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John M. Christie is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of plant biology, molecular mechanisms, and light responses, contributing extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their scholarly output spans various subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Microbiology. The main topics of John M. Christie's research emphasize light effects on plants, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant molecular biology, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, fern and epiphyte biology, plant and animal studies, and plant diversity and evolution.

The scientist has published significant research articles in several academic journals. Their recent papers include:

  • "Evolution of rapid blue-light response linked to explosive diversification of ferns in angiosperm forests," 2020, New Phytologist
  • "Regulation of plant phototropic growth by NPH3/RPT2-like substrate phosphorylation and 14-3-3 binding," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Optogenetics in plants," 2020, New Phytologist
  • "CIPK23 regulates blue light-dependent stomatal opening in Arabidopsis thaliana," 2020, The Plant Journal
  • "Blue-light receptor phototropin 1 suppresses immunity to promote Phytophthora infestans infection," 2021, New Phytologist

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John M. Christie include Thomas Waksman, Stuart Sullivan, Noriyuki Suetsugu, Michael R. Blatt, and Dimitra Paliogianni.

They publish predominantly in journals such as New Phytologist, Nature Communications, and The Plant Journal, with additional contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and Microbial Biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • Phototropin Blue-Light Receptors

    John M. Christie

  • Phototropins 1 and 2: versatile plant blue-light receptors

    Winslow R. Briggs;John M. Christie

  • Arabidopsis nph1 and npl1: Blue light receptors that mediate both phototropism and chloroplast relocation

    Tatsuya Sakai;Takatoshi Kagawa;Masahiro Kasahara;Trevor E. Swartz

  • LOV (light, oxygen, or voltage) domains of the blue-light photoreceptor phototropin (nph1): Binding sites for the chromophore flavin mononucleotide

    John M. Christie;Michael Salomon;Kazunari Nozue;Masamitsu Wada

  • Arabidopsis NPH1: A Flavoprotein with the Properties of a Photoreceptor for Phototropism

    John M. Christie;Philippe Reymond;Gary K. Powell;Paul Bernasconi

  • Photochemical and mutational analysis of the FMN-binding domains of the plant blue light receptor, phototropin.

    Michael Salomon;John M. Christie;Elke Knieb;Ulrika Lempert

  • The Photocycle of a Flavin-binding Domain of the Blue Light Photoreceptor Phototropin

    Trevor E. Swartz;Stephanie B. Corchnoy;John M. Christie;James W. Lewis

  • UK guidelines on the management of variceal haemorrhage in cirrhotic patients

    Dhiraj Tripathi;Adrian J Stanley;Peter C Hayes;David Patch

  • Plant uvr8 photoreceptor senses uv-b by tryptophan-mediated disruption of cross-dimer salt bridges

    John M. Christie;John M. Christie;Andrew S. Arvai;Katherine J. Baxter;Monika Heilmann

  • The Phototropin Family of Photoreceptors

    W.R. Briggs;C.F. Beck;A.R. Cashmore;J.M. Christie

  • The Electronic Plant Gene Register

    Matthias Schmidt;Juergen Feierabend;Ya-Hsuan Hsu;Kin-Ying To

  • Photochemical properties of the flavin mononucleotide-binding domains of the phototropins from Arabidopsis, rice, and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Masahiro Kasahara;Trevor E. Swartz;Margaret A. Olney;Akihiko Onodera

  • Phototropin LOV domains exhibit distinct roles in regulating photoreceptor function

    John M. Christie;Trevor E. Swartz;Trevor E. Swartz;Roberto A. Bogomolni;Winslow R. Briggs

  • Distinct UV-B and UV-A/blue light signal transduction pathways induce chalcone synthase gene expression in Arabidopsis cells.

    John M. Christie;Gareth I. Jenkins

  • Disruption of the LOV-Jα helix interaction activates phototropin kinase activity

    Shannon M Harper;John M Christie;Kevin H Gardner

  • The photoreversible fluorescent protein iLOV outperforms GFP as a reporter of plant virus infection

    Sean Chapman;Christine Faulkner;Eirini Kaiserli;Carlos Garcia-Mata

  • phot1 Inhibition of ABCB19 Primes Lateral Auxin Fluxes in the Shoot Apex Required For Phototropism

    John M. Christie;Haibing Yang;Gregory L. Richter;Stuart Sullivan

  • Plant Flavoprotein Photoreceptors

    John M. Christie;Lisa Blackwood;Jan Petersen;Stuart Sullivan

  • Blue Light Sensing in Higher Plants

    John M. Christie;Winslow R. Briggs

  • Optogenetic manipulation of stomatal kinetics improves carbon assimilation, water use, and growth.

    M. Papanatsiou;J. Petersen;L. Henderson;Y. Wang;Y. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Winslow R. Briggs
Winslow R. Briggs Carnegie Institution for Science
Gareth I. Jenkins
Gareth I. Jenkins University of Glasgow
Elizabeth D. Getzoff
Elizabeth D. Getzoff Scripps Research Institute
Akira Nagatani
Akira Nagatani Kyoto University
Masahide Terazima
Masahide Terazima Kyoto University
Andrew J. Roe
Andrew J. Roe University of Glasgow
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki Kyushu University
Masamitsu Wada
Masamitsu Wada Kyushu University
Michael R. Blatt
Michael R. Blatt University of Glasgow
Sharon M. Kelly
Sharon M. Kelly University of Glasgow

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