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Plant and microbial biologist
Patricia C. Zambryski is a plant and microbial scientist known for her work on
Type IV secretion and cell-to-cell transport in plants. She is also professor emeritus at the
University of California, Berkeley .
[1]
She was an elected member of the
National Academy of Sciences , the
American Association for the Advancement of Science , and the
American Society for Microbiology .
Zambryski received her B.S. from
McGill University in 1969, and earned a Ph.D. from the
University of Colorado in 1974.
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[3]
Zambryski is known for her work in the field of genetic engineering, specifically for her work with
Agrobacterium tumefaciens , a bacterium she uses to track the molecular mechanisms that change plants and how plant cells communicate with each other.
[3] She has examined the structure of plant cells that have been altered by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
[4] While working in
Marc Van Montagu 's lab, Zambryski determined how the
Ti plasmid is identified by the bacterium, and she developed a vector that allowed the transfer of genetic material into a plant without altering the plant tissue.
[5]
[6] This advance was used to inject novel genes into plants.
[7] She has also examined
plasmodesmata , which are the channels that reach across the spaces in plant cells.
[8]
[9]
Zambryski, P.; Joos, H.; Genetello, C.; Leemans, J.; Van Montagu, M.; Schell, J. (1983).
"Ti plasmid vector for the introduction of DNA into plant cells without alteration of their normal regeneration capacity" . The EMBO Journal . 2 (12): 2143–2150.
doi :
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1983.tb01715.x .
PMC
555426 .
PMID
16453482 .
Stachel, Scott E.; Messens, Eric; Van Montagu, Marc; Zambryski, Patricia (1985).
"Identification of the signal molecules produced by wounded plant cells that activate T-DNA transfer in Agrobacterium tumefaciens" . Nature . 318 (6047): 624–629.
Bibcode :
1985Natur.318..624S .
doi :
10.1038/318624a0 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
S2CID
4287289 .
Baker, Barbara; Zambryski, Patricia; Staskawicz, Brian; Dinesh-Kumar, S. P. (1997-05-02).
"Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions" . Science . 276 (5313): 726–733.
doi :
10.1126/science.276.5313.726 .
ISSN
0036-8075 .
PMID
9115193 .
Zambryski, Patricia; Crawford, Katrina (2000-11-01).
"Plasmodesmata: Gatekeepers for Cell-to-Cell Transport of Developmental Signals in Plants" . Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology . 16 (1): 393–421.
doi :
10.1146/annurev.cellbio.16.1.393 .
ISSN
1081-0706 .
PMID
11031242 .
Stachel, Scott E.; Zambryski, Patricia C. (1986-08-01).
"virA and virG control the plant-induced activation of the T-DNA transfer process of A. tumefaciens" . Cell . 46 (3): 325–333.
doi :
10.1016/0092-8674(86)90653-7 .
ISSN
0092-8674 .
PMID
3731272 .
S2CID
37938846 .
In 2001 she was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences
[10] and a fellow of the American Society for Microbiology.
[2] In 2010 she was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
[2]
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"Patricia C. Zambryski" . Plant & Microbial Biology | University of California, Berkeley . Retrieved 2022-05-02 .
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"Patricia C. Zambryski | Department of Plant & Microbial Biology | UC Berkeley" . 2016-03-16. Archived from
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b Privalle, Laura S. (2017-03-08).
Women in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Biotechnology: Key Advances and Perspectives on Emerging Topics . Springer. pp. 10–11.
ISBN
978-3-319-52201-2 .
^ Zambryski, Patricia; Holsters, Marcelle; Kruger, Kelly; Depicker, Ann; Schell, Josef; Van Montagu, Marc; Goodman, Howard M. (1980-09-19).
"Tumor DNA Structure in Plant Cells Transformed by A. tumefaciens" . Science . 209 (4463): 1385–1391.
Bibcode :
1980Sci...209.1385Z .
doi :
10.1126/science.6251546 .
ISSN
0036-8075 .
PMID
6251546 .
^ Godwin, Ian D. (2019-01-18).
Good Enough to Eat?: Next Generation GM Crops . Royal Society of Chemistry.
ISBN
978-1-78801-681-0 .
^ Zambryski, P.; Joos, H.; Genetello, C.; Leemans, J.; Van Montagu, M.; Schell, J. (1983).
"Ti plasmid vector for the introduction of DNA into plant cells without alteration of their normal regeneration capacity" . The EMBO Journal . 2 (12): 2143–2150.
doi :
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1983.tb01715.x .
PMC
555426 .
PMID
16453482 .
^ Schmeck, Harold M. (October 6, 1983).
Gene-splicing of plants makes advance . Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
^ Zambryski, Patricia; Crawford, Katrina (2000).
"Plasmodesmata: Gatekeepers for Cell-to-Cell Transport of Developmental Signals in Plants" . Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology . 16 (1): 393–421.
doi :
10.1146/annurev.cellbio.16.1.393 .
ISSN
1081-0706 .
PMID
11031242 .
^ Burch-Smith, Tessa M.; Zambryski, Patricia C. (2012-06-02).
"Plasmodesmata Paradigm Shift: Regulation from Without Versus Within" . Annual Review of Plant Biology . 63 (1): 239–260.
doi :
10.1146/annurev-arplant-042811-105453 .
ISSN
1543-5008 .
PMID
22136566 .
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"Patricia C. Zambryski" . www.nasonline.org . Retrieved 2022-05-02 .