Chen Lab Publications

Uppalapati, S. R., Ishiga, Y., Doraiswamy, V., Bedair, M., Mittal, S. , Chen, J. , Nakashima, J., Tang, Y., Tadege, M., Ratet, P., Chen, R., Schultheiss, H., & Mysore, K. S. (2012). Loss of abaxial leaf epicuticular wax in Medicago truncatula irg1/palm1 mutants results in reduced spore differentiation of anthracnose and nonhost rust pathogens. Plant Cell, January, doi/10.1105/tpc.111.093104.

Peng, J., & Chen, R. (2011). Auxin efflux transporter MtPIN10 regulates compound leaf and flower development in Medicago truncatula . Plant Signaling & Behavior, 6 (10), 1537-1544 10.4161/psb.6.10.17326.

Peng, J., Yu, J., Wang, H., Li, G., Bai, G, & Chen, R. (2011). Regulation of compound leaf development in Medicago truncatula by Fused Compound Leaf1, a class M KNOX gene. Plant Cell, Advance online, tpc.111.089128 10.1105/tpc.111.089128.

Murray, J., Reddy, R., Duvvuru Muni , R. R., Torres-Jerez, I., Tang, Y., Allen, N. S., Andriankaja, M., Li, G., Laxmi, A., Cheng, X., Wen, J. Q., Vaughn, D., Schultze, M. , Sun, J., Charpentier, M., Oldroyd, G., Tadege, M., Ratet, P., Mysore, K. S., Chen, R., & Udvardi, M. K. (2011). Vapyrin, a gene essential for intracellular progression of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, is also essential for infection by rhizobia in the nodule symbiosis of Medicago truncatula . Plant Journal, 65 (2), 244-252 doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04415.x .

Zhang, C. G., Zhou, Z. Y., Wu, L., Zhang, C-G., Chai, J., Wang, M., Jha, A. K. , Jia, P. F., Cui, S. J., Yang, M., Chen, R., & Guo, G. Q. (2011). Functional characterization of the CKRC1/TAA1 gene and dissection of hormonal actions in the Arabidopsis root. Plant Journal, 66 (3), 516-527 doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04509.x.

Ge, L., Chen, J. , & Chen, R. (2010). Palmate-like pentafoliata1 encodes a novel Cys(2)His(2) zinc finger transcription factor essential for compound leaf morphogenesis in Medicago truncatula. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 5 (9), 1134-1137 DOI:10.4161/psb.5.9.12640.

Chen, J. , Yu, J., Ge, L., Wang, H., Berbel, A., Liu, Y., Chen, Y., Li, G., Tadege, M., Wen, J. Q., Cosson, V, Mysore, K. S., Ratet, P., Madueno, F, Bai, G, & Chen, R. (2010). Control of dissected leaf morphology by a Cys(2)His(2) zinc finger transcription factor in the model legume Medicago truncatula. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107 (23), 10754-10759 DOI:10.1073/pnas.1003954107.

Wang, Y., Jha, A. K. , Chen, R., Doonan, J., & Yang, M. (2010). Polyploidy-associated genomic instability in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genesis, 48 (4), 254-263 DOI:10.1002/dvg.20610.

Rogers, C., Wen, J. Q., Chen, R., & Oldroyd, G. (2009). Deletion based reverse genetics in Medicago truncatula. Plant Physiology, 151 (3), 1077-1086 DOI:10.1104/pp.109.142919.

Pan, J., Fujioka, S., Peng, L., Chen, J. , Li, G., & Chen, R. (2009). The E3 ubiquitin ligase SCFTIR1/AFB and membrane sterols play key roles in auxin regulation of endocytosis, recycling, and plasma membrane accumulation of the auxin efflux transporter PIN2 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell, 21, 568-580 DOI:10.1105/tpc.108.061465 DOI:10.1105/t.

Laxmi, A., Pan, J., Morsy, M., & Chen, R. (2008). Light plays an essential role in intracellular distribution of auxin efflux carrier PIN2 in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One, 3 (1), DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0001510.

Zhou, X. R., Wang, Y-Z, Smith, J. F., & Chen, R. (2008). Altered expression patterns of TCP and MYB genes relating to the floral developmental transition from initial zygomorphy to actinomorphy in Bournea (Gesneriaceae). New Phytologist, 178 (3), 532-543 DOI:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02384.x.

Wang, H., Chen, J., Wen, J. Q., Tadege, M., Li, G., Liu, Y., Mysore, K. S., Ratet, P., & Chen, R. (2008). Control of compound leaf development by FLORICAULA/LEAFY ortholog SINGLE LEAFLET1 in Medicago truncatula. Plant Physiology, 146, 1759-1772 DOI:10.1104/pp.108.117044.

Shin, H., Shin, H - S., Chen, R., & Harrison, M. J. (2006). Loss of At4 function impacts phosphate distribution between the roots and the shoots during phosphate starvation. Plant Journal, 45, 712-726.

Baluska, F., Barlow, P. W., Baskin, T., Chen, R., Feldman, T., Forde, B., Geisler, M., Jerstedt, J., Menzel, D., Muday, G., Murphy, A., Samaj, J., & Tiaz, L. (2005). What is apical and what is basal in plant root development? Trends in Plant Science, 10 (9), 409-411 doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2005.07.004.

Shin, H., Shin, H - S., Guo, Z., Blancaflor, E. B. , Masson, P. H., & Chen, R. (2005). Complex regulation of Arabidopsis Agr1/pin2-mediated root gravitropic response and basipetal auxin transport by cantharidin-sensitive protein phosphatases. Plant Journal, 42, 188-200.

Chen, R., & Masson, P. H. (2005). Auxin transport and recycling of PIN proteins in plants. Plant Cell Monographs, 1 ( Plant Endocytosis), 139-157.

Peer, W. A., Bandyopadyay, A., Blakeslee, J. J., Makem, S. N., Chen, R., Masson, P. H., & Murphy, A. (2004). Variation in expression and protein localization of the PIN family of auxin efflux facilitator proteins in flavonoid mutants with altered auxin transport in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell, 16, 1898-1911.

Hou, G., Kramer, V. L., Wang, Y - S., Chen, R., Perbal, G., Gilroy, S., & Blancaflor, E. B. (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, 39, 113-135 & cover image.