Dr James Connorton
Lecturer
Academic and research departments
Department of Microbial Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.Publications
Sheraz, S., Wan, Y., Venter, E., Verma, S. K., Xiong, Q., Waites, J., Connorton, J. M., Shewry, P. R., Moore, K. M & Balk, J. (2021) Subcellular dynamics of iron reveal how tissue-specific distribution patterns are established in developing wheat grains
Rodríguez-Celma, J., Connorton, J. M., Kruse, I., Green, R., Franceschetti, M., Chen, Y.-T., Cui, Y., Ling, H.-Q., Yeh, K.-C. & Balk, J. (2019) Arabidopsis BRUTUS-LIKE E3 ligases negatively regulate iron uptake by targeting transcription factor FIT for recycling
Connorton, J. M. & Balk, J (2019) Iron biofortification of staple crops: lessons and challenges in plant genetics
Balk, J., Connorton, J. M., Wan, Y., Lovegrove, A., Moore, K., Uauy, C., Sharp, P. & Shewry, P. R. (2019) Improving wheat as a source of iron and zinc for global nutrition
Connorton, J. M., Jones, E. R., Rodríguez-Ramiro, I., Fairweather-Tait, S., Uauy, C. & Balk, J. (2017) Wheat Vacuolar Iron Transporter TaVIT2 transports Fe and Mn and is effective for biofortification
Borrill, P., Connorton, J. M., Balk, J., Miller, A. J., Sanders, D. & Uauy, C. (2014) Biofortification of wheat grain with iron and zinc: integrating novel genomic resources and knowledge from model crops
Connorton, J. M., Webster, R. E., Cheng, N. & Pittman, J. K. (2012) Knockout of multiple Arabidopsis cation/H+ exchangers suggests isoform-specific roles in metal stress response, germination and seed mineral nutrition
Connorton, J. M., Hirschi, K. D. & Pittman, J. K. (2011) Mechanisms and evolution of calcium transport across the plant plasma membrane
Zhao, J., Connorton, J. M., Guo, Y., Shigaki, T., Hirschi, K.D. & Pittman, J. K. (2009) Functional studies of split Arabidopsis Ca2+/H+ exchangers
Edmond, C., Shigaki, T., Ewert, S., Nelson, M. D., Connorton, J. M., Chalova, V., Noordally, Z. & Pittman, J. K. (2009) Comparative analysis of CAX2-like cation transporters indicates functional and regulatory diversity
Harrington, S. A., Connorton, J. M., Nyangoma, N. I. M., McNelly, R., Morgan, Y. M. L., Aslam, M. F., Sharp, P. A., Johnson, A. A. T., Uauy, C. & Balk, J. (2023) A two-gene strategy increases iron and zinc concentrations in wheat flour, improving mineral bioaccessibility