Recent Publications

Publications -2011

  • Ramamoorthy, R, S-Y Jiang and S Ramachandran. 2011. Oryza sativa Cytochrome P450 Family Member OsCYP96B4 Reduces Plant Height in a Transcript Dosage Dependent Manner. PLoS ONE 6: e28069.
  • Zheng, LY, XS Guo, B He, LJ Sun, Y Peng, SS Dong, TF Liu, S Jiang, S Ramachandran, CM Liu and HC Jing. 2011. Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in sweet and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Genome Biology 12: R114.
  • Singh, NS, N Shao, JR McLean, M Sevugan, L Ren, TG Chew, A Bimbo, R Sharma, X Tang, KL Gould and MK Balasubramanian. 2011. SIN-Inhibitory Phosphatase Complex Promotes Cdc11p Dephosphorylation and Propagates SIN Asymmetry in Fission Yeast. Current Biology 21:1968-1978.
  • Xia, JH, XP He, ZY Bai, G Lin and GH Yue. 2011. Analysis of the Asian Seabass Transcriptome Based on Expressed Sequence Tags. DNA Research 18: 513-522.
  • Calvert, MEK, GD Wright, FY Leong, KH Chiam, Y Chen, G Jedd and MK Balasubramanian. 2011. Myosin concentration underlies cell size-dependent scalability of actomyosin ring constriction. Journal of Cell Biology 195: 799-813.
  • Gu, X, D Jiang, W Yang, Y Jacob, SD Michaels and Y He. 2011. Arabidopsis Homologs of Retinoblastoma-Associated Protein 46/48 Associate with a Histone Deacetylase to Act Redundantly in Chromatin Silencing. PLoS Genetics 7: e1002366.
  • Syed Musthaq, S and J Kwang. 2011. Oral Vaccination of Baculovirus-Expressed VP28 Displays Enhanced Protection against White Spot Syndrome Virus in Penaeus monodon. PLoS ONE 6: e26428.
  • Kawaguchi, S and DTW Ng. 2011. Sensing ER Stress. Science 333:1830-1831.
  • Kirilly, D, JJL Wong, EKH Lim, Y Wang, H Zhang, C Wang, Q Liao, H Wang, YC Liou, H Wang and F Yu. 2011. Intrinsic Epigenetic Factors Cooperate with the Steroid Hormone Ecdysone to Govern Dendrite Pruning in Drosophila. Neuron 72: 86-100.
  • Liu, P, CM Wang, L Li, F Sun, P Liu and GH Yue. 2011. Mapping QTLs for oil traits and eQTLs for oleosin genes in jatropha. BMC Plant Biology 11: 132.
  • Bai, ZY, Y Yuan, GH Yue and J Li. 2011. Molecular Cloning and Copy Number Variation of a Ferritin Subunit (Fth1) and Its Association with Growth in Freshwater Pearl Mussel Hyriopsis cumingii. PloS ONE 6: e22886.
  • Ye, F, L Tan, Q Yang, Y Xia, LW Deng, M Murata-Hori and YC Liou. 2011. HURP Regulates Chromosome Congression by Modulating Kinesin Kif18A Function. Current Biology 21: 1584-1591.
  • Srinivasan, R, M Mishra, FY Leong, KH Chiam and M Balasubramanian. 2011. Bacillus anthracis tubulin-related protein Ba-TubZ assembles force-generating polymers. Cytoskeleton 68: 501-511.
  • Wang, C, S Li, J Januschke, F Rossi, Y Izumi, G Garcia-Alvarez, SSL Gwee, SB Soon, HK Sidhu, F Yu, F Matsuzaki, C Gonzalez and H Wang. 2011. An Ana2/Ctp/Mud Complex Regulates Spindle Orientation in Drosophila Neuroblasts. Developmental Cell 21: 520–533.
  • Liu, F, Y Lu, L Pieuchot, T Dhavale and G Jedd. 2011. Import Oligomers Induce Positive Feedback to Promote Peroxisome Differentiation and Control Organelle Abundance. Developmental Cell 21: 457–468.
  • Pang, E, TL Chang, M Selvaraj, J Chang and J Kwang. 2011. Deletion of the aceE gene (encoding a component of pyruvate dehydrogenase) attenuates Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 63: 108-118.
  • Prabakaran, M, T Meng, F He, YR Tan, Q Jia, RTP Lin and J Kwang. 2011. Subcutaneous Immunization with Baculovirus Surface-Displayed Hemagglutinin of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A Virus Induces Protective Immunity in Mice. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 18: 1582-1585.
  • Wang, CM, P Liu, C Yi, K Gu, F Sun, L Li, LC Lo, X Liu, F Feng, G Lin, S Cao, Y Hong, Z Yin and GH Yue. 2011. A First Generation Microsatellite- and SNP-Based Linkage Map of Jatropha. PLoS ONE 6: e823632.
  • Zhu, X, J Wang, K Moriguchi, LT Liow, S Ahmed, I Kaverina and M Murata-Hori. 2011. Proper Regulation of Cdc42 Activity is Required for Tight Actin Concentration at the Equator during Cytokinesis in Adherent Mammalian Cells. Experimental Cell Research 317: 2384-2389.
  • Wang, S, G Thibault and DTW Ng. 2011. Routing Misfolded Proteins through the Multivesicular Body (MVB) Pathway Protects against Proteotoxicity. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 286: 29376-29387.
  • Yam, C, Y He, D Zhang, K Chiam and S Oliferenko. 2011. Divergent Strategies for Controlling the Nuclear Membrane Satisfy Geometric Constraints during Nuclear Division. Current Biology 21: 1314-1319.
  • Pek, JW and T Kai. 2011. DEAD-box RNA helicase Belle/DDX3 and the RNA interference pathway promote mitotic chromosome segregation. PNAS 108: 12007-12012.
  • Cai, L, L Fu and L Ji. 2011. Regeneration of Jatropha curcas through efficient somatic embryogenesis and suspension culture. GM Crops 2: 1-8.
  • Gauss, R, K Kanehara, P Carvalho, DTW Ng and M Aebi. 2011. A Complex of Pdi1p and the Mannosidase Htm1p Initiates Clearance of Unfolded Glycoproteins from the Endoplasmic Reticulum. Molecular Cell 42: 782-793.
  • Meng, T, AB Kolpe, TK Kiener, VTK Chow and J Kwang. 2011. Display of VP1 on the Surface of Baculovirus and Its Immunogenicity against Heterologous Human Enterovirus 71 Strains in Mice. PLoS ONE 6: e21757.
  • Ji, P, M Murata-Hori and HF Lodish. 2011. Formation of mammalian erythrocytes: chromatin condensation and enucleation. Trends in Cell Biology 21: 409-415.
  • Machida, S, HY Chen and YA Yuan. 2011. Molecular insights into miRNA processing by Arabidopsis thaliana SERRATE. Nucleic Acids Research 39: 7828-7836.
  • Velumani, S, HT Ho, F He, S Musthaq, M Prabakaran and J Kwang. 2011. A Novel Peptide ELISA for Universal Detection of Antibodies to Human H5N1 Influenza Viruses. PLoS ONE 6: e20737.
  • Yew, JY, J Soltwisch, A Pirkl and K Dreisewerd. 2011. Direct Laser Desorption Ionization of Endogenous and Exogenous Compounds from Insect Cuticles: Practical and Methodologic Aspects. Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry 22: 1273-1284.
  • Casas, L, L Sánchez and L Orbán. 2011. Sex-associated DNA markers from turbot. Marine Biology Research 7: 378 - 387.
  • Thadani, R, D Huang and S Oliferenko. 2011. Robust polarity specification operates above a threshold of microtubule dynamicity. Cytoskeleton 68: 290–299.
  • Fang, L, X Hou, LYC Lee, L Liu, X Yan and H Yu. 2011. AtPV42a and AtPV42b Redundantly Regulate Reproductive Development in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE 6: e19033.
  • Yang, X, SH Tan, YJ Teh and YA Yuan. 2011. Structural implications into dsRNA binding and RNA silencing suppression by NS3 protein of Rice Hoja Blanca Tenuivirus. RNA 17: 903-911.
  • Wang, CM, ZY Bai, XP He, G Lin, JH Xia, F Sun, LC Lo, F Feng, ZY Zhu and GH Yue. 2011. A high-resolution linkage map for comparative genome analysis and QTL fine mapping in Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer. BMC Genomics 12: 174.
  • Shen, L, YGG Kang, L Liu and H Yu. 2011. The J-Domain Protein J3 Mediates the Integration of Flowering Signals in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 23: 499-514.
  • Xia, JH, XP He, ZY Bai and GH Yue. 2011. Identification and Characterization of 63 MicroRNAs in the Asian Seabass Lates calcarifer. PLoS ONE 6: e17537.
  • Bai, Z, F Liu, J Li and GH Yue. 2011. Identification of Triploid Individuals and Clonal Lines in Carassius Auratus Complex Using Microsatellites. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 7: 279-285.
  • Padmanabhan, A, K Bakka, M Sevugan, NI Naqvi, V D'souza, X Tang, M Mishra and MK Balasubramanian. 2011. IQGAP-Related Rng2p Organizes Cortical Nodes and Ensures Position of Cell Division in Fission Yeast. Current Biology 21: 467-472.
  • Jiang, D, NC Kong, X Gu, Z Li and Y He. 2011. Arabidopsis COMPASS-Like Complexes Mediate Histone H3 Lysine-4 Trimethylation to Control Floral Transition and Plant Development. PLoS Genetics 7: e1001330.
  • Wang, CM, LC Lo, ZY Zhu, HY Pang, HM Liu, J Tan, HS Lim, R Chou, L Orban and GH Yue. 2011. Mapping QTL for an Adaptive Trait: The Length of Caudal Fin in Lates calcarifer. Marine Biotechnology 13: 74-82.
  • Tang, X, J Huang, A Padmanabhan, K Bakka, Y Bao, BY Tan, WZ Cande and MK Balasubramanian. 2011. Marker reconstitution mutagenesis: a simple and efficient reverse genetic approach. Yeast 28: 205-212.
  • Yew, JY, K Dreisewerd, CC de Oliveira and WJ Etges. 2011. Male-Specific Transfer and Fine Scale Spatial Differences of Newly Identified Cuticular Hydrocarbons and Triacylglycerides in a Drosophila Species Pair. PLoS ONE 6: e16898.
  • Pek, JW and T Kai. 2011. Non-coding RNAs enter mitosis: functions, conservation and implications. Cell Division 6: 6.
  • Teng, X and Y Toyama. 2011. Apoptotic force: Active mechanical function of cell death during morphogenesis. Development, Growth & Differentiation 53: 269–276.
  • Thibault, G and DTW Ng. 2011. A Screen for Mutants Requiring Activation of the Unfolded Protein Response for Viability. In The Unfolded Protein Response and Cellular Stress, Part C (Methods in Enzymology, Volume 491) (ed. Michael Conn) Academic Press Chapter 12: 199-216.
  • Wang, J, J Zhou, B Zhang, J Vanitha, S Ramachandran and SY Jiang. 2011. Genome-wide Expansion and Expression Divergence of the Basic Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors in Higher Plants with an Emphasis on Sorghum. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 53: 212-231.
  • Chi, Y, Y Cheng, J Vanitha, N Kumar, R Ramamoorthy, S Ramachandran and SY Jiang. 2011. Expansion Mechanisms and Functional Divergence of the Glutathione S-Transferase Family in Sorghum and Other Higher Plants. DNA Research 18: 1-16.
  • Chen, Z, JD Higgins, JLH Tan, J Li, FCH Franklin and F Berger. 2011. Retinoblastoma protein is essential for early meiotic events in Arabidopsis. The EMBO Journal 30: 744-755.
  • Liu, Y, CMJ Koh, L Sun and L Ji. 2011. Tartronate Semialdehyde Rehttp://www.tll.org.sg/node/970/editductase Defines a Novel Rate-limiting Step in Assimilation and Bioconversion of Glycerol in Ustilago maydis. PLoS ONE 6: e16438.
  • Ito, T. 2011. Coordination of flower development by homeotic master regulators. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 14: 53-59.
  • Liu, Y, CMJ Koh and L Ji. 2011. Bioconversion of crude glycerol to glycolipids in Ustilago maydis, Bioresource Technology 102: 3927–3933.
  • Pek, JW and T Kai. 2011. A Role for Vasa in Regulating Mitotic Chromosome Condensation in Drosophila. Current Biology 21: 39-44.
  • Jiang, SY and S Ramachandran. 2011. Functional Genomics of Rice Pollen and Seed Development by Genome-wide Transcript Profiling and Ds Insertion Mutagenesis. International Journal of Biological Sciences 7: 28-40.
  • Wang, M, T Soyano, S Machida, JY Yang, C Jung, NH Chua and YA Yuan. 2011. Molecular insights into plant cell proliferation disturbance by Agrobacterium protein 6b. Genes & Development 25: 64-76.
  • Karuppannan, AK and J Kwang. 2011. ORF3 of porcine circovirus 2 enhances the in vitro and in vivo spread of the virus. Virology 410: 248-256.
  • Jedd, G. 2011. Fungal evo-devo: organelles and multicellular complexity. Trends in Cell Biology 21: 12-19.
  • Li, C, B Guo and Y Hong et al. 2011. Isolation and characterization of 8 polymorphic microsatellite loci for Epimedium sagittatum (Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2010 – 30 September 2010). Molecular Ecology Resources 11: 219–222.