Valster AH, Blancaflor EB (2008) Mechanisms of gravity perception in higher plants. In: Masson PH, Gilroy S (eds). Plant Tropisms. Ames, Iowa USA, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 3-19

Shin H, Shin H-S, Guo Z, Blancaflor EB, Masson PH, Chen R (2005) Complex regulation of Arabidopsis AGR1/PIN2-mediated root gravitropic response and basipetal auxin transport by catharidin-sensitive protein phosphatases. Plant Journal 42: 188-200

Hou G, Kramer VL, Wang Y-S, Chen R, Perbal G, Gilroy S, Blancaflor EB (2004) The promotion of gravitropism in Arabidopsis roots upon actin disruption is coupled with the extended alkalinization of the columella cytoplasm and a persistent lateral auxin gradient. Plant Journal 31: 113-125

Hou G, Mohamalawari DR, Blancaflor EB (2003) Enhanced gravitropism of roots with a disrupted cap actin cytoskeleton. Plant Physiology 131:1360-1373

Blancaflor EB, Masson PH (2003) Update on Plant gravitropism. Unraveling the ups and downs of a complex process. Plant Physiology 113: 1677-1690

Blancaflor EB, Hou G, Mohamalawari DR (2003) The promotive effect of latrunculin B on gravitropism of maize roots is concentration dependent. Advances in Space Research 31:2215-2220

Blancaflor EB (2002) The cytoskeleton and gravitropism in higher plants. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 21: 120-136

Fasano JM*, Swanson SJ*, Blancaflor EB*, Dowd PE, Kao T-h., Gilroy S (2001) Changes in root cap pH are required for the gravity response of the Arabidopsis root. Plant Cell 13: 907-921. *joint first authors

Blancaflor EB, Fasano JM, Gilroy S (1999) Laser ablation of root cap cells: Implications for models of graviperception. Advances in Space Research 24:731-738.

Hasenstein KH, Blancaflor EB, Lee JS (1999) The microtubule cytoskeleton does not integrate auxin transport and gravitropism in maize roots. Physiologia Plantarum 105:729-738.

Blancaflor EB, Fasano, J.M., Gilroy S. (1998). Mapping the functional roles of cap cells in the response of Arabidopsis primary roots to gravity. Plant Physiology 116: 213-222

Legue V, Blancaflor EB, Wymer C, Fantin D, Perbal G, Gilroy S (1997) Cytoplasmic free calcium in Arabidopsis roots changes in response to touch but not gravity. Plant Physiology 114: 789-800.

Blancaflor EB, Hasenstein KH (1997) The organization of the actin cytoskeleton in vertical and graviresponding primary roots of maize. Plant Physiology 113: 1447-1455.

Hasenstein KH, Kuznetsov OA, Blancaflor EB (1996) Induction of root curvature by magnetophoresis and cytoskeletal changes during the graviresponse. In: Kaldeich B. (ed.) Proceedings of the Sixth European Symposium on Life Sciences Research in Space. European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, pp. 71-74

Yoo C-M, Wen J, Motes CM, Sparks JA, Blancaflor EB (2008) A class I ADP ribosylation factor-GTPase activating protein is critical for maintaining directional root hair growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology (in press)

Rahman A, Bannigan A, Sulaman W, Pechter P, Blancaflor EB, Baskin TI (2007). Auxin, actin, and growth of the Arabidopsis thaliana primary root. Plant Journal 50: 514-528

Blancaflor EB, Wang Y-S, Motes CM (2006). Organization and function of the actin cytoskeleton in developing root cells. International Review of Cytology 252: 153-198

Hou G, Hill JP, Blancaflor EB (2004) Developmental anatomy and auxin response of lateral root formation in Ceratopteris richardii. Journal of Experimental Botany 397: 685-693

Collings DA, Zsuppan G, Allen NS, Blancaflor EB (2001) Demonstration of prominent actin filaments in the root columella. Planta 212: 392-403

Blancaflor EB (2000) Cortical actin filaments potentially interact with cortical microtubules in regulating polarity of cell expansion in primary roots of maize (Zea mays L.). Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 19: 406-414

*Bibikova TN, *Blancaflor EB, Gilroy S (1999) Microtubules regulate tip growth and orientation in root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal 17:657-665. *joint first authors

Teaster ND, Motes CM, Tang Y, Wiant WC, Cotter MQ, Wang Y-S, Kilaru A, Venables BJ, Hasenstein KH, Blancaflor EB, Chapman KD (2007) N-Acylethanolamine metabolism interacts with abscisic acid (ABA) signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 19:2454-2469

Kilaru A, Blancaflor EB, Venables BJ, Tripathy S, Mysore KS, Chapman KD (2007) The N-acylethanolamine-mediated regulatory pathway in plants. Chemistry and Biodiversity 4: 1933-1955

Blancaflor EB, Motes CM, Wang Y-S, Kang L, Mysore KS, Chapman KD (2006) N-acylethanolamines: Lipid mediators of plant cytoskeletal organization and response to environmental stress. In: Sanchez F, Quito C, Lopez-Lara IM, Geiger O (eds). Biology of Plant Microbe Interactions Volume 5. Minneapolis, Minnesota, APS press, pp. 163-170

Wang Y-S, Shrestha R, Kilaru, A., Wiant W, Venables BJ, Chapman KD, Blancaflor EB (2006) Manipulation of Arabidopsis fatty acid amide hydrolase expression modifies plant growth and sensitivity to N-Acylethanolamines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 103: 12197-12202

Blancaflor EB, Chapman KD (2006) Similarities between endocannabinoid signaling in animal systems and N-acylethanolamine metabolism in plants. In: Baluška F, Mancuso S, Volkmann D (eds). Communication in Plants – Neuronal Aspects of Plant Life. Heidelberg, Germany, Spinger-Verlag, pp. 205-219

Motes CM, Pechter P, Yoo C-M, Wang Y-S, Chapman KD, Blancaflor EB (2005) Differential effects of two phospholipase D inhibitors, 1-butanol and N-acylethanolamine (NAE), on in vivo cytoskeletal organization and Arabidopsis seedling growth. Protoplasma 226: 109-123

Samuels TD, Ju H-J, Ye C-M, Motes CM, Blancaflor EB, Verchot-Lubicz J (2007) Subcellular targeting and interactions among the potato virus X TGB proteins. Virology 367: 375-389

Liu J-Z, Blancaflor EB, Nelson RS (2005) The tobacco mosaic virus 126 kD protein, a constituent of the virus replication complex, alone or within the complex aligns with and traffics along microfilaments. Plant Physiology 138: 1853-1856

Ju H-J, Samuels TD, Wang Y-S, Blancaflor EB, Payton M, Mitra R, Krishnamurthy K, Nelson RS, Verchot-Lubicz J (2005) The potato virus X TGBp2 movement protein associates with ER-derived vesicles during virus infection. Plant Physiology 138: 1877-1895

Kirshnamurthy K, Heppler M, Mitra R., Blancaflor EB, Payton M., Nelson RS, Verchot-Lubicz J. (2003) The potato virus X TGBp3 associates with the ER network for virus cell-to-cell movement. Virology 309: 135-151

Xu P., Blancaflor EB, Roossinck MJ (2003) In spite of induced multiple defense responses, tomato plants infected with cucumber mosaic virus D satellite RNA succumb to systemic necrosis. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 16: 467-476

Mitra R, Krishnamurthy K, Blancaflor EB, Payton M, Nelson RS, Verchot-Lubicz J (2003) The potato virus X TGBp2 protein association with the endoplasmic reticulum plays a role in but is not sufficient for viral cell-to-cell movement. Virology 312: 35-48

Wang Y-S, Yoo C-M, Blancaflor EB (2008) Improved imaging of actin filaments in transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing a green fluorescent protein fusion to the C and N termini of the fimbrin actin binding domain 2. New Phytologist 177: 525-536

Wang Y-S, Motes CM, Mohamalawari DR, Blancaflor EB (2004) Green fluorescent protein fusions to Arabidopsis fimbrin 1 for spatio-temporal imaging of F-actin dynamics in roots. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 59: 79-93

Achnine L, Blancaflor EB, Rasmussen S, Dixon RA (2004) Co-localization of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and cinnamate 4-hydroxylase for metabolic channeling in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Plant Cell 16: 3098-3109

Fricker M.D., Parsons A, Tlaka M., Blancaflor EB, Gilroy S., Meyer A., Plieth C. (2001) Fluorescent probes for living plant cells. In: C. Hawes & B. Satiat-Jeunemaitre(eds.), Plant Cell Biology, A Practical Approach, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp 35-84.

Blancaflor EB, Hasenstein K.H. (2000) Methods for detection and identification of F-actin organization in plant tissues. In: Staiger C, Baluška F, Volkmann D, Barlow PW, (eds). Actin: A Dynamic Framework for Multiple Plant Cell Functions. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 601-618.

Blancaflor EB, Gilroy S. (2000) Plant cell biology in the new millennium: new tools and new insights. American Journal of Botany 87:1547-1560

Blancaflor EB, Hasenstein K.H. (2000) Glycerol permeabilization improves F-actin visualization in vibratome-sectioned roots. Microscopy and Microanalysis 6 (Suppl 2: Proceedings): 470-471.

Guo B, Jin Y, Wussler C, Blancaflor EB, Motes CM, Versaw WK (2008) Functional analysis of the Arabidopsis PHT4 family of intracellular phosphate transporters. New Phytologist 177: 889-898

Narasimhamoorthy B, Blancaflor EB, Bouton JH, Payton ME, Sledge MK (2007) A comparison of hydrophonics, soil and root staining methods for evaluation of aluminum tolerance in Medicago truncatula germplasm. Crop Science 47:321-328

Jones DL, Blancaflor EB, Kochian, LV, Gilroy S (2006) Spatial coordination of aluminium uptake, production of reactive oxygen species, callose production and wall rigidification in maize roots. Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 1309-1318.

Zhang J-Y, Broeckling CD, Blancaflor EB, Sledge MK, Sumner LW, Wang Z-Y (2005) Overexpression of WXP1, a Medicago truncatula AP2 domain containing transcription factor gene, increases cuticular wax accumulation and enhances drought tolerance in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Plant Journal 42:689-707

Blancaflor EB, Jones DL, Gilroy S (1998) Alterations in the cytoskeleton accompany aluminum-induced growth inhibition and morphological changes in primary roots of maize. Plant Physiology 118:159-172