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Σταδιοδρομία Από το 1971 έως το 1994 διετέλεσε διαδοχικά μεταδιδακτορικός συνεργάτης,
Λέκτορας, Αναπληρωτής και Τακτικός Καθηγητής στο Τμήμα Φυτοπαθολογίας
και Επιστήμης, Πολιτικής και Διαχείρησης του Περιβάλλοντος στο
Πανεπιστήμιο της Καλιφόρνιας στο Μπέρκλεϋ. Έκτοτε είναι Καθηγητής
Βιοτεχνολογίας και Εφαρμοσμένης Βιολογίας στο Τμήμα Βιολογίας του
Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης και Ερευνητής στο Ινστιτούτο Μοριακής Βιολογίας και
Βιοτεχνολογίας (IMBB) του Ιδρύματος Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας (ΙΤΕ) και
Ομότιμος Καθηγητής στο Τμήμα της Βιολογίας του Πανεπιστημίου Κρητης και
στο τμήμα Επιστήμης , Πολιτικής και Διαχείρησης του Περιβάλοντος του
Παν/μιου
Καλιφόρνιας,
Μπέρκλεϋ.
Ηταν
συν-ιδρυτικό
μέλος
της
Επιστημονικής Εταιρείας "Μικροβιόκοσμος” και είναι μέλος της Γεωργικής
Ακαδημίας της Ελλάδας.
Recent Pubs. – Refereed Journals /Πρόσφατες Δημοσιεύσεις - Περιοδικά με Κριτές
2009. Sarris, P., Adbelhalim, M., Kitner, M., Skandalis, N., Panopoulos, N. J., Doulis, A. (2009).
and Lebeda, A (2009). Molecular polymorphism between populations of Pseudoperonospora
cubensis from Greece and the Czech Republic and their phytopathological and phylogenetic
implications. Plant Pathol. DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02093.
2009. Moschou, P. N. Sarris, P. F., Skandalis, N, Andriopoulou, A. H., Paschalidis, K. H.,
Panopoulos, N. J. and Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. (2009). Engineered polyamine catabolism
pre-Induces tolerance of tobacco to bacteria and oomycetes. Plant Physiol. 149:1970-81.
2009: Fadouloglou Vasiliki E; Bastaki Marina N; Ashcroft Alison E; Phillips Simon E V;
Panopoulos Nicholas J; Glykos Nicholas M; Kokkinidis Michael (2009). On the quaternary
association of the type III secretion system HrcQB-C protein: experimental evidence
differentiates among the various oligomerization models. J. Struct. Biol. 166:214-25.
2009. Trantas, E., N. Panopoulos and F. Ververidis (2009). Metabolic engineering of the
complete pathway leading to heterologous biosynthesis of various flavonoids and stilbenoids in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Metabol. Engin. 11: 355–366.
2010. Sarris, P.F., N. Skandalis, M. Kokkinidis and N. J. Panopoulos (2010). In silico analysis
reveals multiple putative type VI secretion system and effector proteins in Pseudomonas
syringae pathovars. Mol. Plant Pathol. 11:795-804.
2011. Sarris, P. F., Zoumadakis, C, Panopoulos, N. J. and E.V. Scoulica (2011). Distribution of
the putative type VI secretion system core genes in Klebsiella spp.. Infect. Genet.Evol. (2010),
doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2010.09.006
2011. Sarris, P. F., Gao, Sh., Karademiris, K, Jin, H., Kalantidis, K. and N. J. Panopoulos.
(2011). Phytobacterial Type III effectors HopX1, HopAB1 and HopF2 enhance sense-post
transcriptional gene silencing independently of plant R gene-effector recognition. Mol. Plant.Micr. Interact. 24: 907-917.
2012. Gazi, A. D., Sarris, P. F., Fadouloglou, V. F., Charova S. N., Mathioudakis, N.,
Panopoulos, N. J., Kokkinidis, M. (2012). Phyllogenetic analysis of a gene cluster encoding an
additional, rhizobial-like Type III secretion system that is narrowly distributed among
Pseudomonas syringae strains. BMC Microbiol., in press.
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Recent Review Articles / Πρόσφατα Αρθρα Ανασκόπησης
2009. GAZI, A. D., S.N. CHAROVA, N. J. PANOPOULOS, M. KOKKINIDIS (2009). Coiled-coils
in type III secretion systems: structural flexibility, disorder and biological implications. Cell.
Microbiol.11, 719-29.
2010. TAMPAKAKI .A. P., N. SKANDALIS, P. F. SARRIS, M. N. BASTAKI, S. N. CHAROVA,
A. D. GAZI, M. KOKKINIDIS AND N J. PANOPOULOS. (2010). Playing the Harp: Evolution of
our understanding of the bacterial hrp genes. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 48: 347-70.
2011. VANHEMELRIJCK, J., LLOYD-EVANS, M. MARTINS DOS SANTOS, V. PANOPOULOS,
N., QUERELLOU, J., SOCACIU, C., STEINMETZ (2011). Impacts of EU Framework
Programmes (2000-2010) and prospects for research and innovation in Biotechnologies.
Biotechnologies Panel report - Food Agriculture and Biotechnology, DG Research, European
Commisision, Brussels, Belgium.
2012. SARRIS, P.F., E. A. TRANTAS, N. SKANDALIS, A. P. TAMPAKAKI , M. KAPANIDOU, M.
KOKKINIDIS AND N. J. PANOPOULOS (2012). Phytobacterial Type VI Secretion System –
Gene Distribution, Phylogeny, Structure and Biological Functions. Plant Pathology. P. 53-84 in:
Plant Pathology, Christian Joseph R. Cumagun (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0489-6, InTech,
Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/plant-pathology/phytobacterial-type-visecretion-system-gene-distribution-phylogeny-structure-and-biological-functio
2012. CHAROVA, S. N., A. D. GAZI, M. KOTZABASAKI, P. F. SARRIS, V. E. FADOULOGLOU,
N. J. PANOPOULOS AND M. KOKKINIDIS (2012). Protein Flexibility and Coiled-Coil
Propensity: New Insights Into Type III and Other Bacterial Secretion Systems. P. 3-38 in:
Biochemistry, Deniz Ekinci (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0076-8, InTech, Available from:
http://www.intechopen.com/books/biochemistry/protein-flexibility-and-coiled-coil-propensity-newinsights-into-type-iii-and-other-bacterial-secret
2012. SKANDALIS, N., SARRIS, P.F. AND PANOPOULOS N.J. (2012).Targeting injectisomes of
virulence: Benefits of 30 years of research on bacterial secretion systems to crop protection. Hell. Plant
Prot. J. 5, 31-47.
Recent Patents/Πρόσφατες Ευρεσιτεχνίες
2010. Nickolas J. Panopoulos, Antigoni S. Papanikolaou, Panagiotis F. Sarris, Nikolaos
Skandalis. Pathogen derived effectors and their use in enhancing plant resistance to pathogens, insect
pests and freezing stress. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Atty. Dkt. No. 0988750102. Appl. No.:
61413731. PCT filling 2011 Appl. No. PCT/US 11/ 60567
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List of Publications / Πλήρης Καταλόγος Δημοσιεύσεων
Research Articles-Refereed Journals
1966 GEORGOPOULOS, S. G., N. J. PANOPOULOS. The relative mutability of the cnb loci in
Hypomyces. Can. J. Genet. Cytol. 8: 347-349.
1971 FACCIOLI, G., N. J. PANOPOULOS, A. H. GOLD. Kinetics of carbohydrate metabolism in potato
leaf roll virus-infected Physalis floridana. Phytopathol. Mediter. 10: 1-25.
1972 FACCIOLI, G., N. J. PANOPOULOS, A. H. GOLD. Uptake and translocation of phosphorus in curly
top virus-infected tomatoes. Phytopathology 62: 524-529.
1972 PANOPOULOS, N. J., G. FACCIOLI, A. H. GOLD. Kinetics of carbohydrate metabolism in curly top
virus-infected tomatoes. Phytopathol. Mediter. 11: 48-58.
1972 PANOPOULOS, N. J., G. FACCIOLI, A. H. GOLD. Effect of curly top disease on uptake, transport,
and compartmentation of calcium. Phytopathology 62: 43-49.
1972 PANOPOULOS, N. J., G. FACCIOLI, A. H. GOLD. Translocation of photosynthate in curly top virusinfected tomatoes. Plant Physiol. 50: 366-370.
1974 PANOPOULOS, N. J., M. N. SCHROTH. Role of flagellar motility in the invasion of bean leaves by
Pseudomonas phaseolicola. Phytopathology 64: 1389-1397.
1975 PANOPOULOS, N. J., G. FACCIOLI, A. H. GOLD. Sulfate uptake and translocation in curly topinfected tomatoes. Phytopathology 65: 77-80.
1975 PANOPOULOS, N. J., W. V. GUIMARAES, M. N. SCHROTH. Conjugative transfer of R factors from
Pseudomonas aeruginosa to plant pathogenic Pseudomonas spp. Phytopathology 65: 380-388.
1975 CHO, J. J., N. J. PANOPOULOS, M. N. SCHROTH. Genetic transfer of Pseudomonas aeruginosa R
factors to plant pathogenic Erwinia spp. J. Bacteriol. 122: 192-198.
1977 LAI, M., N. J. PANOPOULOS, S. SHAFFER. Transmission of R plamsids among Xanthomonas spp.
and other plant pathogenic bacteria. Phytopathology 67: 1044-1050.
1977 LAI, M., S. SHAFFER, N. J. PANOPOULOS. Stability of plamsid-borne antibiotic resistance in
Xanthomonas vesicatoriain infected tomato leaves. Phytopathology 67: 1620-1530.
1979 KARAYANNIS, N. I., N. J. PANOPOULOS, L. F. BJELDANES, J. T. MACGREGOR. Lysinoalanine
utilization by Erwinia chrysanthemi and Escherichia coli. Food Cosmet. Toxicol. 17: 319-322.
1979 STASKAWICZ, B. J., N. J. PANOPOULOS. A rapid and sensitive microbiological assay for
phaseolxotoxin. Phytopathology 69: 663-666.
1980 STASKAWICZ, B. J., N. J. PANOPOULOS. Phaseolotoxin transport in Escherichia coli and
Salmonella typhimurium via the oligopeptide permease. J. Bacteriol. 142: 474-479.
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1980 STASKAWICZ, B. J., N. J. PANOPOULOS, N. J. HOOGENRAAD. Phaseolotoxin insensitive ornithine
carbamoyltransferase of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola: basis for immunity to phaseolotoxin.
J. Bacteriol. 142: 720-723.
1981 SATO, M., B. J. STASKAWICZ, N. J. PANOPOULOS, S PETERS, M. HONMA. A host-dependent
hybrid plasmid suitable as a suicidal carrier for transposable elements. Plasmid 6: 325-331.
1982 SATO, M., B. J. STASKAWICZ, N. J. PANOPOULOS. Indigenous plasmids of Pseudomonas syringae
pv. mori, the causal agent of bacterial blight of mulberry. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jap. 48: 27-33.
1982 YOUVAN, D. C., J. T. ELDER, D. SANDLIN, C. ZSEBO, D. P. ADLER, N. J. PANOPOULOS, B. L.
MARS, J. E. HEARST. R-prime site-directed transposon Tn7 mutagenesis of the photosynthetic apparatus
genes in Rhodopseudomonas capsulata. J. Mol. Biol. 162: 17-41.
1984 LOPER, J. L., C. S. ORSER, N. J. PANOPOULOS, M. N. SCHROTH. Genetic analysis of fluorescent
pigment production in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. J. Gen. Microbiol. 130: 1507-1515.
1985 SATO, M., K. NISHIYAMA, N. J. PANOPOULOS. Conjugational transmission and replicative
properties of plasmid pBPW1 and antigen alteration induced by the plasmid in pathovars of
Pseudomonas syringae. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jap. 51: 426-434.
1985 ORSER, C. S., B. J. STASKAWICZ, N. J. PANOPOULOS, D. DAHLBECK, S. E. LINDOW. Cloning and
expression of bacterial ice nucleation genes in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 164: 359-366.
1986 HICKMAN, M. J., C. S. ORSER, D. K. WILLIS, S. E. LINDOW, N. J. PANOPOULOS. Molecular cloning
and biological characterization of the recA gene from Pseudomonas syringae. J. Bacteriol. 169: 29062910.
1986 LINDGREN, P. B., R. C. PEET, N. J. PANOPOULOS. Gene cluster of Pseudomonas syringae pv.
phaseolicola controls pathogencity on bean and hypersensitivity on non-host plants. J. Bacteriol. 168:
512-522.
1986 PEET, R. C., P. B. LINDGREN, D. K. WILLIS, N. J. PANOPOULOS. Genetic analysis of phaseolotoxin
production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. J. Bacteriol. 166: 1096-1105.
1987 PEET, R. C., N. J. PANOPOULOS. Ornithine carbamoyl-transferase genes and phaseolotoxin
immunity in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. EMBO. J. 6: 3585-3591.
1988 LINDGREN, P. B., N. J. PANOPOULOS, B. J. STASKAWICZ, D. DAHLBECK. Genes required for
pathogenicity and hypersensitivity are conserved and interchangeable among pathovars of
Pseudomonas syringae. Molec. Gen. Genet. 21: 499-506.
1988 WILLIS, D. K., E. M. HRABACK, S. E. LINDOW, N. J. PANOPOULOS. Construction and
characterization of Pseudomonas syringae recA mutant strains. Molec. Plant-Microbe Interact. 1: 8086.
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1989 GRIMM, C. G., N. J. PANOPOULOS. The predicted protein product of a pathogenicity locus from
Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola is homologous to a highly conserved domain of several
prokaryotic regulatory proteins. J. Bacteriol. 171: 5031-5038.
1989 LINDGREN, P. B., R FREDERICK, A. G. GOVINDARAJAN, N. J. PANOPOULOS, B. J. STASKAWICZ, S.
E. LINDOW. An ice nucleation reporter gene system: identification of inducible pathogenicity genes in
Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. EMBO J. 8: 2990-3001.
1989 LINDOW, S. E., E. LAHUE, A. G. GOVINDARAJAN, N. J. PANOPOULOS, D. GIES. Localization of ice
nucleation activity and the iceC gene product in Pseudomonas syringae and Escherichia coli. Molec.
Plant-Microbe Interact. 2: 262-272.
1989 SCHAAD, N. W., H. AZAD, R. C. PEET, N. J. PANOPOULOS. Use of a phaseoltoxin gene DNA
fragment for the identification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. Phytopathology 79: 903-907.
1990 WILLIS, D. K., E. M. HRABAK, J. J. RICH, T. M. BARTA, S. E. LINDOW, and N. J. PANOPOULOS.
Isolation and characterization of a Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae mutant deficient in lesion
formation on bean. Molec. Plant-Microbe Interact. 3: 149-156.
1991 RAHME, L. G., M. N. MINDRINOS and N. J. PANOPOULOS. Genetic and transcriptional
organization of the hrp gene cluster of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. J. Bacteriol. 173: 575586.
1992 RAHME, L. G., M. N. MINDRINOS and N. J. PANOPOULOS. Plant and environmental sensory
signals control the expression of hrp genes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. J. Bacteriol. 174:
3499-3507.
1992 HATZILOUKAS, E. AND N. J. PANOPOULOS. Origin, structure, and regulation of argK, encoding
the phaseolotoxin resistant ornithine carbamoyltransferase in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola,
and its functional expression in transgenic tobacco. J. Bacteriol. 174: 5895-5999.
1992 BARTLEIN, D. A., S. E. LINDOW, N. J. PANOPOULOS, S. P. LEE, M. N. MINDRINOS, AND T. C.
CHEN. Expression of a bacterial ice nucleation gene in plants. Plant Physiol. 100:1730-1736.
1993 GURIAN-SHERMAN, D., S. E. LINDOW, AND N. J. PANOPOULOS. Isolation and characterization of
hydroxylamine-induced mutations in the Erwinia herbicola ice nucleation gene that selectively reduce
warm temperature ice nucleation activity. Molec. Microbiol.: 9, 383-391.
1993 FETT, W. F., S. F. OSMAN, M. F. DUNN, AND N. J. PANOPOULOS. (1993). Cell surface properties
of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola and hrp mutants. J. Phytopathology. 135: 135-152.
1994 LEE, Y.-A., M. HENDSON, N. J. PANOPOULOS, AND M. N. SCHROTH. (1994). Molecular cloning,
chromosomal mapping, and sequence analysis of copper resistance genes from Xanthomonas
campestris pv. juglandis: homology to small blue copper proteins and multicopper oxidases. J. Bacteriol.
176:173-188.
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1994 GEORGAKOPOULOS, D. G., M. HENSON, N. J. PANOPOULOS, AND M. N. SCHROTH. (1994).
Cloning of a phenazine biosynthetic locus of Pseudomonas
aureofaciens PGS12 and anlysis of its
expression in vitro with the ice nucleation reporter gene. Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 60:2931-2938.
1994 GEORGAKOPOULOS, D. G., M. HENSON, N. J. PANOPOULOS, AND M. N. SCHROTH. (1994).
Analysis of expression of a phenazine biosynthetic locus of Pseudomonas aureofaciens PGS12 on seeds
with a mutant carrying a phenazine biosynthesis locus-ice nucleation reporter gene fusion. Appl. Envir.
Microbiol. 60:4573-4579.
1995 Grimm, C., W. Aufsatz, AND N. J. Panopoulos. (1995). The hrpRS locus ofPseudomonas syringae
pv. phaseolicola encodes two structurally similar regulatory proteins. Molec. Microbiol. 15:155-165.
1995 Schaad, N. W., S. S. Cheong, S.Tamaki, E. Hatziloukas, & N. J. Panopoulos. (1995). A combined
biological and enzymatic amplification (BIO-PCR) technique to detect Pseudomonas syringae pv.
phaseolicola in bean seed extracts. Phytopathology 85: 243-248.
1995 Drainas, C, G. Vartholomatos, and N. J. Panopoulos. (1995). The ice nucleation gene from
Pseudomonas syringae as a sensitive reporter for promoter analysis in Zymomonas mobilis. Appl. Εnv.
Microbiol. 61:273-277.
1995 Hatziloukas, E., N. J. Panopoulos, S. Delis, D. E. Prosen., and N. W. Schaad. (1995). An open
reading frame in the approximately 28-kb phaseolotoxin gene cluster encodes a polypeptide with
homology to fatty acid desaturases. Gene 166: 83-7.
1996 Zee, van K., D. A. Bartlein, S. E. Lindow, N. J. Panopoulos, and T. H. H. Chen.(1996). Cold
requirement for maximal activity of the bacterial ice nucleation protein INAZ in transgenic plants. Plant
Mol. Biol. 30:207-211.
1996 Bogdanove, A. J., S. V. Beer, U. Bonas, C. A. Boucher, A. Collmer, D. L. Coplin, G. R. Cornellis, H.C. Huang, S. W. Hutchesson, N. J. Panopoulos and F. Van Gijsegem (1996). Unified nomenclature for
broadly conserved hrp genes of phytopathogenic bacteria. Molec. Microbiol. 20:.661-663.
1997 Diallinas, G., I Pateraki, M. Sanmartin, A. Scossa, E. Stylianou, N. J. Panopoulos & A. K. Kanellis.
(1997). Melon ascorbate oxidase: cloning of a multigene family, induction during fruit development and
repression by wounding. Plant Mol. Biol. 34, 759-770.
1998 Palaiomylitou, M. A., Kalimanis, A., Koukou, A. I., Drainas, C., Anastassopoulos, E., Panopoulos,
N. J., Ekateriniadou, L. V., & Kyriakidis, D. A., 1998. Phospholipid analysis and fractional reconstitution of
the ice nucleation protein activity from Escherichia coli overexpressing the inaZ gene from Pseudomonas
syringae. Cryobiology 37, 67-76.
1999 Tampakaki, A., A. Economou & N. J. Panopoulos. 1999. Molecular architecture of the Type III
secretion apparatus common in plant and animal pathogens. J. Hellenic Sοc. Biochem. Molec. Biol. 46,
62-68.
Tampakaki, A., M. Bastaki, J. Mansfield & N. J. Panopoulos. 1999. Transient expression of a bacterial
avirulence gene elicits hypersensitive cell death in plants. J. Hellenic Sοc. Biochem. Molec. Biol. 46, 270276.
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2000. Tampakaki, A. N. and N. J. Panopoulos 2000. Elicitation of hypersensitive cell death by
extracellularly secreted HrpZPsp in planta. Mol. Plant-Micr. Interact. 13: (12) 1366-1374.
2001. Ververidis P., Davrazou F., Diallinas G., Georgakopoulos D., Kanellis A. and Panopoulos N. (2001).
A novel putative reductase (Cpd1) and the multidrug exporter Snq2 are involved in resistance to
cercosporin and other singlet oxygen-generating photosensitizers in Saccharomyces cerevisia. Curr.
Genet. 39:127-136.
2001. Fadouloglou, V. E., A. P. Tampakaki, N. J. Panopoulos and M. Kokkinidis (2001). Structural studies
of the Hrp secretion system: expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the
C-terminal domain of the HrcQB protein from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. Acta Crystallogr.
D 57: 1689-1691.
2001. Lee, J., B. Klüsener, G. Tsiamis, C Stevens, C. Neyt, A. Tampakaki, N. J. Panopoulos, J. Noller, E. W.
Weiler, G. R. Cornellis, J. Mansfield, and T. Nürnberger (2001). HrpZPsph from the plant pathogenic
Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola binds to lipid bilayers and forms an ion-conducting pore in vito.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98: 289-294.
2002. Tampakaki, A. P., ΒαSτακι, Μ., J. W. Mansfield & N. J. Panopoulos. (2002) Molecular
determinants required for the avirulence function of AvrPphB in bean and other plants. Mol. Plant-Micr.
Interact. 15: 292-300.
2002. Anastassopoulos, E. & N. J. Panopoulos (2002). In vitro freezing in microtitre plates applied to
tobacco plants transformed with the inaZ gene of Pseudomonas syringae. J. Exp. Bot. 53, 1887-1890.
2003 Pozidis Ch., Chalkiadaki, A., Gomez-Serrano A., Stahlberg, H. Brown, I., Tampakaki A. P., Lustig,
A., Sianidis G., Politou A. S., Engel A., Panopoulos N. J., Mansfield, J. Pugsley, A., Karamanou S. and A.
Economou. (2003). Type III protein translocase: HrcN is a peripheral membrane ATPase that is activated
by oligomerization. J. Biol. Chem. 278, (28), 25816–25824.
2004. Fadouloglou, V. E., A. P. Tampakaki, N. M. Glykos, M. N. Bastaki, J. M. Hadden, S. E. Phillips, N. J.
Panopoulos & M. Kokkinidis (2004). Structure of HrcQB-C, a conserved component of the bacterial type
III secretion systems. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 101, 70-75.
2004. Thwaites, R., P. D. Spanu, N. J. Panopoulos, C. Stevens, & J. W. Mansfield (2004).
TranscriptionalRegulation of Components of the Type III Secretion System and Effectors in Pseudomonas
syringae pv. Phaseolicola. Mol. Plant Micr. Interact. 17,1250–1258.
2004. Tampakaki, A. P., V. E. Fadouloglou, A. D. Gazi, N. J. Panopoulos & M. Kokkinidis (2004).
Conserved features of type III secretion. Cell. Microbiol. 6, 805–816.
2007. Madesis P., Kalantidis K., Nianiou Obeidat I., Chatzidimitriou K., Panopoulos N. and Tsaftaris A.
(2007). Expression of the yeast cpd1 gene in tobacco confers resistance to the fungal toxin cercosporin.
Biomol. Engin. 24, 245-251.
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2008. Gazi, A.D., M. Bastaki, S.N. Charova, E.A. Gkougkoulia, E.A. Kapellios, N.J. Panopoulos and M.
Kokkinidis, (2008). Evidence for a coiled-coil interaction mode of disordered proteins from bacterial type
III secretion systems, J. Biol. Chem., 283::34062-8
2009. Sarris, P., Adbelhalim, M., Kitner, M., Skandalis, N., Panopoulos, N. J., Doulis, A. and Lebeda, A.
(2009). Molecular polymorphism between populations of Pseudoperonospora cubensis from Greece and
the Czech Republic and their phytopathological and phylogenetic implications. Plant Pathol. DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02093.
2009. Moschou, P. N. Sarris, P. F., Skandalis, N, Andriopoulou, A. H., Paschalidis, K. H., Panopoulos, N. J.
and Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. (2009). Engineered polyamine catabolism pre-Induces tolerance of
tobacco to bacteria and oomycetes. Plant Physiol. 149:1970-81.
2009. Fadouloglou Vasiliki E; Bastaki Marina N; Ashcroft Alison E; Phillips S. E V; Panopoulos Nicholas J;
Glykos Nicholas M; Kokkinidis Michael (2009). On the quaternary association of the type III secretion
system HrcQB-C protein: experimental evidence differentiates among the various oligomerization
models. J. Struct. Biol. 166:214-25.
2009. Trantas, E., N. Panopoulos and F. Ververidis (2009). Metabolic engineering of the complete
pathway leading to heterologous biosynthesis of various flavonoids and stilbenoids in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae. Metabol. Engin. 11: 355–366
2010. Sarris, P.F., N. Skandalis, M. Kokkinidis and N. J. Panopoulos (2010). In silico analysis of putative
type VI secretion system and effector proteins in Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. Mol. Plant Pathol.,
In press.
2010. Sarris, P. F., Zoumadakis, C, Panopoulos, N. J. and E.V. Scoulica (2011). Distribution of the
putative type VI secretion system core genes in Klebsiella spp.. Infect. Genet.Evol. (2010),
doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2010.09.006
2011. Sarris, P. F., Gao, Sh., Karademiris, K, Jin, H., Kalantidis, K. and N. J. Panopoulos.
(2011).Phytobacterial Type III Effectors HopX1, HopAB1 and HopF2 Enhance Sense-Post Transcriptional
Gene Silencing Independently of Plant R Gene-Effector Recognition. Mol. Plant.- Micr. Interact. 24: 907917.
2012. Gazi, A. D., Sarris, P. F., Fadouloglou, V. F., Charova S. N., Mathioudakis, N.,
Panopoulos, N. J., Kokkinidis, M. (2012). Phyllogenetic analysis of a gene cluster encoding an additional,
rhizobial-like Type III secretion system that is narrowly distributed among
Pseudomonas syringae strains. BMC Microbiol., in press.
Books
1981
N. J. PANOPOULOS (ed.), Genetic Engineering in the Plant Scienses, Praeger, New York.
Book Chapters and Review Articles
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1979 PANOPOULOS, N. J., B. J. STASKAWICZ, D. SANDLIN (1979). Search for plasmid associated
properties and for a cloning vector in Pseudomonas phaseolicola. In Plamsids of Medical, Environmental
and Commercial Importance, K. N. Timmis and A. Puhler (eds.), Elsevier/North Holland Biomedical
Press, Amsterdam, p. 365-71.
1981 PANOPOULOS, N. J. (1981). Emerging tools for in vitro and in vivo genetic manipulations in
phytopathogenic pseudomonads and other non-enteric gram negative bacteria. In Genetic Engineering
in the Plant Scienses, N. J. Panopoulos (ed.), Praeger, New York, p. 163-175.
1981 PANOPOULOS, N. J., B. J. STASKAWICZ (1984). Genetics of toxin production. In Toxins and Plant
Disease, R. D. Durbin (ed.), Academic Press, New York, p. 74-107.
1984 PANOPOULOS, N. J., J. D. WALTON, D. K. WILLIS (1984). Genetic and biochemical basis of
virulence in plant pathogens. In Plant Gene Research, Vol. I: Plant Pathogens and Defense Mechanisms,
Th. Hohn and D. P. S. Verma (eds.), Springer-Verlag, p. 339-374.
1984 PANOPOULOS, N. J. Plasmids and plant pathogenic bacteria (1984). In Proceedings of the 2nd
Working Group on Pseudomonas syringae pathovars, C. G. Panagopoulos, P. G. Psalidas, A. S. Alivizatos
(eds.), Hellenic Phytopathological Society, Athens, Greece, p. 106-10.
1985 PANOPOULOS, N. J., R. C. PEET (1985). The molecular genetics and plasmids of plant pathogenic
bacteria. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 23: 381-19.
1986 PANOPOULOS, N. J. (1986) Tactics and feasibility of genetic engineering of biocontrol agents. In
Microbiology of the Phyllosphere, N. J. Fokkema and J. Vanderplank (eds.), Cambridge University Press,
p. 312-32.
1989 PANOPOULOS, N. J. (1989). Genetic Engineering: accomplishments and future horizons in crop
protection. Veltiotika (Crop Improv.):19-29. (in Greek).
1989 LINDOW, S. E., N. J. PANOPOULOS, B. G. McFARLAND (1989). Genetic engineering of bacteria
from managed and natural habitats. Science 244: 1300-07.
1992 SCHROTH, M. N., D. C. HILDEBRAND, N. J. PANOPOULOS (1992). Phytopathogenic and related
plant-associated pseudomonads. Chapter 169, In The Prokaryotes, Second Edition, A. Balows, H. G.
Truper, M. Dworkin, W. Harder, and K. H. Schleifer (eds.). Springer-Verlag. vol. III, p. 3104-31.
1990. LINDOW, S. E., N. J. PANOPOULOS, B. G. McFARLAND. (1990). Genetic engineering of bacteria
from managed and natural habitats. In: B. R. Jasny and D. Koshland (eds.), Biological Systems. Chapter
3, p. 25-38. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D. C.
1994. SCHAAD, N. W., O. P. SMITH, M. R. BONDE, G. L. PETERSON, R. J. BECK, E. HATZILOUKAS AND N. J.
PANOPOULOS (1994). Polymerase chain reaction methods for the identification of seedborne plant
pathogens. Ch. 33 In: The Identification and Characterization of Pest Organisms. D. L. Hawksworth ed.,
CAB INTERNATIONAL, Wallington, UK.
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1995. PANOPOULOS, N. J. (1995). Ice nucleation genes as reporters. Chapter 15 (p. 271-281) In: G.
Warren, L. Gusta, and R. E. Lee, (eds). Biological Ιce Νucleation and its Αpplications. American
Phytopathological Society Press.
1996. PANOPOULOS, N. J., E. HATZILOUKAS, AND A. AFENDRA (1996).Transgenic resistance in plants
to bacterial pathogens. Field Crops Res. 45:85-97.
1998. PANOPOULOS, N. J. (1998). Principles and applications of biotechnology for the management of
agricultural pests organisms. J. Hellenic Entomol. Soc. 1998, 159-70.
2001. PANOPOULOS, N. J., (2001). Foods derived from genetically modified plants. p. 195-216, in
“Science, New Technologies and Orthodox Faith” (in Greek), Greek Orthodox Church Press.
2004. TAMPAKAKI, A. P., V. E. FADOULOGLOU, A. D. GAZI, N. J. PANOPOULOS & M. KOKKINIDIS (2004).
Conserved features of type III secretion. Cell. Microbiol. 6, 805–16.
2007. VERVERIDIS. F., E. TRANTAS, C. DOUGLAS, G. VOLLMER, G. KRETZSCHMAR AND N. PANOPOULOS
(2007). Biotechnology of flavonoids and other phenylpropanoid-derived natural products. Part I:
Chemical diversity, impacts on plant biology and human health. Biotechnol. J. 2, 1214–34.
2007. VERVERIDIS. F., E. TRANTAS, C. DOUGLAS, G. VOLLMER, G. KRETZSCHMAR AND N. PANOPOULOS
(2007). Biotechnology of flavonoids and other phenylpropanoid-derived natural products. Part II:
Reconstruction of multi-enzyme pathways in plants and microbes. Biotechnol. J. 2, 1235–49.
2008. TAMPAKAKI, A. P., E. HATZILOUKAS AND N. J. PANOPOULOS (2008). Plant Pathogenic Bacteria.
Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 3rd Edn., Moselio Schaechter, (Ed). Elsevier, p. 655-77.
2008. VAN HAVER, E. (Corresponding coordinator of Panel) (2008). Safety and nutritional assessment of
GM plants and derived food and feed: The role of animal feeding trials. Report of the EFSA GMO Panel
Working Group on Animal Feeding Trials. Food Chem. Toxicol. 2008, S2-S70
2009. GAZI, A. D., S.N. CHAROVA, N. J. PANOPOULOS, M. KOKKINIDIS (2009). Coiled-coils in type III
secretion systems: structural flexibility, disorder and biological implications. Cell. Microbiol.11, 719-29.
2010. TAMPAKAKI .A. P., N. SKANDALIS, P. F. SARRIS, M. N. BASTAKI, S. N. CHAROVA, A. D. GAZI, M.
KOKKINIDIS AND N J. PANOPOULOS. (2010). Playing the Harp: Evolution of our understanding of the
bacterial hrp genes. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 48: 347-70.
2011. VANHEMELRIJCK, J., LLOYD-EVANS, M. MARTINS DOS SANTOS, V. PANOPOULOS, N., QUERELLOU,
J., SOCACIU, C., STEINMETZ (2011). Impacts of EU Framework Programmes (2000-2010) and Prospects
for Research and Innovation in Biotechnologies. Biotechnologies Panel Report – Food, Agriculture and
Biotechnology, DG Research, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
2012. SARRIS, P.F., E. A. TRANTAS, N. SKANDALIS, A. P. TAMPAKAKI , M. KAPANIDOU, M. KOKKINIDIS
AND N. J. PANOPOULOS (2012). Phytobacterial Type VI Secretion System – Gene Distribution, Phylogeny,
Structure and Biological Functions. Plant Pathology. P. 53-84 in: Plant Pathology, Christian Joseph R.
Cumagun (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0489-6, InTech, Available from:
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2012. CHAROVA, S. N., A. D. GAZI, M. KOTZABASAKI, P. F. SARRIS, V. E. FADOULOGLOU, N. J.
PANOPOULOS AND M. KOKKINIDIS (2012). Protein Flexibility and Coiled-Coil Propensity: New Insights
Into Type III and Other Bacterial Secretion Systems. P. 3-38 in: Biochemistry, Deniz Ekinci (Ed.), ISBN:
978-953-51-0076-8, InTech, Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/biochemistry/proteinflexibility-and-coiled-coil-propensity-new-insights-into-type-iii-and-other-bacterial-secret
2012. SKANDALIS, N., SARRIS, P.F., AND PANOPOULOS, N.J. (2012).Targeting injectisomes of virulence:
Benefits of 30 years of research on bacterial secretion systems, to crop protection. Hell. Plant Prot. J., 5,
31-47.
Non-Refereed Research Articles and Conference Papers
1973 PANOPOULOS, N. J., & M. N. SCHROTH (1973). Infection of bean leaves with motile and
paralyzed strains of Pseudomonas phaseolicola. Proc. ISPP-Working Party on Pseudomonas syringae,
Group Meeting, Angers, France. p. 54-8.
1975 PANOPOULOS, N. J., J. J. CHO, W.V. GUIMARAES, M. N. SCROTH (1975). Genetic tranfer of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa R factors to Pseudomonas and Erwinia plant pathogens. Proc. 1st Internat.
Congr. of the Internat. Assoc. Microbiol. Societies, vol. I, p. 143-61.
1978 PANOPOULOS, N. J., W. V. GUIMARAES, S.-S. HUA, C. SABERSKY-LEHMAN, S. RESNIK, M. LAI, S.
SHAFFER (1978). Plasmids in phytopathogenic bacteria. In Microbiology-1978, D. Schlessinger (ed.),
American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D. C., p.238-41.
1979 PANOPOULOS, N. J., B. J. STASKAWICZ (1979). Illicit transport of phaseolotoxin in bacterial cells:
implications on host-parasite interactions. In: Proc. IV Internat. Cong. Plant Pathol., Bacteria II, Station
de Pathologie Vegetale, Angers, France, p. 663-66.
1979 PANOPOULOS, N. J. (1979) Genetic nature of streptomycin resistance in Erwinia amylovora. In
Proc. IV Internat. Cong. Plant Pathol., Bacteria II, Station de Pathologie Vegetale, Angers, France, p.
468-69.
1979 GUIMARAES, W. V., N. J. PANOPOULOS, M. N. SCROTH (1979). Conjugative behavior of incP,
incT and incF plasmids in Pseudomonas phaseolicola and Erwinia chrysanthemi. In Proc. IV Internat.
Cong. Plant Pathol., Bacteria II, Station de Pathologie Vegetale, Angers, France, vol. I, p. 56-65.
1983 ORSER, C. S., B. J. STASKAWICZ, N. J. PANOPOULOS, J. L. LOPER, D. DAHLBECK, S. E. LINDOW, M.
N. SCROTH (1983). Cloning of genes involved in bacterial ice nucleation and fluorescent
pigment/siderophore production in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. p. 353-61 in Molecular
Genetics of the Bacteria-Plant Interactions. A. Puhler, (ed.), Springer-Verlag.
1984 PANOPOULOS, N. J., WILLIS, D. K., LINDGREN, P., PEET, R. C., THOM, R. F., HICKMAN, M. J. and
ORSER, C. S (1984). Gene analysis in two Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. In Proc. 2nd Working Group
on Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars, Sounion, Greece. Panagopoulos, C. G., Psalidas, P. G., Alivizatos,
A.S. (eds.), Hellenic Phytopathologocal Society, Athens, Greece. p. 85-9.
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1984 ORSER, C. S., LOTSTEIN, R., STASKAWICZ, B. J., DAHLBECK, D., LAHUE, E., WILLIS, D. K., LINDOW,
S. E. and PANOPOULOS, N. J. (1984) Molecular genetics of bacterial ice nucleation. In Proc. 2nd
Working Group on Pseudomonas syringae pathovars, Sounion, Greece. Panagopoulos, C. G., Psalidas, P.
G., Alivizatos, A. S. (eds.), Hellenic Phytopathologocal Society, Athens, Greece. p. 98-100.
1985 PANOPOULOS, N. J., P. B. LINDGREN, R. C. PEET, R. F. THOM, M. J. HICKMAN, D. R. GIES, and D.
K. WILLIS (1985). Molecular analysis of pathogenicity and virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pathovars.
In Advances in Molecular Genetics of the Bacteria-Plant interaction, A. A. Szalay and R. P. Legoki, (eds.),
Media services, Cornell University Publishers, Ithaca, NY. p. 188-192.
1985 PANOPOULOS, N. J., P. B. LINDGREN, D. K. WILLIS and R. C. PEET (1985). Clustering and
conservation of genes controlling the interactions of Pseudomonas syringae pathovars with plants. In
Plant Cell/Cell Interactions. I. Sussex, A. H. Ellingboe, M. Crouch and R. Mulmberg (eds.), Current
Communications in Molecular Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, p. 69-75.
1986 LINDGREN, P. B. and PANOPOULOS, N. J. (1986). Genetic control of hypersensitivity and
pathogenicity in P. syringae pv. phaseolicola. In: Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen
Interactions. NATO ASI SERIES, J. A. Bailey (ed.) Springer-Verlag, p. 298-305.
1987 PEET, R. C., P. B. LINDGREN, and N. J. PANOPOULOS (1987). Molecular genetics of phaseolotoxin
production and immunity in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. In Plant Pathogenic Bacteria.
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, Maryland, June 1985. E.
L. Civerolo, (ed.). Martinus-Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht. p. 487-97.
1989 GRIMM, C., L. RAHME, R. FREDERICK, M. MINDRINOS, P. LINDGREN, N. J. PANOPOULOS
(1989). The common pathogenicity genes of Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. In Molecular Biology of
Plant-Microbe Interactions. B. Staskawicz, P. Alquist and O. Yoder (eds.), UCLA Symposia on Molecular
and Cellular Biology, Vol. 101: 49-55. Alan Liss, Inc., New York.
1989 PANOPOULOS, N. J. AND R. C. PEET (1989). Ornithine carbamoyltransferase gene duplication
and phaseolotoxin resistance in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. In Phytotoxins and Plant
Pathogenesis. A. Graniti, R. D. Durbin and A. Ballio (eds.), NATO ASI Series vol. H27, Springer-Verlag. p.
71-83.
1989 RAHME, L., M. MINDRINOS, C. GRIMM, R. FREDERICK, P. LINDGREN, N. J. PANOPOULOS
(1989). Organization and expression of the hrp gene cluster of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.
In E. Tjamos and C. Beckman (eds.). Vascular Wilt Diseases of Plants: Basic Studies and Control.
Springer-Verlag. p. 303-14.
1990 MINDRINOS, M. N., L. G. RAHME, R. FREDERICK, E. HATZILOUKAS, C. GRIMM, N. J.
PANOPOULOS (1990). Structure, function regulation and evolution of genes involved in the expression
of pathogenicity, the hypersensitive response and phaseolotoxin immunity in the bean halo blight
pathogen. In S. Silver and A. M. Chakrabarty, B. Iglewski, and S. Kaplan (eds.), Pseudomonas-89:
Biotransformations, Pathogenesis and Evolving Biotechnology. American Society for Microbiology,
Washington, D. C., p. 74-81.
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1991 FELLAY, R., L. G. RAHME, M. N. MINDRINOS, R. D. FREDERICK, A. PISI, AND N. J. PANOPOULOS
(1991). Genes and signals controlling the Pseudomonas syringae p. phaseolicola-Plant interaction. Proc.
5th Internatl. Sympos. on the Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions. Klewer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. p. 45-52.
1991 BAERTLEIN, D. A., E. M.CLARK, N. J. PANOPOULOS AND S. E. LINDOW (1991). Biological control
of frost injury. In Proc. Internat. Sem. "The Biological Control of Plant Diseases and Virus Vectors". Food
and Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region (FFTC-ASPAC). FFTC Book Series No. 42.
p. 49-55.
1993 MILLER, W., M. N. MINDRINOS, L. G. RAHME, R. D. FREDERICK, C. GRIMM, R. GRESSMAN, X.
KYRIAKIDES, M. KOKKINIDIS, AND N. J. PANOPOULOS. (1993). Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicolaplant interactions: host-pathogen signalling through cascade control of hrp gene expression. p. 267-274.
In Proc. 6th Internat. Sympos. on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Klewer Academic Publishers,
Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
1996 AIKATERINIADOU, l. B., M. A, PALAIOMILITOU, M. VAGI, E ANASTASSOPOULOS, N. J.
PANOPOULOS AND D. A. KYRIAKIDES. (1996). Investigation of the ice nucleation protein overexpressed
in E. coli form the inaZ gene. Proc. 5th Cyprus-Greece Chemistry Conference , Confernece, Nicosia 4-7
Sept. 1996. p. 297-300.
1997 SCHAAD, N. W., E. HATZILOUKAS & N. J. PANOPOULOS (1997). Detection of Pseudomonas
syringae pv. phaseolicola in agroecosystems using BIO-PCR. p. 448-451 In: Developments in Plant
pathology vol. 9, Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars and Related Pathogens. Rudolph, K., T. J. Burr, J. W.
Mansfield, D. Stead, A. Vivian, J. von Kietzell (eds.), Kleuwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecth, The
Netherlands 663 p.
1997 HATZILOUKAS, E., TAKIKAWA, Y., SCHAAD, N. W. & N. J. PANOPOULOS. (1995). Cloning and
physical characterization of the tox-argK gene cluster from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola and
phaseolotoxin production in Escherichia coli.. p. 242-247 In Developments in Plant pathology vol. 9,
Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars and Related Pathogens. Rudolph, K., T. J. Burr, J. W. Mansfield, D.
Stead, A. Vivian, J. von Kietzell (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecth, The Netherlands 663 p.
1997 TAMPAKAKI, N., E. HATZILOUKAS, C. GRIMM & N. J. PANOPOULOS. (1997). Expression of the
Pseudomonas syrinage pv. phaseolicola hrpZ gene in transgenic tobacco and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
p 392-396. In Developments in Plant Pathology vol. 9, Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars and Related
Pathogens. Rudolph, K., T. J. Burr, J. W. Mansfield, D. Stead, A. Vivian, J. von Kietzell (eds.), Kleuwer
Academic Publishers, Dordrecth, The Netherlands 663 p.
1999 PANOPOULOS, Ν. J., (1999). Genetically modified plants for insect resistance: Entomological
concerns (in Greek, Γενετικώς τροποποιημένα φυτά ανθεκτικά σε έντομα: εντομολογικοί
προβληματισμοί). Bull. Agric. Ext. Service, Larisa,. No. 36, pp. 32-34.
1999 PANOPOULOΣ, N. J. (1999). European directives and the commerciallization of genetically
modified crops. Proc. 57th Plenary Meeting of the Internat. Cotton Advisory Committee. Bolivia.
2000 PANOPOULOS, Ν. (2000). Biotechnology: Myths and realities. 2000. (Βιοτεχνολογία: Μύθοι και
πραγματικότητες). (In Greek) NAGREF 1(14): 6-8.
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2000 PANOPOULOS, N. J. (2000). The utility of plant genetic modification in horticulture. (Η
χρησιμότητα της γενετικής τροποποίησης φυτών στην επιστήμη των οπωροκηπευτικών). (in Greek).
Proc. Ann. Meet. Hellenic Soc. Hort. Sci.: 2000.
2003. ΤAMPAKAKI, Α., BASTAKI Μ., & Ν. PANOPOULOS (2003). The codes of molecular communication
between bacterial pathogens and plants and their applications in crop protection biotechnology (In
Greek) (“Οι κώδικες μοριακής επικοινωνίας μεταξύ των φυτοπαθογόνων βακτηρίων και φυτών και οι
εφαρμογές τους στη βιοτεχνολογία της φυτοπροστασίας”) Proc. Agrotech. Conf. Ierapetra, Crete, Nov.
30 2001, (in press). (Πρακτικά Ημερίδας “Αγροχημικά στο Θερμοκήπιο: Σύγχρονες Τάσεις”, Γεωτεχνικό
Επιμελητήριο, Παράρτημα Κρήτης, Νοεμβρ. 2001
2004. PANOPOULOS, N.J. (2004). “Agricultural biotechnology”. (Contributed to the Greek “Foresight
study”, 2003-2004, by General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Hellas).
2006. XENOS, CH., SCANDALIS, N., SALOUSTROU, K., THEOPHILOU, S., GOUMAS, D., TSIGENOPOULOS,
K., KOTOULAS, G. & N. J. PANOPOULOS (2006). The closest rRNA relatives of bacteria recovered from
untreated olive mill waste waters are “unclultured” γ-Proteobacteria. Proc. Hell. Soc. Biochem. Molec.
Biol. 53, 797-800. Dec. 2006.
Patents/ Ευρεσιτεχνιες
2010. Nickolas J. Panopoulos, Antigoni S. Papanikolaou, Panagiotis F. Sarris, Nikolaos
Skandalis. Pathogen derived effectors and their use in enhancing plant resistance to pathogens, insect
pests and freezing stress. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Atty. Dkt. No. 0988750102. Appl. No.:
614137312003.
Anastassopoulos, E, N.J. Panopoulos. Plant screening method for abiotic stress tolerance. OBI,
Hellenic Intellectual Property Office, Greece, Appl. / Approv. No. 20020100392/1004332
2002. Schaad, N.W., E. Hatziloukas, N.J Panopoulos. Direct Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay,
or BIO-PCR. U.S. Patent 6,410,223/25-06-2002. Assignee: USDA
1988. Orser, C. S., S. E. Lindow, N. J. Panopoulos. Ice nucleation deficient microorganisms by genetic
manipulation. United States Patent 4766077.
1985. Orser, C., J. Loper, N. J. Panopoulos, S. E. Lindow, M. Schroth. Fluorescent siderophore genes.
US Patent 4540667.
1984. Orser, C. S., S. E. Lindow, N. J. Panopoulos, B. J. Staskawicz. Ice nucleating microorganisms.
US Patent 4464473