Lee H. Pratt

EST and EST-SSR marker resources for Iris (2009)

Tang, Shunxue, Okashah, Rebecca A, Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michele, Pratt, Lee H, Ed Johnson, Virgil, Taylor, Christopher A, ...

Abstract Background Limited DNA sequence and DNA marker resources have been developed for Iris (Iridaceae), a monocot genus of 200–300 species in the Asparagales, several of which are...

Sorghum Expressed Sequence Tags Identify Signature Genes for Drought, Pathogenesis, and Skotomorphogenesis from a Milestone Set of 16,801 Unique Transcripts 1[w] (2008)

Lee H. Pratt, Chun Liang, Manish Shah, Feng Sun, Haiming Wang, St. Patrick Reid, ...

This article is published in Plant Physiology Online, Plant Physiology Preview Section, which publishes manuscripts accepted for publication after they have been edited and the authors have corrected...

Overexpression of homologous phytochrome genes in tomato: exploring the limits in photoperception (2007)

Husaineid, Said S. H., Kok, Rosan A., Schreuder, Marielle E. L., Hanumappa, Mamatha, Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H., ...

Transgenic tomato [Lycopersicon esculentum (=Solanum lycopersicum)] lines overexpressing tomato PHYA, PHYB1, or PHYB2, under control of the constitutive double-35S promoter from cauliflower mosaic...

Overexpression of homologous phytochrome genes in tomato: exploring the limits in photoperception (2007)

Husaineid, Said S. H., Kok, Rosan A., Schreuder, Marielle E. L., Hanumappa, Mamatha, Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H., ...

Transgenic tomato [Lycopersicon esculentum (=Solanum lycopersicum)] lines overexpressing tomato PHYA, PHYB1, or PHYB2, under control of the constitutive double-35S promoter from cauliflower mosaic...

MAGIC-SPP: a database-driven DNA sequence processing package with associated management tools (2006)

Liang, Chun, Sun, Feng, Wang, Haiming, Qu, Junfeng, Freeman, Robert M, Pratt, Lee H, ...

Abstract Background Processing raw DNA sequence data is an especially challenging task for relatively small laboratories and core facilities that produce as many as 5000 or more DNA sequences per...

MAGIC Database and Interfaces: An Integrated Package for Gene Discovery and Expression (2006)

Chun Liang, Haiming Wang, Dmitri S. Kolychev, Feng Sun, Robert Freeman, ...

The rapidly increasing rate at which biological data is being produced requires a corresponding growth in relational databases and associated tools that can help laboratories contend with that data....

MAGIC Database and Interfaces: An Integrated Package for Gene Discovery and Expression (2004)

Chun Liang, Haiming Wang, Dmitri S. Kolychev, Feng Sun, Robert Freeman, ...

The rapidly increasing rate at which biological data is being produced requires a corresponding growth in relational databases and associated tools that can help laboratories contend with that data....

The Phytochrome Gene Family in Tomato and the Rapid Differential Evolution of this Family in Angiosperms (2000)

Alba, Rob, Kelmenson, Peter M., Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H.

A reexamination of the genome of the tomato (renamed Solanum lycopersicum L.) indicates that it contains five, or at most perhaps six, phytochrome genes (PHY), each encoding a different apoprotein...

Isolation of the Red-light-absorbing Form of Phytochrome from Light-grown Pea Shoots (1981)

Shimazaki, Yukio, Moriyasu, Yuji, Pratt, Lee H., Furuya, Masaki

Phytochrome was extracted from both light-grown and dark-grown shoots of Pisum and partially purified by brushite chromatography and ammonium sulfate fractionation. About 160–270 ng of phytochrome...

A Photoperiod-Insensitive Barley Line Contains a Light-Labile Phytochrome B1

Hanumappa, Mamatha, Pratt, Lee H., Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michele, Deitzer, Gerald F.

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is a long-day plant whose flowering is enhanced when the photoperiod is supplemented with far-red light, and this promotion is mediated by phytochrome. A chemically...

Fruit-Localized Phytochromes Regulate Lycopene Accumulation Independently of Ethylene Production in Tomato1

Alba, Rob, Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H.

We show that phytochromes modulate differentially various facets of light-induced ripening of tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Northern analysis demonstrated that phytochrome A mRNA in fruit...

Light-mediated changes in two proteins found associated with plasma membrane fractions from pea stem sections

Gallagher, Sean, Short, Timothy W., Ray, Peter M., Pratt, Lee H., Briggs, Winslow R.

Irradiation of etiolated pea (Pisum sativum L.) seedlings with white light affects two proteins, both of monomer molecular mass near 120 kDa. Both proteins have been detected in association with...

Phytochrome Destruction: An Apparent Requirement for Protein Synthesis in the Induction of the Destruction Mechanism 1

Kidd, George H., Pratt, Lee H.

Examination of the phytochrome destruction reaction as a function of age in etiolated oat (Avena sativa L. cv. Garry) seedlings demonstrates that following illumination of 3-day-old shoots there is a...

Comparative Immunochemistry of Phytochrome

Pratt, Lee H.

Partially purified high molecular weight preparations of phytochrome, estimated to be close to 440,000 molecular weight based upon chromatography through a calibrated Bio-Gel P-300 column, were...

Immunocytochemical Localization of Phytochrome

Pratt, Lee H., Coleman, Richard A.

An immunocytochemical assay, which localizes phytochrome in situ, indicates that this plant chromoprotein is associated with both nuclei and plastids, in addition to the cytoplasm. In an etiolated...

Characterization of a Molecular Modification of Phytochrome That Is Associated with Its Conversion to the Far-Red-Absorbing Form 1

Boeshore, Maury L., Pratt, Lee H.

Phytochrome that has been photoinduced to pellet by irradiation of intact oat (cv. Garry) shoots and recovered from a pellet obtained by centrifugation of crude extracts exhibits modified behavior...

Immunopurification and Initial Characterization of Dicotyledonous Phytochrome 12

Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H.

Antiserum was prepared against proteolytically undegraded phytochrome obtained from etiolated zucchini squash (Cucurbita pepo L., cv. Black Beauty). The antiserum was prepared by injecting into a...

Phytochrome Modification and Light-enhanced, In Vivo-induced Phytochrome Pelletability 12

Boeshore, Maury L., Pratt, Lee H.

Phytochrome that was induced by red irradiation in vivo to pellet with subcellular material and that was released from the pellet by removal of divalent cations exhibited altered characteristics....

Phytochrome Pelletability Induced by Irradiation in Vivo: TEST FOR IN VITRO BINDING OF ADDED [35S]PHYTOCHROME 1

Pratt, Lee H.

Undegraded, highly purified [35S]phytochrome was immunoaffinity-purified either from dark control oat (cv. Garry) shoots or from etiolated oat shoots that were previously irradiated first with red...

Phytochrome Characterization by Rabbit Antiserum against High Molecular Weight Phytochrome 1

Cundiff, Susan C., Pratt, Lee H.

Both small and large sizes of phytochrome purified from Garry oat (Avena sativa L. ev. Garry) as well as large phytochrome purified from Newton oat (A. sativa L. cv. Newton), rye (Secale cereale L....

Immunological and Physical Characterization of the Products of Phytochrome Proteolysis 1

Cundiff, Susan C., Pratt, Lee H.

The relationship between high molecular weight (large) and low molecular weight (small) forms of phytochrome has been shown earlier to be one of proteolysis. The products of such proteolysis are...

Red Light-enhanced Phytochrome Pelletability: Re-examination and Further Characterization 1

Pratt, Lee H., Marmé, Dieter

Red light-enhanced pelletability of phytochrome was observed in extracts of all 11 plants tested: Avena sativa L., Secale cereale L., Zea mays L., Cucurbita pepo L., Sinapis alba L., Pisum sativum...

Characterization of the Destruction of Phytochrome in the Red-absorbing Form 1

Stone, Harry J., Pratt, Lee H.

Both the red-absorbing (Pr) and far red-absorbing (Pfr) forms of phytochrome undergo destruction, defined as the loss of photoreversibly detectable chromoprotein following actinic irradiation of...

Phytochrome Radioimmunoassay 1

Hunt, Robert E., Pratt, Lee H.

A phytochrome radioimmunoassay with a detection limit of about 2 nanograms has been developed. The radioimmunoassay does not suffer from the potential drawbacks of the commonly used spectral assay...

Phytochrome Immunoaffinity Purification 1

Hunt, Robert E., Pratt, Lee H.

We have developed a phytochrome immunoaffinity purification procedure that yields undegraded oat (Avena sativa L., cv. Garry) phytochrome of greater than 98% purity within 2 hours when starting with...

Identification with Monoclonal Antibodies of a Second Antigenic Domain on Avena Phytochrome that Changes upon Its Photoconversion 1

Shimazaki, Yukio, Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H.

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay that revealed an antigenic difference between the red-absorbing and far-red-absorbing forms of phytochrome (Pr and Pfr, respectively) near its amino terminus...

Localization of Phytochrome in Oats by Electron Microscopy 1

Verbelen, Jean-Pierre, Pratt, Lee H., Butler, Warren L., Tokuyasu, Kiyoteru

Phytochrome was localized by immunoelectron microscopy in cells of the coleoptile tip of etiolated and irradiated oat (Avena sativa L., cv. Konata) seedlings. By using ultrathin frozen sections and...

Comparative Phytochrome Immunochemistry as Assayed by Antisera against Both Monocotyledonous and Dicotyledonous Phytochrome 123

Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H.

Preparation and characterization of antisera against lettuce (Lactuca sativa L., cv. Grand Rapids) and pea (Pisum sativum L., cv. Alaska) phytochrome is described. These antisera, together with...

Localization of Phytochrome in Oats by Electron Microscopy 1

Verbelen, Jean-Pierre, Pratt, Lee H., Butler, Warren L., Tokuyasu, Kiyoteru

Phytochrome was localized by immunoelectron microscopy in cells of the coleoptile tip of etiolated and irradiated oat (Avena sativa L., cv. Konata) seedlings. By using ultrathin frozen sections and...

Characterization by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay of Monoclonal Antibodies to Pisum and Avena Phytochrome 1

Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Greppin, Hubert, Pratt, Lee H.

Nine monoclonal antibodies to pea (Pisum sativum L.) and 16 to oat (Avena sativa L.) phytochrome are characterized by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay against phytochrome from six different sources:...

Identification of a Highly Conserved Domain on Phytochrome from Angiosperms to Algae 1

Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Greppin, Hubert, Pratt, Lee H.

A monoclonal antibody (Pea-25) directed to phytochrome from etiolated peas (Pisum sativum L., cv Alaska) binds to an antigenic domain that has been highly conserved throughout evolution. Antigenic...

Genetic Regulation of Development in Sorghum bicolor 1: VII. ma3r Flowering Mutant Lacks a Phytochrome that Predominates in Green Tissue

Childs, Kevin L., Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H., Morgan, Page W.

Phytochrome content of three near-isogenic genotypes of Sorghum bicolor was analyzed using immunological and spectrophotometric means. Seedlings of the photoperiodically sensitive genotypes 90M...

Phytochrome Levels in Light-Grown Avena Change in Response to End-of-Day Irradiations 1

Stewart, Sandy J., Pratt, Lee H., Cordonnier-Pratt, [ill]-Michèle

The effect of 15-minute end-of-day irradiations on photoreversible phytochrome levels in light-grown oat (Avena sativa L., cv Garry) seedlings was investigated. Oat seedlings were grown in a cycle of...

Genetic Regulation of Development in Sorghum bicolor: VI. The ma3R Allele Results in Abnormal Phytochrome Physiology

Childs, Kevin L., Pratt, Lee H., Morgan, Page W.

Physiological processes controlled by phytochrome were examined in three near-isogenic genotypes of Sorghum bicolor, differing at the allele of the third maturity gene locus. Seedlings of 58M (ma3R...

Photochemical and Nonphotochemical Reactions of Phytochrome in vivo 1

Pratt, Lee H., Briggs, Winslow R.

The nonphotochemical reactions of phytochrome in the coleoptiles of dark-grown corn seedlings were studied at 3 temperatures: 14°, 24°, and 34°. The data obtained show that the destruction of Pfr...

Phytochrome Destruction: Apparent Inhibition by Ethylene 1

Stone, Harry J., Pratt, Lee H.

Phytochrome destruction begins immediately following actinic irradiation of 4-day-old, dark-grown oat (Avena sativa L., cv. Garry) shoots grown in open containers. When grown in closed containers,...

Transcriptional Profiling of Sorghum Induced by Methyl Jasmonate, Salicylic Acid, and Aminocyclopropane Carboxylic Acid Reveals Cooperative Regulation and Novel Gene Responses1[w]

Salzman, Ron A., Brady, Jeff A., Finlayson, Scott A., Buchanan, Christina D., Summer, Elizabeth J., Sun, Feng, ...

We have conducted a large-scale study of gene expression in the C4 monocot sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) L. Moench cv BTx623 in response to the signaling compounds salicylic acid (SA), methyl jasmonate...

Analysis and mapping of randomly chosen bacterial artificial chromosome clones from hexaploid bread wheat

Devos, Katrien M., Ma, Jianxin, Pontaroli, Ana C., Pratt, Lee H., Bennetzen, Jeffrey L.

The current view of wheat genome composition is that genes are compartmentalized into gene-rich and gene-poor regions. This model can be tested by analyzing randomly selected bacterial artificial...

Sorghum Expressed Sequence Tags Identify Signature Genes for Drought, Pathogenesis, and Skotomorphogenesis from a Milestone Set of 16,801 Unique Transcripts1[w]

Pratt, Lee H., Liang, Chun, Shah, Manish, Sun, Feng, Wang, Haiming, Reid, St. Patrick, ...

Improved knowledge of the sorghum transcriptome will enhance basic understanding of how plants respond to stresses and serve as a source of genes of value to agriculture. Toward this goal, Sorghum...

A Photoperiod-Insensitive Barley Line Contains a Light-Labile Phytochrome B1

Hanumappa, Mamatha, Pratt, Lee H., Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michele, Deitzer, Gerald F.

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is a long-day plant whose flowering is enhanced when the photoperiod is supplemented with far-red light, and this promotion is mediated by phytochrome. A chemically...

Fruit-Localized Phytochromes Regulate Lycopene Accumulation Independently of Ethylene Production in Tomato1

Alba, Rob, Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H.

We show that phytochromes modulate differentially various facets of light-induced ripening of tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Northern analysis demonstrated that phytochrome A mRNA in fruit...

Light-mediated changes in two proteins found associated with plasma membrane fractions from pea stem sections

Gallagher, Sean, Short, Timothy W., Ray, Peter M., Pratt, Lee H., Briggs, Winslow R.

Irradiation of etiolated pea (Pisum sativum L.) seedlings with white light affects two proteins, both of monomer molecular mass near 120 kDa. Both proteins have been detected in association with...

Phytochrome Destruction: An Apparent Requirement for Protein Synthesis in the Induction of the Destruction Mechanism 1

Kidd, George H., Pratt, Lee H.

Examination of the phytochrome destruction reaction as a function of age in etiolated oat (Avena sativa L. cv. Garry) seedlings demonstrates that following illumination of 3-day-old shoots there is a...

Comparative Immunochemistry of Phytochrome

Pratt, Lee H.

Partially purified high molecular weight preparations of phytochrome, estimated to be close to 440,000 molecular weight based upon chromatography through a calibrated Bio-Gel P-300 column, were...

Immunocytochemical Localization of Phytochrome

Pratt, Lee H., Coleman, Richard A.

An immunocytochemical assay, which localizes phytochrome in situ, indicates that this plant chromoprotein is associated with both nuclei and plastids, in addition to the cytoplasm. In an etiolated...

Characterization of a Molecular Modification of Phytochrome That Is Associated with Its Conversion to the Far-Red-Absorbing Form 1

Boeshore, Maury L., Pratt, Lee H.

Phytochrome that has been photoinduced to pellet by irradiation of intact oat (cv. Garry) shoots and recovered from a pellet obtained by centrifugation of crude extracts exhibits modified behavior...

Immunopurification and Initial Characterization of Dicotyledonous Phytochrome 12

Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H.

Antiserum was prepared against proteolytically undegraded phytochrome obtained from etiolated zucchini squash (Cucurbita pepo L., cv. Black Beauty). The antiserum was prepared by injecting into a...

Phytochrome Modification and Light-enhanced, In Vivo-induced Phytochrome Pelletability 12

Boeshore, Maury L., Pratt, Lee H.

Phytochrome that was induced by red irradiation in vivo to pellet with subcellular material and that was released from the pellet by removal of divalent cations exhibited altered characteristics....

Phytochrome Pelletability Induced by Irradiation in Vivo: TEST FOR IN VITRO BINDING OF ADDED [35S]PHYTOCHROME 1

Pratt, Lee H.

Undegraded, highly purified [35S]phytochrome was immunoaffinity-purified either from dark control oat (cv. Garry) shoots or from etiolated oat shoots that were previously irradiated first with red...

Phytochrome Characterization by Rabbit Antiserum against High Molecular Weight Phytochrome 1

Cundiff, Susan C., Pratt, Lee H.

Both small and large sizes of phytochrome purified from Garry oat (Avena sativa L. ev. Garry) as well as large phytochrome purified from Newton oat (A. sativa L. cv. Newton), rye (Secale cereale L....

Immunological and Physical Characterization of the Products of Phytochrome Proteolysis 1

Cundiff, Susan C., Pratt, Lee H.

The relationship between high molecular weight (large) and low molecular weight (small) forms of phytochrome has been shown earlier to be one of proteolysis. The products of such proteolysis are...

Red Light-enhanced Phytochrome Pelletability: Re-examination and Further Characterization 1

Pratt, Lee H., Marmé, Dieter

Red light-enhanced pelletability of phytochrome was observed in extracts of all 11 plants tested: Avena sativa L., Secale cereale L., Zea mays L., Cucurbita pepo L., Sinapis alba L., Pisum sativum...

Characterization of the Destruction of Phytochrome in the Red-absorbing Form 1

Stone, Harry J., Pratt, Lee H.

Both the red-absorbing (Pr) and far red-absorbing (Pfr) forms of phytochrome undergo destruction, defined as the loss of photoreversibly detectable chromoprotein following actinic irradiation of...

Phytochrome Radioimmunoassay 1

Hunt, Robert E., Pratt, Lee H.

A phytochrome radioimmunoassay with a detection limit of about 2 nanograms has been developed. The radioimmunoassay does not suffer from the potential drawbacks of the commonly used spectral assay...

Phytochrome Immunoaffinity Purification 1

Hunt, Robert E., Pratt, Lee H.

We have developed a phytochrome immunoaffinity purification procedure that yields undegraded oat (Avena sativa L., cv. Garry) phytochrome of greater than 98% purity within 2 hours when starting with...

Identification with Monoclonal Antibodies of a Second Antigenic Domain on Avena Phytochrome that Changes upon Its Photoconversion 1

Shimazaki, Yukio, Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H.

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay that revealed an antigenic difference between the red-absorbing and far-red-absorbing forms of phytochrome (Pr and Pfr, respectively) near its amino terminus...

Localization of Phytochrome in Oats by Electron Microscopy 1

Verbelen, Jean-Pierre, Pratt, Lee H., Butler, Warren L., Tokuyasu, Kiyoteru

Phytochrome was localized by immunoelectron microscopy in cells of the coleoptile tip of etiolated and irradiated oat (Avena sativa L., cv. Konata) seedlings. By using ultrathin frozen sections and...

Comparative Phytochrome Immunochemistry as Assayed by Antisera against Both Monocotyledonous and Dicotyledonous Phytochrome 123

Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H.

Preparation and characterization of antisera against lettuce (Lactuca sativa L., cv. Grand Rapids) and pea (Pisum sativum L., cv. Alaska) phytochrome is described. These antisera, together with...

Localization of Phytochrome in Oats by Electron Microscopy 1

Verbelen, Jean-Pierre, Pratt, Lee H., Butler, Warren L., Tokuyasu, Kiyoteru

Phytochrome was localized by immunoelectron microscopy in cells of the coleoptile tip of etiolated and irradiated oat (Avena sativa L., cv. Konata) seedlings. By using ultrathin frozen sections and...

Characterization by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay of Monoclonal Antibodies to Pisum and Avena Phytochrome 1

Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Greppin, Hubert, Pratt, Lee H.

Nine monoclonal antibodies to pea (Pisum sativum L.) and 16 to oat (Avena sativa L.) phytochrome are characterized by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay against phytochrome from six different sources:...

Identification of a Highly Conserved Domain on Phytochrome from Angiosperms to Algae 1

Cordonnier, Marie-Michèle, Greppin, Hubert, Pratt, Lee H.

A monoclonal antibody (Pea-25) directed to phytochrome from etiolated peas (Pisum sativum L., cv Alaska) binds to an antigenic domain that has been highly conserved throughout evolution. Antigenic...

Genetic Regulation of Development in Sorghum bicolor 1: VII. ma3r Flowering Mutant Lacks a Phytochrome that Predominates in Green Tissue

Childs, Kevin L., Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michèle, Pratt, Lee H., Morgan, Page W.

Phytochrome content of three near-isogenic genotypes of Sorghum bicolor was analyzed using immunological and spectrophotometric means. Seedlings of the photoperiodically sensitive genotypes 90M...

Phytochrome Levels in Light-Grown Avena Change in Response to End-of-Day Irradiations 1

Stewart, Sandy J., Pratt, Lee H., Cordonnier-Pratt, [ill]-Michèle

The effect of 15-minute end-of-day irradiations on photoreversible phytochrome levels in light-grown oat (Avena sativa L., cv Garry) seedlings was investigated. Oat seedlings were grown in a cycle of...

Genetic Regulation of Development in Sorghum bicolor: VI. The ma3R Allele Results in Abnormal Phytochrome Physiology

Childs, Kevin L., Pratt, Lee H., Morgan, Page W.

Physiological processes controlled by phytochrome were examined in three near-isogenic genotypes of Sorghum bicolor, differing at the allele of the third maturity gene locus. Seedlings of 58M (ma3R...

Photochemical and Nonphotochemical Reactions of Phytochrome in vivo 1

Pratt, Lee H., Briggs, Winslow R.

The nonphotochemical reactions of phytochrome in the coleoptiles of dark-grown corn seedlings were studied at 3 temperatures: 14°, 24°, and 34°. The data obtained show that the destruction of Pfr...

Phytochrome Destruction: Apparent Inhibition by Ethylene 1

Stone, Harry J., Pratt, Lee H.

Phytochrome destruction begins immediately following actinic irradiation of 4-day-old, dark-grown oat (Avena sativa L., cv. Garry) shoots grown in open containers. When grown in closed containers,...

Transcriptional Profiling of Sorghum Induced by Methyl Jasmonate, Salicylic Acid, and Aminocyclopropane Carboxylic Acid Reveals Cooperative Regulation and Novel Gene Responses1[w]

Salzman, Ron A., Brady, Jeff A., Finlayson, Scott A., Buchanan, Christina D., Summer, Elizabeth J., Sun, Feng, ...

We have conducted a large-scale study of gene expression in the C4 monocot sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) L. Moench cv BTx623 in response to the signaling compounds salicylic acid (SA), methyl jasmonate...

Sorghum Expressed Sequence Tags Identify Signature Genes for Drought, Pathogenesis, and Skotomorphogenesis from a Milestone Set of 16,801 Unique Transcripts1[w]

Pratt, Lee H., Liang, Chun, Shah, Manish, Sun, Feng, Wang, Haiming, Reid, St. Patrick, ...

Improved knowledge of the sorghum transcriptome will enhance basic understanding of how plants respond to stresses and serve as a source of genes of value to agriculture. Toward this goal, Sorghum...

Analysis and mapping of randomly chosen bacterial artificial chromosome clones from hexaploid bread wheat

Devos, Katrien M., Ma, Jianxin, Pontaroli, Ana C., Pratt, Lee H., Bennetzen, Jeffrey L.

The current view of wheat genome composition is that genes are compartmentalized into gene-rich and gene-poor regions. This model can be tested by analyzing randomly selected bacterial artificial...

MAGIC Database and Interfaces: An Integrated Package for Gene Discovery and Expression

Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michèle, Liang, Chun, Wang, Haiming, Kolychev, Dmitri S., Sun, Feng, Freeman, Robert, ...

The rapidly increasing rate at which biological data is being produced requires a corresponding growth in relational databases and associated tools that can help laboratories contend with that data....

Sequence Analysis of Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Clones from the Apospory-Specific Genomic Region of Pennisetum and Cenchrus1[W][OA]

Conner, Joann A., Goel, Shailendra, Gunawan, Gunawati, Cordonnier-Pratt, Marie-Michele, Johnson, Virgil Ed, Liang, Chun, ...

Apomixis, asexual reproduction through seed, is widespread among angiosperm families. Gametophytic apomixis in Pennisetum squamulatum and Cenchrus ciliaris is controlled by the apospory-specific...