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  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Harry J. Klee is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with specific focuses on Plant Science and Molecular Biology as predominant subfields.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research

Recent publications by Harry J. Klee demonstrate contributions to several journals and cover various aspects of plant biology and crop improvement. Notable papers include:

  • Major Impacts of Widespread Structural Variation on Gene Expression and Crop Improvement in Tomato, 2020, Cell
  • Metabolomic selection for enhanced fruit flavor, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Transcriptional and epigenetic analysis reveals that NAC transcription factors regulate fruit flavor ester biosynthesis, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • Domestication of Crop Metabolomes: Desired and Unintended Consequences, 2021, Trends in Plant Science
  • Releasing a sugar brake generates sweeter tomato without yield penalty, 2024, Nature

Most frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Plant Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • Trends in Plant Science

Harry J. Klee has worked closely with several collaborators. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Denise M. Tieman
  • Yusuke Kamiyoshihara
  • Kunsong Chen
  • Bo Zhang
  • Samuel F. Hutton

The scientist has been recognized with prestigious awards including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2012 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Genetics and Control of Tomato Fruit Ripening and Quality Attributes

    Harry J Klee;James J Giovannoni

  • A chemical genetic roadmap to improved tomato flavor

    Denise Tieman;Guangtao Zhu;Marcio F. R. Resende;Tao Lin

  • An Ethylene-Inducible Component of Signal Transduction Encoded by Never-ripe

    Jack Q. Wilkinson;Michael B. Lanahan;Hsiao-Ching Yen;James J. Giovannoni

  • Plant volatile compounds: sensory cues for health and nutritional value?

    Stephen A. Goff;Harry J. Klee

  • Major Impacts of Widespread Structural Variation on Gene Expression and Crop Improvement in Tomato.

    Michael Alonge;Xingang Wang;Matthias Benoit;Matthias Benoit;Sebastian Soyk

  • Engineering herbicide tolerance in transgenic plants.

    Dilip M. Shah;Robert B. Horsch;Harry J. Klee;Ganesh M. Kishore

  • T-DNA of Agrobacterium tumefaciens encodes an enzyme of cytokinin biosynthesis

    D E Akiyoshi;H Klee;R M Amasino;E W Nester

  • Rewiring of the Fruit Metabolome in Tomato Breeding.

    Guangtao Zhu;Shouchuang Wang;Zejun Huang;Shuaibin Zhang

  • The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor.

    Lei Gao;Itay Gonda;Itay Gonda;Honghe Sun;Qiyue Ma

  • MAX3/CCD7 is a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase required for the synthesis of a novel plant signaling molecule.

    Jonathan Booker;Michele Auldridge;Sarah Wills;Donald McCarty

  • Technical Focus:a guide to Agrobacterium binary Ti vectors.

    Roger Hellens;Philip Mullineaux;Harry Klee

  • Control of ethylene synthesis by expression of a bacterial enzyme in transgenic tomato plants.

    Harry J. Klee;Maria B. Hayford;Keith A. Kretzmer;Gerard F. Barry

  • Plant carotenoid cleavage oxygenases and their apocarotenoid products

    Michele E Auldridge;Donald R McCarty;Harry J Klee

  • The never ripe mutation blocks ethylene perception in tomato.

    Michael B. Lanahan;Hsiao Ching Yen;James J. Giovannoni;Harry J. Klee

  • The tomato carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 genes contribute to the formation of the flavor volatiles beta-ionone, pseudoionone, and geranylacetone.

    Andrew J. Simkin;Steven H. Schwartz;Michele Auldridge;Mark G. Taylor

  • Ethylene regulates the susceptible response to pathogen infection in tomato.

    Steven T. Lund;Robert E. Stall;Harry J. Klee

  • Alterations of Endogenous Cytokinins in Transgenic Plants Using a Chimeric Isopentenyl Transferase Gene.

    June I. Medford;Roger Horgan;Zaki El-Sawi;Harry J. Klee

  • Tomato aromatic amino acid decarboxylases participate in synthesis of the flavor volatiles 2-phenylethanol and 2-phenylacetaldehyde

    Denise Tieman;Mark Taylor;Nicolas Schauer;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • The tomato ethylene receptors NR and LeETR4 are negative regulators of ethylene response and exhibit functional compensation within a multigene family

    Denise M. Tieman;Mark G. Taylor;Joseph A. Ciardi;Harry J. Klee

  • Agrobacterium-Mediated Plant Transformation and its Further Applications to Plant Biology

    Harry Klee;Robert Horsch;Stephen Rogers

Frequent Co-Authors

Denise M. Tieman
Denise M. Tieman University of Florida
James J. Giovannoni
James J. Giovannoni Boyce Thompson Institute
Stephen G. Rogers
Stephen G. Rogers Monsanto (United States)
Zhangjun Fei
Zhangjun Fei Cornell University
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Eric A. Schmelz
Eric A. Schmelz University of California, San Diego
Ganesh M. Kishore
Ganesh M. Kishore Monsanto (United States)
Charles A. Sims
Charles A. Sims University of Florida
Donald R. McCarty
Donald R. McCarty University of Florida
Eugene W. Nester
Eugene W. Nester University of Washington

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