Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
Readings

Readings which are underlined as links can be viewed directly.  Access is through University of Maryland licenses and so you may need to be on a University of Maryland Computer account (e.g. WAM account for off-campus or campus computer).  Other references are available in the McKeldin library reserves room.

Genetics

David W. Meinke, J. Michael Cherry, Caroline Dean, Steven D. Rounsley, and Maarten Koornneef (1998) Arabidopsis thaliana: A Model Plant for Genome Analysis  Science 1998; 282: 662-682.

Frederick M. Ausubel (2000)  Arabidopsis Genome. A Milestone in Plant Biology  Plant Physiol.124: 1451-1454.

Meyerowitz, E. M. (1994) The Genetics of Flower Development, Scientific American Sept.: 40-47.

Optional- more examples of genetic analysis
Maarten Koornneef, Carlos Alonso-Blanco, Anton J. M. Peeters, and Wim Soppe  (1998) GENETIC CONTROL OF FLOWERING TIME IN ARABIDOPSIS Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol.49: 345-370.

C. S. Gasser, J. Broadhvest, and B. A. Hauser (1998) GENETIC ANALYSIS OF OVULE DEVELOPMENT Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 49: 1-24.

Matthew M. S. Evans and M. Kathryn Barton (1997) GENETICS OF ANGIOSPERM SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM DEVELOPMENT Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol.48: 673-701.

Cloning

Crabb, W.D., Ferrari, E. and Schmidt, B. (1991) Tools and strategies for cloning studies. In: Modern Microbial Genetics. Wiley-Lis.  pp. 365-388.

Mapping

Paterson, A. (1996) Making Genetic Maps. In: Genome Mapping in Plants. ed. A. Paterson. R.G. Landes Co. pp 23-39.call # QK981.45.P37 1996

Leyser, O. and Chang, C.(1996) Chromosome Walking. In: Plant Gene Isolation: Principles and Practice. G. .D. Foster and D. Twell eds. Wiley and Sons  pp247-271. call # QK981.P5 1996

Genomics
Somerville, C., Somerville, S. (1999). Plant Functional Genomics. Science 285: 380-383

Trisha Gura (2000) Reaping the Plant Gene Harvest Science 287: 412-414

Seung Yon Rhee (2000)  Bioinformatic Resources, Challenges, and Opportunities Using Arabidopsis As a Model Organism in a Post-Genomic Era  Plant Physiol.124: 1460-1464.

Cooke, R, Mache, R. and Hoft, H. (1996) EST and Genomic sequencing projects. In: Plant Gene Isolation: Principles and Practice. G.D. Foster and D. Twell eds. Wiley and Sons  pp401-415.

Gerhold, D., Rushmore, T. and Caskey, C.T. (1999) DNA chips:promising toys have become powerful tools. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 24:

Ellen Wisman and John Ohlrogge (2000) Arabidopsis Microarray Service Facilities Plant Physiol. 124: 1468-1471.

Gene Structure/Function

Genome organization
Michael D. Gale and Katrien M. Devos (1998) Comparative genetics in the grasses PNAS 1998 95: 1971-1974.

Michael T. Clegg, Michael P. Cummings, and Mary L. Durbin (1997) The evolution of plant nuclear genes PNAS 94: 7791-7798.

Nancy Federspiel (2000) Deciphering a Weed. Genomic Sequencing of Arabidopsis
Plant Physiol. 2000 124: 1456-1459.

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Genetic Definition and Sequence Analysis of Arabidopsis Centromeres Gregory P. Copenhaver, Kathryn Nickel, Takashi Kuromori, Maria-Ines Benito, SamirKaul, Xiaoying Lin, Michael Bevan, George Murphy, Barbara Harris, Laurence D.Parnell, W. Richard McCombie, Robert A. Martienssen, Marco Marra, and DaphnePreuss (1999) Science 286: 2468-2474.

M. D. Gale and K. M. Devos (1998) Plant Comparative Genetics after 10 Years Science 282: 656-659.

Henikoff, S., Greene, E. A., Pietrokovski, S., Bork, P., Attwood, T. K., Hood, L. (1997). Gene Families: The Taxonomy of Protein Paralogs and Chimeras. Science 278: 609-614

Extranuclear genomes

Transformation
R. G. Birch (1997) PLANT TRANSFORMATION: Problems and Strategies for Practical Application Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol.48: 297-326.

Andrew F. Bent  (2000) Arabidopsis in Planta Transformation. Uses, Mechanisms, and Prospects for Transformation of Other
     Species  Plant Physiol.124: 1540-1547.

Wolffe, A. P., Matzke, M. A. (1999). Epigenetics: Regulation Through Repression. Science 286: 481-486

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Jim Haseloff, Kirby R. Siemering, Douglas C. Prasher, and Sarah Hodge (1997) Removal of a cryptic intron and subcellular localization of green fluorescent protein are required to mark transgenic Arabidopsis plants brightly PNAS 94: 2122-2127.
 

Madhuri Kota, Henry Daniell, Sam Varma, Stephen F. Garczynski, Fred Gould, and William J. Moar (1999) Overexpression of the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry2Aa2 protein in chloroplasts confers resistance to plants against susceptible and Bt-resistant insects PNAS 96: 1840-1845.
 

George Gaskell, Martin W. Bauer, John Durant, and Nicholas C. Allum (1999) Worlds Apart? The Reception of Genetically Modified Foods in Europe and the U.S. Science Jul 16 1999: 384-387.

Doris Wagner, Robert W. M. Sablowski, and Elliot M. Meyerowitz(1999) Transcriptional Activation of APETALA1 by LEAFY Science 285: 582-584.- example of using an inducible promoter

Gene regulation
Phoebe R. Johnson and Joseph R. Ecker (1998) THE ETHYLENE GAS SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY: A Molecular Perspective Annu. Rev. Genet. 32: 227-254.

Joseph J. Kieber (1997) THE ETHYLENE RESPONSE PATHWAY IN ARABIDOPSIS Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 48: 277-296.

optional:
Karen L. Clark, Paul B. Larsen, Xiaoxia Wang, and Caren Chang (1998) Association of the Arabidopsis CTR1 Raf-like kinase with the ETR1 and ERS ethylene receptors PNAS 1998 95: 5401-5406.

Peter McCourt (1999) GENETIC ANALYSIS OF HORMONE SIGNALING Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 50: 219-243

Jeffrey Leung and Jérôme Giraudat. (1998) ABSCISIC ACID SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 49: 199-222.

Itzhaki, H., Maxson, J. and Woodson, W.R. (1994) An ethylene-responsive enhancer element is involved in the senescence-related gene expression of the carnation glutathione-S-tranferase(GTS1) gene. PNAS 91: 8925-8929.

Transposons
Jenks, M.A., Feldmann, K.A. (1996) Cloning genes by insertion Mutagenesis. In: Genome Mapping in Plants. ed. A.H. Paterson. R.G. Landes Co. pp 155-168. call # QK981.45.P37 1996

Robert A. Martienssen (1998) Functional genomics: Probing plant gene function and expression with transposons PNAS 95: 2021-2026.

Michael R. Sussman, Richard M. Amasino, Jeffery C. Young, Patrick J. Krysan, and Sandra Austin-Phillips  (2000)
The Arabidopsis Knockout Facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Plant Physiol. 124: 1465-1467.

Grandbasien, M.-A. (1992) Retroelements in Plants. Trends in Genetics 8: 103-108.

optional:
Amar Kumar and Jeffrey L. Bennetzen (1999) PLANT RETROTRANSPOSONS Annu. Rev. Genet.33: 479-532.

Disease resistance
J. Glazebrook, E. E. Rogers, and F. M. Ausubel (1997) USE OF ARABIDOPSIS FOR GENETIC DISSECTION OF PLANT DEFENSE RESPONSES Annu. Rev. Genet.31: 547-569.

optional
Karen S. Century, Allan D. Shapiro, Peter P. Repetti, Douglas Dahlbeck, Eric Holub,and Brian J. Staskawicz (1997) NDR1, a Pathogen-Induced Component Required for Arabidopsis Disease Resistance Science 278: 1963-1965.

Stress tolerance

Kirsten R. Jaglo-Ottosen, Sarah J. Gilmour, Daniel G. Zarka, Oliver Schabenberger, and Michael F. Thomashow (1998) Arabidopsis CBF1 Overexpression Induces COR Genes and Enhances Freezing Tolerance Science 280: 104-106.

Elizabeth Pennisi (1998)Transferred Gene Helps Plants Weather Cold Snaps Science 280: 36.- commentary on article above

Thomas D. Sharkey (2000) Some Like It Hot Science 2000; 287: 435-437. --heat tolerance-commentary on article below

Wolf B. Frommer, Uwe Ludewig, and Doris Rentsch (1999) Taking Transgenic Plants with a Pinch of Salt Science 1999; 285: 1222-1223. -- salt tolerance-commentary on article below

Christine H. Foyer and Graham Noctor (1999)Leaves in the Dark See the Light Science 284: 599-601.-- light stress- commentary for article below

Marcia Barinaga (1997) Making Plants Aluminum Tolerant Science 276: 1497- aluminum resistance-commentary for article below

optional:
Yuuki Murakami, Michito Tsuyama, Yoshichika Kobayashi, Hiroaki Kodama, and Koh Iba (2000) Trienoic Fatty Acids and Plant Tolerance of High Temperature Science 2000; 287: 476-479.

Maris P. Apse, Gilad S. Aharon, Wayne A. Snedden, and Eduardo Blumwald (1999) Salt Tolerance Conferred by Overexpression of a Vacuolar Na+/H+ Antiport in Arabidopsis Science285: 1256-1258.

Stanislaw Karpinski, Helen Reynolds, Barbara Karpinska, Gunnar Wingsle, Gary Creissen, and Philip Mullineaux (1999) Systemic Signaling and Acclimation in Response to Excess Excitation Energy in Arabidopsis Science 284: 654-657.

Juan Manuel de la Fuente, Verenice Ramírez-Rodríguez, José Luis Cabrera-Ponce, and Luis Herrera-Estrella (1997) Aluminum Tolerance in Transgenic Plants by Alteration of Citrate Synthesis. Science 276: 1566-1568.

Metabolite engineering
Anne Simon Moffat (1999) Engineering Plants to Cope With Metals Science 369-370.

optional:
Doloressa Gleba, Nikolai V. Borisjuk, Ludmyla G. Borisjuk, Ralf Kneer, Alexander Poulev, Marina Skarzhinskaya, Slavik Dushenkov, Sithes Logendra, Yuri Y. Gleba, and Ilya Raskin (1999)Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming PNAS 96: 5973-5977.

Scott P. Bizily, Clayton L. Rugh, Anne O. Summers, and Richard B. Meagher (1999) Phytoremediation of methylmercury pollution: merB expression in Arabidopsis thaliana confers resistance to organomercurials PNAS 96: 6808-6813.

Biotech Firm in High-Nicotine Intrigue Eliot Marshall (1998) Science 279: 317.

Engineering Increased nutrition
Mazur, B., Krebbers, E., Tingey, S. (1999). Gene Discovery and Product Development for Grain Quality Traits. Science 285: 372-375

Dean DellaPenna (1999). Nutritional Genomics: Manipulating Plant Micronutrients to Improve Human Health Science 375-379

Mary Lou Guerinot (2000). The Green Revolution Strikes Gold. Science 287: 241-243.-commentary on article below- provitamin A in rice

optional:
Xudong Ye, Salim Al-Babili, Andreas Klöti, Jing Zhang, Paola Lucca, Peter Beyer, and Ingo Potrykus (2000) Engineering the Provitamin A (-Carotene) Biosynthetic Pathway into (Carotenoid-Free) Rice Endosperm Science 287: 303-305.
David Shintani and Dean DellaPenna (1999) Elevating the Vitamin E Content of Plants Through Metabolic Engineering Science 282: 2098-2100.

Plants as Expression vectors
Vidadi Yusibov, Anna Modelska, Klaudia Steplewski, Michail Agadjanyan, David Weiner, D. Craig Hooper, and Hilary Koprowski Antigens produced in plants by infection with chimeric plant viruses immunize against rabies virus and HIV-1 PNAS 1997 94: 5784-5788.

Arakawa, T., Yu, J., Langridge, H.R. (1999) Food Plant-delivered cholera toxin B subunit for vaccination and immunotoleration. In: Chemicals Via Higher Plant Engineering. Ed. F. Shahidi et al. Kluwer Academic. pp 161-178.

Last revised: May 2001- Straney