Recent publications from the Plant Physiology Program at the University of Kentucky
Research is central to the training provided by the Plant Physiology Ph.D. Program at the University of Kentucky. Our success in this regard is manifest as a strong and consistent record of publications co-authored by our students. This page provides references to recent papers co-authored by current
students or recent graduates of the Plant Physiology Ph.D. Program.
Papers published in 2008
- Chakrabarti M, Bowen SW, Coleman NP, Meekins KM, Dewey RE, Siminszky B. (2008) CYP82E4-mediated nicotine to nornicotine conversion in tobacco is regulated by a senescence-specific signaling pathway. Plant Mol. Biol. 66: 415-427.
- Dinkins RD, Majee SM, Nayak NR, Martin D, Xu Q, Belcastro MP, Houtz RL, Beach CM, Downie AB. (2008) Changing transcriptional initiation sites and alternative 5'- and 3'-splice site selection of the first intron deploys Arabidopsis protein isoaspartyl methyltransferase 2 variants to different subcellular compartments. Plant J. 55:1-13.
- Galli F, Archbold DD, Pomper KW. (2008) Loss of Ripening Capacity of Pawpaw Fruit with Extended Cold Storage. J Agric Food Chem. 56: 10683–10688.
- Harris D, DeBolt S. (2008) Relative crystallinity of plant biomass: studies on assembly, adaptation and acclimation. PLoS ONE 3: e2897.
- Hill K, Wang H, Perry SE. (2008) A transcriptional repression motif in the MADS factor AGL15 is involved in recruitment of histone deacetylase complex components. Plant J. 53:172-85.
- Hunt AG, Xu R, Addepalli B, Rao S, Forbes KP, Meeks LR, Xing D, Mo M, Zhao H, Bandyopadhyay A, Dampanaboina L, Marion A, Von Lanken C, Li QQ. (2008) Arabidopsis mRNA polyadenylation machinery: comprehensive analysis of protein-protein interactions and gene expression profiling. BMC Genomics 9:220.
- Lee S, Chappell J. (2008) Biochemical and genomic characterization of terpene synthases in Magnolia grandiflora. Plant Physiol. 147:1017-33. Rao S, Taha M, Hildebrand D. 2008. Characteristics of High α-Linolenic acid Accumulation in Seed Oils. Lipids 43: 749-755.
- Thakare D, Tang W, Hill K, Perry SE. (2008) The MADS-domain transcriptional regulator AGAMOUS-LIKE15 promotes somatic embryo development in Arabidopsis and soybean. Plant Physiol. 146:1663-72.
Papers published in 2007
- Chakrabarti M, Meekins KM, Gavilano LB, Siminszky B. (2007) Inactivation of the cytochrome P450 gene CYP82E2 by degenerative mutations was a key event in the evolution of the alkaloid profile of modern tobacco. New Phytol. 175: 565-74.
- Kroumova AB, Shepherd RW, Wagner GJ. (2007) Impacts of T-Phylloplanin gene knockdown and of Helianthus and Datura phylloplanins on Peronospora tabacina spore germination and disease potential. Plant Physiol. 144: 1843-1851.
- Myung K, Hamilton-Kemp TR, Archbold DD. (2007) Interaction with and effects on the profile of proteins of Botrytis cinerea by C6 aldehydes. J Agric Food Chem. 55: 2182-2188.
- Nosarzewski M, Archbold DD. (2007) Tissue-specific expression of SORBITOL DEHYDROGENASE in apple fruit during early development. J Exp Bot. 58: 1863-1872.
- Suttipanta N, Pattanaik S, Gunjan S, Xie CH, Littleton J, Yuan L. (2007) Promoter analysis of the Catharanthus roseus geraniol 10-hydroxylase gene involved in terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1769: 139-148.
- Tang X, Gal J, Zhuang X, Wang W, Zhu H, Tang G. (2007) A simple array platform for microRNA analysis and its application in mouse tissues. RNA. 2007 13: 1803-1822.
Papers published in 2006
- Forbes KP, Addepalli B, Hunt AG. (2006) An Arabidopsis Fip1 homologue interacts with RNA and provides conceptual links with a number of other polyadenylation factor subunits. J. Biol. Chem. 281: 176-186.
- Myung K, Hamilton-Kemp TR, Archbold DD. (2006) Biosynthesis of trans-2-hexenal in response to wounding in strawberry fruit. J. Agr. Food Chem. 54:1442-1448.
- Pattanaik S, Xie CH, Kong Q, Shen KA, Yuan L. (2006) Directed evolution of plant basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors for the improvement of transactivational properties. Biochem Biophys Acta 1789: 308-318
- Villa ST, Xu Q, A. Downie AB, Clarke SG. (2006) Arabidopsis Protein Repair L-Isoaspartyl Methyltransferases: Predominant Activities at Lethal Temperatures. Physiol. Plant. 128: 581-592.
Papers published in 2005
- Afitlhile MM, Fukushige H, Hildebrand DF (2005) Allene Oxide Synthase and Hydroperoxide
lyase Product Accumulation in Artemisiaspecies. Plant Science 169: 139-146.
- Afitlhile MM, Fukushige H, Nishimura M, Hildebrand DF (2005) A defect in glyoxysomal
fatty acid beta-oxidation reduces jasmonic acid accumulation in Arabidopsis.
Plant Physiol Biochem 43: 603-609
- Fukushige H, Wang C, T.D. Simpson TD, Gardner HW, D.F. Hildebrand DF
(2005) Purification and identification of linoleic acid hydroperoxides generated
by soybean lipoxygenases 2 and 3. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
53: 5691-5694.
- Koslanund R, Archbold DD, Pomper KW (2005 )Pawpaw (Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal)
fruit ripening. I. Ethylene biosynthesis and production. J. Amer. Soc. Hort.
Sci. 130: 638-642.
- Shepherd RW, Bass WT, Houtz RL, Wagner GJ (2005) Phylloplanins of tobacco are
defensive proteins deployed on aerial surfaces by short glandular trichomes.
Plant Cell 17: 1851-1861
- Takahashi S, Zhao Y, O'Maille PE, Greenhagen BT, Noel JP, Coates RM, Chappell
J (2005) Kinetic and molecular analysis of 5-epiaristolochene 1,3-dihydroxylase,
a cytochrome P450 enzyme catalyzing successive hydroxylations of sesquiterpenes.
J Biol Chem 280: 3686-3696
- Wu S, Schoenbeck MA, Greenhagen BT, Takahashi S, Lee S, Coates RM, Chappell
J (2005) Surrogate splicing for functional analysis of sesquiterpene synthase
genes. Plant Physiol 138: 1322-1333
- Zhu C, Perry SE (2005) Control of expression and autoregulation of AGL15, a
member of the MADS-box family. Plant J 41: 583-594
Papers published in 2004
- Downie AB, Dirk LM, Xu Q, Drake J, Zhang D, Dutt M, Butterfield A, Geneve RR,
Corum JW, 3rd, Lindstrom KG, Snyder JC (2004) A physical, enzymatic, and genetic
characterization of perturbations in the seeds of the brownseed tomato mutants.
J Exp Bot 55: 961-973
- O'Maille PE, Tsai MD, Greenhagen BT, Chappell J, Noel JP (2004) Gene library
synthesis by structure-based combinatorial protein engineering. Methods Enzymol
388: 75-91
- Wang H, Hill K, Perry SE (2004) An Arabidopsis RNA lariat debranching enzyme
is essential for embryogenesis. J Biol Chem 279: 1468-1473
- Xu Q, Belcastro MP, Villa ST, Dinkins RD, Clarke SG, Downie AB (2004) A second
protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase gene in Arabidopsis produces two transcripts
whose products are sequestered in the nucleus. Plant Physiol 136: 2652-2664