Male (left) and female (right) moths of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis. The caterpillars of this pest mainly attack the stems of maize plants.

Publications of Maite Colinas

Journal Article (8)

2025
Journal Article
Colinas, M.; Morweiser, C.; Dittberner, O.; Chioca, B.; Alam, R. M.; Leucke, H.; Nakamura, Y.; Serna Guerrero, D. A.; Heinicke, S.; Kunert, M. et al.; Wurlitzer, J.; Ploss, K.; Hong, B.; Grabe, V.; Lopes, A. A.; O’Connor, S. E.: Ipecac alkaloid biosynthesis in two evolutionarily distant plants. Nature Chemical Biology (2025)
Journal Article
Li, C.; Colinas, M.; Wood, J. C.; Vaillancourt, B.; Hamilton, J. P.; Jones, S. L.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.; Buell, C. R.: Cell-type-aware regulatory landscapes governing monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus. New Phytologist 245 (1), pp. 347 - 362 (2025)
2024
Journal Article
Kamileen, M. O.; Nakamura, Y.; Luck, K.; Heinicke, S.; Hong, B.; Colinas, M.; Lichman, B. R.; O’Connor, S. E.: Streamlined screening platforms lead to the discovery of pachysiphine synthase from Tabernanthe iboga. New Phytologist 244 (4), pp. 1437 - 1449 (2024)
2023
Journal Article
Deslandes-Hérold, G.; Zanella, M.; Solhaug, E.; Fischer-Stettler, M.; Sharma, M.; Buergy, L.; Herrfurth, C.; Colinas, M.; Feussner, I.; Abt, M. R. et al.; Zeeman, S. C.: The PRK/Rubisco shunt strongly influences Arabidopsis seed metabolism and oil accumulation, affecting more than carbon recycling. The Plant Cell 35 (2), pp. 808 - 826 (2023)
Journal Article
Nguyen, T. H.; Thiers, L.; Moerkercke, A. V.; Bai, Y.; Fernández-Calvo, P.; Minne, M.; Depuydt, T.; Colinas, M.; Verstaen, K.; Isterdael, G. V. et al.; Nützmann, H.-W.; Osbourn, A.; Saeys, Y.; Rybel, B. D.; Vandepoele, K.; Ritter, A.; Goossens, A.: A redundant transcription factor network steers spatiotemporal Arabidopsis triterpene synthesis. Nature Plants 9, pp. 926 - 937 (2023)
Journal Article
Steensma, P.; Eisenhut, M.; Colinas, M.; Rosado-Souza, L.; Fernie, A. R.; Weber, A. P. M.; Fitzpatrick, T. B.: PYRIDOX(AM)INE 5′-PHOSPHATE OXIDASE3 of Arabidopsis thaliana maintains carbon/nitrogen balance in distinct environmental conditions. Plant Physiology 193 (2), pp. 1433 - 1455 (2023)
2022
Journal Article
Colinas, M.; Fitzpatrick, T. B.: Coenzymes and the primary and specialized metabolism interface. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 66, 102170 (2022)
Journal Article
Ribeiro, B.; Erffelinck, M.-L.; Lacchini, E.; Ceulemans, E.; Colinas, M.; Williams, C.; Van Hamme, E.; De Clercq, R.; Perassolo, M.; Goossens, A.: Interference between ER stress-related bZIP-type and jasmonate- inducible bHLH-type transcription factors in the regulation of triterpene saponin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula. Frontiers in Plant Science 13, 903793 (2022)

Preprint (1)

2025
Preprint
Colinas, M.; Tymen, C.; Wood, J. C.; David, A.; Wurlitzer, J.; Morweiser, C.; Gase, K.; Alam, R. M.; Titchiner, G. R.; Hamilton, J. P. et al.; Heinicke, S.; Dirks, R. P.; Lopes, A. A.; Caputi, L.; Buell, C. R.; O’Connor, S. E.: Discovery of iridoid cyclase completes the iridoid pathway in asterids. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)

Book Chapter (1)

2022
Book Chapter
Colinas Martinez, M. F.; Goossens, A.: Transient gene expression in Catharanthus roseus flower petals using agroinfiltration. In: Catharanthus roseus: Methods and Protocols, Vol. 2505, pp. 281 - 291 (Eds. Courdavault, V.; Besseau, S.). Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey (2022)
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