Peter McCourt
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Recent Articles
21.
Yoshida S, Kim S, Wafula E, Tanskanen J, Kim Y, Honaas L, et al.
Curr Biol
. 2019 Sep;
29(18):3041-3052.e4.
PMID: 31522940
Parasitic plants in the genus Striga, commonly known as witchweeds, cause major crop losses in sub-Saharan Africa and pose a threat to agriculture worldwide. An understanding of Striga parasite biology,...
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Uraguchi D, Kuwata K, Hijikata Y, Yamaguchi R, Imaizumi H, Am S, et al.
Science
. 2018 Dec;
362(6420):1301-1305.
PMID: 30545887
The parasitic plant has been causing devastating damage to the crop production in Africa. Because requires host-generated strigolactones to germinate, the identification of selective and potent strigolactone agonists could help...
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Kinoshita T, McCourt P, Asami T, Torii K
Plant Cell Physiol
. 2018 Jul;
59(8):1483-1486.
PMID: 30032233
No abstract available.
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Holbrook-Smith D, McCourt P
Methods Mol Biol
. 2018 May;
1795:117-126.
PMID: 29846923
Strigolactones are a class of terpenoid-based plant hormones that are best known for their role in the suppression of axillary branching. However, strigolactones also play a role as stimulants for...
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Lumba S, Bunsick M, McCourt P
F1000Res
. 2017 Jul;
6:975.
PMID: 28690842
Strigolactones (SLs) are a collection of related small molecules that act as hormones in plant growth and development. Intriguingly, SLs also act as ecological communicators between plants and mycorrhizal fungi...
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Lumba S, Holbrook-Smith D, McCourt P
Nat Chem Biol
. 2017 May;
13(6):599-606.
PMID: 28514432
Small-molecule hormones play central roles in plant development, ranging from cellular differentiation and organ formation to developmental response instruction in changing environments. A recently discovered collection of related small molecules...
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Lumba S, Subha A, McCourt P
Trends Biochem Sci
. 2017 May;
42(7):556-565.
PMID: 28495334
Strigolactones (SLs) are small molecules that act as endogenous hormones to regulate plant development as well as exogenous cues that help parasitic plants to infect their hosts. Given that parasitic...
28.
Northey J, Liang S, Jamshed M, Deb S, Foo E, Reid J, et al.
Nat Plants
. 2016 Jul;
2:16114.
PMID: 27455172
Protein farnesylation is a post-translational modification involving the addition of a 15-carbon farnesyl isoprenoid to the carboxy terminus of select proteins(1-3). Although the roles of this lipid modification are clear...
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Holbrook-Smith D, Toh S, Tsuchiya Y, McCourt P
Nat Chem Biol
. 2016 Jul;
12(9):724-9.
PMID: 27428512
Striga spp. (witchweed) is an obligate parasitic plant that attaches to host roots to deplete them of nutrients. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the most destructive Striga species, Striga hermonthica, parasitizes major...
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Zhou X, Zhang Z, Park J, Tyler L, Yusuke J, Qiu K, et al.
Plant Physiol
. 2016 Jun;
171(4):2760-70.
PMID: 27255484
The phytohormone gibberellin (GA) plays a key role in promoting stem elongation in plants. Previous studies show that GA activates its signaling pathway by inducing rapid degradation of DELLA proteins,...