Georgios Kapolas

Dr. Georgios Kapolas


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Academic Career Length

20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2016 in Plant Science
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GKGeorgios Kapolas
Georgios Kapolas
DBDespoina Beris
Despoina Beris
EKEfthimia Katsareli
Efthimia Katsareli
PLPantelis Livanos
Pantelis Livanos
AZAris Zografidis
Aris Zografidis
Kosmas HaralampidisKosmas Haralampidis
Kosmas Haralampidis


1 December 2014 in Plant Science
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AZAris Zografidis
Aris Zografidis
GKGeorgios Kapolas
Georgios Kapolas
VPVarvara Podia
Varvara Podia
DBDespoina Beri
Despoina Beri
KPKalliope Papadopoulou
Kalliope Papadopoulou
Kosmas HaralampidisKosmas Haralampidis
Kosmas Haralampidis


3 July 2007 in Plant Science
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AZAris Zografidis
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GKGeorgios Kapolas
Georgios Kapolas
GKGeorgios Kitsios
Georgios Kitsios
MMMaureen McCann
Maureen McCann
KRKeith Roberts
Keith Roberts
Kosmas HaralampidisKosmas Haralampidis
Kosmas Haralampidis

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IIIoannis Isaioglou
Ioannis Isaioglou
VPVarvara Podia
Varvara Podia
Athanassios VelentzasAthanassios Velentzas
Athanassios Velentzas
GKGeorgios Kapolas
Georgios Kapolas
DBDespoina Beris
Despoina Beris
Kosmas HaralampidisKosmas Haralampidis
Kosmas Haralampidis
WD40 repeat proteins (WDRs) are present in all eukaryotes and include members that are implicated in numerous cellular activities. They act as scaffold proteins and thus as molecular “hubs” for protein–protein interactions, which mediate the assembly of multifunctional complexes that regulate key developmental processes in Arabidopsis thaliana, such as flowering time, hormonal signaling, and stress responses. Despite their importance, many aspects of their putative functions have not been elucidated yet. Here, we show that the late-flowering phenotype of the anthesis promoting factor 1 (aprf1) mutants is temperature-dependent and can be suppressed when plants are grown under mild heat stress conditions. To gain further insight into the mechanism of APRF1 function, we employed a co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) approach to identify its interaction partners. We provide the first interactome of APRF1, which includes proteins that are localized in several subcellular compartments and are implicated in diverse cellular functions. The dual nucleocytoplasmic localization of ARRF1, which was validated through the interaction of APRF1 with HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 1 (HSP90.1) in the nucleus and with HSP90.2 in the cytoplasm, indicates a dynamic and versatile involvement of APRF1 in multiple biological processes. The specific interaction of APRF1 with the chaperon HSP90.1 in the nucleus expands our knowledge regarding the epigenetic regulation of flowering time in A. thaliana and further suggests the existence of a delicate thermoregulated mechanism during anthesis.