Dr. Sylvester Elikana Anami
Senior Research FellowJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Ghent University, Belgium
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Selected Publications
- Muli, J.K., N. Budambula, C. Mweu and S.E. Anami, 2018. Drought response in selected tropical inbred maize lines and relative expression of PARP2 gene under limited water conditions. Plant, 6: 8-15.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Ghilamicael, A.M., N.L.M. Budambula, S.E. Anami, T. Mehari and H.I. Boga, 2018. Thermotolerant bacteria of biotechnological potential from hot springs in Eritrea. Afr. J. Microbiol. Res., 12: 512-524.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Ghilamicael, A.M., H.I. Boga, S.E. Anami, T. Mehari and N.L.M. Budambula, 2018. Potential human pathogenic bacteria in five hot springs in Eritrea revealed by next generation sequencing. PloS One, Vol. 13. 10.1371/journal.pone.0194554.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Njuguna, E., G. Coussens, S. Aesaert, P. Neyt, S. Anami and M.V. Lijsebettens, 2017. Modulation of energy homeostasis in maize and Arabidopsis to develop lines tolerant to drought, genotoxic and oxidative stresses. Afr. focus, 30: 66-76.
Direct Link | - Muli, J.K., C. Mweu, N. Budambula and S.E. Anami, 2017. Yeast extract peptone based co-cultivation media promotes transient GUS expression in tropical maize genotypes. Asian J. Crop Sci., 9: 71-81.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Ghilamicael, A.M., N.L.M. Budambula, S.E. Anami, T. Mehari and H.I. Boga, 2017. Evaluation of prokaryotic diversity of five hot springs in Eritrea. BMC Microbiol., 17: 203-203.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Budambula, N., A.M. Ghilamicael, H.I. Boga, S.E. Anami and T. Mehari, 2017. Physical and chemical characteristics of five hot springs in Eritrea. J. Nat. Sci. Res., 7: 88-94.
Direct Link | - Muli, J.K., N.L.M. Budambula, C. Mweu, M.C. Imbo and S.E. Anami, 2016. Genetic improvement of african maize towards drought tolerance: A review. Adv. Life Sci. Technol., 48: 1-9.
- Mbinda, W., S. Anami, O. Ombori, C. Dixelius and R. Oduor, 2016. Efficient plant regeneration of kenyan sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) cultivars thorough somatic embryogenesis. J. Tissue Sci. Eng., 7: 176-176.
Direct Link | - Anami, S.E., Y.M. Zhang, L.X. Zhang, L. Zhu and H.C. Jing, 2016. Sorghum Genetic Transformation: Current Status and Future TargetTraits. In: Biotechnology Major Cereals, Jones, H.D. (Ed.)., Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DA, UK., ISBN: 9781780645193, Pages: 48.
- Anami, S.E., H. Luo, Y. Xia and H.C. Jing, 2016. Sorghum Genome Sequencing and its Impact Generated Through Public and Private Efforts. In: Sorghum Genome, Compendium of Plant Genomes, Rakshit, S. and Y.H. Wang, (Eds.)., Springer, Cham, ISBN: 978-3-319-47789-3, pp: 95-116.
- Anami, S.E., Y. Xia, Y.M. Zhang, Z.Q. Liu and H.C. Jing, 2015. Sweet sorghum ideotypes: Genetic improvement of the biofuel syndrome. Food Energy Secur., 10.1002/fes3.63.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Anami, S.E., Y. Xia and Y.M. Zhang, Z.Q. Liu and H.C. Jing, 2015. Sweet sorghum ideotypes: Genetic improvement of the stress tolerance. Food Energy Secur., 2015. Sweet sorghum ideotypes: Genetic improvement of the stress tolerance. Food Energy Secur., 10.1002/fes3.54.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Olive, S.F., F.M. Njoka, A.J. Mgutu and S.E. Anami, 2014. Screening for water deficit tolerance, relative growth analysis and agrobacterium-infectivity in tropical maize (Zea Mays L.) inbred lines in Nairobi, Kenya. Int. J. Life Sci. Res., 2: 218-224.
Direct Link | - Matheka, J., S. Anami, J. Gethi, S. Runo, A. Alakonya and J. Machuka, 2013. The use of a DRB binary system to recover marker-free transgenic plants. BMC Res. Notes, 8: 448-448.
- Anami, S., E. Njuguna and M.V. Lijsebettens, 2013. Higher plant transformation: Principal and molecular tools. Int. J. Dev. Biol., 57: 483-494.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Akoyi, J., A.J. Mgutu, J. Machuka, M.V. Lijsebettens, C. Taracha and S.E. Anami, 2012. Dicamba growth regulator promotes genotype independent somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos of tropical maize inbred lines. J. Life Sci., 7: 677-689.
- Robles, P., D. Fleury, H. Candela, G. Cnops And A. Peral, et al 2010. 2010The RON1/FRY1/SAL1 Gene IsRequired for leaf morphogenesis and venation patterning in arabidopsis. Plant. Physiol., 152: 1357-1372.
- Anami, S.E., A.J. Mgutu, C. Taracha, G. Coussens and M. Karimi et al., 2010. Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of tropical maize genotypes. Plant Cell Tissue Organ. Cult., 102: 285-295.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Anami, S., 2010. Silencing approach using poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase gene to improve drought stress tolerance in maize. Afr. Focus, 23: 61-67.
- Anami, S., M. Block, J. Machuka And M.V. Lijsebettens, 2009. Molecular improvement of tropical maize for drought stress tolerance in sub-saharan africa. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci., 28: 16-35.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - Anami, E.S., J.A. Mguu, L.H. Bowdoin, A.O. Rasha And H. Nelissen, 2008. Progress in transformation and regeneration of tropical inbred maize lines in Kenya. Maize genet. Coop. Newslett., 82: 22-23.
Direct Link | - Fleury, D., K. Himanen, G. Cnops, H. Nelissen And T.M. Boccardi, et al 2007. The arabidopsis thaliana homolog of yeast bre1 has a function in cell cycle regulation during early leaf and root growth. Plant Cell, 19: 417-432.
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