Levy Avraham

Research output

Research output per year 2011 2011 2012 2013 2015 2017 2020 2021 2024

• 35 Article
• 6 Chapter
• 4 Review article
• 2 Comment/debate
• 4 More
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Paper
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  36-year study reveals stability of a wild wheat population across microhabitats

  Dahan-Meir, T., Ellis, T. J., Mafessoni, F., Sela, H., Rudich, O., Manisterski, J., Avivi-Ragolsky, N., Raz, A., Feldman, M., Anikster, Y., Nordborg, M. & Levy, A. A., Oct 2024, In: Molecular Ecology. 33, 19, 14 p., e17512.

  Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Uncovering the dynamics of precise repair at CRISPR/Cas9-induced double-strand breaks

  Ben-Tov, D., Mafessoni, F., Cucuy, A., Honig, A., Melamed-Bessudo, C. & Levy, A. A., Dec 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 5096.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats 100%
  • strands 91%
  • Mutagenesis 85%
  • Error 65%
  • induction 63%
• 2023

  CRISPR/Cas9-induced DNA breaks trigger crossover, chromosomal loss, and chromothripsis-like rearrangements

  Samach, A., Mafessoni, F., Gross, O., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Filler-Hayut, S., Dahan-Meir, T., Amsellem, Z., Pawlowski, W. P. & Levy, A. A., Nov 2023, In: Plant Cell. 35, 11, p. 3957-3972 16 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • loss of heterozygosity 100%
  • betalains 65%
  • assays 36%
  • DNA 35%
  • chromosome elimination 30%
• 2022

  Genome sequences of five Sitopsis species of Aegilops and the origin of polyploid wheat B subgenome

  Li, L-F., Zhang, Z-B., Wang, Z-H., Li, N., Sha, Y., Wang, X-F., Ding, N., Li, Y., Zhao, J., Wu, Y., Gong, L., Mafessoni, F., Levy, A. A. & Liu, B., 7 Mar 2022, In: Molecular Plant. 15, 3, p. 488-503 16 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Aegilops 100%
  • Polyploidy 61%
  • Triticum 59%
  • polyploidy 48%
  • Amblyopyrum muticum 35%
• 2021

  Crispr/cas9 induced somatic recombination at the crtiso locus in tomato

  Shlush, I. B., Samach, A., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Ben-Tov, D., Dahan-Meir, T., Filler-Hayut, S. & Levy, A. A., Jan 2021, In: Genes. 12, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 59.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Lycopersicon esculentum 100%
  • Homologous Recombination 81%
  • recombination 79%
  • Genetic Recombination 69%
  • tangerines 67%

• Plant genome engineering from lab to field—a Keystone Symposia report

  Cable, J., Ronald, P. C., Voytas, D., Zhang, F., Levy, A. A., Takatsuka, A., Arimura, S. I., Jacobsen, S. E., Toki, S., Toda, E., Gao, C., Zhu, J. K., Boch, J., Van Eck, J., Mahfouz, M., Andersson, M., Fridman, E., Weiss, T., Wang, K., Qi, Y., & 3 othersJores, T., Adams, T. & Bagchi, R., Dec 2021, In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1506, 1, p. 35-54 20 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Plant Breeding 100%
  • Plant Genome 90%
  • Keystone 73%
  • Genome 59%
  • Chemical Transformation 35%

• Redistribution of Meiotic Crossovers Along Wheat Chromosomes by Virus-Induced Gene Silencing

  Raz, A., Dahan-Meir, T., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Leshkowitz, D. & Levy, A. A., 4 Feb 2021, (Published Online) In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 11, 13 p., 635139.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • gene silencing 100%
  • meiosis 70%
  • viruses 59%
  • chromosomes 59%
  • wheat 58%

• Targeted Inter-Homologs Recombination in Arabidopsis Euchromatin and Heterochromatin

  Filler-Hayut, S., Kniazev, K., Melamed-Bessudo, C. & Levy, A. A., 9 Nov 2021, In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 22, 22, 12096.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Molecular Marker 100%
  • Euchromatin 98%
  • Arabidopsis 86%
  • Heterochromatin 82%
  • chromosomes 81%
• 2020

  Advanced molecular tools for breeding in Mediterranean fruit trees: Genome editing approach of Ficus carica L.

  Flaishman, M. A., Peer, R., Raz, A., Cohen, O., Izhaki, K., Bocobza, S., Lama, K., Pliner, M. & Levy, A., 24 Jun 2020, In: Acta Horticulturae. 1280, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ficus carica 100%
  • gene editing 90%
  • fruit trees 79%
  • figs 68%
  • breeding 44%

• Homoeologous exchanges occur through intragenic recombination generating novel transcripts and proteins in wheat and other polyploids

  Zhang, Z., Gou, X., Xun, H., Bian, Y., Ma, X., Li, J., Li, N., Gong, L., Feldman, M., Liu, B. & Levy, A. A., 23 Jun 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 25, p. 14561-14571 11 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Polyploidy 100%
  • Triticum 96%
  • Genetic Recombination 76%
  • Genome 53%
  • Chromosomes 41%

• Independent evolution of transcript abundance and gene regulatory dynamics

  Krieger, G., Lupo, O., Levy, A. A. & Barkai, N., 22 Jul 2020, In: Genome Research. 30, p. 1000-1011 12 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Regulator Genes 100%
  • Gene Expression 57%
  • Gene Drive Technology 24%
  • Yeasts 13%
  • Genes 12%

• The Israeli–Palestinian wheat landraces collection: restoration and characterization of lost genetic diversity

  Frankin, S., Kunta, S., Abbo, S., Sela, H., Goldberg, B. Z., Bonfil, D. J., Levy, A. A., Avivi-Ragolsky, N., Nashef, K., Roychowdhury, R., Faraj, T., Lifshitz, D., Mayzlish-Gati, E. & Ben-David, R., 30 Aug 2020, In: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 100, 11, p. 4083-4092 10 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Triticum 100%
  • landraces 79%
  • Genetic Variation 79%
  • wheat 52%
  • genetic variation 51%
• 2019

  Letter of Intent for the LUXE Experiment

  Abramowicz, H., Altarelli, M., Aßmann, R., Behnke, T., Benhammou, Y., Borysov, O., Brinkmann, R., Burkart, F., Büßer, K., Davidi, O., Decking, W., Elkina, N., Harsh, H., Hartin, A., Hartl, I., Heinemann, B., Heinzl, T., TalHod, N., Hoffmann, M., Ilderton, A., & 16 othersKing, B., Levy, A., List, J., Maier, A. R., Negodin, E., Perez, G., Pomerantz, I., Ringwald, A., Rödel, C., Saimpert, M., Salgado, F., Sarri, G., Savoray, I., Teter, T., Wing, M. & Zepf, M., 2 Sep 2019, (Submitted) In: arXiv. 33 p., 1909.00860.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • high energy electrons 100%
  • physics 95%
  • electron beams 71%
  • lasers 65%
  • electron-positron pairs 65%

• Single Molecule Imaging of T-DNA Intermediates Following Agrobacterium tumefaciens Infection in Nicotiana benthamiana

  Pereman, I., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Dahan-Meir, T., Herz, E., Elbaum, M. & Levy, A. A., 9 Dec 2019, In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 20, 24, 10 p., 6209.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • T-DNA 100%
  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens 89%
  • Single Molecule Imaging 82%
  • infectious diseases 76%
  • DNA 62%
• 2018

  Efficient in planta gene targeting in tomato using geminiviral replicons and the CRISPR/Cas9 system

  Dahan-Meir, T., Filler-Hayut, S., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Bocobza, S., Czosnek, H., Aharoni, A. & Levy, A. A., Jul 2018, In: Plant Journal. 95, 1, p. 5-16 12 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • CRISPR-Cas systems 100%
  • Lycopersicon esculentum 97%
  • Replicon 88%
  • (all-E) phytoene 87%
  • replicon 87%

• The effects of AtRad52 over-expression on homologous recombination in Arabidopsis

  Samach, A., Gurevich, V., Avivi-Ragolsky, N. & Levy, A. A., Jul 2018, In: Plant Journal. 95, 1, p. 30-40 11 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Arabidopsis 100%
  • Gene Targeting 89%
  • homologous recombination 87%
  • Homologous Recombination 86%
  • Recombinational DNA Repair 66%
• 2017

  Bread Affects Clinical Parameters and Induces Gut Microbiome-Associated Personal Glycemic Responses

  Korem, T., Zeevi, D., Zmora, N., Weissbrod, O., Bar, N., Lotan-Pompan, M., Avnit-Sagi, T., Kosower, N., Malka, G., Rein, M., Suez, J., Goldberg, B. Z., Weinberger, A., Levy, A. A., Elinav, E. & Segal, E., 6 Jun 2017, In: Cell Metabolism. 25, 6, p. 1243-1253.e5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Bread Affects Clinical Parameters and Induces Gut Microbiome-Associated Personal Glycemic Responses

  Korem, T., Zmora, N., Weissbrod, O., Bar, N., Lotan-Pompan, M., Avnit Sagi, S. T., Kosower, N., Malka, G., Rein, M., Suez, J., Goldberg, B. Z., Weinberger, A., Levy, A., Elinav, E. & Segal, E., 6 Jun 2017, In: Cell Metabolism. 25, 6, p. 1243-1253 11 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bread 100%
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome 77%
  • Whole Grains 13%
  • Microbiota 9%
  • Cross-Over Studies 8%

• Genomic features shaping the landscape of meiotic double-strand-break hotspots in maize

  He, Y., Wang, M., Dukowic-Schulze, S., Zhou, A., Tiang, C-L., Shilo, S., Sidhu, G. K., Eichten, S., Bradbury, P., Springer, N. M., Buckler, E. S., Levy, A. A., Sun, Q., Pillardy, J., Kianian, P. M. A., Kianian, S. F., Chen, C. & Pawlowski, W. P., 14 Nov 2017, In: Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America-Physical Sciences. 114, 46, p. 12231-12236 6 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • genomics 100%
  • corn 98%
  • eukaryotic cells 81%
  • nucleosomes 77%
  • DNA 48%

• Heterosis as a consequence of regulatory incompatibility

  Herbst, R. H., Bar-Zvi, D., Reikhav, S., Soifer, I., Breker, M., Jona, G., Shimoni, E., Schuldiner, M., Levy, A. A. & Barkai, N., 11 May 2017, In: BMC Biology. 15, 1, 15 p., 38.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Hybrid Vigor 100%
  • heterosis 99%
  • incompatibility 71%
  • Mutation 48%
  • Ethanol 36%

• Targeted recombination between homologous chromosomes for precise breeding in tomato

  Hayut, S. F., Bessudo, C. M. & Levy, A., 26 May 2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 9 p., 15605.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • tomatoes 100%
  • Lycopersicon esculentum 84%
  • chromosomes 74%
  • Breeding 71%
  • strands 64%

• T-DNA-Genome junctions form early after infection and are influenced by the chromatin state of the host genome

  Shilo, S., Tripathi, P., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Tzfadia, O., Muth, T. R. & Levy, A., 24 Jul 2017, In: PLoS Genetics. 13, 7, e1006875.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • T-DNA 100%
  • genome 56%
  • infection 56%
  • chromatin 54%
  • Chromatin 53%

• Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication

  Avni, R., Nave, M., Barad, O., Baruch, K., Twardziok, S. O., Gundlach, H., Hale, I., Mascher, M., Spannagl, M., Wiebe, K., Jordan, K. W., Golan, G., Deek, J., Ben-Zvi, B., Ben-Zvi, G., Himmelbach, A., Maclachlan, R. P., Sharpe, A. G., Fritz, A., Ben-David, R., & 28 othersBudak, H., Fahima, T., Korol, A., Faris, J. D., Hernandez, A., Mikel, M. A., Levy, A. A., Steffenson, B., Maccaferri, M., Tuberosa, R., Cattivelli, L., Faccioli, P., Ceriotti, A., Kashkush, K., Pourkheirandish, M., Komatsuda, T., Eilam, T., Sela, H., Sharon, A., Ohad, N., Chamovitz, D. A., Mayer, K. F. X., Stein, N., Ronen, G., Peleg, Z., Pozniak, C. J., Akhunov, E. D. & Distelfeld, A., 7 Jul 2017, In: Science. 357, 6346, p. 93-97 5 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science, University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Domestication 100%
  • wheat 89%
  • genome 82%
  • Triticum 76%
  • Genomics 65%
• 2015

  Analysis of Wheat Straw Biodiversity for Use as a Feedstock for Biofuel Production

  Tishler, Y., Samach, A., Rogachev, I., Elbaum, R. & Levy, A. A., 1 Dec 2015, In: Bioenergy Research. 8, 4, p. 1831-1839 9 p.

  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Biodiversity 100%
  • Straw 85%
  • Sugars 84%
  • Biofuels 78%
  • wheat straw 73%

• Comparative assessments of CRISPR-Cas nucleases' cleavage efficiency in planta

  Johnson, R. A., Gurevich, V., Filler, S., Samach, A. & Levy, A., Jan 2015, In: Plant Molecular Biology. 87, p. 143-156 14 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • CRISPR-Cas Systems 100%
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats 96%
  • nucleases 88%
  • Plantae 88%
  • cleavage (chemistry) 71%

• DNA crossover motifs associated with epigenetic modifications delineate open chromatin regions in arabidopsis

  Shilo, S., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Dorone, Y., Barkai, N. & Levy, A., 2015, In: The Plant cell. 27, 9, p. 2427-2436 10 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nucleotide Motifs 100%
  • Arabidopsis 99%
  • epigenetics 75%
  • chromatin 68%
  • Chromatin 67%
• 2014

  Use of Multicopy Transposons Bearing Unfitness Genes in Weed Control: Four Example Scenarios

  Gressel, J. & Levy, A. A., 1 Nov 2014, In: Plant Physiology. 166, 3, p. 1221-1231 11 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Weed Control 100%
  • Sorghum 59%
  • Herbicides 46%
  • weed control 46%
  • transposons 45%
• 2013

  A rapid assay to quantify the cleavage efficiency of custom-designed nucleases in planta

  Johnson, R. A., Gurevich, V. & Levy, A. A., Jun 2013, In: Plant Molecular Biology. 82, 3, p. 207-221 15 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • nucleases 100%
  • Plantae 99%
  • Luciferases 88%
  • cleavage (chemistry) 80%
  • luciferase 60%

• Epigenetic alterations at genomic loci modified by gene targeting in Arabidopsis thaliana

  Lieberman-Lazarovich, M., Melamed-Bessudo, C., de Pater, P. S. & Levy, A., 26 Feb 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 12, e85383.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Arabidopsis 100%
  • Gene Targeting 89%
  • gene targeting 81%
  • epigenetics 75%
  • Epigenomics 66%
• 2012

  Deficiency in DNA methylation increases meiotic crossover rates in euchromatic but not in heterochromatic regions in Arabidopsis

  Melamed-Bessudo, C. & Levy, A. A., 17 Apr 2012, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109, 16, p. E981-E988

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Arabidopsis 100%
  • DNA Methylation 75%
  • Genetic Recombination 73%
  • Heterochromatin 21%
  • Demethylation 20%

• Genome evolution due to allopolyploidization in wheat

  Feldman, M. & Levy, A. A., 1 Nov 2012, In: Genetics. 192, 3, p. 763-774 12 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Triticum 100%
  • Genome 55%
  • Domestication 43%
  • Aegilops 28%
  • Epigenomics 23%
• 2011

  Identification of plant RAD52 homologs and characterization of the arabidopsis thaliana RAD52-like genes

  Samach, A., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Avivi-Ragolski, N., Pietrokovski, S. & Levy, A., Dec 2011, In: Plant Cell. 23, 12, p. 4266-4279 14 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • plant identification 100%
  • Arabidopsis 99%
  • Arabidopsis thaliana 59%
  • Radiation 57%
  • nucleic acid annealing 34%

• Localized egg-cell expression of effector proteins for targeted modification of the Arabidopsis genome

  Even-Faitelson, L., Samach, A., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Avivi-Ragolsky, N. & Levy, A., Dec 2011, In: Plant Journal. 68, 5, p. 929-937 9 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Arabidopsis 100%
  • ova 80%
  • Ovum 78%
  • Genome 52%
  • eggs 45%

• Polyploidization increases meiotic recombination frequency in Arabidopsis

  Pecinka, A., Fang, W., Rehmsmeier, M., Levy, A. A. & Mittelsten Scheid, O., 21 Apr 2011, In: BMC Biology. 9, 24.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Arabidopsis 100%
  • recombination 83%
  • Genetic Recombination 73%
  • Mutation 64%
  • Polyploidy 64%

• Wheat hybridization and polyploidization results in deregulation of small RNAs

  Kenan-Eichler, M., Leshkowitz, D., Tal, L., Noor, E., Melamed-Bessudo, C., Feldman, M. & Levy, A., 1 Jun 2011, In: Genetics. 188, 2, p. 263-272 10 p.

  Weizmann Institute of Science

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • DNA Transposable Elements 100%
  • Triticum 94%
  • RNA 53%
  • Methylation 46%
  • MicroRNAs 43%