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John W. Patrick is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular emphasis on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology. They also contribute to Environmental Engineering and Materials Chemistry within their scientific pursuits.

Their work explores multiple main topics, including:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

John W. Patrick has published articles in a range of scientific venues, notably:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Journal of Family Theory & Review
  • Exploration
  • New Phytologist
  • Frontiers in Genetics

Their recent papers include:

  • From mouse to mouse-ear cress: Nanomaterials as vehicles in plant biotechnology, 2021, Exploration
  • Transfer cells: what regulates the development of their intricate wall labyrinths?, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Sugar loading of crop seeds - a partnership of phloem, plasmodesmal and membrane transport, 2023, New Phytologist
  • Integrating Sugar Metabolism With Transport: Elevation of Endogenous Cell Wall Invertase Activity Up-Regulates SlHT2 and SlSWEET12c Expression for Early Fruit Development in Tomato, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Developing managed aquifer recharge (MAR) to augment irrigation water resources in the sand and gravel (Crag) aquifer of coastal Suffolk, UK, 2023, Journal of Environmental Management

Frequent coauthors collaborating with John W. Patrick include:

  • Christopher P. L. Grof
  • Christina E. Offler
  • Katherine R. Allen
  • Caroline Sanner
  • Shivangi Gupta

Best Publications

  • A recently evolved hexose transporter variant confers resistance to multiple pathogens in wheat.

    John W Moore;Sybil Herrera-Foessel;Caixia Lan;Wendelin Schnippenkoetter

  • The plant vascular system: evolution, development and functions

    William J. Lucas;Andrew Groover;Raffael Lichtenberger;Kaori Furuta

  • PHLOEM UNLOADING: Sieve Element Unloading and Post-Sieve Element Transport.

    J. W. Patrick

  • The Dual Function of Sugar Carriers: Transport and Sugar Sensing

    Sylvie Lalonde;Eckhard Boles;Hanjo Hellmann;Laurence Barker

  • Phloem loading and unloading of sugars and amino acids

    S. Lalonde;M. Tegeder;M. Throne-Holst;W. B. Frommer

  • Molecular regulation of seed and fruit set

    Yong-Ling Ruan;John William Patrick;Mondher Bouzayen;Mondher Bouzayen;Sonia Osorio

  • Compartmentation of transport and transfer events in developing seeds

    John W. Patrick;Christina E. Offler

  • Transfer cells: cells specialized for a special purpose.

    Christina E. Offler;David W. McCurdy;John W. Patrick;Mark J. Talbot

  • The cellular pathway of postphloem sugar transport in developing tomato fruit

    Yong-Ling Ruan;John W. Patrick

  • Metabolic engineering of sugars and simple sugar derivatives in plants

    John W. Patrick;Frikkie C. Botha;Robert G. Birch

  • Review: Nutrient loading of developing seeds

    Wen-Hao Zhang;Yuchan Zhou;Katherine E. Dibley;Stephen D. Tyerman

  • Chemicals from Coal Coking

    Marcos Granda;Clara Blanco;Patricia Alvarez;John W. Patrick

  • Sieve element unloading: cellular pathway, mechanism and control

    J. W. Patrick

  • High invertase activity in tomato reproductive organs correlates with enhanced sucrose import into, and heat tolerance of, young fruit

    Zhimiao Li;William M. Palmer;Antony P. Martin;Rongqing Wang

  • Energy status of ripening and postharvest senescent fruit of litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)

    Hui Wang;Zhengjiang Qian;Sanmei Ma;Yuchuan Zhou

  • Post-sieve element transport of photoassimilates in sink regions

    J.W. Patrick;C.E. Offler

  • Sucrose transport into developing seeds of Pisum sativum L.

    Mechthild Tegeder;Xin-Ding Wang;Wolf B.. Frommer;Christina E.. Offler

  • Development of optical anisotropy in vitrains during carbonization

    John W. Patrick;Malcolm J. Reynolds;Frederick H. Shaw

  • Assimilate partitioning in relation to crop productivity

    J.W. Patrick

  • Invited Expert Review The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and Functions

    William J. Lucas;Andrew Groover;Raffael Lichtenberger;Kaori Furuta

Frequent Co-Authors

Christina E. Offler
Christina E. Offler University of Newcastle Australia
Yong-Ling Ruan
Yong-Ling Ruan University of Newcastle Australia
Mechthild Tegeder
Mechthild Tegeder Washington State University
Colin E. Snape
Colin E. Snape University of Nottingham
Stephen D. Tyerman
Stephen D. Tyerman University of Adelaide
Wolf B. Frommer
Wolf B. Frommer Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Robert T. Furbank
Robert T. Furbank Australian National University
Wen-Hao Zhang
Wen-Hao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
John M. Ward
John M. Ward University College London
John S. Sperry
John S. Sperry University of Utah

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