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Richard Thompson is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research spans several disciplines within the biological sciences, with a focus on molecular biology and plant science.

The major fields of study in which Thompson has contributed include:

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

Within these fields, their work specifically addresses subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science

The main topics explored in their research are:

  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Richard Thompson has coauthored publications with several researchers including Rahil Shahzad, Shakra Jamil, Shakeel Ahmad, Amina Nisar, and Zarmaha Amina.

Their publication record includes work published in the venue Preprints.org. One recent paper authored by Thompson is titled "Harnessing the Potential of Plant Transcription Factors in Developing Climate-Smart Crops: Future Prospects, Challenges, and Opportunities", published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • A molecular description of telomeric heterochromatin in Secale species.

    J.R. Bedbrook;J. Jones;M. O'Dell;R.D. Thompson

  • RFLP maps of potato and their alignment with the homoeologous tomato genome

    C. Gebhardt;E. Ritter;A. Barone;T. Debener

  • Development and mapping of SSR markers for maize

    Natalya Sharopova;Michael D. McMullen;Michael D. McMullen;Linda Schultz;Steve Schroeder

  • The role of the testa during development and in establishment of dormancy of the legume seed

    Petr Smýkal;Vanessa Vernoud;Matthew W. Blair;Aleš Soukup

  • The role of the DNA-binding One Zinc Finger (DOF) transcription factor family in plants

    Mélanie Noguero;Rana Muhammad Atif;Sergio Ochatt;Richard D. Thompson

  • Proteomics of Medicago truncatula Seed Development Establishes the Time Frame of Diverse Metabolic Processes Related to Reserve Accumulation

    Karine Gallardo;Christine Le Signor;Joël Vandekerckhove;Richard D. Thompson

  • Analysis of HMW glutenin subunits encoded by chromosome 1A of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) indicates quantitative effects on grain quality.

    N. G. Halford;J. M. Field;H. Blair;P. Urwin

  • The maize regulatory locus Opaque-2 encodes a DNA-binding protein which activates the transcription of the b-32 gene.

    S. Lohmer;M. Maddaloni;M. Motto;N. Di Fonzo

  • The O2 gene which regulates zein deposition in maize endosperm encodes a protein with structural homologies to transcriptional activators.

    H Hartings;M Maddaloni;N Lazzaroni;N Di Fonzo

  • A Combined Proteome and Transcriptome Analysis of Developing Medicago truncatula Seeds Evidence for Metabolic Specialization of Maternal and Filial Tissues

    Karine Gallardo;Christian Firnhaber;Hélène Zuber;Delphine Héricher

  • Localization of sequences in wheat endosperm protein genes which confer tissue-specific expression in tobacco.

    V. Colot;L. S. Robert;T. A. Kavanagh;M. W. Bevan

  • Nucleotide sequence of a gene from chromosome 1D of wheat encoding a HMW-glutenin subunit.

    R.D. Thompson;D. Bartels;N.P. Harberd

  • UTILLdb, a Pisum sativum in silico forward and reverse genetics tool.

    Marion Dalmais;Julien Schmidt;Christine Le Signor;Francoise Moussy

  • Molecular characterization of an active wheat LMW glutenin gene and its relation to other wheat and barley prolamin genes

    Vincent Colot;Dorothea Bartels;Richard Thompson;Richard Flavell

  • Establishment of Cereal Endosperm Expression Domains Identification and Properties of a Maize Transfer Cell–Specific Transcription Factor, ZmMRP-1

    Elisa Gómez;Joaquín Royo;Yan Guo;Richard Thompson

  • The characterization of cDNA clones coding for wheat storage proteins.

    Dorothea Bartels;Richard D. Thompson

  • Development and functions of seed transfer cells.

    Richard D. Thompson;Gregorio Hueros;Heinz-Albert Becker;Monika Maitz

  • Identification of a transposon-like insertion in a Glu-1 allele of wheat.

    N. P. Harberd;R. B. Flavell;R. D. Thompson

  • Characterization of the multigene family coding for HMW glutenin subunits in wheat using cDNA clones.

    R. D. Thompson;D. Bartels;N. P. Harberd;R. B. Flavell

  • DNA restriction-fragment variation in the gene family encoding high molecular weight (HMW) glutenin subunits of wheat.

    N. P. Harberd;D. Bartels;R. D. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Salamini
Francesco Salamini Parco Tecnologico Padano
Judith Burstin
Judith Burstin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Grégoire Aubert
Grégoire Aubert INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Abdelhafid Bendahmane
Abdelhafid Bendahmane University of Paris-Saclay
Julia Buitink
Julia Buitink University of Rennes
Helge Küster
Helge Küster University of Hannover
Friedrich Lottspeich
Friedrich Lottspeich Max Planck Society
Nevin D. Young
Nevin D. Young University of Minnesota
Gérard Duc
Gérard Duc INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Sergio J. Ochatt
Sergio J. Ochatt Agroecology

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