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William C. Plaxton

William C. Plaxton

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
16478
World Ranking
7417
National Ranking
258

Overview

William C. Plaxton is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and focuses their research on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, primarily Plant Science, with additional publications in Molecular Biology, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, and Complementary and alternative medicine. Key topics covered include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, GABA and Rice Research, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

They have contributed to numerous research publications, with a notable number appearing in venues such as Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plant and Cell Physiology, Journal of Experimental Botany, and Current Opinion in Plant Biology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by William C. Plaxton include:

  • Recent insights into the metabolic adaptations of phosphorus-deprived plants, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Multifaceted functions of post-translational enzyme modifications in the control of plant glycolysis, 2020, Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • Phosphate and phosphite have a differential impact on the proteome and phosphoproteome of Arabidopsis suspension cell cultures, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Glutamate decarboxylase-1 is essential for efficient acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to nutritional phosphorus deprivation, 2023, New Phytologist
  • Arabidopsis PAP17 is a dual-localized purple acid phosphatase up-regulated during phosphate deprivation, senescence, and oxidative stress, 2021, Journal of Experimental Botany

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Wayne A. Snedden
  • Kirsten H. Benidickson
  • Devang Mehta
  • R. Glen Uhrig
  • Mina Ghahremani

William C. Plaxton's research integrates biochemical, physiological, and molecular approaches to investigate plant responses to nutrient stress, particularly phosphorus deprivation.

Best Publications

  • THE ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION OF PLANT GLYCOLYSIS

    William C. Plaxton

  • Opportunities for improving phosphorus-use efficiency in crop plants.

    Erik J. Veneklaas;Hans Lambers;Jason Bragg;Patrick M. Finnegan

  • The role of acid phosphatases in plant phosphorus metabolism

    Stephen M. G. Duff;Gautam Sarath;William C. Plaxton

  • Metabolic adaptations of phosphate-starved plants.

    William C. Plaxton;Hue T. Tran

  • The Functional Organization and Control of Plant Respiration

    William C. Plaxton;Florencio E. Podestá

  • Metabolic adaptations of plant respiration to nutritional phosphate deprivation

    Maria E. Theodorou;William C. Plaxton

  • The remarkable diversity of plant PEPC (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase): recent insights into the physiological functions and post-translational controls of non-photosynthetic PEPCs

    Brendan O'Leary;Joonho Park;William C. Plaxton

  • Phosphate Starvation Inducible ;Bypasses' of Adenylate and Phosphate Dependent Glycolytic Enzymes in Brassica nigra Suspension Cells.

    Stephen M. G. Duff;Greg B. G. Moorhead;Daniel D. Lefebvre;William C. Plaxton

  • PHOSPHITE (PHOSPHOROUS ACID): ITS RELEVANCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE AND INFLUENCE ON PLANT PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE

    Allison E. McDonald;Bruce R. Grant;William C. Plaxton

  • Feeding hungry plants: The role of purple acid phosphatases in phosphate nutrition

    Hue T. Tran;Brenden A. Hurley;William C. Plaxton

  • Metabolic Aspects of the Phosphate Starvation Response in Plants

    William C. Plaxton;M. Christian Carswell

  • Trehalose 6–phosphate coordinates organic and amino acid metabolism with carbon availability

    Carlos Maria Figueroa;Regina Feil;Hirofumi Ishihara;Mutsumi Watanabe

  • Purification and Properties of Nonproteolytic Degraded ADPglucose Pyrophosphorylase from Maize Endosperm

    William C. Plaxton;Jack Preiss

  • PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO SECRETED PURPLE ACID PHOSPHATASE ISOZYMES FROM PHOSPHATE-STARVED TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM) CELL CULTURES

    Gale G. Bozzo;Kashchandra G. Raghothama;William C. Plaxton

  • Response to Phosphate Deprivation in Brassica nigra Suspension Cells : Enhancement of Intracellular, Cell Surface, and Secreted Phosphatase Activities Compared to Increases in Pi-Absorption Rate

    Daniel D. Lefebvre;Stephen M. G. Duff;Cheryl A. Fife;Colin Julien-Inalsingh

  • Effects of Phosphorus Limitation on Respiratory Metabolism in the Green Alga Selenastrum minutum

    Maria E. Theodorou;Ivor R. Elrifi;David H. Turpin;William C. Plaxton

  • 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

  • The Fungicide Phosphonate Disrupts the Phosphate-Starvation Response in Brassica nigra Seedlings

    Christian Carswell;Bruce R. Grant;Maria E. Theodorou;Jillian Harris

  • Biochemical and molecular characterization of AtPAP26, a vacuolar purple acid phosphatase up-regulated in phosphate-deprived Arabidopsis suspension cells and seedlings.

    Vasko Veljanovski;Barbara Vanderbeld;Vicki L. Knowles;Wayne A. Snedden

  • The secreted purple acid phosphatase isozymes AtPAP12 and AtPAP26 play a pivotal role in extracellular phosphate-scavenging by Arabidopsis thaliana

    Whitney D. Robinson;Joonho Park;Joonho Park;Hue T. Tran;Hue T. Tran;Hernan A. Del Vecchio

Frequent Co-Authors

David H. Turpin
David H. Turpin University of Victoria
Kenneth B. Storey
Kenneth B. Storey Carleton University
Michael W. Shane
Michael W. Shane University of Western Australia
Robert T. Mullen
Robert T. Mullen University of Guelph
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia
Rajender S. Sangwan
Rajender S. Sangwan Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Regina Feil
Regina Feil Max Planck Society
Brian Miki
Brian Miki Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
John E. Lunn
John E. Lunn Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Daowen Wang
Daowen Wang Henan Agricultural University

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