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Arabidopsis and other model species to advance research with tropical crops: core research areas are plant development, regulation of gene expression, mechanisms of plant defense responses, key metabolic pathway, genetic transformation, starch biosynthesis.
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Recent Publications
Cadmium phytoextraction by Helianthus annuus (sunflower), Brassica napus cv Wichita (rapeseed), and Chyrsopogon zizanioides (vetiver)
Benavides, B. J., Drohan, P. J., Spargo, J. T., Maximova, S. N., Guiltinan, M. J. & Miller, D. A., Feb 2021, In: Chemosphere. 265, 129086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transcriptomic analyses of cacao flavonoids produced in photobioreactors
Gallego, A. M., Rojas, L. F., Valencia, W. G., Atehortúa, L., Urrea, A. I., Fister, A. S., Guiltinan, M. J., Maximova, S. N. & Pabón-Mora, N., Dec 2021, In: BMC genomics. 22, 1, 551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genomic structural variants constrain and facilitate adaptation in natural populations of Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree
Hämälä, T., Wafula, E. K., Guiltinan, M. J., Ralph, P. E., dePamphilis, C. W. & Tiffin, P., Aug 31 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 35, e2102914118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Inter-species functional compatibility of the Theobroma cacao and Arabidopsis FT orthologs: 90 million years of functional conservation of meristem identity genes
Prewitt, S. F., Shalit-Kaneh, A., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Dec 2021, In: BMC plant biology. 21, 1, 218.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Widely distributed variation in tolerance to Phytophthora palmivora in four genetic groups of cacao
Fister, A. S., Leandro-Muñoz, M. E., Zhang, D., Marden, J. H., Tiffin, P., dePamphilis, C., Maximova, S. & Guiltinan, M. J., Feb 1 2020, In: Tree Genetics and Genomes. 16, 1, 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gene Expression Modularity Reveals Footprints of Polygenic Adaptation in Theobroma cacao
Hämälä, T., Guiltinan, M. J., Marden, J. H., Maximova, S. N., Depamphilis, C. W. & Tiffin, P., Jan 1 2020, In: Molecular biology and evolution. 37, 1, p. 110-123 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Clovamide, a Hydroxycinnamic Acid Amide, Is a Resistance Factor Against Phytophthora spp. in Theobroma cacao
Knollenberg, B. J., Li, G. X., Lambert, J. D., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Dec 23 2020, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 11, 617520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Metabolomic profile of cacao cell suspensions growing in blue light/dark conditions with potential in food biotechnology
Gallego, A. M., Rojas, L. F., Rodriguez, H. A., Mora, C., Atehortúa, L., Urrea, A. I., Guiltinan, M. J., Maximova, S. N., Gaquerel, E., Zuluaga, M. & Pabón-Mora, N., Nov 1 2019, In: Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 139, 2, p. 275-294 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Resistant and susceptible cacao genotypes exhibit defense gene polymorphism and unique early responses to Phytophthora megakarya inoculation
Pokou, D. N., Fister, A. S., Winters, N., Tahi, M., Klotioloma, C., Sebastian, A., Marden, J. H., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Mar 1 2019, In: Plant molecular biology. 99, 4-5, p. 499-516 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Glucocorticoid receptor-regulated TcLEC2 expression triggers somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao leaf tissue
Fister, A. S., Landherr, L., Perryman, M., Zhang, Y., Guiltinan, M. J. & Maximova, S. N., Nov 2018, In: PloS one. 13, 11, e0207666.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 machinery targeting TcNPR3 enhances defense response in theobroma cacao
Fister, A. S., Landherr, L., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Mar 2 2018, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 9, 268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transcriptomic analyses of cacao cell suspensions in light and dark provide target genes for controlled flavonoid production
Gallego, A. M., Rojas, L. F., Parra, O., Rodriguez, H. A., Mazo Rivas, J. C., Urrea, A. I., Atehortúa, L., Fister, A. S., Guiltinan, M. J., Maximova, S. N. & Pabón-Mora, N., Dec 1 2018, In: Scientific reports. 8, 1, 13575.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Phytophthora megakarya and Phytophthora palmivora, Closely Related Causal Agents of Cacao Black Pod Rot, Underwent Increases in Genome Sizes and Gene Numbers by DifferentMechanisms
Ali, S. S., Shao, J., Lary, D. J., Kronmiller, B. A., Shen, D., Strem, M. D., Amoako-Attah, I., Akrofi, A. Y., Begoude, B. A. D., ten Hoopen, G. M., Coulibaly, K., Kebe, B. I., Melnick, R. L., Guiltinan, M. J., Tyler, B. M., Meinhardt, L. W. & Bailey, B. A., 2017, In: Genome biology and evolution. 9, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Erratum: Theobroma cacao L. pathogenesis-related gene tandem array members show diverse expression dynamics in response to pathogen colonization [BMC Genomics., (2016), 17, (363) 10.1186/s12864-016-2693-3
Fister, A. S., Mejia, L. C., Zhang, Y., Herre, E. A., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Sep 7 2016, In: BMC genomics. 17, 1, 715.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Protocol: Transient expression system for functional genomics in the tropical tree Theobroma cacao L.
Fister, A. S., Shi, Z., Zhang, Y., Helliwell, E. E., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Mar 11 2016, In: Plant Methods. 12, 1, 19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review