Following is a list of publications relating to Medicago species including, but not limited to, M. sativa and M. truncatula.

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2003

• Chang-Jun Liu, David Huhman, Lloyd W. Sumner, Richard A. Dixon (2003) Regiospecific hydroxylation of isoflavones by cytochrome P450 81E enzymes from Medicago truncatula, , Plant Journal, submitted
   
• Dixon, R.A. (2003). Molecular improvement of forages- from genomics to GMOs. In Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf, eds Z-Y Wang and A. Hopkins, Kluwer Academic Publishers, submitted.
   
• Chen, F., Duran, A.L., Blount, J.W., Sumner. L.W. and Dixon., R.A. (2003). Profiling phenolic metabolites in transgenic alfalfa modified in lignin biosynthesis. Phytochemistry, in press.
   
• Dixon, R.A. and Reddy, M.S.S. (2003). Biosynthesis of monolignols. Genomic and reverse genetic approaches. Phytochemical Reviews, in press.
   
• Duran, Anthony L., Jian Yang, Lianjiang Wang, Lloyd W. Sumner,  Metabolomics Spectral Formatting, Alignment and Conversion Tools (MSFACTs) , Bioninformatics, in press.
   
• Eujayl, I., Sledge, M.K.,Wang, L.,May, G.D., Chekhovskiy, K., Zwonitzer, J.C. and Mian, M.A.R. (2003). Medicago truncatula EST-SSRs reveal cross-species genetic markers for Medicago spp. and related legumes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (In press).
   
• Hou G., Mohamalawari D.R., Blancalor E.B. (2003) Enhanced gravitropism of roots with a disrupted cap actin cyoskeleton. Plant Physiology, in press
   
• Mao, C., Cushman, J.C., May, G.D. and Weller, J. (2003). ESTAP ? An Automated system for the analysis of EST data. Bioinformatics (in press).
   
• Noel, J.P., Dixon, R.A., Pichersky, E., Zubieta, C. and Ferrer, J.-L. (2003). Structural, functional, and evolutionary basis for methylation of plant small molecules. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, 37, in press.
   
• Dixon, R.A. and Strack, D. (2003) Phytochemistry meets genome analysis, and beyond ¡K¡K. (editorial). Phytochemistry 62, 815-816
   
• Dixon, R.A. and Sumner, L.W. (2003) Legume natural products. Understanding and manipulating complex pathways for human and animal health. Plant Physiology 131, 878-885
  
• Kota, P., Guo, D., Zubietas, C., Noel, J. and Dixon, R.A. (2003). O-Methylation of benzaldehyde derivatives by ¡§lignin specific¡¨ caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase. Plant Physiology, submitted.
   
• Marita, J.M., Ralph, J.R., Hatfield, R.D., Guo, D., Chen, F., and Dixon,R.A. (2003). Strucutral and compositional modifications in lignin of transgenic alfalfa down-regulated in caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase and caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase. Phytochemistry 62, 53-65.
   
• Sumner, L.W., Mendes, P. and Dixon, R.A. (2003) Plant metabolomics: large-scale phytochemistry in the functional genomics era. Phytochemistry 62, 817-836.
   
• Watson, Bonnie, Victor Asirvatham, Liangjiang Wang, Lloyd W. Sumner, Mapping the Proteome of Medicago truncatula, , Plant Physiology, 2003, 131, 1104-1123.
   
• Xie, D.-Y., Sharma, S.B., Paiva, N.L., Ferreira, D. and Dixon, R.A. (2003). Role of anthocyanidin reductase, encoded by BANYULS, in plant flavonoid biosynthesis. Science 299, 396-399.

2002

• Asirvatham, V.S., Watson, B.S., and Sumner, L.W. (2002). Analytical and biological variances associated with proteomic studies of Medicago truncatula by 2-DE. Proteomics, 2002, 2, 960-968
   
• Baggett, B.R., Cooper, J.D., Hogan, E.T., Carper, J., Paiva, N.L., and Smith, J.T. (2002). Profiling isoflavonoids found in legume root extracts using capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 23: 1642-1651.
   
• Blancaflor, E.B. (2002) The cytoskeleton and gravitopism in higher plants. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 21: 120-136
   
• Cooper, J.D., Qiu, F. and Paiva, N.L. (2002) Biotransformation of an exogenously supplied isoflavonoid by transgenic tobacco cells expressing alfalfa isoflavone reductase. Plant Cell Reports 20: 876-884.
   
• Dixon, R. A., Achnine, L., Kota, P., Liu, C.-J., Reddy, M.K.S. and Wang, L. (2002). The phenylpropanoid pathway and plant defence- a genomics perspective. Molecular Plant Pathology, 3, 371-390.
   
• Dixon, R.A. and Ferreira, D. (2002). Molecules of interest: Genistein. Phytochemistry 60: 205-211.
   
• Guo, D., Chen, F. and Dixon, R.A. (2002) Monolignol biosynthesis in microsomal preparations from lignifying stems of alfalfa (Medicago sativaL.) Phytochemistry 61, 657-668.
   
• Huhman, D.H., and Sumner, L.W. ,Metabolic Profiling of Saponin Glycosides in Medicago sativa and Medicago truncatula using HPLC Coupled to an Electrospray Ion-trap Mass Spectrometer,  Phytochemistry, 2002, 59, 347-360.
   
• Jez, J.M., Ferrer, J.-L., Bowman, M.E., Austin, M.B., Schroder, J., Dixon, R.A. and Noel, J.P. (2002). Structure and mechanism of chalcone synthase-like polyketide synthases. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 27: 6 393-398.
   
• Marita, J.M., Ralph, J.R., Hatfield, R.D., Guo, D., Chen, F., and Dixon, R.A. (2002) Structural and compositional modifications in lignin of transgenic alfalfa down-regulated in caffeic acid 3-0-methyltransferase and caffeoyl CoA 3-0-methyltransferase. Photochemistry, in press
   
• May, G.D. (2002). An integrated approach to legume functional genomics. In Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, Vol 36 - Phytochemistry in the Genomics and Post-Genomics Era, Vol 36, J.T. Romeo and R.A. Dixon, eds. Pergamon, Oxford, UK, pgs 179-195.
   
• Paiva, N.L. (2002). Engineering resveratrol glucoside accumulation into alfalfa: crop protection and nutraceutical applications. In Crop Biotechnology, American Chemical Society Symposium Series 829 K. Rajasekaran, T.J. Jacks, and J.W. Finley, eds., American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, published by Oxford University Press. 13 pages, in press. .
   
• Salles, I.I., Blount, J.W., Dixon, R.A. and Schubert, K. (2002). Phytoalexin induction and fÒ-1,3-glucanase activities in Colletotrichum trifolii infected leaves of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 61, 89-101.
   
• Sumner, L.W., Mendes, P. and Dixon, R.A. (2002) Plant metabolomics: large-scale phytochemistry in the functional genomics era. Phytochemistry, in press
   
• Sumner, L.W, Duran, A,L., Huhman, D.H., and Smith J.T. (2002). Metabolomics: A developing and integral component in functional genomic studies of Medicago truncatula. In Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, Vol. 36 - Phytochemistry in the Genomics and Post-Genomics Era, Vol 36, J.T. Romeo and R.A. Dixon, eds., Pergamon, Oxford, UK, pgs 31-61.
   
• Suzuki, H., Achnine, L., Xu, R., Matsuda, S.P.T. and Dixon, R.A. (2002). A genomics approach to the early stages of triterpene saponin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula. Plant Journal 32, 033-1048.
   
• Versaw, W.K. and Harrison, M.J. (2002). A chloroplast phosphate transporter, PHT2;1, influences allocation of phosphate within the plant and phosphate-starvation responses. Plant Cell, in press.
   
• Waugh, M., Anderson, W., Bell, C., Inman, J., Schilkey, F., Sullivan, J. and May, G.D. (2002). Medicago genome initiative (MGI). Nucleic Acids Research 30:1.
   
• Xia, Y., Borevitz, J., Blount, J.W., Dixon, R.A. and Lamb, C.J. (2002). Biopanning by activation tagging. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, 36, in press.
   
• Zubieta, C., Kota, P., Ferrer, J-L., Dixon, R.A. and Noel, J. (2002). Structural basis for the modulation of lignin monomer methylation by caffeic acid/5-hydroxyferulic acid 3/5-O-methyltransferase. Plant Cell 14:1265-1277.