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Last published 2024
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Austin Wilkie

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Associate Professor of Environmental Biology

Also affiliated: Arkansas Biosciences Institute (2020–2024)

Faculty Researcher

1 h-index 3 pubs 17 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Austin Wilkie's research focuses on plant biology, specifically investigating the biochemical and physiological processes that enable plants to respond to environmental stressors. His recent work, published in 2024, identifies the Arabidopsis gluconolactonase enzyme as crucial for ascorbate biosynthesis within chloroplasts, highlighting its role in protecting plants from light stress. This research contributes to a broader understanding of plant stress tolerance mechanisms.

Wilkie collaborates with several researchers at Arkansas State University, including Argelia Lorence, Karina Medina‐Jiménez, G. Wilson, and Thomas K. Teoh, with whom he has co-authored publications. His scholarly output includes three publications with a total of 15 citations, and an h-index of 1, indicating a developing research profile.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 3
  • Citations: 17

Selected Publications

  • Arabidopsis Gluconolactonase, the First Enzyme Involved in Ascorbate Biosynthesis Localized in the Chloroplast Protects Plants from Light Stress (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Phenotypic characterization of <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> lines overexpressing <i>AVP1</i> and <i>MIOX4</i> in response to abiotic stresses (2020)
    Applications in Plant Sciences 16 citations DOI OpenAlex

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