Balazs Siminszky

Herbicide/Plant Interactions, Functional Genomics of Plant Cytochrome P450s

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Pls623 - Physiology of Plants II; Credits - 3
A physiological/biochemical treatment of central topics in modern plant physiology. Topics will include: plant hormones, an introduction to plant biotechnology, senescence and abscission, stress physiology, phytochrome-photomorphogenesis-phototropism nitrogen and sulfur metabolism. Prereq: BIO 430G or equivalent or consent of coordinator. Prereq or concur: BCH 607. (Same as BIO/FOR 623.) .
Instructors: Balazs Siminszky, George J. Wagner, Jan A. Smalle

Refereed Journal Articles
From the Cover: Manohar Chakrabarti, Steven W. Bowen, Nicholas P. Coleman, Karen M. Meekins, Ralph E. Dewey and Balazs Siminszky 2008. CYP82E4-mediated nicotine to nornicotine conversion in tobacco is regulated by a senescence-specific signaling pathway. Plant Molecular Biology. 66: 415-427.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky

R.S. Lewis, A.M. Jack, J.W. Morris, V.J.M. Robert, L.B. Gavilano, B. Siminszky, L.P. Bush, A.J. Hayes, R.E. Dewey 2008. RNAi-Induced Suppression of Nicotine Demethylase Activity Reduces Levels of a Key Carcinogen in Cured Tobacco Leaves. Plant Biotechnology Journal 6(4):346-54.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky

Lily B. Gavilano and Balazs Siminszky 2007. Isolation and Characterization of the Cytochrome P450 Gene CYP82E5v2 that Mediates Nicotine to Nornicotine Conversion in the Green Leaves of Tobacco. Plant and Cell Physiology 48(11):1567-1574.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky

Lily B. Gavilano, Nicholas P. Coleman, Steven W. Bowen, and Balazs Siminszky 2007. Functional Analysis of Nicotine Demethylase Genes Reveals Insights into the Evolution of Modern Tobacco. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(1):249-256.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky

Manohar Chakrabarti, Karen M. Meekins, Lily B. Gavilano and Balazs Siminszky 2007. Inactivation of CYP82E2 by Degenerative Mutations was a Key Event in the Evolution of the Alkaloid Profile of Modern Tobacco. New Phytologist. 175:565-574.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky, Karen M. Meekins

Balazs Siminszky 2006. Plant Cytochrome P450-Mediated Herbicide Metabolism. Phytochemistry Reviews. 5:445-458
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky

Gavilano, L.B.,N.P Coleman, L.E. Burnley, M.L. Bowman, E.N. Kalengamaliro, A Hayes, L.P. Bush and B. Siminszky. 2006. Genetic engineering of Nicotiana tabacum for reduced nornicotine content. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54(24):9071-9078.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky, Lily B. Gavilano, Lowell P. Bush

Lily B. Gavilano, Nicholas P. Coleman, Leigh-Emma Burnley, Melissa L. Bowman, Newton E. Kalengamaliro, Alec Hayes, Lowell Bush and Balazs Siminszky* 2006. Genetic Engineering of Nicotiana Tabacum for Reduced Nornicotine Content. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54:9071-9078.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky, Lowell P. Bush, Lily B. Gavilano

Dewey R., B. Siminszky, S. Bowen and L. Gavilano. 2005. Alteration of Tobacco Alkaloid Content through Modification of Specific Cytochrome P450 Genes. (Patent Pending).
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky, Lily B. Gavilano

Siminszky, B., L. Gavilano, S.W. Bowen, and R.E. Dewey. 2005. Conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in Nicotiana tabacum is mediated by CYP82E4, a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 102(41):14919-14924.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky, Lily B. Gavilano

Siminszky, B., N.P. Coleman, and M. Naveed. 2005. Denaturing HPLC efficiently detects mutations of the acetolactate synthase gene. Weed Science. 53:146-152.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky

Balazs Siminszky*, Ann M. Freytag, Bonnie S. Sheldon and Ralph E. Dewey 2003. Coexpression of a NADPH:P450 Reductase Enhances CYP71A10-Dependent Phenylurea Metabolism in Tobacco. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 77:35-43.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky

Balazs Siminszky*,Y.S. Sheldon, F.T. Corbin, and R.E. Dewey 2000. A cytochrome P450 monooxygenase cDNA (CYP71A10) confers resistance to linuron in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum. Weed Science 48:291-295
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky

Balazs Siminszky*, Corbin, F.T., Ward, E.R., Fleischmann, T.J. and Dewey, R.E. 1999. Expression of a Soybean Cytochrome P-450 Monooxygenase cDNA in Yeast and Tobacco Enhances the Metabolism of Phenylurea Herbicides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 96 (4): 1750-1755
Authors in PSS Dept.: Balazs Siminszky

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