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Hikmet Budak is affiliated with Montana BioAg in the United States and has an extensive record of contributions in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research is primarily focused on Plant Science, with significant work also in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work spans several important topics in plant genetics and pathology, including:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Hikmet Budak has published research in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Functional & Integrative Genomics
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "Long Non-coding RNA in Plants in the Era of Reference Sequences," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding," 2020, Nature
  • "The barley pan-genome reveals the hidden legacy of mutation breeding," 2020, Nature
  • "Chromosome-scale genome assembly provides insights into rye biology, evolution and agronomic potential," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "CRISPR/Cas: a Nobel Prize award-winning precise genome editing technology for gene therapy and crop improvement," 2021, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include H. Busra Cagirici, Bala Anı Akpınar, Taner Z. Sen, Tuğdem Muslu, and Babar Hussain. The intensity of collaboration ranges with these individuals from 6 to 9 joint publications.

Hikmet Budak's research contributions encompass a diverse range of molecular genetics topics within plant science, reflecting their engagement in genetic mapping, disease resistance, and genomic studies to understand plant biology and breeding.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

    Rudi Appels;Rudi Appels;Kellye Eversole;Nils Stein;Nils Stein

  • A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jane Rogers;Jaroslav Doležel

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

    John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz

  • Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding.

    Sean Walkowiak;Sean Walkowiak;Liangliang Gao;Cecile Monat;Georg Haberer

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication

    Raz Avni;Moran Nave;Omer Barad;Kobi Baruch

  • Durum wheat genome highlights past domestication signatures and future improvement targets

    Marco Maccaferri;Marco Maccaferri;Neil S. Harris;Sven O. Twardziok;Raj K. Pasam

  • The barley pan-genome reveals the hidden legacy of mutation breeding.

    Murukarthick Jayakodi;Sudharsan Padmarasu;Georg Haberer;Venkata Suresh Bonthala

  • Molecular characterization of Buffalograss germplasm using sequence-related amplified polymorphism markers.

    Budak H;Shearman Rc;Parmaksiz I;Gaussoin Re

  • Comparative analysis of seeded and vegetative biotype buffalograsses based on phylogenetic relationship using ISSRs, SSRs, RAPDs, and SRAPs.

    H. Budak;R. C. Shearman;I. Parmaksiz;I. Dweikat

  • miRNA expression patterns of Triticum dicoccoides in response to shock drought stress

    Melda Kantar;Stuart J. Lucas;Hikmet Budak

  • Multiple QTL‐effects of wheat Gpc‐B1 locus on grain protein and micronutrient concentrations

    Assaf Distelfeld;Ismail Cakmak;Zvi Peleg;Zvi Peleg;Levent Ozturk

  • Quantitative trait loci conferring grain mineral nutrient concentrations in durum wheat × wild emmer wheat RIL population

    Zvi Peleg;İsmail Çakmak;Levent Öztürk;M. Atilla Yazıcı

  • Megabase Level Sequencing Reveals Contrasted Organization and Evolution Patterns of the Wheat Gene and Transposable Element Spaces

    Frédéric Choulet;Thomas Wicker;Camille Rustenholz;Etienne Paux

  • Brachypodium as a Model for the Grasses: Today and the Future

    Jelena Brkljacic;Erich Grotewold;Randy Scholl;Todd C. Mockler

  • Extensive gene content variation in the Brachypodium distachyon pan-genome correlates with population structure

    Sean P. Gordon;Bruno Contreras-Moreira;Daniel P. Woods;Daniel P. Woods;David L. Des Marais;David L. Des Marais

  • CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in wheat.

    Dongjin Kim;Burcu Alptekin;Hikmet Budak

  • Regulation of barley miRNAs upon dehydration stress correlated with target gene expression

    Melda Kantar;Turgay Unver;Hikmet Budak

Frequent Co-Authors

Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Jaroslav Doležel
Jaroslav Doležel Czech Academy of Sciences
Klaus F. X. Mayer
Klaus F. X. Mayer Technical University of Munich
Rudi Appels
Rudi Appels University of Melbourne
Ismail M. Dweikat
Ismail M. Dweikat University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Tzion Fahima
Tzion Fahima University of Haifa
Manuel Spannagl
Manuel Spannagl Helmholtz Zentrum München
Heidrun Gundlach
Heidrun Gundlach Helmholtz Zentrum München
Hana Šimková
Hana Šimková Czech Academy of Sciences
Levent Ozturk
Levent Ozturk Sabancı University

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