Elisabeth Gantt

Research.com Recognitions

• 2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
• 1996 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• 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

  637
  Citations

• Cloning and Functional Analysis of the β-Carotene Hydroxylase of Arabidopsis thaliana

  Zairen Sun;Elisabeth Gantt;Francis X. Jr. Cunningham

  370
  Citations

• Identification, Expression, and Substrate Specificity of a Mammalian β-Carotene 15,15′-Dioxygenase

  T. Michael Redmond;Susan Gentleman;Todd Duncan;Shirley Yu

  363
  Citations

• Molecular structure and enzymatic function of lycopene cyclase from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp strain PCC7942.

  Francis X. Cunningham;Zairen Sun;Daniel Chamovitz;Joseph Hirschberg

  350
  Citations

• One ring or two? Determination of ring number in carotenoids by lycopene ɛ-cyclases

  Francis X. Cunningham;Elisabeth Gantt

  299
  Citations

• A Phylogenetic Assessment of the Eukaryotic Light-Harvesting Antenna Proteins, with Implications for Plastid Evolution

  D.G. Durnford;J.A. Deane;S. Tan;G.I. McFadden

  292
  Citations

• Evidence of a Role for LytB in the Nonmevalonate Pathway of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis

  Francis X. Cunningham;Toulouse P. Lafond;Elisabeth Gantt

  247
  Citations

• Evidence for a common origin of chloroplasts with light-harvesting complexes of different pigmentation

  G. R. Wolfe;F. X. Cunningham;D. Durnfordt;B. R. Green

  219
  Citations

• Differential expression of two isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerases and enhanced carotenoid accumulation in a unicellular chlorophyte

  Zairen Sun;Francis X. Cunningham;Elisabeth Gantt

  210
  Citations

• A study in scarlet: enzymes of ketocarotenoid biosynthesis in the flowers of Adonis aestivalis

  Francis X. Cunningham;Elisabeth Gantt

  182
  Citations

• A portfolio of plasmids for identification and analysis of carotenoid pathway enzymes: Adonis aestivalis as a case study

  Francis X. Cunningham;Elisabeth Gantt

  171
  Citations

• Elucidation of the Pathway to Astaxanthin in the Flowers of Adonis aestivalis

  Francis X. Cunningham;Elisabeth Gantt

  160
  Citations

• Cloning and functional expression in Escherichia coli of a cyanobacterial gene for lycopene cyclase, the enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of β-carotene

  Francis X. Cunningham;Francis X. Cunningham;Daniel Chamovitz;Norihiko Misawa;Elisabeth Gantt

  135
  Citations

• Phycobilisome Structure of Porphyridium cruentum: POLYPEPTIDE COMPOSITION

  Thomas Redlinger;Elisabeth Gantt

  132
  Citations

• A Mr 95,000 polypeptide in Porphyridium cruentum phycobilisomes and thylakoids: Possible function in linkage of phycobilisomes to thylakoids and in energy transfer

  Thomas Redlinger;Elisabeth Gantt

  131
  Citations

• Carotenoid biosynthesis in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.

  Francis X. Cunningham;Hansel Lee;Elisabeth Gantt

  126
  Citations

• Stoichiometry of Photosystem I, Photosystem II, and Phycobilisomes in the Red Alga Porphyridium cruentum as a Function of Growth Irradiance

  Francis X. Cunningham;Ronald J. Dennenberg;Laszlo Mustardy;Paul A. Jursinic

  121
  Citations

• Supramolecular Membrane Organization

  Elisabeth Gantt

  118
  Citations

• Growth under Red Light Enhances Photosystem II Relative to Photosystem I and Phycobilisomes in the Red Alga Porphyridium cruentum

  Francis X. Cunningham;Ronald J. Dennenberg;Paul A. Jursinic;Elisabeth Gantt

  104
  Citations

• Antenna Systems of Red Algae: Phycobilisomes with Photosystem ll and Chlorophyll Complexes with Photosystem I

  Elisabeth Gantt;Beatrice Grabowski;Francis X. Cunningham

  94
  Citations