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David A. Lightfoot
Researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Publications - 226
Citations - 8975
David A. Lightfoot is an academic researcher from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Gene. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 224 publications receiving 7780 citations. Previous affiliations of David A. Lightfoot include Center for Excellence in Education & University of Leeds.
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Phytochemicals: Extraction, Isolation, and Identification of Bioactive Compounds from Plant Extracts
TL;DR: There are concerns about using synthetic phenolic antioxidants as food additives because of the reported negative effects on human health, so a replacement of these synthetics by antioxidant extractions from various foods has been proposed.
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Plant Receptor-Like Serine Threonine Kinases: Roles in Signaling and Plant Defense
TL;DR: Imp implications derived from recent studies of the secondary and tertiary structures of several plant RLK that change understanding of plant receptor function and signaling are focused upon.
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Global agricultural intensification during climate change: a role for genomics.
Michael Abberton,Jacqueline Batley,Jacqueline Batley,Alison R. Bentley,John A. Bryant,Hongwei Cai,James Cockram,Antonio Costa de Oliveira,Leland J. Cseke,Hannes Dempewolf,Ciro de Pace,David Edwards,Paul Gepts,Andy Greenland,Anthony E. Hall,Robert J Henry,Kiyosumi Hori,Glen Thomas Howe,Stephen Hughes,Michael W. Humphreys,David A. Lightfoot,Athole H. Marshall,Sean Mayes,Henry T. Nguyen,Francis C. Ogbonnaya,Rodomiro Ortiz,Andrew H. Paterson,Roberto Tuberosa,Babu Valliyodan,Rajeev K. Varshney,Rajeev K. Varshney,Masahiro Yano +31 more
TL;DR: The state of the art of genomic‐assisted breeding for the most important staples that feed the world is reviewed, and how to use and adapt such genomic tools to accelerate development of both major and minor crops with desired traits that enhance adaptation to, or mitigate the effects of climate change is reviewed.
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Active principle from Moringa oleifera Lam leaves effective against two leukemias and a hepatocarcinoma
Mutasim M. Khalafalla,Eltayb Abdellatef,Hussain Mohammed Dafalla,Amr Nassrallah,Khalid M. Aboul-Enein,David A. Lightfoot,Fadl E. El-Deeb,Hany A. El-Shemy +7 more
TL;DR: Different extracts from the leaves of Moringa or drumstick tree are tested for activity against leukemia and hepatocarcinoma cells in vitro and it is found that M. oleifera may have potential for use as source of natural treatment for diseases such as cancer.
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Genome of wild olive and the evolution of oil biosynthesis
Turgay Unver,Zhangyan Wu,Lieven Sterck,Mine Turktas,Rolf Lohaus,Zhen Li,Ming Yang,Lijuan He,Tianquan Deng,Francisco Javier Escalante,Carlos Llorens,Francisco J. Roig,Iskender Parmaksiz,Ekrem Dündar,Fuliang Xie,Baohong Zhang,Arif Ipek,Serkan Uranbey,Mustafa Erayman,Emre Ilhan,Oussama Badad,Hassan Ghazal,David A. Lightfoot,Pavan Kasarla,Vincent Colantonio,Huseyin Tombuloglu,Pilar Hernández,Nurengin Mete,Oznur Cetin,Marc Van Montagu,Huanming Yang,Qiang Gao,Gabriel Dorado,Yves Van de Peer,Yves Van de Peer +34 more
TL;DR: The oleaster genome contains signatures of two Oleaceae lineage-specific paleopolyploidy events that contributed to the expansion and neofunctionalization of genes and gene families that play important roles in oil biosynthesis and will be a valuable resource for oil crop genomics.