborates with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Daniel S. Yu
  • Megan A. Outram
  • Xizhe Sun
  • Lisong Ma
  • Simon J. Williams

Best Publications

  • Isolation of the tomato Cf-9 gene for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum by transposon tagging

    David A. Jones;Colwyn M. Thomas;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack;Peter J. Balint-Kurti

  • Molecular cloning of human prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase type II and demonstration of expression in response to cytokines

    David A. Jones;David P. Carlton;Thomas M. McIntyre;Guy A. Zimmerman

  • The Tomato Cf-2 Disease Resistance Locus Comprises Two Functional Genes Encoding Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteins

    Mark S Dixon;David A Jones;James S Keddie;Colwyn M Thomas

  • DNA Demethylation in Zebrafish Involves the Coupling of a Deaminase, a Glycosylase, and Gadd45

    Kunal Rai;Ian J. Huggins;Smitha R. James;Adam R. Karpf

  • The Role of Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteins in Plant Defences

    D.A. Jones;J.D.G. Jones

  • Novel Disease Resistance Specificities Result From Sequence Exchange Between Tandemly Repeated Genes at the Cf-4/9 Locus of Tomato

    Martin Parniske;Kim E Hammond-Kosack;Catherine Golstein;Colwyn M Thomas

  • Prostaglandin H synthase 2 is expressed abnormally in human colon cancer: evidence for a transcriptional effect

    William Kutchera;David A. Jones;Norisada Matsunami;Joanna Groden

  • Characterization of the tomato Cf-4 gene for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum identifies sequences that determine recognitional specificity in Cf-4 and Cf-9.

    Colwyn M. Thomas;David A. Jones;Martin Parniske;Kate Harrison

  • Why are so many food plants cyanogenic

    David A. Jones

  • Plant innate immunity – direct and indirect recognition of general and specific pathogen-associated molecules

    David A Jones;Daigo Takemoto

  • Oxidatively modified LDL contains phospholipids with platelet-activating factor-like activity and stimulates the growth of smooth muscle cells.

    James M. Heery;Mark Kozak;Diana M. Stafforini;David A. Jones

  • The Tomato Cf-5 Disease Resistance Gene and Six Homologs Show Pronounced Allelic Variation in Leucine-Rich Repeat Copy Number

    Mark S. Dixon;Kostas Hatzixanthis;David A. Jones;Kate Harrison

  • Activation of Caspase 3 (CPP32)-Like Proteases Is Essential for TNF-α-Induced Hepatic Parenchymal Cell Apoptosis and Neutrophil-Mediated Necrosis in a Murine Endotoxin Shock Model

    Hartmut Jaeschke;Michael A. Fisher;Judy A. Lawson;Carol A. Simmons

  • GFP-tagging of cell components reveals the dynamics of subcellular re-organization in response to infection of Arabidopsis by oomycete pathogens.

    Daigo Takemoto;David A. Jones;Adrienne R. Hardham

  • Convergence of Angiotensin II and Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Cascades in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Daniel A. Linseman;Christopher W. Benjamin;David A. Jones

  • Identification of amplified restriction fragment polymorphism (AFLP) markers tightly linked to the tomato Cf-9 gene for resistance to Cladosporium fulvum

    Colwyn M. Thomas;Pieter Vos;Marc Zabeau;David A. Jones

  • A Two-Step Model for Colon Adenoma Initiation and Progression Caused by APC Loss

    Reid A. Phelps;Stephanie Chidester;Somaye Dehghanizadeh;Jason Phelps

  • Reactivating the expression of methylation silenced genes in human cancer.

    Adam R Karpf;David A Jones

  • Preservation of RNA for functional genomic studies: a multidisciplinary tumor bank protocol.

    Scott R. Florell;Cheryl M. Coffin;Joseph A. Holden;James W. Zimmermann

  • Cytoskeleton and cell wall function in penetration resistance.

    Adrienne R Hardham;David A Jones;Daigo Takemoto;Daigo Takemoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
Adrienne R. Hardham
Adrienne R. Hardham Australian National University
Adam R. Karpf
Adam R. Karpf University of Nebraska Medical Center
Bradley R. Cairns
Bradley R. Cairns University of Utah
Peter N. Dodds
Peter N. Dodds Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Daigo Takemoto
Daigo Takemoto Nagoya University
Kim E. Hammond-Kosack
Kim E. Hammond-Kosack Rothamsted Research
Thomas S. Kupper
Thomas S. Kupper Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jeffrey G. Ellis
Jeffrey G. Ellis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Randall W. Burt
Randall W. Burt University of Utah

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