1. Tucker, M.L., Xue, P. and Yang, R. (2010) 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) concentration and ACC synthase expression in soybean roots, root tips, and soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines)-infected roots. J Expt Bot 61:463-472 DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)
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  2. Hyten, D.L., Smith, J.R., Frederick, R.D., Tucker, M.L., Song, Q. and Cregan, P.B. (2009) Bulked segregant analysis using the GoldenGate Assay to locate the Rpp3 locus that confers resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhizi (soybean rust) in soybean. Crop Science 49:265-271. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  3. Lee, J., Feng, J., Campbell, K.B., Scheffler, B.E., Garrett, W.M., Thibivilliers, S., Stacey, G., Naiman, D.Q., Tucker, M.L., Pastor-Corrales, M.A. and Cooper B. (2009) Quantitative proteomic analysis of bean plants infected by a virulent and avirulent obligate rust fungus. Mol Cell Proteomics 8:19-31. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  4. Puthoff, D.P., Neelam, A., Ehrenfried, M.L., Scheffler, B.E., Ballard, L., Song, Q, Campbell, K.B., Cooper, B. and Tucker, M.L. (2008) Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Uromyces appendiculatus hyphae and haustoria and their comparison to sequences from other rust fungi. Phytopathology 98: 1126-1135. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)
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  5. Puthoff, D.P., Ehrenfried, M.L., Vinyard, B. and Tucker, M.L. (2007) GeneChip profiling of transcriptional responses to soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, colonization of soybean roots. J Expt Bot 58:3407-3418. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)
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  6. Tucker, M.L., Burke, A., Murphy, C.A., Thai, V.K. and Ehrenfried, M.L. (2007) Gene expression profiles for cell wall-modifying proteins associated with soybean cyst nematode infection, petiole abscission, root tips, flowers, apical buds, and leaves. J Expt Bot 58:3395-3406. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  7. Cooper, B., Neelam, A., Campbell, K.B., Lee, J., Liu, G., Garrett, W.M., Scheffler, B. and Tucker, M.L. (2007) Protein Accumulation in the Germinating Uromyces appendiculatus Uredospore. Molec Plant-Microbe Interact 20:857-866. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  8. Asif, M., Trivedi, P., Solomos, T. and Tucker, M.L. (2006) Isolation of high-quality RNA from apple (Malus domestica) fruit. J Agric Food Chem 54:5227-5229. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  9. Bent, A.F., Hoffman, T.K., Schmidt, J.S., Hartman, G.L., Hoffman, D.D., Xue, P., Tucker, M.L. (2005) Disease- and performance-related traits of ethylene-insensitive soybean. Crop Sci 46:893-901. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  10. Tucker, M.L., Xue, P., Raina, A., Ehrenfried, M.L., Asif, M., Thai V.K. (2005) Characterization of Several H. glycines mRNA that Encode Small Proteins with Putative Signal Peptides. J Nematology 37:422-428. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  11. Callahan, F.E., Zhang, X-D., Jenkins, J.N., Hayes, R., Tucker, M.L. and Ma, D-P. (2004) Comparison of MIC-3 protein expression in response to RKN infection in cotton lines displaying a range of resistance levels. J Cotton Sci 8:186-190. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  12. Michiels, A., Van Laere, A., Van den Ende, W. and Tucker, M. (2004) Expression analysis of a chicory fructan 1-exohydrolase gene reveals complex regulation by cold. J Expt Bot 55:1325-1333. DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  13. Matthews, B.F., MacDonald, M.H., Thai, V.K. and Tucker, M.L. (2003) Molecular characterization of arginine kinases in the soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines). J Nematology 35:252-258. Abstract

  14. Michiels, A., Tucker, M., Van den Ende, W. and Van Laere A. (2003) Chromosomal Walking of Flanking Regions From Short Known Sequences in GC-Rich Plant Genomic DNA. Plant Molec Biol Rep 21:295-302. Abstract

  15. Michiels, A., Van den Ende, W., Tucker, M., Van Riet, L. and Van Laere A. (2003) Extraction of high quality genomic DNA from latex-containing plants. Analytical Biochem 315:85-89. Abstract or DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  16. Tucker, M.L., Whitelaw, C.A., Lyssenko, N.N. and Nath, P. (2002) Functional analysis of regulatory elements in the gene promoter for an abscission-specific cellulase from bean and isolation, expression, and binding affinity of three TGA-type basic leucine zipper transcription factors. Plant Physiol 130:1487-1496. Abstract or DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  17. Whitelaw, C.A., Lyssenko, N.N., Chen, L., Zhou, D., Mattoo, A.K. and Tucker, M.L. (2002) Delayed abscission and shorter internodes correlate with a reduction in the ethylene receptor LeETR1 transcript in transgenic tomato. Plant Physiol 128:978-987. Abstract or DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  18. Hong, S-B., Sexton, R. and Tucker, M.L. (2000) Analysis of gene promoters for two tomato polygalacturonases expressed in abscission zones and the stigma. Plant Physiol. 123:869-881. Abstract or DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  19. Callahan, F.E., Vogt, R.G., Tucker, M.L,. Dickens, J.C. and Mattoo, A.K. (2000) High level expression of "male-specific" Pheromone Binding Proteins (PBPs) in the antennae of female Noctuiid moths. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 30:507-514. Abstract

  20. Hong, S-B and Tucker, M.L. (2000) Molecular characterization of a tomato polygalacturonase gene abundantly expressed in the upper one-third of pistils from opened and unopened flowers. Plant Cell Rep 19:680-683. Abstract or DOWNLOAD complete article (PDF file)

  21. Kalaitzis, P., Hong, S.B., Solomos. T. and Tucker, M.L. (1999) Molecular characterization of a tomato endo-beta-1,4-glucanase gene expressed mature pistils, abscission zones and fruit. Plant Cell Physiol 40:905-908. Abstract

  22. Hong, S-B and Tucker, M.L. (1998) Genomic organization of six tomato polygalacturonases and 5' upstream sequence identity with tap1 and win2 genes. Mol Gen Genet 258:479-487. Abstract

  23. Kalaitzis, P., Solomos. T. and Tucker, M.L. (1997) Three different polygalacturonases are expressed in tomato leaf and flower abscission, each with a different temporal expression pattern. Plant Physiol 113:1303-1308. Abstract

  24. Tucker, M.L., Matters, G.L., Koehler, S.M., Zhou, D., Hong, S.B., Kalaitzis, P., Mattoo, A.K. and Nath, P. (1997) An ethylene regulated DNA element in abscission-specific gene promoters and the expression of an ETR1 homologue in tomato abscission. In Kanellis A.K., Biology and Biotechology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Abstract

  25. Koehler, S.M., Matters, G.L., Nath, P., Kemmerer, E.C. and Tucker, M.L. (1996) The gene promoter for a bean abscission cellulase is ethylene-induced in transgenic tomato and shows high sequence conservation with a soybean abscission cellulase. Plant Molec Biol 31:595-606. Abstract

  26. Zhou, D., Mattoo, A.K. and Tucker, M.L. (1996) Molecular cloning of a tomato cDNA (acession no. U47279) encoding an ethylene receptor. Plant Physiol 110:1435. Abstract

  27. Zhou, D., Kalaitzis, P., Mattoo, A.K. and Tucker, M.L. (1996) The mRNA for an ETR1 homologue in tomato is constitutively expressed in vegetative and reproductive tissues. Plant Molec Biol 30:1331-1338. Abstract

  28. Kalaitzis, P., Koehler, S.M. and Tucker, M.L. (1995) Cloning of a tomato polygalacturonase expressed in abscission. Plant Molec Biol 28:647-656. Abstract

  29. Kemmerer, E.C., and Tucker, M.L. (1994) Comparative study of cellulases associated with adventitious root initiation, apical buds, and leaf, flower, and pod abscission zones in soybean. Plant Physiol 104:557-562. Abstract

  30. Tucker, M.L., Matters, G.L., Koehler, S.M., Kemmerer, E.C., Baird, S.L., and Sexton, R. (1993) Hormonal and tissue-specific regulation of cellulase gene expression in abscission. In Pech J.C., Latche A., and Balague C. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Cellular and Molecular Aspects of the Plant Hormone Ethylene. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston pp 265-271. Abstract

  31. Tucker, M.L., Baird, S.L., and Sexton, R. (1991) Bean leaf abscission: Tissue-specific accumulation of a cellulase mRNA. Planta 186:52-57. Abstract

  32. Tucker, M.L., and Milligan, S.B. (1991) Sequence analysis and comparison of avocado fruit and bean abscission cellulases. Plant Physiol 95:928-933. Abstract

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