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Marisa S. Otegui is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. The research focuses primarily on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a secondary emphasis on agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans notable subfields including molecular biology, plant science, epidemiology, cell biology, and structural biology.

The scientist has contributed to a range of topics within these disciplines. Identified main areas of study include photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, autophagy in disease and therapy, plant reproductive biology, cellular transport and secretion, plant molecular biology research, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, and plant responses to water stress.

Marisa S. Otegui's publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • "A prion-like protein regulator of seed germination undergoes hydration-dependent phase separation" (2021, Cell)
  • "Reticulon proteins modulate autophagy of the endoplasmic reticulum in maize endosperm" (2020, eLife)
  • "Autophagy Plays Prominent Roles in Amino Acid, Nucleotide, and Carbohydrate Metabolism during Fixed-Carbon Starvation in Maize" (2020, The Plant Cell)
  • "Vision, challenges and opportunities for a Plant Cell Atlas" (2024, Lincoln [University of Nebraska])
  • "Electron microscopy for imaging organelles in plants and algae" (2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)

Frequent coauthors in this research network include Janice Pennington, Xinxin Ding, Richard D. Vierstra, Han Nim Lee, and Julio Paéz-Valencia, indicating ongoing collaborative work with these individuals.

Marisa S. Otegui's publications are regularly found in several scientific venues, with multiple papers in The Plant Cell, Methods in Molecular Biology, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Nature Communications, and eLife.

In addition to articles, this researcher has contributed to books, with a known publication titled "Plant Endosomes" released by Springer Science+Business Media in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Senescence-associated vacuoles with intense proteolytic activity develop in leaves of Arabidopsis and soybean.

    Marisa S. Otegui;Yoo-Sun Noh;Dana E. Martínez;Martin G. Vila Petroff

  • A role for the RabA4b effector protein PI-4Kβ1 in polarized expansion of root hair cells in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Mary L. Preuss;Aaron J. Schmitz;Julie M. Thole;Julie M. Thole;Heather K.S. Bonner

  • Seed Structure and Localization of Reserves in Chenopodium quinoa

    Imelda Prego;Sara Maldonado;Marisa Otegui

  • Nuclear membranes control symbiotic calcium signaling of legumes

    Ward Capoen;Jongho Sun;Derin Wysham;Marisa S. Otegui

  • A SNARE Complex Unique to Seed Plants Is Required for Protein Storage Vacuole Biogenesis and Seed Development of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Kazuo Ebine;Yusuke Okatani;Tomohiro Uemura;Tatsuaki Goh

  • Three-Dimensional Analysis of Syncytial-Type Cell Plates during Endosperm Cellularization Visualized by High Resolution Electron Tomography

    Marisa S. Otegui;David N. Mastronarde;Byung-Ho Kang;Sebastian Y. Bednarek

  • Endocytosis and Endosomal Trafficking in Plants

    Julio Paez Valencia;Kaija Goodman;Marisa S. Otegui

  • The Proteolytic Processing of Seed Storage Proteins in Arabidopsis Embryo Cells Starts in the Multivesicular Bodies

    Marisa S. Otegui;Marisa S. Otegui;Rachel Herder;Jan Schulze;Rudolf Jung

  • Autophagic Recycling Plays a Central Role in Maize Nitrogen Remobilization

    Faqiang Li;Taijoon Chung;Janice G. Pennington;Maria L. Federico

  • The ESCRT-related CHMP1A and B proteins mediate multivesicular body sorting of auxin carriers in Arabidopsis and are required for plant development.

    Christoph Spitzer;Francisca C. Reyes;Rafael Buono;Marek K. Sliwinski

  • The Arabidopsis AAA ATPase SKD1 Is Involved in Multivesicular Endosome Function and Interacts with Its Positive Regulator LYST-INTERACTING PROTEIN5

    Thomas J. Haas;Marek K. Sliwinski;Dana Ethel Martínez;Mary Preuss

  • Developing Seeds of Arabidopsis Store Different Minerals in Two Types of Vacuoles and in the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Marisa S. Otegui;Roberta Capp;L. Andrew Staehelin

  • Molecular Characterization of Mutant Arabidopsis Plants with Reduced Plasma Membrane Proton Pump Activity

    Miyoshi Haruta;Heather L. Burch;Rachel B. Nelson;Greg Barrett-Wilt

  • 'Senescence-associated vacuoles' are involved in the degradation of chloroplast proteins in tobacco leaves.

    Dana Ethel Martínez;María Luján Costa;Facundo Martin Gomez;Marisa Otegui

  • A KDEL‐tagged monoclonal antibody is efficiently retained in the endoplasmic reticulum in leaves, but is both partially secreted and sorted to protein storage vacuoles in seeds

    Silvana Petruccelli;Marisa S Otegui;Fabricio Lareu;Olivia Tran Dinh

  • Anthocyanin Vacuolar Inclusions Form by a Microautophagy Mechanism

    Alexandra Chanoca;Nik Kovinich;Brian Burkel;Samantha Stecha

  • Plant endosomal trafficking pathways.

    Francisca C Reyes;Rafael Buono;Marisa S Otegui

  • Not all anthocyanins are born equal: distinct patterns induced by stress in Arabidopsis

    Nik Kovinich;Gilbert Kayanja;Alexandra Chanoca;Ken Riedl

  • The Secretory System of Arabidopsis

    Diane C. Bassham;Federica Brandizzi;Marisa S. Otegui;Anton A. Sanderfoot

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Vierstra
Richard D. Vierstra Washington University in St. Louis
L. Andrew Staehelin
L. Andrew Staehelin University of Colorado Boulder
Erich Grotewold
Erich Grotewold Michigan State University
Paul Ahlquist
Paul Ahlquist University of Wisconsin–Madison
Blake C. Meyers
Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis
Odd-Arne Olsen
Odd-Arne Olsen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Sebastian Y. Bednarek
Sebastian Y. Bednarek University of Wisconsin–Madison
Edgar P. Spalding
Edgar P. Spalding University of Wisconsin–Madison
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Liwen Jiang
Liwen Jiang Chinese University of Hong Kong

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