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Biology and Biochemistry
France
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
20429
World Ranking
4363
National Ranking
110

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Mondher Bouzayen is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, the scientist specializes in Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Food Science, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their research topics encompass several areas such as:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Bouzayen's recent publications include:

  • Integrative analyses of metabolome and genome-wide transcriptome reveal the regulatory network governing flavor formation in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis), 2021, New Phytologist
  • MicroTom Metabolic Network: Rewiring Tomato Metabolic Regulatory Network throughout the Growth Cycle, 2020, Molecular Plant
  • Down Regulation and Loss of Auxin Response Factor 4 Function Using CRISPR/Cas9 Alters Plant Growth, Stomatal Function and Improves Tomato Tolerance to Salinity and Osmotic Stress, 2020, Genes
  • SlERF.F12 modulates the transition to ripening in tomato fruit by recruiting the co-repressor TOPLESS and histone deacetylases to repress key ripening genes, 2022, The Plant Cell
  • MaXB3 Modulates MaNAC2, MaACS1, and MaACO1 Stability to Repress Ethylene Biosynthesis during Banana Fruit Ripening, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • New Phytologist
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations play a significant role in their research, with frequent co-authors including Mingchun Liu, Julien Pirrello, Zhengguo Li, Guojian Hu, and Heng Deng.

Mondher Bouzayen's contributions have been recognized by the scientific community, including being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2014.

Best Publications

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Ethylene and fruit ripening

    Jean-Marc Lelievre;Alain Latche;Brian Jones;Mondher Bouzayen

  • The Tomato Aux/IAA Transcription Factor IAA9 Is Involved in Fruit Development and Leaf Morphogenesis

    Hua Wang;Brian Jones;Zhengguo Li;Pierre Frasse

  • Differential expression of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase gene family of tomato

    Cornelius S. Barry;Beatrix Blume;Mondher Bouzayen;Wendy Cooper

  • Expression of ACC oxidase antisense gene inhibits ripening of cantaloupe melon fruits.

    R Ayub;Monique Guis;M Ben Amor;L Gillot

  • Ethylene seems required for the berry development and ripening in grape, a non-climacteric fruit

    Christian Chervin;Ashraf El-Kereamy;Jean-Paul Roustan;Alain Latché

  • Molecular regulation of seed and fruit set

    Yong-Ling Ruan;John William Patrick;Mondher Bouzayen;Mondher Bouzayen;Sonia Osorio

  • Ethylene Control of Fruit Ripening: Revisiting the Complex Network of Transcriptional Regulation

    Mingchun Liu;Julien Pirrello;Christian Chervin;Jean-Paul Roustan

  • Characterization of three members of the Arabidopsis carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase family demonstrates the divergent roles of this multifunctional enzyme family

    Michele E. Auldridge;Anna Block;Jonathan T. Vogel;Carole Dabney-Smith

  • Identification of a tomato gene for the ethylene-forming enzyme by expression in yeast

    A J Hamilton;M Bouzayen;D Grierson

  • Climacteric fruit ripening: Ethylene-dependent and independent regulation of ripening pathways in melon fruit

    Jean-Claude Pech;Mondher Bouzayen;Alain Latché

  • Altered fruit ripening and leaf senescence in tomatoes expressing an antisense ethylene‐forming enzyme transgene

    Steve Picton;Sarah Louise Barton;Mondher Bouzayen;Andrew John Hamilton

  • A DEMETER-like DNA demethylase governs tomato fruit ripening

    Ruie Liu;Alexandre How-Kit;Linda Stammitti;Emeline Teyssier

  • Exogenous ethylene stimulates the long-term expression of genes related to anthocyanin biosynthesis in grape berries

    Ashraf El-Kereamy;Christian Chervin;Jean-Paul Roustan;Veronique Cheynier

  • ESTs, cDNA microarrays, and gene expression profiling: tools for dissecting plant physiology and development.

    Rob Alba;Zhangjun Fei;Paxton Payton;Yang Liu

  • Regulatory Features Underlying Pollination-Dependent and -Independent Tomato Fruit Set Revealed by Transcript and Primary Metabolite Profiling

    Hua Wang;Hua Wang;Nicolas Schauer;Bjoern Usadel;Pierre Frasse;Pierre Frasse

  • Chromoplast Differentiation: Current Status and Perspectives

    Isabel Egea;Isabel Egea;Cristina Barsan;Cristina Barsan;Wanping Bian;Wanping Bian;Eduardo Purgatto

  • Increase in Tomato Locule Number Is Controlled by Two Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Located Near WUSCHEL

    Stéphane Muños;Nicolas Ranc;Emmanuel Botton;Aurélie Bérard

  • Ethylene‐regulated gene expression in tomato fruit: characterization of novel ethylene‐responsive and ripening‐related genes isolated by differential display

    Hicham Zegzouti;Brian Jones;Pierre Frasse;Christel Marty

  • New members of the tomato ERF family show specific expression pattern and diverse DNA-binding capacity to the GCC box element.

    Barthélémy Tournier;Maria Theresa Sanchez-Ballesta;Brian Jones;Edouard Pesquet

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Claude Pech
Jean-Claude Pech Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Alain Latché
Alain Latché INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Isabelle Mila
Isabelle Mila Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
James J. Giovannoni
James J. Giovannoni Boyce Thompson Institute
Donald Grierson
Donald Grierson Zhejiang University
Cesar Valmor Rombaldi
Cesar Valmor Rombaldi Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Antonio Granell
Antonio Granell Spanish National Research Council
Eduardo Purgatto
Eduardo Purgatto Universidade de São Paulo
Giorgio Valle
Giorgio Valle University of Padua
Steven D. Tanksley
Steven D. Tanksley Cornell University

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