289. Nelms, Brad and V. Walbot. 2019. Defining the developmental program leading to meiosis in maize. Science 264: 52-56. Links: Abstract Reprint Full Text 288. van der Linde, K., and Walbot, V. 2019. Pre-meiotic anther development. In Current Topics in Developmental Biology: Plant Development and Evolution, U. Grossniklaus, Ed. (San Diego: Academic Press). 287. van der Linde, K., R. L. Egger, L. Timofejeva, and V. Walbot. 2018. Applications of pathogen Trojan horse approach in pre-meiotic maize (Zea mays) anther development. Plant Cell Signaling and Behavior 13: on line doi: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1547575 286. Sosso*, D., K. van der Linde*, M. Bezrutczyk, D. Schuler, K. Schneider, J. T. Kämper. and V. Walbot. 2018. Sugar partitioning between Ustilago maydis and its host Zea mays L. during infection. Plant Physiol. * co first authors doi: 10.1104/pp.18.01435 285. Matei, A., C. Ernst, M. Günl, B. Thiele, J. Altmüller, V. Walbot, B. Usadel, and G. Doehlemann. 2018. How to make a tumor: Cell type specific dissection of Ustilago maydis-induced tumor development in maize leaves. New Phytologist 217: 1681-1695. doi: 10.1111/nph.14960 284. van der Linde, K., L. Timofejeva, R. L. Egger, B. Ilau, R. Hammond, C. Teng, B. C. Meyers, G. Doehlemann, and V. Walbot. 2018. Pathogen Trojan horse delivers bioactive host protein to alter maize (Zea mays) anther cell behavior in situ. Plant Cell 30: 528-542. Breakthrough article. doi: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00238 Commentary Farquharson, K. L. 2008. The Trojan horse approach to protein jockeying. Plant Cell 30: 517. doi: 10.1105/tpc.18.00170 283. Nan, G.-L., J. Zhai, S. Arikit, D. Morrow, J. Fernandes, L. Mai, N. Nguyen, B. C. Meyers and V. Walbot. 2017. MS23, a master basic helix-loop helix factor, regulates the specification and development of tapetum in maize. Development 144: 163-172. doi: 10.1242/dev.140673 282. Char, S. N., A. K. Anjanasree K. Neelakandan, H. Nahampun, B. Frame, M. Main, M. H. Spalding, P. W. Becraft, B. C. Meyers, V. Walbot, K. Wang, and B. Yang. 2016. An Agrobacterium-delivered CRISPR/Cas9 system for high-frequency targeted mutagenesis in maize. Early view, Plant Biotechnology J. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12611 281. Altpeter, F., N.M. Springer, L. E. Bartley, A. Blechl, T. P. Brutnell, V. Citovsky, L. Conrad, S. B. Gelvin, D. Jackson, A. P. Kausch, P.G. Lemaux, J. I. Medford, M. Orozo-Cardenas, D. Tricoli, J. VanEck, D. F. Voytas, V. Walbot, K. Wang, Z. J. Zhang, and C. Neal Stewart,, Jr. 2016. Advancing crop transformation in the era of genome editing. Plant Cell 28:1510-1520. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.16.00196 280. Egger, R. L. and V. Walbot. 2016. A framework for evaluating developmental defects at the cellular level: an example from ten maize anther mutants using morphological and molecular data. Accepted. Dev. Biol. now available on line doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.03.016 279. Walbot, V. and R. L. Egger. 2016. Pre-meiotic anther development: Cell fate specification and differentiation. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 67: 365–395. doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-043015-111804 278. Egger, R. L. and V. Walbot. 2015. Quantifying Zea mays tassel development and correlation with anther developmental stages as a guide for experimental studies. Maydica 60: M34. No doi available for this journal. 277. Murphy, K. M., R. L. Egger, and V. Walbot. 2015. Chloroplasts in anther endothecium of Zea mays (Poaceae). Am. J. Botany. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500384 276. Zhang, H., R. Xia, B. C. Meyers, and V. Walbot. 2015. Evolution, functions and mysteries of plant ARGONAUTE proteins. Current Opin. Plant Biol. 27: 84-90 doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.06.011. Available online 17th July 2015 275. Redkar, A. L. Schilling, R. Hoser, B. Zechmann, M. Krzymowska, V. Walbot, and G. Doehlemann. 2015. A secreted effector protein of Ustilago maydis is required to guide host cells to form tumors in maize leaves. Plant Cell 27: 1332-1351. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.114.131086 274. co-first authors Zhai, J., H. Zhang, S. Arikit, K. Huang, G. Nan, V. Walbot, and B. Meyers. 2015. Spatiotemporal and cell-type dependent biogenesis of phasi-RNAs during male reproduction in Zea mays. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112: 3146-3151. doi:10.1073/pnas.1418918112 Commentary M. J. Axtell. 2015. The small mysteries of males. Nature Plants 1: 1-2. doi: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2015.55 273. Lehnert, E. M. and V. Walbot. 2014. Sequencing and de novo assembly of a Dahlia hybrid cultivar transcriptome. Front. Plant Sci. 5: 340. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00340 272. Kelliher, T., R. Egger, H. Zhang, and V. Walbot. 2014. Unresolved issues in pre-meiotic anther development. Front. Plant Sci. 5: Article 347. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00347 271. co-first authors Zhang, H., R. Egger, T. Kelliher, D. J. Morrow, J. Fernandes, G-L. Nan, and V. Walbot. 2014. Transcriptomes and proteomes define gene expression progression in pre-meiotic maize anthers. G3 4: 994-1010. Special issue on the Genetics of Sex. doi: 10.1534/g3.113.009738 270. Schilling, L., A. Matei, A. Redkar, V. Walbot and G. Doehlemann. 2014. Virulence of the maize smut Ustilago maydis is shaped by organ-specific effectors. Molecular Plant Pathology 15: 780-789. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12133 269. Kelliher, T. and V. Walbot. 2014. Germinal cell initials accommodate hypoxia and precociously express meiotic genes. Plant J. 77: 639-652. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12414 268. Moon, J., D. Skibbe, L. Timofejeva, C.-J. R. Wang, T. Kelliher, K. Kremling, V. Walbot, and W. Z. Cande. 2013. Regulation of cell divisions and differentiation by MS32 is required for pre-meiotic anther development in Zea mays. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12318 Plant Journal. 267. Li, G., T. Kelliher, L. Nguyen, and V. Walbot. 2013. Ustilago maydis reprograms cell proliferation in maize anthers. Plant Journal 75: 903-914. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12270 266. Qüesta, J., V. Walbot, and P. Casati. 2013. UV-B radiation induces Mu element somatic transposition in maize. Molecular Plant 2013 doi: 10.1093/mp/sst112 265. Walbot, V. 2013. Domesticating the beast. BMC Biology11: 35 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-11-35 This is a short commentary following up on issues raised in "Are we training pit bulls to review our manuscripts?" doi:10.1186/jbiol125 published in 2009. The original commentary is one of most widely viewed articles published in the journal. 264. Walbot, V. 2013. Open questions: Reflections on plant development and genetics. BMC Biology 11:25. DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-25 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/11/25 263. Marshall, W. F., K. D. Young, M. Swaffer, E. Wood, P. Nurse, A. Kimura, J. Frankel, J. Wallingford, V. Walbot, X. Qu, and A. H. K. Roeder. 2013. Forum: What determines cell size? BMC Biology 10:101 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-10-101 262. Wang, D., D. S. Skibbe, and V. Walbot. 2013. Maize male sterile 8 (ms8), a putative beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase, is important for sugar metabolic functions during anther development. Plant Reproduction, 10.1007/s00497-013-0230-y 261. Timofejeva, L., D. S. Skibbe, S. Lee, I. Golubovskaya, R. Wang, L. Harper, V. Walbot, and W. Z. Cande. 2013. Cytological characterization and allelism testing of pre-meiotic anther developmental mutants identified in a screen of maize male sterile lines. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 3: 231-249 doi: 10.1534/g3.112.004465 260. Skibbe, D. S., J. F. Fernandes, and V. Walbot. 2012. Mu killer-mediated and spontaneous silencing of Zea mays Mutator family transposable elements define distinctive paths of epigenetic inactivation. Front. Plant Sci. 3: 212. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00212 259. Wang, D., C. M. Adams, J. F. Fernandes, R. L. Egger, and V. Walbot. 2012. A low molecular weight proteome comparison of fertile and male sterile 8 anthers of Zea mays. Plant Biotechnology J. 10: 925-935. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00721.x 258. Kelliher, T. and V. Walbot. 2012. Hypoxia triggers meiotic fate acquisition in maize. Science 337: 345-348. doi: 10.1126/science.1220080 Our article was featured in PERSPECTIVES Defining the Plant Germ Line—Nature or Nurture? C. Whipple Science 337 (6092), 301. DOI: 10.1126/science.1224362 Science Signaling EDITORS' CHOICE Redox Status Incites Gametogenesis P. J. Hines Sci. Signal. 5 (234), ec197. DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2003413 Nature Reviews Genetics RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Development: Triggering meiotic fate. M. Muers. doi:10.1038/nrg3311 http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nrg3311.html 257. Wang, C-J. R., G-L. Nan, T. Kelliher, L. Timofejeva, V. Vernoud, I. N. Golubovskaya, L. Harper, R. L. Egger, V. Walbot, and W. Z. Cande. 2012. Maize multiple archesporial cell 1 (mac1), an ortholog of rice TDL1A, modulates cell proliferation and identity in early anther development. Development 139: 2594-2603. doi:10.1242/dev.077891 256. Walbot, V. 2012. Distinguishing variable phenotypes from variegation caused by transposon activities. In: Plant Transposable Elements: Methods and Protocols in the Methods in Molecular Biology series T. Peterson (ed). Humana Press Inc., New York. 255. Walbot, V. and J. Qüesta. 2012. Using MuDR/Mu transposons in directed tagging strategies. In: Plant Transposable Elements: Methods and Protocols in the Methods in Molecular Biology series T. Peterson (ed). Humana Press Inc., New York. In production. 254. Walbot, V. 2011. How plants cope with temperature stress. BMC Biology 9: 79 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-9-79 253. Casati, P., D. J.. Morrow, J. F. Fernandes, and V. Walbot. 2011. UV-B signaling in maize: Transcriptomic and metabolomic studies at different irradiation times. 2011 PSB00399R Plant Signaling Behavior 6: http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/psb/article/18164/ 252. Casati, P., D. J.. Morrow, J. F. Fernandes, and V. Walbot. 2011. UV-B signaling in maize: Transcriptomic and metabolomic studies at different irradiation times. 2011PSB00399R Plant Signaling Behavior: Manuscript Accepted 20 Sept 2011. 251. Nan, G-L., J. Fernandes, R. C. Wang, A. Ronceret, W. Z. Cande, and V. Walbot. 2011. Global transcriptome analysis of two ameiotic1 alleles in maize anthers: defining steps in meiotic entry and progression through prophase I. BMC Plant Biology 11:120. PMID: 21867558 doi:10.1186/1471-2229-11-120 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/11/120 250. Casati, P., D. J. Morrow, J. Fernandes, and V. Walbot. 2011. Rapid maize leaf and immature ear responses to UV-B radiation. Frontiers in Plant Genetics and Genomics, 2:33. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00033 249. Casati, P., M. Campi, D. J. Morrow, J. Fernandes, and V. Walbot. 2011. Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic analysis of maize responses to UV-B: comparison of greenhouse and field growth conditions. Accepted, Plant Signaling Behavior 6: 1146-1153.. 248. Casati, P., M. Campi, D. J. Morrow, J. Fernandes, and V. Walbot. 2011. Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic analysis of UV-B signaling in maize. BMC Genomics 12: 321. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/321 247. Wang, DX., D. Skibbe, and V. Walbot. 2011. Maize csmd1 exhibits pre-meiotic somatic and post-meiotic microspore and somatic defects but sustains anther growth. Sexual Plant Reproduction, 7 April 2011. doi: 10.1007/s00497-011-0167-y http://www.springerlink.com/content/y84806667p752263/fulltext.pdf 246. Pimentel, S., J. Fernandes, and V. Walbot. 2011. GRFT ¬ Genetic records family tree web applet. Frontiers in Plant Genetics and Genomics. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00014 245. Kelliher, T. and V. Walbot. 2011. Emergence and patterning of the five cell types of the Zea mays anther locule. Developmental Biology 350: 32-49. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.11.005 doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.11.005 PMID: 21070762 Picked as an Editor’s Choice for a feature in SCIENCE http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6018/651.3.full 244. Wang, D.-X. J. A. Oses-Prieto, K. H. Li, J. F. Fernandes, A. L. Burlingame, and V. Walbot. 2010. Male sterility 8 mutation of maize disrupts the temporal progression of the transcriptome and results in mis-regulation of metabolic functions. Plant Journal 63: 939-951. PMCID: PMC2974755 243. Qüesta, J. I. , V. Walbot and P. Casati. 2010. Mutator transposon activation after UV-B involves chromatin remodeling and DNA demethylation. Epigenetics 5: 352-363. PMID:20421734 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911508/?tool=pubmed 242. Skibbe, D. S., G. Doehlemann, J. Fernandes and V. Walbot. 2010. Maize tumor formation after Ustilago maydis infection requires organ-specific gene expression by both partners. Science 328: 89 – 92. 241. Skibbe, D. S.and V. Walbot. 2009. Gene Expression. In Maize Handbook - Volume II: Genetics and Genetics and Genomics, J.L. Bennetzen and S. Hake, eds (New York: Springer), pp. 597-607. 240. Walbot, V. 2009. 10 Reasons to be tantalized by the B73 maize genome. Introductory piece for a special volume on the maize genome. PLoS Genetics 5: e1000723. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000723 Editorial 239. Soderlund, C., A. Descour, D. Kudrna, M. Bomhoff, L. Boyd, J. Currie, A. Angelova, K. Collura, M. Wissotski, E. Ashley, D. Morrow, J. Fernandes, V. Walbot, and Y. Yu. 2009. Sequencing, mapping and analysis of 27,455 maize full-length cDNAs. PLoS Genetics 5: e1000740. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000740 238. Nan, G.-L. and V. Walbot. 2009. Nonradioactive genomic DNA blots for detection of low abundant sequences in transgenic maize. In: Transgenic Maize: Methods and Protocols, ed. M. P. Scott, pp. 113-122. 237. Nan, G.-L. and V. Walbot. 2009. Plasmid rescue: recovery of flanking genomic sequences from transgenic transposon insertion sites. In: Transgenic Maize: Methods and Protocols, ed. M. P. Scott, pp. 101-109. 236. Walbot, V. and D. S. Skibbe. 2010. Maize host requirements for Ustilago maydis tumor induction. Sexual Plant Reproduction 23: 1-13. 235. Johnson, C. A. Kasprzewska, K. Tennessen, J. Fernandes, G. Nan, V. Walbot, V. Sundaresan, V. Vance and L. H. Bowman. 2009. Clusters and superclusters of phased small RNAs in the developing inflorescence of rice. Genome Research 19: 1429-1440. doi:10.1101/gr.089854.108 234. Skibbe, D. S., J. F. Fernandes, K. Medzihradszky, A. L. Burlingame, and V. Walbot. 2009. Mutator transposon activity reprograms the transcriptome and proteome of developing maize anthers. Plant J. 59: 622-633. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03901.x. 233. Walbot, V. 2009. Are we training pit-bulls to review our manuscripts? Journal of Biology 8: 24-26. doi:10.1186/jbiol125 Commentary. 3rd most accessed article of 2009 http://jbiol.com/content/8/12/102 232. Ma, J., D. S. Skibbe, J. Fernandes, and V. Walbot. 2008. Male reproductive development: Gene expression profiling of maize anther and pollen ontogeny. Genome Biology 9:R181 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-12-r181. 231. Casati, P. and V. Walbot. 2008. Maize lines expressing RNAi to chromatin remodeling factors are similarly hypersensitive to UV-B radiation but exhibit distinct transcriptome responses. Epigenetics 3: 216-229. 230. Fernandes, J., D. J. Morrow, P. Casati, and V. Walbot. 2008. Distinctive transcriptome responses to adverse environmental conditions in Zea mays L. Plant Biotechnology Journal 6: 782-798. 229. Walbot, V. 2008. Maize genome in motion. Genome Biology 9:303doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-4-303 228. Casati, P., M. Campi, F. Chu, N. Suzuki, D. Maltby, S. Guan, A. L. Burlingame, and V. Walbot. 2008. Histone acetylation and chromatin remodeling are required for UV-B–dependent transcriptional activation of regulated genes in maize. Plant Cell 20: 827-842. 227. Lawrence, C. J. and V. Walbot. 2007. Translational genomics for bioenergy production from fuelstock grasses: Maize as the model species. Plant Cell 19: 2091-2094. 226. Blanding, C. R., S. J. Simmons, P. Casati, V. Walbot, and A. E. Stapleton. 2007. Coordinated regulation of maize genes during increasing exposure to ultraviolet radiation: identification of ultraviolet-responsive genes, functional processes and associated potential promoter motifs. Plant Biotechnology Journal 5: 677-695. 225. Ma, J., D. Duncan, D. J. Morrow, J. Fernandes, and V. Walbot. 2007. Transcriptome profiling of maize anthers using genetic ablation to analyze pre-meiotic and tapetal cell types. Plant Journal 50: 637-648. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2001.00939.x/pdf 224. Kirst, M., R. Caldo, P. Casati, G. Tanimoto, V. Walbot, R. P. Wise, and E. S. Buckler. 2006. Genetic diversity contribution to errors in short oligonucleotide microarray analysis. Plant Biotechnology Journal 4: 489-498. 223. Ma, J., D .J. Morrow, J. Fernandes, V. Walbot. 2006. Comparative profiling of the sense and antisense transcriptome of maize lines. Genome Biology 7:R22 doi:10.1186/gb-2006-7-3-r22 222. Casati, P., A. E. Stapleton, J. E. Blum, and V. Walbot. 2006. Genome-wide analysis of high altitude maize and gene knockdown implicates chromatin remodeling proteins in response to UV-B. Plant Journal 46: 613-627. 221. Rudenko, G. N., A. Ono, and V. Walbot. 2006. An early excision variant of the MuDR/Mu transposon family is not associated with a local duplication of the bz1::Mu1 allele. Maydica 51: 227-232. Don Duvick memorial issue. 220. Rudenko, G. N., G.-I. Nan, and V. Walbot. 2005. Progress and perspectives in maize gene discovery. Maydica 50: 393-404. Special 50th anniversary volume, invited paper. 219. Walbot, V. 2005. OBPC Symposium: Maize 2004 & Beyond - Regulation of the MuDR/Mu transposable elements of maize and their practical uses. In vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.-Plant 41: 374-377. 218. Casati, P., X. Zhang, A. L. Burlingame, and V. Walbot. 2005. Analysis of leaf proteome after UV-B irradiation in maize lines differing in sensitivity. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 4: 1673-1685. 217. Casati, P. and V. Walbot. 2005. Differential accumulation of maysin and rhamnosylisorientin in leaves of high altitude landraces of maize after UV-B exposure. Plant Cell Environment 28: 788-799. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01329.x 216. Casati, P. and V. Walbot. 2004. Crosslinking of ribosomal proteins to RNA in vivo after UV-B irradiation of maize leaves. Plant Physiology 136: 3319-3332. 215. Fernandes, J., Q. F. Dong, B. Schneider, D. J. Morrow, G. L. Nan, V. Brendel, and V. Walbot. 2004. Genome-wide mutagenesis of Zea mays L. using RescueMu transposons. Genome Biology 5:82 doi:10.1186/gb-2004-5-10-r82 214. Walbot, V. 2004. Genomic, chromosomal and allelic assessment of the amazing diversity of maize. Genome Biology 5:328 doi:10.1186/gb-2004-5-6-328 213. Blum, J. E., P. Casati, V. Walbot, and A. E. Stapleton. 2004. Split-plot microarray design allows sensitive detection of expression differences after ultraviolet radiation in the inbred parental lines of a key maize mapping population. Plant, Cell Environment 27: 1374-1386. 212. Goodman, C. D., P. Casati, and V. Walbot. 2004. A multidrug-resistance associated protein involved in anthocyanin transport In Zea mays. Plant Cell 16: 1812-1826. 211. Casati, P. and V. Walbot. 2004. Rapid molecular responses of maize to UV-B: gene expression profiling in irradiated and shielded tissues. Genome Biology 5:R16 210. Pairoba, C. F. and V. Walbot. 2004. Post-transcriptional regulation of expression of the maize Bronze2 gene of Zea mays L. Plant Molecular Biology 53: 75-86. 209. Kim, S.-H. and V. Walbot. 2003. Structural and functional analysis of antisense MuDR transcripts: insensitivity of maize Mutator transposon activities to endogenous and transgene-encoded antisense RNA. Plant Cell 15: 2430-2447. 208. Casati, P. and V. Walbot. 2003. Gene expression profiling in response to ultraviolet radiation in Zea mays genotypes with varying amounts of flavonoids. Plant Physiology 132: 1739-1754. 207. Walbot, V. and M. M. S. Evans. 2003. Unique features of the plant life cycle and their consequences. Nature Reviews Genetics 4: 369 -379. 206. Dong, Q. F., L. Roy, M. Freeling, V. Walbot and V. Brendel. 2003. ZmDB, an integrated database for maize genome research. Nucl. Acids Res. 31: 244-247. 205. Rudenko, G. N., A. Ono, and V. Walbot. 2003. Initiation of silencing of maize MuDR/Mu transposable elements. Plant J. 33: 1013-1025. 204. Lunde, C. F., D. R. Morrow, L. M. Roy and V. Walbot. 2003. Progress in Maize Gene Discovery: a project update. Functional Integrative Genomics 3: 25-32. On-line version: October 1, 2002:, DOI 10.1007/s10142-002-0078-y. 203. Larsen, E., M. R. Alfenito, W. R. Briggs and V. Walbot. 2003. A carnation anthocyanin mutant is complemented by Bz2, a maize glutathione S-transferase. Plant Cell Reports 21: 900 - 904. 202. Walbot, V. and G. N. Rudenko. 2002. MuDR/Mu transposons of maize. In: Mobile DNA II, eds. N. L. Craig, R. Craigie, M. Gellert, A. Lambowitz. Amer. Soc. Microbiology, Washington, D. C. pp. 533-564. 201. Cho, Y., J. Fernandes, S.-H. Kim, and V. Walbot. 2002. Gene expression profile comparisons distinguish seven organs of maize. Genome Biology 3:research0045.1-0045.16. http://genomebiology .com/2002/3/9/research/0045 200. Ono, A.. S.-H. Kim, and V. Walbot. 2002. Subcellular localization of MURA and MURB proteins encoded by the maize MuDR transposon. Plant Molecular Biology 50: 599-611. 199. Brendel, V., S. Kurtz, and V. Walbot. 2002. Comparative genomics of Arabidopsis and maize: prospects and limitations. Genome Biology 3: 1005.1-1005.6 198. Fernandes, J., V. Brendel, X. Gai, S. Lal, V. L. Chandler, R. Elumalai, D. W. Galbraith, E. Pierson, and V. Walbot. 2002. Comparison of RNA expression profiles based on maize EST frequency analysis and microarray hybridization. Plant Physiology 128: 896-910. 197. Bennetzen, J., E. Buckler, V. Chandler, J. Doebley, J. Dorweiler, B. Gaut, M. Freeling, S. Hake, E. Kellogg, R. S. Poethig, V. Walbot, and S. Wessler. 2000. Genetic evidence and the origin of maize. Latin American Antiquity 12: 84-86. 196. Raizada, M. N., G. L. Nan and V. Walbot. 2001. Somatic and germinal mobility of the RescueMu transposon in transgenic maize. Plant Cell 13: 1587-1608. http://www.plantcell.org/content/13/7/1587.full.pdf+html?sid=33ce2c79-0fbc-4ec5-8e24-f7cc294a93e0 195. Cho, Y. and V. Walbot. 2001. Computational methods for gene annotation: the Arabidopsis genome. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 12: 126-130. 194. Walbot, V. 2001. Imprinting of R-r, paramutation of B-I and Pl, and epigenetic silencing of MuDR/Mu transposons in Zea mays L. are co-ordinately affected by inbred background. Genetical Research 77: 219-226. 193. Walbot, V. and D. A. Petrov. 2001. Gene galaxies in the maize genome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 8163-8164. 192. Rudenko, G. N. and V. Walbot. 2001. Expression and post-transcriptional regulation of maize transposable element MuDR and its derivatives. Plant Cell 13:553-570. 191. Walbot, V. 2001. Genomics: New tools to analyze genetic and biochemical diversity. Recent Adv. Phytochemistry, Vol. 35, eds. John T. Romeo, James A. Saunders, and Benjamin F. Matthews. New York : Elsevier Science Ltd. pp. 1-14. 190. Mueller, L. A. and V. Walbot. 2001. Models for anthocyanin sequestration. Recent Adv. Phytochemistry, Vol. 35, eds. John T. Romeo, James A. Saunders, and Benjamin F. Matthews. New York : Elsevier Science Ltd. pp. 297-317. 189. Walbot, V. 2001. Impact of transposons on the maize genome. Ch. 3 In: Cronk, Q.C.B., Bateman, R. and Hawkins, J.A. (eds) Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution. London: Taylor and Francis. 188. Raizada, M. N., M.-I. Benito and V. Walbot. 2001. The MuDR transposon terminal inverted repeat contains a complex plant promoter directing distinct somatic and germinal programs. Plant J 25: 1-15. 187. Raizada, M. N., K. V. Brewer and V. Walbot . 2001. A maize MuDR transposon promoter shows limited autoregulation. Molecular Genet. Genomics 265: 82-94. 186. Walbot, V. 2000. Green chapter in the book of life. Nature 408: 794-795. 185. Mueller, L. A., C. D. Goodman, R. A. Silady and V. Walbot. 2000. AN9, a Petunia glutathione S-transferase required for anthocyanin sequestration, is a flavonoid-binding protein. Plant Physiology 123: 1561-1570. 184. Edwards, R., Dixon, D. P. and V. Walbot. 2000. Plant glutathione S-transferases: multifunctional enzymes aiding survival in a hostile world. Trends in Plant Science 5: 193-198. 183. Raizada, M. and V. Walbot. 2000. The late developmental pattern of Mu transposon excision is conferred by a CaMV 35S-driven MURA cDNA in transgenic maize. Plant Cell 12: 5-22. 182. Walbot, V. 2000. Saturation mutagenesis using maize transposons. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 3: 103-107. 181. Gai, X. W., S. Lal, L. Q. Xing, V. Brendel and V. Walbot. 2000. Gene discovery using the maize genome database ZmDB. Nucleic Acids Research 28: 94-96. http://www3.oup.co.uk/nar/Volume_28/Issue_01/gkd073_gml.abs.html 180. Walbot, V., L. Mueller, R. A. Silady, and C. D. Goodman. 2000. Do glutathione S-transferases acts as enzymes or as carrier proteins for their natural substrates? In: Sulfur nutrition and sulfur assimilation in higher plants: molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects, pp. 155-165. Brunold, C., Rennenberg, H., De Kok, L. J., Stulen, I. and Davidian, J.-C. (eds), Paul Haupt Publishers, Berne. 179. Latijnhouwers, M. J., C. F. Pairoba, V. Brendel, V. Walbot, and J.-C. Carle-Urioste. 1999. 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Genetic control of disease symptoms. In: Gene Structure and Function in Higher Plants (G. M. Reddy, ed.), Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, India, pp. 123-134. 54. Newton, K. J. and V. Walbot. 1985. Molecular analysis of mitochondria from a fertility restorer line of maize. Plant Molecular Biology 4: 247-252. 53. Taylor, L. and V. Walbot. 1985. A deletion adjacent to a maize transposable element accompanies loss of gene expression. EMBO J. 4: 869-876. 52. Walbot, V. and C. A. Cullis. 1985. Rapid genomic change in plants. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiology 36: 367-396. 51. Walbot, V. 1985. On the life strategies of plants and animals. Trends in Genetics 1: 165-169. 50. Oro, A. E., Newton, K. J. and V. Walbot. 1985. Molecular analysis of the inheritance and stability of the mitochondrial genome of B37N maize. Theor. Applied Genetics. 70: 287-293. 49. Cullis, C. A., Rivin, C. J. and V. Walbot. 1984. A rapid procedure for the determination of the copy number of repetitive sequences in eukaryotic genomes. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 2: 24-31. 48. Walbot, V. 1984. A suggestion for the efficient recovery of visible mutants. Plant Molecular Biol. Rep. 1: 21. 47. Roberts, J. K. M., Jardetzky, O., Callis, J., Walbot, V. and M. Freeling. 1984. Cytoplasmic acidosis as a determinant of flooding intolerance in plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81: 6029-6033. 46. Walbot, V. and C. A. Cullis. 1984. The plasticity of the plant genome -is it a requirement for success? Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 1: 3-11. 45. Roberts, J. K. M., Callis, J., Wemmer, D., Walbot, V. and O. Jardetzky. 1984. The mechanism of cytoplasmic pH regulation in hypoxic maize root tips and its role in survival under hypoxia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81: 3379-3383. 44. Goldblatt, P., Walbot, V. and E. A. Zimmer. 1984. Estimation of genome size (C-value) in Iridaceae by cytophotometry. Annals Missouri Botanical Garden 71: 176-180. 43. Walbot, V., Hoisington, D. A and M.G. Neuffer. 1983. Disease lesion mimic mutations. In: Genetic Engineering of Plants (T. Kosuge and C.P. Meredith, eds.), Plenum Publishing, New York, pp.431-442. 42. Rivin, C. J., Zimmer, E. A., Cullis, C. A., Walbot, V., Huynh, T. and R. W. Davis. 1983. Evaluation of genomic variablity at the nucleic acid level. Plant Molecular Biology Rep. 1: 9-13. 41. Walbot, V., Newton, K. J., Maloney, A., Bedinger, P., Sandie, T., Masters, B. S., McCarty, D., and W. W. Hauswirth. 1983. Mapping genes of the maize mitochondrial genome. In: Plant Molecular Biology (R. B. Goldberg, ed.), Alan R. Liss, New York, pp. 457-466. 40. Walbot, V. 1983. Morphological and genomic variation in plants: Zea mays and its relatives. In: Development and Evolution (B. C. Goodwin, N. Holder and C. C. Wylie, eds.), Cambridge University Press, New York. pp. 257-278. 39. Thompson, D., Walbot, V. and E. H. Coe, Jr. 1983. Defective plastid development in maize plants affected by iojap and chloroplast mutator. Bioscience 33: 585-586. 38. Thompson, D., Walbot, V., and E. H. Coe, Jr. 1983. Plastid development in iojap and chloroplast mutator-affected maize plants. Amer. J. Bot. 70: 940-950. 37. Walbot, V. and D. A Hoisington. 1982. Isolation of mesophyll and bundle sheath chloroplasts from maize. In: Methods in Chloroplast Molecular Biology (M. Edelman, N.-H. Chua, and R. B. Hallick, eds.), Elsevier, New York, pp. 211-219. 36. Rivin, C. J., Zimmer, E. A. and V. Walbot. 1982. Isolation of DNA and DNA recombinants from maize. In: Maize for Biological Research (W. F. Sheridan, ed.), Plant Molecular Biology Association, Charlottesville, Virginia, pp. 161-164. 35. Coe, E. H., Jr., Thompson, D. L. and V. Walbot. 1982. Nuclear genes and chloroplast modifications in maize. In: Stadler Genetics Symposium (J. P. Gustafson, ed.), University of Missouri Ag. Expt. Stat., Columbia, MO., Vol. 14, pp. 29-46. 34. Borck, K. S. and V. Walbot. 1982. Comparison of the restriction endonucelase digestion patterns of mitochondrial DNA from normal and male sterile cytopalsms of Zea mays. Genetics 102: 109-128. 33. Hoisington, D. A, Neuffer, M. G.and V. Walbot. 1982. Disease lesion mimics in maize, Zea mays 1. Effect of genetic background, temperature, developmental age, and wounding on necrotic spot formation with Les1. Developmental Biology 93: 381-388. 32. Walbot, V., Thompson, D. and E. H. Coe, Jr. 1982. Analysis of development in Zea mays using somatic variability in gene expression. In: Variability in Plants Regenerated from Tissue Culture (E. D. Earle and Y. Demarly, eds.), Praeger Scientific, New York, pp. 148-159. 31. Zimmer, E. A., Rivin, C. J. and V. Walbot. 1981. A DNA isolation procedure suitable for most higher plant species. Plant Molec. Biol. Newsletter 2: 93-96. 30. Templeton, A. R., De Salle, R. and V. Walbot. 1981. Speciation and inferences of rates of molecular evolution from genetic distances. Heredity 47: 439-442. 29. Hake, S. and V. Walbot. 1980. The genome of Zea mays, its organization and homology to related grasses. Chromosoma 79: 251-270. 28. Walbot, V., Beachy, R. N. and M-C. Yao. 1980. Molecular techniques applied to polyploids. In: Polyploidy: Biological Relevance (W. H. Lewis, ed.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 529-536. 27. Walbot, V., 1980. Molecular biology of higher plants. In: The Biology of Crop Productivity (P. S. Carlson, ed.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 343-382. 26. Walbot, V., Thompson, D., Veith, G. M. and E. H. Coe, Jr. 1979. Nuclear genes controlling chloroplast development. In: Genome Organization and Expression in Plants (C. J. Leaver, ed.) Plenum Press, New York, pp. 381-400. 25. Walbot, V. and D. Thompson. 1979. Meristem function during maize development. In: Proc. 34th Corn and Sorghum Research Conference, pp. 92-103. 24. Walbot, V. and R. B. Goldberg. 1979. Plant genome organization and its relationship to classical plant genetics. In: Nucleic Acids of Plants, Vol. 1 (T. C. Hall and J. W. Davies, eds.) CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 3-40. 23. Walbot, V. 1979. Genome organization in plants. In: Molecular Biology of Plant (I. Rubenstein, et al., eds.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 31-72. 22. Walbot, V. and E. H. Coe, Jr. 1979. Nuclear gene Iojap conditions a programmed change to ribosome-less plastids in Zea mays. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76: 2760-2764. 21. Walbot, V. 1978. Stability of mercurated DNA during reassociation and S-1 nuclease digestion experiments. Anal. Biochem. 90: 90-97. 20. Walbot, V. 1978. Control mechanisms for plant embryogeny. In: Dormancy and Developmental Arrest (M. E. Clutter, ed.), Academic Press, New York, 113-166. 19. Walbot, V. 1977. Quick field assays for photosynthetic mutants and water potential of plant tissues. Hortscience 12: 445-446. 18. Walbot, V. 1977. The dimorphic chloroplast of the 4 carbon plant Panicum maximum contain identical genomes. Cell 11: 729-738. 17. Walbot, V. 1977. Use of silica sol step gradients to prepare bundle sheath and mesophyll chloroplasts from Panicum maximum. Plant Physiology 60: 102-108. 16. Walbot, V. 1977. Heavy metal impurities impair the spectrophotometric assay of ribulose bis-phosphate carboxylase activity. Plant Physiology 59: 107-110. 15. Callis, J. and V. Walbot. 1976. Determination of the number of ribosomal cistrons in chloroplasts of 3 carbon and 4 carbon plants. In: Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis in Plants (L. Bogorad and J. H. Weil, eds.), Plenum, New York, pp. 27-33. 14. Dure, L. S., III and V. Walbot. 1976. Interspersion of repetitive and nonrepetitive sequence elements in the genome of cotton. In: Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis in Plants (L. Bogorad and J. H. Weil, eds.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 72-33. 13. Walbot, V. and L. S. Dure, III. 1976. Developmental biochemistry of cottonseed embryogenesis and germination. VII. Characterization of the cotton genome. J. Mol. Biol. 101: 503-536. 12. Sussex, I., Clutter, M. and V. Walbot. 1975. Benzyladenine reversal of abscisic-acid inhibition of growth and RNA synthesis in germinating bean axes. Plant Physiology 56: 575-578. 11. Walbot, V., Clutter, M. and I. Sussex. 1975. Effects of abscisic acid on growth RNA metabolism and respiration in germinating bean axes. Plant Physiology 56: 570-574. 10. Walbot, V., Harris, B. and L. Dure III. 1975. The regulation of enzyme synthesis in the embryogenesis and germinaton of cotton. In: The Developmental Biology of Reproduction (C. L. Markert and J. Papaconstantinou, eds.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 165-187. 9. Clutter, M., Brady, T., Sussex, I. and V. Walbot. 1974. Macromolecular synthesis during plant embryogeny cellular rates of RNA synthesis in diploid and polytene cells in bean embryos. J. Cell Biology 63: 1097-1102. 8. Walbot, V., Capdevila, A. and L. S. Dure, III. 1974. Action of 3' deoxyadenosine, cordycepin and 3' deoxycytidine on the translation of the stored messenger RNA of cotton cotyledons. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 60: 103-110. 7. Walbot, V. 1973. RNA metabolism in developing cotyledons of Phaseolus vulgaris. New Phytol. 72: 479-483. 6. Walbot, V. 1973. Effect of actinomycin D on growth and RNA synthesis during germination of Phaseolus vulgaris. Caryologia 25: 273-278. 5. Sussex, I., Clutter, M., Walbot, V. and T. Brady. 1973. Biosynthetic activity of the suspensor of Phaseolus coccineus. Caryologia 25: 261-272. 4. Walbot, V. 1972. Rate of RNA synthesis and transfer RNA end-labeling during early development of Phaseolus. Planta 108: 161-171. 3. Walbot, V. 1972. Macromolecular synthesis during plant embryogeny: rates of RNA synthesis in Phaseolus vulgaris embryos and suspensors. Developmental Biology 29: 104-111. 2. Walbot, V. 1971. RNA metabolism during embryo development and germination of Phaseolus vulgaris. Developmental Biology 26: 369-379. 1. Walbot. V. 1969. Transformation by polyoma virus. Yale Scientific 43: 12-15. Other Publications from the Laboratory 1. Smith, M. A. 1981. Characterization of carrot cell wall protein. Effect of alpha, alpha'-dipyridyl on cell wall protein synthesis and secretion in incubated carrot discs. Plant Physiology 68:956-963. 2. Smith, M. A. 1981. Characterization of carrot cell wall proteins. II. Immunological study of cell wall protein. Plant Physiology 68:964-968. 3. Zimmer, E. A. and K. J. Newton. 1982. A simple method for the isolation of high molecular weight DNA from individual maize seedlings and tissues. In: Maize for Biological Research (W. F. Sheridan, ed.), Plant Molecular Biology Association, Charlottesville, VA, pp. 165-168. 4. Newton, K. J. 1984. Approaches to studying the unique features of plant mitochondrial gene expression. In: Current Topics in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology (D. D. Randall, ed.), University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO. 5. Stern, D. B. and K. J. Newton. 1985. Mitochondrial gene expression in the Cucurbitaceae: conserved and variable features. Current Genetics 9:395-404. 6. Stern, D. B. and K. J. Newton. 1984. Isolation of intact plant mitochondrial RNA using aurin tricarboxylic acid. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 2:8-15. 7. Stern, D. B. and K. J. Newton. 1986. Isolation of plant mitochondrial RNA. Methods in Enzymology 118:488-496.
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