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Overview

Jose M. Alonso is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their main areas of study focus on Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Biotechnology, Cell Biology, and Epidemiology.

Alonso's work covers diverse topics including Plant Molecular Biology Research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alonso include Anna N. Stepanova, Chengsong Zhao, Anna E. Yaschenko, Mario Fenech, and Katie Vollen.

The scientist's research has been published in several recurring scholarly venues. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have nine publications; Plant Biotechnology Journal with four publications; Current Opinion in Plant Biology and The Plant Cell, each with two publications; and The Plant Journal with two publications.

Recent papers by Jose M. Alonso include the following:

  • "To Fight or to Grow: The Balancing Role of Ethylene in Plant Abiotic Stress Responses," 2021, Plants
  • "Auxin Interactions with Other Hormones in Plant Development," 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • "Deciphering the molecular basis of tissue-specific gene expression in plants: Can synthetic biology help?", 2022, Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "A G protein-coupled receptor-like module regulates cellulose synthase secretion from the endomembrane system in Arabidopsis," 2021, Developmental Cell
  • "Regulation of ovule initiation by gibberellins and brassinosteroids in tomato and Arabidopsis: two plant species, two molecular mechanisms," 2020, The Plant Journal

Best Publications

  • Genome-Wide Insertional Mutagenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana

    José M. Alonso;Anna N. Stepanova;Thomas J. Leisse;Christopher J. Kim

  • EIN2, a bifunctional transducer of ethylene and stress responses in Arabidopsis.

    Jose M. Alonso;Takashi Hirayama;Gregg Roman;Saeid Nourizadeh

  • TAA1-Mediated Auxin Biosynthesis Is Essential for Hormone Crosstalk and Plant Development

    Anna N. Stepanova;Joyce Robertson-Hoyt;Jeonga Yun;Larissa M. Benavente

  • Functional Genomic Analysis of the AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR Gene Family Members in Arabidopsis thaliana : Unique and Overlapping Functions of ARF7 and ARF19

    Yoko Okushima;Paul J. Overvoorde;Kazunari Arima;Jose M. Alonso

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 1 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    Athanasios Theologis;Joseph R. Ecker;Joseph R. Ecker;Curtis J. Palm;Nancy A. Federspiel;Nancy A. Federspiel

  • Arabidopsis RIN4 Is a Target of the Type III Virulence Effector AvrRpt2 and Modulates RPS2-Mediated Resistance

    David Mackey;David Mackey;Youssef Belkhadir;Jose M. Alonso;Joseph R. Ecker

  • Type-A Arabidopsis response regulators are partially redundant negative regulators of cytokinin signaling.

    Jennifer P.C. To;Georg Haberer;Fernando J. Ferreira;Jean Deruère

  • Auxin response factors ARF6 and ARF8 promote jasmonic acid production and flower maturation

    Punita Nagpal;Christine M. Ellis;Hans Weber;Sara E. Ploense

  • Class III Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper Gene Family Members Have Overlapping, Antagonistic, and Distinct Roles in Arabidopsis Development

    Michael J. Prigge;Denichiro Otsuga;José M. Alonso;Joseph R. Ecker

  • DELLA Proteins and Gibberellin-Regulated Seed Germination and Floral Development in Arabidopsis

    Ludmila Tyler;Stephen G. Thomas;Jianhong Hu;Alyssa Dill

  • CBF2/DREB1C is a negative regulator of CBF1/DREB1B and CBF3/DREB1A expression and plays a central role in stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Fernando Novillo;José M. Alonso;Joseph R. Ecker;Julio Salinas

  • Localization of Iron in Arabidopsis Seed Requires the Vacuolar Membrane Transporter VIT1

    Sun A. Kim;Tracy Punshon;Antonio Lanzirotti;Liangtao Li

  • Trp-dependent auxin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis: involvement of cytochrome P450s CYP79B2 and CYP79B3.

    Yunde Zhao;Anna K. Hull;Neeru R. Gupta;Kendrick A. Goss

  • CDPKs CPK6 and CPK3 Function in ABA Regulation of Guard Cell S-Type Anion- and Ca2+- Permeable Channels and Stomatal Closure

    Izumi C. Mori;Yoshiyuki Murata;Yoshiyuki Murata;Yingzhen Yang;Shintaro Munemasa;Shintaro Munemasa

  • Chloroplast to nucleus communication triggered by accumulation of Mg-protoporphyrinIX

    Åsa Strand;Tadao Asami;Jose Alonso;Joseph R. Ecker

  • Involvement of NRAMP1 from Arabidopsis thaliana in iron transport.

    C Curie;J M Alonso;M Le Jean;J R Ecker

  • Multilevel Interactions between Ethylene and Auxin in Arabidopsis Roots

    Anna N. Stepanova;Jeonga Yun;Alla V. Likhacheva;Jose M. Alonso

  • GUN4, a regulator of chlorophyll synthesis and intracellular signaling.

    Robert M. Larkin;Robert M. Larkin;Jose M. Alonso;Joseph R. Ecker;Joanne Chory;Joanne Chory

  • A Link between ethylene and auxin uncovered by the characterization of two root-specific ethylene-insensitive mutants in Arabidopsis.

    Anna N. Stepanova;Joyce M. Hoyt;Alexandra A. Hamilton;Jose M. Alonso

  • Phototropin-related NPL1 controls chloroplast relocation induced by blue light

    Jose A. Jarillo;Halina Gabrys;Juan Capel;Juan Capel;Jose M. Alonso;Jose M. Alonso

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph R. Ecker
Joseph R. Ecker Salk Institute for Biological Studies
José M. González-Calbet
José M. González-Calbet Complutense University of Madrid
María Vallet-Regí
María Vallet-Regí Complutense University of Madrid
Miguel A. Perez-Amador
Miguel A. Perez-Amador Universitat Politècnica de València
Joanne Chory
Joanne Chory Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Antonio Hernando
Antonio Hernando Technical University of Madrid
G. Eric Schaller
G. Eric Schaller Dartmouth College
Malcolm J. Bennett
Malcolm J. Bennett University of Nottingham
Joseph J. Kieber
Joseph J. Kieber University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ranjan Swarup
Ranjan Swarup University of Nottingham

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