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Nicky J. Atkinson

University of EdinburghORCID 0009-0000-4792-4065Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Drought stress modulates the molecular response of Arabidopsis plants to root-knot nematode infection

Ahmed I. Refaiy, Catherine J. Lilley, Nicky J. Atkinson, Peter E. Urwin

This study investigates how drought stress alters Arabidopsis transcriptomic responses to root-knot nematode infection, identifying key genes uniquely regulated under combined stress.

Environmental and Experimental Botany · Dec 31, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Biogenesis, engineering and function of membranes in the CO2-fixing pyrenoid

Jessica H. Hennacy, Nicky J. Atkinson, Angelo Kayser-Browne, Sabrina L. Ergun, Eric Franklin, Lianyong Wang, Moshe Kafri, Friedrich Fauser, Josep Vilarrasa‐Blasi, Robert E. Jinkerson, Alistair J. McCormick, Martin C. Jonikas

This study identifies proteins involved in pyrenoid membrane biogenesis and shows their role in CO2 delivery, with implications for engineering functional pyrenoids in crops.

bioRxiv · Aug 8, 2024 · PreprintMolecular Biology

The Structural Basis of Rubisco Phase Separation in the Pyrenoid

Shan He, Hui‐Ting Chou, Doreen Matthies, Tobias Wunder, Moritz T. Meyer, Nicky J. Atkinson, Antonio Martínez-Sánchez, Philip D. Jeffrey, Sarah A. Port, Weronika Patena, Guanhua He, Vivian K. Chen, Frederick M. Hughson, Alistair J. McCormick, Oliver Mueller‐Cajar, , Martin C. Jonikas

This study identifies the structural basis of Rubisco phase separation in the pyrenoid by analyzing interactions between Rubisco and its linker protein EPYC1 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Nature Plants · Nov 23, 2020Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology