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Mary Lou Guerinot

Mary Lou Guerinot

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
34015
World Ranking
4214
National Ranking
2060

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Dennis R. Hoagland Award, American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mary Lou Guerinot is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to trace elements in health, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals, as well as RNA regulation and disease. The main fields of study they contribute to include Nursing and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with subfields encompassing Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Plant Science.

Recent publications by Mary Lou Guerinot and collaborators include the following:

  • Single cell analysis reveals multiple requirements for zinc in the mammalian cell cycle (2020) published in eLife
  • Human cells experience a Zn2+ pulse in early G1 (2023) published in Cell Reports
  • Human Cells Experience a Zn 2 Pulse in Early G1 (2023) published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research are Amy E. Palmer, Ananya Rakshit, Samuel E. Holtzen, Kylie A. Conway, and Leah J. Damon. Their work appears across several publication venues including eLife, Cell Reports, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Mary Lou Guerinot has received recognition through multiple awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Dennis R. Hoagland Award, American Society of Plant Biologists (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2007)

Best Publications

  • IRT1, an Arabidopsis Transporter Essential for Iron Uptake from the Soil and for Plant Growth

    Grégory Vert;Natasha Grotz;Fabienne Dédaldéchamp;Frédéric Gaymard

  • A novel iron-regulated metal transporter from plants identified by functional expression in yeast

    David Eide;Margaret Broderius;Janette Fett;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • A ferric-chelate reductase for iron uptake from soils

    Nigel J. Robinson;Catherine M. Procter;Erin L. Connolly;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis

    Pascal Mäser;Sébastien Thomine;Julian I. Schroeder;John M. Ward

  • The ZIP family of metal transporters.

    Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Iron: Nutritious, Noxious, and Not Readily Available.

    M. L. Guerinot;Y. Yi

  • The IRT1 protein from Arabidopsis thaliana is a metal transporter with a broad substrate range

    Y O Korshunova;D Eide;W G Clark;M L Guerinot

  • Identification of a family of zinc transporter genes from Arabidopsis that respond to zinc deficiency

    Natasha Grotz;Tama Fox;Erin Connolly;Walter Park

  • Expression of the IRT1 metal transporter is controlled by metals at the levels of transcript and protein accumulation.

    Erin L. Connolly;Janette P. Fett;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Microbial Iron Transport

    Mary Lou Guerinot

  • The Essential Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein FIT1 Is Required for the Iron Deficiency Response

    Elizabeth P. Colangelo;Mary Lou Guerinot

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

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

  • Iron uptake and transport in plants: the good, the bad, and the ionome.

    Joe Morrissey;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Facing the challenges of Cu, Fe and Zn homeostasis in plants

    Christine M Palmer;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Molecular aspects of Cu, Fe and Zn homeostasis in plants.

    Natasha Grotz;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Mining iron: Iron uptake and transport in plants

    Sun A. Kim;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Using membrane transporters to improve crops for sustainable food production

    Julian I. Schroeder;Emmanuel Delhaize;Wolf B. Frommer;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Altered selectivity in an Arabidopsis metal transporter.

    Elizabeth E. Rogers;David J. Eide;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CATION TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

    Tama Christine Fox;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Genomic scale profiling of nutrient and trace elements in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Brett Lahner;Jiming Gong;Mehrzad Mahmoudian;Ellen L Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Salt
David E. Salt University of Nottingham
Ivan Baxter
Ivan Baxter Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Brett Lahner
Brett Lahner Purdue University West Lafayette
Sichul Lee
Sichul Lee National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
Andrew A. Meharg
Andrew A. Meharg Queen's University Belfast
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University
Adam H. Price
Adam H. Price University of Aberdeen
Fang-Jie Zhao
Fang-Jie Zhao Nanjing Agricultural University
Felipe Klein Ricachenevsky
Felipe Klein Ricachenevsky Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Enzo Lombi
Enzo Lombi University of South Australia

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