Recent Publications

Brachypodium distachyon Seedlings Display Accession-Specific Morphological and Transcriptomic Responses to the Microgravity Environment of the International …

Low-Speed Clinorotation of Brachypodium distachyon and Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings Triggers Root Tip Curvatures That Are Reminiscent of Gravitropism

Gravitropism of Plant Organs Undergoing Primary Growth.
Su S and Masson PH.
Sensory Biology of Plants.Springer, Singapore. 2019 Nov. pp 95-136.

A new wrinkle in our understanding of the role played by auxin in root gravitropism.
Su S and Masson PH.
New Phytologist. 2019 Oct;224(2):543-546.

Quantitative Trait Loci for Root Growth Response to Cadaverine in Arabidopsis.
Gibbs NM, Rouhana LV, and Masson PH.
Polyamine.Methods in Molecular Biology. Jan 2018;1694:233-256

Metabolomics of tomato xylem sap during bacterial wilt reveals Ralstonia solanacearum produces abundant putrescine, a metabolite that accelerates wilt disease

Molecular Mechanisms of Root Gravitropism.
Su S, Gibbs NM, Jancewicz AL, Masson PH.
Current Biology. Sept 2017;27(17):R964-R972

Cadaverine’s Functional Role in Plant Development and Environmental Response.
Jancewicz AL, Gibbs NM, Patrick PH.
Frontiers in Plant Science. Jun 2016;7(132)

Publications before 2016

Larson-Rabin, Z., Li, Z., Masson P.H., and Day C. (2009) FZR2/CCS52A1 Expression Is a Determinant of Endoreduplication and Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol 149(2): 874-884.

Stanga, J., Boonsirichai, K., Sedbrook, J., Otegui, M., and Masson, P.H. (2009) A role for the TOC complex in Arabidopsis Root Gravitropism. Plant Physiol, 149(4):1896-1905; doi.10.1104/pp.109.135301.

Masson, P.H., Stanga, J., Neal, C., Vaughn, L., Baldwin, K., and Jia, G. (2009). Signaling in Plant Gravitropism. In “Signaling in Plants” Baluska, F., and Mancuso, F. esd.), Springer Verlag, pp 209-237.

Stanga, J., Baldwin, K., Masson, P.H. (2009). Joining forces: The interface of gravitropism and plastid protein import. Plant Signal Behavior, 4(10): 1-9.

Li-Z, Larson-Rabin Z, Masson PH, Day CD. (2009). FZR2/CCS52A1 mediated endoreduplication in Arabidopsis development. Plant Signal Behav. 4(5):451-453.

Baskin, T.I., Peret, B., Balusˇka, F., Benfey, P.N., Bennett, M., Forde, B.G., Gilroy, S., Helariutta, Y., Hepler, P.K., Leyser, O., Masson, P.H., Muday, G.K., Murphy, A.S., Poethig, S., Rahman, A., Roberts, K., Scheres, B., Robert, E., Sharp, R.E., and Somerville, C. (2010). Shootward and rootward: peak terminology for plant polarity. rends Plant Sci 15: 593-594.

Vaughn, L.M., Baldwin, K.L., Jia, G., Verdonk, J.C., Strohm, A.K., and Masson, P.H. (2010). Chapter 4: The Cytoskeleton and Root Growth Behavior. In The Plant Cytoskeleton. Advances in Plant Biology 2. (B. Liu, Ed.). Springer Verlag, pp 307-326.

Vaughn LM, Masson PH (2011). A QTL study for regions contributing to Arabidopsis thaliana root skewing on tilted surfaces. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 1(2): 105-115.

Stanga, J., Strohm, A., and Masson, P.H. (2011). Studying Starch Content and Sedimentation of Amyloplast Statliths in Arabidopsis Roots. Methods Mol Biol. 774:103-111.

Strohm, A., Baldwin, K., Masson, P.H. (2011), Molecular mechanisms of root gravity sensing and signal transduction. WIREs Dev Biol 2011. doi: 10.1002/wdev.14.

Strohm, A.K., Baldwin, K.L., Masson, P.H. (2012). Multiple Roles for Membrane-Associated Protein Trafficking and Signaling in Gravitropism. Front Plant Sci. 3: Article 274, 1-12.

Strohm AK, Baldwin KL, and Masson PH. (2012). Molecular Mechanisms of Root Gravity Sensing and Signal Transduction. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biology 1(2): 276-285.

Delporte, F., Jacquemin, J.M., Masson, P.H., Watillon, B. (2012) Insights into the Regenerative Property of Plant Cells and their Receptivity to Transgenesis: Wheat as a Research Case Study. Plant Signal Behav 7(12): 1608-1620. doi: 10.4161/psb.22424.

Baldwin KL, Strohm AK, Masson PH. (2013) Gravity Sensing and Signal Transduction in Vascular Plant Primary Roots. American Journal of Botany 100(1):126-142. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200318.

Baldwin KL, Dinh EM, Hart BM, Masson PH. (2013) CACTIN Is an Essential Nuclear Protein in Arabidopsis and May Be Associated with the Eukaryotic Spliceosome. FEBS Letters 587(7): 873-879. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.02.041.

Barker RJ, Cox B, Mackie R, Masson PH (2013). Vacuum seed sowing manifold: a novel device for high-throughput sowing of Arabidopsis seeds. Plant Methods 9(41) 1-6. DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-9-41.

Strohm A., Barrett-Wilt G., & Masson P.H. (2014) A functional TOC complex contributes to gravity signal transduction in Arabidopsis. Front Plant Sci 5:Article 148.

Barker R., Masson, P.H., Cox, B., Silber, L., Sangari, A. & Assadi, A. (2014) Methodology for Assessing Gravitropic Responses in Arabidopsis. Environmental Responses in Plants, Methods in Molecular Biology, ed Duke P (Springer, New York, USA).

Roschzttardtz H., Paez-Valencia J., Dittakavi T., Jali S., Reyes F.C., Baisa G., Anne P., Gissot L., Palauqui J.C., Masson P.H., Bednarek S.Y., Otegui M.S. (2014). The VASCULATURE COMPLEXITY AND CONNECTIVITY Gene Encodes a Plant-Specific Protein Required for Embryo Provasculature Development. Plant Physiol 166(2): 889-902. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.246314.

Strohm A., Vaughn L., . & Masson P.H. (2015) Natural variation in the expression of ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 1 affects root length responses to cadaverine in Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot 66(3): 853-862. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru444.

Su, S.-H., Gray, W.M., and Masson, P.H. (2015). News and Views. Auxin: Shape Matters. Nature Plant 1. Doi: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2015.97.