Recent Publications

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

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)

Past Publications

Joining forces: The interface of gravitropism and plastid protein import.
Stanga JP, Baldwin KL, Masson PH.
Plant Signaling&Behavior. 2009 Oct;10(4): 933–941.

A role for the TOC complex in Arabidopsis root gravitropism.
Stanga JP, Boonsirichai K, Sedbrook JC, Otegui MS, Masson PH.
Plant Physiol. 2009 Apr;149(4):1896-905.

ARL2, ARG1 and PIN3 define a gravity signal transduction pathway in root statocytes.
Harrison BR, Masson PH.
Plant J. 2008 Jan;53(2):380-92.

WVD2 is a novel microtubule-associated protein in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Perrin RM, Wang Y, Yuen CY, Will J, Masson PH.
Plant J. 2007 Mar;49(6):961-71.

Adenosine kinase modulates root gravitropism and cap morphogenesis in Arabidopsis.
Young LS, Harrison BR, Narayana Murthy UM, Moffatt BA, Gilroy S, Masson PH.
Plant Physiol. 2006 Oct;142(2):564-73.

Gravity signal transduction in primary roots.
Perrin RM, Young LS, Murthy U M N, Harrison BR, Wang Y, Will JL, Masson PH.
Ann Bot (Lond). 2005 Oct;96(5):737-43.

Review. Loss-of-function mutations of ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE3 suppress root waving, skewing, and epidermal cell file rotation in Arabidopsis.
Yuen CY, Sedbrook JC, Perrin RM, Carroll KL, Masson PH.
Plant Physiol. 2005 Jun;138(2):701-14.

Epub 2005 May 20. ALTERED RESPONSE TO GRAVITY is a peripheral membrane protein that modulates gravity-induced cytoplasmic alkalinization and lateral auxin transport in plant statocytes.
Boonsirichai K, Sedbrook JC, Chen R, Gilroy S, Masson PH.
Plant Cell. 2003 Nov;15(11):2612-25.

The ARG1-LIKE2 gene of Arabidopsis functions in a gravity signal transduction pathway that is genetically distinct from the PGM pathway.
Guan C, Rosen ES, Boonsirichai K, Poff KL, Masson PH.
Plant Physiol. 2003 Sep;133(1):100-12.

WVD2 and WDL1 modulate helical organ growth and anisotropic cell expansion in Arabidopsis.
Yuen CY, Pearlman RS, Silo-Suh L, Hilson P, Carroll KL, Masson PH.
Plant Physiol. 2003 Feb;131(2):493-506.

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