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William G. Cole

William G. Cole

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Biology and Biochemistry

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77
Citations
16573
World Ranking
4892
National Ranking
175

Medicine

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79
Citations
17079
World Ranking
17760
National Ranking
744

Overview

William G. Cole is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with extensive work in Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to agriculture and plant biology. These include:

  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Banana Cultivation and Research

William G. Cole has contributed to numerous publications, including:

  • The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Threats to global food security from emerging fungal and oomycete crop pathogens, 2020, Nature Food
  • Plant pathogen infection risk tracks global crop yields under climate change, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Food System Resilience: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges, 2022, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • A meta-analysis of the effect of organic and mineral fertilizers on soil microbial diversity, 2022, Applied Soil Ecology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with William G. Cole include:

  • Thomas M. Chaloner
  • Sarah J. Gurr
  • Varun Varma
  • William J. Thompson
  • Solhanlle Bonilla-Duarte

Publications appear often in established scientific venues such as:

  • Nature Food
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Plants People Planet

Best Publications

  • Mutations Involving the Transcription Factor CBFA1 Cause Cleidocranial Dysplasia

    S Mundlos;S Mundlos;F Otto;C Mundlos;C Mundlos;J.B Mulliken

  • WNT1 Mutations in Early-onset Osteoporosis and Osteogenesis Imperfecta

    Christine M. Laine;Kyu Sang Joeng;Philippe M. Campeau;Riku Kiviranta

  • Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: clinical outcomes after more than five years of follow-up.

    Adam M. Huber;Pei-Yoong Lam;Catherine M. Duffy;Rae S.M. Yeung

  • Perinatal lethal osteogenesis imperfecta in transgenic mice bearing an engineered mutant pro-α1(I) collagen gene

    Alex Stacey;John Bateman;Ted Choi;Tom Mascara

  • Constitutively Activated Receptors for Parathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone–Related Peptide in Jansen's Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia

    E. Schipani;Craig Langman;A. M. Parfitt;G. S. Jensen

  • A mutant PTH/PTHrP type I receptor in enchondromatosis

    Sevan Hopyan;Nalan Gokgoz;Raymond Poon;Robert C. Gensure

  • New locus for autosomal dominant high myopia maps to the long arm of chromosome 17.

    Prasuna Paluru;Shawn M Ronan;Elise Heon;Marcella Devoto;Marcella Devoto

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta type III. Delineation of the phenotype with reference to genetic heterogeneity

    D. O. Sillence;K. K. Barlow;A. P. Garber;J. G. Hall

  • Heterozygous Mutations in the LDL Receptor‐Related Protein 5 (LRP5) Gene Are Associated With Primary Osteoporosis in Children

    Heini Hartikka;Outi Mäkitie;Outi Mäkitie;Minna Männikkö;Andrea S Doria

  • Early Treatment Improves Growth and Biochemical and Radiographic Outcome in X-Linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets

    O Mäkitie;A Doria;S W Kooh;W G Cole

  • Abnormal type I collagen metabolism by cultured fibroblasts in lethal perinatal osteogenesis imperfecta

    J F Bateman;T Mascara;D Chan;W G Cole

  • Mutation Analysis of LMX1B Gene in Nail-Patella Syndrome Patients

    Iain McIntosh;Sandra D. Dreyer;Sandra D. Dreyer;Mark V. Clough;Jennifer A. Dunston

  • Reliability of radiological measurements in the assessment of the child's hip

    NS Broughton;DI Brougham;WG Cole;MB Menelaus

  • Diverse mutations in the gene for cartilage oligomeric matrix protein in the pseudoachondroplasia-multiple epiphyseal dysplasia disease spectrum.

    Michael D. Briggs;Michael D. Briggs;Geert R. Mortier;William G. Cole;Lily M. King

  • Resection for symptomatic talocalcaneal coalition

    P H Wilde;I P Torode;D R Dickens;W G Cole

  • Endoplasmic reticulum-mediated quality control of type I collagen production by cells from osteogenesis imperfecta patients with mutations in the pro alpha 1 (I) chain carboxyl-terminal propeptide which impair subunit assembly

    Lamandé;Chessler Sd;Golub Sb;Byers Ph

  • A novel COL1A1 mutation in infantile cortical hyperostosis (Caffey disease) expands the spectrum of collagen-related disorders

    Robert C. Gensure;Outi Mäkitie;Outi Mäkitie;Catherine Barclay;Catherine Chan

  • Regulation of procollagen synthesis and processing during ascorbate-induced extracellular matrix accumulation in vitro.

    D Chan;S R Lamande;W G Cole;J F Bateman

  • Skeletal phenotype in patients with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome and mutations in SBDS.

    O Mäkitie;L Ellis;PR Durie;JA Morrison

  • Dislocation of the hip in cerebral palsy. Natural history and predictability

    P. H. Cooke;W. G. Cole;R. P. L. Carey

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Bateman
John F. Bateman University of Melbourne
Jacqueline T. Hecht
Jacqueline T. Hecht The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Daniel W. Chan
Daniel W. Chan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Leena Ala-Kokko
Leena Ala-Kokko University of Oulu
Benjamin A. Alman
Benjamin A. Alman Duke University
Richard J. Wenstrup
Richard J. Wenstrup Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Harald Jüppner
Harald Jüppner Harvard University
Daniel H. Cohn
Daniel H. Cohn University of California, Los Angeles
Andrea Superti-Furga
Andrea Superti-Furga University of Lausanne
Stefan Mundlos
Stefan Mundlos Max Planck Society

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