Publications

Polturak G, Chandra Misra R, Al-Demerdash A, Owen C, Steed A, McDonald H, Wang J, Saalbach G, Martins C, Chartrain L, Wilkinson B, Nicholson P, Osbourn A (2023). Discovery of isoflavone phytoalexins in wheat reveals an alternative route to isoflavonoid biosynthesis. Nature Communications 14(1), 6977

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Polturak G, Dippe M, Stephenson MJ, Chandra Misra R, Owen C, Ramirez-Gonzalez R, Haidoulis JF, Schoonbeek H, Chartrain L, Borrill P, Nelson DR, Brown J, Nicholson P, Uauy C, Osbourn A (2022). Pathogen-Induced Biosynthetic Pathways Encode Defense-Related Molecules in Bread Wheat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119(16), e2123299119

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Polturak G, Liu Z, Osbourn A (2022).  New and emerging concepts in the evolution and function of plant biosynthetic gene clusters. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 33, 100568

 

Polturak G and Osbourn A (2021).  Defense-related phenylpropanoid biosynthetic gene clusters in rice. Science Bulletin 67(1), 13-16

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Polturak G and Osbourn A (2021). The emerging role of biosynthetic gene clusters in plant defense and plant interactions. PLoS Pathogens 17(7), e1009698

 

Li Y, Leveau A, Zhao Q, Feng Q, Lu H, Miao J, Xue Z, Martin AC, Wegel E, Wang J, Orme A, Rey M, Karafiátová M ,Vrána J, Steuernagel B, Joynson R, Owen C, Reed J, Louveau T, Stephenson MJ, Zhang L, Huang X, Huang T, Fan D, Zhou C, Tian Q, Li W, Lu Y, Chen J, Zhao Y, Lu Y, Zhu C, Polturak G, Casson R, Hill L, Moore G, Melton R, Hall N, Wulff B, Doležel J, Langdon T, Han B, Osbourn A (2021). Subtelomeric assembly of a multi-gene pathway for antimicrobial defense compounds in cereals. Nature Communications 12(1), 1-13

 

Dong Y, Sonawane P, Cohen H, Polturak G, Feldberg L, Avivi SH, Rogachev I, Aharoni A (2020) High mass resolution, spatial metabolite mapping enhances the current plant gene and pathway discovery toolbox. New Phytologist 228(6), 1986-2002

 

Polturak G and Aharoni A (2019) Advances and future directions in betalain metabolic engineering. New Phytologist 224(4), 1472-1478

 

Polturak G and Aharoni A (2018) “La vie en rose”: biosynthesis, sources, and applications of betalain pigments. Molecular Plant 11(1), 7-22

 

Polturak G, Heinig U, Grossman G, Battat M, Leshkowitz D, Malitsky S, Rogachev I, Aharoni A (2018) Transcriptome and metabolic profiling provides insights into betalain biosynthesis and evolution in Mirabilis jalapa. Molecular Plant 11(1), 189-204

 

Gressel J and Polturak G (2018) Suppressing aflatoxin biosynthesis is not a breakthrough if not useful. Pest Management Science 74(1), 17-21

 

Polturak G, Grossman N, Vela-Corcia D, Dong Y, Nudel A, Pliner M, Levy M, Rogachev I, Aharoni A (2017) Engineered gray mold resistance, antioxidant capacity, and pigmentation in betalain-producing crops and ornamentals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 114(34), 9062-9067

 

Polturak G, Breitel D, Grossman N, Sarrion-Perdigones A, Weithorn E, Pliner M, Orzaez D, Granell A, Rogachev I, Aharoni A (2016) Elucidation of the first committed step in betalain biosynthesis enables the heterologous engineering of betalain pigments in plants. New Phytologist 210(1), 269-283

 

Polturak G, Breitel D, Sarrion-Perdigones A, Grossman N, Weithorn E, Pliner M, Orzaez D, Granell A, Rogachev I and Aharoni A (2016) Elucidation of the first step in betalain biosynthesis allows the heterologous production of betalain pigments in plants. Planta Medica 81(S 01), 756