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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Noel T. Keen was affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research focused on areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, particularly engaging with Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist contributed to topics including:

  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Among their recent publications were:

  • "An updated checklist of serpentinophytes for research and conservation in ultramafic ecosystems on the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain)", published in 2024 in Ecological Research
  • "POS0928 ASSESSING METRICS OF REAL WORLD GCA ULTRASONOGRAPHY AGAINST THE HALO COUNT, HALO SCORE AND OGUS", published in 2024 in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Independent colonisations of serpentine habitats highlight species-specific evolutionary histories of lineage diversification", published in 2025 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors included:

  • Andrés Vicente Pérez Latorre
  • Noelia Hidalgo Triana
  • Federico Casimiro-Soriguer Solanas
  • Estefany Goncalves
  • Helen Keen

The scientist's work appeared in venues such as:

  • Ecological Research
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Noel T. Keen was recognized with memberships and fellowships including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1997)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1995)

Best Publications

  • Improved broad-host-range plasmids for DNA cloning in gram-negative bacteria.

    N.T. Keen;S. Tamaki;D. Kobayashi;D. Trollinger

  • New domain motif: The structure of pectate lyase C, a secreted plant virulence factor

    Marilyn D. Yoder;Noel T. Keen;Frances Jurnak

  • Cloned avirulence gene of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea determines race-specific incompatibility on Glycine max (L.) Merr.

    Brian J. Staskawicz;Douglas Dahlbeck;Noel T. Keen

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions

    Gary Stacey;Noel T. Keen

  • Microbial phyllosphere populations are more complex than previously realized.

    Ching-Hong Yang;David E. Crowley;James Borneman;Noel T. Keen

  • β-1,3-Endoglucanase from Soybean Releases Elicitor-Active Carbohydrates from Fungus Cell Walls

    N. T. Keen;M. Yoshikawa

  • Specific elicitors of plant phytoalexin production: detenninants of race specificity in pathogens?

    N. T. Keen

  • Involvement of preformed antifungal compounds in the resistance of subtropical fruits to fungal decay

    D. Prusky;N.T. Keen

  • Molecular cloning of pectate lyase genes from Erwinia chrysanthemi and their expression in Escherichia coli.

    N T Keen;D Dahlbeck;B Staskawicz;W Belser

  • Cloned avirulence genes from the tomato pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato confer cultivar specificity on soybean.

    Donald Y. Kobayashi;Stanley J. Tamaki;Noel T. Keen

  • Bacteria expressing avirulence gene D produce a specific elicitor of the soybean hypersensitive reaction.

    N. T. Keen;S. Tamaki;D. Kobayashi;D. Gerhold

  • Structure of two pectate lyase genes from Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16 and their high-level expression in Escherichia coli.

    N T Keen;S Tamaki

  • Accumulation of Salicylic Acid and 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid in Phloem Fluids of Cucumber during Systemic Acquired Resistance Is Preceded by a Transient Increase in Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase Activity in Petioles and Stems

    Jennifer Smith-Becker;Eric Marois;Elisabeth J. Huguet;Sharon L. Midland

  • Development of the Particle Inflow Gun

    Philippe Vain;Noel Keen;Jesus Murillo;Carl Rathus

  • Structure of a Plant Cell Wall Fragment Complexed to Pectate Lyase C

    Robert D. Scavetta;Steven R. Herron;Arland T. Hotchkiss;Nobuhiro Kita

  • Characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate lyase gene (algL): cloning, sequencing, and expression in Escherichia coli.

    N L Schiller;S R Monday;C M Boyd;N T Keen

  • Structure and organization of the pel genes from Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16.

    S J Tamaki;S Gold;M Robeson;S Manulis

  • hrp Genes of Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 Are Important Virulence Factors

    Ching-Hong Yang;Marina Gavilanes-Ruiz;Yasushi Okinaka;Regine Vedel

  • avrA and avrE in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato PT23 play a role in virulence on tomato plants

    J. M. Lorang;H. Shen;D. Kobayashi;D. Cooksey

  • A receptor on soybean membranes for a fungal elicitor of phytoalexin accumulation.

    Masaaki Yoshikawa;N. T. Keen;Ming-Chang Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Dov Prusky
Dov Prusky Agricultural Research Organization
Gary Stacey
Gary Stacey University of Missouri
Brian J. Staskawicz
Brian J. Staskawicz University of California, Berkeley
Hao Shen
Hao Shen University of Pennsylvania
Nicole T. Perna
Nicole T. Perna University of Wisconsin–Madison
Douglas Dahlbeck
Douglas Dahlbeck University of California, Berkeley
Hans Thordal-Christensen
Hans Thordal-Christensen University of Copenhagen
Shihui Yang
Shihui Yang Wuhan YZY Biopharma (China)
Leah Tsror
Leah Tsror Agricultural Research Organization
David E. Crowley
David E. Crowley University of California, Riverside

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