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Alex Cantó-Pastor

University of California, Davis
Verified email at ucdavis.edu
Cited by 359

Enhanced resistance to bacterial and oomycete pathogens by short tandem target mimic RNAs in tomato

A Canto-Pastor, BAMC Santos… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Nucleotide binding site leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins of the plant innate immune
system are negatively regulated by the miR482/2118 family miRNAs that are in a distinct 22-nt …

[PDF][PDF] Innovation, conservation, and repurposing of gene function in root cell type development

…, D Kawa, G Pauluzzi, M Reynoso, A Canto-Pastor… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Plant species have evolved myriads of solutions, including complex cell type development
and regulation, to adapt to dynamic environments. To understand this cellular diversity, we …

Arabidopsis bioinformatics: tools and strategies

A Cantó‐Pastor, GA Mason, SM Brady… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The sequencing of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome 21 years ago ushered in the genomics
era for plant research. Since then, an incredible variety of bioinformatic tools permit easy …

Phosphate deprivation‐induced changes in tomato are mediated by an interaction between brassinosteroid signaling and zinc

GS Demirer, DJ Gibson, X Yue, K Pan… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is a necessary macronutrient for basic biological processes. Plants
modulate their root system architecture (RSA) and cellular processes to adapt to Pi …

Efficient transformation and artificial miRNA gene silencing in Lemna minor

A Cantó‐Pastor, A Mollá‐Morales, E Ernst… - Plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Despite rapid doubling time, simple architecture and ease of metabolic labelling, a lack of
genetic tools in the L emnaceae (duckweed) has impeded the full implementation of this …

[HTML][HTML] A suberized exodermis is required for tomato drought tolerance

A Cantó-Pastor, K Kajala, L Shaar-Moshe, C Manzano… - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
Plant roots integrate environmental signals with development using exquisite spatiotemporal
control. This is apparent in the deposition of suberin, an apoplastic diffusion barrier, which …

Regulation and function of a polarly localized lignin barrier in the exodermis

C Manzano, KW Morimoto, L Shaar-Moshe, GA Mason… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Multicellular organisms control interactions with their environment through the development
of specialized barriers in specific cell types. A conserved barrier in plant roots is the …

A novel DCL2-dependent miRNA pathway in tomato affects susceptibility to RNA viruses

Z Wang, TJ Hardcastle, AC Pastor, WH Yip… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Tomato Dicer-like2 (slDCL2) is a key component of resistance pathways against potato virus
X (PVX) and tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). It is also required for production of endogenous …

Bioinformatic Tools in Arabidopsis Research

G Alex Mason, A Cantó-Pastor, SM Brady… - Arabidopsis …, 2021 - Springer
Bioinformatic tools are now an everyday part of a plant researcher’s collection of protocols.
They allow almost instantaneous access to large data sets encompassing genomes, …

Thoracic epidural analgesia in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: seven years' experience

MC Pastor, MJ Sanchez, MA Casas, J Mateu… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2003 - Elsevier
Objective: To evaluate the risk of neurologic complications caused by an epidural hematoma
in a series of patients who had coronary artery bypass graft surgery with cardiopulmonary …