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Ricardo Boavida Ferreira
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Academic information

   

1981
1983
1987
1994

Graduate in Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon
Master of Science in Plant Productivity, Technical University of Lisbon
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of East Anglia, U.K.
Agregação, Technical University of Lisbon
     
Professional and Scientific Activity    
 

Full  Professor at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon

Researcher at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, New University of Lisbon, Oeiras

     
Research Interests    
 

Development of new fungicides, non-toxic to man and the environment, in the fight against fungi pathogenic to man, animals and plants.
Plant genetic transformation to increase resistance against pathogen attack.

Transcriptomic, Proteomic and Metabolomic studies on the interaction pathogen-host, with special reference to grapevine (Vitis spp.) and the main fungi that affect this crop: Uncinula necator (powdery mildew), Plasmopara viticola (downy mildew), Botrytis cinerea (Botrytis grey mould) and the fungi responsible for the so called wood diseases.

Effect of plant phenolic compounds on the role of the ubiquitin/ proteasome pathway in the neurodegenerative diseases that affect man, and of Parkinson’s disease in particular.

Wine proteins.

Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase catabolism.

Lectins and legume seed storage proteins.

Plant heat shock proteins, with particular reference to the heat shock granules and the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway.
     
Selected Puplications    
 

In Books:

  • Davies, D.D. and Ferreira, R.B. (1987) Protein turnover under conditions of osmotic stress.  Em: "Drought resistance in plants: physiological and genetic aspects" (pp. 215-232).  Monti, L. e Porceddu, E., eds. Agriculture series. Comissão das Comunidades Europeias (EUR 10700 EN), Luxemburgo.
  • Ferreira, R.M.B. and Teixeira, A.R.N. (1993) Metabolism of amino acids.  Em: "Encyclopaedia of Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition", (R. Macrae, R.K. Robinson e M.J. Sadler, eds.), vol. 1, pp. 158-166. Academic Press, London.
  • Teixeira, A.R.N. and Ferreira, R.M.B. (1993) Ripening of fruits.  Em: "Encyclopaedia of Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition", (R. Macrae, R.K. Robinson e M.J. Sadler, eds.), vol. 6, pp. 3933-3940. Academic Press, London.
  • Ferreira, R.M.B. and Teixeira, A.R.N. (2003) Amino acids (c) Metabolism. Em: “Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition”, (B. Caballero, L. Trugo e P. Finglas, eds.), Academic Press, London.
  • Teixeira, A.R.N. and Ferreira, R.M.B. (2003). Ripening of fruit. Em: “Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition”, (B. Caballero, L. Trugo e P. Finglas, eds.), Academic Press, London.
  • Ferreira, R.B.  (1993-2004) Editor of the area of Biochemistry and author of hundreds of entries. Enciclopédia Luso-Brasileira de Cultura, 2nd Edition, Editorial Verbo, Lisboa.

 

In Scientific National Journals:

·        Ferreira, R.M. and Teixeira, A.R. (1985)  Some physical and catalytic properties of glutamate synthase from maize roots.  Ciência Biológica (Portugal), 10 : 15-30.

·        Ferreira, R.M. and Teixeira, A.R. (1987)  Studies on glutamate synthase from the roots of maize.  Effects of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotides and inorganic salts on its activity.  Anais do Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 42 : 231-247.

·        Ferreira, R.M.B. (1987)  Aspectos bioquímicos da degradação celular de proteínas.  Anais do Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 42 : 267-297. (review article)

·        Franco, E., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.N. (1989)  Effect of nitrogen source and protein synthesis inhibitors on glutamate dehydrogenase activity from Lemna minor.  Ciência Biológica (Mol. Cell. Biol.) (Portugal), 14 : 59-70.

·        Monteiro, S., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Tanganho, M., Loureiro, V., Teixeira, A. and Ferreira, R.B. (1998) Study of wine proteins by immunological methods. I- Production of highly specific antibodies. Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences, vol. 7/48, n.º 2 (S) : 101-106.

·        Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Monteiro, S., Loureiro, V., Teixeira, A. and Ferreira, R.B. (1998) Study of wine proteins by immunological methods. II- Evidence for structural dissimilarity with chitinase and thaumatin. Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences, vol. 7/48, n.º 2 (S) : 107-111.

·        Esquível, M.G., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (1999)  Development of a new method for determination of the rates of RuBP carboxylase degradation.  Agronomia Lusitana, 47 : 351-357.

·        Ferreira, R.B.  (1999)  The ubiquitin system for protein modification and degradation.  Agronomia Lusitana, 47 : 287-315. (review article)

 

In International Scientific Journals:

  • Ferreira, R.B. and Davies, D.D. (1986) Is protein degradation correlated with either the charge or size of Lemna proteins?  Planta, 169 : 278-288.
  • Ferreira, R. (1986) Data in graphs and tables.  Nature, 324 : 215-216.

Esta publicação foi posteriormente comentada por A.S.Beedle (1987) : Data in graphs and tables.  Nature, 325 : 305.

  • Ferreira, R.B. and Davies, D.D. (1987)  Protein degradation in Lemna with particular reference to ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase I.  The effect of light and dark.  Plant Physiology, 83 : 869-877.
  • Ferreira, R.B. and Davies, D.D. (1987)  Protein degradation in Lemna with particular reference to ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase  II.  The effect of nutrient starvation.  Plant Physiology, 83 : 878-883.
  • Ferreira, R.M.B. and Davies, D.D. (1989)  Nitrogen supply and light intensity on properties of glutamate dehydrogenase and glycollate oxidase in Lemna.  Phytochemistry, 28 : 349-354.
  • Ferreira, R.M.B., Bird, B. and Davies, D.D. (1989)  The effect of light on the structure and organization of Lemna peroxisomes.  Journal of Experimental Botany, 40 : 1029-1035.
  • Ferreira, R.B. and Davies, D.D. (1989)  Conversion of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase to an acidic and catalytically inactive form by extracts of osmotically stressed Lemna fronds.  Planta, 179 : 448-455.
  • Ferreira, R.B. and Shaw, N.M. (1989)  Effect of osmotic stress on protein turnover in Lemna minor fronds.  Planta, 179 : 456-465.
  • Franco, E., Ferreira, R.M.B. and Teixeira, A.R.N. (1992)  Involvement of membrane damage in stress-induced oxidative deactivation of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase from Lemna minor.  Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 19 : 297-307.
  • Ferreira, R.M.B. and Teixeira, A.R.N. (1992)  Sulfur starvation in Lemna leads to degradation of ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase without plant death.  Journal of Biological Chemistry, 267 : 7253-7257.
  • Cordeiro, A.F., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.N. (1993)  In vitro degradation of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase in chloroplasts isolated from Lemna minor subjected to sulfur starvation.  Phyton, 32 : 31-35.
  • Melo, T.S., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.N. (1994) The seed storage proteins from Lupinus albus seeds.  Phytochemistry, 37 : 641-648.
  • Dorrestein, E., Ferreira, R.B., Laureano, O. and Teixeira, A.R. (1995)  Electrophoretic and FPLC analysis of soluble proteins in four Portuguese wines.  American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, 46 : 235-242.
  • Ferreira, R.B., Melo, T.S. and Teixeira, A.N. (1995) Catabolism of the seed storage proteins from Lupinus albus.  Fate of globulins during germination and seedling growth.  Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 22 : 211-219.
  • Ramos, P.C.R., Cordeiro, A.C.F., Ferreira, R.M.B., Ricardo, C.P.P. and Teixeira, A.R.N. (1995) The presence of ubiquitin-protein conjugates in plant chloroplast lysates is due to cytosolic contamination.  Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 22 : 893-901.
  • Ferreira, R.M.B., Ramos, P.C.R., Franco, E., Ricardo, C.P.P. and Teixeira, A.R.N. (1995)  Changes in ubiquitin and ubiquitin protein conjugates during seed formation and germination.  Journal of Experimental Botany, 46 : 211-219.
  • Ramos, P.C.R., Ferreira, R.M.B. and Ricardo, C.P.P. (1996) Synthesis of 125I-ubiquitin conjugates in extracts of Lemna minor.  Journal of Experimental Botany, 47 : 569-575.
  • Ferreira, R.M.B., Franco, E. and Teixeira, A.R.N. (1996) Covalent dimerization of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase subunits by UV radiation.  Biochemical Journal, 318 : 227-234.
  • Ferreira, R.B., Esquível, G. and Teixeira, A.R. (1996)  Immunological exercises for beginers.  Analysis of plant proteins.  Biochemical Education, 24 : 176-178.
  • Gaspar, M.M., Ferreira, R.B., Chaves, M.M. and Teixeira, A.R. (1997)  Improved method for the extraction of proteins from Eucalyptus leaves.  Application in leaf response to temperature.  Phytochemical Analysis, 8 : 279-285.
  • Fonseca, P.A., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (1997)  The seed proteins from Quercus suber.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 45 : 3443-3447.
  • Santos, C.N., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (1997) The seed proteins of Lupinus mutabilis.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 45 : 3821-3825.
  • Franco, E., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (1997)  Utilization of an improved methodology to isolate Lupinus albus conglutins in the study of their sedimentation coefficients.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 45 : 3908-3913.

·        Esquível, M.G., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (1998)  Protein degradation in C3 and C4 plants with particular reference to ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase and glycolate oxidase.  Journal of Experimental Botany, 49 : 807-816.

·        Monteiro, S., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Tanganho M.C., Rente, J.P., Loureiro, V.B., Teixeira,A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (1999) Preparation of polyclonal antibodies specific for wine proteins. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 79 : 772-778.

·        Seabra, M.A., Freire, J.P.B., Ferreira, R.B., Cunha, L.F. and Teixeira, A.R. (1999) Utilização do tremoço (Lupinus albus), da féverole (Vicia faba) ou do feijão frade (Vigna unguiculata) no regime de desmame do leitão: carácter antigénico e implicações zootécnicas. Revista Portuguesa de Zootécnia, 6 : 133-149.

·        Ferreira, R.B., Franco, E. and Teixeira, A.R. (1999) Calcium- and magnesium-dependent aggregation of legume seed storage proteins. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 47 : 3009-3015.

·        Ferreira, R.B., Esquível, M.G. and Teixeira, A.R. (2000) Catabolism of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase from higher plants. Current Topics in Phytochemistry, 3 : 129-165. (review article)

·        Ferreira, R.B., Monteiro, S., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Tanganho, M.C., Loureiro, V.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (2000) Characterization of the proteins from grapes and wines by immunological methods. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, 51 : 22-28.

·        Esquível, M.G., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (2000) Protein degradation in C3 and C4 plants subjected to nutrient starvation. Particular reference to ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase and glycolate oxidase. Plant Science, 153 : 15-23.

  • Freitas, R.L., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (2000) Use of  a single  method in the  extraction  of the  seed  storage  globulins  from   several   legume   species.  Application   to    analyse   structural comparisons  within  the  major  classes  of  globulins.  International  Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 51 : 341-352.

·        Ferreira, R.M.S.B., Esquível, M.G.C.I. and Teixeira, A.R.N. (2000) An accurate method to quantify ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase content in plant tissue. Plant, Cell & Environment, 23 : 1329-1340.

·        Rosa, M.J.S., Ferreira, R.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (2000) Storage proteins from Lathyrus sativus seeds. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 48 : 5432-5439.

·        Seabra, M., Carvalho, S., Freire, J., Ferreira, R., Mourato, R., Cunha, M., Cabral, F., Teixeira, A. and Aumaitre, A. (2001) Lupinus luteus, Vicia sativa and Lathyrus cicera as protein sources for piglets: ileal and total tract apparent digestibility of amino acids and antigenic effects. Animal Feed Science & Technology, 89 : 1-16.

·        Albuquerque, J.A., Esquível, M.G., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2001) The catabolism of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase from higher plants. A hypothesis. Plant Science, 161, 55-65.

·        Monteiro, S., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Mesquita, P.R., Loureiro, V.B., Teixeira,  A. and Ferreira, R.B. (2001) The wide diversity of structurally similar wine proteins. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 49 : 3999-4010.

·        Mesquita, P.R., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Monteiro, S., Loureiro, V.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2001). Effect of wine composition on protein stability. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, 52 : 324-330.

·        Salgado, P., Freire, J.B., Ferreira, R.B., Seabra, M., Teixeira, A.R., Toullec, R. and Lallès, J.-P. (2002) Legume proteins of the vicilin family are more immunogenic than those of the legumin family in weaned piglets. Food and  Agricultural Immunology, 14 : 51-63.

  • Salgado, P., Montagne, L., Freire, J.P.B., Ferreira, R.B., Teixeira, A., Bento, O., Abreu, M.C., Toullec, R. and Lallès, J.-P. (2002) Legume grains enhance ileal losses of specific endogenous serine-protease proteins in the weaned pig. Journal of Nutrition, 132 : 1913-1920.

·        Ferreira, R.B., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Monteiro, S., Loureiro, V.B. and Teixeira, A.R. (2002) The wine proteins. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 12 :  230-239. (review article)

·        Ferreira, R.B., Freitas, R.L. and Teixeira, A.R. (2003) Self-aggregation of legume seed storage proteins inside the protein storage vacuoles is electrostatic in nature, rather than lectin mediated. FEBS Letters, 534 : 106-110.

·        Monteiro, S., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Teixeira, A.R., Loureiro, V.B. and Ferreira, R.B. (2003) Environmental conditions during vegetative growth determine the major proteins that accumulate in mature grapes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 51 : 4046-4053.  

·        Monteiro, S., Barakat, M., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2003) Osmotin and thaumatin from grape. A putative general defence mechanism against pathogenic fungi. Phytopathology, 93 : 1505-1512.

·        Salgado, P., Freira, J.P.B., Ferreira, R.B., Teixeira, A.R., Bento, O., Abreu, M.C., Toullec, R. E. and Lallès, J.-P. (2003) Immunodetection of legume proteins resistant to small intestinal digestion in weaned piglets. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 83 : 1571-1580.

·        Ferreira, R.B., Freitas, R.L. and Teixeira, A.R. (2003) The structure of Lupinus seed storage proteins. Recent developments. Current Topics in Plant Biology, 4 : 139-150. (review article)

·        Freitas, R.L., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) Characterization of the proteins from Vigna unguiculata seeds. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 52 : 1682-1687.

·        Ribeiro, A.C., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) Characterization of globulins from common vetch (Vicia sativa L.). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 52 : 4913-4920.

·        Ferreira, R.B., Monteiro, S.S., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A. and Teixeira, A.R. (2004) Biotechnology of grapevine for increased resistance to fungal pathogens without compromising wine stability. Trends in Biotechnology, 22 : 168-173. (review article)

·        Branco-Price, C., Kawaguchi, R., Ferreira, R.B. and Bailey-Serres, J. (2005) Genome-wide analysis of transcript abundance and translation in Arabidopsis seedlings subjected to oxygen deprivation. Annals of Botany (London), 96 : 647-660.

·        Cherian, S., Reddy, M.P. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006) Transgenic plants with improved dehydration-stress tolerance: Progress and future prospects. Biologia Plantarum, 50 : 481-495. (review article)

·        Monteiro, S., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Batista, L.M., Loureiro, V.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006) Electrophoretic analysis of the polypeptide composition during berry development. Vitis, 45 : 149-150.

·        Freitas, R.L., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2007) Vicilin-type globulins follow distinct patterns of degradation in different species of germinating legume seeds. Food Chemistry, 102 : 323-329.

·        Santos, C., Caeiro, A.S., Branco-Price, C., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006)  Exposure of Lemna minor to arsenite: espression levels of the components and intermediates of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. Plant and Cell Physiology, 47 : 1262-1273.

·        Ferreira, R.B., Monteiro, S., Freitas, R., Santos, C.N., Chen, Z., Batista, L.M., Duarte, J., Borges, A. and Teixeira, A.R. (2006) Fungal pathogens: The battle for plant infection. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 25 : 505-524. (review article)

·        Oliveira, P.B., Silva, M.J., Oliveira, C.M., Ferreira, R.B. and Monteiro, A.A. (2006) Dry matter partitioning, carbohydrate composition, protein reserves and fruiting in ‘Autumn Bliss’ red raspberry vary in response to pruning date and cane density. HortScience, In press.

·        Monteiro, S., Piçarra-Pereira, M.A., Loureiro, V., Teixeira, A. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006) The diversity of pathogenesis-related proteins decreases during grape maturation. Phytochemistry. In press.

 

Protein and gene sequences

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 78 nucleotides (26 amino acids). Pisum sativum ubiquitin mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY702914 (AAU14829).

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 633 nucleotides (221 amino acids). Pisum sativum 26S proteasome ATPase subunit mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY623108 (AAT52191).

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 161 nucleotides (54 amino acids). Pisum sativum 26S proteasome beta subunit mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY623107 (AAT52190).

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 614 nucleotides (204 amino acids). Pisum sativum ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 mRNA, partial  cds. GenBank Accession number AY623106 (AAT52189).

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 236 nucleotides (61 amino acids). Pisum sativum ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 mRNA, partial  cds. GenBank Accession number AY702915s1 (AAU14827).

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 197 nucleotides (20 amino acids). Pisum sativum ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 mRNA, partial  cds. GenBank Accession number AY702915s2 (AAU14828).

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 118 nucleotides. Lemna minor 26S proteasome alpha subunit mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY683445.

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 363 nucleotides. Lemna minor 26S proteasome ATPase subunit mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY683446.

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 245 nucleotides. Lemna minor polyubiquitin mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY683447.

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 349 nucleotides. Lemna minor 26S proteasome beta subunit mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY683448.

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 296 nucleotides. Lemna minor ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 (UBA1) mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY683449.

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 677 nucleotides. Lemna minor ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 (UBA2) mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY683450.

·        Caeiro A.S., Santos, C.N., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 178 nucleotides. Lemna minor ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY683451.

·        Carvalho, M.B., Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 118 nucleotides. Vitis vinifera polyubiquitin mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY684128.

·        Carvalho, M.B., Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 134 nucleotides. Vitis vinifera 26S proteasome regulatory subunit mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY684129.

·        Carvalho, M.B., Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 52 nucleotides. Vitis vinifera 20S proteasome beta subunit mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY684130.

·        Carvalho, M.B., Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 565 nucleotides. Vitis vinifera ubiquitin-activating enzyme mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY684131.

·        Carvalho, M.B., Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 133 nucleotides. Vitis vinifera ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number AY684132.

·        Monteiro, S.A., Freitas, R.M., Teixeira, A.N. and Ferreira, R.B. (2004) 1791 nucleotides. Lupinus albus beta-conglutin precursor mRNA, complete cds. GenBank Accession number AY500372.

·        Monteiro, S.A., Freitas, R.M., Teixeira, A.N. and Ferreira, R.B. (2005) 519 nucleotides.  Lupinus albus BLAD mRNA, complete cds. GenBank Accession number DQ142920.

·        Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006) 397 nucleotides. Lupinus albus polyubiquitin mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number DQ118117.

·        Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006) 508 nucleotides. Lupinus albus ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number DQ118118.

·        Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006) 178 nucleotides. Lupinus albus ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number DQ118119.

·        Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006) 202 nucleotides. Lupinus albus ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number DQ118120.

·        Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006) 557 nucleotides. Lupinus albus 26 S proteasome ATPase subunit mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number DQ118121.

·        Caeiro A.S., Price, C.B., Teixeira, A.R. and Ferreira, R.B. (2006) 695 nucleotides. Lupinus albus 26 S proteasome beta subunit mRNA, partial cds. GenBank Accession number DQ118122.
     
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PATENTS

- Ferreira, R.B., Monteiro, S., Loureiro, V. and Teixeira, A (2005) Proteína extraída de plantas do género Lupinus, sequência nucleotídica que a codifica e sua utilização no combate a fungos patogénicos por aplicação directa, na forma recombinante ou por expressão em plantas transgénicas. I.N.P.I. application nº PT103322.

- Ferreira, R.B., Monteiro, S., Loureiro, V. and Teixeira, A (2006) Utilização de uma proteína de plantas do género Lupinus como bioestimulante do crescimento e desenvolvimento de plantas e na formulação de preparados proteicos para alimentação humana e/ou animal. I.N.P.I. application  nº PT103511.

- Ferreira, R.B., Monteiro, S., Loureiro, V. and Teixeira, A (2006) Protein extracted from plants of the genus Lupinus or produced in recombinant form, nucleotide sequence encoding it and its use in animal nutrition, as a plant growth promoter and in the fight against pathogenic fungi. International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization, application  nº PCT/IB2006/052403.