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Nick Brewin

 

Nick Brewin

Curriculum vitae

Academic Qualifications

B.A. Biochemistry, Univ. Cambridge(1969)
Ph.D. Plant Biochemistry, Univ. Cambridge (1973)
Sc.D. Univ. Cambridge (2001)
Honorary Professor in Plant Molecular Biology, Univ. East Anglia (2002)
M.B.A. Open University (2003)

Research Field: Plant Molecular Biology/ Cell Biology
Research Interest: Molecular Biology of the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis

Positions Held

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London (1973-76)
Project Leader at John Innes Centre (since 1976)
Tutor for Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Training (since 2000)
Honorary Lecturer: Univ. East Anglia (since 1980)
Assistant Editor: Moleular Plant-Microbe Interactions (since 2000)
Chair of Governors, Cringleford School (1994 – 2000)
Member of BBSRC Studentships and Fellowships Panel (2005 - 2008)
Emeritus Fellow in the department of Molecular Microbiology (since 2006)

Publications (Since 2002)

Tsyganov V. E., Seliverstova E. V., Voroshilova V. A., Tsyganova A. V., Pavlova Z. B., Lebskii V. K., Borisov A. Y., Brewin N. J., Tikhonovich I. A. (2010) Double mutant analysis of sequential functioning of pea (Pisum sativum L.) genes Sym13, Sym33, and Sym40 during symbiotic nodule development. Russian Journal of Genetics: Applied Research 1(5): 343-348.

Brewin N. J. (2010) Root Nodules (Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis). In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley and Sons, Ltd: Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003720.pub2

Rathbun E. A., Brewin N. J. (2010) Gum arabic glycoprotein and the infection of legumes by rhizobium: evidence for tyrosine cross-linking by peroxidase and by inorganic catalysis. Aspects of Applied Biology 96: 241-246.

Reguera M., Abreu I., Brewin N.J., Bonilla I., Bolaños L. (2010) Borate promotes the formation of a complex between legume AGP-extensin and Rhamnogalacturonan II and enhances production of Rhizobium capsular polysaccharide during infection thread development in Pisum sativum symbiotic root nodules. Plant Cell Environ. 33(12): 2112-2120.

Tsyganova A.V., Tsyganov V.E., Findlay K.C., Borisov A.Y., Tikhonovich I.A., Brewin N.J. (2009) Distribution of legume arabinogalactan protein-extensin (AGPE) glycoproteins in symbiotically defective pea mutants with abnormal infection threads. Cell and Tissue Biology 3: 93-102. Download PDF

Voroshilova V.A., Demchenko K.N., Brewin N.J., Borisov A.Y., Tikhonovich I.A. (2009) Initiation of a legume nodule with an indeterminate meristem involves proliferating host cells that harbour infection threads New Phytologist 181: 913-923. Download pdf

Brewin N.J., Khodorenko A., Tsyganov V.E., Borisov A.Y., Tikhonovich I.A., Rathbun E.A. (2007) In Biological Nitrogen Fixation: Towards alleviation of poverty through sustainable agriculture (Springer) 185- 187 (Eds Dakora FD et al).

Gucciardo S., Wisniewski JP., Shanks M., Brewin NJ., Bornemann S. (2007) A germin-like protein with superoxide dismutase activity in pea nodules with high protein sequence identity to a putative rhicadhesin receptor. J. Exp Bot 58: 1161-1171. Download pdf

Brewin N.J., Rathbun E.A. (2005) Root nodule extensins in infection thread development. In Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture VOL 41 (Kluwer), pp 193-194 (Eds Wang YP et al).

Sheokand S., Dahiya P., Vincent JL., Brewin NJ. (2005) Modified expression of cysteine protease affects seed germination, vegetative growth and nodule development in transgenic lines of Medicago truncatula Plant Science 169: 966-975. Download pdf

Gucciardo S., Rathbun EA., Shanks M., Jenkyns S., Mak L., Durrant MC., Brewin NJ. (2005) Epitope tagging of legume root nodule extensin modifies protein structure and cross-linking in cell walls of transformed tobacco leaves. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 18: 24- 32 (Front cover for January 05). Download pdf

Brewin N. J. (2004) Plant cell wall remodelling in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 23: 293-316. Download pdf

Bolanos L., Redondo-Nieto M., Rivilla R., Brewin N. J., Bonilla I. (2004) Cell surface interactions of Rhizobium bacteroids and other bacterial strains with symbiosomal and peribacteroid membrane components from pea nodules. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 17: 216-223. Download pdf

Hernandez L. E., Escobar C., Drobak B., Bisseling T., Brewin N. J. (2004) Novel expression patterns of phosphatidylinositol 3-hydroxy kinase in nodulated Medicago spp. plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 55: 957-959. Download pdf

Wandrey M., Trevaskis B., Brewin N., Udvardi M. K. (2004) Molecular and cell biology of a family of voltage-dependent anion channel porins in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiology 134: 182-193. Download pdf

Sheokand S., Brewin N. J. (2003) Cysteine proteases in nodulation and nitrogen fixation. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 41: 1124-1132.

Rathbun E. A., Naldrett M. J., Brewin N. J. (2002) Identification of a family of extensin-like glycoproteins in the lumen of Rhizobium -induced infection threads in pea root nodules. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 15: 350-359. Download pdf

Brewin N. J. (2002) Pods and nods: a new look at symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria. Biologist 49: 113-117 Download pdf

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