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Overview

George W. Haughn is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant emphasis on plant science and molecular biology. Their work encompasses areas such as plant molecular biology research, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, plant tissue culture and regeneration, plant gene expression analysis, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism. Additional topics of interest include transgenic plants and applications as well as seed germination and physiology.

Haughn has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Seed Mucilage: Biological Functions and Potential Applications in Biotechnology (2021, Plant and Cell Physiology)
  • Three novel transcription factors involved in cannabinoid biosynthesis in Cannabis sativa L. (2021, Plant Molecular Biology)
  • CannabisGDB: a comprehensive genomic database for Cannabis Sativa L (2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • Cell wall-localized BETA-XYLOSIDASE4 contributes to immunity of Arabidopsis against Botrytis cinerea (2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)
  • Expression Patterns and Functional Characterization of Arabidopsis Galactose Oxidase-Like Genes Suggest Specialized Roles for Galactose Oxidases in Plants (2021, Plant and Cell Physiology)

The venues where George W. Haughn has frequently published include:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Plant Molecular Biology
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Botany

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Gillian H. Dean
  • Robert McGee
  • Yuanyuan Liu
  • Allen Yi-Lun Tsai
  • Panpan Zhu

Haughn's subfields of study reflect a concentration on:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmacology
  • Food Science

Best Publications

  • Sulfonylurea-resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

    George W. Haughn;Chris Somerville

  • A large family of bacterial activator proteins

    Steven Henikoff;George W. Haughn;Joseph M. Calvo;James C. Wallace

  • LEAFY, a Homeotic Gene That Regulates Inflorescence Development in Arabidopsis.

    Elizabeth A. Schultz;George W. Haughn

  • Transformation with a mutant Arabidopsis acetolactate synthase gene renders tobacco resistant to sulfonylurea herbicides

    George W. Haughn;Julie Smith;Barbara Mazur;Chris Somerville

  • Differentiation of Mucilage Secretory Cells of the Arabidopsis Seed Coat

    Tamara L. Western;Debra J. Skinner;George W. Haughn

  • Genetic analysis of seed coat development in Arabidopsis

    George Haughn;Abed Chaudhury

  • The UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS gene of Arabidopsis thaliana is an F‐box protein required for normal patterning and growth in the floral meristem

    Alon Samach;Jennifer E. Klenz;Susanne E. Kohalmi;Eddy Risseeuw

  • BLADE-ON-PETIOLE-dependent signaling controls leaf and floral patterning in Arabidopsis.

    Shelley R. Hepworth;Yuelin Zhang;Sarah McKim;Xin Li

  • AP2 Gene Determines the Identity of Perianth Organs in Flowers of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Ljerka Kunst;Jennifer E. Klenz;Jose Martinez-Zapater;George W. Haughn

  • The BELL1 gene encodes a homeodomain protein involved in pattern formation in the Arabidopsis ovule primordium

    Leonore Reiser;Zora Modrusan;Linda Margossian;Alon Samach

  • A Novel Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase Is Required for Pollen Development and Sporopollenin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

    Clarice de Azevedo Souza;Sung Soo Kim;Stefanie Koch;Lucie Kienow

  • Genetic control of morphogenesis in Arabidopsis

    George W. Haughn;Chris R. Somerville

  • The Arabidopsis BELL1 and KNOX TALE homeodomain proteins interact through a domain conserved between plants and animals.

    Mohammed Bellaoui;Mark S. Pidkowich;Alon Samach;Kumuda Kushalappa

  • Genetic analysis of the floral initiation process (FLIP) in Arabidopsis

    Elizabeth A. Schultz;George W. Haughn

  • Isolation and characterization of mutants defective in seed coat mucilage secretory cell development in Arabidopsis

    Tamara L. Western;Joanne Burn;Wei Ling Tan;Debra J. Skinner

  • Non-cell-autonomous function of the Antirrhinum floral homeotic proteins DEFICIENS and GLOBOSA is exerted by their polar cell-to-cell trafficking

    Marie-Christine Perbal;George Haughn;Heinz Saedler;Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer

  • Different roles of flowering-time genes in the activation of floral initiation genes in Arabidopsis.

    Leonor Ruiz-Garcia;Francisco Madueno;Mark Wilkinson;George Haughn

  • Homeotic transformation of ovules into carpel-like structures in Arabidopsis

    Zora Modrusan;Leonore Reiser;Kenneth A. Feldmann;Robert L. Fischer

  • MUCILAGE-MODIFIED4 Encodes a Putative Pectin Biosynthetic Enzyme Developmentally Regulated by APETALA2, TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1 , and GLABRA2 in the Arabidopsis Seed Coat

    Tamara L. Western;Diana S. Young;Gillian H. Dean;Wei Ling Tan

  • UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS Controls Meristem Identity and Organ Primordia Fate in Arabidopsis.

    Mark D. Wilkinson;George W. Haughn

Frequent Co-Authors

Shawn D. Mansfield
Shawn D. Mansfield University of British Columbia
Ljerka Kunst
Ljerka Kunst University of British Columbia
Alon Samach
Alon Samach Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chris Somerville
Chris Somerville University of California, Berkeley
Brian E. Ellis
Brian E. Ellis University of British Columbia
Carl J. Douglas
Carl J. Douglas University of British Columbia
Nicholas C. Carpita
Nicholas C. Carpita Purdue University West Lafayette
Robert L. Fischer
Robert L. Fischer University of California, Berkeley
Maureen C. McCann
Maureen C. McCann Purdue University West Lafayette
José M. Martínez-Zapater
José M. Martínez-Zapater Spanish National Research Council

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