Plant Metabolism Laboratory

Prof. Rachel Amir

Metabolic investigation of Phelipanche aegyptiaca reveals significant changes during developmental stages and in its different organs

Nativ N, Hacham Y, Hershenhorn J, Dor E, Amir R.
Frontiers in Plant Science 2017 Volume 8 Pages 491
2017

The relative contribution of genes operating in the S-methylmethionine cycle to methionine metabolism in Arabidopsis seeds.

Cohen H, Salmon A, Tietel Z, Hacham Y, Amir R.
Plant Cell Reports 2017 Volume 36 Issue 5 Pages 731-743
2017

Metabolite fingerprinting of Punica granatum L. (pomegranate) polyphenols by means of high-performance liquid chromatograph with diode array and electrospary ionization mass spectrometry detection.

Brighenti V, Groothuis SF, Prencipe FP, Amir R, Benvenuti S, Pellati F.
Journal of Chromatography A 2017 Volume 1480 Pages 20?31
2017

Transgenic tobacco plants having a higher level of methionine are more sensitive to oxidative stress.

Hacham Y, Matityahu I, Amir R.
Physiologia Plantarum 2017 Volume 160 Pages 242-252.
2017

Repression of CYSTATHIONINE ?-SYNTHASE in Arabidopsis seeds recruits the S-methylmethionine cycle.

Cohen H, Hacham Y, Panizel I, Rogachev I, Aharoni A, Amir R.
Plant Physiology 2017 Volume 174 Pages 1322-1333
2017

Constitutive expression of feedback-insensitive cystathionine ?-synthase increases methionine levels in soybean leaves and seeds.

Yu Y, Hou W, Hacham Y, Sun S, Wu C, Matityahu I, Song S, Amir R, Han T.
Journal of Integrative Agriculture 2017 Pages in press
2017

Dose-dependent effects of higher methionine levels on the transcriptome and metabolome of transgenic Arabidopsis seeds

Cohen H, Amir R.
Plant Cell Reports 2016 Volume 36 Issue 5 Pages 719-730
2016

The anti-proliferative and anti-androgenic activity of different pomegranate accessions.

Orgil O, Spector L, Holland D, Mahajna J, Amir R.
Journal of Functional Foods 2016 Volume 26 Pages 517?528
2016

Genetic background and environmental conditions drive metabolic variation in wild type and transgenic soybean (Glycine max) seeds

Cohen H, Shir OM, Yu Y, Hou W, Sun S, Han T, Amir R.
Plant Cell and Environment 2016 Volume 39 Pages 1805-17
2016

The regulation of essential amino acid synthesis and accumulation in plants

Galili G, Amir R, Fernie A.
Annual Review of Plant Biology 2016 Volume 67 Pages 153-178
2016

Higher endogenous methionine in transgenic Arabidopsis seeds affects the composition of storage proteins and lipids

Cohen H, Pajak A, Pandurangan S, Amir R, Marsolais F.
Amino Acids 2016 Volume 48 Pages 1413-1422
2016

Metabolite profiling of mature Arabidopsis thaliana seeds using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)

Cohen H, Matityahu I, Amir R.
Bio Protocol 2016 Volume 6 Issue 21 Pages 1-9
2016

Differential effects of regular and controlled atmosphere storage on the quality of three cultivars of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

Matityahu I, Marciano P, Holland D, Ben-Arie R, Amir R
Postharvest Biology and Technology 2016 Volume 115 Pages 132?141
2016

Primary metabolic profiling of Egyptian broomrape (Phelipanche aegyptiaca) compared to its host tomato roots

Hacham Y, Dor E, Hershenhorn J, Amir R.
Journal of Plant Physiology 2016 Volume 205 Pages 11-19
2016

The tomato plastidic fructokinase SlFRK3 plays a role in xylem development

Stein O, Damari-Weissler H, Secchi F, Rachamilevitch S, German M, Yeselson Y, Amir R, Schaffer A, Holbrook M, Aloni R, Zwieniecki M, Granot D.
New Phytologist 2015 Volume 209 Pages 1484-95
2015

Methionine and S-methylmethionine exhibit temporal and spatial accumulation patterns along the Arabidopsis life cycle

Frank A, Cohen H, Hoffman D, Amir R.
Amino Acids 2015 Volume 47 Issue 3 Pages 497-510
2015

Sulfite oxidase activity is essential for normal sulfur, nitrogen and carbon metabolism in tomato leaves

Brychkova G, Yarmolinsky D, Batushansky A, Grishkevich V, Khozin-Goldberg I, Fait A, Amir R, Fluhr R, Sagi, M.
Plants 2015 Volume 4 Issue 3 Pages 573-605
2015

The antioxidative and anti-proliferative potential of non-edible organs of the pomegranate fruit and tree

Orgil O, Schwartz E, Baruch L, Matityahu I, Mahajna J, Amir R
LWT - Food Science and Technology 2014 Volume 58 Pages 571-577
2014

Ascorbate peroxidase 6 protects Arabidopsis thaliana desiccating and germinating seeds from stress and mediates crosstalk between ROS, ABA and auxin

Chen C, Letnik I, Hacham Y, Dobrev P, Ben Daniel B-H, Vanková R, Amir R, Miller G
Plant Physiology 2014 Volume 166 Pages 370-83
2014

The antioxidative and anti-proliferative potential of non-edible organs of the pomegranate fruit and tree.

Orgil, O, Schwartz, E, Matityahu, I, Mahajna, J. and Amir,R.
LWT - Food Science and Technology 2014 Volume 58 Issue 2 Pages 571-577
2014

Characterization of pomegranate`s health beneficial bioactive compounds, taste, color and post-harvest fruit quality by studding a wide collection of diverse accessions

Rubinovich L, Holland D, Amir R
In Instrumental Methods for the Analysis and Identification of Bioactive Molecules, ACS Symposium Series 1185 ,2014, JK. Jayprakasha, BS. Patil, F. Pellati Ed. , , Pages 201-2015
2014

Total antioxidative capacity and total phenolic levels in pomegranate husks correlate to several post-harvest fruit quality parameters

I. Matityahu; I. Glazer; D. Holland; I. Bar-Ya'akov; R. Ben-Arie; A. R.
Food Bioproc. Technol. (in press). 2014
2014

Glutathione application affects the transcript profile of genes in Arabidopsis seedling.

Hacham Y, Koussevitzky S, Kirma M, Amir R
Journal of Plant Physiology 2014 Volume 171 Pages 1444-1451
2014

Seed-specific expression of a feedback-insensitive form of cystathionine ?-synthase in Arabidopsis stimulates metabolic and transcriptomic responses associated with desiccation stress

Cohen H, Israeli H, Matityahu I, Amir R
Plant Physiology 2014 Volume 166 Pages 1575-1592
2014

Light and sucrose up-regulate the expression level of Arabidopsis cystathionine gamma-synthase, the key enzyme of methionine biosynthesis pathway

Y. Hacham; I. Matityahu; R. Amir
Amino Acids 2013 Volume 45 Issue 5 Pages 1179-90
2013