Research Summary
Molecular and electrophysiological techniques to elucidate the second messenger pathways by which signals such as light and hormones are transduced into cellular responses.
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Recent Publications
Influence of expression and purification protocols on Gα biochemical activity: kinetics of plant and mammalian G protein cycles
Gookin, T. E., Chakravorty, D. & Assmann, S. M., 2025, In: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 12, 1513660.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Is GCR1 the GPR157 of plants?
Gotkhindikar, A., Chakravorty, D., Sengupta, D., Joshi, M. & Assmann, S. M., Feb 2025, In: Plant physiology. 197, 2, kiaf057.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
VariantFoldRNA: a flexible, containerized, and scalable pipeline for genome-wide riboSNitch prediction
Kirven, K. J., Bevilacqua, P. C. & Assmann, S. M., Jun 1 2025, In: NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 7, 2, lqaf066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Translational insights into abiotic interactions: From Arabidopsis to crop plants
Roeder, A. H. K., Shi, Y., Yang, S., Abbas, M., Sasidharan, R., Yanovsky, M. J., Casal, J. J., Ruffel, S., Von Wirén, N., Assmann, S. M., Kinscherf, N. A., Bakshi, A., Alptekin, B., Gilroy, S., Sharathkumar, M., Prat, S. & Argueso, C. T., Jul 1 2025, In: Plant Cell. 37, 7, koaf140.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Apoplastic metabolomics reveals sugars as mesophyll messengers regulating guard cell ion transport under red light
Zait, Y., Zhu, M., Ando, E., Zhou, Y., Yaaran, A., Yon, S., Okamoto, M., Hayashi, Y., Hirai, M. Y., Jegla, T., Kinoshita, T., Chen, S. & Assmann, S. M., Sep 2025, In: Nature Plants. 11, 9, p. 1847-1862 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Oryza CLIMtools: A genome–environment association resource reveals adaptive roles for heterotrimeric G proteins in the regulation of rice agronomic traits
Ferrero-Serrano, Á., Chakravorty, D., Kirven, K. J. & Assmann, S. M., Apr 8 2024, In: Plant Communications. 5, 4, 100813.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A network-based modeling framework reveals the core signal transduction network underlying high carbon dioxide-induced stomatal closure in guard cells
Gan, X., Sengottaiyan, P., Park, K. H., Assmann, S. M. & Albert, R., May 2024, In: PLoS biology. 22, 5 May, e3002592.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Flanking Sequence Cotranscriptionally Regulates Twister Ribozyme Activity
McKinley, L. N., Kern, R. G., Assmann, S. M. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jan 2 2024, In: Biochemistry. 63, 1, p. 53-68 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Stomatal responses to VPD utilize guard cell intracellular signaling components
Zait, Y., Joseph, A. & Assmann, S. M., 2024, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 15, 1351612.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rock, scissors, paper: How RNA structure informs function
Assmann, S. M., Chou, H. L. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jun 2023, In: Plant Cell. 35, 6, p. 1671-1707 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Extra-large G proteins have extra-large effects on agronomic traits and stress tolerance in maize and rice
Cantos, C. F., dePamphilis, C. W. & Assmann, S. M., Sep 2023, In: Trends in Plant Science. 28, 9, p. 1033-1044 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
RNA multimerization as an organizing force for liquid–liquid phase separation
Bevilacqua, P. C., Williams, A. M., Chou, H. L. & Assmann, S. M., Jan 2022, In: RNA. 28, 1, p. 16-26 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Experimental demonstration and pan-structurome prediction of climate-associated riboSNitches in Arabidopsis
Ferrero-Serrano, Á., Sylvia, M. M., Forstmeier, P. C., Olson, A. J., Ware, D., Bevilacqua, P. C. & Assmann, S. M., Dec 2022, In: Genome biology. 23, 1, 101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Inference of a Boolean Network From Causal Logic Implications
Maheshwari, P., Assmann, S. M. & Albert, R., Jun 16 2022, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 13, 836856.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genome-wide analysis of the in vivo tRNA structurome reveals RNA structural and modification dynamics under heat stress
Yamagami, R., Sieg, J. P., Assmann, S. M. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jun 21 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 25, e2201237119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review