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Nicholas J. Brewin

Nicholas J. Brewin

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
8094
World Ranking
16351
National Ranking
1290

Overview

Nicholas J. Brewin is affiliated with the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom. The researcher's work primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focused subfield presence in Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their research covers several topics, including:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Nicholas J. Brewin has coauthored with:

  • Anna V. Tsyganova
  • Viktor E. Tsyganov
  • Artemii P. Gorshkov
  • Maxim G. Vorobiev
  • И. А. Тихонович

Their publications have appeared in diverse venues. Notable among these are:

  • Cells
  • Plants
  • Abstract book of the 2nd International Scientific Conference "Plants and Microbes: the Future of Biotechnology" PLAMIC2020

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Structure and Development of the Legume-Rhizobial Symbiotic Interface in Infection Threads," 2021, published in Cells
  • "Dynamics of Hydrogen Peroxide Accumulation During Tip Growth of Infection Thread in Nodules and Cell Differentiation in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Symbiotic Nodules," 2024, published in Plants
  • "The formation of symbiotic interface in root nodules of Pisum sativum L. and Medicago truncatula Gaertn," 2020, published in Abstract book of the 2nd International Scientific Conference "Plants and Microbes: the Future of Biotechnology" PLAMIC2020

Best Publications

  • Development of the legume root nodule.

    Nicholas J. Brewin

  • Plant Cell Wall Remodelling in the Rhizobium–Legume Symbiosis

    Nicholas J. Brewin

  • Common components of the infection thread matrix and the intercellular space identified by immunocytochemical analysis of pea nodules and uninfected roots

    K A Vandenbosch;D J Bradley;D J Bradley;J P Knox;S Perotto

  • Plasmid-mediated Transfer of Host-range Specificity Between Two Strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum

    N. J. Brewin;J. E. Beringer;A. W. B. Johnston

  • Physical Identification of Bacteriocinogenic, Nodulation and Other Plasmids in Strains of Rhizobium leguminosarm

    P. R. Hirsch;M. Van Montagu;A. W. B. Johnston;N. J. Brewin

  • Cytological evidence for a host defense response that reduces cell and tissue invasion in pea nodules by lipopolysaccharide-defective mutants of Rhizobium leguminosarum strain 3841

    S. Perotto;N. J. Brewin;E. L. Kannenberg

  • Linkage of genes for nitrogenase and nodulation ability on plasmids in Rhizobium leguminosarum and R. phaseoli

    G. Hombrecher;N.J. Brewin;A. W. B. Johnston

  • Isolation of monoclonal antibodies reacting with peribacteriod membranes and other components of pea root nodules containing Rhizobium leguminosarum

    D. J. Bradley;E. A. Wood;A. P. Larkins;G. Galfre

  • Structure and growth of infection threads in the legume symbiosis with Rhizobium leguminosarum

    Anne L. Rae;Paola Bonfante-Fasolo;Nicholas J. Brewin

  • Involvement of diamine oxidase and peroxidase in insolubilization of the extracellular matrix: implications for pea nodule initiation by Rhizobium leguminosarum.

    J.-P. Wisniewski;E. A. Rathbun;J. P. Knox;N. J. Brewin

  • Recombinant Nodulation Plasmids in Rhizobium leguminosarum

    N. J. Brewin;E. A. Wood;A. W. B. Johnston;N. J. Dibb

  • Co-transfer of determinants for hydrogenase activity and nodulation ability in Rhizobium leguminosarum

    N. J. Brewin;T. M. DeJong;D. A. Phillips;A. W. B. Johnston

  • Intercellular location of glycoprotein in soybean nodules: effect of altered rhizosphere oxygen concentration

    E. K. James;J. I. Sprent;F. R. Minchin;N. J. Brewin

  • Isolation of symbiotically defective mutants in Rhizobium leguminosarum by insertion of the transposon Tn5 into a transmissible plasmid

    A. V. Buchanan-Wollaston;J. E. Beringer;N. J. Brewin;P. R. Hirsch

  • Ionic Stress and Osmotic Pressure Induce Different Alterations in the Lipopolysaccharide of a Rhizobium meliloti Strain.

    J Lloret;L Bolanos;M M Lucas;J M Peart

  • The Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis

    J. E. Beringer;N. J. Brewin;A. W. B. Johnston;H. M. Schulman

  • Transfer of Symbiotic Genes with Bacteriocinogenic Plasmids in Rhizobium leguminosarum

    N. J. Brewin;J. E. Beringer;A. V. Buchanan-Wollaston;A. W. B. Johnston

  • Monoclonal antibodies to antigens in the peribacteroid membrane from Rhizobium-induced root nodules of pea cross-react with plasma membranes and Golgi bodies

    N.J. Brewin;J.G. Robertson;E.A. Wood;B. Wells

  • Growth regulators, Rhizobium and nodulation in peas : Indole-3-acetic acid from the culture medium of nodulating and non-nodulating strains of R. leguminosarum.

    T. L. Wang;E. A. Wood;N. J. Brewin

  • Two Transmissible Plasmids in Rhizobium leguminosarum strain 300

    A. W. B. Johnston;G. Hombrecher;N. J. Brewin;M. C. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia Perotto
Silvia Perotto University of Turin
Janet I. Sprent
Janet I. Sprent University of Dundee
Euan K. James
Euan K. James James Hutton Institute
Ton Bisseling
Ton Bisseling Wageningen University & Research
Penny R. Hirsch
Penny R. Hirsch Rothamsted Research
Donald A. Phillips
Donald A. Phillips University of California, Davis
Paola Bonfante
Paola Bonfante University of Turin
Herman P. Spaink
Herman P. Spaink Leiden University
Christine H. Foyer
Christine H. Foyer University of Birmingham
David A. Hopwood
David A. Hopwood John Innes Centre

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