Juan Vorster
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Vorster J, van der Westhuizen W, du Plessis G, Marais D, Sparvoli F, Cominelli E, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2023 Oct;
14:1252223.
PMID: 37860251
Proteases, including serine proteases, are involved in the entire life cycle of plants. Proteases are controlled by protease inhibitors (PI) to limit any uncontrolled or harmful protease activity. The role...
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Singh A, Pillay P, Naicker P, Alexandre K, Malatji K, Mach L, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2022 Sep;
13:953654.
PMID: 36061808
The hypersensitive response is elicited by infiltration of , including the induction and accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins, such as proteases. This includes the induction of the expression of several cysteine...
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Tremblay J, Goulet M, Vorster J, Goulet C, Michaud D
FEBS J
. 2021 Nov;
289(7):1827-1841.
PMID: 34799995
Protein engineering approaches have been proposed to improve the inhibitory properties of plant cystatins against herbivorous arthropod digestive proteases, generally involving the site-directed mutagenesis of functionally relevant amino acids or...
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Kunert K, Botha A, Oberholster P, Yocgo R, Chimwamurombe P, Vorster J, et al.
Outlook Agric
. 2020 Sep;
49(3):204-214.
PMID: 32981973
International scientific partnerships are key to the success of strategic investments in plant science research and the farm-level adoption of new varieties and technologies, as well as the coherence of...
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Singh A, Pooe O, Kwezi L, Lotter-Stark T, Stoychev S, Alexandra K, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2020 Apr;
10(1):6201.
PMID: 32277089
Broadly neutralising antibodies (bNAbs) against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), such as CAP256-VRC26 are being developed for HIV prevention and treatment. These Abs carry a unique but crucial post-translational...
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Cullis C, Chimwamurombe P, Barker N, Kunert K, Vorster J
Front Plant Sci
. 2018 Aug;
9:1199.
PMID: 30158948
Plants have developed morphological, physiological, biochemical, cellular, and molecular mechanisms to survive in drought-stricken environments with little or no water caused by below-average precipitation. In this mini-review, we highlight the...
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Foyer C, Lam H, Nguyen H, Siddique K, Varshney R, Colmer T, et al.
Nat Plants
. 2017 Feb;
2:16112.
PMID: 28221372
The United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (grain legumes) under the banner 'nutritious seeds for a sustainable future'. A second green revolution is required to ensure...
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Sainsbury F, Jutras P, Vorster J, Goulet M, Michaud D
Front Plant Sci
. 2016 Feb;
7:141.
PMID: 26913045
The use of plants as expression hosts for recombinant proteins is an increasingly attractive option for the production of complex and challenging biopharmaceuticals. Tools are needed at present to marry...
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Vorster J, Rasoolizadeh A, Goulet M, Cloutier C, Sainsbury F, Michaud D
Insect Biochem Mol Biol
. 2015 Aug;
65:10-9.
PMID: 26264818
Positive selection is thought to contribute to the functional diversification of insect-inducible protease inhibitors in plants in response to selective pressures exerted by the digestive proteases of their herbivorous enemies....
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Mphangwe N, Vorster J, Steyn J, Nyirenda H, Taylor N, Apostolides Z
Appl Biochem Biotechnol
. 2013 Jul;
171(2):437-49.
PMID: 23852798
This study was done to identify random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers that may associate with seven important traits in tea. Sixty RAPD primers were first screened using 18 cultivars...