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150. Karve, A., Rauh, B.L., Xia, X., Kandasamy, M., Meagher, R.B., Sheen, J., and Moore, B.D. (2008). Expression and evolutionary features of the hexokinase gene family in Arabidopsis. Planta 228, 411-25. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18481082.

149. Burgos-Rivera, B., Ruzicka, D.R., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C., King-Reid, L., and Meagher, R.B. (2008). ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR9 controls development and gene expression in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol (In Press) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18830798.

146. Balasubramanian, R., Karve, A., Kandasamy, M., Meagher, R.B., and Moore, B.D. (2007). A role for F-actin in hexokinase-mediated glucose signaling. Plant Physiol 145, 1423-34. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17965176

145. Deal, R.B., Topp, C.N., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2007). Repression of flowering in Arabidopsis requires activation of FLOWERING LOCUS C expression by the histone variant H2A.Z. Plant Cell 19, 74-83. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17220196

144. Kandasamy, M.K., Burgos-Rivera, B., McKinney, E.C., Ruzicka, D.R., and Meagher, R.B. (2007). Class-specific interaction of profilin and ADF isovariants with actin in the regulation of plant development. Plant Cell 19, 3111-26. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17933902

139. Lyyra, S., Meagher, R.B., Kim, T., Heaton, A., Montello, P., Balish, R.S., and Merkle, S.A. (2007). Coupling two mercury resistance genes in Eastern cottonwood enhances the processing of organomercury. Plant Biotechnol J 5, 254-62. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17309680

138. Meagher, R.B. (2007). Multigene strategies for engineering the phytoremediation of mercury and arsenic. In: Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond: Proceeding of the 11th IAPTC&B Congress, Z. Xu, J. Li, Y. Xue, and W. Yang, eds (Beijing, China: Springer), 49-60.

137. Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., and McKinney, E.C. (2007). Actin-related proteins in chromatin-level control of the cell cycle and developmental transitions. Trends Cell Biol 17, 325-32. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17643304

136. Ruzicka, D.R., Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., Burgos-Rivera, B., and Meagher, R.B. (2007). The ancient subclasses of ArabidopsisACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR genes exhibit novel and differential expression. Plant J 52, 460-72. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17877706

135. Che, D.S., Meagher, R.B., Kim, R., Heaton, A.C.P., Lima, A., Rugh, C.L., and Merkle, S.A. (2006). 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. http://www.springerlink.com/content/eg6242602608m2m3/?p=b4b8a2d234eb4bcd903ef7e3f5b0cdbd&pi=4.

134. Dhankher, O.P., Rosen, B.P., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2006). Hyperaccumulation of arsenic in the shoots of Arabidopsis silenced for arsenate reductase (ACR2). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103, 5413-5418. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16567632.

133. Li, Y., Dankher, O.P., Carreira, L., Smith, A.P., and Meagher, R.B. (2006a). 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, 288-98. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16581878

132. Li, Y., Heaton, A.C.P., Carreira, L., and Meagher, R.B. (2006b). 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. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=21909710&site=ehost-live

131. Meagher, R.B. (2006). Plants tackle explosive contamination. Nat Biotechnol 24, 161-3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16465159.

130. Meagher, R.B., Kim, T., Smith, A.P., and Heaton, A.C.P. (2006). Designing plants for the remediation mercury- and arsenic-polluted soils and water. In: Designing Industrial Crops, In Press, T. McKeon, and L. Jiann-Tsyh, eds American Chemical Society Books), pp. 272.

129. Pawloski, L.C., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2006). The late pollen actins are essential for normal male and female development in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol 62, 881-96. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17031513.

128. Deal, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2005). 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. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16141450.

127. Heaton, A., Rugh, C., and Meagher, R. (2005). Physiological Responses of Transgenic merA-Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) to Foliar and Root Mercury Exposure. Water, Air, Soil Pollu. 161, 137-155.

126. Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2005a). 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, 845-58. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15743449.

125. Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., Deal, R.B., and Meagher, R.B. (2005b). Arabidopsis ARP7 is an essential actin-related protein required for normal embryogenesis, plant architecture, and floral organ abscission. Plant Physiol 138, 2019-32. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16040647

124. Kim, T., Balish, R.S., Heaton, A.C., McKinney, E.C., Dhankher, O.P., and Meagher, R.B. (2005). Engineering a root-specific, repressor-operator gene complex. Plant Biotechnol J 3, 571-82. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17147628

123. Li, Y., Dhankher, O., Carreira, L., Balish, R., and Meagher, R. (2005). Arsenic and mercury tolerance and cadmium sensitivity in plants expression of bacterial gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase. Env Tox & Chem 24, 1376-1386. http://www.setacjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-pdf&doi=10.1897%2F04-340R.1.

122. McCaig, B.M., Meagher, R.B., and Dean, J.F.D. (2005). Gene structure and molecular analysis of the laccase-like multicopper oxidase (LMCO) gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta In Press,

121. Meagher, R.B., Deal, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., and McKinney, E.C. (2005). Nuclear actin-related proteins as epigenetic regulators of development. Plant Physiol 139, 1576-85. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16339804

120. Meagher, R.B., and Heaton, A.C. (2005). Strategies for the engineered phytoremediation of toxic element pollution: mercury and arsenic. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 32, 502-13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15995854.

119. Pawloski, L.C., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C., Burgos-Rivera, B., and Meagher, R.B. (2005). Inverted repeat PCR for the rapid assembly of constructs to induce RNA interference. Plant & Cell Physiol 46, 1872-1878. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16120684.

118. Zimeri, A.M., Dhankher, O.P., McCaig, B., and Meagher, R.B. (2005). The plant MT1 metallothioneins are stabilized by binding cadmiums and are required for cadmium tolerance and accumulation. Plant Mol Biol 58, 839-55. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16240177.

117. Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2004). Plant actin-related proteins. Trends Plant Sci 9, 196-202. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15063870.

116. Li, Y., Dhankher, O.P., Carreira, L., Lee, D., Chen, A., Schroeder, J.I., Balish, R.S., and Meagher, R.B. (2004). Overexpression of phytochelatin synthase in Arabidopsis leads to enhanced arsenic tolerance and cadmium hypersensitivity. Plant Cell Physiol 45, 1787-97. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15653797

115. Meagher, R.B., Kandasamy, M.K., Deal, R.B., and McKinney, E.C. (2004). Nuclear actin-related proteins modulate multiple diverse developmental pathways in Arabidopsis. Molecular Biology of the Cell 15, 328a-329a. <Go to ISI>://000224648802542.

114. Bizily, S.P., Kim, T., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Subcellular targeting of methylmercury lyase enhances its specific activity for organic mercury detoxification in plants. Plant Physiol 131, 463-71. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12586871

113. Che, D., Meagher, R.B., Heaton, A.C., Lima, A., Rugh, C.L., and Merkle, S.A. (2003). Expression of mercuric ion reductase in Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) confers mercuric ion reduction and resistance. Plant Biotechnol J 1, 311-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17163907

112. Cobbett, C., and Meagher, R. (2003). Phytoremediation and the Arabidopsis proteome. In: Arabidopsis, E. Meyerowitz, and C. Somerville, eds (Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press), pp. 1-22. www.aspb.org/publications/arabidopsis/toc.cfm.

111. Dhankher, O.P., Rosen, B.P., Fuhrman, M., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Increased cadmium tolerance and accumulation by plants expressing bacterial arsenate reductase. New Phytologist 159, 431-441.

110. Gilliland, L.U., Pawloski, L.C., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Arabidopsis actin gene ACT7 plays an essential role in germination and root growth. Plant J 33, 319-28. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12535345.

109. Heaton, A.C.P., Rugh, C.L., Kim, T., Wang, N.J., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Toward detoxifying mercury-polluted aquatic sediments using rice genetically-engineered for mercury resistance. Env Tox & Chem 22, 2940-2947. http://www.setacjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-pdf&doi=10.1897%2F02-442.

108. Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Cell cycle-dependent association of Arabidopsis actin-related proteins AtARP4 and AtARP7 with the nucleus. Plant J 33, 939-48. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12609034.

107. Liu, R., Ferrenberg, A.M., Gilliland, L.U., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Detection of deleterious genotypes in multigenerational studies. III. Estimation of selection components in highly selfing populations. Genetical Research 82, 41-53.

106. Meagher, R.B., and Fechheimer, M. (2003). The Cytoskeletal Proteome of Arabidopsis. In: Arabidopsis, www.aspb.org/publications/arabidopsis/toc.cfm, E. Meyerowitz, and C. Somerville, eds (Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press), pp. www.aspb.org/publications/arabidopsis/toc.cfm.

105. Vitale, A., Wu, R.J., Cheng, Z., and Meagher, R.B. (2003). Multiple conserved 5' elements are required for high-level pollen expression of the Arabidopsis reproductive actin ACT1. Plant Mol Biol 52, 1135-51. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=14682614.

104. Dhankher, O.P., Li, Y., Rosen, B.P., Shi, J., Salt, D., Senecoff, J.F., Sashti, N.A., and Meagher, R.B. (2002). Engineering tolerance and hyperaccumulation of arsenic in plants by combining arsenate reductase and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase expression. Nat Biotechnol 20, 1140-5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12368812

103. Gilliland, L.U., Kandasamy, M.K., Pawloski, L.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2002). Both vegetative and reproductive actin isovariants complement the stunted root hair phenotype of the Arabidopsis act2-1 mutation. Plant Physiol. 130, 2199-2209.

102. Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2002a). Plant profilin isovariants are distinctly regulated in vegetative and reproductive tissues. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 52, 22-32. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11977080

101. Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2002b). Functional nonequivalency of actin isovariants in Arabidopsis. Mol Biol Cell 13, 251-61. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11809837.

100. McKinney, E.C., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2002). Arabidopsis contains ancient classes of differentially expressed actin-related protein genes. Plant Physiol 128, 997-1007. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11891255.

99. Meagher, R.B. (2002). Post-genomics networking of biotechnology for interpreting gene function - Editorial overview. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 5, 135-140. <Go to ISI>://000174097000009.

98. Kandasamy, M.K., Gilliland, L.U., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (2001). One plant actin isovariant, ACT7, is induced by auxin and required for normal callus formation. Plant Cell 13, 1541-54. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11449050

97. Lawrence, C.J., Morris, N.R., Meagher, R.B., and Dawe, R.K. (2001). Dyneins have run their course in plant lineage. Traffic 2, 362-3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11350632

96. Li, Y., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2001). Rapid isolation of monoclonal antibodies. Monitoring enzymes in the phytochelatin synthesis pathway. Plant Physiol 127, 711-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11706154.

95. McKinney, E.C., Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2001). Small changes in the regulation of one Arabidopsis profilin isovariant, PRF1, alter seedling development. Plant Cell 13, 1179-91. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11340190

94. Meagher, R.B. (2001). Pink water, green plants, and pink elephants. Nat Biotechnol 19, 1120-1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11731777.

93. Bizily, S.P., Rugh, C.L., and Meagher, R.B. (2000). Phytodetoxification of hazardous organomercurials by genetically engineered plants. Nat Biotechnol 18, 213-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10657131

92. Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (2000). Cytoskeleton-organelle interaction: Higher plant chloroplasts are contained in actin baskets and attached to actin filaments and bundles. In: Microscopy and Microanalysis, Supplement 2 Proceedings, 6, eds pp. 296-297..

91. Meagher, R.B. (2000). Phytoremediation of toxic elemental and organic pollutants. Curr Opin Plant Biol 3, 153-62. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10712958

91. Meagher, R.B., McKinney, E.C., and Kandasamy, M.K. (2000a). The significance of diversity in the plant actin gene family: Studies in Arabidopsis. In: Actin: A dynamic framework for multiple plant cell functions, C.J. Staiger, F. Baluska, D. Volkmann, and P. Barlow, eds (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Klewer Academic Publishers), pp. 3-27.

90. Meagher, R.B., Rugh, C.L., Kandasamy, M.K., Gragson, G., and Wang, N.J. (2000b). Engineered phytoremediation of mercury pollution in soil and water using bacterial genes. In: Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water, N. Terry, and G. Banuelos, eds (Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers), pp. 203-221.

89. Palanivelu, R., Belostotsky, D.A., and Meagher, R.B. (2000a). Conserved expression of Arabidopsis thaliana poly (A) binding protein 2 (PAB2) in distinct vegetative and reproductive tissues. Plant J 22, 199-210. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10849338

88. Palanivelu, R., Belostotsky, D.A., and Meagher, R.B. (2000b). Arabidopsis thaliana poly (A) binding protein 2 (PAB2) functions in yeast translational and mRNA decay processes. Plant J 22, 187-98. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10849337

87. Rugh, C.L., Bizily, S.P., and Meagher, R.B. (2000). Phytoremediation of environmental mercury pollution. In: Phytoremediation of toxic metals: Using plants to clean-up the environment, B. Ensley, and I. Raskin, eds (New York: Wiley and Sons), pp. 151-169.

86. Bizily, S.P., Rugh, C.L., Summers, A.O., and Meagher, R.B. (1999). Phytoremediation of methylmercury pollution: merB expression in Arabidopsis thaliana confers resistance to organomercurials. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96, 6808-13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10359794

85. Kandasamy, M.K., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1999). The late pollen-specific actins in angiosperms. Plant J 18, 681-91. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10417720.

84. Kandasamy, M.K., and Meagher, R.B. (1999). Actin-organelle interaction: association with chloroplast in arabidopsis leaf mesophyll cells. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 44, 110-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10506746

83. Meagher, R.B., McKinney, E.C., and Kandasamy, M.K. (1999a). Isovariant dynamics expand and buffer the responses of complex systems: the diverse plant actin gene family. Plant Cell 11, 995-1006. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10368172

82. Meagher, R.B., McKinney, E.C., and Vitale, A.V. (1999b). The evolution of new structures: clues from plant cytoskeletal genes. Trends Genet 15, 278-84. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10390627

81. Asmussen, M.A., Gilliland, L.U., and Meagher, R.B. (1998). Detection of deleterious genotypes in multigenerational studies. II. Theoretical and experimental dynamics with selfing and selection. Genetics 149, 727-37. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=9611187

80. Gilliland, L.U., McKinney, E.C., Asmussen, M.A., and Meagher, R.B. (1998). Detection of deleterious genotypes in multigenerational studies. I. Disruptions in individual Arabidopsis actin genes. Genetics 149, 717-25. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=9611186

79. Heaton, A.C.P., Rugh, C.L., Wang, N.-J., and Meagher, R.B. (1998). Phytoremediation of mercury and methylmercury polluted soils using genetically engineered plants. J. Soil Contam. 7, 497-509.

78. McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1998). Members of the Arabidopsis actin gene family are widely dispersed in the genome. Genetics 149, 663-75. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=9611182

77. Meagher, R.B. (1998). Phytoremediation: An affordable, friendly technology to restore marginal lands in the twenty-first century. In: Plants and Population: is there time?, N. Federoff, and J. Cohen, eds (Irvine, CA: National Academy of Sciences), www.lsc.psu.edu/nas/Panelists/Meagher%20comment.html.

76. Rugh, C.L., Gragson, G.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1998a). Toxic mercury reduction and remediation using transgenic plants with a modified bacterial gene. Hort. Sci. 33, 618-621.

75. Rugh, C.L., Senecoff, J.F., Meagher, R.B., and Merkle, S.A. (1998b). Development of transgenic yellow poplar for mercury phytoremediation. Nat Biotechnol 16, 925-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=9788347

74. Huang, S., An, Y.Q., McDowell, J.M., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1997). The Arabidopsis ACT11 actin gene is strongly expressed in tissues of the emerging inflorescence, pollen, and developing ovules. Plant Mol Biol 33, 125-39. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=9037165.

73. An, Y.Q., Huang, S., McDowell, J.M., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1996a). Conserved expression of the Arabidopsis ACT1 and ACT3 actin subclass in organ primordia and mature pollen. Plant Cell 8, 15-30. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8597657.

72. An, Y.Q., McDowell, J.M., Huang, S., McKinney, E.C., Chambliss, S., and Meagher, R.B. (1996b). Strong, constitutive expression of the Arabidopsis ACT2/ACT8 actin subclass in vegetative tissues. Plant J 10, 107-21. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8758981.

71. Belostotsky, D.A., and Meagher, R.B. (1996). A pollen-, ovule-, and early embryo-specific poly(A) binding protein from Arabidopsis complements essential functions in yeast. Plant Cell 8, 1261-75. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8776896

70. Huang, S., An, Y.Q., McDowell, J.M., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1996a). The Arabidopsis thaliana ACT4/ACT12 actin gene subclass is strongly expressed throughout pollen development. Plant J 10, 189-202. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8771777.

69. Huang, S., McDowell, J.M., Weise, M.J., and Meagher, R.B. (1996b). The Arabidopsis profilin gene family. Evidence for an ancient split between constitutive and pollen-specific profilin genes. Plant Physiol 111, 115-26. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8685262

68. McDowell, J.M., An, Y.Q., Huang, S., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1996a). The Arabidopsis ACT7 actin gene is expressed in rapidly developing tissues and responds to several external stimuli. Plant Physiol 111, 699-711. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8754679

67. McDowell, J.M., Huang, S., McKinney, E.C., An, Y.Q., and Meagher, R.B. (1996b). Structure and evolution of the actin gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 142, 587-602. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8852856.

66. Meagher, R.B., and Rugh, C.L. (1996). Phytoremediation of heavy metal pollution: Ionic and methyl mercury. In: OECD Biotechnology for Water Use and Conservation Workshop, eds (Cocoyoc, Mexico: Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development), 305-321.

65. Pellock, B.J., Lu, A., Meagher, R.B., Weise, M.J., and Miller, L.K. (1996). Sequence, function, and phylogenetic analysis of an ascovirus DNA polymerase gene. Virology 216, 146-57. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8614981

64. Rugh, C.L., Wilde, H.D., Stack, N.M., Thompson, D.M., Summers, A.O., and Meagher, R.B. (1996). Mercuric ion reduction and resistance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing a modified bacterial merA gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 93, 3182-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8622910

63. Senecoff, J.F., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1996). 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, 905-17. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8938402

62. Grote, M., Swoboda, I., Meagher, R.B., and Valenta, R. (1995). 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.

61. McKinney, E.C., Ali, N., Traut, A., Feldmann, K.A., Belostotsky, D.A., McDowell, J.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1995). Sequence-based identification of T-DNA insertion mutations in Arabidopsis: actin mutants act2-1 and act4-1. Plant J 8, 613-22. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=7496405

60. Meagher, R.B. (1995). The impact of historical contingency on gene phylogeny: Plant actin diversity. In: Evolutionary Biology, 28, M. Hecht, R. MacIntyre, and M. Clegg, eds (NY: Plenum Press), pp. 195-215. http://www.springer.com/life+sci/book/978-0-306-44927-7.

59. Tanzer, M.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1995). Degradation of the soybean ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small-subunit mRNA, SRS4, initiates with endonucleolytic cleavage. Mol Cell Biol 15, 6641-52. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8524229

58. Fletcher, L.D., McDowell, J.M., Tidwell, R.R., Meagher, R.B., and Dykstra, C.C. (1994). Structure, expression and phylogenetic analysis of the gene encoding actin I in Pneumocystis carinii. Genetics 137, 743-50. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8088520

57. Meagher, R.B., and Williamson, R.E. (1994). The Plant Cytoskeleton. In: Arabidopsis Book, 38, E. Meyerowitz, and C. Somerville, eds (Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press), pp. 1049-1084. http://www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?cart=120204888625121453&action=full&--eqskudatarq=163.

56. Tanzer, M.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1994). Faithful degradation of soybean rbcS mRNA in vitro. Mol Cell Biol 14, 2640-50. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8139564

55. Belostotsky, D.A., and Meagher, R.B. (1993). Differential organ-specific expression of three poly(A)-binding-protein genes from Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 90, 6686-90. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8341686

54. Senecoff, J.F., and Meagher, R.B. (1993a). In vivo analysis of plant 18 S ribosomal RNA structure. Methods Enzymol 224, 357-72. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8264398

53. Senecoff, J.F., and Meagher, R.B. (1993b). 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, 387-99. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8108507

52. Valenta, R., Ferreira, F., Grote, M., Swoboda, I., Vrtala, S., Duchene, M., Deviller, P., Meagher, R.B., McKinney, E., Heberle-Bors, E., and et al. (1993). Identification of profilin as an actin-binding protein in higher plants. J Biol Chem 268, 22777-81. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=7693678

51. Senecoff, J.F., and Meagher, R.B. (1992). In vivo analysis of plant RNA structure: soybean 18S ribosomal and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit RNAs. Plant Mol Biol 18, 219-34. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=1731985

50. Thompson, D.M., Tanzer, M.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1992). 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. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=1356050

49. Wilde, H.D., Meagher, R.B., and Merkle, S.A. (1992). Expression of Foreign Genes in Transgenic Yellow-Poplar Plants. Plant Physiol 98, 114-120. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16668600.

48. Meagher, R.B. (1991). Divergence and differential expression of actin gene families in higher plants. Int Rev Cytol 125, 139-63. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2032783

47. Condit, C.M., McLean, B.G., and Meagher, R.B. (1990). Characterization of the Expression of the Petunia Glycine-Rich Protein-1 Gene Product. Plant Physiol 93, 596-602. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16667509

46. McLean, B.G., Eubanks, S., and Meagher, R.B. (1990a). Tissue-specific expression of divergent actins in soybean root. Plant Cell 2, 335-44. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2152120

45. McLean, B.G., Huang, S.R., McKinney, E.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1990b). Plants contain highly divergent actin isovariants. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 17, 276-90. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2076545

44. McLean, M., Gerats, A.G., Baird, W.V., and Meagher, R.B. (1990c). Six actin gene subfamilies map to five chromosomes of Petunia hybrida. J Hered 81, 341-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=1977797

43. Meagher, R.B., and McLean, B.G. (1990). Diversity of plant actins. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 16, 164-166. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109910643/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0.

42. Meagher, R.B., Ngai, K.L., and Ornston, L.N. (1990a). Muconate cycloisomerase. Methods Enzymol 188, 126-30. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2280697

41. Meagher, R.B., Ngai, K.L., and Ornston, L.N. (1990b). Muconolactone isomerase. Methods Enzymol 188, 130-3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2280698

40. Pearson, L., and Meagher, R.B. (1990). Diverse soybean actin transcripts contain a large intron in the 5' untranslated leader: structural similarity to vertebrate muscle actin genes. Plant Mol Biol 14, 513-26. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2102831

39. Shirley, B.W., Ham, D.P., Senecoff, J.F., Berry-Lowe, S.L., Zurfluh, L.L., Shah, D.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1990). 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, 909-25. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=1715210

38. Shirley, B.W., and Meagher, R.B. (1990). 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, 3377-85. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2356127

37. Thompson, D.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1990). 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, 3621-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=1694578

36. Meagher, R.B., Berry-Lowe, S., and Rice, K. (1989). Molecular evolution of the small subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase: nucleotide substitution and gene conversion. Genetics 123, 845-63. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2515110.

35. McLean, M.D., Baird, W.V., Gerats, A.G.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1988). Determination of copy number and linkage relationships among five actin gene subfamilies in Petunia hybrida. Plant Mol. Biol. 11, 663-672. https://commerce.metapress.com/content/l764j678753j1007/resource-secured/?target=fulltext.pdf&sid=bon2ekbbejxprh452og44ib3&sh=www.springerlink.com.

34. Meagher, R.B., McLean, M.D., and Arnold, J. (1988). Recombination within a subclass of restriction fragment length polymorphisms may help link classical and molecular genetics. Genetics 120, 809-18. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2906304

33. Baird, W.V., and Meagher, R.B. (1987). A complex gene superfamily encodes actin in petunia. Embo J 6, 3223-31. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=3428258

32. Condit, C.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1987). Expression of a gene encoding a glycine-rich protein in petunia. Mol Cell Biol 7, 4273-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2449603

31. Shirley, B.W., Berry-Lowe, S.L., Rogers, S.G., Flick, J.S., Horsch, R., Fraley, R.T., and Meagher, R.B. (1987). 5' proximal sequences of a soybean ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit gene direct light and phytochrome controlled transcription. Nucleic Acids Res 15, 6501-14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=3627996

30. Condit, C., and Meagher, R.B. (1986). A gene encoding a novel glycine-rich structural protein of petunia. Nature 323, 178-181. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v323/n6084/pdf/323178a0.pdf.

29. Grandbastien, M.A., Berry-Lowe, S., Shirley, B.W., and Meagher, R.B. (1986). Two soybean ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit genes share extensive homology even in distant flanking sequences. Plant Mol. Biol. 7, 451-465. http://www.springerlink.com/content/r581n41h48230820/?p=38559906be1445559a682bca61bbfa9f&pi=0.

28. Hightower, R.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1986). The molecular evolution of actin. Genetics 114, 315-32. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=3770469.

27. Berry-Lowe, S.L., and Meagher, R.B. (1985). 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, 1910-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=3837851.

26. Hightower, R.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1985). Divergence and differential expression of soybean actin genes. Embo J 4, 1-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2410251

25. Eckenrode, V.K., Arnold, J., and Meagher, R.B. (1984). Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of soybean 18S rRNA with the sequences of other small-subunit rRNAs. J Mol Evol 21, 259-69. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=6100313

24. Condit, C., Hagen, T.J., McKnight, T.D., and Meagher, R.B. (1983). Characterization and preliminary mapping of cauliflower mosaic virus transcripts. Gene 25, 101-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=6662362

23. Condit, C., and Meagher, R.B. (1983). Multiple, discrete 35S transcripts of cauliflower mosaic virus. J Mol Appl Genet 2, 301-14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=6319527

22. Meagher, R.B., and Hightower, R.C. (1983). Plant Actin is Encoded by Diverse Multigene Families. In: Advances in Gene Technology: Molecular Genetics of Plant and Animals. Miami Winter Symposium, K. Downey, R.W. Voellmy, F. Ahmad, and J. Schultz, eds (Miami Winter Symposium: Academic Press), 171-189. 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.

21. Shah, D.M., Hightower, R.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1983). Genes encoding actin in higher plants: intron positions are highly conserved but the coding sequences are not. J Mol Appl Genet 2, 111-26. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=6842118

20. Berry-Lowe, S.L., Mc Knight, T.D., Shah, D.M., and Meagher, R.B. (1982). 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, 483-98. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=7153686.

19. Hagen, T., Taylor, D.B., and Meagher, R.B. (1982). Rocket immunoelectrophoresis assay for cauliflowr mosaic virus. Phytopathology 72, 239-242.

18. Shah, D.M., Hightower, R.C., and Meagher, R.B. (1982). Complete nucleotide sequence of a soybean actin gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 79, 1022-1026. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16593157

17. Bohlander, F.A., Summers, A.O., and Meagher, R.B. (1981). 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. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=6277740

16. McKnight, T.D., and Meagher, R.B. (1981). Isolation and Mapping of Small Cauliflower Mosaic Virus DNA Fragments Active as Promoters in Escherichia coli. J Virol 37, 673-682. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16789206

15. Nagao, R.T., Shah, D.M., Eckenrode, V.K., and Meagher, R.B. (1981). Multigene family of actin-related sequences isolated from a soybean genomic library. DNA 1, 1-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=6762287

14. Carreira, L.H., Carlton, B.C., Bobbio, S.M., Nagao, R.T., and Meagher, R.B. (1980). Construction and application of a modified "gene machine": a circular concentrating preparative gel electrophoresis device employing discontinuous elution. Anal Biochem 106, 455-68. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=6778253

13. Makula, R.A., and Meagher, R.B. (1980). A new restriction endonuclease from the anaerobic bacterium, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, Norway. Nucleic Acids Res 8, 3125-31. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=6255409

12. Meagher, R.B., and McKnight, T.D. (1980). A model for a molecular cloning system in higher plants: Isolation of plant viral promotors. In: Workshop on Genome Organization and Expression in Higher Plants, C. Leaver, eds (Edinburgh, Scotland: Plenum Pub. Corp.), 63-75.

11. Friedrich, H., Hemleben, V., and Meagher, R.B. (1979). Purification and restriction endonuclease mapping of soybean 18 S and 25 S Ribosomal RNA genes. Planta 146, 467-473.

10. Meagher, R.B. (1977a). The development of a molecular cloning system in higher plants. Basic Life Sci 9, 129-58. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=336022

9. Meagher, R.B. (1977b). Purification and partial amino acid sequence of the cyanogen bromide fragments of muconolactone isomerase from Pseudomonas putida. Biochim Biophys Acta 494, 33-47. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=901811

8. Meagher, R.B., Shepherd, R.J., and Boyer, H.W. (1977a). The structure of cauliflower mosaic virus. I. A restriction endonuclease map of cauliflower mosaic virus DNA. Virology 80, 362-75. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=329557

7. Meagher, R.B., Tait, R.C., Betlach, M., and Boyer, H.W. (1977b). Protein expression in E. coli minicells by recombinant plasmids. Cell 10, 521-36. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=403011

6. Meagher, R.B. (1975). Rapid manual sequencing of multiple peptide samples in a nitrogen chamber. Anal Biochem 67, 404-12. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=1163765

5. Patel, R.N., Meagher, R.B., and Ornston, L.N. (1974). Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. IV. Muconolactone isomerase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Pseudomonas putida. J Biol Chem 249, 7410-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=4215816

4. Meagher, R.B., and Ornston, L.N. (1973). Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. I. Properties of cis,cis-muconate-lactonizing enzyme and muconolactone isomerase from Pseudomonas putida. Biochemistry 12, 3523-30. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=4199894

3. Parke, D., Meagher, R.B., and Ornston, L.N. (1973). Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. III. Properties of crystalline gamma-carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida. Biochemistry 12, 3537-42. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=4199896

2. Patel, R.N., Meagher, R.B., and Ornston, L.N. (1973). Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. II. Properties of crystalline beta-carboxy-cis,cis-muconate-lactonizing enzyme from Pseudomonas putida. Biochemistry 12, 3531-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=4199895

1. Meagher, R.B., McCorkle, G.M., Ornston, M.K., and Ornston, L.N. (1972). Inducible uptake system for -carboxy-cis, cis-muconate in a permeability mutant of Pseudomonas putida. J Bacteriol 111, 465-73. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=5053469

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