Publications

Sparks, J.A., Sun, L., Chin, S., Ramanjulu, N., Wen, J., Gilroy, S., Blancaflor, E.B. and Khan, B.R. (2025) Mutations adjacent to the nucleotide-binding cleft of Arabidopsis thaliana ACTIN7 confers resistance to the actin-disrupting compound latrunculin B. Journal of Experimental Botany eraf346 doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf346. 

Chin, S., Johns, S. and Gilroy, S. (2024) Calcium in root growth and development. In: Eshel, A. and Beeckman, T (Eds.), Plant Roots: The Hidden Half. 5th Edition, CRC Press

Nakashima, J., Pattathil, S., Avci, U., Chin, S., Sparks, J.A., Hahn, M.G., Gilroy, S. and Blancaflor, E.B. (2023) Glycome profiling and immunohistochemistry uncover spaceflight-induced changes in non-cellulosic cell wall compartments in Arabidopsis thaliana seedling roots. Npj Microgravity 9: 68 doi.org/10.1038/s41526-023-00312-0

Li, X., Wasson, A.P., Zwart, A.B., Whan, A., Ryan, P.R., Forrest, K., Hayden, M., Chin, S., Richards, R. and Delhaize, E. (2023) Physical mapping of QTLs for root traits in a population of recombinant inbred lines of hexaploid wheat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24(23): 10492 doi.org/10.3390/ijms241310492

Chin, S. and Blancaflor, E.B. (2022) Plant Gravitropism: From Mechanistic Insights into Plant Function on Earth to Plants Colonizing other Worlds. In: Blancaflor, E.B. Plant Gravitropism Method and Protocols: Methods in Molecular Biology series. 2nd edition, Springer-Nature. 2368: 1-41. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_1

Chai C, Chin, S. and Blancaflor, E.B. (2022) Imaging the Cytoskeleton in Living Plant Roots. In: Gavin, R. H. (Ed.), Cytoskeleton Methods and Protocols: Methods in Molecular Biology series. 4th edition, Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press 2364: 139-148 doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1661-1_6

Chin, S., Kwon, T., Khan, B.R., Sparks, J.A., Mallery, E.L., Szymanski, D.B. and Blancaflor, E.B. (2021) Spatial and Temporal Localization of SPIRRIG and WAVE/SCAR Reveal Roles for These Proteins in Actin-Mediated Root Hair Development. The Plant Cell 33(7): 2131-2148 doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab115

Xiao, Z., Chin, S., White, R., Gourieroux, A.M., Pagay, V., Tyerman, S.D., Schmidtke, L.M. and Rogiers, S.Y. (2021) Vascular connections into the grape berries: the link of structural investment to seededness. Front. Plant Sci 12: 662433 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.662433

Costa, S.R., Chin, S. and Mathesius, U. (2020) Infection of Medicago truncatula by the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica does not require early nodulation genes. Front. Plant Sci 11: 1050 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01050

De Bang, L., Paez-Garcia, A., Cannon. A.E., Chin, S., Kolape, J., Liao, F., Sparks, J.A., Jiang, Q. and Blancaflor, E.B. (2020) Brassinosteroids inhibit autotropic root straightening by modifying filamentous actin organization and dynamics. Front. Plant Sci 11: 5 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00005

Chin, S., Behm, C.A. and Mathesius, U. (2018) Function of flavonoids in plant-nematode interactions. Plants 7(4): 85 doi.org/10.3390/plants7040085