Amasino


Email

215B Biochemistry Addition
Department of Biochemistry
433 Babcock Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1544
USA

(608) 265-2170

   

Richard M Amasino

           

Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
B.S., Pennsylvania State University;
M.S., Ph.D., Indiana University

      

Publications

Reviews

Sung, S., Y. He, T. W. Eshoo1, Y. Tamada, D. Shultis, L. Johnson., A. M. Lindroth, K. Nakahigashi, K. Goto, S. Khorasanizadeh, S. E. Jacobsen and R. M. Amasino. 2006. Epigenetic maintenance of the vernalized state in Arabidopsis requires like heterochromatin protein 1. Nature Genetics 38: 706-710.

Searle, I., Y. He, F. Turck, C. Vincent, F. Fornara, S. Krober, R. Amasino and G. Coupland. 2006. The transcription factor FLC confers a flowering response to vernalization by repressing meristem competence and systemic signaling in Arabidopsis. Genes Dev. 20: 898 - 912.

Schmitz, R. J., L. Hong, S. Michaels, and R. M. Amasino FRIGIDA-ESSENTIAL 1 interacts genetically with FRIGIDA and FRIGIDA-LIKE 1 to promote the winter-annual habit of Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 2005; 132: 5471 - 5478.

Kim, S. Y., Y. He, Y. Jacob, Y. S. Noh, S. Michaels, and R. Amasino. 2005. Establishment of the vernalization-responsive, winter-annual habit in Arabidopsis requires a histone H3 methyl transferase. Plant Cell 17: 3301-3310.

Doyle, M. R., C. M. Bizzell, M. R. Keller, S. D. Michaels, J. Song, Y.-S. Noh and R. M. Amasino. 2005. HUA2 is required for the expression of floral repressors in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 41(3): 376-385.

Amasino, R. M. 2005. 1955: Kinetin arrives. The 50th anniversary of a new plant hormone. Plant Physiol. 138:1177-84.

Amasino, R. M. 2005. Vernalization and flowering time. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 16(2): 154-158.

He, Y. and R. M. Amasino.  2005.  The role of chromatin modification in flowering-time control.  Trends Plant Sci. 10(1): 30-35.

Sung, S. and R. M. Amasino.  2005.  Remembering Winter: Towards A Molecular Understanding Of Vernalization. Ann. Rev. Plant Biol. 56:491-508.

Amasino, R. M.  2004.  Vernalization, competence, and the epigenetic memory of winter.  Plant Cell 16: 2553-2559.

Amasino, R. M.  2004.  The epigenetic regulation of flowering by vernalization.  Bulletin of the National Research Council of Canada. Issue 1, 2004: 3-6. http://www.pbi.nrc.ca/en/bulletin/bulltoc.htm

Sung, S. B. and Amasino, R. M.  2004.  Vernalization and epigenetics: how plants remember winter.  Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 7: 4?10.

Noh, Y.-S., B. F. Quirino and R. M. Amasino.  2004.  Senescence and genetic engineering.  In: Programmed Cell Death Processes, Elsevier, pp. 91-105.

Doyle, M., S. B. Sung and R. M. Amasino.  2002.  The genetic control of flowering time.  In: Plant Reproduction, Annual Plant Reviews, Chapter 2, Volume 6.  S. D. O?Neill and J. A. Roberts, eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 33-60.

Paterson A. H., Th. Lan, R. Amasino, T. C. Osborn and C. Quiros.  2001.  Brassica genomics: a complement to, and early beneficiary of, the Arabidopsis sequence.  Genome Biol. 2: 1011.

Michaels, S. D. and R. M. Amasino. 2000. Memories of winter: vernalization and the competence to flower. Plant Cell & Environment 23: 1145 -1154.

Himelblau, E. and R. M. Amasino. 2000. Delivering copper within plant cells. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 3, 205-210.

Quirino, B. F., Y.-S. Noh, E. Himelblau and R. M. Amasino. 2000. Molecular aspects of leaf senescence. Trends in Plant Sci. 5, 278-282.

Sussman, Michael R., Richard M. Amasino, Jeffery C. Young, Patrick J. Krysan, and Sandra Austin-Phillips 2000. The Arabidopsis Knockout Facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Plant Physiol, 124: 1465-1467.

Recent Papers

Michaels, S. D., E. Himelblau, S. Y. Kim, F. M. Schomburg and R. M. Amasino.   2005. Integration of flowering signals in winter-annual Arabidopsis.  Plant Physiol. 137: 149 - 156.

Doyle, M. R., C. M. Bizzell, M. R. Keller, S. D. Michaels, J. Song, Y.-S. Noh and R. M. Amasino.  2005. HUA2 is required for the expression of floral repressors in Arabidopsis thaliana.  Plant J. 41(3): 376-385.

He, Y., M. R. Doyle and R. M. Amasino. 2004. PAF1 complex-mediated histone methylation of FLOWERING LOCUS C chromatin is required for the vernalization-responsive, winter-annual habit in Arabidopsis.  Genes Dev. 18:  2774 ? 2784.

Sung, S. and R. M. Amasino. 2004. Vernalization in Arabidopsis thaliana is mediated by the PHD finger protein VIN3.  Nature 427: 159-164.

Liu, J.,Y. He, R. M. Amasino and X. Chen. 2004. siRNAs targeting an intronic transposon in the regulation of natural flowering behavior in Arabidopsis.  Genes Dev. 18: 2873-2878.

Aida, M., D. Beis, R. Heidstra, V. Willemsen, I. Blilou, C. Galinha, L. Nussaume, Y.-S. Noh, R. M. Amasino and B. Scheres. 2004.The PLETHORA Genes Mediate Patterning of the Arabidopsis Root Stem Cell Niche.  Cell 119: 109?120.

Salathia, N., S. J. Davis, J. R. Lynn, S. D. Michaels, R. M. Amasino and A. J. Millar. 2004. Autonomous and vernalisation-responsive floral regulators control the circadian clock via FLOWERING LOCUS C Plant J. in press.

Noh, B., S.-H. Lee, H.-J. Kim, G. Yi, E.-A. Shin, M. Lee, K.-J. Jung, M. R. Doyle, R. M. Amasino and Y.-S. Noh. 2004. Divergent roles of a pair of homologous jumonji/zinc-finger?class transcription factor proteins in the regulation of Arabidopsis flowering time.  Plant Cell 16: 2601-2613.

Bezerra, I. C., S. D. Michaels and R. M. Amasino. 2004. Lesions in the mRNA cap-binding protein ABA Hypersensitive 1 suppress FRIGIDA-mediated delayed flowering in Arabidopsis.  Plant J. 40: 112?119.

Noh, Y.-S., C. M. Bizzell, B. Noh, F. M. Schomburg and R. M. Amasino.  2004. EARLY FLOWERING 5 acts as a floral repressor in Arabidopsis.  Plant J. 38: 664-672.

Michaels, S. D., I. C. Bezerra and R. M. Amasino. 2004. FRIGIDA-related genes are required for the winter-annual habit in Arabidopsis.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 3281?3285.

He, Y., S. D. Michaels and R. M. Amasino. 2003. Regulation of flowering time by histone acetylation in Arabidopsis.  Science 302: 1751-1754.

Noh, Y. S. and R. M. Amasino. 2003. PIE1, an ISWI family gene, is required for FLC activation and floral repression in Arabidopsis.  Plant Cell 15: 1671-1682.

Michaels, S., Y. He, K. Scortecci and R. M. Amasino. 2003. Attenuation of FLOWERING LOCUS C activity as a mechanism for the evolution of summer-annual flowering behavior in Arabidopsis.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 10102-19107.

Hall, A., R. M. Bastow, S. J. Davis, S. Hanano, H. G. McWatters, V. Hibberd, M. R.  Doyle, S. Sung, K. J. Halliday, R. M. Amasino and A. J. Millar.  2003.  The TIME FOR COFFEE (TIC) gene maintains the amplitude and timing of Arabidopsis circadian clocks.  Plant Cell 15: 2719-2729.

Scortecci, K., S. Michaels and R. M. Amasino.  2003.  Genetic interactions between FLM and other flowering-time genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.  Plant Molecular Biology. 52: 915-922.

Michaels, S., G. Ditta, C. Gustafson-Brown, P. Soraya, M. Yanofsky and R. M. Amasino.  2003.  AGL24 acts as a promoter of flowering in Arabidopsis and is positively regulated by vernalization.  Plant J. 33: 867-874.

Schomburg, F., C. Bizzell, J. D. Lee, J. A. D. Zeevaart and R. Amasino.  2003.  Overexpression of a novel class of gibberellin 2-oxidases decreases gibberellin levels and creates dwarf plants. Plant Cell 15: 151?163.

Schranz M. E., P. Quijada, S. B. Sung, L. Lukens, R. Amasino and T. C. Osborn.  2002.  Characterization and effects of the replicated flowering time gene FLC in Brassica rapa.  Genetics 162: 1457-68.

Doyle, M. R., S. J. Davis, R. M. Bastow, H. G. McWatters, L. Kozma-Bognar, F. Nagy, A. J. Millar and R. M. Amasino.  2002.  The ELF4 gene controls circadian rhythms and flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana.  Nature 419: 74-77.

Michaels, S. and R. Amasino.  2001.  High throughput isolation of DNA and RNA in 96-well format using a paint shaker.  Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 19: 227-233.

Himelblau, E. and R. M. Amasino.  2001.  Nutrients mobilized from leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana during leaf senescence.  J. Plant Physiol. 158: 1317-1323.

Weaver, L. M. and R. Amasino.  2001.  Senescence is induced in individually darkened Arabidopsis leaves, but inhibited in whole darkened plants.  Plant Physiol. 127(3): 876-86.

(Cover left) Schomburg, F. and R. M. Amasino. 2001. FPA, a Gene Involved in Floral Induction in Arabidopsis thaliana. Encodes a Protein Containing RNA-Recognition Motifs The Plant Cell, 13: 1427-1436.

Scortecci K., Michaels, S., and Amasino, 2001. Identification of a MADS-Box Gene, FLowering Locus M, that Represses Flowering. The Plant Journal, 26(2): 229-236.

Carsten Meier, Thomas Bouquin, Mads Eggert Nielsen, Dora Raventos, Ole Mattsson, Anne Rocher, Fritz Schomburg, Richard M. Amasino and John Mundy 2001 Gibberellin response mutants identified by luciferase imaging The Plant Journal, 25(5): 509-519.

Michaels, S., and Amasino, R. 2001. Loss of FLOWERING LOCUS C activity eliminates the late-flowering phenotype of FRIGIDA and autonomous-pathway mutations, but not responsiveness to vernalization., The Plant Cell, Vol. 13, 935?941.

Quirino, B. F., Reiter, W.-D. and Amasino, R. M. 2001. One of two tandem Arabidopsis genes homologous to monosaccharide transporters is senescence associated. Plant Mol. Biol., in press

Kole, C., Quijada, P., Michaels, S. D., Amasino, R. M., and Osborn, T. C. 2001. Evidence for homology of flowering-time genes VFR2 from Brassica rapa and FLC from Arabidopsis thaliana. Theor Appl Genet (2001) 102:425?430.

Johanson, U., J. West, C. Lister, S. Michaels, R. Amasino, and C. Dean. 2000. Molecular Analysis of FRIGIDA, a Major Determinant of Natural Variation in Arabidopsis Flowering Time Science 290: 344-347.

vanNocker, S., M. Muszynski, K. Briggs & R. Amasino 2000 Characterization of a gene from Zea mays related to the Arabidopsis flowering-time gene Luminidependens" Plant Mol. Biol. 44: 107.

W. Jordi, A. H. C. M. Schapendonk, E. Davelaar, G. M. Stoopen, C. S. Pot, R. de Visser, J. A. van Rhijn, S. Gan and R. M. Amasino. 2000 Increased cytokinin levels in transgenic PSAG12-IPT tobacco plants have large direct and indirect effects on leaf senescence, photosynthesis and N partitioning. Plant Cell & Environment 23: 279-289.


    

 

 

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