Publications

Selected Publications

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  • Sehra, Bhupinder, and Robert G. Franks. (2017) “Redundant CArG Box Cis-Motif Activity Mediates SHATTERPROOF2 Transcriptional Regulation during Arabidopsis thaliana Gynoecium Development.” Frontiers in Plant Science 8 (October):1712.
  • Ma, Qing, Xiang Liu, Robert G. Franks, and Qiu-Yun Jenny Xiang. (2017) “Alterations of CorTFL1 and CorAP1 Expression Correlate with Major Evolutionary Shifts of Inflorescence Architecture in Cornus (Cornaceae)–a Proposed Model for Variation of Closed Inflorescence Forms.” The New Phytologist 216 (2). 519–35.
  • Villarino, Gonzalo H., Qiwen Hu, Silvia Manrique, Miguel Flores-Vergara, Bhupinder Sehra, Linda Robles, Javier Brumos, et al. (2016) “Transcriptomic Signature of the SHATTERPROOF2 Expression Domain Reveals the Meristematic Nature of Arabidopsis Gynoecial Medial Domain.” Plant Physiology 171 (1):42–61.
  • Oneal, Elen, John H. Willis, and Robert G. Franks. (2016) “Disruption of Endosperm Development Is a Major Cause of Hybrid Seed Inviability between Mimulus Guttatus and Mimulus Nudatus.” The New Phytologist 210 (3):1107–20.
  • Gong, Xue, Miguel A. Flores-Vergara, Jing Han Hong, Huangwei Chu, Jun Lim, Robert G. Franks, Zhongchi Liu, and Jian Xu. (2016) “SEUSS Integrates Gibberellin Signaling with Transcriptional Inputs from the SHR-SCR-SCL3 Module to Regulate Middle Cortex Formation in the Arabidopsis Root.” Plant Physiology 170 (3):1675–83.
  • Ma, Qing, Xiang Liu, Robert G. Franks, and Qiu-Yun Jenny Xiang. (2016) “Alterations of CorTFL1 and CorAP1 Expression Correlate with Major Evolutionary Shifts of Inflorescence Architecture in Cornus (Cornaceae) – a Proposed Model for Variation of Closed Inflorescence Forms.” The New Phytologist, September. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14197.
  • Sehra, B and Franks, R.G. (2015) Auxin and cytokinin act during gynoecial patterning and the development of ovules from the meristematic medial domain. WIREs Dev Bio. (2015) PMID:25951007.
  • Wynn A.N., Seaman A. A., Jones A.L., Franks R.G. (2014) Novel functional roles for PERIANTHIA and SEUSS during floral organ identity specification, floral meristem termination and gynoecial development. Frontiers in Plant Science. Vol 5, No. 00130.
  • Larsson, E., Roberts, C.J., Claes, A.R., Franks, R.G., Sundberg, E., 2014. Polar Auxin Transport is Essential for Medial versus Lateral Tissue Specification and Vascular-mediated Valve Outgrowth in Arabidopsis Gynoecia. Plant Physiol. 166, pp. 1998–2012
  • Lee BH, Wynn AN, Franks RG, Hwang YS, Lim J, Kim JH. (2013). The Arabidopsis thaliana GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR gene family plays an essential role in control of male and female reproductive development. Dev Biol. Dec 16. pii: S0012-1606(13)00654-4
  • Wynn, A.N., Rueschhoff, E.E. and Franks, R.G. (2011), Transcriptomic Characterization of a Synergistic Genetic Interaction during Carpel Margin Meristem Development in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE 6(10): e26231. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026231
  • Nole-Wilson, S., Rueschhoff, E.E., Bhatti, H., and Franks, R.G. (2010). Synergistic disruptions in seuss cyp85A2 double mutants reveal a role for brassinolide synthesis during gynoecium and ovule development. BMC Plant Biol 10, 198.
  • Bao, F., Azhakanandam, S. and Franks, R.G. (2010) SEUSS and SEUSS-LIKEtranscriptional adaptors regulate floral and embryonic development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 152 (2) pp821-836.
  • Azhakanandam, S., Nole-Wilson, S., Bao, F., and Franks, R.G. (2008). SEUSS and AINTEGUMENTA Mediate Patterning and Ovule Initiation during Gynoecium Medial Domain Development. Plant Physiology 146 (3) p1165-1181.
  • Franks, R. G., Wang, C., Levin, J. Z., and Liu, Z. (2002) SEUSS, a Member of a Novel Family of Plant Regulatory Proteins, Represses Floral Homeotic Gene Expression with LEUNIG. Development (129, 253-263)
  • Liu, Z., Franks, R. G. and Klink, V. P. (2000) Regulation of Gynoecium Marginal Tissue Formation by LEUNIG and AINTEGUMETA. Plant Cell 12: 1879-1891.