David Wendehenne
wendehen@dijon.inra.fr
Address
UMR INRA 1088/CNRS 5184/Université de Bourgogne
Plante Microbe Environnement
BP 86510
17 rue Sully
21065 Dijon Cedex
Interests
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NO signalling in plants
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Cross-talk between NO and Ca 2+ signalling in plants
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Plant defence responses
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Plant anion channels
Qualifications
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Associate Professor (lecturer)
Career History
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1993-1996: PhD ( University of Burgundy ). “Characterization of the specific binding sites for cryptogein, an elicitor of defence responses in tobacco” (Supervisor : Pr. A. Pugin)
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1996-1998: Post-doc (Waksman Institute, University of Rutgers, NJ, USA). “Analysis of nitric involvement in plant defence responses” (Supervisor : Pr. D.F. Klessig)
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Since 1998: Associate professor ( University of Burgundy , department of Biochemistry). “Analysis of NO signalling in plant exposed to biotic and abiotic stresses)
Recent publications
Lamotte O., Gould K., Lecourieux D., Sequeira-Legrand A., Lebrun-Garcia A., Durner J., Pugin A. and Wendehenne D. (2004). Analysis of nitric oxide signalling functions in tobacco cells challenged by the elicitor cryptogein. Plant Physiol. 135, 516-529.
Wendehenne D., Durner J. and Klessig D. (2004). Nitric oxide : a new player in plant signaling and defence responses. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 7, 449-455.
Lamotte O., Courtois, C., Barnavon L., Pugin, A. and Wendehenne D. (2005). Nitric oxide in plants: the biosynthesis and cell signalling properties of a fascinating molecule. Planta 221, 1-4.
Lecourieux D., Lamotte O., Bourque S., Mazars C., Wendehenne D., Ranjeva R. and Pugin A. (2005). Elicitors induce specific changes in nuclear free calcium in tobacco cell suspensions. Cell Calcium 38, 527-538.
Lamotte O., Courtois C., Dobrowolska G., Besson A., Pugin A. and Wendehenne D. (2006). Mechanisms of nitric oxide-induced increase of free cytosolic Ca 2+ concentration in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia cells. Free Rad. Biol. Med. 40, 1369-1376.