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Michael K. Deyholos

Michael K. Deyholos

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
17347
World Ranking
11183
National Ranking
387

Overview

Michael K. Deyholos is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has an extensive research record in agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields, including plant science, molecular biology, food science, pharmacology, and biochemistry.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on plant molecular biology, covering topics such as plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant gene expression analysis, nutrient uptake and metabolism, stress responses and tolerance, photosynthetic processes, and lipid metabolism and biosynthesis.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Michael K. Deyholos include Jian Zhang, Christopher R. Dumigan, Jianyu Lu, Peiyu Zhao, and Bo Yang.

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Journal, Plants, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Horticulture Research.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Heavy Metal Contamination in Agricultural Soil: Environmental Pollutants Affecting Crop Health, 2023, Agronomy
  • WRKY42 transcription factor positively regulates leaf senescence through modulating SA and ROS synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Heavy Metal Contamination in Agricultural Soil: Environmental Pollutants Affecting Crop Health, 2023, Preprints.org
  • A Rapeseed WRKY Transcription Factor Phosphorylated by CPK Modulates Cell Death and Leaf Senescence by Regulating the Expression of ROS and SA-Synthesis-Related Genes, 2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Ectopic overexpression of a membrane-tethered transcription factor gene NAC60 from oilseed rape positively modulates programmed cell death and age-triggered leaf senescence, 2020, The Plant Journal

Best Publications

  • Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

    Norman J. Wickett;Siavash Mirarab;Nam Nguyen;Tandy Warnow

  • Gene Expression Profiles during the Initial Phase of Salt Stress in Rice

    Shinji Kawasaki;Chris Borchert;Michael Deyholos;Hong Wang

  • Monitoring large-scale changes in transcript abundance in drought- and salt-stressed barley.

    Z. Neslihan Ozturk;Z. Neslihan Ozturk;Valentina Talamé;Valentina Talamé;Michael Deyholos;Christine B. Michalowski

  • Functional characterization of Arabidopsis NaCl-inducible WRKY25 and WRKY33 transcription factors in abiotic stresses

    Yuanqing Jiang;Michael K. Deyholos

  • Comparative proteomic analysis of NaCl stress-responsive proteins in Arabidopsis roots

    Yuanqing Jiang;Bo Yang;Neil S. Harris;Michael K. Deyholos

  • Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project.

    Naim Matasci;Ling Hong Hung;Zhixiang Yan;Eric J. Carpenter

  • The genome of flax (Linum usitatissimum) assembled de novo from short shotgun sequence reads.

    Zhiwen Wang;Neil Hobson;Leonardo Galindo;Shilin Zhu

  • A genome triplication associated with early diversification of the core eudicots

    Yuannian Jiao;Jim Leebens-Mack;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam;John E. Bowers

  • Comprehensive transcriptional profiling of NaCl-stressed Arabidopsis roots reveals novel classes of responsive genes

    Yuanqing Jiang;Michael K Deyholos

  • A genomics approach towards salt stress tolerance

    Hans J. Bohnert;Patricia Ayoubi;Chris Borchert;Ray A. Bressan

  • Multiple Polyploidy Events in the Early Radiation of Nodulating and Nonnodulating Legumes

    Steven B. Cannon;Michael R. McKain;Alex Harkess;Matthew N. Nelson

  • Separable whorl-specific expression and negative regulation by enhancer elements within the AGAMOUS second intron.

    Michael K. Deyholos;Leslie E. Sieburth

  • Identification and expression analysis of WRKY transcription factor genes in canola (Brassica napus L.) in response to fungal pathogens and hormone treatments.

    Bo Yang;Yuanqing Jiang;Muhammad H Rahman;Michael K Deyholos

  • Evaluating methods for isolating total RNA and predicting the success of sequencing phylogenetically diverse plant transcriptomes.

    Marc T.J. Johnson;Eric J. Carpenter;Zhijian Tian;Richard Bruskiewich

  • Functional characterization of the Arabidopsis bHLH92 transcription factor in abiotic stress.

    Yuanqing Jiang;Bo Yang;Michael K. Deyholos

  • The evolutionary history of ferns inferred from 25 low-copy nuclear genes

    Carl J. Rothfels;Fay Wei Li;Erin M. Sigel;Layne Huiet

  • Transcriptomic responses to aluminum stress in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Manjeet Kumari;Gregory J. Taylor;Michael K. Deyholos

  • Plant Fiber Formation: State of the Art, Recent and Expected Progress, and Open Questions

    Tatyana Gorshkova;Nina Brutch;Brigitte Chabbert;Michael Deyholos

  • Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns

    Fay-Wei Li;Juan Carlos Villarreal;Steven Kelly;Carl J. Rothfels

  • Identification and characterization of CBL and CIPK gene families in canola ( Brassica napus L . )

    Hanfeng Zhang;Bo Yang;Wu-Zhen Liu;Hongwei Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta
David W. Galbraith
David W. Galbraith University of Arizona
Nat N. V. Kav
Nat N. V. Kav University of Alberta
Hans J. Bohnert
Hans J. Bohnert University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Toni M. Kutchan
Toni M. Kutchan Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dennis W. Stevenson
Dennis W. Stevenson New York Botanical Garden
Sylvie Cloutier
Sylvie Cloutier Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia

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