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Greg C. Vanlerberghe

Greg C. Vanlerberghe

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
8554
World Ranking
17681
National Ranking
615

Overview

Greg C. Vanlerberghe is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research expertise spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biochemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include the study of plant stress responses and tolerance, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant responses to elevated CO2 and water stress, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, mitochondrial function and pathology, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Vanlerberghe's publications have appeared in several scientific venues, with notable frequency in "Frontiers in Plant Science," "Mitochondrion," "The Plant Journal," and the "International Journal of Molecular Sciences." These journals reflect the multidisciplinary nature of their work on plant physiology and mitochondrial function.

Recent papers from their research include:

  • "Photosynthesis, respiration and growth: A carbon and energy balancing act for alternative oxidase" (2020) in Mitochondrion
  • "Roles for Plant Mitochondrial Alternative Oxidase Under Normoxia, Hypoxia, and Reoxygenation Conditions" (2020) in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "The Complementary Roles of Chloroplast Cyclic Electron Transport and Mitochondrial Alternative Oxidase to Ensure Photosynthetic Performance" (2021) in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "The flexibility of metabolic interactions between chloroplasts and mitochondria in Nicotiana tabacum leaf" (2021) in The Plant Journal
  • "The Role of Alternative Oxidase in the Interplay between Nitric Oxide, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Ethylene in Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) Plants Incubated under Normoxic and Hypoxic Conditions" (2022) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Collaboration is an important aspect of Vanlerberghe's work. Frequent co-authors include Avesh Chadee, Nicole A. Alber, Abir U. Igamberdiev, Keshav Dahal, and Somaieh Zafari, highlighting a network of researchers focused primarily on plant mitochondrial and photosynthetic studies.

Best Publications

  • ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE: From Gene to Function

    Greg C. Vanlerberghe;Lee McIntosh

  • Alternative Oxidase: A Mitochondrial Respiratory Pathway to Maintain Metabolic and Signaling Homeostasis during Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Plants

    Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • Signals Regulating the Expression of the Nuclear Gene Encoding Alternative Oxidase of Plant Mitochondria

    G. C. Vanlerberghe;L. Mclntosh

  • Transgenic Plant Cells Lacking Mitochondrial Alternative Oxidase Have Increased Susceptibility to Mitochondria-Dependent and -Independent Pathways of Programmed Cell Death

    Christine A. Robson;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • Lower growth temperature increases alternative pathway capacity and alternative oxidase protein in tobacco.

    Greg C. Vanlerberghe;Lee McIntosh

  • Alternative Oxidase Activity in Tobacco Leaf Mitochondria (Dependence on Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle-Mediated Redox Regulation and Pyruvate Activation).

    G. C. Vanlerberghe;D. A. Day;J. T. Wiskich;A. E. Vanlerberghe

  • Induction of Mitochondrial Alternative Oxidase in Response to a Cell Signal Pathway Down-Regulating the Cytochrome Pathway Prevents Programmed Cell Death

    Greg C. Vanlerberghe;Christine A. Robson;Justine Y.H. Yip

  • Is the maintenance of homeostatic mitochondrial signaling during stress a physiological role for alternative oxidase

    Greg C. Vanlerberghe;Marina Cvetkovska;Jia Wang

  • The role of alternative oxidase in modulating carbon use efficiency and growth during macronutrient stress in tobacco cells

    Stephen M. Sieger;Brian K. Kristensen;Christine A. Robson;Sasan Amirsadeghi

  • Mitochondrial Electron Transport Regulation of Nuclear Gene Expression (Studies with the Alternative Oxidase Gene of Tobacco)

    G. C. Vanlerberghe;L. McIntosh

  • Alternative oxidase modulates leaf mitochondrial concentrations of superoxide and nitric oxide

    Marina Cvetkovska;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • Increased Respiratory Restriction during Phosphate-Limited Growth in Transgenic Tobacco Cells Lacking Alternative Oxidase

    Hannah L. Parsons;Justine Y.H. Yip;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • Origins, evolutionary history, and taxonomic distribution of alternative oxidase and plastoquinol terminal oxidase.

    Allison E. McDonald;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • The role of the mitochondrion in plant responses to biotic stress

    Sasan Amirsadeghi;Christine A. Robson;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • Alternative oxidase in animals: unique characteristics and taxonomic distribution

    Allison E. McDonald;Greg C. Vanlerberghe;James F. Staples

  • Changes in plant mitochondrial electron transport alter cellular levels of reactive oxygen species and susceptibility to cell death signaling molecules.

    Sasan Amirsadeghi;Christine A. Robson;Allison E. McDonald;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • Branched Mitochondrial Electron Transport in the Animalia: Presence of Alternative Oxidase in Several Animal Phyla

    Allison E. McDonald;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • Alternative oxidase impacts the plant response to biotic stress by influencing the mitochondrial generation of reactive oxygen species

    Marina Cvetkovska;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • Mitochondrial alternative oxidase is not a critical component of plant viral resistance but may play a role in the hypersensitive response.

    Sandi H. Ordog;Verna J. Higgins;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  • Impact of mitochondrial alternative oxidase expression on the response of Nicotiana tabacum to cold temperature.

    Jia Wang;Nirusan Rajakulendran;Sasan Amirsadeghi;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee McIntosh
Lee McIntosh Michigan State University
David H. Turpin
David H. Turpin University of Victoria
Robert D. Guy
Robert D. Guy University of British Columbia
Ian M. Møller
Ian M. Møller Aarhus University
David A. Day
David A. Day Flinders University
Abir U. Igamberdiev
Abir U. Igamberdiev Memorial University of Newfoundland
Rajender S. Sangwan
Rajender S. Sangwan Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
William C. Plaxton
William C. Plaxton Queen's University
Mark Stitt
Mark Stitt Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Brian Miki
Brian Miki Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

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