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65
Citations
17340
World Ranking
9063
National Ranking
693

Overview

Garry C. Whitelam was affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their academic career involved research within the broader scientific community although specific details on research topics, fields of study, and frequent co-authors are not provided.

Throughout their career, Garry C. Whitelam did not have recent papers listed, nor were specific main topics or subfields of study documented in the available data. Likewise, no frequent publication venues or book publications were recorded, which limits detailed insight into the precise areas of their scientific contributions.

The absence of particular awards or distinctions in the data suggests no recorded honors during their career. Similarly, information about collaborations or influential research projects is not present.

The information confirms that Garry C. Whitelam is deceased, and thus any consideration of their work must be in the past tense. Their existing academic record points to a role within a recognized UK institution focused on scientific inquiry, even though detailed outputs and areas of expertise remain unspecified.

Best Publications

  • The shade avoidance syndrome: multiple responses mediated by multiple phytochromes

    H. Smith;G. C. Whitelam

  • High Temperature-Mediated Adaptations in Plant Architecture Require the bHLH Transcription Factor PIF4

    Maria A. Koini;Liz Alvey;Trudie Allen;Ceinwen A. Tilley

  • Phytochrome-mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves degradation of growth-promoting bHLH transcription factors

    Séverine Lorrain;Trudie Allen;Paula D. Duek;Garry C. Whitelam

  • Phytochrome-mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves degradation of growth-promoting bHLH transcription factors

    P. D. Duek;S. Lorrain;C. Fankhauser;T. Allen

  • Phytochrome A null mutants of Arabidopsis display a wild-type phenotype in white light.

    Garry C. Whitelam;Emma Johnson;Jinrong Peng;Pierre Carol

  • Phytochromes and Shade-avoidance Responses in Plants

    Keara A. Franklin;Garry C. Whitelam

  • Phytochrome E Influences Internode Elongation and Flowering Time in Arabidopsis

    Paul F. Devlin;Samita R. Patel;Garry C. Whitelam

  • Photoresponses of Light-Grown phyA Mutants of Arabidopsis (Phytochrome A Is Required for the Perception of Daylength Extensions)

    E. Johnson;M. Bradley;N. P. Harberd;G. C. Whitelam

  • Phytochrome D acts in the shade-avoidance syndrome in Arabidopsis by controlling elongation growth and flowering time.

    Paul F. Devlin;Paul R.H. Robson;Samita R. Patel;Lynn Goosey

  • Gating of the rapid shade-avoidance response by the circadian clock in plants

    Michael G. Salter;Keara A. Franklin;Garry C. Whitelam

  • Phytochrome, a family of photoreceptors with multiple physiological roles

    H. Smith;G. C. Whitelam

  • Phytochrome control of flowering is temperature sensitive and correlates with expression of the floral integrator FT

    Karen J. Halliday;Michael G. Salter;Elin Thingnaes;Garry C. Whitelam

  • Regulation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2 by blue-light-dependent phosphorylation

    Dror Shalitin;Hongyun Yang;Todd C. Mockler;Maskit Maymon

  • Phytochromes B, D, and E Act Redundantly to Control Multiple Physiological Responses in Arabidopsis

    Keara A. Franklin;Uta Praekelt;Wendy M. Stoddart;Olivia E. Billingham

  • Light-quality regulation of freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Keara A Franklin;Garry C Whitelam

  • Roles of different phytochromes in Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis

    G. C. Whitelam;P. F. Devlin

  • Synthesis of a functional anti-phytochrome single-chain Fv protein in transgenic tobacco.

    Meran Owen;Atul Gandecha;Bill Cockburn;Garry Whitelam

  • Phytochrome B and at Least One Other Phytochrome Mediate the Accelerated Flowering Response of Arabidopsis thaliana L. to Low Red/Far-Red Ratio

    Karen Halliday;M. Koornneef;G. C. Whitelam

  • The signal transducing photoreceptors of plants

    Keara A. Franklin;Victoria S. Larner;Garry C. Whitelam

  • Secretion of a functional single-chain Fv protein in transgenic tobacco plants and cell suspension cultures.

    Simon Firek;John Draper;Meran R. L. Owen;Atul Gandecha

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Smith
Harry Smith University of Leicester
Keara A. Franklin
Keara A. Franklin University of Bristol
Karen J. Halliday
Karen J. Halliday University of Edinburgh
Nicholas P. Harberd
Nicholas P. Harberd University of Oxford
Peter H. Quail
Peter H. Quail University of California, Berkeley
Jorge J. Casal
Jorge J. Casal University of Buenos Aires
Robert A. Sharrock
Robert A. Sharrock Montana State University
Marcelo J. Yanovsky
Marcelo J. Yanovsky Fundación Instituto Leloir
Maarten Koornneef
Maarten Koornneef Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Eberhard Schäfer
Eberhard Schäfer University of Freiburg

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