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Gregory A. Tucker is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily covers the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Engineering, with a focus on Biomedical Engineering, Animal Science and Zoology, and Molecular Biology among subfields.

Tucker's work spans several main topics, including Biofuel production and bioconversion, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, and Tea Polyphenols and Effects.

Recent publications by Tucker include:

  • Bioactivity and anthocyanin content of microwave-assisted subcritical water extracts of Manipur black rice (Chakhao) bran and straw, 2021, published in Future Foods
  • Improving the productivity of bioethanol production using marine yeast and seawater-based media, 2020, published in Biomass and Bioenergy
  • The effects of exogenous xylanase supplementation on the in vivo generation of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides in broilers fed a wheat-based diet, 2020, published in British Poultry Science
  • Viability of Municipal Solid Waste as a source for Bioenergy products production, 2020, published in International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology
  • Succession of physiological stages hallmarks the transcriptomic response of the fungus Aspergillus niger to lignocellulose, 2020, published in Biotechnology for Biofuels

The scientist frequently publishes in notable venues such as Biomass and Bioenergy, Biofuels, Animal Feed Science and Technology, Future Foods, and British Poultry Science.

Co-authors regularly collaborating with Tucker include Kamaljit Moirangthem, Tom Dale, M.R. Bedford, John M. Brameld, and Tim Parr.

Best Publications

  • Biochemistry Of Fruit Ripening

    Graham B. Seymour;Jane E. Taylor;Gregory A. Tucker

  • The effect of extrusion conditions on the physicochemical properties and sensory characteristics of rice-based expanded snacks

    Qing-Bo Ding;Paul Ainsworth;Gregory Tucker;Hayley Marson

  • The effect of extrusion conditions on the functional and physical properties of wheat-based expanded snacks

    Qing-Bo Ding;Paul Ainsworth;Andrew Plunkett;Gregory Tucker

  • Inheritance and effect on ripening of antisense polygalacturonase genes in transgenic tomatoes

    Christopher J. S. Smith;Colin F. Watson;Peter C. Morris;Colin R. Bird

  • Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening.

    Selman Uluisik;Natalie H Chapman;Rebecca A. Smith;Mervin Poole

  • Changes in Polygalacturonase Isoenzymes during the ‘Ripening’ of Normal and Mutant Tomato Fruit

    Gregory A. Tucker;Neil G. Robertson;Donald Grierson

  • Effect of the Colorless non-ripening Mutation on Cell Wall Biochemistry and Gene Expression during Tomato Fruit Development and Ripening

    Emma M. Eriksson;Arnaud Bovy;Ken Manning;Liz Harrison

  • Effects of dietary polyphenols on gene expression in human vascular endothelial cells

    Sonja K. Nicholson;Gregory A. Tucker;John M. Brameld

  • Synthesis of polygalacturonase during tomato fruit ripening.

    Gregory A. Tucker;Donald Grierson

  • Timing of ethylene and polygalacturonase synthesis in relation to the control of tomato fruit ripening.

    Donald Grierson;Gregory A. Tucker

  • Silencing of the Major Salt-Dependent Isoform of Pectinesterase in Tomato Alters Fruit Softening

    Thanh D. Phan;Wen Bo;Gill West;Grantley W. Lycett

  • Antisense inhibition of pectin esterase gene expression in transgenic tomatoes

    Lisa N. Hall;Gregory A. Tucker;Christopher J.S. Smith;Colin F. Watson

  • Purification and changes in activities of tomato pectinesterase isoenzymes

    Gregory A. Tucker;Neil G. Robertson;Donald Grierson

  • Uncovering the Genome-Wide Transcriptional Responses of the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus niger to Lignocellulose Using RNA Sequencing

    Stéphane Delmas;Steven T. Pullan;Sanyasi Gaddipati;Matthew Kokolski

  • Marine yeast isolation and industrial application.

    Abdelrahman Saleh Zaky;Abdelrahman Saleh Zaky;Gregory A. Tucker;Zakaria Yehia Daw;Chenyu Du

  • Developmental abnormalities and reduced fruit softening in tomato plants expressing an antisense Rab11 GTPase gene.

    Chungui Lu;Zamri Zainal;Gregory A. Tucker;Grantley W. Lycett

  • Polyuronide solubilization during ripening of normal and mutant tomato fruit

    Graham E. Hobson;Graham B. Seymour;Stephen E. Harding;Andy J. Taylor

  • Degradation of Isolated Tomato Cell Walls by Purified Polygalacturonase in Vitro

    Axel P. N. Themmen;Gregory A. Tucker;Donald Grierson

  • Ethylene-promoted tomato flower abscission and the possible involvement of an inhibitor.

    J A Roberts;C B Schindler;G A Tucker

  • Polygalacturonase expression during leaf abscission of normal and transgenic tomato plants.

    Jane E Taylor;Gregory A Tucker;Yvonne Lasslett;Christopher Js Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham B. Seymour
Graham B. Seymour University of Nottingham
Donald Grierson
Donald Grierson Zhejiang University
Jeremy A. Roberts
Jeremy A. Roberts Plymouth University
Wolfgang Schuch
Wolfgang Schuch AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Malcolm J. Bennett
Malcolm J. Bennett University of Nottingham
David A. Barrett
David A. Barrett University of Nottingham
David B. Archer
David B. Archer University of Nottingham
David A. Gray
David A. Gray University of Nottingham
Stephen E. Harding
Stephen E. Harding University of Nottingham
Morgan R. Alexander
Morgan R. Alexander University of Nottingham

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