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Dean Joseph Tantillo

University of California, DavisORCID 0000-0002-2992-8844Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Alicia RossiD· 2 shared Ahmed KhaliliD· 1 shared Alisa HuffakeriD· 1 shared Anna E. CowieiD· 1 shared Anthony John O’DonoghueiD· 1 shared Dan Thomas MajoriD· 1 shared David Hurd· 1 shared Dulce G. Guillén MatusiD· 1 shared

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Discovery of the rosalexin pathway expands the modular network of maize diterpenoid chemical defenses.

Anna E. Cowie, Gabrielle Wyatt, Siena L. Schumaker, Ahmed Khalil, Alicia Ross, Shamita Bhattacharjee, Jishnu Narayanan S J, Yezhang Ding, David Hurd, Jedidiah O Peek, Elly Poretsky, Alisa Huffaker, Dean Joseph Tantillo, Dan Thomas Major, Eric A. Schmelz, Philipp Zerbe

The paper discovers and characterizes the rosalexin biosynthesis pathway in maize, showing its role in antifungal defense and genetic variation across genotypes.

bioRxiv · Apr 17, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Structure elucidation, biosynthetic gene cluster distribution, and biological activities of ketomemicin analogs in Salinispora

Gabriel Castro‐Falcón, Dulce G. Guillén Matus, Elany Barbosa da Silva, Wentao Guo, Alicia Ross, Mateus Sá Magalhães Serafim, Thaís Helena Maciel Fernandes, Dean Joseph Tantillo, Anthony John O’Donoghue, Paul R. Jensen

This study identifies three new ketomemicin analogs from Salinispora pacifica, maps their biosynthetic gene cluster across Salinispora species, and reports their protease inhibitory activity.

Marine Drugs · Mar 14, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology