Michael J. Scanlon

SEMAPHORE1 functions during the regulation of ancestrally duplicated knox genes and polar auxin transport in maize.

Empty pericarp2 encodes a negative regulator of the heat shock response and is required for maize embryogenesis.

The polar auxin transport inhibitor N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid disrupts leaf initiation, KNOX protein regulation, and formation of leaf margins in maize.

The maize duplicate genes narrow sheath1 and narrow sheath2 encode a conserved homeobox gene function in a lateral domain of shoot apical meristems.

Clonal mosaic analysis of EMPTY PERICARP2 reveals nonredundant functions of the duplicated HEAT SHOCK FACTOR BINDING PROTEINs during maize shoot development.

Radial leaves of the maize mutant ragged seedling2 retain dorsiventral anatomy.

The maize heat shock factor-binding protein paralogs EMP2 and HSBP2 interact non-redundantly with specific heat shock factors.

RAGGED SEEDLING2 is required for expression of KANADI2 and REVOLUTA homologues in the maize shoot apex.

Involving undergraduates in the annotation and analysis of global gene expression studies: creation of a maize shoot apical meristem expression database.

Laser microdissection of narrow sheath mutant maize uncovers novel gene expression in the shoot apical meristem.

Global gene expression analysis of the shoot apical meristem of maize (Zea mays L.).

Expression and nucleotide diversity of the maize RIK gene.

Tissue specificity and evolution of meristematic WOX3 function.

Regulation of small RNA accumulation in the maize shoot apex.

Microdissection of shoot meristem functional domains.

Auxin immunolocalization implicates vesicular neurotransmitter-like mode of polar auxin transport in root apices.

Laser microdissection-mediated isolation and in vitro transcriptional amplification of plant RNA.

Loss of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 2 (RDR2) function causes widespread and unexpected changes in the expression of transposons, genes, and 24-nt small RNAs.

Targeted forward mutagenesis by transitive RNAi.

WOX4 promotes procambial development.

Maize (Zea mays): a model organism for basic and applied research in plant biology.

ragged seedling2 Encodes an ARGONAUTE7-like protein required for mediolateral expansion, but not dorsiventrality, of maize leaves.

Analyses of WOX4 transgenics provide further evidence for the evolution of the WOX gene family during the regulation of diverse stem cell functions.

A maize thiamine auxotroph is defective in shoot meristem maintenance.

Chromosome size in diploid eukaryotic species centers on the average length with a conserved boundary.

Multiscale analysis of Hymenocallis coronaria (Amaryllidaceae) genetic diversity, genetic structure, and gene movement under the influence of unidirectional stream flow.

Discolored1 (DSC1) is an ADP-Ribosylation Factor-GTPase Activating Protein Required to Maintain Differentiation of Maize Kernel Structures.

PUNCTATE VASCULAR EXPRESSION1 Is a Novel Maize Gene Required for Leaf Pattern Formation That Functions Downstream of the Trans-Acting Small Interfering RNA Pathway.

Genic and nongenic contributions to natural variation of quantitative traits in maize.

Ontogeny of the maize shoot apical meristem.

Mendelian and non-Mendelian regulation of gene expression in maize.

Genome-wide discovery and characterization of maize long non-coding RNAs.

Transcriptomic analysis of Petunia hybrida in response to salt stress using high throughput RNA sequencing.

Genetic control of maize shoot apical meristem architecture.

Ontogeny of the sheathing leaf base in maize (Zea mays).

Transcriptomic evidence for the evolution of shoot meristem function in sporophyte-dominant land plants through concerted selection of ancestral gametophytic and sporophytic genetic programs.

Transcriptomic analyses indicate that maize ligule development recapitulates gene expression patterns that occur during lateral organ initiation.

Diversity of maize shoot apical meristem architecture and its relationship to plant morphology.

Evolutionary patterns of DNA base composition and correlation to polymorphisms in DNA repair systems.

Dissecting the molecular signatures of apical cell-type shoot meristems from two ancient land plant lineages.

Cell-specific transcriptomic analyses of three-dimensional shoot development in the moss Physcomitrella patens.

Leaves of grass: focusing phenomics on maize leaf growth.

Transcriptomic Evidence for the Evolution of Shoot Meristem Function in Sporophyte-Dominant Land Plants through Concerted Selection of Ancestral Gametophytic and Sporophytic Genetic Programs.

Laser Microdissection-Mediated Isolation and In Vitro Transcriptional Amplification of Plant RNA.

Genetic control of morphometric diversity in the maize shoot apical meristem.

Fractionation and subfunctionalization following genome duplications: mechanisms that drive gene content and their consequences.

Meristems take their cues from organ primordia.

Modeling the Morphometric Evolution of the Maize Shoot Apical Meristem.