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73
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28618
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2011
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918

Overview

Ralph A. Dean is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on plant sciences and molecular biology, with extensive work in agricultural and biological sciences.

Their recent scholarly contributions include several research articles published since 2020. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Dean include:

  • "Movement of small RNAs in and between plants and fungi," 2020, Molecular Plant Pathology
  • "Dynamic Changes in the Microbiome of Rice During Shoot and Root Growth Derived From Seeds," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Opportunities and Challenges in Studies of Host-Pathogen Interactions and Management of Verticillium dahliae in Tomatoes," 2020, Plants
  • "Host induced gene silencing of Magnaporthe oryzae by targeting pathogenicity and development genes to control rice blast disease," 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Comparative Genome Analyses of 18 Verticillium dahliae Tomato Isolates Reveals Phylogenetic and Race Specific Signatures," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Dean's research involves collaboration with frequent co-authors including Yeonyee Oh, Tika B. Adhikari, Frank J. Louws, Thomas W. Ingram, and Mengying Wang. These collaborations have contributed to breadth in their research output, especially in plant pathology and molecular interactions.

The main scientific venues where Dean's work appears include:

  • Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plants
  • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical

The focus of Dean's research spans several main fields of study:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, more specific subfields of study are addressed, including:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology

Dean's primary research topics reflect a concentration on plant-pathogen dynamics and molecular mechanisms, featuring:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Best Publications

  • The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology

    Ralph A. Dean;Jan A. L. van Kan;Zacharias A. Pretorius;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  • A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp indica)

    Stephen A. Goff;Darrell Ricke;Tien-Hung Lan;Gernot Presting

  • Global analysis of protein activities using proteome chips

    Michael Snyder;Heng Zhu;Paul Bertone;Scott M. Bidlingmaier

  • The genome sequence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

    Ralph A. Dean;Nicholas J. Talbot;Daniel J. Ebbole;Mark L. Farman

  • Transcriptional Regulation of Biomass-degrading Enzymes in the Filamentous Fungus Trichoderma reesei

    Pamela K. Foreman;Doug Brown;Doug Brown;Lydia Dankmeyer;Ralph Dean;Ralph Dean

  • An integrated physical and genetic map of the rice genome

    Mingsheng Chen;Gernot Presting;W. Brad Barbazuk;Jose Luis Goicoechea

  • The cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit is required for appressorium formation and pathogenesis by the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea.

    Thomas K. Mitchell;Ralph A. Dean

  • The adenylate cyclase gene MAC1 of Magnaporthe grisea controls appressorium formation and other aspects of growth and development.

    Woobong Choi;Ralph A. Dean

  • cAMP Regulates Infection Structure Formation in the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Magnaporthe grisea.

    Yong-Hwan Lee;Ralph A. Dean

  • Signal pathways and appressorium morphogenesis.

    Ralph A. Dean

  • G Protein α Subunit Genes Control Growth, Development, and Pathogenicity of Magnaporthe grisea

    Shaohua Liu;Ralph A. Dean

  • In-depth view of structure, activity, and evolution of rice chromosome 10

    Y. Yu;T. Rambo;J. Currie;C. Saski

  • Rodletless, a new Aspergillus developmental mutant induced by directed gene inactivation.

    M A Stringer;R A Dean;T C Sewall;W E Timberlake

  • Chemical signals responsible for appressorium formation in the rice blast fungusMagnaporthe grisea

    R.D. Gilbert;A.M. Johnson;R.A. Dean

  • Whole genome comparison of Aspergillus flavus and A. oryzae

    G. A. Payne;W. C. Nierman;J. R. Wortman;B. L. Pritchard

  • An eight-cysteine-containing CFEM domain unique to a group of fungal membrane proteins

    Resham D Kulkarni;Hemant S Kelkar;Ralph A Dean

  • Rice Transposable Elements: A Survey of 73,000 Sequence-Tagged-Connectors

    Long Mao;Todd C. Wood;Yeisoo Yu;Muhammad A. Budiman

  • Molecular genetic evidence for the involvement of a specific polygalacturonase, P2c, in the invasion and spread of Aspergillus flavus in cotton bolls.

    Mei-Tsu Shieh;Robert L. Brown;Michael P. Whitehead;Jeffrey W. Cary

  • A genetic map of melon (Cucumis melo L.) based on amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers

    Y.-H. Wang;C. E. Thomas;R. A. Dean

  • Novel G-protein-coupled receptor-like proteins in the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea

    Resham D Kulkarni;Resham D Kulkarni;Michael R Thon;Michael R Thon;Huaqin Pan;Ralph A Dean

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas K. Mitchell
Thomas K. Mitchell The Ohio State University
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona
David C. Muddiman
David C. Muddiman North Carolina State University
Jin-Rong Xu
Jin-Rong Xu Purdue University West Lafayette
Mark L. Farman
Mark L. Farman University of Kentucky
Thomas E. Cleveland
Thomas E. Cleveland Agricultural Research Service
Gary A. Payne
Gary A. Payne North Carolina State University
Fred O. Asiegbu
Fred O. Asiegbu University of Helsinki
Yong-Hwan Lee
Yong-Hwan Lee Seoul National University
William C. Nierman
William C. Nierman J. Craig Venter Institute

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