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David Weiss is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on plant biology, with a strong emphasis on plant molecular biology and plant stress responses.

Their work spans multiple fields of study, such as:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, key subfields include:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Biotechnology
  • Food Science

David Weiss's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Seed Germination and Physiology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Hagai Shohat
  • Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
  • Hadar Cheriker
  • Uria Ramon
  • S. Blum

The venues where David Weiss has published most frequently are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Journal of Experimental Botany

Selected recent papers include:

  • Inhibition of gibberellin accumulation by water deficiency promotes fast and long-term 'drought avoidance' responses in tomato (2021, New Phytologist)
  • Mutations in the tomato gibberellin receptors suppress xylem proliferation and reduce water loss under water-deficit conditions (2020, Journal of Experimental Botany)
  • Gibberellin in tomato: metabolism, signaling and role in drought responses (2021, Molecular Horticulture)
  • Steroidal alkaloids defence metabolism and plant growth are modulated by the joint action of gibberellin and jasmonate signalling (2021, New Phytologist)
  • The Tomato DELLA Protein PROCERA Promotes Abscisic Acid Responses in Guard Cells by Upregulating an Abscisic Acid Transporter (2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of Cross Talk between Gibberellin and Other Hormones

    David Weiss;Naomi Ori

  • Immunology of Spontaneous Mammary Carcinomas in Mice V. Acquired Tumor Resistance and Enhancement in Strain A Mice Infected with Mammary Tumor Virus

    Mohammed A. M. Attia;David W. Weiss

  • Rose Scent: Genomics Approach to Discovering Novel Floral Fragrance–Related Genes

    Inna Guterman;Moshe Shalit;Moshe Shalit;Naama Menda;Dan Piestun

  • Cross talk between gibberellin and cytokinin: the Arabidopsis GA response inhibitor SPINDLY plays a positive role in cytokinin signaling

    Yaarit Greenboim-Wainberg;Inbar Maymon;Roy Borochov;John Alvarez

  • Dual role for tomato heat shock protein 21: protecting photosystem II from oxidative stress and promoting color changes during fruit maturation.

    Inbal Neta-Sharir;Tal Isaacson;Susan Lurie;David Weiss

  • Methylation of Gibberellins by Arabidopsis GAMT1 and GAMT2

    Marina Varbanova;Shinjiro Yamaguchi;Yue Yang;Katherine McKelvey

  • Plant phenylacetaldehyde synthase is a bifunctional homotetrameric enzyme that catalyzes phenylalanine decarboxylation and oxidation.

    Yasuhisa Kaminaga;Jennifer Schnepp;Greg Peel;Christine M. Kish

  • Expression of Small Heat-Shock Proteins at Low Temperatures A Possible Role in Protecting against Chilling Injuries

    Adnan Sabehat;Susan Lurie;David Weiss

  • Modification of flower color and fragrance by antisense suppression of the flavanone 3-hydroxylase gene

    Amir Zuker;Tzvi Tzfira;Hagit Ben-Meir;Marianna Ovadis

  • Signal perception, transduction, and gene expression involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis

    Joseph Mol;Gareth Jenkins;Eberhard Schäfer;David Weiss

  • Volatile Ester Formation in Roses. Identification of an Acetyl-Coenzyme A. Geraniol/Citronellol Acetyltransferase in Developing Rose Petals

    Moshe Shalit;Inna Guterman;Hanne Volpin;Einat Bar

  • The correlation between heat-shock protein accumulation and persistence and chilling tolerance in tomato fruit.

    Adnan Sabehat;David Weiss;Susan Lurie

  • Regulation of flower pigmentation and growth: multiple signaling pathways control anthocyanin synthesis in expanding petals.

    David Weiss

  • O-Methyltransferases Involved in the Biosynthesis of Volatile Phenolic Derivatives in Rose Petals

    Noa Lavid;Jihong Wang;Moshe Shalit;Inna Guterman

  • Changes in anthocyanin concentration and composition in ‘Jaguar’ rose flowers due to transient high-temperature conditions

    Gal Dela;Etti Or;Rinat Ovadia;Ada Nissim-Levi

  • Cytokinin regulates compound leaf development in tomato.

    Eilon Shani;Hadas Ben-Gera;Sharona Shleizer-Burko;Yogev Burko

  • Heat‐shock proteins and cross‐tolerance in plants

    Adnan Sabehat;David Weiss;Susan Lurie

  • Restraint stress-induced thymic involution and cell apoptosis are dependent on endogenous glucocorticoids

    Nora Tarcic;Haim Ovadia;David W Weiss;Joseph Weidenfeld

  • Linalool and linalool oxide production in transgenic carnation flowers expressing the Clarkia breweri linalool synthase gene

    Michal Lavy;Amir Zuker;Efraim Lewinsohn;Olga Larkov

  • Plant Phenylacetaldehyde Synthase Is a Bifunctional Homotetrameric Enzyme That Catalyzes Phenylalanine

    Yasuhisa Kaminaga;Jennifer Schnepp;Greg Peel;Christine M. Kish

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Vainstein
Alexander Vainstein Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Efraim Lewinsohn
Efraim Lewinsohn Agricultural Research Organization
Eran Pichersky
Eran Pichersky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Abraham H. Halevy
Abraham H. Halevy Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dani Zamir
Dani Zamir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Zach Adam
Zach Adam Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Neil E. Olszewski
Neil E. Olszewski University of Minnesota
Eliezer E. Goldschmidt
Eliezer E. Goldschmidt Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yuval Eshed
Yuval Eshed Weizmann Institute of Science
Asaph Aharoni
Asaph Aharoni Weizmann Institute of Science

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