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Jim Beynon is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and is active in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Plant Science and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses a range of topics related to plant biology, including Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Virus Research Studies, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Plant Pathogens and Resistance, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

The scientist has contributed to multiple research papers published in various venues. Recent notable publications include:

  • Widespread premature transcription termination of Arabidopsis thaliana NLR genes by the spen protein FPA, 2021, eLife
  • Downy Mildew effector HaRxL21 interacts with the transcriptional repressor TOPLESS to promote pathogen susceptibility, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • ARMADILLO REPEAT ONLY proteins confine Rho GTPase signalling to polar growth sites, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Exploiting breakdown in nonhost effector-target interactions to boost host disease resistance, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Time-series transcriptomics reveals a BBX32-directed control of acclimation to high light in mature Arabidopsis leaves, 2021, The Plant Journal

Their research has been published frequently in several scientific journals and platforms, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Plants
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • eLife
  • PLoS Pathogens

Jim Beynon has collaborated extensively with several scientists, with multiple joint publications alongside Katherine Denby, Jens Steinbrenner, Sarah Harvey, Priyanka Kumari, and Pascal Falter-Braun.

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans.

    Brian J Haas;Sophien Kamoun;Sophien Kamoun;Michael C Zody;Michael C Zody;Rays H Y Jiang;Rays H Y Jiang

  • Phytophthora Genome Sequences Uncover Evolutionary Origins and Mechanisms of Pathogenesis

    Brett M. Tyler;Sucheta Tripathy;Xuemin Zhang;Paramvir Dehal;Paramvir Dehal

  • High-Resolution Temporal Profiling of Transcripts during Arabidopsis Leaf Senescence Reveals a Distinct Chronology of Processes and Regulation

    Emily Breeze;Elizabeth Harrison;Stuart McHattie;Linda Karen Hughes

  • Independently evolved virulence effectors converge onto hubs in a plant immune system network

    M. Shahid Mukhtar;Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis;Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis;Matija Dreze;Matija Dreze;Petra Epple

  • Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in Arabidopsis thaliana is conferred by the recessive RRS1-R gene, a member of a novel family of resistance genes

    Laurent Deslandes;Jocelyne Olivier;Frédéric Theulières;Judith Hirsch

  • An ancestral oomycete locus contains late blight avirulence gene Avr3a, encoding a protein that is recognized in the host cytoplasm

    Miles R. Armstrong;Stephen C. Whisson;Leighton Pritchard;Leighton Pritchard;Jorunn I. B. Bos

  • Signatures of adaptation to obligate biotrophy in the Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis genome

    Laura Baxter;Sucheta Tripathy;Naveed Ishaque;Nico Boot

  • Host-Parasite Coevolutionary Conflict Between Arabidopsis and Downy Mildew

    Rebecca L. Allen;Peter D. Bittner-Eddy;Laura J. Grenville-Briggs;Julia C. Meitz

  • Differential Recognition of Highly Divergent Downy Mildew Avirulence Gene Alleles by RPP1 Resistance Genes from Two Arabidopsis Lines

    Anne P. Rehmany;Anna Gordon;Laura E. Rose;Rebecca L. Allen

  • Three Genes of the Arabidopsis RPP1 Complex Resistance Locus Recognize Distinct Peronospora parasitica Avirulence Determinants

    Miguel A. Botella;Jane E. Parker;Louise N. Frost;Peter D. Bittner-Eddy

  • Nitric oxide sensing in plants is mediated by proteolytic control of group VII ERF transcription factors

    Daniel J. Gibbs;Nurulhikma Md Isa;Mahsa Movahedi;Jorge Lozano-Juste

  • Arabidopsis Defense against Botrytis cinerea: Chronology and Regulation Deciphered by High-Resolution Temporal Transcriptomic Analysis

    Oliver P. Windram;Priyadharshini Madhou;Stuart McHattie;Claire Hill

  • Trafficking arms: oomycete effectors enter host plant cells

    Paul R.J. Birch;Anne P. Rehmany;Leighton Pritchard;Sophien Kamoun

  • Targeted interactomics reveals a complex core cell cycle machinery in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Jelle Van Leene;Jens Hollunder;Dominique Eeckhout;Geert Persiau

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

    Pierre Hilson;Joke Allemeersch;Thomas Altmann;Sébastien Aubourg

  • RPP13 is a simple locus in Arabidopsis thaliana for alleles that specify downy mildew resistance to different avirulence determinants in Peronospora parasitica.

    Peter D. Bittner-Eddy;Ian R. Crute;Eric B. Holub;Jim L. Beynon

  • Identification of R-Gene Homologous DNA Fragments Genetically Linked to Disease Resistance Loci in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Mark G. M. Aarts;Bas te Lintel Hekkert;Eric B. Holub;Jim L. Beynon

  • The maintenance of extreme amino acid diversity at the disease resistance gene, RPP13, in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Laura E Rose;Peter D Bittner-Eddy;Charles H Langley;Eric B Holub

  • Downy mildew (Peronospora parasitica) resistance genes in Arabidopsis vary in functional requirements for NDR1, EDS1, NPR1 and salicylic acid accumulation.

    John M. McDowell;Alayne Cuzick;Canan Can;Jim Beynon

  • The nif promoters of Klebsiella pneumoniae have a characteristic primary structure

    Jim Beynon;Maura Cannon;Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston;Frank Cannon

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric B. Holub
Eric B. Holub University of Warwick
Katherine J. Denby
Katherine J. Denby University of York
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
Pierre Hilson
Pierre Hilson INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Paul R. J. Birch
Paul R. J. Birch James Hutton Institute
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Andrew Mead
Andrew Mead Rothamsted Research
Jane E. Parker
Jane E. Parker Max Planck Society
Laura E. Rose
Laura E. Rose Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
David J. Studholme
David J. Studholme University of Exeter

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