Marcela Pierce

Guard Cell-Enriched Phosphoproteome Reveals Phosphorylation of Endomembrane Proteins in Closed Stomata

Pullen, A.-M., Lyons, S., Mordant, A., Herring, L., Akpa, B. S., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2025, October 15).

Manipulation of targeted protein degradation in plant biology

Rojas-Pierce, M., & Bednarek, S. Y. (2025, April 1). Biochemical Society Transactions, Vol. 4.

Non-Thermal Plasma Activated Water is an Effective Nitrogen Fertilizer Alternative for Arabidopsis thaliana

Kizer, J., Robinson, C., Lucas, T. K., Shannon, S., Hernández, R., Stapelmann, K., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2025, June 17). BioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Non-thermal plasma activated water is an effective nitrogen fertilizer alternative for Arabidopsis thaliana

Kizer, J., Robinson, C., Lucas, T. K., Shannon, S., Hernández, R., Stapelmann, K., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2025, September 8). (B. H. Samani, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 20.

Regulation of Vacuole Fusion in Stomata by Dephosphorylation of the HOPS subunit VPS39

Pullen, A.-M., Billings, G., Hodgens, C., White, G., Akpa, B. S., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2025, October 2).

Regulation of vacuole fusion in stomata by dephosphorylation of the HOPS subunit VPS39

Pullen, A. M., Billings, G., Hodgens, C., White, G., Akpa, B. S., & Rojas‐Pierce, M. (2025, December 1). The Plant Journal.

The Effect of Plasma Activated Water on the Rhizosphere Composition of Arabidopsis and Solanum lycopersicum

Kizer, J., Allen, X., Robinson, C., Grunden, A., Stapelmann, K., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2025, October 15).

Model-based inference of a dual role for HOPS in regulating guard cell vacuole fusion

Hodgens, C., Flaherty, D. T., Pullen, A.-M., Khan, I., English, N. J., Gillan, L., … Akpa, B. S. (2024, January 1). (X.-G. Zhu, Ed.). In Silico Plants, Vol. 6.

Rapid depletion of target proteins in plants by an inducible protein degradation system

Huang, L., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2024, March 6). The Plant Cell, Vol. 3.

White LED intensities during co-cultivation affect the Agrobacterium-mediated soybean (Glycine max) transformation using mature half seeds as explants

Shi, X., Li, B., Rojas-Pierce, M., & Hernández, R. (2024, November 26). (M. Pileggi, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 19.

Microgravity enhances the phenotype of Arabidopsis zigzag-1 and reduces the Wortmannin-induced vacuole fusion in root cells

Wang, M., Danz, K., Ly, V., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2022, September 5). Npj Microgravity, Vol. 9.

Molecular mechanisms of endomembrane trafficking in plants

Aniento, F., Medina Hernández, V. S., Dagdas, Y., Rojas-Pierce, M., & Russinova, E. (2021, September 17). The Plant Cell, Vol. 9.

Plasma agriculture: Review from the perspective of the plant and its ecosystem

Ranieri, P., Sponsel, N., Kizer, J., Rojas‐Pierce, M., Hernández, R., Gatiboni, L., … Stapelmann, K. (2020, September 30). Plasma Processes and Polymers, Vol. 18.

A whole-cell electron tomography model of vacuole biogenesis in Arabidopsis root cells

Cui, Y., Cao, W., He, Y., Zhao, Q., Wakazaki, M., Zhuang, X., … Jiang, L. (2018, December 11). Nature Plants, Vol. 5, pp. 95–105.

Phosphoinositides control the localization of HOPS subunit VPS41, which together with VPS33 mediates vacuole fusion in plants

Brillada, C., Zheng, J., Krüger, F., Rovira-Diaz, E., Askani, J. C., Schumacher, K., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2018, August 13). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 115, pp. E8305–E8314.

Vacuolar trafficking and biogenesis: a maturation in the field

Brillada, C., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2017, September 1). Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Vol. 40, pp. 77–81.

Modifications to a LATE MERISTEM IDENTITY-1 gene are responsible for the major leaf shapes of cotton

Andres, R., Coneva, V., Frank, M. H., Tuttle, J. R., Han, S.-W., Samayoa, L. F., … Kuraparthy, V. (2016, July 7). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 114, pp. E57–66.

Modifications to a LATE MERISTEM IDENTITY1 gene are responsible for the major leaf shapes of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(1), E57–E66.

Wortmannin-induced vacuole fusion enhances amyloplast dynamics in Arabidopsiszigzag1hypocotyls

Alvarez, A. A., Han, S. W., Toyota, M., Brillada, C., Zheng, J., Gilroy, S., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2016, October 20). Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 67, pp. 6459–6472.

REGULATOR OF BULB BIOGENESIS1 (RBB1) Is Involved in Vacuole Bulb Formation in Arabidopsis

Han, S. W., Alonso, J. M., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2015, April 27). (D. Bassham, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 10, p. e0125621.

Homotypic Vacuole Fusion Requires VTI11 and Is Regulated by Phosphoinositides

Zheng, J., Han, S. W., Rodriguez-Welsh, M. F., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2014, February 25). Molecular Plant, Vol. 7, pp. 1026–1040.

Multiple vacuoles inimpaired tonoplast trafficking3mutants are independent organelles

Zheng, J., Han, S. W., Munnik, T., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2014, August 13). Plant Signaling & Behavior, Vol. 9, p. e972113.

PLASTID MOVEMENT IMPAIRED1 mediates ABA sensitivity during germination and implicates ABA in light-mediated Chloroplast movements

Rojas-Pierce, M., Whippo, C. W., Davis, P. A., Hangarter, R. P., & Springer, P. S. (2014, August 1). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Vol. 83, pp. 185–193.

Targeting of tonoplast proteins to the vacuole

Rojas-Pierce, M. (2013, July 18). Plant Science, Vol. 211, pp. 132–136.

A Small Molecule Inhibitor Partitions Two Distinct Pathways for Trafficking of Tonoplast Intrinsic Proteins in Arabidopsis

Rivera-Serrano, E. E., Rodriguez-Welsh, M. F., Hicks, G. R., & Rojas-Pierce, M. (2012, September 5). (E. J. M. Damme, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 7, p. e44735.

Increasing phosphatidylinositol (4,5) bisphosphate biosynthesis affects plant nuclear lipids and nuclear functions

Dieck, C. B., Wood, A., Brglez, I., Rojas-Pierce, M., & Boss, W. F. (2012, May 17). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Vol. 57, pp. 32–44.

Arabidopsis P-Glycoprotein19 Participates in the Inhibition of Gravitropism by Gravacin

Chemistry & Biology, 15(1), 87.

Preparation of Methyl Ester Precursors of Biologically Active Agents

Zou, Y., Rojas-Pierce, M., Raikhel, N. V., & Pirrung, M. C. (2008, March 1). BioTechniques, Vol. 44, pp. 377–384.

Arabidopsis P-Glycoprotein19 Participates in the Inhibition of Gravitropism by Gravacin

Rojas-Pierce, M., Titapiwatanakun, B., Sohn, E. J., Fang, F., Larive, C. K., Blakeslee, J., … Raikhel, N. V. (2007, December 1). Chemistry & Biology, Vol. 14, pp. 1366–1376.

The shoot meristem identity gene TFL1 is involved in flower development and trafficking to the protein storage vacuole

Sohn, E. J., Rojas-Pierce, M., Pan, S., Carter, C., Serrano-Mislata, A., Madueño, F., … Raikhel, N. V. (2007, November 15). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 104, pp. 18801–18806.

Quantitative Trait Loci for Root Architecture Traits Correlated with Phosphorus Acquisition in Common Bean

Beebe, S. E., Rojas‐Pierce, M., Yan, X., Blair, M. W., Pedraza, F., Muñoz, F., … Lynch, J. P. (2006, January 1). Crop Science, Vol. 46, p. 413.

The power of chemical genomics to study the link between endomembrane system components and the gravitropic response

Surpin, M., Rojas-Pierce, M., Carter, C., Hicks, G. R., Vasquez, J., & Raikhel, N. V. (2005, March 16). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 102, pp. 4902–4907.

Gene and Enhancer Traps for Gene Discovery

Rojas-Pierce, M., & Springer, P. S. (2003, November 15). Humana Press EBooks, pp. 221–240.

Gene and enhancer traps for gene discovery.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), 236, 221–240. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1542548180&partnerID=MN8TOARS