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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Patricia Zambryski is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work focuses on specialized subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Pharmacology.

The principal topics explored in their research include:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Islanding Detection in Power Systems
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Patricia Zambryski has contributed to a number of publications, with several appearing in well-recognized scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • mBio

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Patricia Zambryski are:

  • "TOR dynamically regulates plant cell-cell transport," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Segregation of four Agrobacterium tumefaciens replicons during polar growth: PopZ and PodJ control segregation of essential replicons," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Agrobacterium tumefaciens Growth Pole Ring Protein: C Terminus and Internal Apolipoprotein Homologous Domains Are Essential for Function and Subcellular Localization," 2021, mBio

The scientist has collaborated frequently with peers including John R. Zupan, Jacob O. Brunkard, Min Xu, M. Regina Scarpin, and Snigdha Chatterjee. These collaborations reflect a consistent engagement with diverse topics across plant molecular biology and microbiology.

Patricia Zambryski's contributions have been recognized through several honors, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences, awarded in 2001. Additionally, they were named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Identification of the signal molecules produced by wounded plant cells that activate T-DNA transfer in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Scott E. Stachel;Eric Messens;Marc Van Montagu;Patricia Zambryski

  • Ti plasmid vector for the introduction of DNA into plant cells without alteration of their normal regeneration capacity.

    P. Zambryski;H. Joos;C. Genetello;J. Leemans

  • The transfer of DNA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens into plants: a feast of fundamental insights

    John Zupan;Theodore R. Muth;Olga Draper;Patricia Zambryski

  • Expression of foreign genes in regenerated plants and in their progeny.

    Marc De Block;Luis Herrera-Estrella;Marc Van Montagu;Jeff Schell

  • Nopaline synthase: transcript mapping and DNA sequence.

    Anna Depicker;S Stachel;Patrick Dhaese;P Zambryski

  • The P30 movement protein of tobacco mosaic virus is a single-strand nucleic acid binding protein

    Vitaly Citovsky;David Knorr;Gadi Schuster;Patricia Zambryski

  • ETTIN patterns the Arabidopsis floral meristem and reproductive organs

    Allen Sessions;Jennlfer L. Nemhauser;Andy McColl;Judith L. Roe

  • Transfer and function of T-DNA genes from Agrobacterium Ti and Ri plasmids in plants

    P. Zambryski;J. Tempe;J. Schell

  • A plant cell factor induces Agrobacterium tumefaciens vir gene expression

    Scott E. Stachel;Eugene W. Nester;Patricia C. Zambryski

  • Auxin and ETTIN in Arabidopsis gynoecium morphogenesis.

    Jennifer L. Nemhauser;Lewis J. Feldman;Patricia C. Zambryski

  • virA and virG control the plant-induced activation of the T-DNA transfer process of A. tumefaciens

    Scott E. Stachel;Patricia C. Zambryski

  • Transfer of T-DNA from Agrobacterium to the plant cell.

    John R. Zupan;Patricia Zambryski

  • Tobacco mosaic virus movement protein associates with the cytoskeleton in tobacco cells.

    B G McLean;J Zupan;P C Zambryski

  • Nuclear localization of Agrobacterium VirE2 protein in plant cells.

    Vitaly Citovsky;John Zupan;Debra Warnick;Patricia Zambryski

  • Right 25 by terminus sequence of the nopaline t-DNA is essential for and determines direction of DNA transfer from Agrobacterium to the plant genome

    Kan Wang;Luis Herrera-Estrella;Marc Van Montagu;Patricia Zambryski

  • Chronicles from the Agrobacterium-plant cell DNA transfer story

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  • BASIC PROCESSES UNDERLYING AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED DNA TRANSFER TO PLANT CELLS

    Patricia Zambryski

  • Floral determination and expression of floral regulatory genes in Arabidopsis

    F.D. Hempel;D. Weigel;M.A. Mandel;G. Ditta

  • RRB1 and RRB2 encode maize retinoblastoma-related proteins that interact with a plant D-type cyclin and geminivirus replication protein.

    Robert A. Ach;Tim Durfee;Ann B. Miller;Patti Taranto

  • Generation of single-stranded T-DNA molecules during the initial stages of T-DNA transfer from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to plant cells

    Scott E. Stachel;Scott E. Stachel;Benedikt Timmerman;Patricia Zambryski;Patricia Zambryski

  • The VirD2 protein of A. tumefaciens contains a C-terminal bipartite nuclear localization signal: implications for nuclear uptake of DNA in plant cells.

    Elizabeth A. Howard;John R. Zupan;Vitaly Citovsky;Patricia C. Zambryski

Frequent Co-Authors

Vitaly Citovsky
Vitaly Citovsky Stony Brook University
Anna Depicker
Anna Depicker Ghent University
Lothar Willmitzer
Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Society
Jeff Schell
Jeff Schell Max Planck Society
M. Van Montagu
M. Van Montagu Ghent University
Luis Herrera-Estrella
Luis Herrera-Estrella Texas Tech University
Howard M. Goodman
Howard M. Goodman Harvard University
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Lewis J. Feldman
Lewis J. Feldman University of California, Berkeley
Dirk Inzé
Dirk Inzé Ghent University

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