פרופ' רחל אמיר
Prof. Rachel Amir
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Oliva M, Guy A, Galili G, Dor E, Schweitzar R, Amir R*, Hacham Y.M (2021) Enhanced production of aromatic amino acids in tobacco plants leads to increased phenylpropanoid metabolites and tolerance to stresses. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 604349.
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Girija A, Shotan D, Hacham Y, Amir R. (2020) The level of methionine residues in storage proteins is the main limiting factor of protein-bound-methionine accumulation in Arabidopsis seeds. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:1136.
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Amir R, Borochov-Neori H, Tian L, Holland D. (2019) The biodiversity of different traits of pomegranate fruit peels from a broad collection of diverse cultivars. Scientia Horticulturae 246: 842–848
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Cohen H, Hacham Y, Amir R. (2019) Revisiting the attempts to fortify methionine contents in plant seeds. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70:4105-4114.
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Matityahu I, Godo I, Hacham Y, Amir R. (2019) The level of threonine in tobacco seeds is limited by substrate availability, while the level of methionine is limited also by the activity of cystathionine -synthase. Plant Science 283: 195-205
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Reyes-Hernández BJ, Shishkova S, Amir R, Quintana-Armas AX, NapsucialyMendivil S, Cervantes-Gámez RG, Torres-Martínez EG, Montiel J, Wood C, G. Dubrovsky J. (2019) Root stem cell niche maintenance and apical meristem activity critically depend on THREONINE SYNTHASE1. Journal of Experimental Botany 70: 3835-3849.
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Rubinovich L, Segev B, Habashi R, Con P, and Amir R. (2019) Establishment of Punica granatum L. peel cell culture to produce bioactive compounds. Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture 138: 131–140.
מענקים ופרסים | Grants and Awards
Binational Agricultural Research and Development Funds (BARD)
Elucidating the genetic pathways involved in shikimate, anthocyanin and hydrolyzable tannin accumulation in pomegranate.
בשיתוף עם Dr. Doron Holand Newe Yaar, and Li Tian UCDAVIS
The Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
Elucidating the link between high methionine content, DNA methylation and the accumulation of amino acids in Arabidopsis
The Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
Elucidation of the regulatory role of glutathione on cystathionine gamma-synthase and methionine metabolism, and the effects of altered methionine levels on the accumulation of amino acids in seeds
The Ministry of Industry
Designing new herbicides
בשיתוף עם Mayyan Gal
The ministry of Agriculture
Broomrapes are an enemy or a friend? Examination of broomrape as a source of rich protein and essential amino acids for human nutrition
The ministry of Agriculture
Development of resistant tomato rootstock to parasitic weeds by gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9
בשיתוף עם Radi Ali
The ministry of Agriculture
Production of essential amino acids by bacterial fermentation for the Agriculture and Food Tech industry – focused on Methionine
בשיתוף עם Itamar Yadid, Itay Bloch and Maayan Gal
