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Gerald A. Berkowitz is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Plant Science. They have also worked in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Biochemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Gerald A. Berkowitz has published multiple papers, with recent publications highlighting molecular and genetic research on Cannabis sativa as well as broader plant biology topics. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Delineating genetic regulation of cannabinoid biosynthesis during female flower development in Cannabis sativa", 2022, Plant Direct
  • "Overexpression of CsMIXTA, a Transcription Factor from Cannabis sativa, Increases Glandular Trichome Density in Tobacco Leaves", 2022, Plants
  • "Plant Elicitor Peptide (Pep) Signaling and Pathogen Defense in Tomato", 2023, Plants
  • "Hormonal control of promoter activities of Cannabis sativa prenyltransferase 1 and 4 and salicylic acid mediated regulation of cannabinoid biosynthesis", 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Effects of Harpin and Flg22 on Growth Enhancement and Pathogen Defense in Cannabis sativa Seedlings", 2022, Plants

Frequent co-authors with whom Gerald A. Berkowitz has collaborated include:

  • Yi Ma
  • Lauren B. Sands
  • Samuel R. Haiden
  • Peter V. Apicella
  • Alice K. Zelman

They have published extensively in several scientific venues, with multiple articles appearing especially in the journal Plants. Other notable publication venues include:

  • Plants
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant Direct
  • The Plant Journal

Best Publications

  • Death don't have no mercy and neither does calcium: Arabidopsis CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL2 and innate immunity

    Rashid Ali;Wei Ma;Fouad Lemtiri-Chlieh;Dimitrios Tsaltas

  • Overexpression of wheat Na+/H+ antiporter TNHX1 and H+-pyrophosphatase TVP1 improve salt- and drought-stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana plants

    Faïçal Brini;Moez Hanin;Imed Mezghani;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Cloning and First Functional Characterization of a Plant Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channel

    Qiang Leng;Richard W. Mercier;Weizhe Yao;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Up-regulation of a H+-pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) as a strategy to engineer drought-resistant crop plants

    Sunghun Park;Jisheng Li;Jon K. Pittman;Jon K. Pittman;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Ca2+ signaling by plant Arabidopsis thaliana Pep peptides depends on AtPepR1, a receptor with guanylyl cyclase activity, and cGMP-activated Ca2+ channels.

    Zhi Qi;Rajeev Verma;Chris Gehring;Yube Yamaguchi

  • Electrophysiological analysis of cloned cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels.

    Qiang Leng;Richard W. Mercier;Bao-Guang Hua;Hillel Fromm

  • The Chimeric Arabidopsis CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED ION CHANNEL11/12 Activates Multiple Pathogen Resistance Responses

    Keiko Yoshioka;Keiko Yoshioka;Wolfgang Moeder;Wolfgang Moeder;Hong-Gu Kang;Pradeep Kachroo

  • Innate Immunity Signaling: Cytosolic Ca2+ Elevation Is Linked to Downstream Nitric Oxide Generation through the Action of Calmodulin or a Calmodulin-Like Protein

    Wei Ma;Andries Smigel;Yu-Chang Tsai;Janet Braam

  • The grateful dead: calcium and cell death in plant innate immunity

    Wei Ma;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Ca2+, cAMP, and transduction of non-self perception during plant immune responses

    Wei Ma;Zhi Qi;Andries Smigel;Robin K. Walker

  • Linking ligand perception by PEPR pattern recognition receptors to cytosolic Ca2+ elevation and downstream immune signaling in plants

    Yi Ma;Robin K. Walker;Yichen Zhao;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Evolutionary and structural perspectives of plant cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels

    Alice K. Zelman;Adam Sean Dawe;Christoph A Gehring;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Cloning and characterization of a wheat vacuolar cation/proton antiporter and pyrophosphatase proton pump.

    Faïçal Brini;Roberto A. Gaxiola;Gerald A. Berkowitz;Khaled Masmoudi

  • Plants Do It Differently. A New Basis for Potassium/Sodium Selectivity in the Pore of an Ion Channel

    Bao-Guang Hua;Richard W. Mercier;Qiang Leng;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Ca2+ conduction by plant cyclic nucleotide gated channels and associated signaling components in pathogen defense signal transduction cascades

    Wei Ma;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Maintenance of photosynthesis at low leaf water potential in wheat: role of potassium status and irrigation history

    Ashima Sen Gupta;Gerald A. Berkowitz;Paul A. Pier

  • Cyclic adenosine monophosphate regulates calcium channels in the plasma membrane of Arabidopsis leaf guard and mesophyll cells.

    Fouad Lemtiri-Chlieh;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • The chimeric cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel ATCNGC11/12 constitutively induces programmed cell death in a Ca2+ dependent manner

    William Urquhart;Arunika H. L. A. N. Gunawardena;Arunika H. L. A. N. Gunawardena;Wolfgang Moeder;Rashid Ali

  • Functional interaction of calmodulin with a plant cyclic nucleotide gated cation channel

    Bao Guang Hua;Richard W. Mercier;Raymond E. Zielinski;Gerald A. Berkowitz

  • Correction for Ca2+, cAMP, and transduction of non-self perception during plant immune responses

    Wei Ma;Zhi Qi;Andries Smigel;Robin K. Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Keiko Yoshioka
Keiko Yoshioka University of Toronto
Wolfgang Moeder
Wolfgang Moeder University of Toronto
Muhammad A. Rauf
Muhammad A. Rauf Shenzhen University
Roberto A. Gaxiola
Roberto A. Gaxiola Arizona State University
Khaled Masmoudi
Khaled Masmoudi United Arab Emirates University
Chris Gehring
Chris Gehring University of Perugia
Ping He
Ping He Texas A&M University
Libo Shan
Libo Shan Texas A&M University
Kendal D. Hirschi
Kendal D. Hirschi Baylor College of Medicine
Clarence A. Ryan
Clarence A. Ryan Washington State University

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