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Overview

Marc R. Knight is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular expertise in Plant Science and Molecular Biology. The work extends to related areas including General Health Professions, Food Science, and Education.

The scientist's studies concentrate on key areas such as Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Molecular Biology Research, and Potato Plant Research. Additional focus topics include Plant Pathogens and Resistance, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

Their publication record includes recent papers covering significant topics in plant physiology and molecular biology:

  • "The calcium transporter ANNEXIN1 mediates cold-induced calcium signaling and freezing tolerance in plants," 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • "Mediator Subunits MED16, MED14, and MED2 Are Required for Activation of ABRE-Dependent Transcription in Arabidopsis," 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Basal stomatal aperture is regulated by GA-DELLAs in Arabidopsis," 2020, Journal of Plant Physiology
  • "Chloroplast calcium signalling regulates thermomemory," 2021, Journal of Plant Physiology
  • "Integration of multi-omics data and deep phenotyping provides insights into responses to single and combined abiotic stress in potato," 2025, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues with multiple papers appearing in the Journal of Plant Physiology and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other publication venues include The EMBO Journal, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, and Frontiers in Plant Science.

Marc R. Knight collaborates often with various co-authors, including Nur Afiqah Sukiran, Heather Knight, Maja Zagorščak, Lamis Abdelhakim, and Natalia Yaneth Rodriguez-Granados, with collaboration counts ranging from two to three papers per partner.

Best Publications

  • Transgenic plant aequorin reports the effects of touch and cold-shock and elicitors on cytoplasmic calcium.

    Marc R. Knight;Anthony K. Campbell;Steven M. Smith;Anthony J. Trewavas

  • Abiotic stress signalling pathways: specificity and cross-talk

    Heather Knight;Marc R Knight

  • Calcium signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana responding to drought and salinity

    Heather Knight;Anthony J. Trewavas;Marc R. Knight

  • Cold calcium signaling in Arabidopsis involves two cellular pools and a change in calcium signature after acclimation.

    Heather Knight;Anthony J. Trewavas;Marc R. Knight

  • Protection against Heat Stress-Induced Oxidative Damage in Arabidopsis Involves Calcium, Abscisic Acid, Ethylene, and Salicylic Acid

    Jane Larkindale;Marc R. Knight

  • Heat stress phenotypes of Arabidopsis mutants implicate multiple signaling pathways in the acquisition of thermotolerance.

    Jane Larkindale;Jennifer D. Hall;Marc R. Knight;Elizabeth Vierling

  • OXI1 kinase is necessary for oxidative burst-mediated signalling in Arabidopsis.

    Maike C. Rentel;David Lecourieux;Fatma Ouaked;Sarah L. Usher

  • Cell-type-specific calcium responses to drought, salt and cold in the Arabidopsis root

    Edward Kiegle;Catherine A. Moore;Jim Haseloff;Mark A. Tester

  • Oxidative Signals in Tobacco Increase Cytosolic Calcium.

    Adam H. Price;Anne Taylor;Scott J. Ripley;Allen Griffiths

  • The RPM1 plant disease resistance gene facilitates a rapid and sustained increase in cytosolic calcium that is necessary for the oxidative burst and hypersensitive cell death

    Murray Grant;Ian Brown;Sally Adams;Marc Knight

  • Low-temperature perception leading to gene expression and cold tolerance in higher plants.

    Marc R. Knight;Heather Knight

  • Wind-induced plant motion immediately increases cytosolic calcium

    Marc R. Knight;Steven M. Smith;Anthony J. Trewavas

  • Heat-Shock-Induced Changes in Intracellular Ca2+Level in Tobacco Seedlings in Relation to Thermotolerance

    Ming Gong;Arnold H. van der Luit;Marc R. Knight;Anthony J. Trewavas

  • Circadian oscillations of cytosolic and chloroplastic free calcium in plants.

    Carl Hirschie Johnson;Marc R. Knight;Takao Kondo;Patrick Masson

  • Oxidative Stress-Induced Calcium Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Maike C. Rentel;Marc R. Knight

  • Rapid Transcriptome Changes Induced by Cytosolic Ca2+ Transients Reveal ABRE-Related Sequences as Ca2+-Responsive cis Elements in Arabidopsis

    Boaz Kaplan;Olga Davydov;Heather Knight;Yael Galon

  • Temperature sensing by plants: the primary characteristics of signal perception and calcium response.

    Christoph Plieth;Ulf-Peter Hansen;Heather Knight;Marc R. Knight

  • Abscisic acid induces CBF gene transcription and subsequent induction of cold-regulated genes via the CRT promoter element.

    Heather Knight Knight;Daniel G. Zarka;Haruko Okamoto;Michael F. Thomashow

  • ERF5 and ERF6 play redundant roles as positive regulators of JA/Et-mediated defense against Botrytis cinerea in Arabidopsis

    Caroline S. Moffat;Caroline S. Moffat;Robert A. Ingle;Deepthi L. Wathugala;Deepthi L. Wathugala;Nigel J. Saunders

  • Bacterial polysaccharides suppress induced innate immunity by calcium chelation.

    Shazia N. Aslam;Mari-Anne Newman;Gitte Erbs;Kate L. Morrissey

Frequent Co-Authors

Heather Knight
Heather Knight Durham University
Anthony Trewavas
Anthony Trewavas University of Edinburgh
Anthony K. Campbell
Anthony K. Campbell Cardiff University
Alistair M. Hetherington
Alistair M. Hetherington University of Bristol
Martin R. McAinsh
Martin R. McAinsh Lancaster University
Nick D. Read
Nick D. Read University of Manchester
Hillel Fromm
Hillel Fromm Tel Aviv University
Raoul Ranjeva
Raoul Ranjeva Paul Sabatier University
Gareth I. Jenkins
Gareth I. Jenkins University of Glasgow

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