Howard Davies
Current research interests
- Food quality and nutritional value.
- Molecular physiology, transgenic biology and metabolic regulation.
- Metabolomics: Applications in the analysis of functional diversity, food quality and food safety.
Past research
- Regulation of sucrose-starch interconversion.
- Nitrogen assimilation.
- Developmental processes (for example, fruit ripening).
Bibliography
- Shepherd, L.V.T., McNicol, J.W., Razzo, R., Taylor, M.A., Davies, H.V. 2006. Assessing the potential for unintended effects in genetically modified potatoes perturbed in metabolic and developmental processes. Targeted analysis of key nutrients and anti-nutrients. Transgenic Research 15 (4), 409-425.
- Davies, H.V., Shepherd, L.V.T., Burrell, M.M., Carrari, F., Urbanczyk-Wochniak, E., Leisse, A., Hancock, R.D., Taylor, M.A., Viola, R., Ross, H.A., McRae, D., Willmitzer, L. and Fernie, A.R. 2005. Modulation of fructokinase activity of potato (Solanum tuberosum) results in substantial shifts in tuber metabolism. Plant and Cell Physiology 46, 1103-1115.
- Lehesranta, S.J., Davies, H.V., Shepherd, L.V.T., Nunan, N., McNicol, J.W., Auriola, S., Koistinen, K.M., Suomalainen, S., Kokko, H.I. and Kärenlampi, S.O. 2005. Comparison of tuber proteomes of potato (Solanum sp.) varieties, landraces and genetically modified lines. Plant Physiology 138, 1690-1699.
- Ducreux, L., Morris, W.L., Hedley, P.E., Shepherd, L.V.T., Davies, H.V., Millam, S. and Taylor, M.A. 2005. Metabolic engineering of high carotenoid potato tubers containing enhanced levels of beta-carotene and lutein. Journal of Experimental Botany 56, 81-89.
- Witte, C.-P., Tiller, S.A., Isidore, E., Taylor, M.A. and Davies, H.V. 2005. Analysis of two alleles of the urease gene from potato: polymorphisms, expression and extensive alternative splicing of the corresponding mRNA. Journal of Experimental Botany 56, 91-99.
- Davies, H.V. 2005. GM organisms and the EU regulatory environment: allergenicity as a risk component. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 64, 481-496.
Scientific/Conference Posters
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