Biology Home People Undergraduate Program ... Contact Info J.E. Thompson Professor , Cross Appointed [Chemistry] Associate Vice President, University Research BSA (Toronto), PhD (Alberta), FRSC Email jet@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca Research Interests Biochemistry and molecular biology of programmed cell death: the molecular basis of membrane deterioration in senescing and aging tissues; comparative aspects of senescence and stress including the role of hormones and the involvement of free radicals; functional genomics of senescence and apoptosis. Selected Publications - M. Lo, C.A. Taylor, L. Wang, L. Nowack and J.E. Thompson. 2004. Characterization of a UV-B-induced liapse in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. (accepted January, 2004). J. E. Thompson, M. T. Hopkins, C. Taylor and T.W. Wang. 2004. Regulation of Senescence by Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A; Implications for Plant Growth and Development. Trends in Plant Science (accepted January, 2004). Frank Schade, John E. Thompson and Raymond L. Legge. 2003. Use of a Plant-derived Enzyme Template for the Production of the Green-note volatile, Hexanal. Biotech. BioEng. Tzann-Wei Wang, L. Lu, C.G. Zhang, C. Taylor and John E. Thompson. 2003. Pleiotropic Effects of Suppressing Deoxyhypusine Synthase Expression in
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