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Latest papers
Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase1 influences ECERIFERUM2 activity to mediate the synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acid past C28.
Plant physiology · 2025
Wounding Triggers Wax Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Leaves in an Abscisic Acid-Dependent and Jasmonoyl-Isoleucine-Dependent Manner.
Plant & cell physiology · 2024
Divergent evolution of the alcohol-forming pathway of wax biosynthesis among bryophytes.
The New phytologist · 2024
Latest funding
- $330,000
Cuticular wax biosynthesis, regulation and intracellular trafficking
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
- $1,650,000
PRoTECT - Plant Responses To Eliminate Critical Threats: An NSERC-CREATE-DFG-IRTG joint training program to train the next generation of "Plant Doctors"
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
- $22,347
Quantitative PCR instrument to support plant cell and molecular biology research
NSERC · 2013 · Co-investigator
38 publications.
Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase1 influences ECERIFERUM2 activity to mediate the synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acid past C28.
Yang X, Huang H, Wang Z, Haslam TM, Kunst L, Wang P, Zhao H, Lü S, Ma C
Wounding Triggers Wax Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Leaves in an Abscisic Acid-Dependent and Jasmonoyl-Isoleucine-Dependent Manner.
Lewandowska M, Zienkiewicz K, Zienkiewicz A, Kelly A, König S, Feussner K, Kunst L, Feussner I
Divergent evolution of the alcohol-forming pathway of wax biosynthesis among bryophytes.
Keyl A, Herrfurth C, Pandey G, Kim RJ, Helwig L, Haslam TM, de Vries S, de Vries J, Gutsche N, Zachgo S, Suh MC, Kunst L, Feussner I
The ARRE RING-Type E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Negatively Regulates Cuticular Wax Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by Controlling ECERIFERUM1 and ECERIFERUM3 Protein Levels.
Liu S, Tong M, Zhao L, Li X, Kunst L
Understanding the Role of Populus ECERIFERUM2-Likes in the Biosynthesis of Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids for Cuticular Waxes.
Gonzales-Vigil E, vonLoessl ME, Chen JY, Li S, Haslam TM, Kunst L, Mansfield SD
Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM2-LIKEs Are Mediators of Condensing Enzyme Function.
Haslam TM, Kunst L
Drought stress modulates cuticular wax composition of the grape berry.
Dimopoulos N, Tindjau R, Wong DCJ, Matzat T, Haslam T, Song C, Gambetta GA, Kunst L, Castellarin SD
A simple, non-toxic method for separating seeds based on density, and its application in isolating Arabidopsis thaliana seed oil mutants.
Dean GH, Pang F, Haughn GW, Kunst L
Mid-infrared spectroscopy is a fast screening method for selecting Arabidopsis genotypes with altered leaf cuticular wax.
Liu N, Zhao L, Tang L, Stobbs J, Parkin I, Kunst L, Karunakaran C
ECERIFERUM11/C-TERMINAL DOMAIN PHOSPHATASE-LIKE2 Affects Secretory Trafficking.
Shi L, Dean GH, Zheng H, Meents MJ, Haslam TM, Haughn GW, Kunst L
Cuticular wax biosynthesis, regulation and intracellular trafficking
Principal investigators: Kunst, Ljerka
PRoTECT - Plant Responses To Eliminate Critical Threats: An NSERC-CREATE-DFG-IRTG joint training program to train the next generation of "Plant Doctors"
Principal investigators: Li, Xin X
Keywords: crop protection; international collaboration; multidisciplinary research; novel graduate training program; pest management; plant immunity; plant-microbe interaction (PMI); plant pathology; sustainable agriculture
Quantitative PCR instrument to support plant cell and molecular biology research
Principal investigators: Douglas, Carl
Cuticular wax biosynthesis, regulation and intracellular trafficking
Principal investigators: Kunst, Ljerka
ANR / Increasing oil content by redirecting carbon flux during seed development. Project acronym: SYNERGY (Seeds Yield eNERGY)
Principal investigators: Kunst, Ljerka
Automated gas chromatography system
Principal investigators: Kunst, Ljerka
Real-time quantitative PCR instrument
Principal investigators: Douglas, Carl
Cuticular wax biosynthesis and deposition
Principal investigators: Kunst, Ljerka
Multi-optics light microscope for cell and developmental biology
Principal investigators: Sack, FredDavid
Harnessing plants for production of renewable hydrocarbon biofuels
Principal investigators: Jetter, Reinhard
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Reinhard Jetter and Ljerka Kunst: 8 shared papers
- Xin Li and Reinhard Jetter: 4 shared papers
- Chithra Karunakaran and Yangdou Wei: 3 shared papers
- Chithra Karunakaran and Ljerka Kunst: 1 shared paper
- Xin Li and Yangdou Wei: 1 shared paper
- Xin Li and Ljerka Kunst: 1 shared paper
- George Haughn and Ljerka Kunst: 1 shared paper
- Yangdou Wei and Ljerka Kunst: 1 shared paper
- Isabel Molina and Ljerka Kunst: 1 shared paper
- Botany
- Biology
- Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering
- Michael Smith Laboratories - The University of British Columbia
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Reinhard Jetter
Botany
8 shared papers, latest 2009
Chithra Karunakaran
Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Xin Li
Michael Smith Laboratories - The University of British Columbia
1 shared papers, latest 2021
George Haughn
Botany
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Yangdou Wei
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Isabel Molina
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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