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William A. Laing
Researcher at Plant & Food Research
Publications - 126
Citations - 8039
William A. Laing is an academic researcher from Plant & Food Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ascorbic acid & Photosynthesis. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 126 publications receiving 7125 citations. Previous affiliations of William A. Laing include HortResearch & Massey University.
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Transient expression vectors for functional genomics, quantification of promoter activity and RNA silencing in plants
Roger P. Hellens,Andrew C. Allan,Ellen N. Friel,Karen Bolitho,Karryn Grafton,Matthew D. Templeton,Sakuntala Karunairetnam,Andrew P. Gleave,William A. Laing +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a series of plasmid vectors for transient gene expression using Agrobacterium, infiltrated into Nicotiana benthamiana leaves, are described and compared to conventional binary vectors for stable transformation such as transformation selection genes.
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Regulation of Soybean Net Photosynthetic CO2 Fixation by the Interaction of CO2, O2, and Ribulose 1,5-Diphosphate Carboxylase
TL;DR: Kinetic properties of soybean net photosynthetic CO(2) fixation and of the carboxylase and oxygenase activities of purified soybean ribulose 1, 5-diphosphate carboxyase were examined and showed equality of kinetic constants, consistent with the notion that the same enzyme catalyzes both reactions.
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MYB transcription factors that colour our fruit
TL;DR: In apple, three recent papers describe the discovery of MYB genes activating skin, flesh and foliage anthocyanic colour as mentioned in this paper, which lead the way to new approaches in the breeding and biotechnological development of fruit with new colour patterns.
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Analyses of Expressed Sequence Tags from Apple
Richard D. Newcomb,Ross N. Crowhurst,Andrew P. Gleave,Erik H. A. Rikkerink,Andrew C. Allan,Lesley L. Beuning,Judith H. Bowen,Emma Gera,Kim R. Jamieson,Bart J. Janssen,William A. Laing,Steve McArtney,Bhawana Nain,Gavin S. Ross,Kimberley C. Snowden,Edwige J. F. Souleyre,Eric F. Walton,Yar-Khing Yauk +17 more
TL;DR: A substantial expressed sequence tag collection from various tissues of apple is produced, focusing on fruit tissues of the cultivar Royal Gala, indicating the presence of many genes involved in disease resistance and the biosynthesis of flavor and health-associated compounds.
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Midgut protease activities in 12 phytophagous lepidopteran larvae: Dietary and protease inhibitor interactions
TL;DR: Larval midgut extracts from 12 lepidopteran species from 5 families were surveyed for protease activities, finding that nine species appear to have a digestive system based largely on trypsin and elastase activities while three had lower levels of these two enzymes and increased levels of chymotrypsin activity.