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Plant Biotechnology

Publications in Plant Biotechnology - Secondary Metabolism in plants:

  1. Papadopoulou K, Melton RE, Legget M, Daniels MJ and Osbourn AE (1999) Compromised disease resistance in saponin-deficient plants. PNAS 96: 12923-12928 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.22.12923
  2. Osbourn AE, Carter J, Daniels M, Dufresne M, Hugouvieux V, Leggett M, Martin-Hernandez A, Melton R, Morrissey J and Papadopoulou K (2000) Preformed antifungal compounds and plant defence. In: Biology of Plant‑Microbe Interactions Vol. 2. pp: 170-174 (Eds. PJGM DeWit, T Bisseling and WJ Stiekema)
  3. Osbourn AE, Carter J, Papadopoulou K, Haralampidis K, Trojanowska M and Melton R (2000) Oat root saponins and root-infecting fungi. In: Saponins in Food, Feedstuffs and Medicinal Plants, Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe, 45, pp:121-128 (Eds. W Oleszek and A Marston). Kluwer Academic Publ, Dordrecht DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-9339-7_13
  4. Haralampidis K, Bryan G, Qi X, Papadopoulou K, Bakht S, Melton R and A Osbourn (2001) A new class of oxidosqualene cyclases directs synthesis of antimicrobial phytoprotectants in monocots. PNAS 98: 13431-13436 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.231
  5. I Iturbe-Ormaetxe, K Haralampidis, K Papadopoulou, AE Osbourn (2003) Molecular cloning and characterization of triterpene synthases from the model legume species Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus. Plant Molecular Biology 51: 731-743 DOI: 10.1023/A:1022519709298
  6. Mylona P, Owatworakit A, Papadopoulou K, Jenner H, Qin B, Findlay K, Hill L, Qi X, Bakht S, Melton S, Osbourn A (2008) Sad3 and Sad4 are required for avenacin A-1 biosynthesis and root development in oat. Plant Cell 20:210-212 DOI:  1105/tpc.107.056531
  7. Omirou M, Papastylianou I, Iori R, Papastephanou C, Papadopoulou KK, Ehaliotis C, Karpouzas DG (2009) Microwave-assisted extraction of glucosinolates from Eruca sativa seeds and soil: Comparison with existing methods. Phytochemical Analysis 20: 214-220 DOI: 10.1002/pca.1117
  8. Omirou MD, Papadopoulou KK, Papastylianou I, Constantinou M, Karpouzas DG, Passam H, Ehaliotis C (2009) Impact of nitrogen and sulfur fertilization on the composition of glucosinolates in relation to sulfur assimilation in different plant organs of broccoli. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 57: 9408–9417 DOI: 10.1021/jf901440n
  9. Delis C, Krokida A, Georgiou S, Peña-Rodríguez LM, Kavroulakis N, Ioannou E, Roussis V, Osbourn AE, Papadopoulou KK (2011) Role of lupeol synthase in Lotus japonicus nodule formation. New Phytologist 189:335-346 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03463.x.
  10. Omirou M, Papastefanou C, Katsarou D, Papastylianou I, Passam HC, Ehaliotis C and Papadopoulou KK (2012)  Relationships between nitrogen, dry matter accumulation and glucosinolates in Eruca sativa The applicability of the critical NO3-N levels approach. Plant and Soil, 354:347–358 DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1071-9
  11. Osbourn AE, Papadopoulou K, Qi X, Field B, Wegel E (2012) Finding and analysing plant secondary metabolic gene clusters (Review) Methods in Enzymology 517: 113-138 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-404634-4.00006-1
  12. Krokida A, Delis C, Geisler K, Garagkounis C, Tsikou D, Peña-Rodríguez LM, Field B, Osbourn AE, Papadopoulou KK (2013) A metabolic gene cluster in Lotus japonicus discloses novel enzyme functions and products in triterpene biosynthesis New Phytologist 200: 675-690 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12414
  13. Mosses T, Papadopoulou KK, Osbourn AE (2014) Metabolic and functional diversity of saponins, biosynthetic intermediates and semi-synthetic derivatives. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2014.953628
  14. Ζografidis Α, Giorgos Kapolas G, Podia V, Beri D, Papadopoulou KK, Milioni D, Haralampidis K (2014) Transcriptional regulation and functional involvement of the Arabidopsis pescadillo ortholog AtPES in root development. Plant Science 229: 53-65 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.08.012
  15. Tanou G, Minas IS, Karagiannis E, Tsikou D, Audebert S, Papadopoulou KK, Molassiotis A (2015) The impact of sodium nitroprusside and ozone in kiwifruit ripening physiology: a combined gene and protein expression profiling approach. Annals of Botany 116: 649–662 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv107
  16. Georgatza D, Gorgogietas VA, KylindriP, Charalambous MCh, Papadopoulou KK, Hayes JM, Psarra AMG. (2016) The triterpene echinocystic acid and its 3-O-glucoside derivative are revealed as potent and selective glucocorticoid receptor agonists. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 79: 277–287 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2016.08.028
  17. Delis C, Krokida A, Tomatsidou A, Tsikou D, Beta RAA, Tsioumpekou M, Moustaka J, Stravodimos G, Leonidas DD, Balatsos NAA, Papadopoulou KK (2016) AtHESPERIN: a novel regulator of circadian rhythms with poly(A)-degrading activity in plants. RNA Biology 13(1): 68-82 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1119363