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Marie-Anne Van Sluys

Marie-Anne Van Sluys

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
46
Citations
9132
World Ranking
2805
National Ranking
8

Overview

Marie-Anne Van Sluys is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions also in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Primarily, their work focuses on subfields such as Plant Science and Molecular Biology, while also addressing topics in Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cell Biology.

Their research interests cover multiple themes including:

  • Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Biofuel Production and Bioconversion
  • Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

Marie-Anne Van Sluys has authored several papers in recent years. Among these are:

  • "Sucrose-phosphate phosphatase from sugarcane reveals an ancestral tandem duplication," published in 2021 in BMC Plant Biology
  • "Reaching the top through a tortuous path: helical growth in climbing plants," published in 2021 in Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "Evidence for sub-functionalization of tandemly duplicated XPB nucleotide excision repair genes in Arabidopsis thaliana," published in 2020 in Gene
  • "How macroalgae can deal with radiation variability and photoacclimation capacity: The example of Gracilaria tenuistipitata (Rhodophyta) in laboratory," published in 2020 in Algal Research
  • "Towards defining the core Saccharum microbiome: input from five genotypes," published in 2022 in BMC Microbiology

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Henrique Moura Dias, Silvana Creste, Luís Eduardo Aranha Camargo, Cláudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, and Andressa Peres Bini.

Publications have appeared in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Gene
  • BMC Plant Biology

Best Publications

  • Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

    Harris A. Lewin;Gene E. Robinson;W. John Kress;William J. Baker

  • Allele-defined genome of the autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum L.

    Jisen Zhang;Xingtan Zhang;Haibao Tang;Qing Zhang

  • Pathogenomics of Xanthomonas: understanding bacterium–plant interactions

    Robert P. Ryan;Frank-Jörg Vorhölter;Neha Potnis;Jeffrey B. Jones

  • Genome sequence and rapid evolution of the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae PXO99A

    Steven L Salzberg;Daniel D Sommer;Michael C Schatz;Adam M Phillippy

  • A mosaic monoploid reference sequence for the highly complex genome of sugarcane

    Olivier Garsmeur;Olivier Garsmeur;Gaëtan Droc;Gaëtan Droc;Rudie Antonise;Jane Grimwood

  • Comparative analyses of the complete genome sequences of Pierce's disease and citrus variegated chlorosis strains of Xylella fastidiosa

    M. A. Van Sluys;M. C. De Oliveira;C. B. Monteiro-Vitorello;C. Y. Miyaki

  • Analysis and functional annotation of an expressed sequence tag collection for tropical crop sugarcane.

    André L. Vettore;André L. Vettore;Felipe R. da Silva;Felipe R. da Silva;Edson L. Kemper;Edson L. Kemper;Glaucia M. Souza

  • Two New Complete Genome Sequences Offer Insight into Host and Tissue Specificity of Plant Pathogenic Xanthomonas spp.

    Adam J. Bogdanove;Ralf Koebnik;Hong Lu;Ayako Furutani

  • Microcollinearity between autopolyploid sugarcane and diploid sorghum genomes

    Jianping Wang;Bruce Roe;Simone Macmil;Qingyi Yu

  • Brazilian coffee genome project: an EST-based genomic resource

    Luiz Gonzaga Esteves Vieira;Alan Carvalho Andrade;Carlos Augusto Colombo;Ana Heloneida de Araújo Moraes

  • The role of auxin in hairy root induction

    Maura Cardarelli;Laura Spanò;Domenico Mariotti;Maria Luisa Mauro

  • The Genome Sequence of the Gram-Positive Sugarcane Pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli

    Claudia B. Monteiro-Vitorello;Luis E. A. Camargo;Marie A. Van Sluys;João P. Kitajima

  • SNP genotyping allows an in-depth characterisation of the genome of sugarcane and other complex autopolyploids

    Antonio A. F. Garcia;Marcelo Mollinari;Thiago G. Marconi;Thiago G. Marconi;Oliver R. Serang

  • Building the sugarcane genome for biotechnology and identifying evolutionary trends

    Nathalia de Setta;Nathalia de Setta;Cláudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello;Cushla Jane Metcalfe;Guilherme Marcelo Queiroga Cruz

  • Genomics-Based Diagnostic Marker Development for Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola

    Jillian M Lang;John P Hamilton;Maria Genaleen Q Diaz;Marie Anne Van Sluys

  • Acquisition and Evolution of Plant Pathogenesis–Associated Gene Clusters and Candidate Determinants of Tissue-Specificity in Xanthomonas

    Hong Lu;Prabhu Patil;Marie Anne Van Sluys;Marie Anne Van Sluys;Frank F. White

  • The sugarcane genome challenge: strategies for sequencing a highly complex genome.

    Glaucia Mendes Souza;Helene Berges;Stephanie Bocs;Rosanne Casu

  • Assembly of the 373k gene space of the polyploid sugarcane genome reveals reservoirs of functional diversity in the world's leading biomass crop

    Glaucia Mendes Souza;Marie Anne Van Sluys;Carolina Gimiliani Lembke;Hayan Lee;Hayan Lee

  • SNP genotyping allows an in-depth characterisation of the genome of sugarcane and other complex

    A. F. Garcia;Marcelo Mollinari;Thiago G. Marconi;Oliver R. Serang

  • Collection for Tropical Crop Sugarcane Analysis and Functional Annotation of an Expressed Sequence Tag

    Guilherme Pedrosa;Paulo Arruda;Francisco G. Nobrega;Guilherme P. Telles

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Frederico Martins Menck
Carlos Frederico Martins Menck Universidade de São Paulo
Mariana C. Oliveira
Mariana C. Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo
Angélique D'Hont
Angélique D'Hont University of Montpellier
Ray Ming
Ray Ming University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael C. Schatz
Michael C. Schatz Johns Hopkins University
Ralf Koebnik
Ralf Koebnik University of Montpellier
Jan E. Leach
Jan E. Leach Colorado State University
Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia
Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia Universidade de São Paulo
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Hélène Bergès
Hélène Bergès INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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