Publications

Liao, F., Blaakmeer, A., Silva S.L., Knudsen, S., Assunção, A.G.L. (2026) Point mutation in zinc sensor causes a threefold zinc level increase in Sorghum bicolor. The New Phytologist. http://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71327 

Campilho, A., Lilay, G.H., Benvindo, M., Castro, P.H., Assunção, A.G.L. Expression patterns of Arabidopsis bZIP19 and bZIP23 elucidate their individual contribution to the regulation of the Zn deficiency response. bioRxiv, 2025.07. 03.662962. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.03.662962

Huizinga, S., Persson, D.P., Assunção A.G.L. (2025) Constitutive expression of bZIP19 with the Zn sensor motif deleted in Arabidopsis leads to Zn-specific accumulation and no visible developmental penalty. Plant and Soil 506, 87–804. https:// doi.org/ 10. 1007/ s11104- 024- 06729-0

Lilay, G.H., Thiébaut, N., du Mee, D. Assunção, A.G.L., Schjoerring, J.K., Husted, S., Persson D.P. (2024) Linking the key physiological functions of essential micronutrients to their deficiency symptoms in plant. The New Phytologist 242, 881-902. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19645

Assunção, A.G.L. (2022) The F-bZIP-regulated Zn deficiency response in land plants. Planta 256, 108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-04019-6

Assunção, A.G.L., Cakmak, I., Clemens, S., González-Guerrero, M., Nawrocki, A., Thomine, S. (2022) Micronutrient homeostasis in plants for more sustainable agriculture and healthier human nutrition. Journal of Experimental Botany 73, 1789-1799. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac014 

Liao, F., Lilay, G.H., Castro, P.H., Azevedo, H., Assunção, A.G.L. (2022) Regulation of the Zinc Deficiency Response in the Legume Model Medicago truncatula. Frontiers in Plant Science 13, 916168. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.916168

Lilay, G.L., Persson, D.P., Castro, P.H., Liao, F., Alexander, R.D., Aarts, M.G.M., Assunção, A.G.L. (2021) Arabidopsis bZIP19 and bZIP23 act as zinc sensors to control plant zinc status. Nature Plants 7, 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00856-7

Lilay, G.H., Castro, P.H., Guedes, J.G., Almeida, D.M., Campilho, A., Azevedo, H., Aarts, M.G.M., Saibo, N.J.M., Assunção, A.G.L. (2020) Rice F-bZIP transcription factors regulate the zinc deficiency response. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 3664-3677. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa115 

Assunção, A.G.L., Gjetting, S.K., Hansen, M., Fuglsang, A.T., Schulz, A. (2020) Live imaging of phosphate levels in Arabidopsis root cells expressing a FRET-based phosphate sensor. Plants 9, 1310. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9101310 

Lilay G.H., Castro P.H., Campilho A., Assunção A.G.L. (2019) The Arabidopsis bZIP19 and bZIP23 activity requires zinc deficiency – Insight on regulation from complementation lines. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 1955. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01955 

Castro, P.H, Lilay, G.H., Muñoz-Mérida, A., Schjørring J.K., Azevedo, H., Assunção, A.G.L. (2017) Phylogenetic analysis of F-bZIP transcription factors indicate conservation of the zinc deficiency response across land plants. Scientific Reports 7, 3806. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03903-6

Earlier publications from Assunção can be found here: https://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=N7vlTXsAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT