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2. Yanlei Z., Cui1, Y., Song, M., Vainstein, A., Chen, S. and Huiqin Ma, H. (2021). Papain-like cysteine protease gene family in fig (Ficus Carica L.): genome-wide analysis and expression patterns. Front. Plant Sci. 12:681801. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.681801.

Abstracts of Current Research

Carotenoid-associated proteins useful for high carotenoid accumulation and production in plants and other organisms.

Method for enhancing plant scent.

Plant viral expression vectors and use of same for generating genotypic variations in plant genomes.

Generating genotypic variations in plant genomes by direct gamete infection.

Engineering Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for the production of terpenoids: mitochondrial subcellular localization of terpene synthases.

Former Students and Associates

Ronit Sharon, Photosynthetic apparatus in corollas of petunia and carnation M.Sc. 

Galil Tzuri, M.Sc. in collaboration with Prof. J. Hillel

Morly Fisher, M.Sc. in collaboration with Prof. M. Ziv

Iris Smirra, M.Sc. in collaboration with Prof. A. Halevy

Vered Canaan, Transgenic plants resistant to crown gall, MSc

Shamir Tznuert, Transformation system for Gypsophila, MSc

Current Lab Members 

Intro to molecular biology 71065; BSc

Seminar 71187/8, MSc

Basic methods in molecular biology 71024, BSc

Research workshop in horticulture 71950, MSc

Classical and molecular approaches in plant breeding 71021, BSc

Biological membranes, 71978, MSc

Research Interests

Genomic/metabolomic/proteomic approaches for identification of novel (regulatory and biosynthetic) aroma genes

Site-specific genome modification and genetic engineering in plants