Recent PIC Publications

Richter, G. L., G. B. Monshausen, Krol, A., Gilroy, S. (2009). "Mechanical stimuli modulate lateral root organogenesis." Plant Physiol 151(4): 1855-1866. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Monshausen, G. B., T. N. Bibikova, Weisenseel, N. H., Gilroy, S. (2009). "Ca2+ regulates reactive oxygen species production and pH during mechanosensing in Arabidopsis roots." Plant Cell 21(8): 2341-2356. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Lewis, D. R., G. Wu, Ljung, K., Spalding, E. P. (2009). "Auxin transport into cotyledons and cotyledon growth depend similarly on the ABCB19 Multidrug Resistance-like transporter." Plant J 60(1): 91-101. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Haruta, M., G. Monshausen, Gilroy, S., Sussman, M. R. (2008). "A cytoplasmic Ca2+ functional assay for identifying and purifying endogenous cell signaling peptides in Arabidopsis seedlings: identification of AtRALF1 peptide." Biochemistry 47(24): 6311-6321. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Monshausen, G. B., M. A. Messerli, Gilroy, S. (2008). "Imaging of the Yellow Cameleon 3.6 indicator reveals that elevations in cytosolic Ca2+ follow oscillating increases in growth in root hairs of Arabidopsis." Plant Physiol 147(4): 1690-1698. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Ebine, K., Y. Okatani, Uemura, T., Goh, T., Shoda, K., Niihama, M., Morita, M. T., Spitzer, C., Otegui, M. S., Nakano, A. and Ueda, T. (2008). "A SNARE complex unique to seed plants is required for protein storage vacuole biogenesis and seed development of Arabidopsis thaliana." Plant Cell 20(11): 3006-3021. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Martinez, D. E., M. L. Costa, Gomez, F. M., Otegui, M. S., and Guiamet, J. J. (2008). "'Senescence-associated vacuoles' are involved in the degradation of chloroplast proteins in tobacco leaves." Plant J 56(2): 196-206. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Bosch. J. A., Heo, K., Sliwinski, M. K., and Baum, D. A. (2008) LEAFY expression and the developmental basis of rosette flowering in Brassicaceae. Am. J. Botany 95: 286-293. Used the FEI Quanta in SEM mode.

Bush, S.M., Krysan, P.J. (2007) Mutational evidence that the Arabidopsis MAP kinase MPK6 is involved in anther, inflorescence, and embryo development. J. Exp. Bot. 58: 2181 - 2191. Used the FEI Quanta ESEM.

Haas T.J., Sliwinski, M.K., Martínez. D.E., Preuss, M. Ebine, K., Ueda, T., Nielsen, E., Odorizz, G. Otegui, M.S. (2007) AAA ATPase SKD1 is involved in multivesicular endosome function and interacts with its positive regulator LYST-INTERACTING PROTEIN5. Plant Cell 19: 1295-1312. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Harrison, B.R., and Masson, P.H. (2007). ARL2, ARG1 and PIN3 define a gravity signal transduction pathway in root statocytes. Plant J. 53: 380-392. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Konopka, C.A., Bednarek, S.Y. (2008) Comparison of the dynamics and functional redundancy of the Arabidopsis dynamin-related isoforms, DRP1A and DRP1C, during plant development. Plant Physiol. Mar 14, Epub ahead of print. Used the FEI Quanta ESEM.

Lewis, D.R., Miller N.D., Splitt B.L., Wu, G., Spalding, E.P. (2007) Separating the roles of acropetal and basipetal auxin transport on gravitropism with mutations in two Arabidopsis Multidrug Resistance-like ABC transporter genes. Plant Cell 19: 1838-1850. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Monshausen, G.B., Bibikova, T.N., Messerli, M.A., Shi, C., Gilroy, S. (2007) Oscillations in extracellular pH and reactive oxygen species modulate tip growth of Arabidopsis root hairs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Dec 26;104(52):20996-1001. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Phillips, A.R., Suttangkakul, A., Vierstra, R.D. (2008) The ATG12 conjugating enzyme, ATG10, is essential for autophagic vesicle formation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Genetics. 2008 Feb 3; Epub ahead of print. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Sliwinski, M. K., Bosch, J. A., Yoon, H.-S., von Balthazar, M. and Baum, D. A. (2007) The role of two LEAFY paralogs from Idahoa scapigera (Brassicaceae) in the evolution of a derived plant architecture. Plant Journal 51:211-219. Used the Olympus bright field / epifluorescence microscope.

Suarez-Rodriguez, M.C., Adams-Phillips, L., Liu, Y.D., Wang, H.C., Su, S.H., Jester P.J., Zhang, S.Q., Bent, A.F., Krysan, P.J. (2007) MEKK1 is required for flg22-induced MPK4 activation in Arabidopsis plants. Plant Physiology 143: 661-669. Used the FEI Quanta ESEM.

Wu, G., Lewis, D.R., Spalding, E.P. (2007) Mutations in Arabidopsis Multidrug Resistance-like ABC transporters separate the roles of acropetal and basipetal auxin transport in lateral root development. Plant Cell 19: 1826-1837. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Wu, G., Spalding, E.P. (2007) Separate functions for nuclear and cytoplasmic cryptochrome 1 during photomorphogenesis of Arabidopsis seedlings. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104: 18813-18818. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.

Yang, P., Smalle, J., Lee, S., Emborg, T.J., Yan, N., Vierstra, R.D. (2007) Ubiquitin carboxy terminal hydrolase 1 and 2 affect shoot architecture in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 51: 441-457. Used the Zeiss 510 CLSM.