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Staffan Persson is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work concentrates on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Cell Biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to studies on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant Reproductive Biology, Advanced Cellulose Research Studies, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, and Food composition and properties.

Recent papers by Staffan Persson include the following:

  • The cell biology of primary cell walls during salt stress, 2022, published in The Plant Cell
  • Multi-omics analyses of 398 foxtail millet accessions reveal genomic regions associated with domestication, metabolite traits, and anti-inflammatory effects, 2022, published in Molecular Plant
  • Cellulose synthesis in land plants, 2022, published in Molecular Plant
  • AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORS 6 and 17 control the flag leaf angle in rice by regulating secondary cell wall biosynthesis of lamina joints, 2021, published in The Plant Cell
  • GhMYB7 promotes secondary wall cellulose deposition in cotton fibres by regulating GhCesA gene expression through three distinct cis-elements, 2021, published in New Phytologist

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Staffan Persson include:

  • Ghazanfar Abbas Khan
  • Dabing Zhang
  • Edwin R. Lampugnani
  • Lise C. Noack
  • Andreas Blennow

The scientist has published regularly in several venues, with multiple publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Plant
  • Developmental Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • Current Biology

Best Publications

  • Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls

    Chris Somerville;Chris Somerville;Stefan Bauer;Ginger Brininstool;Michelle Facette;Michelle Facette

  • Genetic evidence for three unique components in primary cell-wall cellulose synthase complexes in Arabidopsis

    Staffan Persson;Alexander Paredez;Andrew Carroll;Hildur Palsdottir

  • Identification of genes required for cellulose synthesis by regression analysis of public microarray data sets

    Staffan Persson;Hairong Wei;Jennifer Milne;Grier P. Page

  • The Cell Biology of Cellulose Synthesis

    Heather E. McFarlane;Anett Döring;Staffan Persson

  • Co-expression tools for plant biology: opportunities for hypothesis generation and caveats

    Bjoern Usadel;Takeshi Obayashi;Marek Mutwil;Federico M Giorgi

  • Cellulose Synthases and Synthesis in Arabidopsis

    Anne Endler;Staffan Persson

  • Development and application of a suite of polysaccharide-degrading enzymes for analyzing plant cell walls

    Stefan Bauer;Prasanna Vasu;Staffan Persson;Andrew J. Mort

  • The Arabidopsis irregular xylem8 Mutant Is Deficient in Glucuronoxylan and Homogalacturonan, Which Are Essential for Secondary Cell Wall Integrity

    Staffan Persson;Kerry Hosmer Caffall;Glenn Freshour;Matthew T. Hilley

  • POM-POM2/CELLULOSE SYNTHASE INTERACTING1 Is Essential for the Functional Association of Cellulose Synthase and Microtubules in Arabidopsis

    Martin Bringmann;Eryang Li;Arun Sampathkumar;Tomas Kocabek

  • Inositol signaling and plant growth

    Jill M Stevenson;Imara Y Perera;Ingo Heilmann;Staffan Persson

  • PlaNet: Combined Sequence and Expression Comparisons across Plant Networks Derived from Seven Species

    Marek Mutwil;Sebastian Klie;Takayuki Tohge;Federico M Giorgi

  • The TPLATE Adaptor Complex Drives Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Plants

    Astrid Gadeyne;Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez;Steffen Vanneste;Simone Di Rubbo

  • Identification of a cellulose synthase-associated protein required for cellulose biosynthesis

    Ying Gu;Nick Kaplinsky;Martin Bringmann;Alex Cobb

  • A Mechanism for Sustained Cellulose Synthesis during Salt Stress

    Anne Endler;Christopher Kesten;Christopher Kesten;René Schneider;Yi Zhang

  • Transcriptional Coordination of the Metabolic Network in Arabidopsis

    Hairong Wei;Staffan Persson;Tapan Mehta;Vinodh Srinivasasainagendra

  • TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE and Its Homolog AT5G01360 Encode Plant-Specific DUF231 Proteins Required for Cellulose Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

    Volker Bischoff;Silvia Nita;Lutz Neumetzler;Dana Schindelasch

  • Assembly of an Interactive Correlation Network for the Arabidopsis Genome Using a Novel Heuristic Clustering Algorithm

    Marek Mutwil;Björn Usadel;Moritz Schütte;Ann Loraine

  • Cellulose synthesis: a complex complex.

    Marek Mutwil;Seth Debolt;Staffan Persson

  • Carbon Supply and the Regulation of Cell Wall Synthesis

    Jana Verbančič;Jana Verbančič;John Edward Lunn;Mark Stitt;Staffan Persson

  • Genetic Evidence That Cellulose Synthase Activity Influences Microtubule Cortical Array Organization

    Alexander R. Paredez;Staffan Persson;David W. Ehrhardt;Chris R. Somerville

Frequent Co-Authors

Zoran Nikoloski
Zoran Nikoloski Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Chris Somerville
Chris Somerville University of California, Berkeley
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Dabing Zhang
Dabing Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Marianne Sommarin
Marianne Sommarin Umeå University
Liangcai Peng
Liangcai Peng Huazhong Agricultural University
David W. Ehrhardt
David W. Ehrhardt Carnegie Institution for Science
Takayuki Tohge
Takayuki Tohge Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Ingo Heilmann
Ingo Heilmann Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Joshua L. Heazlewood
Joshua L. Heazlewood University of Melbourne

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