Dean DellaPenna

Michigan State University — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress(70), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms(68), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis(28), Algal biology and biofuel production(17), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals(11)

Publications114 total

Total tocopherol levels in maize grain depend on chlorophyll biosynthesis within the embryo
BMC Plant Biology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
A family of α/β hydrolases removes phytol from chlorophyll metabolites for tocopherol biosynthesis in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Genomic prediction of tocochromanols in exotic‐derived maize
The Plant Genome·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain
The Plant Genome·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain
2022Open Access
Genomic prediction of tocochromanols in exotic-derived maize
2022· 2 cited
Combining GWAS and TWAS to identify candidate causal genes for tocochromanol levels in maize grain
Genetics·2022· 34 citedOpen Access
Genome-wide association identifies a missing hydrolase for tocopherol synthesis in plants
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 25 citedOpen Access
Combining GWAS and TWAS to identify candidate causal genes for tocochromanol levels in maize grain
2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Transcriptome‐wide association and prediction for carotenoids and tocochromanols in fresh sweet corn kernels
The Plant Genome·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
Transcriptome-wide association and prediction for carotenoids and tocochromanols in fresh sweet corn kernels
2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Eleven biosynthetic genes explain the majority of natural variation in carotenoid levels in maize grain
The Plant Cell·2020· 45 citedOpen Access
High throughput profiling of tocochromanols in leaves and seeds of Arabidopsis and Maize
Plant Methods·2020· 11 citedOpen Access
A Nested Association Mapping Panel in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> for Mapping and Characterizing Genetic Architecture
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics·2020· 8 citedOpen Access
Eleven biosynthetic genes explain the majority of natural variation for carotenoid levels in maize grain
2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Natural variation for carotenoids in fresh kernels is controlled by uncommon variants in sweet corn
The Plant Genome·2020· 47 citedOpen Access
Allelic Variation in the Chloroplast Division Gene <i>FtsZ2-2</i> Leads to Natural Variation in Chloroplast Size
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·2019· 11 citedOpen Access
Genome‐Wide Association and Genomic Prediction Models of Tocochromanols in Fresh Sweet Corn Kernels
The Plant Genome·2018· 48 citedOpen Access
<i>Camptotheca acuminata</i> 10‐hydroxycamptothecin <i>O</i>‐methyltransferase: an alkaloid biosynthetic enzyme co‐opted from flavonoid metabolism
The Plant Journal·2018· 49 cited
Maize <i>w3</i> disrupts<i>homogentisate solanesyl transferase</i> (<i>ZmHst</i>) and reveals a plastoquinone‐9 independent path for phytoene desaturation and tocopherol accumulation in kernels
The Plant Journal·2018· 28 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Maria Magallanes‐Lundback(10), C. Robin Buell(9), Barry J. Pogson(7), Li Tian(5), Alexander E. Lipka(5), Michael A. Gore(5), Brieanne Vaillancourt(4), Edward S. Buckler(4), Torbert Rocheford(4), Eva Collakova(4), Hiroshi Maéda(4), Jason Cepela(4), John P. Hamilton(4), Scott E. Sattler(3), Catherine B. Kandianis(3), Joonyul Kim(3), Laurent Mène‐Saffrané(3), Tyler Tiede(3), Haining Lin(3), Alex Mesberg(3)