David A Christopher
Professor
Department of Molecular Biosciences & BioEngineering
University of Hawaii
United States of America
Biography
University of New Hampshire (B.S. Plant Science) Weizmann Institute of Science (M.S. Plant Genetics) University of Arizona (Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology) Texas A & M University (Post-doctoral research in Biochemistry and Biophysics)
Research Interest
Plant molecular and cellular biology, photosynthesis, genomics, regulation of secretory proteins, biotechnology, plant productivity, creating pest and disease resistance in crops such as papaya, pineapple and anthurium.
Publications
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Yuen, C.Y.L, Wong, K., Christopher, D.A. 2016. Phylogenetic characterization and promoter expression analysis of a novel hybrid protein disulfide isomerase/cargo receptor subfamily unique to plants and chromalveolates. Molecular Genetics Genomics, 291: 455–469.
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Yuen, C.Y.L, Shek, R., Kang, B.-H., Matsumoto, K., Cho, E.-J., Christopher, D.A. 2016. Arabidopsis protein disulfide isomerase-8 is a type I endoplasmic reticulum transmembrane protein with thiol-disulfide oxidase activity. BMC Plant Biology, 16:181-196.
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Yuen, C.Y.L, Wang, P.-F., Kang, B.-H., Matsumoto, K., Christopher, D.A. 2017. A Non-Classical Member of the Protein Disulfide Isomerase Family, PDI7 of Arabidopsis thaliana, Localizes to the cis-Golgi and Endoplasmic Reticulum Membranes. Plant & Cell Physiology, 58: 1103–1117. (Cover Feature).
