User profiles for MICHAEL A. SAVKA

Michael A Savka

Professor Life Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
Verified email at rit.edu
Cited by 2346

Auxin-dependent cell expansion mediated by overexpressed auxin-binding protein 1

AM Jones, KH Im, MA Savka, MJ Wu, NG DeWitt… - Science, 1998 - science.org
To test the hypothesis that auxin-binding protein 1 (ABP1) is a receptor controlling auxin-mediated
plant cell expansion,ABP1 complementary DNAs were expressed in a controllable …

[HTML][HTML] A three-ring circus: metabolism of the three proteogenic aromatic amino acids and their role in the health of plants and animals

…, RCJ Dobson, LE Adams, MA Savka… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tyrosine, phenylalanine and tryptophan are the three aromatic amino acids (AAA) involved
in protein synthesis. These amino acids and their metabolism are linked to the synthesis of a …

The fate of geothermal arsenic in the Madison and Missouri Rivers, Montana and Wyoming

…, JN Moore, CE Dalby, MW Savka - Water Resources …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
… Moore and Savka conducted sediment sampling and analysis in the upper basin and
examined As partitioning in YNP in 1989-1990. Nimick conducted water sampling, primarily in the …

[HTML][HTML] The synthesis and role of β-alanine in plants

A Parthasarathy, MA Savka, AO Hudson - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Most studies on amino acids are focused on the proteinogenic amino acids given their
essential roles in protein synthesis among other pathways. In addition to 20 ubiquitous amino …

Modification of rhizobacterial populations by engineering bacterium utilization of a novel plant-produced resource

MA Savka, SK Farrand - Nature biotechnology, 1997 - nature.com
The ability to catabolize distinct nutrients produced by a plant may be a factor in the
successful colonization of that host by a bacterium when in competition with other rhizosphere …

[HTML][HTML] Is plastic pollution in aquatic and terrestrial environments a driver for the transmission of pathogens and the evolution of antibiotic resistance?

A Parthasarathy, AC Tyler, MJ Hoffman, MA Savka… - 2019 - ACS Publications
Plastics have become omnipresent in the environment due to widespread domestic and
industrial usage. Of an estimated 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic manufactured between 1950 …

Engineering bacterial competitiveness and persistence in the phytosphere

MA Savka, Y Dessaux, P Oger… - Molecular plant …, 2002 - Am Phytopath Society
Several tactics exist to improve the survival of an introduced microorganism of interest in the
plant environment. One, derived from studies on the Agrobacterium-plant interaction and the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genomic analysis of six bacteria belonging to the genus Novosphingobium: insights into marine adaptation, cell-cell signaling and …

…, AO Hudson, AYA Rahman, KG Chan, MA Savka - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Bacteria belonging to the genus Novosphingobium are known to be metabolically
versatile and occupy different ecological niches. In the absence of genomic data and/or …

[HTML][HTML] Amino acid–derived defense metabolites from plants: A potential source to facilitate novel antimicrobial development

A Parthasarathy, EJ Borrego, MA Savka… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
For millennia, humanity has relied on plants for its medicines, and modern pharmacology
continues to reexamine and mine plant metabolites for novel compounds and to guide …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical composition and disruption of quorum sensing signaling in geographically diverse United States propolis

MA Savka, L Dailey, M Popova, R Mihaylova… - Evidence-Based …, 2015 - hindawi.com
… as an undergraduate student in the Biotechnology program at Rochester Institute of Technology
during the study by carrying out the experiments under the direction of Michael A. Savka