I am interested in understanding the control of growth and development in plants.
Because plants are sessile, one of the main ways they respond to alterations in their
environment is through altered growth. These alterations in growth are mediated by a
variety of phytohormones; most of my work is on the phytohormone ethylene. Ethylene is a
gas produced by plants that regulates and influences many critical physiological and
developmental processes making it of agricultural, horticultural and economic importance
to understand its mode of action and to more fully understand how it affects plants.

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Ethylene Receptor ETHYLENE RECEPTOR1 Domain Requirements for Ethylene Responses in Arabidopsis Seedlings (with Heejung Kim, Elizabeth Helmbrecht, M. Blaine Stalins, Christina Schmitt, Nesha Patel, Chi-Kuang Wen, and Wuyi Wang), Plant Physiology (2011)

Ethylene influences many processes in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) through the action of five receptor isoforms....

 

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Proteomic responses in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings treated with ethylene (with Ruiqiang Chen, Wesley M. Garrett, Mark L. Tucker, Caren Chang, and Bret Cooper), Molecular Biosystems (2011)

Ethylene (ET) is a volatile hormone that modulates fruit ripening, plant growth, development and stress...

 

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The Copper Transporter RAN1 Is Essential for Biogenesis of Ethylene Receptors in Arabidopsis (with Fernando Rodriguez and Anthony Bleecker), Journal of Biological Chemistry (2010)

Plants utilize ethylene as a hormone to regulate multiple developmental processes and to coordinate responses...

 

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Ethylene Receptors Function as Components of High-Molecular-Mass Protein Complexes in Arabidopsis (with Yi-Feng Chen, Zhiyong Gao, Robert J. Kerris III, Wuyi Wang, and G. Eric Schaller), Arabidopsis (2010)

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The gaseous plant hormone ethylene is perceived in Arabidopsis thaliana by a five-member receptor...

 

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Ethylene Receptors Function as Components of High-Molecular-Mass Protein Complexes in Arabidopsis (with Yi-Feng Chen, Zhiyong Gao, Robert J. Kerriss III, Wuyi Wang, and G. Eric Schaller), PLoS ONE (2010)

The gaseous plant hormone ethylene is perceived in Arabidopsis thaliana by a five-member receptor family...

 

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