Recent Publications
Recent Pollen Papers
Frank, A. C. and Johnson, M. A. (2009). Expressing the diphtheria toxin A subunit from the HAP2(GCS1) promoter blocks sperm maturation and produces single sperm-like cells capable of fertilization. Plant Physiol.
Qin, Y., Leydon, A. R., Manziello, A., Pandey, R., Mount, D., Denic, S., Vasic, B., Johnson, M. A. and Palanivelu, R. (2009). Penetration of the stigma and style elicits a novel transcriptome in pollen tubes, pointing to genes critical for growth in a pistil. PLoS Genet 5, e1000621.
Johnson, M. A. and Bender, J. (2009). Reprogramming the epigenome during germline and seed development. Genome Biol 10, 232.
von Besser, K., Frank, A. C., Johnson, M. A. and Preuss, D. (2006). Arabidopsis HAP2 (GCS1) is a sperm-specific gene required for pollen tube guidance and fertilization. Development 133, 4761-9.
Johnson, M. A. and Lord, E. M. (2006). Extracellular Guidance Cues and Intracellular Signaling Pathways that Direct Pollen Tube Growth. In The Pollen Tube: A cellular and molecular perspective, vol. 3 (ed. R. Malho), pp. 223-242. Heidelberg: Springer.
Johnson, M. A., von Besser, K., Zhou, Q., Smith, E., Aux, G., Patton, D., Levin, J. Z. and Preuss, D. (2004). Arabidopsis hapless mutations define essential gametophytic functions. Genetics 168, 971-82.
Johnson, M. A. and Preuss, D. (2002). Plotting a course: multiple signals guide pollen tubes to their targets. Dev Cell 2, 273-81.
Johnson, M. A. and Preuss, D. (2003). On your mark, get set, GROW! LePRK2-LAT52 interactions regulate pollen tube growth. Trends Plant Sci 8, 97-9.