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Leydon AR, Tsukamoto T, Dunatunga D, Qin Y, Johnson MA, Palanivelu R. Pollen Tube Discharge Completes the Process of Synergid Degeneration That Is Initiated by Pollen Tube-Synergid Interaction in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology. 2015; 169 (1) : 485-96

Hartman E, Levy C, Kern DM, Johnson MA, Basu A. A rapid, inexpensive, and semi-quantitative method for determining pollen tube extension using fluorescence. Plant methods. 2014; 10 (1) : 3

Leydon, Alexander R., Johnson, Mark A. Defects in pollen-tube differentiation prevent fertilization Mol. Reprod. Dev.. 2014; 81 (1) : 1-1

Leydon AR, Chaibang A, Johnson MA. Interactions between pollen tube and pistil control pollen tube identity and sperm release in the Arabidopsis female gametophyte. Biochemical Society transactions. 2014; 42 (2) : 340-5

Leydon, Alexander R., Johnson, Mark A. Preparing for explosion: Pollen tubes are capacitated by the pistil Mol. Reprod. Dev.. 2013 : n/a-n/a

Beale KM, Johnson MA. Speed dating, rejection, and finding the perfect mate: advice from flowering plants. Current opinion in plant biology. 2013; 16 (5) : 590-7

Leydon AR, Beale KM, Woroniecka K, Castner E, Chen J, Horgan C, Palanivelu R, Johnson MA. Three MYB transcription factors control pollen tube differentiation required for sperm release. Current Biology. 2013; 23 (13) : 1209-14

Beale KM, Leydon AR, Johnson MA. Gamete fusion is required to block multiple pollen tubes from entering an Arabidopsis ovule. Current Biology. 2012; 22 (12) : 1090-4
Johnson MA. Plant reproduction: teaching a new language of love. Current Biology. 2012; 22 (13) : R528-9

Lu Y, Chanroj S, Zulkifli L, Johnson MA, Uozumi N, Cheung A, Sze H. Pollen tubes lacking a pair of K+ transporters fail to target ovules in Arabidopsis. The Plant cell. 2011; 23 (1) : 81-93

Qin Y, Wysocki RJ, Somogyi A, Feinstein Y, Franco JY, Tsukamoto T, Dunatunga D, Levy C, Smith S, Simpson R, Gang D, Johnson MA, Palanivelu R. Sulfinylated azadecalins act as functional mimics of a pollen germination stimulant in Arabidopsis pistils. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology. 2011; 68 (5) : 800-15

Johnson MA. Fertilization: monogamy by mutually assured destruction. Current Biology. 2010; 20 (13) : R571-3

Palanivelu R, Johnson MA. Functional genomics of pollen tube-pistil interactions in Arabidopsis. Biochemical Society transactions. 2010; 38 (2) : 593-7

Wong JL, Leydon AR, Johnson MA. HAP2(GCS1)-dependent gamete fusion requires a positively charged carboxy-terminal domain. PLoS genetics. 2010; 6 (3) : e1000882

Wong JL, Johnson MA. Is HAP2-GCS1 an ancestral gamete fusogen? Trends in cell biology. 2010; 20 (3) : 134-41

Johnson MA, Kost B. Pollen tube development. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2010; 655 : 155-76

Frank AC, Johnson MA. Expressing the diphtheria toxin A subunit from the HAP2(GCS1) promoter blocks sperm maturation and produces single sperm-like cells capable of fertilization. Plant Physiology. 2009; 151 (3) : 1390-400

Qin Y, Leydon AR, Manziello A, Pandey R, Mount D, Denic S, Vasic B, Johnson MA, Palanivelu R. Penetration of the stigma and style elicits a novel transcriptome in pollen tubes, pointing to genes critical for growth in a pistil. PLoS genetics. 2009; 5 (8) : e1000621

Johnson MA, Bender J. Reprogramming the epigenome during germline and seed development. Genome biology. 2009; 10 (8) : 232

von Besser K, Frank AC, Johnson MA, Preuss D. Arabidopsis HAP2 (GCS1) is a sperm-specific gene required for pollen tube guidance and fertilization. Development. 2006; 133 (23) : 4761-9

Johnson MA, von Besser K, Zhou Q, Smith E, Aux G, Patton D, Levin JZ, Preuss D. Arabidopsis hapless mutations define essential gametophytic functions. Genetics. 2004; 168 (2) : 971-82

Chiba Y, Johnson MA, Lidder P, Vogel JT, van Erp H, Green PJ. AtPARN is an essential poly(A) ribonuclease in Arabidopsis. Gene. 2004; 328 : 95-102

Lidder, P., Johnson, M.A., Sullivan, M.L., Thompson, D.M., Pérez-Amador, M.A., Howard, C.J, Green, P.J. Genetics of the DST-mediated mRNA decay pathway using a transgene-based selection Biochm. Soc. Trans.. 2004; 32 (4) : 575-577

Johnson MA, Preuss D. On your mark, get set, GROW! LePRK2-LAT52 interactions regulate pollen tube growth. Trends in plant science. 2003; 8 (3) : 97-9

Johnson MA, Preuss D. Plotting a course: multiple signals guide pollen tubes to their targets. Developmental cell. 2002; 2 (3) : 273-81
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