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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
20858
World Ranking
5567
National Ranking
136

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Teun Munnik is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans primarily Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, they have focused extensively on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, contributing also to Biochemistry and studies related to Global and Planetary Change.

Their scientific work centers on various topics related to plant biology. Key themes include:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Plant stress responses and tolerance
  • Plant molecular biology research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Plant reproductive biology

Munnik has published in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Cell
  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their recent papers showcase the breadth of their research interests:

  • "Hot topic: Thermosensing in plants," 2020, Plant Cell & Environment
  • "Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress," 2022, The Plant Cell
  • "Science and application of strigolactones," 2020, New Phytologist
  • "Dual phosphorylation of DGK5-mediated PA burst regulates ROS in plant immunity," 2024, Cell
  • "AUTOPHAGY-RELATED14 and Its Associated Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Complex Promote Autophagy in Arabidopsis," 2020, The Plant Cell

Teun Munnik collaborates with a number of frequent coauthors, including:

  • Max van Hooren
  • Ringo van Wijk
  • Yvon Jaillais
  • Irina Vaseva
  • Dominique Van Der Straeten

Best Publications

  • Rapid phosphatidic acid accumulation in response to low temperature stress in Arabidopsis is generated through diacylglycerol kinase

    Steven A. Arisz;Ringo van van Wijk;Wendy Roels;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Phosphatidic acid: a multifunctional stress signaling lipid in plants.

    Christa Testerink;Teun Munnik

  • PHOSPHOLIPID-BASED SIGNALING IN PLANTS

    Harold J G Meijer;Teun Munnik

  • Phospholipid signalling in plants

    T Munnik;R.F Irvine;A Musgrave

  • Phosphatidic acid: an emerging plant lipid second messenger

    Teun Munnik

  • Molecular, cellular, and physiological responses to phosphatidic acid formation in plants

    Christa Testerink;Teun Munnik

  • Halotropism Is a Response of Plant Roots to Avoid a Saline Environment

    Carlos S. Galvan-Ampudia;Magdalena M. Julkowska;Essam Darwish;Jacinto Gandullo

  • The role of phospholipase D in plant stress responses.

    Bastiaan O.R. Bargmann;Teun Munnik

  • G Protein Activation Stimulates Phospholipase D Signaling in Plants.

    T. Munnik;S. A. Arisz;T. De Vrije;A. Musgrave

  • A protein kinase target of a PDK1 signalling pathway is involved in root hair growth in Arabidopsis

    Richard G Anthony;Rossana Henriques;Anne Helfer;Tamás Mészáros

  • Plant phospholipid signaling: “in a nutshell”

    Teun Munnik;Christa Testerink

  • A multi-colour/multi-affinity marker set to visualize phosphoinositide dynamics in Arabidopsis.

    Mathilde Laetitia Audrey Simon;Matthieu Pierre Platre;Sonia Assil;Ringo van Wijk

  • Phospholipid signalling in plant defence

    Ana M Laxalt;Teun Munnik

  • The glucanase-soluble mannoproteins limit cell wall porosity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    J G de Nobel;F M Klis;J Priem;T Munnik

  • Elicitation of suspension-cultured tomato cells triggers the formation of phosphatidic acid and diacylglycerol pyrophosphate.

    Arnold H. van der Luit;Titus Piatti;Aveline van Doorn;Alan Musgrave

  • Water Deficit Triggers Phospholipase D Activity in the Resurrection Plant Craterostigma plantagineum

    Wolfgang Frank;Teun Munnik;Katja Kerkmann;Francesco Salamini

  • Hyperosmotic stress stimulates phospholipase D activity and elevates the levels of phosphatidic acid and diacylglycerol pyrophosphate.

    T. Munnik;H. J. G. Meijer;B. ter Riet;H. Hirt

  • Phospholipase D Activation Correlates with Microtubule Reorganization in Living Plant Cells

    Pankaj Dhonukshe;Ana M. Laxalt;Joachim Goedhart;Theodorus W. J. Gadella

  • Osmotic stress‐induced phosphoinositide and inositol phosphate signalling in plants

    Teun Munnik;Joop E. M. Vermeer

  • An electrostatic/hydrogen bond switch as the basis for the specific interaction of phosphatidic acid with proteins.

    Edgar E. Kooijman;D. Peter Tieleman;Christa Testerink;Teun Munnik

Frequent Co-Authors

Christa Testerink
Christa Testerink Wageningen University & Research
Michel A. Haring
Michel A. Haring University of Amsterdam
Jiří Friml
Jiří Friml Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Ingo Heilmann
Ingo Heilmann Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Theodorus W. J. Gadella
Theodorus W. J. Gadella University of Amsterdam
Dorothea Bartels
Dorothea Bartels University of Bonn
Nullin Divecha
Nullin Divecha University of Southampton
Frans M. Klis
Frans M. Klis University of Amsterdam
Heribert Hirt
Heribert Hirt King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Henk L. Dekker
Henk L. Dekker University of Amsterdam

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