Refereed Publications

2007

Etxeberria, E., Gonzalez, P., Pozueta, J.  (2007)  Mannitol enhanced fluid-phase endocytosis in storage parenchyma cells of celery (Apium graveolens) petioles.  American Journal of Botany 96:1041-1045.  PDF

Etxeberria, E., Gonzalez, P., Pozueta, J.  (2007)   Fluid phase endocytosis in Citrus juice cells is independent from vacuolar pH and inhibited by chlorpromazine, a PI-3 kinase and clathrin-mediated endocytosis inhibitor.  Journal of Horticultural Sciences (Accepted).

Pozueta, D., Gonzalez, P., Pozueta, J., Etxeberria, E.  (2007)  The hyperbolic and linear phases of the sucrose accumulation curve in turnip (Brassica campestris) storage cells denote carrier-mediated and fluid phase endocytosis transport, respectively.  Functional Plant Biology (Submitted).

2006

Etxeberria, E., Miller, W.M. and Achor, D.  (2006)  Anatomical and morphological characteristics of laser etching depressions for fruit labeling.  HortTechnology 16:527-532 PDF

Baroja-Fernandez, E., Etxeberria, E., Muñoz, J.F., Gonzalez, P., Pozueta-Romero, J.  (2006)  An important pool of sucrose linked to starch biosynthesis is taken up by endocytosis in heterotrophic cells.  Plant Cell Physiology 47:447-456 PDF

Etxeberria, E., Gonzalez, P., Baroja-Fernandez, E., Pozueta-Romero, J.  (2006)  Fluid phase uptake of artificial nano-spheres and fluorescent quantum-dots by sycamore cultured cells.  Plant Signaling and Behaviour 1:196-20 PDF

Muñoz, F.J., Moran-Zorzano, M.T., Alonso-Casajus, N., Baroja-Fernandez, E., Etxeberria, E., Pozueta-Romero, J.  (2006)  New enzymes, new pathways and an alternative view on starch biosynthesis in both photosynthetic and heterotrophic tissues of plants.  Biocatalysis and Biotransformation 24:63-76 PDF

2005

Etxeberria, E., Gonzalez, P.C., Tomlinson, P., Pozueta, J.  (2005)  Existence of two parallel mechanisms for glucose uptake in heterotrophic plant cells.  Journal Experimental Botany 56:1905-1912 PDF

Muñoz, F.J., Baroja-Fernandez, E., Moran-Zorzano, M.T., Viale, J.M., Etxeberria, E., Alonso-Casajus, N., Pozueta-Romero, J.  (2005)  Sucrose synthase controls both intracellular ADP glucose levels and transitory starch biosynthesis in source leaves.  Plant and Cell Physiology 48:1366-1376 PDF

Baluska, F., Baroja-Fernandez, E., Pozueta-Romero, J., Hlavacka, J., Etxeberria, E., Samaj, J.  (2005)  Endocytic uptake of nutrients, cell wall molecules, and fluidized cell wall portions into herterotrophic plant cells.  In:  Plant Endocytosis.  F. Baluska, ed.  Springer Verlag, Berlin PDF

Huberman, M., Zehavi, U., Stein, W.D., Etxeberria, E., Goren, R.  (2005)  In vitro sugar uptake by grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) juice-sac cells.  Functional Plant Biology 32:357-366 PDF

Etxeberria, E., Baroja-Fernandez, E., Muñoz, J.F., Pozueta-Romero, J.  (2005)  Sucrose inducible endocytosis ad a mechanism for nutrient uptake in heterotrophic plant cells.  Plant and Cell Physiology 46:474-481 PDF

Etxeberria, E., Gonzalez, P, Pozueta-Romero, J.  (2005)  Sucrose transport into Citrus juice cells: Evidence for an endocytic transport system.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences 130:269-274 PDF

2004

Baroja-Fernandez, E., Muñoz, J.F., Zandueta, A., Moran-Zorzano, M.T., Viale, A., Etxeberria, E., Alonso-Casajus, N., Pozueta-Romero, J.  (2004)  Most of ADPglucose linked to starch biosynthesis occurs outside the chloroplast in source leaves.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 101:13080-13085 PDF

Pozueta-Romero, J., Pozueta-Romero, D., Gonzalez, P.C., Etxeberria, E.  (2004)  Activity of membrane-associated sucrose synthase is regulated by its phosphorylation status in cultured cells of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus).  Physiologia Plantarum 122:275-180 PDF

Etxeberria, E., Gonzalez, P.C.  (2004)  Simultaneous isolation of tonoplast and plasmalemma from citrus juice cells for photoassimilate uptake studies:  Combination of sucrose density gradient and two phase partitioning.  HortScience 39:174-176 PDF

Etxeberria, E.  (2004)  Sucrose.  Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Sciences.  Marcel Dekker, New York, N.Y. PDF

2003

Ratajczak, R., Luttge, U., Gonzalez, P., Etxeberria, E.  (2003)  Malate and malate-channel antibodies inhibit electrogenic and ATP-dependent citrate transport across the tonoplast of citrus juice cells.  Journal of Plant Physiology 160:1313-1317 PDF

Etxeberria, E., Gonzalez, P.C.  (2003)  Tonoplast associated sucrose synthase:  Involvement in sucrose mobilization from the vacuole.  Journal of Experimental Botany 54:1407-1414 PDF

2002

Pontis, H., Gonzalez, P.C., Etxeberria, E.  (2002)  Transport of 1-kstose across the tonoplast of Jerusalem artichoke tubers.  Phytochemistry 59:241-247 PDF

Brune, A., Muller, M., Taiz, L., Gonzalez, P.C., Etxeberria, E.  (2002)  Vacuolar acidification in citrus fruit:  Comparison between acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia) and sweet lime (Citrus limettioides) juice cells.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences 127:171-177 PDF

2001

Etxeberria, E., Gonzalez, P.C.  (2001)  Developmental transition between sucrose uptake and sucrose efflux systems in the vacuole of red beet hypocotyl storage cells.  HortScience 36:1300-1301 PDF

Hockema, B.R., Etxeberria, E.  (2001)  Metabolic contributors to drought-enhanced accumulation of sugars and acids in oranges.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences 126:599-605 PDF

Marsh, K., P., Gonzalez, P.C., Echeverria, E.  (2001)  Partial characterization of H + translocating pyrophosphatase from three citrus varieties differing in vacuolar pH.  Physiologia Plantarum 111:519-526 PDF

2000

Echeverria, E.  (2000)  Vesicle-mediated sucrose transport between the vacuole and the plasmalemma.  Plant Physiology 123:1-10 PDF

Echeverria, E., Gonzalez, P.C.  (2000)  ATP-induced sucrose efflux from red-beet tonoplast vesicles.  Planta 211:77-84 PDF

Marsh, K., Gonzalez, P.C., Echeverria, E.  (2000)  PPi formation by reversal of the tonoplast-bound H + -pyrophosphatase from Valencia orange juice cells.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences 125:420-424 PDF

Goren, R., Chen-Zion, M., Huberman, M., Zehavi, U., Echeverria, E.  (2000)  Sugar utilization by citrus juice cells as determined by [14C]sucrose and [14C]fructose feeding analysis.  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 38:507-515 PDF

Marsh, K., Gonzalez, P.C., Echeverría, E.  (2000)  PPi formation by reversal of the tonoplast-bound H+-pyrophosphatase from ‘Valencia’ orange juice cells.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences 125:420-424.