George C Allen

Comparing DNA replication programs reveals large timing shifts at centromeres of endocycling cells in maize roots

Wear, E. E., Song, J., Zynda, G. J., Mickelson-Young, L., LeBlanc, C., Lee, T.-J., … Thompson, W. F. (2020, October 14). PLoS Genetics, Vol. 16.

Genomic Analysis of the DNA Replication Timing Program during Mitotic S Phase in Maize (Zea mays) Root Tips

Wear, E. E., Song, J., Zynda, G. J., LeBlanc, C., Lee, T.-J., Mickelson-Young, L., … Thompson, W. F. (2017, August 25). The Plant Cell, Vol. 29, pp. 2126–2149.

A flow cytometric method for estimating S-phase duration in plants

Mickelson-Young, L., Wear, E., Mulvaney, P., Lee, T.-J., Szymanski, E. S., Allen, G., … Thompson, W. (2016, October 3). Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 11, pp. 6077–6087.

Defining multiple, distinct, and shared spatiotemporal patterns of DNA replication and endoreduplication from 3D image analysis of developing maize (Zea mays L.) root tip nuclei

Bass, H. W., Hoffman, G. G., Lee, T.-J., Wear, E. E., Joseph, S. R., Allen, G. C., … Thompson, W. F. (2015, September 22). Plant Molecular Biology, Vol. 89, pp. 339–351.

A maize root tip system to study DNA replication programmes in somatic and endocycling nuclei during plant development

Bass, H. W., Wear, E. E., Lee, T.-J., Hoffman, G. G., Gumber, H. K., Allen, G. C., … Hanley-Bowdoin, L. (2014, January 21). Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 65, pp. 2747–2756.

Effect of various sterilization procedures on the in vitro germination of cotton seeds

Barampuram, S., Allen, G., & Krasnyanski, S. (2014, March 28). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC).

In Vivo Mapping of Arabidopsis Scaffold/Matrix Attachment Regions Reveals Link to Nucleosome-Disfavoring Poly(dA:dT) Tracts

Pascuzzi, P. E., Flores-Vergara, M. A., Lee, T.-J., Sosinski, B., Vaughn, M. W., Hanley-Bowdoin, L., … Allen, G. C. (2014, January 1). The Plant Cell, Vol. 26, pp. 102–120.

Identification and Functional Analysis of Tomato BRI1 and BAK1 Receptor Kinase Phosphorylation Sites  

Bajwa, V. S., Wang, X., Blackburn, R. K., Goshe, M. B., Mitra, S. K., Williams, E. L., … Clouse, S. D. (2013, July 10). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

Overexpression of mannitol dehydrogenase in zonal geranium confers increased resistance to the mannitol secreting fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea

Williamson, J. D., Desai, A., Krasnyanski, S. F., Ding, F., Guo, W.-wen, Nguyen, T.-T., … Allen, G. C. (2013, August 10). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), Vol. 115, pp. 367–375.

A Novel Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH) Promoter for Expressing Transgenes in the Halotolerant Alga Dunaliella salina

Jia, Y., Li, S., Allen, G., Feng, S., & Xue, L. (2012, February 27). Current Microbiology.

Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 4 Replicates in Two Phases That Correlate with Chromatin State

PLoS Genetics, 6(6), e1000982.

Dynamic Localization of the DNA Replication Proteins MCM5 and MCM7 in Plants    

Shultz, R. W., Lee, T.-J., Allen, G. C., Thompson, W. F., & Hanley-Bowdoin, L. (2009, April 8). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 150, pp. 658–669.

Rapid shoot regeneration in industrial ‘high starch’ sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) genotypes

Santa-Maria, M., Pecota, K. V., Yencho, C. G., Allen, G., & Sosinski, B. (2009, January 28). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), Vol. 97, pp. 109–117.

A modified protocol for rapid DNA isolation from plant tissues using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide

Allen, G. C., Flores-Vergara, M. A., Krasynanski, S., Kumar, S., & Thompson, W. F. (2006, December 1). Nature Protocols, Vol. 1, pp. 2320–2325.

Gene targeting in plants: fingers on the move

Kumar, S., Allen, G. C., & Thompson, W. F. (2006, March 14). Trends in Plant Science, Vol. 11, pp. 159–161.

High efficiency gene targeting in plants

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Matrix attachment regions and regulated transcription increase and stabilize transgene expression

Abranches, R., Shultz, R. W., Thompson, W. F., & Allen, G. C. (2005, July 7). Plant Biotechnology Journal, Vol. 3, pp. 535–543.

Analysis of Trans-Silencing Interactions Using Transcriptional Silencers of Varying Strength and Targets With and Without Flanking Nuclear Matrix Attachment Regions

Ascenzi, R., Ülker, B., Todd, J. J., Sowinski, D. A., Schimeneck, C. R., Allen, G. C., … Thompson, W. F. (2003, June 1). Transgenic Research, Vol. 12, pp. 305–318.

Elevation of Transgene Expression Level by Flanking Matrix Attachment Regions (MAR) is Promoter Dependent: A Study of the Interactions of Six Promoters with the RB7 3′ MAR

Mankin, S. L., Allen, G. C., Phelan, T., Spiker, S., & Thompson, W. F. (2003, February 1). Transgenic Research, Vol. 12, pp. 3–12.

Differential Top10 promoter regulation by six tetracycline analogues in plant cells

Love, J., Allen, G. C., Gatz, C., & Thompson, W. (2002, September 1). Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 53, pp. 1871–1877.

High-throughput transgene copy number estimation by competitive PCR

Callaway, A. S., Abranches, R., Scroggs, J., Allen, G. C., & Thompson, W. F. (2002, September 1). Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Vol. 20, pp. 265–277.

Increasing expression of transgenes in plant cells using insulator elements

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Method for reducing expression variability of transgenes in plant cells

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Use of matrix attachment regions (MARs) to minimize transgene silencing

Allen, G. C., Spiker, S., & Thompson, W. F. (2000, June 1). Plant Molecular Biology, Vol. 43, pp. 361–376.

A tobacco matrix attachment region reduces the loss of transgene expression in the progeny of transgenic tobacco plants

Ülker, B., Allen, G. C., Thompson, W. F., Spiker, S., & Weissinger, A. K. (1999, May 1). The Plant Journal, Vol. 18, pp. 253–263.

Characterization of Randomly-Obtained Matrix Attachment Regions (MARs) from Higher Plants^,

Michalowski, S. M., Allen, G. C., Gerald E. Hall, Thompson, W. F., & Spiker, S. (1999, September 1). Biochemistry, Vol. 38, pp. 12795–12804.

Matrix attachment regions increase transgene expression levels and stability in transgenic rice plants and their progeny

Vain, P., Worland, B., Kohli, A., Snape, J. W., Christou, P., Allen, G. C., & Thompson, W. F. (1999, May 1). The Plant Journal, Vol. 18, pp. 233–242.

Ferredoxin-1 mRNA is destabilized by changes in photosynthetic electron transport

Petracek, M. E., Dickey, L. F., Nguyen, T. T., Gatz, C., Sowinski, D. A., Allen, G. C., & Thompson, W. F. (1998, July 21). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 95, pp. 9009–9013.

Method of increasing expression for foreign genes in plant cells

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Plant nuclear scaffold attachment region and method for increasing gene expression in transgenic cells

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The dependence of Fed-1 light regulation on translation

In J. Bailey-Serres & D. R. Gallie (Eds.), A look beyond transcription: Mechanisms determining mRNAstability and translation in plants (pp. 96–101). Washington, DC: American Society of Plant Physiologists.

Introduction of a plant intron into the luciferase gene ofPhotinus pyralis

Mankin, S. L., Allen, G. C., & Thompson, W. F. (1997, June 1). Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Vol. 15, pp. 186–196.

High-Level Transgene Expression in Plant Cells: Effects of a Strong Scaffold Attachment Region from Tobacco

The Plant Cell, 8(5), 899.

Scaffold attachment regions increase reporter gene expresssion in stably transformed plant cells

Plant Cell, 5(6), 603–613.

Oxygen uptake and hydrogen-stimulated nitrogenase activity from Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 grown in a succinate-limited chemostat

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 57(11), 3220.