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Johnathan A. Napier

Johnathan A. Napier

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
25808
World Ranking
2848
National Ranking
207

Overview

Johnathan A. Napier is affiliated with Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom and specializes in fields related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans various subfields, including molecular biology, biochemistry, aquatic science, mechanics of materials, and plant science.

The scientist's work focuses largely on topics such as lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, aquaculture nutrition and growth, fatty acid research and health, reproductive biology with impacts on aquatic species, rock mechanics and modeling, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and algal biology and biofuel production.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Richard P. Haslam, Olga Sayanova, Lihua Han, Mónica B. Betancor, and Philip C. Calder. Their research outputs have been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • The Plant Cell
  • Aquaculture

Their recent papers cover various topics within their focus areas. Notable publications include:

  • Synaptotagmins at the endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sites maintain diacylglycerol homeostasis during abiotic stress (2021, The Plant Cell)
  • Overexpression of an endogenous type 2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum enhances lipid production and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid content (2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels)
  • Agriculture can help aquaculture become greener (2020, Nature Food)
  • High level accumulation of EPA and DHA in field-grown transgenic Camelina - a multi-territory evaluation of TAG accumulation and heterogeneity (2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • Bioengineering horizon scan 2020 (2020, eLife)

Best Publications

  • Seed storage proteins: structures and biosynthesis.

    Peter R. Shewry;Johnathan A. Napier;Arthur S. Tatham

  • Stressful 'memories' of plants: evidence and possible mechanisms

    Toby J.A. Bruce;Michaela C. Matthes;Johnathan A. Napier;John A. Pickett

  • Analysis of Detergent-Resistant Membranes in Arabidopsis. Evidence for Plasma Membrane Lipid Rafts

    Georg H.H. Borner;D. Janine Sherrier;Thilo Weimar;Louise V. Michaelson

  • Production of very long chain polyunsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in plants

    Baoxiu Qi;Baoxiu Qi;Tom Fraser;Sam Mugford;Gary Dobson

  • New roles for cis-jasmone as an insect semiochemical and in plant defense.

    Michael A. Birkett;Colin A. M. Campbell;Keith Chamberlain;Emilio Guerrieri

  • Overexpression of Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM1 Promotes Wax Very-Long-Chain Alkane Biosynthesis and Influences Plant Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

    Brice Bourdenx;Amélie Bernard;Frédéric Domergue;Stéphanie Pascal

  • Pan genome of the phytoplankton Emiliania underpins its global distribution

    Betsy A. Read;Jessica Kegel;Mary J. Klute;Alan Kuo

  • Biosynthesis of very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic oilseeds: constraints on their accumulation.

    Amine Abbadi;Freéderic Domergue;Jörg Bauer;Johnathan A. Napier

  • Omega-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, EPA and DHA: Bridging the Gap between Supply and Demand.

    Douglas R. Tocher;Mónica B. Betancor;Matthew Sprague;Rolf Erik Olsen

  • Reconstitution of Plant Alkane Biosynthesis in Yeast Demonstrates That Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM1 and ECERIFERUM3 Are Core Components of a Very-Long-Chain Alkane Synthesis Complex

    Amélie Bernard;Frédéric Domergue;Frédéric Domergue;Stéphanie Pascal;Stéphanie Pascal;Reinhard Jetter

  • Expression of a borage desaturase cDNA containing an N-terminal cytochrome b5 domain results in the accumulation of high levels of Δ6-desaturated fatty acids in transgenic tobacco

    O. V. Sayanova;M. A. Smith;P. Lapinskas;A. K. Stobart

  • The Production of Unusual Fatty Acids in Transgenic Plants

    Johnathan A. Napier

  • Successful high-level accumulation of fish oil omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in a transgenic oilseed crop

    Noemi Ruiz-Lopez;Richard P. Haslam;Johnathan A. Napier;Olga Sayanova

  • Physiological characterization of ‘stay green’ mutants in durum wheat

    G. Spano;N. Di Fonzo;C. Perrotta;C. Platani

  • Characterization of Lipid Rafts from Medicago truncatula Root Plasma Membranes: A Proteomic Study Reveals the Presence of a Raft-Associated Redox System

    Benoit Lefebvre;Fabienne Furt;Marie-Andrée Hartmann;Louise V. Michaelson

  • A metabolomic study of substantial equivalence of field-grown genetically modified wheat

    John M. Baker;Nathaniel D. Hawkins;Jane L. Ward;Alison Lovegrove

  • An alternative to fish oils: Metabolic engineering of oil-seed crops to produce omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.

    Mónica Venegas-Calerón;Olga Sayanova;Johnathan A. Napier

  • Eicosapentaenoic acid: biosynthetic routes and the potential for synthesis in transgenic plants.

    Olga V. Sayanova;Johnathan A. Napier

  • Metabolic engineering of Phaeodactylum tricornutum for the enhanced accumulation of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.

    Mary L. Hamilton;Richard P. Haslam;Johnathan A. Napier;Olga Sayanova

  • New frontiers in oilseed biotechnology: meeting the global demand for vegetable oils for food, feed, biofuel, and industrial applications

    Chaofu Lu;Johnathan A Napier;Thomas E Clemente;Edgar B Cahoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Olga Sayanova
Olga Sayanova Rothamsted Research
Richard P. Haslam
Richard P. Haslam Rothamsted Research
Peter R. Shewry
Peter R. Shewry Rothamsted Research
John A. Pickett
John A. Pickett Cardiff University
Colin M. Lazarus
Colin M. Lazarus University of Bristol
Huw Jones
Huw Jones Aberystwyth University
Toby J. A. Bruce
Toby J. A. Bruce Keele University
Lester J. Wadhams
Lester J. Wadhams Rothamsted Research
Christine M. Woodcock
Christine M. Woodcock Rothamsted Research
Douglas R. Tocher
Douglas R. Tocher Shantou University

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