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Robert Vreeburg

Robert Vreeburg

Personal Details

Name : Robert A.M.Vreeburg
Email address : r.a.m.vreeburg@ed.ac.uk
Nationality : Dutch
Postion : Postdoctoral researcher (2005-2007)

Degrees

  • Graduated at the Utrecht University in 1999, in plant physiology.
  • Gained my PhD at the Utrecht University in 2004, on "Expansins in submergence-induced petiole elongation of Rumex palustris: kinetics and regulation". For full text click here

Conference contributions

  • Vreeburg, R.A.M and Fry, S.C. Apoplastic hydroxyl radicals and their possible in-vivo action on textural polysaccharides in ripening fruit tissues. Poster presented at the X Cell Wall meeting 2004, Sorrento (Italy)
  • Vreeburg, R.A.M. Apoplastic hydroxyl radicals and their possible action on textural polysaccharides in ripening fruit tissues. Presentation during the Annual Scottish Plant Molecular Biology Meeting 2005.
  • Vreeburg, R.A.M. Hydroxyl radical attack on cell wall polymers: is it involved in fruit softening? Presentation during the 15th Scottish Cell Wall Group Meeting 2005, Edinburgh.

Publications

  • R.A.M. Vreeburg, J.J. Benschop, A.J.M. Peeters, T.D. Colmer, A.H.M. Ammerlaan, M. Staal, T.M. Elzenga, R.H.J. Staals, C.P. Darley, S.J. McQueen-Mason, L.A.C.J. Voesenek (2005). Ethylene regulates fast apoplastic acidification and expansin A transcription during submergence-induced petiole elongation in Rumex palustris. The Plant Journal 43: 597-610.
  • R.A.M. Vreeburg, S.C. Fry (2005) Reactive oxygen species in cell walls. In: ‘Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants’, Blackwell, Oxford. Edited by N. Smirnoff. pp 215-249.

  • J.J. Benschop, M.B. Jackson, K. Guhl, R.A.M. Vreeburg, S.J. Croker, A.J.M. Peeters, L.A.C.J. Voesenek (2005). Contrasting interactions between ethylene and abscisic acid in Rumex species differing in submergence tolerance. The Plant Journal 44: 756-768.
  • M.C.H. Cox, J.J. Benschop, R.A.M Vreeburg, C.A.M. Wagemakers, T. Moritz, A.J.M. Peeters, L.A.C.J. Voesenek (2004). The roles of ethylene, auxin, abscisic acid, and gibberellin in the hyponastic growth of submerged Rumex palustris petioles. Plant Physiology 136:2948-2960.
  • L.A.C.J. Voesenek, J.J. Benschop, J. Bou, M.C.H. Cox, H.W. Groeneveld, F.F. Millenaar, R.A.M. Vreeburg, A.J.M. Peeters (2003). Interactions between plant hormones regulate submergence-induced shoot elongation in the flooding-tolerant dicot Rumex palustris. Annals of Botany 91:205-211.
  • A.J.M. Peeters, M.C.H. Cox, J.J. Benschop, R.A.M. Vreeburg, J. Bou, L.A.C.J. Voesenek (2002). Submergence research using Rumex palustris as a model; looking back and going forward. Journal of Experimental Botany 53:391-398.

This project is funded by the BBSRC.




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