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Tony R. Larson is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several disciplines within the broad fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Larson's work frequently addresses subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Plant Science, Oceanography, and Biomedical Engineering.

Larson's research topics cover a range of scientific areas including:

  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  • Plant and fungal interactions

Their recent research outputs include the following papers:

  • "Pelagic Sargassum events in Jamaica: Provenance, morphotype abundance, and influence of sample processing on biochemical composition of the biomass" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "PRMT7 regulates RNA-binding capacity and protein stability in Leishmania parasites" (2020), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "A microbubble-sparged yeast propagation-fermentation process for bioethanol production" (2020), published in Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • "Pinus pinaster Early Hormonal Defence Responses to Pinewood Nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) Infection" (2021), published in Metabolites
  • "Gene discovery and virus-induced gene silencing reveal branched pathways to major classes of bioactive diterpenoids in Euphorbia peplus" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Larson frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaborations are an important aspect of Larson's work, with recurring co-authors including:

  • Swen Langer
  • David Harvey
  • Ian A. Graham
  • Adam Dowle
  • Paul G. Genever

Best Publications

  • Acyl-Lipid Metabolism

    Younghua Li-Beisson;Basil Shorrosh;Fred Beisson;Mats X. Andersson

  • CAMERA: an integrated strategy for compound spectra extraction and annotation of liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry data sets.

    Carsten Kuhl;Ralf Tautenhahn;Christoph Böttcher;Tony R. Larson

  • Identification of the 2-Hydroxyglutarate and Isovaleryl-CoA Dehydrogenases as Alternative Electron Donors Linking Lysine Catabolism to the Electron Transport Chain of Arabidopsis Mitochondria

    Wagner L. Araújo;Kimitsune Ishizaki;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Tony R. Larson

  • The Genetic Map of Artemisia annua L. Identifies Loci Affecting Yield of the Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin

    Ian A. Graham;Katrin Besser;Susan Blumer;Caroline A. Branigan

  • Acyl-métabolisme des lipides

    Yonghua Li-Beisson;Basil Shorrosh;Fred Beisson;Fred Beisson;Mats X. Andersson

  • Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid production and partitioning to triacylglycerols in four microalgae.

    Thierry Tonon;David Harvey;Tony R. Larson;Ian A. Graham

  • Metabolic engineering of hydroxy fatty acid production in plants: RcDGAT2 drives dramatic increases in ricinoleate levels in seed oil.

    Julie Burgal;Jay Shockey;Chaofu Lu;John Dyer

  • A Papaver somniferum 10-Gene Cluster for Synthesis of the Anticancer Alkaloid Noscapine

    Thilo Winzer;Valeria Gazda;Zhesi He;Filip Kaminski

  • Control of germination and lipid mobilization by COMATOSE, the Arabidopsis homologue of human ALDP

    Steven Footitt;Stephen P. Slocombe;Victoria Larner;Smita Kurup

  • Toxicity of unsaturated fatty acids to the biohydrogenating ruminal bacterium, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

    Margarida R G Maia;Lal C Chaudhary;Lal C Chaudhary;Charles S Bestwick;Anthony J Richardson

  • Jasmonic acid levels are reduced in COMATOSE ATP-binding cassette transporter mutants. Implications for transport of jasmonate precursors into peroxisomes

    Frederica L. Theodoulou;Kathleen Job;Steven P. Slocombe;Steven Footitt

  • The Critical Role of Arabidopsis Electron-Transfer Flavoprotein:Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase during Dark-Induced Starvation

    Kimitsune Ishizaki;Tony R. Larson;Nicolas Schauer;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • Requirement for 3‐ketoacyl‐CoA thiolase‐2 in peroxisome development, fatty acid β‐oxidation and breakdown of triacylglycerol in lipid bodies of Arabidopsis seedlings

    Véronique Germain;Elizabeth L. Rylott;Tony R. Larson;Sarah M. Sherson

  • Technical Advance: A novel technique for the sensitive quantification of acyl CoA esters from plant tissues

    Tony R. Larson;Ian A. Graham

  • Reserve Mobilization in the Arabidopsis Endosperm Fuels Hypocotyl Elongation in the Dark, Is Independent of Abscisic Acid, and Requires PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE1

    Steven Penfield;Elizabeth L. Rylott;Alison D. Gilday;Stuart Graham

  • 12-Oxo-Phytodienoic Acid Accumulation during Seed Development Represses Seed Germination in Arabidopsis

    Anuja Dave;M. Luisa Hernández;Zhesi He;Vasilios M.E. Andriotis

  • A Cytosolic Acyltransferase Contributes to Triacylglycerol Synthesis in Sucrose-Rescued Arabidopsis Seed Oil Catabolism Mutants

    M. Luisa Hernández;Lynne Whitehead;Zhesi He;Valeria Gazda

  • Sucrose rescues seedling establishment but not germination of Arabidopsis mutants disrupted in peroxisomal fatty acid catabolism.

    Helen Pinfield-Wells;Elizabeth L. Rylott;Alison D. Gilday;Stuart Graham

  • Morphinan biosynthesis in opium poppy requires a P450-oxidoreductase fusion protein.

    Thilo Winzer;Marcelo Kern;Andrew J. King;Tony R. Larson

  • Jasmonic Acid Levels Are Reduced in COMATOSE ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter Mutants. Implications for Transport of Jasmonate Precursors

    Frederica L. Theodoulou;Kathleen Job;Steven P. Slocombe;Steven Footitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian A. Graham
Ian A. Graham University of York
Alison Baker
Alison Baker University of Leeds
Christopher J. Leaver
Christopher J. Leaver University of Oxford
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Kimitsune Ishizaki
Kimitsune Ishizaki Kobe University
Jane Thomas-Oates
Jane Thomas-Oates University of York
Dianna J. Bowles
Dianna J. Bowles University of York
Johnathan A. Napier
Johnathan A. Napier Rothamsted Research
Andrew J. King
Andrew J. King University of Leicester
Wagner L. Araújo
Wagner L. Araújo Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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