DR. RAÚL HERRERA

Busatto N., Herrera R. (2025). Fruit development and ripening – A moleclar and physiological view modulating and enhancing fruit quality. J. Plant Growth Regulation. 44 : 1069-1071. doi: 10.1007/s00344-025-11643-5

Gómez-Parada C., Figueroa C. R., Lin-Wang K., Moya-León MA., Espley RV., Allan AC., Herrera R. (2025). Functionality of the MYB1 transcription factor in the transactivation of leucoanthocyanidin reductase (LAR) promoters of Fragaria × ananassa and Fragaria chiloensis. J. Plant Growth Regulation. 44: 1104-1115. Doi: 10.1007/s00344-024-11281-3

Méndez T., Guajardo J., Cruz N., Gutiérrez R., Norambuena L., Vega A., Moya-León MA., Herrera R. (2024). The characterization of a novel PrMADS11 transcription factor from Pinus radiata induced early in bent pine stem. International Journal of Molecular Science. 25(13):7245 doi:10.3390/ijms25137245

Curaqueo M.Z., Valenzuela-Riffo F., Herrera R., Moya-León M. A. Characterization of FchAGL9 and FchSHP, two MADS-boxes related to softening of Fragaria chiloensis fruit. J. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 215:108985 doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108985

Sanhueza D., Sepúlveda P., Salazar-Carrasco A., Zúñiga S., Herrera R., Moya-León MA., Saez-Aguayo S. (2024). Mucilage extracted from Chilean papaya seeds is enriched with homogalacturonan domains. Frontiers in Plant Science. Doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.138053374.

Moya-León M. A., Stappung Y., Mattus-Araya E., Herrera R. (2023). Insights into the Genes Involved in ABA Biosynthesis and Perception during Development and Ripening of the Chilean Strawberry Fruit. Int. J. of Molecular Science. 24, 8531. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijms24108531

Cuadra P., Fajardo V., Pimentel P., Moya-Leon MA., Herrera R. (2022). Effects of UVB radiation in the PSII reaction center fluorescence and DNA of Gnaphalium vira-vira (Molina) plants. Polish Polar Research. 43(4) :325-339. doi:10.24425/ppr2022.140368

Gaete-Eastman C., Stappung Y., Molinett., Urbina D., Moya-Leon MA., Herrera R. (2022). RNAseq, transcriptome analysis and identification of DEGs involved in development and ripening of Fragaria chiloensis fruit. Frontiers in Plant Sci. 13:976901. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.976901.

Gaete-Eastman C., Mattus-Araya E., Herrera R., Moya-Leon MA. (2022). Evaluation of reference genes for transcript normalization in Fragaria chiloensis fruit and vegetative tissues. Physiol. and Mol. Biol. of Plants. 28:1535-1544. Doi: 10.1007/s12298-022-01227-y.

Mendez T., Stappung Y., Moya-León MA., Herrera R. (2022). Differential expression of arabinogalactan in response to inclination in stem of Pinus radiata seedlings. Plants. 11:1190. Doi: 10.3390/plants11091190.

Rodriguez-Cabello F., Arevalo B., Moya-Leon MA., Herrera R. (2022). PIPs from Fragaria vesca: a structural analysis of native and mutated protein. J. of Mol. Graphics and Modelling. 117 :108310. doi: 10.1016/j.mgm.2022.108310.

Mattus E., Stappung Y., Herrera R., Moya-León MA. (2022). Molecular actors involved in the softening of Fragaria chiloensis fruit accelerated by ABA treatment. J. Plant Growth Regulation  Doi: 10.1007/s00344-021-10564-3

Mattus-Araya E., Guajardo J., Herrera R., Moya-Leon MA. (2022). ABA speeds the progress of color in developing F. chiloensis fruit through the activation of PAL, CHS and ANS, key genes of the phenylpropanoid/flavonoid and anthocyanin pathways. Int. J. of Mol. Science 23:3854. Doi: 10.3390/ijms23073854.

Letelier L., Gaete-Eastman C., Peñailillo P., Moya-Leon MA., Herrera R. (2020). Sourthern species from the biodiversity hotspot of central Chile : A source of colour, aroma, and metabolites for global agricultural and food industry in a scenario of climate change. Frontier in Plant Science. 11 :1002. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.01002

Morales-Quintana L., Beltrán D., Méndez-Yañez A., Valenzuela-Riffo F., Herrera R., Moya-Leon MA. (2020). Kinetics and structural characterization of FcXTH2, a novel xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase enzyme of Chilean strawberry with hydrolase activity. International Journal of Molecular Science. 21: 3380; doi:10.3390/ijms21093380.

Cuadra P., Guajardo J., Carrasco-Orellana C., Stappung Y., Fajardo V., Herrera R. (2020). Characterization and differential expression of Chalcone synthase from the patagonian Deschampsia antarctica Desv. Phytochemistry. 169: 112179 doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.112179

Mendez-Yañez A., Gonzalez M., Carrasco-Orellana C., Herrera R., Moya-Leon Ma. (2020). Isolation of a rhamnogalacturonan lyase expressed during ripening of the Chilean strawberry fruit and its biochemical characterization. Plant Biochemistry and Physiology. 146: 411-419. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.11.041

Salazar, R., Pollmann, S., Morales-Quintana, L., Herrera, R., Caparrós-Ruiz, D., Ramos P. 2018. In seedlings of Pinus radiata, jasmonic acid and auxin are differentially distributed on opposite sides of tilded stems affecting lignin monomer biosynthesis and composition. Plant Phisiology and Biochemistry 135: 215-223.

Aceituno-Valenzuela, U., Covarrubias, M.P., Aguayo, M.F., Valenzuela-Riffo, F., Espinoz, A., Gaete-Eastman, C., Herrera, R., Handford, M., Norambuen, L. 2018. Identification of a type II cystatin in Fragaria chiloensis: A proteinase inhibitor differentially regulated during achene development and in response to biotic stress-related stimuli. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 129: 158-167

Carrasco-Orellana, C., Stappung, Y., Mendez-Yañez, A., Allan, A.C, Espley, R.V., Plunkett, B.J., Moya-Leon, M.A., Herrera, R. 2018. Characterization of a ripening-related transcription factor FcNAC1 from Fragaria chiloensis fruit. Scientific Report. 10.1038/s41598-018-28226-y

Gomez, R., Gonzalez, J., Herrera, R., Ramos, P., 2018. MYB Transcription Factors and a Putative Flavonoid Transporter ABCC-Like are Differentially Expressed in Radiata Pine Seedlings Exposed to Inclination. J. Plant Growth Regul. 37, 64–75. doi:10.1007/s00344-017-9707-5

Herrera R. (2017) Transcription analysis of softening-related genes during postharvest of papaya fruit (Carica papaya L. Pococí hybrid). Postharverst biology and technology 125:42-51

Morales-Quintana, L., Faundez, C., Herrera, R., Zavaleta, V., Ravanal, M.C., Eyzaguirre, J., Moya-Leon, M.A. (2017) Biochemical and structural characterization of Penicillium purpurogenum alpha-D galactosidase: Binding of galactose to an alternative pocket may explain enzyme inhibition. Carbohydrate Research 448, 57-66

Morales L , Herrera R, Ramos P. (2017) Transcriptional and computational study of expansins differentially expressed in response to inclination in radiata pine. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 115:12-24.

Méndez-Yañez, Á., Beltrán, D., Campano-Romero, C., Molinett, S., Herrera, R., Moya-León, M.A., Morales-Quintana, L., 2017. Glycosylation is important for FcXTH1 activity as judged by its structural and biochemical characterization. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 119: 200–210.

Opazo, M.C., Lizana, R., Stappung, Y., Davis, T.M., Herrera, R., Moya-León, M.A. 2017. XTHs from Fragaria vesca: Genomic structure and transcriptomic analysis in ripening fruit and other tissues. BMC Genomics 18. doi:10.1186/s12864-017-4255-8

Zerpa-Catanho, D., Esquivel, P., Mora-Newcomer, E., Sáenz, M. V, Herrera, R., Jiménez, V.M., 2017. Transcription analysis of softening-related genes during postharvest of papaya fruit (Carica papaya L. “Pococí” hybrid). Postharvest Biol. Technol. 125, 42–51

Espinoza, A., Contreras, R., Zuniga, G., Herrera, R., Moya-Leon, M.A., Norambuena, L., Handford. M. 2016. FcLDP1, a Gene Encoding a Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Domain Protein, Responds to Brassinosteroids and Abscisic Acid during the Development of Fruits in Fragaria chiloensis. Frontiers in Plant Science.

Gaete-Eastman C., Morales-Quintana L., Herrera R., Moya-León MA. (2015). In silico analysis of the structure and binding site features of expansin protein from mountain papaya fruit (VpEXP2), through molecular modelling, docking and dynamics simulation studies. Journal of Molecular Modelling.21:115 doi: 10.1007/s00894-015-2656-7.

Bassil NV., Davis TM.,AlperinE., Amaya I., Bellon F., Brew F., Denoyes B., Dijk T., Koehorst-van Putten H., Ficklin S., Iezzoni A., Mahoney L., Main D., Mittman M., Monfort A., Peace C., Pirani A., Rosyara U., Sargent DJ., Bianco L, Webster T., Wood D., Yang Y., Zhang H., Whitaker VM., Verma S., Herrera R., van de Weg E. 2015. Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a 90K Axiom SNP Array in the Allo-octoploid Cultivated Strawberry Fragaria ×ananassa.BMC Genomics 16:155. doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1310-1

Salvatierra A., Pimentel P., Moya-León MA., Herrera R. (2014). Biosynthesis of flavonoids in achenes of Fragaria chiloensisspp. chiloensis. Blacpma. 13(4):406-414.

Valenzuela C., Ramos P., Carrasco C., Moya-Leon Ma., Herrera R. (2014). Cloning and characterization of a xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase/hydrolase gene expressed in response to inclination in radiata pine seedlings.Tree Genetics and Genomes. 10:1305-1315. doi: 10.1007/s11295-014-0762-9

Garces M., Le Provost G., Lalanne C., Claverol S., Barre A., Plomion C., Herrera R. (2014). Proteomic analysis during ontogenesis of secondary xylem in maritime pine.Tree Physiol. 34:1263-1277. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpt117.

Morales-Quintana L., Nunez-Tobar M., Moya-Leon MA., Herrera R. (2013).Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Alcohol Acyltransferase: A Proposed Mechanism of Catalysis. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling53: 2689-2700 doi: 10.1021/ci400409s

Salvatierra, A., Pimentel, P., Moya-Leon, M.A., Herrera, R. (2013) Increased accumulation of anthocyanins in Fragariachiloensis fruits by transient suppression of FcMYB1 gene.Phytochemistry 90: 25-36. (doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.02.016)

Ramos P., Herrera R. (2013) Anatomical changes of xylem cells in stem of Pinusradiata seedlings exposed to inclination and ethylene. BiologiaPlantarum, 57: 525-530.

Opazo, M.C., Lizana, R., Pimentel, P., Herrera, R., Moya-León, M.A. (2013) Changes in the mRNA abundance of FcXTH1 and FcXTH2 promoted byhormonal treatments of Fragariachiloensisfruit. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 77: 28-34.(doi:10.1016/j.postharvbio.2012.11.007)

González, G., Fuentes, L., Moya-León, M.A., Sandoval, C., Herrera, R. (2013) Characterization of two PR genes from Fragariachiloensis in response to Botrytis cinerea infection: A comparison with Fragaria x ananassa. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 82: 73-80. (doi:10.1016/j.pmpp.2013.02.001)

Galaz, S., Morales-Quintana, L., Moya-Leon, M.A., Herrera, R. (2013) Structural analysis of the alcohol acyltransferase protein family from Cucumismelo shows that enzyme activity depends on an essential solvent channel. FEBS Journal 280: 1344-1357. (doi:10.1111/febs.12127)