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53
Citations
19621
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3688
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Javier Paz-Ares is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily falls within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specific focus on Plant Science. Additional subfields include Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Pollution.

Their research topics cover a range of plant-related biological processes and environmental interactions, including:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Recent selected publications illustrate the scope of their work. These include:

  • Plant adaptation to low phosphorus availability: Core signaling, crosstalks, and applied implications, published in 2021 in Molecular Plant
  • A reciprocal inhibitory module for Pi and iron signaling, 2021, Molecular Plant
  • Arsenite provides a selective signal that coordinates arsenate uptake and detoxification through the regulation of PHR1 stability in Arabidopsis, 2021, Molecular Plant
  • Cytokinin Determines Thiol-Mediated Arsenic Tolerance and Accumulation, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Recent advances in research on phosphate starvation signaling in plants, 2024, Journal of Plant Research

Their frequent coauthors include María Isabel Puga, Antonio Leyva, Gabriel Castrillo, Cristian Mateo, and Thotegowdanapalya C. Mohan, with multiple collaborations noted with each.

Publication venues for their work include Molecular Plant, UNC Libraries, The Plant Cell, Journal of Plant Research, and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, with the majority of publications appearing in Molecular Plant.

Javier Paz-Ares has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Target mimicry provides a new mechanism for regulation of microRNA activity

    José Manuel Franco-Zorrilla;Adrián Valli;Marco Todesco;Isabel Mateos

  • A conserved MYB transcription factor involved in phosphate starvation signaling both in vascular plants and in unicellular algae

    Vicente Rubio;Francisco Linhares;Roberto Solano;Ana C. Martín

  • The Arabidopsis bHLH Transcription Factors MYC3 and MYC4 Are Targets of JAZ Repressors and Act Additively with MYC2 in the Activation of Jasmonate Responses

    Patricia Fernández-Calvo;Andrea Chini;Gemma Fernández-Barbero;José-Manuel Chico

  • The regulatory c1 locus of Zea mays encodes a protein with homology to myb proto-oncogene products and with structural similarities to transcriptional activators.

    J Paz-Ares;D Ghosal;U Wienand;P A Peterson

  • Root microbiota drive direct integration of phosphate stress and immunity

    Gabriel Castrillo;Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira;Sur Herrera Paredes;Theresa F. Law

  • MYB transcription factors in plants

    Cathie Martin;Javier Paz-Ares

  • Towards functional characterisation of the members of the R2R3‐MYB gene family from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Harald D. Kranz;Marten Denekamp;Raffaella Greco;Hailing Jin

  • A Central Regulatory System Largely Controls Transcriptional Activation and Repression Responses to Phosphate Starvation in Arabidopsis

    Regla Bustos;Gabriel Castrillo;Francisco Linhares;María Isabel Puga

  • Influence of cytokinins on the expression of phosphate starvation responsive genes in Arabidopsis.

    Ana C. Martín;Juan Carlos Del Pozo;Juan Carlos Del Pozo;Joaquín Iglesias;Vicente Rubio

  • SPX1 is a phosphate-dependent inhibitor of PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE 1 in Arabidopsis

    María Isabel Puga;Isabel Mateos;Rajulu Charukesi;Zhiye Wang

  • A collection of target mimics for comprehensive analysis of microRNA function in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Marco Todesco;Ignacio Rubio-Somoza;Javier Paz-Ares;Detlef Weigel

  • PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER TRAFFIC FACILITATOR1 Is a Plant-Specific SEC12-Related Protein That Enables the Endoplasmic Reticulum Exit of a High-Affinity Phosphate Transporter in Arabidopsis

    Esperanza González;Roberto Solano;Vicente Rubio;Antonio Leyva

  • Endogenous Arabidopsis messenger RNAs transported to distant tissues

    Christoph J Thieme;Monica Rojas-Triana;Ewelina Stecyk;Christian Schudoma

  • Plant hormones and nutrient signaling.

    Vicente Rubio;Regla Bustos;María Luisa Irigoyen;Ximena Cardona-López

  • A type 5 acid phosphatase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana is induced by phosphate starvation and by some other types of phosphate mobilising/oxidative stress conditions.

    J C del Pozo;I Allona;V Rubio;A Leyva

  • Versatile Gene-Specific Sequence Tags for Arabidopsis Functional Genomics: Transcript Profiling and Reverse Genetics Applications

    Pierre Hilson;Joke Allemeersch;Thomas Altmann;Sébastien Aubourg

  • A Mutant of the Arabidopsis Phosphate Transporter PHT1;1 Displays Enhanced Arsenic Accumulation

    Pablo Catarecha;Maria Dolores Segura;José Manuel Franco-Zorrilla;Berenice García-Ponce

  • Dissection of local and systemic transcriptional responses to phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis

    Marie-Christine Thibaud;Jean-François Arrighi;Vincent Bayle;Serge Chiarenza

  • Dual DNA binding specificity of a petal epidermis-specific MYB transcription factor (MYB.Ph3) from Petunia hybrida.

    R Solano;C Nieto;J Avila;L Cañas

  • The transcriptional control of plant responses to phosphate limitation

    José Manuel Franco-Zorrilla;Esperanza González;Regla Bustos;Francisco Linhares

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Solano
Roberto Solano Spanish National Research Council
Francisco García-Olmedo
Francisco García-Olmedo Technical University of Madrid
Heinz Saedler
Heinz Saedler Max Planck Society
Pilar Carbonero
Pilar Carbonero Technical University of Madrid
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Gabriel Salcedo
Gabriel Salcedo Technical University of Madrid
Jim Beynon
Jim Beynon University of Warwick
George Coupland
George Coupland Max Planck Society
Peter Weisbeek
Peter Weisbeek Utrecht University
Cathie Martin
Cathie Martin Norwich Research Park

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