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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William J. Lucas is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences with substantial contributions also in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers multiple subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Food Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics. Their research topics are centered around Plant Molecular Biology, Tea Polyphenols and their Effects, Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism, Plant Reproductive Biology, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Pathogens and Resistance, and Plant Gene Expression Analysis.

William J. Lucas has coauthored extensively with several researchers. Frequent collaborators include Sanwen Huang, Tianyuan Yang, Zhaoliang Zhang, Shijia Lin, and Xue Yang.

The scientist has published in various notable venues, with multiple papers appearing in Nature Plants, Nature Communications, Plant Biotechnology Journal, The Plant Cell, and Journal of Experimental Botany.

  • Root-secreted bitter triterpene modulates the rhizosphere microbiota to improve plant fitness (2022, Nature Plants)
  • A nonS-locus F-box gene breaks self-incompatibility in diploid potatoes (2021, Nature Communications)
  • The genome of homosporous maidenhair fern sheds light on the euphyllophyte evolution and defences (2022, Nature Plants)
  • CsAlaDC and CsTSI work coordinately to determine theanine biosynthesis in tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.) and confer high levels of theanine accumulation in a non-tea plant (2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • CsIVP functions in vasculature development and downy mildew resistance in cucumber (2020, PLoS Biology)

Throughout their career, William J. Lucas has been recognized with several fellowships. They were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in both 1980 and 2004, and a Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists in 2007.

Best Publications

  • The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L.

    Sanwen Huang;Ruiqiang Li;Zhonghua Zhang;Li Li

  • The draft genome of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and resequencing of 20 diverse accessions

    Shaogui Guo;Shaogui Guo;Jianguo Zhang;Jianguo Zhang;Honghe Sun;Honghe Sun;Jerome Salse

  • Selective Trafficking of KNOTTED1 Homeodomain Protein and Its mRNA Through Plasmodesmata

    William J. Lucas;Sabine Bouché-Pillon;David P. Jackson;Lynda Nguyen

  • Functional expression of a probable Arabidopsis thaliana potassium channel in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Julie A. Anderson;Shirish S. Huprikar;Leon V. Kochian;William J. Lucas

  • The plant vascular system: evolution, development and functions

    William J. Lucas;Andrew Groover;Raffael Lichtenberger;Kaori Furuta

  • Movement Protein of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Modifies Plasmodesmatal Size Exclusion Limit

    Shmuel Wolf;William J. Lucas;Carl M. Deom;Roger N. Beachy

  • Exploiting chinks in the plant's armor: evolution and emergence of geminiviruses

    Maria R Rojas;Charles Hagen;William J Lucas;Robert L Gilbertson

  • A systemic small rna signaling system in plants

    William J. Lucas;Byung-Chun Yoo;Tony Lough;Erika Varkonyi-Gasic

  • A genomic variation map provides insights into the genetic basis of cucumber domestication and diversity

    Jianjian Qi;Xin Liu;Di Shen;Han Miao

  • Plant paralog to viral movement protein that potentiates transport of mRNA into the phloem

    Beatriz Xoconostle-Cázares;Yu Xiang;Roberto Ruiz-Medrano;Hong-Li Wang

  • Integrative plant biology: role of phloem long-distance macromolecular trafficking.

    Tony J. Lough;William J. Lucas

  • FLOWERING LOCUS T Protein May Act as the Long-Distance Florigenic Signal in the Cucurbits

    Ming Kuem Lin;Helene Belanger;Young Jin Lee;Erika Varkonyi-Gasic

  • Plasmodesmata and the supracellular nature of plants

    William J. Lucas;Biao Ding;Chris Van Der Schoot

  • Two proteins of a plant DNA virus coordinate nuclear and plasmodesmal transport

    Amine O. Noueiry;William J. Lucas;Robert L. Gilbertson

  • Plant viral movement proteins: agents for cell-to-cell trafficking of viral genomes.

    William J. Lucas

  • Biosynthesis, regulation, and domestication of bitterness in cucumber

    Yi Shang;Yongshuo Ma;Yuan Zhou;Huimin Zhang

  • Expression of an inward-rectifying potassium channel by the Arabidopsis KAT1 cDNA.

    Daniel P. Schachtman;Julian I. Schroeder;William J. Lucas;Julie A. Anderson

  • Phloem long-distance transport of CmNACP mRNA: implications for supracellular regulation in plants

    Roberto Ruiz-Medrano;Beatriz Xoconostle-Cázares;William J. Lucas

  • Integrative Plant Biology: Role of Phloem Long-Distance

    Tony J. Lough;William J. Lucas

  • Invited Expert Review The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and Functions

    William J. Lucas;Andrew Groover;Raffael Lichtenberger;Kaori Furuta

Frequent Co-Authors

Shmuel Wolf
Shmuel Wolf Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Robert L. Gilbertson
Robert L. Gilbertson University of California, Davis
Zhangjun Fei
Zhangjun Fei Cornell University
Leon V. Kochian
Leon V. Kochian University of Saskatchewan
Sanwen Huang
Sanwen Huang Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Roger N. Beachy
Roger N. Beachy Washington University in St. Louis
Michael A. Grusak
Michael A. Grusak Agricultural Research Service
Vincent R. Franceschi
Vincent R. Franceschi Washington State University
Siobhan M. Brady
Siobhan M. Brady University of California, Davis
Mitsuo Chino
Mitsuo Chino Akita Prefectural University

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