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François Parcy is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has conducted extensive research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their research encompasses multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cancer Research, and Materials Chemistry. Core topics of study focus on Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant and Animal Studies, and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.

Parcy's recent notable publications include:

  • "JASPAR 2022: the 9th release of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles" (2021) published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "JASPAR 2024: 20th anniversary of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles" (2023) published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "A network of transcriptional repressors modulates auxin responses" (2020) published in Nature
  • "The intervening domain is required for DNA-binding and functional identity of plant MADS transcription factors" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "The LEAFY floral regulator displays pioneer transcription factor properties" (2021) published in Molecular Plant

Frequent co-authors with whom François Parcy has collaborated include:

  • Jérémy Lucas
  • Romain Blanc-Mathieu
  • Albin Sandelin
  • Boris Lenhard
  • Wyeth W. Wasserman

Publications have appeared regularly in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Nature

In addition to articles, François Parcy has published a book titled Les clés du champ: Comment domestiquer les plantes (2024), released by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Best Publications

  • JASPAR 2020: update of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles

    Oriol Fornes;Jaime Abraham Castro-Mondragón;Aziz Khan;Robin van der Lee

  • JASPAR 2018: update of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles and its web framework

    Aziz Khan;Oriol Fornes;Arnaud Stigliani;Marius Gheorghe

  • JASPAR 2022: the 9th release of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles.

    Jaime A Castro-Mondragon;Rafael Riudavets-Puig;Ieva Rauluseviciute;Roza Berhanu Lemma

  • Isolation of the Arabidopsis ABI3 gene by positional cloning.

    Jerome Giraudat;Brian M. Hauge;Christiane Valon;Jan Smalle

  • JASPAR 2014: an extensively expanded and updated open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles.

    Anthony Mathelier;Xiaobei Zhao;Allen W. Zhang;François Parcy

  • JASPAR 2016: a major expansion and update of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles

    Anthony Mathelier;Oriol Fornes;David J. Arenillas;Chih-Yu Chen

  • A molecular link between stem cell regulation and floral patterning in Arabidopsis.

    Jan U. Lohmann;Ray L. Hong;Ray L. Hong;Martin Hobe;Maximilian A. Busch

  • Organization of cellulose synthase complexes involved in primary cell wall synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Thierry Desprez;Michal Juraniec;Elizabeth Faris Crowell;Hélène Jouy

  • A genetic framework for floral patterning.

    François Parcy;Ove Nilsson;Maximilian A. Busch;Ilha Lee

  • Regulation of gene expression programs during Arabidopsis seed development: roles of the ABI3 locus and of endogenous abscisic acid.

    Francois Parcy;Christiane Valon;Monique Raynal;Pascale Gaubier-Comella

  • Characterization of MADS-domain transcription factor complexes in Arabidopsis flower development

    Cezary Smaczniak;Richard G. H. Immink;Jose M. Muiño;Robert Blanvillain

  • Deciphering gene regulatory networks that control seed development and maturation in Arabidopsis.

    Monica Santos-Mendoza;Bertrand Dubreucq;Sébastien Baud;François Parcy

  • Current advances in abscisic acid action and signalling.

    Jérôme Giraudat;François Parcy;Nathalie Bertauche;Françoise Gosti

  • A Network of Local and Redundant Gene Regulation Governs Arabidopsis Seed Maturation

    Alexandra To;Christiane Valon;Gil Savino;Jocelyne Guilleminot

  • The mRNA of the Arabidopsis Gene FT Moves from Leaf to Shoot Apex and Induces Flowering

    Tao Huang;Tao Huang;Henrik Böhlenius;Henrik Böhlenius;Sven Eriksson;Sven Eriksson;François Parcy;François Parcy

  • The ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE3, FUSCA3, and LEAFY COTYLEDON1 loci act in concert to control multiple aspects of Arabidopsis seed development.

    Francois Parcy;Christiane Valon;Atuko Kohara;Simon Misera

  • Flowering: a time for integration.

    François Parcy

  • Regulation of storage protein gene expression in Arabidopsis

    Thomas Kroj;Gil Savino;Christiane Valon;Jérôme Giraudat

  • Cytokinin signalling inhibitory fields provide robustness to phyllotaxis

    Fabrice Besnard;Yassin Refahi;Valerie Morin;Benjamin Marteaux

  • The Homologous ABI5 and EEL Transcription Factors Function Antagonistically to Fine-Tune Gene Expression during Late Embryogenesis

    Sandra Bensmihen;Sonia Rippa;Guillaume Lambert;Delphine Jublot

Frequent Co-Authors

Jérôme Giraudat
Jérôme Giraudat Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Teva Vernoux
Teva Vernoux École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Boris Lenhard
Boris Lenhard Imperial College London
Wyeth W. Wasserman
Wyeth W. Wasserman University of British Columbia
Albin Sandelin
Albin Sandelin University of Copenhagen
Ove Nilsson
Ove Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Moussa Benhamed
Moussa Benhamed University of Paris-Saclay
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta
Yrjö Helariutta
Yrjö Helariutta University of Tartu

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