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Research Papers

Past and current lab members are indicated by bold text.

Yao N, Zhang Z, Yu L, Hazarika R, Yu C, Jang H, Smith LM, Ton J, Liu L, Stachowicz J, Reusch TBH, Schmitz RJ, Johannes F (2023). An evolutionary epigenetic clock in plants. Science, 381,1440-1445. 10.1126/science.adh9443

Baillie A, Sloan J, Qu L-J and Smith LM. (2023). Signalling between the sexes during pollen tube reception. Trends in Plant Science. 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.07.011

Sageman-Furnas K, Nurmi M, Contag M, Plötner B, Alseekh S, Wiszniewski A, Fernie AR, Smith LM, Laitinen RAE (2022). A. thaliana hybrids develop growth abnormalities through integration of stress, hormone and growth signalling. Plant and Cell Physiology, pcac056. 10.1093/pcp/pcac056

Naish M, Alonge M ... Smith LM (14th) ... Henderson IR (2021). The genetic and epigenetic landscape of the Arabidopsis centromeres. Science 374: eabi7489.

David R, Ng PQ, Smith LM and Searle IR (2021). Novel allele elh of the UBP14 gene affects plant organ size via cell expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana. microPublication Biology. https://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.000401.

Galindo-Trigo S, Grand TM, Voigt CA and Smith LM (2020). A malectin domain kinesin functions in pollen and seed development in Arabidopsis.  Journal of Experimental Botany. 7:1828-41.

Galindo-Trigo S, Blanco-Tourinan N, DeFalco, TA, Zipfel C, Gray JE and Smith LM. (2020). CrRLK1L receptor-like kinases HERK1 and ANJEA are female determinants of pollen tube reception. EMBO reports. 21: e48466. 

Stassen, J.H.M., López Sánchez, A., Jain, R., Pardo, D.P., Luna, E., Smith L.M. and Ton, J. (2018). The relationship between transgenerational acquired resistance and global DNA methylation in Arabidopsis. Scientific Reports. 14761.

López Sánchez, A., Stassen, J.H.M., Furci, L., Smith, L.M. and Ton, J. (2016). The role of DNA (de)methylation in immune responsiveness of Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 88: 361-374.

Smith, L.M., Burbano, H. A., Wang, X., Fitz, J., Wang, G., Ural-Blimke, Y. and Weigel, D. (2015). Rapid divergence and high diversity of miRNAs and miRNA targets in the Camelineae. The Plant Journal. 81: 597-610.

Köster, T., Meyer, K., Weinholdt, C., Smith, L.M., Lummer, M., Speth, C., Grosse, I., Weigel, D. and Staiger, D. (2014). Regulation of pri-miRNA processing by the hnRNP-like protein AtGRP7 in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Research. 42:9925-9936.

Todesco, M., Kim, S-T., Chae, E., Bomblies, K., Smith, L.M., Weigel, D., and Laitinen, R.A.E. (2014). Activation of the Arabidopsis thaliana immune system by combinations of common ACD6 alleles. PLoS Genetics. 10, e1004459. 

Slotte, T., Hazzouri, K.M., Agren, J.A., Koenig, D., Maumus, F., Guo, Y.-L., Steige, K., Platts, A.E., Escobar, J.S., Newman, L.K., Wang, W., Mandakova, T., Vello, E., Smith, L.M., Henz, S.R., Steffen, J., Tanuko, S., Brandvain, Y., Coop, G., Andolfatto, P., Hu, T.T., Blanchette, M., Clark, R.M., Quesneville, H., Nordborg, M., Gaut, B.S., Lysak, M.A., Jenkins, J., Grimwood, J., Chapman, J., Prochnik, S., Shu, S., Rokhsar, D., Schmutz, J., Weigel, D., and Wright, S.I. (2013). The Capsella rubella genome and the genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution. Nature Genetics. 45, 831-835.

Wang, X., Weigel, D. and Smith, L.M. (2013). Transposon variants and their effects on gene expression in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics. 9, e1003255.

Smith, L.M., Hartmann, L., Drewe, P., Bohnert, R., Kahles, A., Lanz, C. and Rätsch, G. (2012). Multiple insert size paired-end sequencing for deconvolution of complex transcriptomes. RNA Biology. 9:5, 596-609.

Smith, L.M., Bomblies, K. and Weigel, D. (2011). Complex evolutionary events at a tandem cluster of Arabidopsis thaliana genes resulting in a single-locus genetic incompatibility. PLoS Genetics. 7, e1002164.

Schneeberger, K.*, Ossowski, S.*, Ott, F., Klein, J. D., Lanz, C., Smith, L. M., Fitz, J., Warthmann, N., Henz, S. R., Huson, D. H., and Weigel, D. (2011). Reference-guided assembly of four diverse Arabidopsis thaliana genomes. PNAS. 108, 10249-10254.

Hollister, J.D., Smith, L.M., Guo, Y-L., Ott, F., Weigel, D. and Gaut, B.S. (2011).  Transposable elements and small RNAs contribute to gene expression divergence between Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis lyrata.  PNAS. 108, 2322-2327.

Yelina, N.E., Smith, L.M., Jones, A.M.E., Patel, K., Kelly, K.A. and Baulcombe D.C. (2010).  Putative Arabidopsis THO/TREX mRNA export complex is involved in transgene and endogenous siRNA biosynthesis.  PNAS. 107, 13948-13953.

Searle, I.R., Pontes, O., Melnyk, C.W., Smith, L.M. and Baulcombe, D.C. (2010). JMJ14, a JmjC domain protein, is required for RNA silencing and cell-to-cell movement of an RNA silencing signal in Arabidopsis. Genes and Development. 24, 986-991.

Fahlgren, N., Jogdeo, S., Kasschau, K.D., Sullivan, C.M., Chapman, E.J., Laubinger, S., Smith, L.M., Danseko, M., Givan, S.A., Weigel, D. and Carrington, J.C.  (2010). MIRNA gene evolution in Arabidopsis lyrata and Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell. 22, 1074-1089.

Baurle, I., Smith, L., Baulcombe, D.C., and Dean, C. (2007). Widespread role for the flowering-time regulators FCA and FPA in RNA-mediated chromatin silencing. Science. 318, 109-112.

Smith, L.M., Pontes, O., Searle, I., Yelina, N., Yousafzai, F.K., Herr, A.J., Pikaard, C.S., and Baulcombe, D.C. (2007). An SNF2 protein associated with nuclear RNA silencing and the spread of a silencing signal between cells in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 19, 1507-1521.

Munro, T.P., Magee, R.J., Kidd, G.J., Carson, J.H., Barbarese, E., Smith, L.M., and Smith, R. (1999). Mutational analysis of a heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2 response element for RNA trafficking. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274, 34389-34395.

Book Chapters, Reviews and Commentaries

Baillie AL, Sloan J, Qu L-J, Smith LM. (2023) Signalling between the sexes during pollen tube reception. Trends in Plant Science. 

Cox N and Smith LM (2019). A novel upstream regulator of trichome development inhibitors. Plant Physiology. 181:1398-1400.

Smith, L.M. (2019). The heat is on: maize pollen development after a heat wave. Plant Physiology. 181:387-388.

Cox N and Smith LM (2019). A rice transcription factor controls grain length through cell number. Plant Physiology. 180: 1781-1783.

Wilkinson S.W., Magerøy M.H., López Sánchez A, Smith L.M., Furci L., Cotton T.A., Krokene P. and Ton J. (2019). Surviving in a hostile world: plant strategies to resist pests and diseases. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 57, 505-529.

Smith, L.M. (2019). Salicylic acid, senescence, and heterosis. Plant Physiology. 180: 3-4.

Smith, L.M. (2019). Epigenetic regulation of mRNA polyadenylation site selection. Plant Physiology. 180: 7-9.

Smith, L.M. (2018). Identification of woodland strawberry gene co-expression networks. Plant Physiology. 178: 7-8.

Smith, L. and Butler, N. (2018). Powering epigenetics through the 1C pathway. Plant Physiology. 177: 443-444.

Galindo-Trigo, S., Gray, J.E. and Smith, L.M. (2016). Conserved roles of CrRLK1L receptor-like kinases in cell expansion and reproduction from algae to angiosperms. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7, 1269.

Smith, L.M. (2015). Mechanisms of transposable element evolution in plants and their effects on gene expression. In Nuclear Functions in Plant Transcription, Signaling and Development (pp. 133-164). Springer, New York.

Smith, L.M. and Laitinen, R.A.E. (2015). Use of natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana to study adaptation. In Molecular Mechanisms in Plant Adaptation (pp. 31-59). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ, USA.

Smith, L.M. and Weigel, D. (2012). On epigenetics and epistasis: hybrids and their non-additive interactions. The EMBO Journal. 31, 249-250.

Smith, L.M. and Baulcombe, D.C. (2007). Dissection of silencing signal movement in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling and Behavior. 2, 501-502.