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Robert T. Mullen

Robert T. Mullen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
12864
World Ranking
11384
National Ranking
393

Overview

Robert T. Mullen is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada and has a focused research portfolio in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans 41 publications within this broad field, supplemented by contributions to agricultural and biological sciences with 16 publications.

The research work of Robert T. Mullen covers several main topics, including:

  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Plant molecular biology research
  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant stress responses and tolerance

Within these areas, Mullen's publications frequently appear in notable venues. The most common are:

  • The Plant Cell
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Plants
  • Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Key recent papers demonstrate the scope of their research, including:

  • "Lipid droplets in plants and algae: Distribution, formation, turnover and function" (2020), published in Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "LDIP cooperates with SEIPIN and LDAP to facilitate lipid droplet biogenesis in Arabidopsis" (2021), published in The Plant Cell
  • "SEIPIN Isoforms Interact with the Membrane-Tethering Protein VAP27-1 for Lipid Droplet Formation" (2020), published in The Plant Cell
  • "Arabidopsis thaliana EARLY RESPONSIVE TO DEHYDRATION 7 Localizes to Lipid Droplets via Its Senescence Domain" (2021), published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Arabidopsis PAP17 is a dual-localized purple acid phosphatase up-regulated during phosphate deprivation, senescence, and oxidative stress" (2021), published in Journal of Experimental Botany

Mullen has collaborated extensively with various researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Till Ischebeck
  • Nathan M. Doner
  • Kent D. Chapman
  • John M. Dyer
  • Alyssa C. Clews

Their subfields of study highlight a specialization in:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Plant Science
  • Cell Biology
  • Physiology

Best Publications

  • Tung Tree DGAT1 and DGAT2 Have Nonredundant Functions in Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis and Are Localized to Different Subdomains of the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Jay M. Shockey;Satinder K. Gidda;Dorselyn C. Chapital;Jui-Chang Kuan

  • Ubiquitin signals autophagic degradation of cytosolic proteins and peroxisomes

    Peter Kijun Kim;Dale Warren Hailey;Robert Thomas Mullen;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

  • Plant Peroxisomes: Biogenesis and Function

    Jianping Hu;Alison Baker;Bonnie Bartel;Nicole Linka

  • Biogenesis and functions of lipid droplets in plants: Thematic Review Series: Lipid Droplet Synthesis and Metabolism: from Yeast to Man

    Kent D. Chapman;John M. Dyer;Robert T. Mullen

  • ARC1 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase and promotes the ubiquitination of proteins during the rejection of self-incompatible Brassica pollen.

    Sophia L. Stone;Sophia L. Stone;Erin M. Anderson;Robert T. Mullen;Daphne R. Goring

  • The origin and maintenance of mammalian peroxisomes involves a de novo PEX16-dependent pathway from the ER

    Peter K. Kim;Robert T. Mullen;Uwe Schumann;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

  • Localization of the Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus Replication Protein p33 Reveals a Peroxisome-to-Endoplasmic Reticulum Sorting Pathway

    Andrew W. McCartney;John S. Greenwood;Marc R. Fabian;K. Andrew White

  • Engineering oilseeds for sustainable production of industrial and nutritional feedstocks: solving bottlenecks in fatty acid flux.

    Edgar B Cahoon;Jay M Shockey;Charles R Dietrich;Satinder K Gidda

  • Membrane-bound fatty acid desaturases are inserted co-translationally into the ER and contain different ER retrieval motifs at their carboxy termini.

    Andrew W. McCartney;John M. Dyer;Preetinder K. Dhanoa;Peter K. Kim

  • Arginase-Negative Mutants of Arabidopsis Exhibit Increased Nitric Oxide Signaling in Root Development

    Teresita Flores;Christopher D. Todd;Alejandro Tovar-Mendez;Preetinder K. Dhanoa

  • Molecular analysis of a bifunctional fatty acid conjugase/desaturase from tung. Implications for the evolution of plant fatty acid diversity.

    John M. Dyer;Dorselyn C. Chapital;Jui-Chang W. Kuan;Robert T. Mullen

  • Identification of a New Class of Lipid Droplet-Associated Proteins in Plants

    Patrick J. Horn;Christopher N. James;Satinder K. Gidda;Aruna Kilaru

  • Identification of the peroxisomal targeting signal for cottonseed catalase

    Robert T. Mullen;Michael S. Lee;Richard N. Trelease

  • Oilseed isocitrate lyases lacking their essential type 1 peroxisomal targeting signal are piggybacked to glyoxysomes.

    Michael S. Lee;Robert T. Mullen;Richard N. Trelease

  • The Dual-Targeted Purple Acid Phosphatase Isozyme AtPAP26 Is Essential for Efficient Acclimation of Arabidopsis to Nutritional Phosphate Deprivation

    Brenden A. Hurley;Hue T. Tran;Naomi J. Marty;Joonho Park

  • Increased nitrogen-use efficiency in transgenic rice plants over-expressing a nitrogen-responsive early nodulin gene identified from rice expression profiling.

    Yong-Mei Bi;Surya Kant;Joseph Clark;Satinder Gidda

  • Disruption of the Arabidopsis CGI-58 homologue produces Chanarin–Dorfman-like lipid droplet accumulation in plants

    Christopher N. James;Patrick J. Horn;Charlene R. Case;Satinder K. Gidda

  • Peroxisomal Membrane Ascorbate Peroxidase Is Sorted to a Membranous Network That Resembles a Subdomain of the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Robert T. Mullen;Cayle S. Lisenbee;Jan A. Miernyk;Richard N. Trelease

  • Compartmentation of GABA metabolism raises intriguing questions

    Barry J. Shelp;Robert T. Mullen;Jeffrey C. Waller

  • Arginase-Negative Mutants of Arabidopsis Exhibit Increased Nitric Oxide Signaling in Root Development 1(W)(OA)

    Teresita Flores;Christopher D. Todd;Alejandro Tovar-Mendez;K. Dhanoa

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Dyer
John M. Dyer United States Department of Agriculture
Kent D. Chapman
Kent D. Chapman University of North Texas
David W. Andrews
David W. Andrews Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Barry J. Shelp
Barry J. Shelp University of Guelph
Andrew D. Hanson
Andrew D. Hanson University of Florida
Steven J. Rothstein
Steven J. Rothstein University of Guelph
William C. Plaxton
William C. Plaxton Queen's University
Till Ischebeck
Till Ischebeck University of Göttingen
George W. Bassel
George W. Bassel University of Warwick
J. Derek Bewley
J. Derek Bewley University of Guelph

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