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Overview

Yves Poirier is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and focuses their research on plant biology, particularly in areas related to plant nutrient uptake and metabolism. Their work spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of plant-related processes including:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management

Yves Poirier has contributed to multiple recent papers. Representative publications include:

  • Phosphate acquisition and metabolism in plants, 2022, Current Biology
  • Modulation of Shoot Phosphate Level and Growth by PHOSPHATE1 Upstream Open Reading Frame, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Critical Role of Transcript Cleavage in Arabidopsis RNA Polymerase II Transcriptional Elongation, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • An antisense noncoding RNA enhances translation via localized structural rearrangements of its cognate mRNA, 2021, The Plant Cell
  • Making sense of the natural antisense transcript puzzle, 2021, Trends in Plant Science

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Joaquín Clúa
  • Aime Jaskolowski
  • Rodrigo S. Reis
  • Jules Deforges
  • Jonatan Montpetit

Yves Poirier's work appears regularly in several publication venues with notable frequency, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Journal
  • The Plant Cell
  • Trends in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • Identification and characterization of the Arabidopsis PHO1 gene involved in phosphate loading to the xylem.

    Dirk Hamburger;Enea Rezzonico;Jean MacDonald-Comber Petétot;Chris Somerville

  • Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates, a family of biodegradable plastics and elastomers, in bacteria and plants.

    Yves Poirier;Christianae Nawrath;Chris Somerville

  • Control of eukaryotic phosphate homeostasis by inositol polyphosphate sensor domains.

    Rebekka Wild;Ruta Gerasimaite;Ji-Yul Jung;Vincent Truffault

  • Polyhydroxybutyrate, a Biodegradable Thermoplastic, Produced in Transgenic Plants

    Yves Poirier;Douglas E. Dennis;Karen Klomparens;Chris Somerville

  • Mutant of Arabidopsis Deficient in Xylem Loading of Phosphate

    Yves Poirier;Sharon Thoma;Chris Somerville;John Schiefelbein

  • Peroxisomal β-oxidation—A metabolic pathway with multiple functions

    Yves Poirier;Vasily D. Antonenkov;Tuomo Glumoff;J. Kalervo Hiltunen

  • Targeting of the polyhydroxybutyrate biosynthetic pathway to the plastids of Arabidopsis thaliana results in high levels of polymer accumulation

    Christiane Nawrath;Yves Poirier;Chris Somerville

  • Regulation of Phosphate Starvation Responses in Plants: Signaling Players and Cross-Talks

    Hatem Rouached;A. Bulak Arpat;Yves Poirier

  • Establishment of new crops for the production of natural rubber

    Jan B. van Beilen;Yves Poirier

  • Dissection of local and systemic transcriptional responses to phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis

    Marie-Christine Thibaud;Jean-François Arrighi;Vincent Bayle;Serge Chiarenza

  • The emerging importance of the SPX domain-containing proteins in phosphate homeostasis

    David Secco;Chuang Wang;Bulak A. Arpat;Zhiye Wang

  • Spatio-Temporal Transcript Profiling of Rice Roots and Shoots in Response to Phosphate Starvation and Recovery

    David Secco;Mehdi Jabnoune;Hayden Walker;Huixia Shou

  • Structure and expression profile of the Arabidopsis PHO1 gene family indicates a broad role in inorganic phosphate homeostasis.

    Yong Wang;Cécile Ribot;Enea Rezzonico;Yves Poirier

  • Members of the PHO1 gene family show limited functional redundancy in phosphate transfer to the shoot, and are regulated by phosphate deficiency via distinct pathways.

    Aleksandra Stefanovic;Cécile Ribot;Hatem Rouached;Yong Wang

  • Transgenic Arabidopsis plants can accumulate polyhydroxybutyrate to up to 4% of their fresh weight

    Karen Bohmert;Ilse Balbo;Joachim Kopka;Volker Mittendorf

  • Guayule and Russian dandelion as alternative sources of natural rubber.

    Jan B. van Beilen;Yves Poirier

  • Beta-oxidation in fatty acid degradation and beyond.

    Simon Goepfert;Yves Poirier

  • Characterization of the Rice PHO1 Gene Family Reveals a Key Role for OsPHO1;2 in Phosphate Homeostasis and the Evolution of a Distinct Clade in Dicotyledons

    David Secco;Arnaud Baumann;Yves Poirier

  • A Rice cis-Natural Antisense RNA Acts as a Translational Enhancer for Its Cognate mRNA and Contributes to Phosphate Homeostasis and Plant Fitness

    Mehdi Jabnoune;David Secco;Cécile Lecampion;Christophe Robaglia

  • Synthesis of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates in arabidopsis thaliana using intermediates of peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation.

    Volker Mittendorf;Elizabeth J. Robertson;Rachel M. Leech;Niels Krüger

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Somerville
Chris Somerville University of California, Berkeley
Christiane Nawrath
Christiane Nawrath University of Lausanne
Qingyao Shu
Qingyao Shu Zhejiang University
Hatem Rouached
Hatem Rouached Michigan State University
J. Kalervo Hiltunen
J. Kalervo Hiltunen University of Oulu
James Whelan
James Whelan La Trobe University
Michael Hothorn
Michael Hothorn University of Geneva
Peer M. Schenk
Peer M. Schenk University of Queensland
Jean-Marc Nicaud
Jean-Marc Nicaud Agro ParisTech
Christophe Robaglia
Christophe Robaglia Aix-Marseille University

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