Dixon Lab Publications

Naoumkina, M., Modolo, L. V. , Huhman, D. V., Urbanczyk-Wochniak, E., Tang, Y., Sumner, L. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2010). Genomic and coexpression analyses predict multiple genes involved in triterpene saponin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell, 22, 850-866 DOI:10.1105/tpc.109.073270 .

Zhao, Q., Wang, H., Yin, Y., Xu, Y., Chen, F., & Dixon, R. A. (2010). Syringyl lignin biosynthesis is directly regulated by a secondary cell wall master switch. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 107 (32), 14496-14501 DOI:10.1073/pnas.1009170107.

Escamilla-Trevino , L. L. , Shen, H., Uppalapati, S. R., Ray, T., Tang, Y., Hernandez, T., Yin, Y., Xia, Y., & Dixon, R. A. (2010). Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) possesses a divergent family of cinnamoyl CoA reductases with distinct biochemical properties. New Phytologist, 185 (1), 143-155 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03018.x .

Zhao, J., Pang, Y., & Dixon, R. A. (2010). The mysteries of proanthocyanidin transport and polymerization. Plant Physiology, 153 (2), 437 DOI:10.1104/pp.110.155432.

Dai, X., Wang, G., Yang, D - S., Tang, Y., Broun, P., Marks, M. D., Sumner, L. W., Dixon, R. A., & Zhao, P. X. (2010). TrichOME: A comparative omics database for plant trichomes. Plant Physiology, 152, 44-54 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.145813.

Reichert, A., He, X-Z., & Dixon, R. A. (2009). Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum): characterization of the four tobacco PAL genes and active heterotetrameric enzymes. Biochemical Journal, 424, 233–242 DOI:10.1042/BJ20090620 .

Pang, Y., Wenger, J., Saathoff, K., Peel, G. J., Wen, J. Q., Huhman, D. V., Allen, S. N., Tang, Y., Cheng, X., Tadege, M., Ratet, P., Mysore, K. S., Sumner, L. W., Marks, M. D., & Dixon, R. A. (2009). A WD40 repeat protein from Medicago truncatula is necessary for tissue-specific anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis but not for trichome development. Plant Physiology, 151 (3), 1114-1129 DOI:10.1104/pp.109.144022.

Farag, M. A., Deavours, B., de Fatima, A., Naoumkina, M., Dixon, R. A., & Sumner, L. W. (2009). Integrated metabolite and transcript profiling identify a biosynthetic mechanism for Hispidol in Medicago truncatula cell cultures. Plant Physiology, 151 (3), 1096-1113 DOI:10.1104/pp.109.141481.

Zhao, J., & Dixon, R. A. (2009). MATE transporters facilitate vacuolar uptake of epicatechin 3'-O-glucoside for proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 21 (8), 2323–2340 DOI:10.1105/tpc.109.067819.

Wang, G., & Dixon, R. A. (2009). Heterodimeric geranyl(geranyl)diphosphate synthase from hop (Humulus lupulus) and the evolution of monoterpene biosynthesis. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 106 (24), 9914-9919 DOI:10.1073.pnas.0904069106.

Marks, M. D., Wenger, J., Gilding, E., Jilk, R., & Dixon, R. A. (2009). Transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis wild-type and gl3-sst sim trichomes identifies four additional genes required for trichome development. Molecular Plant, June 19, 1-20 DOI:10.1093/mp/ssp037.

Modolo, L. V. , Escamilla-Trevino , L. L. , Dixon, R. A., & Wang, X. (2009). Single amino acid mutations of Medicago glycosyltransferase UGT85H2 enhance activity and impart reversibility . FEBS Letters, 583 (12), 2131-2135, DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2009.05.046.

Tian, L., Peel, G. J., Lei, Z., Aziz, N., Dai, X., He, J., Watson, B. S., Zhao, P. X., Sumner, L. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2009). Transcript and proteomic analysis of developing white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) roots. BMC Plant Biology, 9 (1)DOI:10.1186/1471-2229-9-1.

Peel, G. J., Pang, Y., Modolo, L. V. , & Dixon, R. A. (2009). The LAP1 MYB transcription factor orchestrates anthocyanidin biosynthesis and glycosylation in Medicago. Plant Journal, 59 (1), 136-149 DOI:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03885.x.

Uppalapati, S. R., Marek, S. M., Lee, H-K. , Nakashima, J., Tang, Y., Sledge, M. K., Dixon, R. A., & Mysore, K. S. (2009). Global gene expression profiling during Medicago truncatula-Phymatotrichopsis omnivora interaction reveals a role for jasmonic acid, ethylene, and the flavonoid pathway in disease development. MPMI - Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 22 (1), 7-17 DOI:10.1094/MPMI -22-1-0007.

Marks, M. D., Betancur, L., Gilding, E., Chen, F., Bauer, S., Wenger, J., Dixon, R. A., & Haigler, C. H. (2008). A new method for isolating large quantities of Arabidopsis trichomes for transcriptome, cell wall and other types of analyses. Plant Journal, 56, 483-492 DOI:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03611.x.

Besser, K., Harper, A., Welsby, N. A., Schauvinhold, I., Slocombe, S.P, Li, Y., Dixon, R. A., & Broun, P. (2008). Divergent regulation of terpenoid metabolism in the trichomes of wild and cultivated tomato species. Plant Physiology, 149 (1), 499-514 DOI:10.1104/pp.108.126276.

Jackson, L. A., Shadle, G., Zhou, X. R., Nakashima, J., Chen, F., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). Improving saccharification efficiency of alfalfa stems through modification of the terminal stages of monolignol biosynthesis. BioEnergy Research, 1 (2), 180-192 DOI 10.1007/s12155-008-9020-z.

Naoumkina, M., He, X-Z., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). Elicitor-induced transcription factors for metabolic reprogramming of secondary metabolism in Medicago truncatula. BMC Plant Biology, 8 (132), DOI:10.1186/1471-2229-8-132.

Slocombe, S.P, Schauvinhold, I., McQuinn, R. P., Besser, K., Welsby, N. A., Harper, A., Aziz, N., Li, Y., Larson, T. R., Giovannoni, J., Dixon, R. A., & Broun, P. (2008). Transcriptomic and reverse genetic analyses of branched chain fatty acid and acyl sugar production in Solanum pennellii and Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Physiology, October 18, DOI:10.1104/pp.108.129510.

Pang, Y., Peel, G. J., Sharma, S. B., Tang, Y., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). A transcript profiling approach reveals an epicatechin-specific glucosyltransferase expressed in the seed coat of Medicago truncatula. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 105 (37), 14210-14215 DOI:10.1073/pnas.0805954105.

Tian, L., Pang, Y., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). Biosynthesis and genetic engineering of proanthocyanidins and (iso)flavonoids. Phytochemistry Reviews, 7 (3), 445-465 DOI:10.1007/s11101-007-9076-y.

Wang, G., Tian, L., Aziz, N., Broun, P., Dai, X., He, J., King, A, Zhao, P. X., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). Terpene biosynthesis in glandular trichomes of hop (Humulus lupulus L.). Plant Physiology, 148 (3), 1254-1266 DOI:10.1104/pp.108.125187.

Nakashima, J., Chen, F., Jackson, L. A., Shadle, G., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). Multi-site genetic modification of monolignol biosynthesis in alfalfa (Medicago sativa): Effects on lignin composition in specific cell types. New Phytologist, 179 (3), 738-750 DOI:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02502.x.

Naoumkina, M., Vaghchhipawala, S., Tang, Y., Ben, Y., Powell, R. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). Metabolic and genetic perturbations accompany the modification of galactomannan in seeds of Medicago truncatula expressing mannan synthase from guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.). Plant Biotechnology Journal, 6, 619-631 DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00345.x.

He, X-Z., Li, W., Blount, J. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). Regioselective synthesis of plant (iso)flavone glycosides in Escherichia coli. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 80 (2), 253-260 DOI:10.1007/s00253-008-1554-7.

Chen, F., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). Genetic manipulation of lignin biosynthesis to improve biomass characteristics for agro-industrial processes . In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology, 44 (Suppl. S), s28-s29.

Naoumkina, M., & Dixon, R. A. (2008). Subcellular localization of flavonoid natural products: A signaling function? Plant Signaling & Behavior, 3 (8), 573-575.

Farag, M. A., Huhman, D. V., Dixon, R. A., & Sumner, L. W. (2008). Metabolomics reveals novel pathways and differential mechanistic and elicitor-specific responses in phenylpropanoid and isoflavonoid biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula cell cultures. Plant Physiology, 146 (2), 387-402 DOI:10.1104/pp.107.108431 .

Naoumkina, M., Farag, M. A., Sumner, L. W., Tang, Y., Liu, C.-J., & Dixon, R. A. (2007). Different mechanisms for phytoalexin induction by pathogen and wound signals in Medicago truncatula. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 104 (46), 17909-17915.

Pang, Y., Peel, G. J., Wright, E., Wang, Z - Y., & Dixon, R. A. (2007). Early steps in proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in the model legume Medicago truncatula. Plant Physiology, 145 (3), 601-615 DOI:10.1104/pp.107.107326.

Naoumkina, M., Torres-Jerez, I., Allen, S. N., He, J., Zhao, P. X., Dixon, R. A., & May, G. D. (2007). Analysis of cDNA libraries from developing seeds of guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub). BMC Plant Biology, 7 (1), 62 DOI:10.1186/1471-2229-7-62/.

Shao, H., Dixon, R. A., & Wang, X. (2007). Crystal structure of vestitone reductase from Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Journal of Molecular Biology, 369, 265-276.

Peel, G. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2007). Detection and quantification of engineered proanthocyanidins in transgenic plants. Natural Product Communications, 2 (10), 1009-1014.

Tian, L., DellaPenna, D., & Dixon, R. A. (2007). The pds2 mutation is a lesion in the Arabidopsis homogentisate solanesyltransferase gene involved in plastoquinone biosynthesis. Planta, 226 (4), 1067-1073.

Chen, F., & Dixon, R. A. (2007). Lignin modification improves fermentable sugar yields for biofuel production. Nature Biotechnology, 25 (July), 759-761 DOI:10.1038/nbt1316.

Li, L., Modolo, L. V. , Escamilla-Trevino , L. L. , Achnine, L., Dixon, R. A., & Wang, X. (2007). Crystal structure of Medicago truncatula UGT85H2 – Insights into the structural basis of a multifunctional (iso)flavonoid glycosyltransferase. Journal of Molecular Biology, 370 (5), 951-963 DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.036.

Modolo, L. V. , Blount, J. W., Achnine, L., Naoumkina, M., Wang, X., & Dixon, R. A. (2007). A functional genomics approach to (iso)flavonoid glycosylation in the model legume Medicago truncatula. Plant Molecular Biology, 64 (5), 499-518 DOI:10.1007/s11103-007-9167-6.

Shadle, G., Chen, F., Reddy, I. R., Jackson, L. A., Nakashima, J., & Dixon, R. A. (2007). Down-regulation of hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: Shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase in transgenic alfalfa affects lignification, development and forage quality. Phytochemistry, 68 (11), 1521-1529.

Liu, C.-J., Deavours, B., Richard, S. B., Ferrer, J. L., Blount, J. W., Huhman, D. V., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (2006). Structural basis for dual functionality of isoflavonoid O-methyltransferases in the evolution of plant defense responses. Plant Cell, 18, 3656-3669.

Tian, L., Blount, J. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Phenylpropanoid glycosyltransferases from osage orange (Maclura pomifera) fruit. FEBS Letters, 580, 6915-6920.

Deavours, B., Liu, C.-J., Naoumkina, M., Tang, Y., Farag, M. A., Sumner, L. W., Noel, J. P., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Functional analysis of members of the isoflavone and isoflavanone O-methyltransferase enzyme families from the model legume Medicago truncatula. Plant Molecular Biology, 62 (4-5), 715-733 DOI 10.1007/s11103-006-9050-x .

Dixon, R. A., Gang, D. R., Charlton, A. J., Fiehn, O., Kuiper, H. A., Tjeerdema, R. S., Jeffery, E. H., German, B. J., Ridley, W. P., & Seiber, J. N. (2006). Perspective - Applications of metabolomics in agriculture. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 54 (24), 8984-8994.

He, X-Z., Wang, X., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Mutational analysis of the Medicago glycosyltransferase UGT71G1 reveals residues that control regioselectivity for (iso)flavonoid glycosylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (45), 34441-34447.

Chen, F., Reddy, M .S. , Temple, S., Jackson, L. A., Shadle, G., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Multi-site genetic modulation of monolignol biosynthesis suggests new routes for the formation of syringyl lignin and wall-bound ferulic acid in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) . Plant Journal, 48 (1), 113-124.

Tian, L., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Engineering isoflavone metabolism with an artificial bifunctional enzyme. Planta, 224, 496-507.

Crane, C. J., Wright, E., Dixon, R. A., & Wang, Z - Y. (2006). Transgenic Medicago truncatula plants obtained from Agrobacterium tumefaciens-transformed roots and Agrobacterium rhizogenes-transformed hairy roots. Planta, 223 (6), 1344-1354.

Wang, X., He, X-Z., Lin, J., Shao, H., Chang, Z., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Crystal structure of isoflavone reductase from Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) . Journal of Molecular Biology, 358 (5), 1341-1352 DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.022 .

Xie, D., Sharma, S. B., Wright, E., Wang, Z. Y., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Engineering plants for introduction of health-beneficial proanthocyanidins. Plant Journal, 45, 895-907.

Ralph, J., Kim, H., Lu, F., Schatz, P. F., Marita, J. M., Ralph, S. A., Reddy, M .S. , Chen, F., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Effects of coumarate 3-hydroxylase down-regulation on lignin structure. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (13), 8843-8853.

Lei, Z., Elmer, A. M., Watson, B. S., Dixon, R. A., Mendes, P. J., & Sumner, L. W. (2005). A two-dimensional electrophoresis proteomic reference map and systematic identification of 1367 proteins from a cell suspension culture of the model legume Medicago truncatula. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 4 (11), 1812-1825 DOI:10.1074/mcp.D500005-MCP200.

Kutchan, T., & Dixon, R. A. (2005). Secondary metabolism: Nature's chemical reservoir under deconvolution. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 8, 227-229.

Shao, H., He, X-Z., Achnine, L., Blount, J. W., Dixon, R. A., & Wang, X. (2005). Crystal structures of a multifunctional triterpene/flavonoid glycosyltransferase from Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell, 17, 3141-3154 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.035055.

Ferrer, J. L., Zubieta, C., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (2005). Crystal structures of alfalfa caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase. Plant Physiology, 137, 1009-1017.

Dixon, R. A. (2005). A two-for-one in tomato nutritional enhancement. Nature Biotechnology, 23 (7), 825-826 DOI:10.1038/nbt0705-825.

Dixon, R. A. (2005). Engineering plant natural product pathways. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 8, 329-336 DOI:10.1016/j.pbi.2005.03.008.

Dixon, R. A. (2005). Plant biotechnology kicks off into the 21st century. Trends in Plant Science, 10, 560-561.

Deavours, B., & Dixon, R. A. (2005). Metabolic engineering of isoflavonoid biosynthesis in alfalfa. Plant Physiology, 138, 2245-2259 DOI:/10.1104/pp.105.062539..

Bomati, E. K., Austin, M. B., Bowmann, M. E., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (2005). Structural elucidation of chalcone reductase and implications for deoxychalcone biosynthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (34), 30496-30503 DOI 10.1074/jbc.M502239200.

Aziz, N., Paiva, N. L., May, G. D., & Dixon, R. A. (2005). Transcriptome analysis of alfalfa glandular trichomes. Planta, 221 (1), 28-38 DOI:10.1007/s00425-004-1424-1.

Dixon, R. A., Xie, D., & Sharma, S. B. (2005). Proanthocyanidins - a final frontier in flavonoid research? New Phytologist, 165, 9-28.

Broeckling, C. D., Huhman, D. V., Farag, M. A., Smith, J. T., May, G. D., Mendes, P. J., Dixon, R. A., & Sumner, L. W. (2005). Metabolic profiling of Medicago truncatula cell cultures reveals the effects of biotic and abiotic elicitors on metabolism. Journal of Experimental Botany, 56 (410), 323-336 DOI:10.1093/jxb/eri058.

Achnine, L., Huhman, D. V., Farag, M. A., Sumner, L. W., Blount, J. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2005). Genomics-based selection and functional characterization of triterpene glycosyltransferases from the model legume Medicago truncatula. Plant Journal, 41 (6), 875-887 DOI:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02344..

Suzuki, H., Reddy, M .S. , Naoumkina, M., Aziz, N., May, G. D., Huhman, D. V., Sumner, L. W., Blount, J. W., Mendes, P. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2005). Methyl jasmonate and yeast elicitor induce differential transcriptional and metabolic re-programming in cell suspension cultures of the model legume Medicago truncatula. Planta, 220 (5), 696-707 DOI:10.1007/s00425-004-1387-2 /.

Xie, D., & Dixon, R. A. (2005). Proanthocyanidin biosynthesis-still more questions than answers? Phytochemistry, 66, 2127-2144.

Reddy, M .S. , Chen, F., Shadle, G., Jackson, L. A., Aljoe, H. D. , & Dixon, R. A. (2005). Targeted down-regulation of cytochrome P450 enzymes for forage quality improvement in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 102 (46), 16573-16578.

May, G. D., & Dixon, R. A. (2004). Medicago truncatula (review). Current Biology, 14 (5), R180-181.

May, G. D., & Dixon, R. A. (2004). Quick guide- Medicago truncatula. Current Biology, 14, R180-181.

Hensley, K., Mou, S., Pye, Q., Dixon, R. A., Sumner, L. W., & Floyd, R. D. (2004). Chemical versus pharmacological actions of nutraceutical phytochemicals: antioxidant and anti inflammatory modalities. Journal of Nutraceutical Research, 2 (1), 13-26.

Achnine, L., Blancaflor, E. B. , Rasmussen, S., & Dixon, R. A. (2004). Colocalization of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase & cinnamate 4-hydroxylase for metabolic channeling in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Plant Cell, 16, 3098-3109.

Suzuki, H., Xia, Y., Cameron, R. K., Shadle, G., Blount, J. W., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2004). Signals for local and systemic responses of plants to pathogen attack. Journal of Experimental Botany, 55 (395), 169-179.

Xie, D., Sharma, S. B., & Dixon, R. A. (2004). Anthocyanidin reductases from and Arabidopsis thaliana. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 422 (1), 91-102 DOI:10.1016/j.abb.2003.12.011.

Xia, Y., Suzuki, H., Borevitz, J., Blount, J. W., Guo, D., Patel, K., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (2004). An extracellular aspartic protease functions in Arabidopsis disease resistance signaling. EMBO Journal, 23 (4), 980-988.

Kota, P., Guo, D., Zubieta, C., Noel, J. P., & Dixon, R. A. (2004). O-methylation of benzaldehyde derivatives by "lignin specific" caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase. Phytochemistry, 65, 837-846.

Watson, B. S., Lei, Z., Dixon, R. A., & Sumner, L. W. (2004). Proteomics of Medicago sativa cell walls. Phytochemistry, 65 (12), 1709-1720 DOI:10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.04.026.

Dixon, R. A. (2004). Phytoestrogens. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 55, 225-261.

Noel, J. P., Dixon, R. A., Pichersky, E., Zubieta, C., & Sumner, L. W. (2003). Structural, functional, and evolutionary basis for methylation of plant small molecules. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, 37, 37-58.

Joel, G. M., French, J. C., Graft, N., Kourteva, G., Dixon, R. A., & Havkin-Frenkel, D. (2003). A hairy tissue produces vanillin. Israel Journal of Plant Science, 51, 157-159.

Tripathy, S., Kleppinger-Sparace, K., Dixon, R. A., & Chapman, K. D. (2003). N-acylethanolamine signaling in tobacco is mediated by a embrane-associated, high affinity binding protein. Plant Physiology, 131, 1781-1791.

Shrestha, R., Dixon, R. A., & Chapman, K. D. (2003). Molecular identification of a functional homologue of the mammalian fatty acid amide hydrolase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278, (37), 34990-34997.

Marita, J. M., Ralph, J., Hatfield, R. D., Guo, D., Chen, F., & Dixon, R. A. (2003). Structural and compositional modifications in lignin of transgenic alfalfa down-regulated in caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase and caffeoyl coenzyme A 3-O-methyltransferase. Phytochemistry, 62 (1), 53-65.

Xie, D., Sharma, S. B., Paiva, N. L., Ferreira, D., & Dixon, R. A. (2003). Role of anthocyanidin reductase, encoded by BANYULS in plant flavonoid biosynthesis. Science, 299 (Jan 17), 396-300.

Suzuki, H., Achnine, L., Xu, R., Matsuda, S. P., & Dixon, R. A. (2003). A genomics approach to the early stages of triterpene saponin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula. Plant Journal, 32, 1033-1048.

Sumner, L. W., Mendes, P. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2003). Plant Metabolomics: Large-scale phytochemistry in the functional genomics era. Phytochemistry, 62 (6), 817-836 DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00708-2.

Dixon, R. A., & Sumner, L. W. (2003). Legume natural products: Understanding and manipulating complex pathways for human and animal health. Plant Physiology, 131 (March), 878-885.

Dixon, R. A., & Strack, D. (2003). Phytochemistry meets genome analysis, and beyond…(editorial). Phytochemistry, 62 (6), 815-816.

Shadle, G., Wesley, S. V., Korth, K. L., Chen, F., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2003). Phenylpropanoid compounds & disease resistance in transgenic tobacco with altered expression of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase. Phytochemistry, 61, 153-161.

Chen, L., Auh, C - K., Dowling, P., Bell, J., Chen, F., Hopkins, A. A., Dixon, R. A., & Wang, Z - Y. (2003). Improved forage digestibility of tall fescue (festuca arundinacea) by transgenic down-regulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 1, 437-449.

Liu, C.-J., Huhman, D. V., Sumner, L. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2003). Regiospecific hydroxylation of isoflavones by cythchrome P450 81E enzymes from Medicago truncatula. Plant Journal, 36 (4), 471-484.

Chen, F., Duran, A. L., Blount, J. W., Sumner, L. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2003). Profiling phenolic metabolites in transgenic alfalfa modified in lignin biosynthesis. Phytochemistry, 64, 1013-1021.

Dixon, R. A., & Reddy, M .S. (2003). Biosynthesis of monolignols. Genomic and reverse genetic approaches. Phytochemistry Reviews, 2 (3), 289-306.

Salles, I. I., Blount, J. W., Dixon, R. A., & Schubert, K. R. (2002). Phytoalexin induction and B,1,3-glucanase activities in Colletotrichum trifolii infected leaves of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 61, 89-101.

Guo, D., Chen, F., & Dixon, R. A. (2002). Monolignol biosynthesis in microsomal preparations from lignifying stems of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Phytochemistry, 61 (6), 657-667.

Jez, J. M., Ferrer, J. L., Bowmann, M. E., Austin, M. B., Schroder, J., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (2002). Structure and mechanizm of chalcone synthase-like polyketide synthases. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 27, 393-398.

Blount, J. W., Masoud, S. A., Sumner, L. W., Huhman, D. V., & Dixon, R. A. (2002). Over-expression of cinnamate 4-hydroxylase leads to increased accumulation of acetosyringone in elicited tobacco cell-suspension cultures. Planta, 214 (6), 902-910.

Lindsay, W. P., McAlister, F. M., Zhu, Q., He, X-Z., Droge-Laser, W., Hedrick, S., Doerner, P., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2002). Kap-2, a protein that binds to the H-box in a bean chalcone synthase promoter, is a novel plant transcription factor with sequence identity to the large subunit of human Ku autoantigen. Plant Molecular Biology, 49 (5), 503-514 DOI:10.1023/A:1015505316379.

Dixon, R. A., & Ferreira, D. (2002). Molecules of interest:Genistein. Phytochemistry, 60, 205-211.

Chen, L., Auh, C - K., Chen, F., Cheng, X., Aljoe, H. D. , Dixon, R. A., & Wang, Z - Y. (2002). Lignin deposition and associated changes in anatomy, enzyme activity, gene expression, and ruminal degradability in stems of tall fescue at different developmental stages. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 50 (20), 5558-5565.

Dixon, R. A., Achnine, L., Kota, P., Liu, C.-J., Reddy, M .S. , & Wang, L - J. (2002). The phenylpropanoid pathway and plant defence--a genomics perspective. Molecular Plant Pathology, 3 (5), 371-390.

Zubieta, C., Kota, P., Ferrer, J. L., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (2002). Structural basis for the modulation of lignin monomer methylation by caffeic acid/5-hydroxyferulic acid 3/5-o-methyltransferase. Plant Cell, 14 (June), 1265-1277.

Liu, C.-J., Blount, J. W., Steele, C. L., & Dixon, R. A. (2002). Bottlenecks for metabolic engineering of isoflavone glycoconjugates in Arabidopsis. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 99 (22), 14578-14583.

Maldonado, A. M., Dixon, R. A., Lamb, C. J., Doerner, P, & Cameron, R. K. (2002). A putative lipid transfer protein involved in systemic resistance signalling in Arabidopsis. Nature, 419 (Sept 26), 399-403 DOI:10.1038/nature00962.

Podstolski, A., Havkin-Frenkel, D., Malinowski, J., Blount, J. W., Kourteva, G., & Dixon, R. A. (2002). Unusual 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde synthase activity from tissue cultures of the vanilla orchid Vanilla planifolia. Phytochemistry, 61, 611-620.

Korth, K. L., Jaggard, D. A., & Dixon, R. A. (2001). Developmental and light-regulated postranslatiional control of 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-CoA reductase levels in potato. Plant Journal, 23, 507-516.

O'Callaghan, K. J., Dixon, R. A., & Cocking, E. C. (2001). Arabidopsis thaliana: a model for studies by non-pathogenic plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 28, 975-982.

Dixon, R. A., Chen, F., Guo, D., He, X-Z., Liu, C.-J., Noel, J. P., Parvathi, K., & Zubieta, C. (2001). Properties and metabolic engineering of alfalfa O-methyltransferases of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, 35, 131-151.

Bell, J., Dixon, R. A., Farmer, A. D., Flores, R., Inman, J., Gonzales, R. A., Harrison, M. J., Paiva, N. L., Scott, A. D., Weller, J. W., & May, G. D. (2001). The Medicago genome initiative: a model legume database. Nucleic Acids Research, 29 (1), 114-117.

Guo, D., Chen, F., Inoue, K., Blount, J. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2001). Downregulation of caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase and caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase in transgenic alfalfa: Impacts on lignin structure and implications for the biosynthesis of G and S lignin. Plant Cell, 13 (Jan), 73-88.

Korth, K. L., Blount, J. W., Chen, F., Rasmussen, S., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2001). Changes in phenylpropanoid metabolites associated with homology-dependent silencing of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and its somatic reversion in tobacco. Physiologia Plantarum, 111, 137-143.

Zubieta, C., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (2001). Structures of two natural product methyltransferases reveal the basis for substrate specificity in plant 0-methyltransferases. Nature Structural Biology, 8 (3), 271-279.

Parvathi, K., Chen, F., Guo, D., Blount, J. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2001). Substrate preferences of O-methyltransferases in alfalfa suggest new pathways for 3-O-methylation of monolignols. Plant Journal, 25 (2), 193-202.

Dixon, R. A. (2001). Phytochemistry in the genomics and post-genomics eras. Phytochemistry, 57, 145-148.

Dixon, R. A., Chen, F., Guo, D., & Parvathi, K. (2001). The biosynthesis of monolignols: A "metabolic grid" or independent pathways to guaiacyl and syringyl units? Phytochemistry, 57, 1069-1084.

Dixon, R. A. (2001). Natural products and plant disease resistance. Nature, 411 (June 14), 843-847 DOI:10.1038/35081178.

Guo, D., Chen, F., Wheeler, J. S., Winder, J. A., Selmon, S., Peterson, M., & Dixon, R. A. (2001). Improvement of in-rumen digestibility of alfalfa forage by genetic manipulation of lignin 0-methyltransferases. Transgenic Research, 10, 457-464.

Chen, F., Kota, P., Blount, J. W., & Dixon, R. A. (2001). Chemical syntheses of caffeoyl and 5-OH coniferyl aldehydes and alcohols and determination of lignin O-methyltransferase activities in dicot and monocot species. Phytochemistry, 58, 1035-1042.

Liu, C.-J., & Dixon, R. A. (2001). Elicitor-induced association of isoflavone O-methyltransrerase with endomembranes prevents the formation and 7-O-methylation of diadzein during isoflavonoid phytoalexin biosynthesis. Plant Cell, 13 (Dec), 2643-2658.

He, X-Z., & Dixon, R. A. (2000). Genetic manulipulation of isoflavone 7-0-methyltransferase enhances the biosynthesis of 4'-0-methylated isoflavonoid phytoalexins and disease resistance in alfalfa. Plant Cell, 12, 1689-1702.

Blount, J. W., Korth, K. L., Masoud, S. A., Rasmussen, S., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (2000). Altering expression of cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase in transgenic plants provides evidence for a feedback loop at the entry point into the phenylpropanoid pathway. Plant Physiology, 122 (1), 107-116.

Jez, J.M., Ferrer, J. L., Bowmann, M. E., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (2000). Dissection of malonyl-coenzyme a decarboxylation from polyketide formation in the reaction mechanism of a plant polyketide synthase. Biochemistry, 39 (5), 890-902.

Inoue, K., Parvathi, K., & Dixon, R. A. (2000). Substrate preferences of caffeic acid/5-hydroxyferulic acid 3/5-O-methyltransferases in developing stems of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 375 (1), 175-182 doi:10.1006/abbi.1999.1674.

Weigel, D., Blazquez, M. A., Borevitz, J., Christensen, S. K., Fankhauser, C., Ferrandiz, C., Kardailsky, I. V., Neff, M. N., Nguyen, J. T., Sato, S., Wang, Z. Y., Xia, Y., Dixon, R. A., Harrison, M. J., Lamb, C. J., Yanofsky, M. F., & Chory, J. (2000). Activation tagging in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 122 (April), 1003-1014.

He, X-Z., & Dixon, R. A. (2000). Genetic manipulation of isoflavone 7- O -Methyltransferase enhances biosynthesis of 4'- O-Methylated isoflavonoid phytoalexins and disease resistance in alfalfa. Plant Cell, 12 (Sept), 1689-1702.

Reddy, J. T., Korth, K. L., Wesley, S. V., Howles, P. A., Rasmussen, S., & Dixon, R. A. (2000). Post-transcriptional regulation of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase expression in tobacco following recovery from gene silencing. Biological Chemistry, 381 (Aug), 655-665.

Borevitz, J., Xia, Y., Blount, J. W., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (2000). Activation tagging identifies a conserved MYB regulator of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Plant Cell, 12 (12), 2383-2393 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.12.2383.

Jez, J. M., Bowmann, M. E., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (2000). Structure and mechanism of the evolutionarily unique plant enzyme chalcone isomerase. Nature Structural Biology, 7 (9), 786-787.

Ferrer, J. L., Jez, J. M., Bowmann, M. E., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (1999). The structure of chalcone synthase: insight in the molecular basis of polyketide synthesis. Nature Structural Biology, 6, 775-784.

Felton, G. W., Korth, K. L., Bi, J. L., Wesley, S. V., Huhman, D. V., Mathews, M. C., Murphy, J. B., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1999). Inverse relationship between systemic resistance of plants to microorganisms and to insect herbivory. Current Biology, 9 (6), 317-320 DOI:10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80140-7.

Rajasekhar, V. K., Reddy, I. R., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1999). Early events in the signal pathway for the oxidative burst in soybean cells exposed to avirulent pseudomonas syringae pv glycinea. Plant Physiology, 120, 1137-1146.

Dixon, R. A. (1999). Plant natural products: The molecular genetic basis of biosynthetic diversity. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 10192-197, 192-197.

Steele, C. L., Gijzen, M., Qutob, D., & Dixon, R. A. (1999). Molecular characterization of the enzyme catalyzing the aryl migration reaction of isoflavonoid biosynthesis in soybean. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 367, 146-150 DOI:10.1006/abbi.1999.1238.

Rasmussen, S., & Dixon, R. A. (1999). Transgene-mediated and elicitor-induced perturbation of metabolic channeling at the entry point into the phenylpropanoid pathway. Plant Cell, 11 (Aug), 1537-1552.

Dixon, R. A., & Steele, C. L. (1999). Flavonoids and isoflavonoids - a gold mine for metabolic engineering. Trends in Plant Science, 4 (10), 394-400.

Kersey, R., Inoue, K., Schubert, K. R., & Dixon, R. A. (1999). Immunolocalization of two lignin O-methyltransferases in stems of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Protoplasma, 209, 46-57.

Borevitz, J., Xia, Y., Blount, J. W., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1999). Activation tagging of the floral inducer FT. Science, 286, 1962-1965.

Ferrer, J. L., Jez, J. M., Bowmann, M. E., Dixon, R. A., & Noel, J. P. (1999). Structure of chalcone synthase and the molecular basis of plant polyketide biosynthesis. Nature Structural Biology, 6 (8), 775-784.

Cameron, R. K., Paiva, N. L., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1999). Accumulation of salicylic acid and Pr-1 gene transcripts in relation to the systemic acquired resistance (SAR) response induced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in Arabidopsis. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 55, 121-130.

He, X-Z., Reddy, J. T., & Dixon, R. A. (1998). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L). XXII. cDNA cloning and characterization of an elicitor-inducible isoflavone 7-O-methyltransferase . Plant Molecular Biology, 36 (1), 43-54 DOI:10.1023/A:1005938121453.

Marchant, R., Davey, M. R., Lucas, J. A., Lamb, C. J., Dixon, R. A., & Power, J. B. (1998). Expression of a chitinase transgene in rose (Rosa hybrida L.) reduces development of the blackspot disease (Diplocarpon rosae Wolt). Molecular Breeding, 4, 187-194.

Guo, Z., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1998). Potentiation of the oxidative burst and isoflavonoid phytoalexin accumulation by serine protease inhibitors. Plant Physiology, 118, 1487-1494.

Delledonne, M., Xia, Y., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1998). Nitric oxide functions as a signal in plant disease resistance. Nature, 394 (6693), 585-588 DOI:10.1038/29087.

Lee, S - J., Wood, A. R., Maier, C., Dixon, R. A., & Mabry, T. J. (1998). Prenylated flavonoids from Mac/ura pomifera. Phytochemistry, 117, 761-770.

Inoue, K., Sewalt, V. J., Ballance, G. M. , Ni, W., Sturzer, C., & Dixon, R. A. (1998). Developmental expression and substrate specificities of alfalfa caffeic acid 3-0-methyltransferase and caffeoyl CoA 3-0-methyltransferase in relation to lignification. Plant Physiology, 117, 761-770.

Guo, L., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1998). A serine protease from suspension-cultured soybean cells. Phytochemistry, 47 (4), 547-553.

Keller, T., Damude, H. G., Werner, D., Doerner, P, Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1998). A plant homolog of the neutrophil NADPH oxidase Gp91phox subunit gene encodes a plasma membrane protein with Ca2+ binding motifs. Plant Cell, 10, 255-266 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.2.255.

Alvarez, M. E., Pennell, R. I., Meijer, P - J., Ishikawa, A., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1998). Reactive oxygen intermediates mediate a systemic signal network in the establishment of plant immunity. Cell, 92, 773-784 DOI:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81405-1 .

Lee, S - J., Chung, H. Y., Maier, C., Wood, A. R., Dixon, R. A., & Mabry, T. J. (1998). Estrogenic flavonoids from Artemisia vulgaris L. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 46 (8), 3325-3329.

Ichimura, M., Furuno, T., Takahashi, T., Dixon, R. A., & Ayabe, S - I. (1997). Enzymic O-methylation of isoliquiritigenin and licodione in alfalfa and licorice cultures. Phytochemistry, 44 (6), 991-995 DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(96)00670-X.

Zhu, Q., Droge-Laser, W., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1997). Transcriptional activation of plant defense genes. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 6, 624-630.

Bi, J. L., Felton, G. W., Murphy, J. B., Howles, P. A., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1997). Do plant phenolics confer resistance to specialist and generalist insect herbivores? Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 45, 4500-4504.

He, X-Z., & Dixon, R. A. (1997). A cDNA of an additional member of the isoflavone O-methyltransferase (IOMT2) gene family in Medicago sativa (Accession No. AF023481). Plant Physiology, 115, 1289.

Seguin, A., Laible, G., Leyva, A., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1997). Characterization of a gene encoding a DNA-binding protein that interacts in Vitro with vascular specific cis elements of the phenylalanine ammonia-lyase promoter. Plant Molecular Biology, 35, 281-291.

Korth, K. L., Stermer, B. A., Bhattacharyya, M. K., & Dixon, R. A. (1997). HMGCoA reductase gene families that differentially accumulate transcripts in potato tubers are developmentally expressed in floral tissues. Plant Molecular Biology, 33, 545-551.

Shirasu, K., Nakajima, H., Rajasekhar, V. K., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1997). Salicylic acid potentiates an agonist-dependent gain control that amplifies pathogen signals in the activation of defense mechanisms. Plant Cell, 9 (2), 261-270.

McKhann, H. I., Paiva, N. L., Dixon, R. A., & Hirsch, A. M. (1997). Chalcone synthase transcripts are detected in alfalfa root hairs following inoculation with wild-type Rhizobium meliloti. MPMI - Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 10, 50-58.

Droge-Laser, W., Kaiser, A. D., Lindsay, W. P., Halkier, B. A., Loake, G. J., Doerner, P, Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1997). Rapid stimulation of a soybean protein-serine kinase that phosphorylates a novel bZIP DNA-binding protein, GIHBF -1, during the induction of early transcription-dependent defenses. EMBO Journal, 16 (4), 726-738.

Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1997). The oxidative burst in plant disease resistance. Annual Review Plant Physiology Plant Molecular Biology, 48, 251-275 DOI:1040-2519/97/0601-0251.

Sewalt, V. J., Dixon, R. A., Ni, W., & Jung, H-J. G (1997). Lignin Impact on Fiber Degradation: Increased Enzymatic Digestibility of Genetically Engineered Tobacco (nicotiana Tabacum) Stems Reduced in Lignin Content. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 45 (5), 1977-1983.

Sewalt, V. J., Ni, W., Blount, J. W., Jung, H-J. G, Masoud, S. A., Howles, P. A., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1997). Reduced lignin content and altered lignin composition in transgenic tobacco down-regulated in expression of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase or cinnamate 4-hydroxylase. Plant Physiology, 115, 41-50.

Dixon, R. A., & Arntzen, C. J. (1997). Transgenic plant technology is entering the era of metabolic engineering. Trends in Biotechnology, 115, 441-444.

Korth, K. L., & Dixon, R. A. (1997). Evidence for chewing insect-specific molecular events distinct from a general wound response in leaves. Plant Physiology, 115, 1299-1305.

Guo, Z., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1997). Release and biological activity of diffusible signal compound from elicited plant cell. Journal of Plant Physiology, 151, 699-710.

Faktor, O., Kooter, J. M., Loake, G. J., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1997). Differential utilization of regulatory cis-elements for stress-induced and tissue-specific activity of a French bean chalcone synthase promoter. Plant Science, 124, 175-182.

Li, Z. S., Alfenito, M. R. , Rea, P., Walbot, V., & Dixon, R. A. (1997). Vacuolar uptake of the phytoalexin medicarpin by the glutathione conjugate pump. Phytochemistry, 45 (4), 689-693.

Faktor, O., Loake, G. J., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1997). The G-box and H box in a 39 bp region of a French bean chalcone synthase promoter constitute a tissue specific regulatory element. Plant Journal, 11 (5), 1105-1113.

He, J., & Dixon, R. A. (1996). Affinity chromatography, substrate/product specificity, and amino acid sequence analysis of an isoflavoneO-methyltransferase from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 336 (1), 121-129 DOI:10.1006/abbi.1996.0539.

Ni, W., Sewalt, V. J., Korth, K. L., Blount, J. W., Ballance, G. M. , & Dixon, R. A. (1996). Stress responses in alfalfa. XXI. Activation of caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase and caffeoyl coenzyme A 3-O-methyltransferase genes does not contribute to changes in metabolite accumulation in elicitor-treated cell-suspension cultures. Plant Physiology, 112, 717-726.

Shirasu, K., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1996). Signal transduction in plant immunity. Current Opinion in Immunology, 8, 3-7.

Faktor, O., Kooter, J. M., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1996). Functional dissection of a bean chalcone synthase gene promoter in transgenic tobacco plants reveals sequence motifs essential for floral expression. Plant Molecular Biology, 32, 849-859.

Sumner, L. W., Paiva, N. L., Dixon, R. A., & Geno, P. W. (1996). High-performance liquid chromatography/continuous-flow liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry of flavonoid glucosides in leguminous plant extracts. Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 31 (5), 472-485.

Dixon, R. A. (1996). The plant biology division at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment, 10, 59-65.

Dixon, R. A., Sewalt, V. J., Howles, P. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1996). Genetic manipulation of the phenylpropanoid pathway in transgenic tobacco: New fundamental insights and prospects for crop improvement. Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment, 4, 45-51.

Dixon, R. A. (1996). Plant biotechnology shapes up for the 21st century. Trends in Plant Science, 1 (1), 3.

Ni, W., Fahrendorf, T., Ballance, G. M. , Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1996). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). XX. Transcriptional activation of phenylpropanoid pathway genes in elicitor-induced cell suspension cultures. Plant Molecular Biology, 30, 427-438.

Dixon, R. A., Lamb, C. J., Paiva, N. L., & Masoud, S. A. (1996). Improvement of natural defense responses. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 792, 126-139.

Pallas, J. A., Paiva, N. L., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1996). Tobacco plants epigenetically supressed in phenylalanine ammonia-lyase expression do not develop systemic acquired resistance in resonse to infection by Tobacco mosaic virus. Plant Journal, 10 (2), 281-293.

Ni, W., Sewalt, V. J., Korth, K. L., Blount, J. W., Ballance, G. M. , & Dixon, R. A. (1996). Stress responses in afalfa XXI. Activation of caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase and caffeoyl coenzyme a 3-O-methyltransferase genes does not contribute to changes in metabolite accumulation in elicitor-treated cell-suspension cultures. Plant Physiology, 112, 717-726.

Masoud, S. A., Zhu, Q., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1996). Constitutive expression of an inducible B-1,3-glucanase in alfalfa reduces disease severity caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora megasperma F. Sp medicaginis, but does not reduce disease severity of chitin-containing fungi. Transgenic Research, 5, 313-323.

Howles, P. A., Sewalt, V. J., Paiva, N. L., Elkind, Y., Bate, N. J., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1996). Overexpression of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in transgenic tobacco plants reveals control points for flux into phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Plant Physiology, 112, 1617-1624.

Dixon, R. A., Lamb, C. J., & Masoud, S. A. (1996). Metabolic engineering: Prospects for crop improvement through the genetic manipulation of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and defense responses - a review. Gene, 179, 61-71.

Li, H. M., Culligan, K., Dixon, R. A., & Chory, J. (1995). CUE1: A mesophyll cell-sepcific positive regulator of light-controlled gene expression in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 7, 1599-1610.

Tenhaken, R., Levine, A., Brisson, L. F., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1995). Function of the oxidative burst in hypersensitive disease resistance (Colloquium Paper). PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 92, 4158-4163.

Chory, J., Cook, R. K., Dixon, R. A., Elich, T., Li, H. M., Lopez, E., Mochizuki, N., Nagpal, P., Pepper, A., Poole, D., & Reed, R. L. (1995). Signal-transduction pathways controlling light-regulated development in Arabidopsis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B 350, 59-65.

Dixon, R. A., Harrison, M. J., & Paiva, N. L. (1995). The isoflavonoid phytoalexin pathway: from enzymes to genes to transcription factors. Physiologia Plantarum, 93, 385-392.

Ballance, G. M. , & Dixon, R. A. (1995). Medicago sativa cDNAs encoding chalcone reductase. Plant Physiology, 107, 1027-1028.

Dixon, R. A., Paiva, N. L., & Bhattacharyya, M. K. (1995). Engineering disease resistance in plants: an overview. Molecular Methods in Plant Pathology,

Bhattacharyya, M. K., Paiva, N. L., Dixon, R. A., Korth, K. L., & Stermer, B. A. (1995). Features of the Hmg 1 subfamily of genes encoding Hmg-coa reductase in potato. Plant Molecular Biology, 28, 1-15.

Shi, J., Dixon, R. A., Gonzales, R. A., Kjellbom, P., & Bhattacharyya, M. K. (1995). Identification of Cdna clones encoding valosin-containing protein and other plant plasma membrane-associated proteins by a general immunoscreening strategy. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 92, 4457-4461.

Dixon, R. A., & Paiva, N. L. (1995). Stress-induced phenylpropanoid metabolism. Plant Cell, 7, 1085-1097.

Fahrendorf, T., Ni, W., Shorrosh, B. S., & Dixon, R. A. (1995). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) XIX. Transcriptional activation of oxidative pentose phosphate pathway genes at the onset of the iso. Plant Molecular Biology, 28, 885-900.

Liu, Q., Bonness, M. S., Liu, M., Seradge, E., Dixon, R. A., & Mabry, T. J. (1995). Enzymes in B-ring-deoxy flavonoid biosynthesis in elicited cell cultures of "Old Man" cactus (Cephalocereus senilis). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 321 (2), 397-404 DOI:10.1006/abbi.1995.1410.

Wycoff, K. L., Powell, P. A., Gonzales, R. A., Corbin, D. R., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1995). Stress activation of a bean hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein promoter is superimposed on a pattern of tissue-specific developmental expression. Plant Physiology, 109, 41-52.

Hotter, G. S., Kooter, J. M., Dubery, I. A., Lamb, C. J., Dixon, R. A., & Harrison, M. J. (1995). Cis elements and potential trans-acting factors for the developmental regulation of the Phaseolus vulgaris Chs15 promoter. Plant Molecular Biology, 28, 967-981.

Oommen, A., Dixon, R. A., & Paiva, N. L. (1994). The elicitor-inducible alfalfa isoflavone redutase promoter confers different patterns of developmental expression in homologous and heterologous transgenic plants. Plant Cell, 6 (December), 1789-1803.

Zhu, Q., Maher, E. A., Masoud, S. A., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1994). Enhanced protection against fungal attack by constitutive co-expression of chitinase and glucanase genes in transgenic tobacco. Nature Biotechnology, 12, 807-812 DOI:10.1038/nbt0894-807.

Maher, E. A., Bate, N. J., Ni, W., Elkind, Y., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1994). Increased disease susceptibility of transgenic tobacco plants with suppressed levels of preformed phenylpropanoid products. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 91, 7802-7806.

Shorrosh, B. S., Dixon, R. A., & Ohlrogge, J. B. (1994). Molecular cloning, characterization and elicitation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase from alfalfa. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 91, 4323-4327.

Bate, N. J., Orr, J., Ni, W., Meromi, A., Nadler-Hassar, T., Doerner, P, Dixon, R. A., Lamb, C. J., & Elkind, Y. (1994). Quantitative relationship between phenylalanine ammonia-lyase leels and phenylpropanoid accumulation in transgenic tobacco identifies a rate-determining step in natural product synthesis. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 91, 7608-7612.

Liu, Q., Liu, M., Mabry, T. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1994). Flavonol glycosides from Cephalocereus senilis. Phytochemistry, 36, 229-231.

Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1994). Molecular mechanisms underlying induction of plant defense gene transcription. Biochemical Society Symposia, 60, 241-248.

Dixon, R. A. (1994). Plant self-defense (book review). Trends in Microbiology, 3, 38.

Ni, W., Paiva, N. L., & Dixon, R. A. (1994). Reduced lignin in transgenic plants containing a caffeic acid O-methyltransferase antisense gene. Transgenic Research, 3, 120-126.

Harrison, M. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1994). Spatial patterns of expression of flavonoid/isoflavonoid pathway genes during interactions between roots of Medicago truncatula and the Mycorrhizal fungus Glomus versiforme. Plant Journal, 6 (1), 9-20.

Paiva, N. L., Sun, Y., Dixon, R. A., VanEtten, H. D., & Hrazdina, G. (1994). Molecular cloning of isoflavone reductase from pea (Pisum sativum L.): evidence for a 3r-isoflavanone intermediate in (+)-pisatin biosynthesis. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 312 (2), 501-510 DOI:10.1006/abbi.1994.1338.

Guo, L., Dixon, R. A., & Paiva, N. L. (1994). Conversion of vestitone to medicarpin in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is catalyzed by two independent enzymes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 269 (35), 22372-22378.

Dixon, R. A., Harrison, M. J., & Lamb, C. J. (1994). Early events in the activation of plant defense responses. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 32, 479-501.

Bhattacharyya, M. K., Stermer, B. A., & Dixon, R. A. (1994). Reduced variation in transgene expression from a binary vector with selectable markers at the right and left T-DNA borders. Plant Journal, 6 (6), 957-968.

Paiva, N. L., Oommen, A., Harrison, M. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1994). Regulation of isoflavonoid metabolism in alfalfa. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 38, 213-220.

Oommen, A., Dixon, R. A., & Paiva, N. L. (1994). Elicitor-inducible alfalfa isoflavone reductase promoter confers different patterns of developmental expression in homologous and heterologous transgenic plants. Plant Cell, 6 (Dec 1), 1789-1803.

Guo, L., Dixon, R. A., & Paiva, N. L. (1994). The 'pterocarpan synthase' of alfalfa: Association and co-induction of vestitone reductase and 7,2'-dihydroxy-4'-methoxy-isoflavanol (dmi) dehydratase, the two final enzymes in medicarpin biosynthesi. FEBS Letters, 356, 221-225.

Cameron, R. K., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1994). Biologically induced systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal, 5 (5), 715-725.

Levine, A., Tenhaken, R., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1994). H2o2 from the oxidative burst orchestrates the plant hypersensitive disease resistance response. Cell, 79, 583-593.

Orr, J., Sumner, L. W., Edwards, R., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Determinations of cinnamic acid and 4-coumaric acid in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cell suspension cultures using gas chromatography. Phytochemical Analysis, 4, 124.

Dixon, R. A. (1993). Plants and microbes fight it out (book review). Trends in Genetics, 9, 225.

Franklin, C. I., Trieu, A. N., Cassidy, B. G., Dixon, R. A., & Nelson, R. S. (1993). Genetic transformation of green bean callus via Agrobacterium mediated DNA transfer. Plant Cell Reports, 12 (2), 74-79.

Orr, J. D., Edwards, R., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) XIV. Changes in the levels of phenylpropanoid pathway intermediates in relation to regulation of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in elicitor-treated cell suspension cultures. Plant Physiology, 101, 847-856.

Junghans, H., Dalkin, K., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) 15. Characterization and expression patterns of members of a subset of the chalcone synthase multigene family. Plant Molecular Biology, 22, 239-253.

Liu, Q., Markham, K. R., Pare, P. W., Dixon, R. A., & Mabry, T. J. (1993). Flavonoids from elicitor-treated cell suspension cultures of Cephalocereus senilis. Phytochemistry, 32 (4), 925-928.

Arias, J. A., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1993). Dissection of the functional architecture of a plant defense gene promoter using a homologous in Vitro transcription initiation system. Plant Cell, 5, 485-496.

Yu, L. M., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Purification and biochemical characterization of proteins which bind to the H-box Cis-element implicated in transcriptional activation of plant defense genes. Plant Journal, 3 (6), 805-816.

Lindsay, W. P., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Microbial Recognition and Activation of Plant Defense Systems. Trends in Microbiology, 1 (5), 181-187.

Fahrendorf, T., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) XVIII. Molecular cloning and expression of the elicitor-inducible cinnamic Acid 4-hydroxylase cytochrome P450. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 305 (2), 509-515 DOI:10.1006/abbi.1993.1454.

Harrison, M. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Isoflavonoid accumulation and expression of defense gene transcripts during the establishment of vesicular-arbuscular Mycorrhizal associations in roots of Medicago truncatula . Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 6 (5), 643-654.

Shorrosh, B. S., Subramaniam, J., Schubert, K. R., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Expression and localization of plant protein disulfide isomerase. Plant Physiology, 103, 719-726.

Liu, Q., Dixon, R. A., & Mabry, T. J. (1993). Additional flavonoids from elicitor treated cell cultures of Cephalocereus senilis. Phytochemistry, 34 (1), 167-170.

Maxwell, C. A., Harrison, M. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Molecular characterization and expression of alfalfa isoliquiritigenin 2'-0-methyltransferase, an enzyme specifically involved in the biosynthesis of an inducer of rhizobium meliloti nodulation genes. Plant Journal, 4 (6), 971-981.

Maher, E. A., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1993). Stress Responses in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) XVII. Identification of multiple hydrolases and molecular characterization of an acidic glucanase. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 43, 329-342.

Shorrosh, B. S., & Dixon, R. A. (1992). Sequence analysis and expression of an isocitrate dehydrogenase from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) . Plant Molecular Biology, 19, 319-321.

Dixon, R. A., & Paiva, N. L. (1992). Prospects of accessing Dna banks for the isolation of genes encoding biologically active proteins. Conservation of Plant Genes, .

Maxwell, C. A., Edwards, R., & Dixon, R. A. (1992). Identification, purification, and characterization of S-adenosyl-l-methionine: Isoliquiritigenin 2'-O-methyltransferase from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 293 (1), 158-166 DOI:10.1016/0003-9861(92)90379-B.

Shorrosh, B. S., & Dixon, R. A. (1992). Molecular characterization and expression of an alfalfa protein with sequence similarity to mammalian ERp72, a glucose-regulated endoplasmic reticulum protein containing active site sequences of protein disulphide isomerase. Plant Journal, 2 (1), 51-58.

Loake, G. J., Faktor, O., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1992). Combination of H-box [cctacc(n)7ct] and G-box (cacgtg) Cis elements is necessary for feed-forward stimulation of a chalcone synthase promoter by the phenylpropanoid-pathway intermediate P-coumaric acid. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 89, 9230-9234.

Shorrosh, B. S., & Dixon, R. A. (1992). Molecular characterization and expression of an isocitrate dehydrogenase from alfalfa (medicago Sativa L.). Plant Molecular Biology, 20, 801-807.

Lamb, C. J., Ryals, J. A., Ward, E. R., & Dixon, R. A. (1992). Emerging strategies for enhancing crop resistance to microbial pathogens. BioTechnology, 10, 1436-1445.

Shorrosh, B. S., & Dixon, R. A. (1992). Sequence analysis and developmental expression of an alfalfa protein disulfide isomerase. Plant Molecular Biology, 19, 319-321.

Blount, J. W., Dixon, R. A., & Paiva, N. L. (1992). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) XVI. Antifungal activity of medicarpin and its biosynthetic precursors; implications for the genetic manipulation of stress metabolites. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 41, 333-349.

Pare, P. W., Mischke, C. F., Edwards, R., Dixon, R. A., Norman, H. A., & Mabry, T. J. (1992). Induction of phenylpropanoid pathway enzymes in elicitor-treated cultures of cephalocereus senilis. Phytochemistry, 31 (1), 149-153.

Leyva, A., Liang, X., Pintor-Toro, J. A., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1992). Cis-element combinations determine phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene tissue-specific expression patterns. Plant Cell, 4, 263-271.

Mavandad, M., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Effects of an inhibitor of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity on defennse gene transcripts in cell suspension cultures of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Life Science Advances - Plant Physiology, 10, 77-85.

Edwards, R., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Glutathione S-cinnamoyl transferases in plants. Phytochemistry, 30 (1), 79-84.

Edington, B. V., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). cDNA cloning and characterization of a putative 1,3-b-d-glucanase transcript induced by fungal elicitor in bean cell suspension cultures. Plant Molecular Biology, 16 (1), 81-94.

Blyden, E. R., Doerner, P, Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Sequence analysis of a chalcone isomerase cDNA of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Plant Molecular Biology, 16 (1), 167-169 DOI:10.1007/BF00017927.

Harrison, M. J., Lawton, M. A., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Characterization of a nuclear protein that binds to three elements within the silencer region of a bean chalcone synthase gene promoter. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 88, 2515-2519.

Franklin, C. I., Trieu, A. N., Gonzales, R. A., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Plant regeneration from seedling explants of green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) via organogenesis. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 24, 199-206.

Edwards, R., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Purification and characterization of S-adenosyl-l-methionine: Caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase from suspension cultures of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 287 (2), 372-379 DOI:10.1016/0003-9861(91)90492-2 | .

Harrison, M. J., Choudhary, A. D., Dubery, I. A., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) 8. Cis-elements and trans-acting factors for the quantitative expression of a bean chalcone synthase gene promoter in electroporated alfalfa protoplasts. Plant Molecular Biology, 16, 877-890.

Edwards, R., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Isoflavone O-methyltransferase activities in elicitor-treated cell suspension cultures of Medicago sativa. Phytochemistry, 30 (8), 2597-2606.

Edwards, R., Blount, J. W., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Glutathione and elicitation of the phytoalexin response in legume cell cultures. Planta, 184, 403-409.

Gowri, G., Paiva, N. L., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) 12. Sequence analysis of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (pal) Cdna clones and appearance of pal transcripts in elicitor-treated cell cultures and developing plants. Plant Molecular Biology, 17, 415-429.

Loake, G. J., Choudhary, A. D., Harrison, M. J., Mavandad, M., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Phenylpropanoid pathway intermediates regulate transient expression of a chalcone synthase gene promoter. Plant Cell, 3, 829-840.

Gowri, G., Bugos, R. C., Campbell, W. H., Maxwell, C. A., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) X. Molecular cloning and expression of S-adenosyl-l-methionine: Caffeic Acid 3-O-methyltransferase, a key enzyme of lignin biosynthesis. Plant Physiology, 97, 7-14 DOI:0032-0889/91 /97/0007/08/.

Paiva, N. L., Edwards, R., Sun, Y., Hrazdina, G., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) 11. Molecular cloning and expression of alfalfa isoflavone reductase, a key enzyme of isoflavonoid phytoalexin biosynthesis. Plant Molecular Biology, 17, 653-667.

Stermer, B. A., Edwards, L. A., Edington, B. V., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Analysis of elicitor-inducible transcripts encoding 3-hydroxy-3-menthylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase in potato. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 39, 135-145.

Shorrosh, B. S., & Dixon, R. A. (1991). Molecular cloning of a putative plant endomembrane protein resembling vertebrate protein disulfide-isomerase and a phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 88, 10941-10945.

Lawton, M. A., Dean, S. M., Dron, M., Kooter, J. M., Kragh, K. M., Harrison, M. J., Yu, L. M., Tanguay, L., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1991). Silencer region of a chalcone synthase promoter contains multiple binding sites for a factor, Sbf-1, closely related to Gt-1. Plant Molecular Biology, 16, 235-249.

Templeton, M. D., Dixon, R. A., Lamb, C. J., & Lawton, M. A. (1990). Hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein transcripts exhibit different spatial patterns of accumulation in compatible and incompatible interactions between Phaseolus vulgaris and Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. Plant Physiology, 94, 1265-1269 DO0032-0889/90/94/1 265/05/.

Doerner, P, Stermer, B. A., Schmid, J., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1990). Plant defense gene promoter-reporter gene fusions in transgenic plants: tools for identification of novel inducers. BioTechnology, 8, 845-848.

Schmid, J., Doerner, P, Clouse, J. A., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1990). Developmental and environmental regulation of a bean chalcone synthase promoter in transgenic tobacco. Plant Cell, 2, 619-631.

Jorrin, J., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)II. Purification, characterization, and induction of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase Isoforms from elicitor-treated cell suspension cultures. Plant Physiology, 92, 447-455.

Dalkin, K., Edwards, R., Edington, B. V., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) I. Induction of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and hydrolytic enzymes in elicitor-treated cell suspension cultures. Plant Physiology, 92, 440-446.

Dixon, R. A., Harrison, M. J., Jenkins, S. M., Lamb, C. J., Lawton, M. A., & Yu, L. M. (1990). Cis-elements and trans-acting factors for regulation of the plant defense gene chalcone synthase. Plant Gene Transfer, 129, 101-109.

Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1990). Molecular communication in interactions between plants and microbial pathogens. Annual Review Plant Physiology Plant Molecular Biology, 41, 339-367 DOI:10.1146/annurev.pp.41.060190.002011.

Kessmann, H., Choudhary, A. D., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) III. Induction of medicarpin and cytochrome P450 enzyme activities in elicitor-treated cell suspension cultures and protoplasts. Plant Cell Reports, 9, 38-41.

Choudhary, A. D., Kessmann, H., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) IV. Expression of defense gene constructs in electroporated suspension cell protoplasts. Plant Cell Reports, 9, 42-46.

Edwards, R., Mavandad, M., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Metabolic fate of cinnamic acid in elicitor treated cell suspension cultures of phaseolus vulgaris. Phytochemistry, 29 (6), 1867-1873.

Mavandad, M., Edwards, R., Liang, X., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Effects of trans-cinnamic acid on expression of the bean phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene family1. Plant Physiology, 94, 671-680 DOI:0032-0889/90/0671/10.

Stermer, B. A., Schmid, J., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Infection and stress activation of bean chalcone synthase promoters in transgenic tobacco. MPMI - Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 3 (6), 381-388.

Kessmann, H., Edwards, R., Geno, P. W., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) V. Constitutive and elicitor-induced accumulation of isoflavonoid conjugates in cell suspension cultures. Plant Physiology, 94, 227-232.

Dalkin, K., Jorrin, J., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) VII. Induction of defence related mRNAs in elicitor-treated cell suspension cultures. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 37, 293-307.

Choudhary, A. D., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1990). Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) VI. Differential responsiveness of chalcone synthase induction to fungal elicitor or glutathione in electroporated protoplasts. Plant Physiology, 94, 1802-1807 DOI:0032-0889/90/94/1 802/06/.

Liang, X., Dron, M., Cramer, C. L., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1989). Differential regulation of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase genes during plant development and by environmental cues. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 264, 14486-14492.

Lamb, C. J., Lawton, M. A., Dron, M., & Dixon, R. A. (1989). Signals and transduction mechanisms for activation of plant defenses against microbial attack. Cell, 56, 215-224.

Dixon, R. A., Jennings, A. C., Davies, L. A., Gerrish, C., & Murphy, D. L. (1989). Elicitor-active components from French bean hypocotyls. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 34, 99-115.

Cramer, C. L., Edwards, K. J., Dron, M., Liang, X., Dildine, S. L., Bolwell, G. P., Dixon, R. A., Lamb, C. J., & Schuch, W. (1989). Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene organization and structure. Plant Molecular Biology, 12 (4), 367-383.

Dixon, R. A., Blyden, E. R., Dron, M., Harrison, M. J., Lamb, C. J., Lawton, M. A., & Mavandad, M. (1989). Regulation of gene expression in biologically stressed bean cell cultures. Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Plant Cell Cultures, 1989, 266-273.

Liang, X., Dron, M., Schmid, J., Dixon, R. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1989). Developmental and environmental regulation of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase-b-glucuronidase gene fusion in transgenic tobacco plants. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 86, 9284-9288.

Ellis, J. S., Jennings, A. C., Edwards, L. A., Mavandad, M., Lamb, C. J., & Dixon, R. A. (1989). Defense gene expression in elicitor-treated cell suspension cultures of french bean Cv. Imuna. Plant Cell Reports, 8, 504-550.

Bolwell, G. P., Mavandad, M., Millar, D. J., Edwards, K. J., Schuch, W., & Dixon, R. A. (1988). Inhibition of mRNA levels and activities by trans-cinnamic acid in elicitor-induced bean cells. Phytochemistry, 27 (7), 2109-2117 DOI:10.1016/0031-9422(88)80106-7 .

Dixon, R. A., Blyden, E. R., Robbins, M. P., Van Tunen, A. J., & Mol, J. N. (1988). Comparative biochemistry of chalcone isomerases. Phytochemistry, 27 (9), 2801-2808.

Dron, M., Clouse, S. D., Dixon, R. A., Lawton, M. A., & Lamb, C. J. (1988). Glutathione and fungal elicitor regulation of a plant defense gene promoter in electroporated protoplasts. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 85 (18), 6738-6742.