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Dominique Van Der Straeten

Dominique Van Der Straeten

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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
23992
World Ranking
3006
National Ranking
46

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Dominique Van Der Straeten is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and works primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses significant subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Rheumatology, Clinical Biochemistry, and Neurology.

The scientist's scholarly output includes numerous contributions to topics such as Plant Molecular Biology Research, Folate and B Vitamins Research, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Among recent publications, key papers include:

  • Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Ultraviolet Radiation From a Plant Perspective: The Plant-Microorganism Context, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • N-terminal truncated RHT-1 proteins generated by translational reinitiation cause semi-dwarfing of wheat Green Revolution alleles, 2021, Molecular Plant
  • At the Crossroads of Survival and Death: The Reactive Oxygen Species-Ethylene-Sugar Triad and the Unfolded Protein Response, 2021, Trends in Plant Science
  • Regulation of Plant Vitamin Metabolism: Backbone of Biofortification for the Alleviation of Hidden Hunger, 2020, Molecular Plant

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Plant, Trends in Plant Science, Nature Communications, and Frontiers in Plant Science.

Dominique Van Der Straeten collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Thomas Depaepe, Simon Strobbe, Christophe P. Stove, Da Cao, and Jana Verstraete. These collaborations have yielded multiple studies across shared research interests.

Best Publications

  • Integration of plant responses to environmentally activated phytohormonal signals.

    Patrick Achard;Hui Cheng;Liesbeth De Grauwe;Jan Decat

  • Ethylene Upregulates Auxin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Seedlings to Enhance Inhibition of Root Cell Elongation

    Ranjan Swarup;Paula Perry;Paula Perry;Paula Perry;Dik Hagenbeek;Dominique Van Der Straeten

  • Cryptochrome blue light photoreceptors are activated through interconversion of flavin redox states

    Jean-Pierre Bouly;Erik Schleicher;Maribel Dionisio-Sese;Filip Vandenbussche;Filip Vandenbussche

  • The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization.

    Tomoaki Nishiyama;Hidetoshi Sakayama;Jan de Vries;Jan de Vries;Henrik Buschmann

  • Ethylene Regulates Arabidopsis Development via the Modulation of DELLA Protein Growth Repressor Function

    Patrick Achard;Willem Vriezen;Dominique Van Der Straeten;Nicholas P Harberd

  • The plant stress hormone ethylene controls floral transition via DELLA-dependent regulation of floral meristem-identity genes

    Patrick Achard;Mourad Baghour;Andrew Chapple;Peter Hedden

  • Imaging techniques and the early detection of plant stress.

    Laury Chaerle;Dominique Van Der Straeten

  • Ethylene can stimulate Arabidopsis hypocotyl elongation in the light

    Jan Smalle;Mira Haegman;Jasmina Kurepa;Marc Van Montagu

  • Folate fortification of rice by metabolic engineering.

    Sergei Storozhenko;Veerle De Brouwer;Maarten Volckaert;Oscar Navarrete

  • The transcription factor ATAF2 represses the expression of pathogenesis-related genes in Arabidopsis

    Christian Delessert;Kemal Kazan;Iain W. Wilson;Dominique Van Der Straeten

  • Role of PIN-mediated auxin efflux in apical hook development of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Petra Žádníková;Petra Žádníková;Jan Petrášek;Peter Marhavý;Vered Raz

  • ERF115 Controls Root Quiescent Center Cell Division and Stem Cell Replenishment

    Jefri Heyman;Toon Cools;Filip Vandenbussche;Ken S. Heyndrickx

  • 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) in plants: more than just the precursor of ethylene!

    Bram Van de Poel;Bram Van de Poel;Dominique Van Der Straeten

  • Thermal and chlorophyll-fluorescence imaging distinguish plant-pathogen interactions at an early stage.

    Laury Chaerle;Dirk Hagenbeek;Erik De Bruyne;Roland Valcke

  • Monitoring and screening plant populations with combined thermal and chlorophyll fluorescence imaging

    Laury Chaerle;Ilkka Leinonen;Hamlyn G. Jones;Dominique Van Der Straeten

  • The auxin influx carriers AUX1 and LAX3 are involved in auxin-ethylene interactions during apical hook development in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings

    Filip Vandenbussche;Jan Petrášek;Petra Žádníková;Klára Hoyerová

  • Reaching out of the shade.

    Filip Vandenbussche;Ronald Pierik;Frank F Millenaar;Laurentius A C J Voesenek

  • Seeing is believing: imaging techniques to monitor plant health

    Laury Chaerle;Dominique Van Der Straeten

  • HY5 is a point of convergence between cryptochrome and cytokinin signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Filip Vandenbussche;Filip Vandenbussche;Yvette Habricot;Amanda S. Condiff;Amanda S. Condiff;Régis Maldiney

  • In the early response of Arabidopsis roots to ethylene, cell elongation is up- and down-regulated and uncoupled from differentiation.

    Jie Le;Filip Vandenbussche;Dominique Van Der Straeten;Jean-Pierre Verbelen

Frequent Co-Authors

Willy E. Lambert
Willy E. Lambert Ghent University
Xavier Gellynck
Xavier Gellynck Ghent University
Els Prinsen
Els Prinsen University of Antwerp
Fabrice Rébeillé
Fabrice Rébeillé Grenoble Alpes University
Eva Benková
Eva Benková Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Wilfried Philips
Wilfried Philips Ghent University
Ann Cuypers
Ann Cuypers Hasselt University
Wim H. Vriezen
Wim H. Vriezen Maastricht University
Margaret Ahmad
Margaret Ahmad Xavier University
Peter Hedden
Peter Hedden Rothamsted Research

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