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Florian Frugier is affiliated with the University of Évry Val d'Essonne in France. Their research primarily spans the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Frugier has published multiple research articles in well-known scientific venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Communications
  • Current Biology
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Florian Frugier are:

  • "The NIN transcription factor coordinates CEP and CLE signaling peptides that regulate nodulation antagonistically," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Compact Root Architecture 2 Promotes Root Competence for Nodulation through the miR2111 Systemic Effector," 2020, Current Biology
  • "HSFA1a modulates plant heat stress responses and alters the 3D chromatin organization of enhancer-promoter interactions," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Cell-specific pathways recruited for symbiotic nodulation in the Medicago truncatula legume," 2022, Molecular Plant
  • "A CEP Peptide Receptor-Like Kinase Regulates Auxin Biosynthesis and Ethylene Signaling to Coordinate Root Growth and Symbiotic Nodulation in Medicago truncatula," 2020, The Plant Cell

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Carole Laffont
  • Pierre Gautrat
  • Corentin Moreau
  • Mathias Brault
  • Ariel Ivanovici

Best Publications

  • The Medicago truncatula CRE1 Cytokinin Receptor Regulates Lateral Root Development and Early Symbiotic Interaction with Sinorhizobium meliloti

    Silvina Gonzalez-Rizzo;Martin Crespi;Florian Frugier

  • MtHAP2-1 is a key transcriptional regulator of symbiotic nodule development regulated by microRNA169 in Medicago truncatula

    Jean Philippe Combier;Florian Frugier;Françoise De Billy;Adnane Boualem

  • MicroRNA166 controls root and nodule development in Medicago truncatula

    Adnane Boualem;Philippe Laporte;Mariana Jovanovic;Carole Laffont

  • MtCRE1-dependent cytokinin signaling integrates bacterial and plant cues to coordinate symbiotic nodule organogenesis in Medicago truncatula

    Julie Plet;Anton Wasson;Federico Ariel;Christine Le Signor

  • Whole-genome landscape of Medicago truncatula symbiotic genes

    Yann Pecrix;S Evan Staton;Erika Sallet;Christine Lelandais-Brière;Christine Lelandais-Brière

  • Genome-Wide Medicago truncatula Small RNA Analysis Revealed Novel MicroRNAs and Isoforms Differentially Regulated in Roots and Nodules

    Christine Lelandais-Brière;Christine Lelandais-Brière;Loreto Naya;Erika Sallet;Fanny Calenge;Fanny Calenge

  • Cytokinin: secret agent of symbiosis

    Florian Frugier;Sonja Kosuta;Jeremy D. Murray;Martin Crespi

  • The Arabidopsis HOBBIT gene encodes a CDC27 homolog that links the plant cell cycle to progression of cell differentiation.

    Ikram Blilou;Florian Frugier;Saskia Folmer;Olivier Serralbo

  • EFD Is an ERF transcription factor involved in the control of nodule number and differentiation in Medicago truncatula.

    Tatiana Vernié;Sandra Moreau;Françoise de Billy;Julie Plet

  • Environmental Regulation of Lateral Root Emergence in Medicago truncatula Requires the HD-Zip I Transcription Factor HB1

    Federico Ariel;Anouck Diet;Anouck Diet;Marion Verdenaud;Véronique Gruber;Véronique Gruber

  • Two Direct Targets of Cytokinin Signaling Regulate Symbiotic Nodulation in Medicago truncatula

    Federico Ariel;Marianne Brault-Hernandez;Carole Laffont;Emeline Huault

  • How Auxin and Cytokinin Phytohormones Modulate Root Microbe Interactions.

    Stéphane Boivin;Camille Fonouni-Farde;Florian Frugier

  • Flavonoids and Auxin Transport Inhibitors Rescue Symbiotic Nodulation in the Medicago truncatula Cytokinin Perception Mutant cre1

    Jason Liang Pin Ng;Samira Hassan;Thy T. Truong;Charles H. Hocart

  • De novo organ formation from differentiated cells: root nodule organogenesis.

    Martin Crespi;Florian Frugier

  • A Laser Dissection-RNAseq Analysis Highlights the Activation of Cytokinin Pathways by Nod Factors in the Medicago truncatula Root Epidermis

    Marie-Françoise Jardinaud;Stéphane Boivin;Nathalie Rodde;Olivier Catrice

  • The Arabidopsis anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome: molecular and genetic characterization of the APC2 subunit.

    Arnaud R Capron;Olivier Serralbo;Katalin Fülöp;Florian Frugier;Florian Frugier

  • DELLA-mediated gibberellin signalling regulates Nod factor signalling and rhizobial infection

    Camille Fonouni-Farde;Sovanna Tan;Maël Baudin;Mathias Brault

  • Identification of regulatory pathways involved in the reacquisition of root growth after salt stress in Medicago truncatula.

    Francisco Merchan;Laura de Lorenzo;Laura de Lorenzo;Silvina González Rizzo;Andreas Niebel

  • Characterization of a dual-affinity nitrate transporter MtNRT1.3 in the model legume Medicago truncatula

    Marie-Christine Morère-Le Paven;Laure Viau;Alain Hamon;Céline Vandecasteele

  • Cytokinins in Symbiotic Nodulation: When, Where, What For?

    Pascal Gamas;Mathias Brault;Marie-Françoise Jardinaud;Florian Frugier

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Crespi
Martin Crespi University of Paris-Saclay
Adam Kondorosi
Adam Kondorosi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andreas Niebel
Andreas Niebel Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Pascal Gamas
Pascal Gamas Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jiangqi Wen
Jiangqi Wen Oklahoma State University
Kirankumar S. Mysore
Kirankumar S. Mysore Oklahoma State University
Jérôme Gouzy
Jérôme Gouzy Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Ulrike Mathesius
Ulrike Mathesius Australian National University
Federico Ariel
Federico Ariel University of Buenos Aires
Pierre Frendo
Pierre Frendo Université Côte d'Azur

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