Peer Reviewed Research Articles, Book Chapters, and Patents

from the Meagher Laboratory.
2022 to 1977

2020 to present

• Ambati, S., Pham, T., Lewis, Z.A., Lin, X. & Meagher, R.B. DectiSomes- Glycan Targeting of Liposomal Amphotericin B Improves the Treatment of Disseminated Candidiasis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 66, 1-13 (2022). https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/AAC.01467-21
• Ambati, S., Ellis, E.C., Pham, T., Lewis, Z.A., Lin, X. & Meagher, R.B. Antifungal Liposomes Directed by Dectin-2 Offer a Promising Therapeutic Option for Pulmonary Aspergillosis. mBio 12, 1-8 (2021). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33622715
• Ambati, S., Pham, T., Lewis, Z.A., Lin, X. & Meagher, R.B. DC-SIGN Targets Amphotericin B-Loaded Liposomes to Diverse Pathogenic Fungi. Fungal Biol and Biotech 8, 1-13 (2021). https://rdcu.be/cDPZS
• Meagher, R., Ambati, S., Lewis, Z. & Lin, X. TARGETED NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR USES RELATED TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2021. University of Georgia Research Foundation, I. 63,237,687. 1-93.
• Meagher, R., Lewis, Z., Ambati, S. & Lin, X. Aiming for a bull’s-eye: Targeting antifungals to fungi with dectin-decorated liposomes. PLoS Pathog 17, 1-7 (2021). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34293050
• Wang, Y., Meagher, R.B., Ambati, S., Cheng, H., Ma, P. & Phillips, B.G. Airways Therapy of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Improves Aberrant Levels of Four Cytokines Associated with Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease. Nature and Science of Sleep (2021).
• Phillips, B.G., Wang, Y., Ambati, S., Ma, P. & Meagher, R.B. Airways therapy of obstructive sleep apnea dramatically improves aberrant levels of soluble cytokines involved in autoimmune disease. Clinical Immunology 221, 1-10 (2020). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1521661620307610
• Wang, Y., Meagher, R.B., Ambati, S., Ma, P. & Phillips, B.G. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea have suppressed levels of soluble cytokine receptors involved in neurodegenerative disease, but normal levels with airways therapy. Sleep Breath April, 1-13 (2020). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33037528

2010 to 2019

• Ambati, S., Ellis, E.C., Lin, J., Lin, X., Lewis, Z.A. & Meagher, R.B. Dectin-2- Targeted Antifungal Liposomes Exhibit Enhanced Efficacy. mSphere 4, 1-16 (2019). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31666315
• Ambati, S., Ferarro, A., Kang, S., Lin, J., Lin, X., Momany, M., et al. Targeted antifungal liposomes. Biorxiv (2019).
• Ambati, S., Ferarro, A.R., Kang, S.E., Lin, J., Lin, X., Momany, M., et al. Dectin- 1-Targeted Antifungal Liposomes Exhibit Enhanced Efficacy. mSphere 4, 1-15 (2019). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760610
• Meagher, R.B., Lewis, Z.A., Lin, X., Ambati, S. & Momany, M. Targeted Nanoparticles and Their Uses Related to Fungal Infections. 2019. Patent, U.S. University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, GA, US). WO/2020/146514, 62/913,489. https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020146514&_cid=P1 1-KHDI99-36314-1.
• Hohos, N.M., Smith, A.K., Kilaru, V., Park, H.J., Hausman, D.B., Bailey, L.B., et al. CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-Cell-Specific DNA Cytosine Methylation Differences Associated With Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring) 26, 1312-1321 (2018). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29956501
• Shade, D.C., Park, H.J., Hausman, D.B., Hohos, N., Meagher, R.B., Kauwell, G.P.A., et al. DNA Methylation Changes in Whole Blood and CD16+ Neutrophils in Response to Chronic Folic Acid Supplementation in Women of Childbearing Age. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 1-8 (2018). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30499755
• Sijacic, P., Bajic, M., McKinney, E.C., Meagher, R.B. & Deal, R.B. Changes in chromatin accessibility between Arabidopsis stem cells and mesophyll cells illuminate cell type-specific transcription factor networks. Plant J 94, 215-231 (2018). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29513366
• Trunnell, E. & Meagher, R. Do diet and obesity reprogram the hippocampus via epigenetic mechanisms? J. Obesity Nutritional Disorders (2017 (in press)).
• Cunningham, C.B., Badgett, M.J., Meagher, R.B., Orlando, R. & Moore, A.J. Ethological principles predict the neuropeptides co-opted to influence parenting. Nat Commun 8, 14225 (2017). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28145404
• Harn, D., Ramadhin, J., Meagher, R., Ambati, S., Filipov, N. & Schollenberger, L. LNFPII-Dex conjugates function in vivo to normalize metabolic function in High- Fat Diet Obese mice. Glycobiology 27, 1190-1191 (2017).
• Harn, D., Ramadhin, J., Meagher, R., Ambati, S., Filipov, N., Shollenberger, L., et al. LNFPIII-Dex conjugates function in vivo to normalize metabolic function in High-Fat Diet Obese mice. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Glycobiology, NOV 05-08, 2017, Portland, OR 27, 1190-1191 (2017). http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-350122
• Park, H.J., Bailey, L.B., Shade, D.C., Hausman, D.B., Hohos, N.M., Meagher, R.B., et al. Distinctions in gene-specific changes in DNA methylation in response to folic acid supplementation between women with normal weight and obesity. Obes Res Clin Pract 11, 665-676 (2017). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28733112
• Shade, D.C., Park, H.J., Hausman, D.B., Hohos, N., Meagher, R.B., Kauwell, G.P.A., et al. DNA Methylation Changes in Whole Blood and CD16+ Neutrophils in Response to Chronic Folic Acid Supplementation in Women of Childbearing Age. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 87, 271-278 (2017). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30499755
• Ambati, S., Yu, P., McKinney, E.C., Kandasamy, M.K., Hartzell, D., Baile, C.A., et al. Adipocyte nuclei captured from VAT and SAT. BMC Obes 3, 4-19 (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27462403
• Hohos, N.M., Lee, K., Ji, L., Yu, M., Kandasamy, M.M., Phillips, B.G., et al. DNA cytosine hydroxymethylation levels are distinct among non-overlapping classes of peripheral blood leukocytes. J Immunol Methods 436, 1-15 (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27164004
• Miller, C.N., Yu, P., Ambati, S., McKinney, E.C., Avra, T., Baile, C.A., et al. UCP1 in sebaceous glands corresponds with increased antioxidant potential and not brown adipose tissue function. Exp Dermatol 25, 563-565 (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26914475
• Yu, P., Ji, L., Lee, K.J., Yu, M., He, C., Ambati, S., et al. Subsets of Visceral Adipose Tissue Nuclei with Distinct Levels of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine. PLoS One 11, 1-32 (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27171244
• Cunningham, C.B., Ji, L., Wiberg, R.A., Shelton, J., McKinney, E.C., Parker, D.J., et al. The Genome and Methylome of a Beetle with Complex Social Behavior, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Genome Biol Evol 7, 3383- 3396 (2015). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26454014
• Gan, L., England, E., Yang, J.Y., Toulme, N., Ambati, S., Hartzell, D.L., et al. A 72-hour high fat diet increases transcript levels of the neuropeptide galanin in the dorsal hippocampus of the rat. BMC Neurosci 16, 1-10 (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26260473
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., Roy, E. & Meagher, R.B. Ascomycete fungal actins differentially support plant spatial cell and organ development. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 72, 80-92 (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25428798
• Mussar, K.J., Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Arabidopsis plants deficient in constitutive class profilins reveal independent and quantitative genetic effects. BMC Plant Biol 15, 177 (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26160044
• Roy-Zokan, E.M., Dyer, K.A. & Meagher, R.B. Phylogenetic Patterns of Codon Evolution in the ACTIN-DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR/COFILIN (ADF/CFL) Gene Family. PLoS One 10, e0145917 (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26717562
• Yu, P., McKinney, E.C., Kandasamy, M.M., Albert, A.L. & Meagher, R.B. Characterization of brain cell nuclei with decondensed chromatin. Dev Neurobiol 75, 738-756 (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25369517
• DeRemer, D., Hartranft, M., Choi, J., Mondal, A., Kohle, R., Meagher, R., et al. Evaluation of the effects of obesity on the epigenome in acute myeloid leukemia patients: Correlation with clinical outcome and drug response. Abstract #442F, Year).
• Meagher, R.B. Rapid production of monoclonal antibodies. 2014. Patent, U.S. University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, GA, US). 8,912,385, 8912385. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8912385.html.
• Meagher, R.B. ‘Memory and molecular turnover,’ 30 years after inception. Epigenetics Chromatin 7, 37-45 (2014). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25525471
• Leblanc, M.S., McKinney, E.C., Meagher, R.B. & Smith, A.P. Hijacking membrane transporters for arsenic phytoextraction. J Biotechnol (2012). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=23108027
• Meagher, R.B. & Mussar, K.J. The Influence of DNA Sequence on Epigenome- Induced Pathologies. Epigenetics Chromatin 5, 11-35 (2012). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=22818522
• Stead, M.B., Agrawal, A., Bowden, K.E., Nasir, R., Mohanty, B.K., Meagher, R.B., et al. RNAsnap: a rapid, quantitative and inexpensive, method for isolating total RNA from bacteria. Nucleic Acids Res 40, e156 (2012). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22821568
• Henty, J.L., Bledsoe, S.W., Khurana, P., Meagher, R.B., Day, B., Blanchoin, L., et al. Arabidopsis actin depolymerizing factor4 modulates the stochastic dynamic behavior of actin filaments in the cortical array of epidermal cells. Plant Cell 23, 3711-3726 (2011). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=22010035
• LeBlanc, M.S., Lima, A., Montello, P., Kim, T., Meagher, R.B. & Merkle, S. Enhanced Arsenic Tolerance of Transgenic Eastern Cottonwood Plants Expressing Gamma-Glutamylcysteine Synthetase. International Journal of Phytoremediation 13, 657-673 (2011). <Go to ISI>://000289572900003
• Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K. & King, L. Actin functions in the cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments. “Plant Cytoskeleton” edited by Dr. Bo Liu, part of the Springer Publisher’s book series “Advances in Plant Biology” organized by Dr. John Harada. 2, 3-32 (2011).
• Shoreibah, M.G., Jackson, C.L., Price, P.W., Meagher, R., Godwin, A.K., Cai, Q., et al. Anti-human embryonic stem cell monoclonal antibody Hesca-2 binds to a glycan epitope commonly found on carcinomas. Stem Cells Dev 20, 515-525 (2011). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20887211
• An, Y.-Q. & Meagher, R. Strong Expression and Conserved Regulation of ACT2 in Arabidopsis thaliana and Physcomitrella patens. Plant Mol Biol Rep 28, 481- 490 (2010). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11105-009-0171-7?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&CJEVENT=b0de48bdb68511ec8144009d0a82b832&utm_campaign=CONR_BOOKS_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100357191&?utm_medium=affiliate
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Differential sublocalization of actin variants within the nucleus. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 67, 729-743 (2010). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=20862689
• Meagher, R.B. The evolution of epitype. Plant Cell 22, 1658-1666 (2010). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=20551346
• Meagher, R.B. Conditional sterility in plants 2010. PATENT, U.S. 7,667,096
  , 7,667,096. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO% 2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7667096.PN.&OS=PN/7667096&RS=PN/7667096.
• Meagher, R.B. A population of hybridoma cells with surface bound monoclonal antibody wherein the cells comprise a vector encoding Igα and/or Igβ, a hybridoma cell comprising a vector encoding at least one surface expressed antibody receptor selected from Igα and/or Igβ, and methods of making hybridoma cells. . 2010. Office, E.P. 7,148,040, 7,148,040.
• Smith, A.P., Jain, A., Deal, R.B., Nagarajan, V.K., Poling, M.D., Raghothama, K.G., et al. Histone H2A.Z regulates the expression of several classes of phosphate starvation response genes but not as a transcriptional activator. Plant Physiol 152, 217-225 (2010). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=19897606

2000 to 2009

• Jain, A., Poling, M.D., Smith, A.P., Nagarajan, V.K., Lahner, B., Meagher, R.B., et al. Variations in the composition of gelling agents affect morphophysiological and molecular responses to deficiencies of phosphate and other nutrients. Plant Physiol 150, 1033-1049 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=19386810
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., Deal, R.B., Smith, A.P. & Meagher, R.B. Arabidopsis actin-related protein ARP5 in multicellular development and DNA repair. Dev Biol 335, 22-32 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19679120
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. A single vegetative actin isovariant overexpressed under the control of multiple regulatory sequences is sufficient for normal Arabidopsis development. Plant Cell 21, 701-718 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=19304937
• Meagher, R.B. B cells with surface bound monoclonal antibody wherein the cells comprise a vector encoding Igα and/or Igβ, methods of making B cells, and a population of plasma cells with surface bound monoclonal antibody wherein the cells comprise a vector encoding Igα and/or Igβ 2009. Patent, U.S. 7,148,040, 7,148,040. http://www.google.com/patents/US7148040.
• Meagher, R.B. Repressor-mediated tissue-specific gene expression in plants. 2009. Office, U.S.P. 7,491,811. https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7491811.PN.&OS=PN/7491811&RS=PN/7491811.
• Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Roy, E. Chapter 5. Nuclear actin-related proteins in epigenetic control. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol 277, 157-215 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=19766970
• Price, P.W., McKinney, E.C., Wang, Y., Sasser, L.E., Kandasamy, M.K., Matsuuchi, L., et al. Engineered cell surface expression of membrane immunoglobulin as a means to identify monoclonal antibody-secreting hybridomas. J Immunol Methods 343, 28-41 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19187782
• Tian, M., Chaudhry, F., Ruzicka, D.R., Meagher, R.B., Staiger, C.J. & Day, B. Arabidopsis actin-depolymerizing factor AtADF4 mediates defense signal transduction triggered by the Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrPphB. Plant Physiol 150, 815-824 (2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=19346440
• Burgos-Rivera, B., Ruzicka, D.R., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C., King-Reid, L. & Meagher, R.B. ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR9 controls development and gene expression in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol 68, 619-632 (2008). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=18830798
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN8 encodes an F-box protein localized to the nucleolus in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol 49, 858-863 (2008). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18385164
• Karve, A., Rauh, B.L., Xia, X., Kandasamy, M., Meagher, R.B., Sheen, J., et al. Expression and evolutionary features of the hexokinase gene family in Arabidopsis. Planta 228, 411-425 (2008). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=18481082
• Meagher, R.B. A population of hybridoma cells with surface bound monoclonal antibody wherein the cells comprise a vector encoding Igα and/or Igβ, a hybridoma cell comprising a vector encoding at least one surface expressed antibody receptor selected from Igα and/or Igβ, and methods of making hybridoma cells. . 2008. Office, A.P. 7,148,040, 7,148,040.
• Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K. & McKinney, E.C. Multicellular development and protein-protein interactions. Plant Signal Behav 3, 333-336 (2008). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=19841663
• Meagher, R.J., Hatch, A.V., Renzi, R.F. & Singh, A.K. An integrated microfluidic platform for sensitive and rapid detection of biological toxins. Lab Chip 8, 2046- 2053 (2008). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19023467
• Balasubramanian, R., Karve, A., Kandasamy, M., Meagher, R.B. & Moore, B.D. A role for F-actin in hexokinase-mediated glucose signaling. Plant Physiol 145, 1423-1434 (2007). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=17965176
• Deal, R.B., Topp, C.N., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Repression of flowering in Arabidopsis requires activation of FLOWERING LOCUS C expression by the histone variant H2A.Z. Plant Cell 19, 74-83 (2007). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17220196
• Kandasamy, M.K., Burgos-Rivera, B., McKinney, E.C., Ruzicka, D.R. & Meagher,
  R.B. Class-specific interaction of profilin and ADF isovariants with actin in the regulation of plant development. Plant Cell 19, 3111-3126 (2007). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=17933902
• Lyyra, S., Meagher, R.B., Kim, T., Heaton, A., Montello, P., Balish, R.S., et al. Coupling two mercury resistance genes in Eastern cottonwood enhances the processing of organomercury. Plant Biotechnol J 5, 254-262 (2007). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=17309680
• Meagher, R.B. Multigene strategies for engineering the phytoremediation of mercury and arsenic, (Springer, Year).
• Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B. & McKinney, E.C. Actin-related proteins in chromatin-level control of the cell cycle and developmental transitions. Trends Cell Biol 17, 325-332 (2007). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=17643304
• Ruzicka, D.R., Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., Burgos-Rivera, B. & Meagher,
  R.B. The ancient subclasses of Arabidopsis ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR genes exhibit novel and differential expression. Plant J 52, 460-472 (2007). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=17877706
• Che, D.S., Meagher, R.B., Kim, R., Heaton, A.C.P., Lima, A., Rugh, C.L., et al. Expression of methylmercury lyase in Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) confers organic mercury reduction and resistance. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology- Plant 42, 228-234 (2006). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1079/IVP2006771?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&CJEVENT=cf05afecb68911ec814400a30a82b832&utm_campaign=CONR_BOOKS_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100357191&?utm_medium=affiliate
• Dhankher, O.P., Rosen, B.P., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Hyperaccumulation of arsenic in the shoots of Arabidopsis silenced for arsenate reductase (ACR2). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103, 5413-5418 (2006). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16567632
• Li, Y., Dankher, O.P., Carreira, L., Smith, A.P. & Meagher, R.B. The shoot- specific expression of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase directs the long- distance transport of thiol-peptides to roots conferring tolerance to mercury and arsenic. Plant Physiol 141, 288-298 (2006). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16581878
• Li, Y., Heaton, A.C.P., Carreira, L. & Meagher, R.B. Enhanced tolerance to and accumulation of mercury, but not arsenic, in plants overexpressing two enzymes required for thiol peptide synthesis. Physiologia Plantarum 128, 48-57 (2006). http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=21909710&site=ehost-live
• Meagher, R.B. Plants tackle explosive contamination. Nat Biotechnol 24, 161- 163 (2006). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16465159
• Meagher, R.B. Method of Rapid Production of Hybridomas Expressing Monoclonal Antibodies on the Cell Surface. 2006. Office, U.S.P. 7,148,040, 7,148,040. https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&s1=7148040.PN..
• Meagher, R.B. Metal resistance sequences and transgenic plants. 2006. 7,148,040. https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO% 2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5965796.PN.&OS=PN/5965796&RS=PN/5965796.
• Pawloski, L.C., Kandasamy, M.K. & Meagher, R.B. The late pollen actins are essential for normal male and female development in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol 62, 881-896 (2006). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=17031513
• Deal, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. The Nuclear Actin-Related Protein ARP6 Is a Pleiotropic Developmental Regulator Required for the Maintenance of FLOWERING LOCUS C Expression and Repression of Flowering in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 17, 2633-2646 (2005). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16141450
• Heaton, A.C.P., Rugh, C.L., Wang, N.J. & Meagher, R.B. Physiological responses of transgenic merA-tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) to foliar and root mercury exposure. Water Air and Soil Pollution 161, 137-155 (2005). <Go to ISI>://000228894400009
• Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Silencing the nuclear actin-related protein AtARP4 in Arabidopsis has multiple effects on plant development, including early flowering and delayed floral senescence. Plant J 41, 845-858 (2005). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15743449
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., Deal, R.B. & Meagher, R.B. Arabidopsis ARP7 is an essential actin-related protein required for normal embryogenesis, plant architecture, and floral organ abscission. Plant Physiol 138, 2019-2032 (2005). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16040647
• Kim, T., Balish, R.S., Heaton, A.C., McKinney, E.C., Dhankher, O.P. & Meagher,
  R.B. Engineering a root-specific, repressor-operator gene complex. Plant Biotechnol J 3, 571-582 (2005). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=17147628
• Li, Y., Dhankher, O., Carreira, L., Balish, R. & Meagher, R. Arsenic and mercury tolerance and cadmium sensitivity in plants expression of bacterial gamma- glutamylcysteine synthetase. Env Tox & Chem 24, 1376-1386 (2005). https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1897/04-340R.1
• McCaig, B.C., Meagher, R.B. & Dean, J.F. Gene structure and molecular analysis of the laccase-like multicopper oxidase (LMCO) gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta 221, 619-636 (2005). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=15940465
• Meagher, R.B., Deal, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K. & McKinney, E.C. Nuclear actin- related proteins as epigenetic regulators of development. Plant Physiol 139, 1576-1585 (2005). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16339804
• Meagher, R.B. & Heaton, A.C. Strategies for the engineered phytoremediation of toxic element pollution: mercury and arsenic. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 32, 502- 513 (2005). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=15995854
• Meagher, R.B., Heaton, A.C.P., Kim, T. & Smith, A.P. Designing plants for the remediation mercury- and arsenic-polluted soils and water, Designing Industrial Crops, McKeon, T. &Jiann-Tsyh, L. ed. (American Chemical Society Books, 2005).
• Pawloski, L.C., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C., Burgos-Rivera, B. & Meagher, R.B. Inverted repeat PCR for the rapid assembly of constructs to induce RNA interference. Plant & Cell Physiol 46, 1872-1878 (2005). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16120684
• Zimeri, A.M., Dhankher, O.P., McCaig, B. & Meagher, R.B. The plant MT1 metallothioneins are stabilized by binding cadmium and are required for cadmium tolerance and accumulation. Plant Mol Biol 58, 839-855 (2005). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16240177
• Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Plant actin- related proteins. Trends Plant Sci 9, 196-202 (2004). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=15063870
• Li, Y., Dhankher, O.P., Carreira, L., Lee, D., Chen, A., Schroeder, J.I., et al. Overexpression of phytochelatin synthase in Arabidopsis leads to enhanced arsenic tolerance and cadmium hypersensitivity. Plant Cell Physiol 45, 1787- 1797 (2004). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=15653797
• Bizily, S.P., Kim, T., Kandasamy, M.K. & Meagher, R.B. Subcellular targeting of methylmercury lyase enhances its specific activity for organic mercury detoxification in plants. Plant Physiol 131, 463-471 (2003). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=12586871
• Che, D., Meagher, R.B., Heaton, A.C., Lima, A., Rugh, C.L. & Merkle, S.A. Expression of mercuric ion reductase in Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) confers mercuric ion reduction and resistance. Plant Biotechnol J 1, 311-319 (2003). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=17163907
• Dhankher, O.P., Shasti, N.A., Rosen, B.P., Fuhrmann, M. & Meagher, R.B. Increased cadmium tolerance and accumulation by plants expressing bacterial arsenate reductase. New Phytologist 159, 431-441 (2003). <Go to ISI>://000184032200015
• Gilliland, L.U., Pawloski, L.C., Kandasamy, M.K. & Meagher, R.B. Arabidopsis actin gene ACT7 plays an essential role in germination and root growth. Plant J 33, 319-328 (2003). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=12535345
• Heaton, A.C.P., Rugh, C.L., Kim, T., Wang, N.J. & Meagher, R.B. Toward detoxifying mercury-polluted aquatic sediments using rice genetically-engineered for mercury resistance. Env Tox & Chem 22, 2940-2947 (2003). https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1897/02-442
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Cell cycle-dependent association of Arabidopsis actin-related proteins AtARP4 and AtARP7 with the nucleus. Plant J 33, 939-948 (2003). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12609034
• Liu, R.Y., Ferrenberg, A.M., Gilliland, L.U., Meagher, R.B. & Asmussen, M.A. Detection of deleterious genotypes in multigenerational studies. III. Estimation of selection components in highly selfing populations. Genetics Research 82, 41-53 (2003). <Go to ISI>://000185691200004
• Vitale, A., Wu, R.J., Cheng, Z. & Meagher, R.B. Multiple conserved 5′ elements are required for high-level pollen expression of the Arabidopsis reproductive actin ACT1. Plant Mol Biol 52, 1135-1151 (2003). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=14682614
• Cobbett, C. & Meagher, R. Phytoremediation and the Arabidopsis proteome, Arabidopsis, Meyerowitz, E. &Somerville, C. ed. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2002). https://bioone.org/journals/the-arabidopsis-book/volume-2002/issue-1/tab.0032/Arabidopsis-and-the-Genetic-Potential-for-the-Phytoremediation-of-Toxic/10.1199/tab.0032.full
• Dhankher, O.P., Li, Y., Rosen, B.P., Shi, J., Salt, D., Senecoff, J.F., et al. Engineering tolerance and hyperaccumulation of arsenic in plants by combining arsenate reductase and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase expression. Nat Biotechnol 20, 1140-1145 (2002). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=12368812
• Gilliland, L.U., Kandasamy, M.K., Pawloski, L.C. & Meagher, R.B. Both vegetative and reproductive actin isovariants complement the stunted root hair phenotype of the Arabidopsis act2-1 mutation. Plant Physiol 130, 2199-2209 (2002). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=12481103
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Plant profilin isovariants are distinctly regulated in vegetative and reproductive tissues. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 52, 22-32 (2002). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11977080
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Functional nonequivalency of actin isovariants in Arabidopsis. Mol Biol Cell 13, 251-261 (2002). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=11809837
• McKinney, E.C., Kandasamy, M.K. & Meagher, R.B. Arabidopsis contains ancient classes of differentially expressed actin-related protein genes. Plant Physiol 128, 997-1007 (2002). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11891255
• Meagher, R. & Fechheimer, M. The Arabidopsis Cytoskeletal Genome, Arabidopsis, Meyerowitz, E. &Somerville, C. ed. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2002). www.aspb.org/publications/arabidopsis/toc.cfm
• Meagher, R.B. Post-genomics networking of biotechnology for interpreting gene function – Editorial overview. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 5, 135-140 (2002).
  <Go to ISI>://000174097000009
• Meagher, R.B. & Heaton, A.C.P. Strategies for the engineered phytoremediation of toxic element pollution: mercury and arsenic J. Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology 32, 502-513 (2002).
• Kandasamy, M.K., Gilliland, L.U., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. One plant actin isovariant, ACT7, is induced by auxin and required for normal callus formation. Plant Cell 13, 1541-1554 (2001). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=11449050
• Lawrence, C.J., Morris, N.R., Meagher, R.B. & Dawe, R.K. Dyneins have run their course in plant lineage. Traffic 2, 362-363 (2001). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=11350632
• Li, Y., Kandasamy, M.K. & Meagher, R.B. Rapid isolation of monoclonal antibodies. Monitoring enzymes in the phytochelatin synthesis pathway. Plant Physiol 127, 711-719 (2001). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=11706154
• McKinney, E.C., Kandasamy, M.K. & Meagher, R.B. Small changes in the regulation of one Arabidopsis profilin isovariant, PRF1, alter seedling development. Plant Cell 13, 1179-1191 (2001). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=11340190
• Meagher, R.B. Pink water, green plants, and pink elephants. Nat Biotechnol 19, 1120-1121 (2001). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=11731777
• Bizily, S.P., Rugh, C.L. & Meagher, R.B. Phytodetoxification of hazardous organomercurials by genetically engineered plants. Nat Biotechnol 18, 213-217 (2000). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=10657131
• Kandasamy, M.K. & Meagher, R.B. Cytoskeleton-organelle interaction: Higher plant chloroplasts are contained in actin baskets and attached to actin filaments and bundles, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Bailey, G., McKernan, S., Price, R., Walck, S., Charest, P.-M. &Gauvin, R. ed. (Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000).
• Meagher, R.B. Phytoremediation of toxic elemental and organic pollutants. Curr Opin Plant Biol 3, 153-162 (2000). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=10712958
• Meagher, R.B., McKinney, E.C. & Kandasamy, M.K. The significance of diversity in the plant actin gene family: Studies in Arabidopsis, Actin: A dynamic framework for multiple plant cell functions, Staiger, C.J., Baluska, F., Volkmann,
  D. &Barlow, P. ed. (Klewer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2000).
  Palanivelu, R., Belostotsky, D.A. & Meagher, R.B. Conserved expression of Arabidopsis thaliana poly (A) binding protein 2 (PAB2) in distinct vegetative and reproductive tissues. Plant J 22, 199-210 (2000). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=10849338
• Palanivelu, R., Belostotsky, D.A. & Meagher, R.B. Arabidopsis thaliana poly (A) binding protein 2 (PAB2) functions in yeast translational and mRNA decay processes. Plant J 22, 187-198 (2000). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=10849337
• Rugh, C.L., Bizily, S.P. & Meagher, R.B. Phytoremediation of environmental mercury pollution, Phytoremediation of toxic metals: Using plants to clean-up the environment, Ensley, B. &Raskin, I. ed. (Wiley and Sons, New York, 2000).

1990 to 1999

• Bizily, S.P., Rugh, C.L., Summers, A.O. & Meagher, R.B. Phytoremediation of methylmercury pollution: merB expression in Arabidopsis thaliana confers resistance to organomercurials. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96, 6808-6813 (1999). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=10359794
• Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. The late pollen-specific actins in angiosperms. Plant J 18, 681-691 (1999). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=10417720
• Kandasamy, M.K. & Meagher, R.B. Actin-organelle interaction: association with chloroplast in arabidopsis leaf mesophyll cells. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 44, 110- 118 (1999). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=10506746
• Meagher, R.B. Metal resistance sequences and transgenic plants 1999. Office,
  U.S.P. 5,965,796. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO% 2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5965796.PN.&OS=PN/5965796&RS=PN/5965796.
• Meagher, R.B., McKinney, E.C. & Kandasamy, M.K. Isovariant dynamics expand and buffer the responses of complex systems: the diverse plant actin gene family. Plant Cell 11, 995-1006 (1999). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=10368172
• Meagher, R.B., McKinney, E.C. & Vitale, A.V. The evolution of new structures: clues from plant cytoskeletal genes. Trends Genet 15, 278-284 (1999). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=10390627
• Meagher, R.B., Rugh, C.L., Kandasamy, M.K., Gragson, G. & Wang, N.J. Engineered phytoremediation of mercury pollution in soil and water using bacterial genes, Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water, Terry, N. &Banuelos, G. ed. (Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, 1999).
• Asmussen, M.A., Gilliland, L.U. & Meagher, R.B. Detection of deleterious genotypes in multigenerational studies. II. Theoretical and experimental dynamics with selfing and selection. Genetics 149, 727-737 (1998). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=9611187
• Gilliland, L.U., McKinney, E.C., Asmussen, M.A. & Meagher, R.B. Detection of deleterious genotypes in multigenerational studies. I. Disruptions in individual Arabidopsis actin genes. Genetics 149, 717-725 (1998). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=9611186
• Heaton, A.C.P., Rugh, C.L., Wang, N.J. & Meagher, R.B. Phytoremediation of mercury- and methylmercury-polluted soils using genetically engineered plants. Journal of Soil Contamination 7, 497-509 (1998). <Go to ISI>://000075253300006
• McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Members of the Arabidopsis actin gene family are widely dispersed in the genome. Genetics 149, 663-675 (1998).
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=9611182
• Meagher, R.B. Phytoremediation: An affordable, friendly technology to restore marginal lands in the twenty-first century, (National Academy of Sciences, Year). www.lsc.psu.edu/nas/Panelists/Meagher%20comment.html
• Rugh, C.L., Gragson, G.M. & Meagher, R.B. Toxic mercury reduction and remediation using transgenic plants with a modified bacterial gene. Hort. Sci. 33, 618-621 (1998).
• Rugh, C.L., Senecoff, J.F., Meagher, R.B. & Merkle, S.A. Development of transgenic yellow poplar for mercury phytoremediation. Nat Biotechnol 16, 925- 928 (1998). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=9788347
• Huang, S., An, Y.Q., McDowell, J.M., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. The Arabidopsis ACT11 actin gene is strongly expressed in tissues of the emerging inflorescence, pollen, and developing ovules. Plant Mol Biol 33, 125-139 (1997). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=9037165
• Meagher, R.B. Metal resistance sequences and transgenic plants. 1997. Office,
  U.S.P. 5,668,294. https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%%202Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5965796.PN.&OS=PN/5965796&RS=PN/5965796
• An, Y.Q., Huang, S., McDowell, J.M., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Conserved expression of the Arabidopsis ACT1 and ACT3 actin subclass in organ primordia and mature pollen. Plant Cell 8, 15-30 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8597657
• An, Y.Q., McDowell, J.M., Huang, S., McKinney, E.C., Chambliss, S. & Meagher,
  R.B. Strong, constitutive expression of the Arabidopsis ACT2/ACT8 actin subclass in vegetative tissues. Plant J 10, 107-121 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8758981
• Belostotsky, D.A. & Meagher, R.B. A pollen-, ovule-, and early embryo-specific poly(A) binding protein from Arabidopsis complements essential functions in yeast. Plant Cell 8, 1261-1275 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8776896
• Huang, S., An, Y.Q., McDowell, J.M., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. The Arabidopsis thaliana ACT4/ACT12 actin gene subclass is strongly expressed throughout pollen development. Plant J 10, 189-202 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8771777
• Huang, S., McDowell, J.M., Weise, M.J. & Meagher, R.B. The Arabidopsis profilin gene family. Evidence for an ancient split between constitutive and pollen- specific profilin genes. Plant Physiol 111, 115-126 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8685262
• McDowell, J.M., An, Y.Q., Huang, S., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. The Arabidopsis ACT7 actin gene is expressed in rapidly developing tissues and responds to several external stimuli. Plant Physiol 111, 699-711 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8754679
• McDowell, J.M., Huang, S., McKinney, E.C., An, Y.Q. & Meagher, R.B. Structure and evolution of the actin gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 142, 587- 602 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8852856
• Meagher, R.B. & Rugh, C.L. Phytoremediation of heavy metal pollution: Ionic and methyl mercury, (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, Year).
• Pellock, B.J., Lu, A., Meagher, R.B., Weise, M.J. & Miller, L.K. Sequence, function, and phylogenetic analysis of an ascovirus DNA polymerase gene. Virology 216, 146-157 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8614981
• Rugh, C.L., Wilde, H.D., Stack, N.M., Thompson, D.M., Summers, A.O. & Meagher, R.B. Mercuric ion reduction and resistance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing a modified bacterial merA gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 93, 3182-3187 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8622910
• Senecoff, J.F., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. De novo purine synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. II. The PUR7 gene encoding 5′-phosphoribosyl-4-(N- succinocarboxamide)-5-aminoimidazole synthetase is expressed in rapidly dividing tissues. Plant Physiol 112, 905-917 (1996). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8938402
• Grote, M., Swoboda, I., Meagher, R.B. & Valenta, R. Localization of profilin- and actin-like immunoreactivity in in vitro-germinated tobacco pollen tubes by electron microscopy after special water-free fixation techniques. Sex Plant Reprod 8, 180- 186 (1995).
• McKinney, E.C., Ali, N., Traut, A., Feldmann, K.A., Belostotsky, D.A., McDowell, J.M., et al. Sequence-based identification of T-DNA insertion mutations in Arabidopsis: actin mutants act2-1 and act4-1. Plant J 8, 613-622 (1995). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=7496405
• Meagher, R.B. The impact of historical contingency on gene phylogeny: Plant actin diversity, Evolutionary Biology, Hecht, M., MacIntyre, R. &Clegg, M. ed. (Plenum Press, NY, 1995). http://www.springer.com/life+sci/book/978-0-306- 44927-7
• Tanzer, M.M. & Meagher, R.B. Degradation of the soybean ribulose-1,5- bisphosphate carboxylase small-subunit mRNA, SRS4, initiates with endonucleolytic cleavage. Mol Cell Biol 15, 6641-6652 (1995). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8524229
• Fletcher, L.D., McDowell, J.M., Tidwell, R.R., Meagher, R.B. & Dykstra, C.C. Structure, expression and phylogenetic analysis of the gene encoding actin I in Pneumocystis carinii. Genetics 137, 743-750 (1994). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8088520
• Meagher, R.B. & Williamson, R.E. The Plant Cytoskeleton, Arabidopsis Book, Meyerowitz, E. &Somerville, C. ed. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, 1994). http://www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?cart=120204888625121453&action=full&– eqskudatarq=163
• Tanzer, M.M. & Meagher, R.B. Faithful degradation of soybean rbcS mRNA in vitro. Mol Cell Biol 14, 2640-2650 (1994). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8139564
• Belostotsky, D.A. & Meagher, R.B. Differential organ-specific expression of three poly(A)-binding-protein genes from Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 90, 6686-6690 (1993). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8341686
• Senecoff, J.F. & Meagher, R.B. In vivo analysis of plant 18 S ribosomal RNA structure. Methods Enzymol 224, 357-372 (1993). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8264398
• Senecoff, J.F. & Meagher, R.B. Isolating the Arabidopsis thaliana genes for de novo purine synthesis by suppression of Escherichia coli mutants. I. 5′- Phosphoribosyl-5-aminoimidazole synthetase. Plant Physiol 102, 387-399 (1993). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=8108507
• Valenta, R., Ferreira, F., Grote, M., Swoboda, I., Vrtala, S., Duchene, M., et al. Identification of profilin as an actin-binding protein in higher plants. J Biol Chem 268, 22777-22781 (1993). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=7693678
• Senecoff, J.F. & Meagher, R.B. In vivo analysis of plant RNA structure: soybean 18S ribosomal and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit RNAs. Plant Mol Biol 18, 219-234 (1992). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=1731985
• Thompson, D.M., Tanzer, M.M. & Meagher, R.B. Degradation products of the mRNA encoding the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in soybean and transgenic petunia. Plant Cell 4, 47-58 (1992). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=1356050
• Wilde, H.D., Meagher, R.B. & Merkle, S.A. Expression of Foreign Genes in Transgenic Yellow-Poplar Plants. Plant Physiol 98, 114-120 (1992). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16668600
• Meagher, R.B. Divergence and differential expression of actin gene families in higher plants. Int Rev Cytol 125, 139-163 (1991). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2032783
• Condit, C.M., McLean, B.G. & Meagher, R.B. Characterization of the expression of the petunia glycine-rich protein-1 gene product. Plant Physiol 93, 596-602 (1990). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16667509
• McLean, B.G., Eubanks, S. & Meagher, R.B. Tissue-specific expression of divergent actins in soybean root. Plant Cell 2, 335-344 (1990). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2152120
• McLean, B.G., Huang, S.R., McKinney, E.C. & Meagher, R.B. Plants contain highly divergent actin isovariants. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 17, 276-290 (1990). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2076545
• McLean, M., Gerats, A.G., Baird, W.V. & Meagher, R.B. Six actin gene subfamilies map to five chromosomes of Petunia hybrida. J Hered 81, 341-346 (1990). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=1977797
• Meagher, R.B. & McLean, B.G. Diversity of plant actins. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 16, 164-166 (1990). http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109910643/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
• Meagher, R.B., Ngai, K.L. & Ornston, L.N. Muconolactone isomerase. Methods Enzymol 188, 130-133 (1990). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2280698
• Meagher, R.B., Ngai, K.L. & Ornston, L.N. Muconate cycloisomerase. Methods Enzymol 188, 126-130 (1990). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2280697
• Pearson, L. & Meagher, R.B. Diverse soybean actin transcripts contain a large intron in the 5′ untranslated leader: structural similarity to vertebrate muscle actin genes. Plant Mol Biol 14, 513-526 (1990). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2102831
• Shirley, B.W., Ham, D.P., Senecoff, J.F., Berry-Lowe, S.L., Zurfluh, L.L., Shah, D.M., et al. Comparison of the expression of two highly homologous members of the soybean ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit gene family. Plant Mol Biol 14, 909-925 (1990). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=1715210
• Shirley, B.W. & Meagher, R.B. A potential role for RNA turnover in the light regulation of plant gene expression: ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit in soybean. Nucleic Acids Res 18, 3377-3385 (1990). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2356127
• Thompson, D.M. & Meagher, R.B. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes regulate expression of RNA encoding the small subunit of ribulose- 1,5-biphosphate carboxylase differently in petunia and in soybean. Nucleic Acids Res 18, 3621-3629 (1990).
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1980 to 1989

• Meagher, R.B., Berry-Lowe, S. & Rice, K. Molecular evolution of the small subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase: nucleotide substitution and gene conversion. Genetics 123, 845-863 (1989). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2515110
• McLean, M.D., Baird, W.V., Gerats, A.G.M. & Meagher, R.B. Determination of copy number and linkage relationships among five actin gene subfamilies in Petunia hybrida. Plant Mol. Biol. 11, 663-672 (1988). https://commerce.metapress.com/content/l764j678753j1007/resource- secured/?target=fulltext.pdf&sid=bon2ekbbejxprh452og44ib3&sh=www.springerli nk.com
• Meagher, R.B., McLean, M.D. & Arnold, J. Recombination within a subclass of restriction fragment length polymorphisms may help link classical and molecular genetics. Genetics 120, 809-818 (1988). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2906304
• Baird, W.V. & Meagher, R.B. A complex gene superfamily encodes actin in petunia. Embo J 6, 3223-3231 (1987). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=3428258
• Condit, C.M. & Meagher, R.B. Expression of a gene encoding a glycine-rich protein in petunia. Mol Cell Biol 7, 4273-4279 (1987). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2449603
• Shirley, B.W., Berry-Lowe, S.L., Rogers, S.G., Flick, J.S., Horsch, R., Fraley, R.T., et al. 5′ proximal sequences of a soybean ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit gene direct light and phytochrome controlled transcription. Nucleic Acids Res 15, 6501-6514 (1987). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=3627996
• Condit, C. & Meagher, R. A gene encoding a novel glycine-rich structural protein of petunia. Nature 323, 178-181 (1986).
• Condit, C. & Meagher, R.B. A gene encoding a novel glycine-rich structural protein of petunia. Nature 323, 178-181 (1986). http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v323/n6084/pdf/323178a0.pdf
• Grandbastien, M.A., Berry-Lowe, S., Shirley, B.W. & Meagher, R.B. Two soybean ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit genes share extensive homology even in distant flanking sequences. Plant Mol. Biol. 7, 451- 465 (1986). http://www.springerlink.com/content/r581n41h48230820/?p=38559906be144555 9a682bca61bbfa9f&pi=0
• Hightower, R.C. & Meagher, R.B. The molecular evolution of actin. Genetics 114, 315-332 (1986). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=3770469
• Berry-Lowe, S.L. & Meagher, R.B. Transcriptional regulation of a gene encoding the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in soybean tissue is linked to the phytochrome response. Mol Cell Biol 5, 1910-1917 (1985). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=3837851
• Eckenrode, V.K., Arnold, J. & Meagher, R.B. Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of soybean 18S rRNA with the sequences of other small-subunit rRNAs. J Mol Evol 21, 259-269 (1985). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=6100313
• Hightower, R.C. & Meagher, R.B. Divergence and differential expression of soybean actin genes. Embo J 4, 1-8 (1985). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=2410251
• Condit, C., Hagen, T.J., McKnight, T.D. & & Meagher, R.B. Characterization and preliminary mapping of cauliflower mosaic virus transcripts. Gene 25, 101-108 (1983). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=6842118
• Meagher, R.B. Characterization and preliminary mapping of cauliflower mosaic virus transcripts. Gene 25, 101-108 (1983). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=6662362
• Condit, C. & Meagher, R.B. Multiple, discrete 35S transcripts of cauliflower mosaic virus. J Mol Appl Genet 2, 301-314 (1983). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=6319527
• Meagher, R.B. & Hightower, R.C. Plant Actin is Encoded by Diverse Multigene Families, (Academic Press, Year). http://www4.fao.org/cgi- bin/faobib.exe?rec_id=243442&database=faobib&search_type=link&table=mona &back_path=/faobib/mona&lang=eng&format_name=EFMON
• Shah, D.M., Hightower, R.C. & Meagher, R.B. Genes encoding actin in higher plants: intron positions are highly conserved but the coding sequences are not. J Mol Appl Genet 2, 111-126 (1983).
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• Berry-Lowe, S.L., Mc Knight, T.D., Shah, D.M. & Meagher, R.B. The nucleotide sequence, expression, and evolution of one member of a multigene family encoding the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in soybean. J Mol Appl Genet 1, 483-498 (1982). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=7153686
• Hagen, T.J., Taylor, D.B. & Meagher, R.B. Rocket Immunoelectrophoresis Assay for Cauliflower Mosaic-Virus. Phytopathology 72, 239-242 (1982). <Go to ISI>://A1982NE06400016
• Shah, D.M., Hightower, R.C. & Meagher, R.B. Complete nucleotide sequence of a soybean actin gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 79, 1022-1026 (1982). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16593157
• Bohlander, F.A., Summers, A.O. & Meagher, R.B. Cloning a promoter that puts the expression of tetracycline resistance under the control of the regulatory elements of the mer operon. Gene 15, 395-403 (1981). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=6277740
• McKnight, T.D. & Meagher, R.B. Isolation and Mapping of Small Cauliflower Mosaic Virus DNA Fragments Active as Promoters in Escherichia coli. J Virol 37, 673-682 (1981). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=16789206
• Nagao, R.T., Shah, D.M., Eckenrode, V.K. & Meagher, R.B. Multigene family of actin-related sequences isolated from a soybean genomic library. DNA 1, 1-9 (1981). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=6762287
• Carreira, L.H., Carlton, B.C., Bobbio, S.M., Nagao, R.T. & Meagher, R.B. Construction and application of a modified “gene machine”: a circular concentrating preparative gel electrophoresis device employing discontinuous elution. Anal Biochem 106, 455-468 (1980). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=6778253
• Makula, R.A. & Meagher, R.B. A new restriction endonuclease from the anaerobic bacterium, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, Norway. Nucleic Acids Res 8, 3125-3131 (1980).
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1972 to 1979

• Meagher, R.B. & McKnight, T.D. A model for a molecular cloning system in higher plants: Isolation of plant viral promotors, (Plenum Pub. Corp., 1980). In: Workshop on Genome Organization and Expression in Higher Plants. Ed. Leaver, CJ
• Friedrich, H., Hemleben, V., Meagher, R.B. & Key, J.L. Purification and Restriction Endonuclease Mapping of Soybean 18 S and 25 S Ribosomal-Rna Genes. Planta 146, 467-473 (1979). <Go to ISI>://A1979HR48300015
• Meagher, R.B. Purification and partial amino acid sequence of the cyanogen bromide fragments of muconolactone isomerase from Pseudomonas putida. Biochim Biophys Acta 494, 33-47 (1977). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=901811
• Meagher, R.B. The development of a molecular cloning system in higher plants.
  Basic Life Sci 9, 129-158 (1977). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/336022
• Meagher, R.B., Shepherd, R.J. & Boyer, H.W. The structure of cauliflower mosaic virus. I. A restriction endonuclease map of cauliflower mosaic virus DNA. Virology 80, 362-375 (1977). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=329557
• Meagher, R.B., Tait, R.C., Betlach, M. & Boyer, H.W. Protein expression in E. coli minicells by recombinant plasmids. Cell 10, 521-536 (1977). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt= Citation&list_uids=403011