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François Chaumont is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research focuses on areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including plant science, molecular biology, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, and genetics.

Their scholarly output addresses various topics, including plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, ion transport and channel regulation, plant stress responses and tolerance, transgenic plants and applications, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, membrane-based ion separation techniques, as well as plant tissue culture and regeneration.

Frequent publication venues for François Chaumont include Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Cell & Environment, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and New Phytologist.

Coauthors commonly collaborating with François Chaumont are Lei Ding, Catherine Navarre, François Tardieu, Adeline Courtoy, and Jahed Ahmed.

Recent papers published by François Chaumont are:

  • Modification of the Expression of the Aquaporin ZmPIP2;5 Affects Water Relations and Plant Growth, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Are Aquaporins Expressed in Stomatal Complexes Promising Targets to Enhance Stomatal Dynamics?, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The plasma membrane aquaporin ZmPIP2;5 enhances the sensitivity of stomatal closure to water deficit, 2022, Plant Cell & Environment
  • Plasma membrane aquaporins interact with the endoplasmic reticulum resident VAP27 proteins at ER-PM contact sites and endocytic structures, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Unraveling Human AQP5-PIP Molecular Interaction and Effect on AQP5 Salivary Glands Localization in SS Patients, 2021, Cells

This body of work reflects a sustained investigation into aquaporins and their roles in plant physiology, stomatal regulation, and molecular interactions relevant to plant and human biological systems.

Best Publications

  • Aquaporins Constitute a Large and Highly Divergent Protein Family in Maize

    François Chaumont;François Barrieu;Eva Wojcik;Maarten J. Chrispeels

  • Aquaporin-facilitated transmembrane diffusion of hydrogen peroxide

    Gerd P Bienert;François Chaumont

  • Aquaporins: Highly Regulated Channels Controlling Plant Water Relations

    François Chaumont;Stephen D. Tyerman

  • Interactions between Plasma Membrane Aquaporins Modulate Their Water Channel Activity

    Karolina Fetter;Valeérie Van Wilder;Menachem Moshelion;François Chaumont

  • Aquaporins are multifunctional water and solute transporters highly divergent in living organisms

    D. Gomes;A. Agasse;P. Thiebaud;S. Delrot

  • Drought and abscisic acid effects on aquaporin content translate into changes in hydraulic conductivity and leaf growth rate: a trans-scale approach.

    Boris Parent;Charles Hachez;Elise Redondo;Thierry Simonneau

  • Plasma membrane intrinsic proteins from maize cluster in two sequence subgroups with differential aquaporin activity.

    François Chaumont;François Barrieu;Rudolf Jung;Maarten J. Chrispeels

  • Regulation of plant aquaporin activity

    François Chaumont;Menachem Moshelion;Mark J. Daniels

  • FRET imaging in living maize cells reveals that plasma membrane aquaporins interact to regulate their subcellular localization.

    Enric Zelazny;Jan Willem Borst;Mélanie Muylaert;Henri Batoko

  • Role of aquaporins in leaf physiology

    Robert B. Heinen;Qing Ye;François Chaumont

  • The Role of Aquaporins and Membrane Damage in Chilling and Hydrogen Peroxide Induced Changes in the Hydraulic Conductance of Maize Roots

    Ricardo Aroca;Gabriela Amodeo;Silvia Fernández-Illescas;Eliot M. Herman

  • Regulation of plasma membrane aquaporins by inoculation with a Bacillus megaterium strain in maize (Zea mays L.) plants under unstressed and salt-stressed conditions.

    Adriana Marulanda;Rosario Azcón;François Chaumont;Juan Manuel Ruiz-Lozano

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis increases relative apoplastic water flow in roots of the host plant under both well-watered and drought stress conditions

    Gloria Bárzana;Ricardo Aroca;José Antonio Paz;François Chaumont

  • Localization and quantification of plasma membrane aquaporin expression in maize primary root: a clue to understanding their role as cellular plumbers

    Charles Hachez;Menachem Moshelion;Menachem Moshelion;Enric Zelazny;Damien Cavez

  • New insights into the regulation of aquaporins by the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in maize plants under drought stress and possible implications for plant performance.

    Gloria Bárzana;Ricardo Aroca;Gerd Patrick Bienert;François Chaumont

  • Characterization of a new vacuolar membrane aquaporin sensitive to mercury at a unique site.

    MJ Daniels;François Chaumont;TE Mirkov;MJ Chrispeels

  • Solanaceae XIPs are plasma membrane aquaporins that facilitate the transport of many uncharged substrates

    Gerd Patrick Bienert;Manuela Désirée Bienert;Thomas Paul Jahn;Marc Boutry

  • Characterization of a Maize Tonoplast Aquaporin Expressed in Zones of Cell Division and Elongation

    François Chaumont;François Barrieu;Eliot M. Herman;Maarten J. Chrispeels

  • High expression of the tonoplast aquaporin ZmTIP1 in epidermal and conducting tissues of maize

    François Barrieu;François Chaumont;Maarten J. Chrispeels

  • Localization and quantification of plasma membrane aquaporin expression in maize primary root: a clue to understand their role as cellular plumbers

    Charles Hachez;Menachem Moshelion;Enric Zelazny;Damien Cavez

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerd Patrick Bienert
Gerd Patrick Bienert Technical University of Munich
Marc Boutry
Marc Boutry Université Catholique de Louvain
Menachem Moshelion
Menachem Moshelion Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Xavier Draye
Xavier Draye Université Catholique de Louvain
Mathieu Javaux
Mathieu Javaux Université Catholique de Louvain
Guillaume Lobet
Guillaume Lobet Forschungszentrum Jülich
Ricardo Aroca
Ricardo Aroca Spanish National Research Council
Maarten J. Chrispeels
Maarten J. Chrispeels University of California, San Diego
Juan Manuel Ruiz-Lozano
Juan Manuel Ruiz-Lozano Spanish National Research Council
François Tardieu
François Tardieu INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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