Prof. Vainstein Alexander
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List of Publications
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Chernin L., Toklikishvili N., Dandurishvili N., Tediashvili M. and
Vainstein A. (2012) Suppression of crown gall disease by rhizosphere
bacteria and Agrobacterium-specific bacteriophages.
In "Molecular Microbial Ecology of The Rhizosphere"
(Frans J. de Bruijn, ed.), Wiley-Blackwell (in press).
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Alon, M., Elbaz, M., Moyal Ben-Zvi, M., Feldmesser, E., Vainstein, A.
and Morin, S. (2012) Insights into the transcriptomics of polyphagy:
Bemisia tabaci adaptability to phenylproapnoids involves coordinated
expression of defense and metabolic genes.
Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol (in press)
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Tzfira, T., Weinthal, T., Marton, I., Zeevi, V., Zuker, A. and
Vainstein, A. (2011) Genome modifications in plant cells by custom-made
restriction enzymes. Plant Biotech. Journal (in press)
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Farhi, M., Marhevka, E., Ben-Ari, J., Algamas-Dimantov, A., Liang, Z.,
Zeevi, V., Edelbaum, O., Spitzer-Rimo, B., Abeliovich, H., Schwartz, B.,
Tzfira, T. and Vainstein, A. (2011)
Generation of the potent anti-malarial drug artemisinin in tobacco.
Nature Biotechnology 29:1072–1074.
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Chernin, L., Toklikishvili, N., Ovadis, M., Kim, S., Ben-Ari, J.,
Khmel, J. and Vainstein, A. (2011)
Quorum-sensing quenching by rhizobacterial volatiles.
Environmental Microbiology Reports 3:698-704.
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Farhi, M., Marhevka, E., Masci, T., Marcos, E.,Â
Eyal, Y., Ovadis, M., Abeliovich, H. and Vainstein, A. (2011)
Harnessing yeast subcellular compartments for the production of plant
terpenoids.
Metabolic engineering. Metabolic Eng. 13:474-481.
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Vainstein, A., Marton, I., Zuker, A., Danziger, M and Tzfira, T. (2011)
Permanent genome modifications in plant cells by transient viral vectors.
Trends in Biotech. 26:363-369
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Spitzer-Rimon, B., Cna’ani, A. and Vainstein, A. (2011)
Virus-aided gene expression and silencing using TRV for functional analysis
of floral scent-related genes.
Methods in Molecular Biology (in press)
- Marton I., Zuker A., Shklarman E., Zeevi V., Tovkach A., Roffe S.,
Ovadis M., Tzfira T. and Vainstein A. (2010) Non-transgenic
genome modification in plant cells. Plant Physiol. (in press).
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- Krichevsky A, Meyers B, Vainstein A, Maliga P, Citovsky V (2010)
Autoluminescent Plants. PLoS ONE 5(11): e15461.
- Dandurishvili N., Toklikishvili N., Ovadis M., Eliashvili P.,
Giorgobiani N., Keshelava R., Tediashvili M., Vainstein A.,
Khmel I., Szegedi E., Chernin L. (2010) Broad-range antagonistic
rhizobacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens and Serratia plymuthica suppress Agrobacterium crown-gall tumors on tomato plants. J. Appl. Microbiol.
(in press)
- Zeng L., Wang Z., Vainstein A., Chen S., Ma H. (2010)
Cloning, localization and expression analysis of a new tonoplast
monosaccharide transporter from Vitis vinifera L. J. Plant Growth
Regul. (in press)
- Toklikishvili, N., Dandurishvili, N., Vainstein, A.,
Tediashvili, M., Giorgobiani, N., Lurie, S., Szegedi, E., Glick, B.R.
and Chernin, L. (2010) ACC deaminase-producing bacteria inhibit crown
gall formation in tomato plants infected by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
or A. vitis. Plant Pathology (in press)
- Spitzer-Rimon, B., Marhevka, E., Barkai, O., Marton, I., Edelbaum,
O., Masci, T., Prathapani, N., Shklarman, E., Ovadis, M. and
Vainstein, A. (2010) EOBII, a gene encoding a flower-specific
regulator of phenylpropanoid volatiles' biosynthesis in petunia. Plant
Cell 22:1961-1976.
- Farhi, M., Lavie, O., Masci, T., Hendel-Rahmanim, K., Weiss, D.,
Abeliovich, H. and Vainstein, A. (2010) Identification of rose
phenylacetaldehyde synthase by functional complementation in yeast.
Plant Mol. Biol. 72:235-245.
- Moyal Ben Zvi, M., Zuker, A., Ovadis, M., Shklarman, E., Ben-Meir,
H., Zenvirt, S. and Vainstein, A. (2008) Agrobacterium-mediated
transformation of gypsophila (Gypsophila paniculata L.) Mol. Breeding
22:543-553.
- Dafny-Yelin, M., Tzfira, T., Vainstein, A. and Adam, Z.
(2008) Non- redundant functions of sHSP-CIs in acquired thermotolerance
and their role in early seed development in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol.
Biol. 67:363-373.
- Moyal Ben Zvi , M., Negre-Zakharov, F., Masci, T., Ovadis, M.,
Shklarman, E., Ben-Meir, H., Tzfira, T., Dudareva, N., Vainstein,
A. (2008) Interlinking showy traits: co-engineering of scent and
color biosynthesis in flowers. Plant Biotech. Journal 8:403-415.
- Glick, A., Philosoph-Hadas, S., Vainstein, A., Meir, A.,
Tadmor Y., Meir S. (2007) Methyl jasmonate enhances color and
carotenoid content of yellow- pigmented cut rose flowers. Acta Hort.
755:243-250.
- Hendel-Rahmanim, K., Masci, T., Vainstein, A., Weiss, D.
(2007) Diurnal regulation of scent emission in rose flowers. Planta
226:1491-1499.
- Spitzer, B., Moyal Ben Zvi, M., Ovadis, M., Marhevka, E., Barkai,
O., Edelbaum, O., Marton, I., Masci, T., Alon, M., Morin, S., Rogachev,
I., Aharoni, A., Vainstein, A. (2007) Reverse genetics of floral
scent: application of TRV-based gene silencing in petunia. Plant
Physiol. 145:1241-1250.
- Ben-Zvi, M., Spitzer, B. and Vainstein, A. (2005) Secrets of
floral scent. Flower World (Hebrew) 12:42-44.
- Citovsky, V., Lee, L-Y., Vyas, S., Glick, E., Chen, M-H.,
Vainstein, A., Gafni, Y., Gelvin, S.B., Tzfira, T. (2006)
Subcellular localization of interacting proteins by bimolecular
fluorescence complementation in planta. J Mol. Biol. 362:1120-1131.
- Leitner-Dagan Y, Ovadis M, Shklarman E, Elad Y, Rav David D,
Vainstein A (2006) Spatial and temporal regulation of plastid
lipid-associated protein CHRC supports its dual role. Plant Physiol.
142:233-244.
- Kaminaga Y, Schnepp J, Peel G, Kish C, Ben-Nissan G, Weiss D,
Orlova I, Lavie O, Rhodes D, Wood K, Porterfield DM, Cooper AJL,
Pichersky E, Vainstein A, Dudareva N (2006) Phenylacetaldehyde synthase
from Petunia hybrida is a bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the
efficient coupling of phenylalanine decarboxylation to phenylethylamine
oxidation. J. Biol. Chem. 281:23357-23366.
- Moyal Ben Zvi, M., Spitzer, B., and Vainstein, A. (2006)
Navigating the network of floral scent production. Acta Hort.
714:143-154.
- Leitner-Dagan, Y., Ovadis, M., Zuker, A., Shklarman, E., Ohad, I.,
Tzfira, T., Vainstein, A. (2006) CHRD, a plant member of the
evolutionarily conserved YjgF family, is involved in photosynthesis and
chromoplastogenesis. Planta 225:89-102.
- Farhi, M., Dudareva, N., Masci, T., Weiss, D., Vainstein, A.
and Abeliovich, H. (2006) Synthesis of the food flavoring methyl
benzoate by genetically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae Journal of
Biotech. 122:307-315.
- Guterman, I., Masci, T., Chen, X., Negre, F., Pichersky, E.,
Dudareva, N., Weiss, D. and Vainstein, A. (2006) Generation of
phenylpropanoid pathway- derived volatiles in transgenic plants: rose
alcohol acetyltransferase produces phenylethyl acetate and benzyl
acetate in petunia flowers. Plant Mol. Biol. 60: 555-563.
- Li, J., Vaidya, M., White, C., Vainstein, A., Citovsky, V.
and Tzfira, T. (2005) Involvement of KU80 in T-DNA integration in plant
cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:19231-19236.
- Zaffryar, S., Zimerman, B., Abu-Abied, M., Belausov, E., Lurya, G.,
Vainstein, A., Kamenestky, R. and Sadot, E. (2007) Developmental
specific association of microtubules with amyloplasts in scale cells of
Narcissus tazetta. Protoplasma 230:153-163.
- Lacroix, B., Tzfira, T., Vainstein, A. and Citovsky, V.
(2006) A case of promiscuity: Agrobacterium's endless search for
partners. Trends Genet. 22:29-37.
- Ben Zvi, M. and Vainstein, A. (2007) Carnation. In
"Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, Transgenic Crops VI" (Pua
E.C. and Davey, M.R., eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin, v. 61, pp. 241-252.
- Dafny-Yelin, M., Guterman, I., Menda, N., Ovadis, M., Shalit, M.,
Pichersky, E., Zamir, D., Lewinsohn, E., Adam, Z., Weiss, D. and
Vainstein, A. (2005) Flower proteome changes in protein spectrum
during the advanced stages of rose petal development. Planta 222:37-46.
- Tzfira, T., Tian, G.W., Lacroix, B., Vyas, S., Li, J.,
Leitner-Dagan, Y., Krichevsky, A., Taylor, T., Vainstein, A. and
Citovsky, V. (2005) pSAT vectors: a modular series of plasmids for
fluorescent protein tagging and expression of multiple genes in plants.
Plant Mol. Biol. 58:503-516.
- Vainstein, A., Lewinsohn, E. and Weiss, D. (2005) A genomics
approach for identification of floral scent genes in rose. In "Biology
of Floral Scent" (Dudareva, N. and Pichersky, E, eds.) CRC Press, Boca
Raton, FL, pp. 91-102
- Casanova, E., Trillas, M.I., Moysset, L. and Vainstein, A.
(2005) Influence of rol genes in floriculture. Biotech. Adv. 23:3-39.
- Shalit, M., Shafir, S., Larkov, O., Bar, E., Kaslassi, D., Adam,
Z., Zamir, D., Vainstein, A., Weiss, D., Ravid, U. and
Lewinsohn, E. (2004) Volatile compounds emitted by rose
cultivars:fragrance perception by man and honey bees. Isr. J. Plant
Sci. 52:245-255.
- Casanova, E, Vald?s,, A.E., Zuker, A., Fern?ndez, B., Vainstein,
A., Trillas, M.I., Moysset, L. (2004) rolC-transgenic carnation
plants: adventitious organogenesis and levels of endogenous auxin and
cytokinins. Plant Sci. 167:551-560.
- Vainstein, A., Lewinsohn, E., Adam, Z., Pichersky, E.,
Zamir, D. and Weiss, D. (2003) Rose fragrance: genomic approaches and
metabolic engineering. Acta Hort. (Forkmann, G., Hauser, B. and
Michaelis, S., eds.) 612:105-111.
- Vainstein, A., Zamir, D. and Weiss, D. (2003) Rose
fragrance--from gene to function. In "Encyclopedia of Rose Science"
(Roberts, A., etc., eds.) Academic Press, Elsevier Science London, UK,
pp. 263-265.
- Scovel, G. and Vainstein, A. (2003) Flowering in carnation
and ways to manipulate flower characteristics. Flowering Newsletter 35:
34-40.
- Shalit, M., Guterman, I., Volpin, H., Bar, E., Tamari, T., Menda,
N., Adam, Z., Zamir, D., Vainstein, A., Weiss, D, Pichersky, E.
and Lewinsohn E. (2003) Volatile ester formation in roses:
identification of an Acetyl- CoA:geraniol/citronellol acetyltransferase
in developing rose petals. Plant Physiol. 131: 1868-1876.
- Casanova, E., Zuker, A., Trillas, M., Moysset, L. and Vainstein,
A. (2003) The rolC gene in carnation exhibits cytokinin- and
auxin-like activities. Scientia Horticulturae 97: 321-331.
- Guterman, I., Shalit, M., Menda, N., Piestun, D., Dafny-Yelin, M.,
Shalev, G., Davydov, O., Ovadis, M., Emanuel, M., Wang, J., Adam, Z.,
Pichersky, E., Lewinsohn, E., Zamir, D., Vainstein, A. and
Weiss, D. (2002) Rose scent: genomic approach to discover novel floral
fragrance-related genes. Plant Cell 14: 2325-2338.
- Lavid, N., Wang, J., Shalit, M., Guterman, I., Bar, E., Beuerle,
T., Menda, N., Shafir, S., Zamir, D., Adam, Z., Vainstein, A.,
Weiss, D., Pichersky, E. and Lewinsohn, E. (2002) O-Methyltransferases
involved in the biosynthesis of volatile phenolic derivatives in rose
petals. Plant Physiol. 129: 1899-1907.
- Lavy, M., Zuker, A., Lewinsohn, E., Larkov, O., Ravid, U.,
Vainstein, A. and Weiss, D. (2002) Linalool and linalool oxide
production in transgenic carnation flowers expressing the Clarkia
breweri linalool synthase gene. Mol. Breeding 9: 103-111.
- Vainstein, A. (ed.) (2002) Breeding for ornamentals:
classical and molecular approaches Kluwer Academic Publishers, 392 pp.,
Dordrecht, the Netherlands
- Ben-Meir, H., Zuker, A., Weiss, D. and Vainstein, A. (2002)
Molecular control of floral pigmentation: anthocyanins. In "Breeding
for ornamentals: classical and molecular approaches" (Vainstein,
A., ed.) Kluwer Academic Press, the Netherlands, pp. 253-272.
- Zuker, A., Tzfira, T., Ben-Meir, H., Ovadis, M., Shklarman, E.,
Itzhaki, H., Forkmann, G., Martens, S., Neta-Sharir, I., Weiss, D. and
Vainstein, A. (2002) Modification of flower color and fragrance
by antisense suppression of the flavanone 3-hydroxylase gene. Mol.
Breeding 9:33-41.
- Guterman, I., Dafny-Yelin, M., Shalit, M., Emanuel, M., Shaham, N.,
Piestun, D., Zuker, A., Ovadis, M., Lavi, M., Lavid, N., Lewinsohn E.,
Pichersky, E., Vainstein, A., Zamir, D., Adam, Z. and Weiss, D.
(2001) An integrated genomic approach to discovering fragrance-related
genes in rose petals. Flowering Newsletter 32:31-37.
- Scovel, G., Ovadis, M., Reuven, M., Ben-Yephet, Y. and
Vainstein, A. (2001) Marker assisted selection for resistance to
fusarium oxysporum in the greenhouse carnation. Acta Hort. (Van
Huylenbroeck J., Van Bockstaele, E. and Debergh P., eds) 552:151-156.
- Vainstein, A., Lewinsohn, E., Pichersky, E. and Weiss, D.
(2001) Floral fragrance-new inroads into an old commodity. Plant
Physiol. 127:1383-
- Zuker, A., Shklarman, E., Scovel, G., Ben-Meir, H., Ovadis, M.,
Neta-Sharir, I., Ben-Yephet, Y., Weiss, D., Watad A. and Vainstein,
A. (2001) Genetic engineering of agronomic and ornamental traits in
carnation. Acta Hort. (Sorvari, S., Karhu, S., Kanervo, E. and
Pihakaski, S., eds.) 560:91-94.
- Zuker A., Tzfira T., Scovel G., Ovadis A., Shklarman E., Itzhaki h.
and Vainstein A. (2001) RolC-transgenic carnation with improved
agronomic traits: quantitative and qualitative analyses of
greenhouse-grown plants. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 126:13-18.
- Zuker, A., Tzfira, T., Ahroni, A., Shklarman, E., Ovadis, M.,
Itzhaki, H., Ben-Meir, H. and Vainstein, A. (2001) Genetic
engineering of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus). In "Biotechnology in
Agriculture and Forestry" (Bajaj, Y.P.S., ed.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin,
48:70-83.
- Scovel G., Altshuler T., Liu Z. and Vainstein A. (2000) The
evergreen gene is essential for flower initiation in carnation. J.
Heredity 91:487-491.
- Ovadis, M., Zuker, A., Ahroni, A., Tzfira, T., Itzhaki, H.,
Shklarman, E., Ben-Meir, H. and Vainstein, A. (2000) Highly
efficient procedure for generating transgenic carnation with novel
traits. Acta Hort. (Le Nard, M. and Cadic,A., eds.) 508:49-51.
- Altman, A., Tzfira, T., Wang, W., Vinocur, B., Hazan, G. and
Vainstein, A. (2000) Clonal stability, seasonal periodicity and
transgenes: the lesson from long-term micropropagation of transgenic
and non-transformed Populus tremula L. plants. Acta Hort. 530:429-436.
- Vishnevetsky, M., Ovadis, M., Zuker, A. and Vainstein, A.
(1999) Molecular mechanisms underlying carotenogenesis in the
chromoplast: multilevel regulation of carotenoid-associated genes.
Plant J. 20:423-431.
- Ovadis, M., Zuker, A., Ahroni, A., Tzfira, T., Itzhaki, H., Shklarman, E., Ben-Meir, H. and
Vainstein, A. (1999) Application of anintegrative system based on microprojectile bombardment
and Agrobacterium tumefaciens to generate transgenic carnation plants with novel characteristics.
In "Plant Biotechnology and In Vitro Biology" (Altman, A., Izhar, S. and Ziv, M., eds.)
Kluwer Academic Press,the Netherlands, pp. 533-536.
- Zuker, A., Tzfira, T., Scovel, G., Shklarman, E., Ovadis, M.,
Itzhaki, H., Ben-Meir, H. and Vainstein, A. (1999) Transgenic
carnation plants. Focus 5-6.
- Tzfira, T., Vainstein, A. and Altman, A. (1999) Rol-gene
expression in transgenic aspen (Populus tremula) plants results in
accelerated growth and improved stem production index. Trees 14:49-54.
- Ovadis, M.,Chernin, L., Tzfira, T., Canaan, V., Aharoni, A., Sakar, D., and
Vainstein, A.(1999) Transformation of tobacco and aspen plants with the ita locus of
an INCQ plasmid confers resistance to Agrobacterium tumefaciens infection.
In "Plant Biotechnology and In Vitro Biology" (Altman, A.,Izhar, S. and Ziv, M., eds.)
Kluwer Academic Press, the Netherlands, pp.189-192.
- Zuker, A., Ahroni, A., Tzfira, T., Ben-Meir, H. and Vainstein,
A. (1999) Wounding by bombardment yields highly efficient
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of carnation (Dianthus
caryophyllus L.). Mol. Breeding 5:367-375.
- Vishnevetsky, M., Ovadis, M. and Vainstein, A. (1999)
Carotenoid sequestration in plants: the role of carotenoid-associated
proteins. Trends Plant Sci. 4:232-235.
- Ovadis, M., Vishnevetsky, M. and Vainstein, A. (1998)
Isolation and sequence analysis of a gene from Cucumis sativus
(accession no. AF099501) encoding the carotenoid-associated protein
CHRC. Plant Physiol. 118:1536.
- Tzfira, T., Vainstein, A. and Altman, A. (1998)
Rol-transgenic Populus tremula: root development, root-borne bud
regeneration and in vitro propagation coefficient. Trees 8:464-471.
- Scovel, G., Ben-Meir, H., Ovadis, M. and Vainstein, A.
(1998) RAPD and RFLP markers tightly linked to the locus controlling
carnation flower type. Theor. Appl. Genet. 96:117-122.
- Zuker, A., Tzfira, T. and Vainstein, A. (1998) Cut-flower
improvement using genetic engineering. Biotech. Adv. 16:33-79.
- Tzfira, T., Jensen, C.S., Vainstein, A. and Altman, A.
(1997) Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Populus
tremula L. through direct shoot regeneration from stem segments.
Physiol. Plant. 99:554-561.
- Vishnevetsky, M., Ovadis, M., Itzhaki, H. and Vainstein, A.
(1997) CHRC, encoding a chromoplast-specific carotenoid-associated
protein, is an early gibberellic acid-responsive gene. J. Biol. Chem.
272:24747-24750.
- Ahroni, A., Zuker, A., Rozen, Y., Shejtman, H. and Vainstein,
A. (1997) An efficient method for adventitious shoot regeneration
from stem-segment explants of Gypsophila paniculata L. Plant Cell,
Tissue Org. Cult. 49:101-106
- Tzfira, T., Altman, A. and Vainstein, A. (1997) Transgenic
Populus: a step-by-step protocol for its Agrobacterium-mediated
transformation. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 15:219-235.
- Zuker, A., Ahroni, A., Shejtman, H. and Vainstein, A. (1997)
Adventitious shoot regeneration from leaf explants of Gypsophila
paniculata L. Plant Cell Rep. 16:775-778.
- Libal-Weksler, Y., Vishnevetsky, M., Ovadis, M. and Vainstein,
A. (1997) Isolation and regulation of accumulation of a minor
chromoplast-specific protein from Cucumis sativus corollas. Plant
Physiol. 113:59-63.
- Vishnevetsky, M., Ovadis, M., Libal-Weksler, Y., Itzhaki, H. and
Vainstein, A. (1997) Molecular analyses of carotenoid-associated
proteins from chromoplasts of Cucumis sativus corollas. Acta Hort.
(Altman, A. and Ziv, M., eds.) 447:575-578.
- Tzfira, T., Jensen, C.S., Vainstein, A. and Altman, A.
(1997) Aspen transformation procedures: oncogenic Agrobacterium
rhizogenes versus disarmed A. tumefaciens. Acta Hort. (Altman, A. and Ziv, M., eds.) 447:295-300
- Jensen, C.S., Tzfira, T., Vainstein, A. and Altman, A.
(1997) Direct regeneration and selection of Populus tremula L.
transgenic shoots from. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-transformed stem
explants. In "Biology of Root Formation and Development" (Altman, A.
and Waisel, Y., eds.) Basic Life Sciences Series, Plenum Publishing
Co., NY, pp. 209-211.
- Tzfira, T., Jensen, C.S., Vainstein, A. and Altman, A.
(1997) Improved rooting ability and root-system performance in
transgenic aspen plants. In "Biology of Root Formation and Development"
(Altman, A. and Waisel, Y., eds.) Basic Life Sciences Series, Plenum
Publishing Co., NY, pp. 181-186.
- Ben-Meir, H., Scovel, G., Ovadis, M. and Vainstein, A.
(1997) Molecular markers in the breeding of ornamentals. Acta Hort.
(Altman, A. and Ziv, M., eds.) 447:599-601.
- Zuker, A., Ahroni, A. and Vainstein, A. (1997) A highly
efficient method for carnation transformation. Acta Hort. (Altman, A.
and Ziv, M., eds.) 447:373-375
- Vinocur, B., Tzfira, T., Ziv, M., Vainstein, A. and Altman,
A. (1997) Bud regeneration and growth from transgenic and
non-transgenic aspen (Populus tremula) root explants. In "Biology of
Root Formation and Development" (Altman, A. and Waisel, Y., eds.) Basic
Life Sciences Series, Plenum Publishing Co., NY, pp. 217-219.
- Altman, A., Pelah, D., Gal, A., Tzfira, T., Yarnitzky, O.,
Shoseyov, O. and Vainstein, A. (1996) Toward water
stress-tolerant poplar and pine trees: molecular biology,
transformation and regeneration. In "Somatic Cell Genetics and
Molecular Genetics of Trees" (Ahuja, R. et al., eds.) Kluwer Academic
Press, the Netherlands, pp. 47-56.
- Tzfira, T., Ben-Meir, H., Yarnitzky, O., Vainstein, A. and
Altman, A. (1996) Highly efficient transformation and regeneration of
transgenic aspen plants through shoot-bud formation in root culture,
and transformation of Pinus halepensis. In "Somatic Cell Genetics and
Molecular Genetics of Trees" (Ahuja, R. et al., eds.) Kluwer Academic
Press, the Netherlands, pp. 125-130.
- Zuker, A., Ahroni, A., Chang, P.L., Cheah, K., Kononowicz, K.A.,
Woodson, W.R., Bressan, R.A., Watad, A.A., Hasegawa, P.M. and
Vainstein, A. (1996) Transformation of carnation using the
biolistic method. Plant Tissue Cult. Biotech. 2:105-108.
- Vishnevetsky, M., Ovadis, M., Itzhaki, H., Levy, M., Libal-Weksler,
Y., Adam, Z. and Vainstein, A. (1996) Molecular cloning of a
carotenoid- associated protein from Cucumis sativus corollas:
homologous genes involved in carotenoid sequestration in chromoplasts.
Plant J. 10:1111-1118.
- Tzfira, T., Vainstein, A. and Altman, A. (1996)
Agrobacterium rhizogenes - mediated DNA transfer in
Pinus halepensis. Plant Cell Rep. 16:26-31.
- Watad, A., Ahroni, A., Zuker, A., Shejtman, H., Nissim, A. and
Vainstein, A. (1996) Adventitious shoot formation from carnation
stem segments: a comparison of different culture procedures. Sci.
Hortic. 65:313-320.
- Tzfira, T., Ben-Meir, H., Vainstein, A. and Altman, A.
(1996) Highly efficient transformation and regeneration of transgenic
aspen plants through shoot-bud formation on root cultures. Plant Cell
Rep. 15:566-571.
- Tzfira, T., Vainstein, A. and Altman, A. (1996) A novel
transformation procedure for Populus tremula. Plant Tissue Cult.
Biotech. 2:109-112.
- Brandis, A., Vainstein, A. and Goldschmidt, E.E. (1996)
Distribution of chlorophyllase among components of chloroplast
membranes in Citrus sinensis organs. Plant Phys. Biochem. 34:49-54.
- Zuker, A., Ahroni, A., Cheng, P., Chea, K., Woodson., W.R.,
Bressan, R.A.,Watad, A., Hasegawa, P.M. and Vainstein, A. (1995)
Transformation of carnation by microprojectile bombardment. Sci.
Hortic. 64:177-185.
- Vainstein, A. (1995) Ornamental plant improvement: classical
and molecular approaches. Chronica Hortic. 35:8-9.
- Vainstein, A., Ben-Meir, H., Zuker, A., Watad, A., Scovel,
G., Ahroni, A. and Ovadis, M. (1995) Molecular markers and genetic
transformation in the breeding of ornamentals. Acta Hort.
(Vainstein, A. and Weiss, D., eds.) 420:65-67.
- Libal-Weksler, Y., Vishnevetsky, M., Ovadis, M., Itzhaki, H. and
Vainstein, A. (1995) Flower-specific carotenoid accumulation in
chromoplasts: molecular control of carotenoid-associated proteins. Acta
Hort. (Vainstein, A. and Weiss, D., eds.) 420:32-34.
- Altman, A., Yaari, A., Pelah, D., Gal, A., Tzfira, T., Wang, W.X.,
Shoseyov, O., Vainstein, A. and Riov, J. (1995) In vitro
organogenesis, transformation and expression of drought-related
proteins in forest tree cultures. In "Current Issues in Plant Molecular
and Cellular Biology" (Terzi, M. et al., eds.) Kluwer Academic
Publishers, the Netherlands, pp. 87-94.
- Vainstein, A. and Weiss, D. (eds.) (1995) Ornamental plant
improvement: classical and molecular approaches. Acta Hort. 420, 149
pp., Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Vainstein, A. and Ben-Meir, H. (1994) DNA fingerprint
analysis of roses. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 119:1099-1103.
- Ben-Meir, H. and Vainstein, A. (1994) Assessment of genetic
relatedness in roses by DNA fingerprint analysis. Sci. Hortic.
58:115-121.
- Vainstein, A., Halevy, A., Smirra, I. and Vishnevetsky, M.
(1994) Chromoplast biogenesis in Cucumis sativus corollas: rapid effect
of GA3 on the accumulation of a chromoplast-specific
carotenoid-associated protein. Plant Physiol. 104:321-326.
- Vainstein, A., Ben-Meir, H. and Zuker, A. (1993) DNA
fingerprinting as a reliable tool for the identification and genetic
analysis of ornamentals. In "Creating Genetic Variation in Ornamentals"
(Sciva, T. and Mercuri, A., eds.) EUCARPIA, Italy, pp. 373-387.
- Vainstein, A. (1993) Recent technical and scientific
developments for the identification of varieties and the definition of
minimum distances. In "The Protection of New Plant Varieties" CIOPORA,
Switzerland, pp. 11-21
- Vainstein, A., Fisher, M. and Ziv, M. (1993) Applicability
of reporter genes to carnation transformation: comparison between
chloramphenicol acetyltransferase and β-glucuronidase. HortScience
28:1122-1124.
- Vainstein, A. and Sharon, R. (1993) Biogenesis of petunia
and carnation corolla chloroplasts: changes in the abundance of nuclear
and plastid-encoded photosynthesis-specific gene products during flower
development. Physiol. Plant. 89:192-198.
- Smirra, I., Halevy, A. and Vainstein, A. (1993) Isolation
and characterization of a chromoplast-specific carotenoid-associated
protein from Cucumis sativus corollas. Plant Physiol. 102:491-496.
- Broido, S., Loyter, A. and Vainstein, A. (1993) Transient
expression of photosynthetic genes in transfected albinoid protoplasts
and correct processing of newly synthesized chloroplast-destined
polypeptides. Physiol. Plant. 88:259-266.
- Fisher, M., Ziv, M. and Vainstein, A. (1993) An efficient
method for adventitious shoot regeneration from carnation petals. Sci.
Hortic. 53:231-237
- Vainstein, A., Hillel, J., Lavi, U. and Tzuri, G. (1992)
Genetic variation detected by DNA fingerprinting in flowers. Acta Hort.
314:345-351.
- Vainstein, A., Fisher, M. and Ziv, M. (1992) Plant
regeneration from carnation petals as a source for genetic variation in
vitro. Acta Hort. 314:39-45
- Sharon, D., Hillel, J., Vainstein, A. and Lavi, U. (1992)
Application of DNA fingerprinting for identification and genetic
analysis of Carica papaya and other Carica species. Euphytica
62:119-126. and in CIOPORA News, Switzerland (1992).
- Vainstein, A., Hillel, J., Lavi, U. and Tzuri, G. (1991) DNA
fingerprints as a reliable tool for analysis of genetic relatedness in
carnation. Euphytica 56:225-229
- Lavi, U., Hillel, J., Vainstein, A. and Sharon, D. (1991)
Application of DNA fingerprints for the identification and genetic
analysis of avocado. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 116:1078-1081.
- Tzuri, G., Hillel, J., Lavi, U., Haberfeld, A. and Vainstein,
A. (1991) DNA fingerprint analysis of ornamental plants. Plant
Science 76:91-97.
- Broido, S., Loyter, A. and Vainstein, A. (1991) Expression
of plant genes in transfected mammalian cells: accumulation of
recombinant preLHC IIb proteins within cytoplasmic inclusion bodies.
Exp. Cell Res. 192:248-255.
- Weiss, D., Shomer-Ilan, A., Vainstein, A. and Halevy, A.H.
(1990) Carbon fixation in corollas of Petunia hybrida. Possible
coordination between photosynthetic systems under low CO2 flow.
Physiol. Plant. 78:345-350.
- Anandan, S., Vainstein, A. and Thornber, J.P. (1989)
Correlation of some published amino acid sequences for photosystem I
polypeptides to a 17 kDa LHC I pigment-protein and to subunits III and
IV of the core complex. FEBS Lett. 256:150-154.
- Vainstein, A., Razin, A., Graessmann, A. and Loyter, A.
(1989) Fusogenic reconstituted Sendai virus envelopes as a vehicle for
introduction of DNA into viable mammalian cells. In "Methods in
Enzymology" (Wu, R., Grossman, L. and Moldave, K., eds.) Academic
Press, New York, vol: Recombinant DNA Methodology, pp. 633-652.
- Thornber, J.P., Peter, G.F., Chitnis, P.R. and Vainstein, A.
(1989) Molecular and cellular biology of the major light-harvesting
pigment-protein (LHC IIb) of higher plants. In "Photosynthesis:
Molecular Biology and Bioenergetics" (Singhal, G.S. et al., eds.)
Springer-Verlag-Narosa Publishing House, New Dehli, pp. 373-387.
- Vainstein, A., Peterson, C.C. and Thornber, J.P. (1989)
Light-harvesting pigment-proteins of photosystem I in maize. J. Biol.
Chem. 264:4058-4063.
- Vainstein, A., Ferreira, P., Peterson, C.C., Verbeke, J. and
Thornber, J.P. (1989) Expression of the major light-harvesting
chlorophyll a/b-protein and its insertion into thylakoids of mesophyll
and bundle sheath chloroplasts of maize. Plant Physiol. 89:602-609.
- Thornber, J.P., Peter, G.F., Chitnis, P.R., Nechushtai, R. and
Vainstein, A. (1988) Some aspects of the molecular and cellular
biology of the light- harvesting complex of photosystem II. In "Light
Energy Transduction in Photosynthesis" (Stevens Jr., S.E. and Bryant,
D.A., eds.) American Society of Plant Physiologists, Rockville, MD.,
pp.137-154.
- Vainstein, A., Hershkowitz, M., Israel, S., Rabin, S. and
Loyter, A. (1984) A new method for reconstitution of highly fusogenic
Sendai virus envelopes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 773:181-188.
- Loyter, A., Vainstein, A., Graessmann, M. and Graessmann, A.
(1983) Fusion-mediated injection of SV40-DNA: Introduction of SV40-DNA
into tissue culture cells by the use of DNA-loaded reconstituted Sendai
virus envelopes. Exp. Cell Res. 143:415-425.
- Vainstein, A., Razin, A., Graessman, A. and Loyter, A.
(1983) Fusogenic reconstituted Sendai virus envelopes as a vehicle for
introduction of DNA into viable mammalian cells. In "Methods in
Enzymology" (Wu, R. and Moldave, K., eds.) Academic Press, New York,
vol. 101, pp. 492-512.
- Vainstein, A., Atidia, J. and Loyter, A. (1981)
Reconstituted Sendai virus envelopes as a biological carrier for
microinjection of proteins and DNA molecules. In "Liposomes in Study of
Drug Activity and Immunocompetent Cell Function" (Panaf, A. and
Nicolau, C., eds.) Academico Press, New York, pp. 95-108.
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