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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dean DellaPenna is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to the subfields of Genetics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science. Their work also intersects with areas such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

Their scientific publications address topics including Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Lipid Metabolism and Biosynthesis, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Genetics and Plant Breeding, and Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Plant Genome
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Cell
  • Genetics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Dean DellaPenna are:

  • Natural variation for carotenoids in fresh kernels is controlled by uncommon variants in sweet corn, 2020, The Plant Genome
  • Eleven biosynthetic genes explain the majority of natural variation in carotenoid levels in maize grain, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • Combining GWAS and TWAS to identify candidate causal genes for tocochromanol levels in maize grain, 2022, Genetics
  • Genome-wide association identifies a missing hydrolase for tocopherol synthesis in plants, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Transcriptome-wide association and prediction for carotenoids and tocochromanols in fresh sweet corn kernels, 2022, The Plant Genome

Dean DellaPenna has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Michael A. Gore
  • Maria Magallanes-Lundback
  • C. Robin Buell
  • John P. Hamilton
  • Di Wu

In 2008, Dean DellaPenna was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence and analysis of the tuber crop potato.

    Xu X;Pan S;Cheng S

  • Vitamin synthesis in plants: tocopherols and carotenoids.

    Dean DellaPenna;Barry J. Pogson

  • Vitamin E Is Essential for Seed Longevity and for Preventing Lipid Peroxidation during Germination

    Scott E. Sattler;Laura U. Gilliland;Maria Magallanes-Lundback;Mike Pollard

  • Elevating the Vitamin E Content of Plants Through Metabolic Engineering

    David Shintani;Dean DellaPenna

  • IMPROVING THE NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF PLANTS TO ENHANCE HUMAN NUTRITION AND HEALTH1

    Michael A. Grusak;Dean DellaPenna

  • Functional analysis of the beta and epsilon lycopene cyclase enzymes of Arabidopsis reveals a mechanism for control of cyclic carotenoid formation.

    Francis X. Cunningham;Barry Pogson;Zairen Sun;Kelly A. McDonald

  • Expression of a chimeric polygalacturonase gene in transgenic rin (ripening inhibitor) tomato fruit results in polyuronide degradation but not fruit softening.

    James J. Giovannoni;Dean DellaPenna;Alan B. Bennett;Robert L. Fischer

  • Identification of the carotenoid isomerase provides insight into carotenoid biosynthesis, prolamellar body formation, and photomorphogenesis

    Hyoungshin Park;Sarah S. Kreunen;Abby J. Cuttriss;Dean DellaPenna

  • Rare genetic variation at Zea mays crtRB1 increases β-carotene in maize grain

    Jianbing Yan;Catherine Bermudez Kandianis;Carlos E. Harjes;Ling Bai

  • Genetic dissection of carotenoid synthesis in arabidopsis defines plastoquinone as an essential component of phytoene desaturation.

    Susan R. Norris;Terrence R. Barrette;Dean DellaPenna

  • Nutritional genomics: manipulating plant micronutrients to improve human health.

    Dean DellaPenna

  • Arabidopsis carotenoid mutants demonstrate that lutein is not essential for photosynthesis in higher plants.

    Barry Pogson;Kelly A. McDonald;Maria Truong;George Britton

  • Characterization of three members of the Arabidopsis carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase family demonstrates the divergent roles of this multifunctional enzyme family

    Michele E. Auldridge;Anna Block;Jonathan T. Vogel;Carole Dabney-Smith

  • Altered xanthophyll compositions adversely affect chlorophyll accumulation and nonphotochemical quenching in Arabidopsis mutants

    Barry J. Pogson;Krishna K. Niyogi;Olle Björkman;Dean DellaPenna

  • Molecular cloning of tomato fruit polygalacturonase: Analysis of polygalacturonase mRNA levels during ripening.

    Dean DellaPenna;Danny C. Alexander;Alan B. Bennett

  • Isolation and Functional Analysis of Homogentisate Phytyltransferase from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Arabidopsis

    Eva Collakova;Dean DellaPenna

  • Characterization of Tocopherol Cyclases from Higher Plants and Cyanobacteria. Evolutionary Implications for Tocopherol Synthesis and Function

    Scott E. Sattler;Edgar B. Cahoon;Sean J. Coughlan;Sean J. Coughlan;Dean DellaPenna

  • Transcription Factor RAP2.2 and Its Interacting Partner SINAT2: Stable Elements in the Carotenogenesis of Arabidopsis Leaves

    Ralf Welsch;Dirk Maass;Tanja Voegel;Dean DellaPenna

  • Analysis of carotenoid biosynthetic gene expression during marigold petal development.

    Charles P. Moehs;Li Tian;Katherine W. Osteryoung;Dean Dellapenna

  • Expression of a chimeric polygalacturonase gene in transgenic rin (ripening inhibitor) tomato fruit.

    J. J. Giovannoni;D. DellaPenna;C. C. Lashbrook;A. B. Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry J. Pogson
Barry J. Pogson Australian National University
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
Alan B. Bennett
Alan B. Bennett University of California, Davis
Scott E. Sattler
Scott E. Sattler Agricultural Research Service
James J. Giovannoni
James J. Giovannoni Boyce Thompson Institute
Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
Michael A. Gore
Michael A. Gore Cornell University
Olle Björkman
Olle Björkman Carnegie Institution for Science
C. Robin Buell
C. Robin Buell University of Georgia
Peter J. Bradbury
Peter J. Bradbury United States Department of Agriculture

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