Recent Publications:

Van Tuinen, A., M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt, L. H. Pratt, R. Verkerk, P. Zabel and M. Koornneef. 1997. The mapping of phytochrome genes and photomorphogenic mutants of tomato. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 94:115-122.

Childs, K. L., F. R. Miller, M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt, L. H. Pratt, P. W. Morgan and J. E. Mullet. 1997. The Sorghum bicolor photoperiod sensitivity gene, Ma₃, encodes a phytochrome B. Plant Physiology 113:611-619.

Hauser, B. A., L. H. Pratt and M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt. 1997. Absolute quantification of five phytochrome transcripts in seedlings and mature plants of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Planta201:379-387.

Pratt, L. H., M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt, P. M. Kelmenson, G. I. Lazarova and R. M. Alba. 1997. The phytochrome gene family in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Plant, Cell & Environment 20:672-677.

Pratt, L. H., M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt, B. A. Hauser, R. M. Alba, P. M. Kelmenson, R. E. Kendrick, M. Matsui, G. I. Lazarova, T. Kubota, T. Tsuge, S. Frances, M. Szell, J. L. Peters, L. H. J. Kerckhoffs, M. Koornneef and A. van Tuinen. 1998. Phytochrome family and functions in tomato. In: Landmarks in Photobiology, Proceedings of XII. International Congress on Photobiology, Vienna, pp. 96-99.

Yang, Y-Y., J. L. Peters, R. E. Kendrick, M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt and Y. Kamiya. 1998. A single red-light pulse leads to a block of greening in the high-pigment-1-mutant of tomato. Planta 206:685-688.

Howe, G. T., P. A. Bucciaglia, W. P. Hackett, G. R. Furnier, M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt and G. Gardner. 1998. Evidence that the phytochrome gene family in black cottonwood has one PHYA locus, two PHYB loci, but lacks members of the PHYC/F and PHYE subfamilies. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15:160-175.

Lazarova, G. I., L. H. J. Kerckhoffs, J. Brandstädter, M. Matsui, R. E. Kendrick, M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt and L. H. Pratt. 1998. Molecular analysis of PHYA in wild-type and phytochrome A-deficient mutants of tomato. The Plant Journal 14:653-662.

Hauser, B. A., M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt and L. H. Pratt. 1998. Temporal and photoregulated expression of five tomato phytochrome genes. The Plant Journal 14:431-439.

Lazarova, G. I., T. Kubota, S. Frances, J. L. Peters, M. J. G. Hughes, J. Brandstädter, M. Szell, M. Matsui, R. E. Kendrick, M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt and L. H. Pratt. 1998. Characterization of tomato PHYB1 and identification of molecular defects in four mutant alleles. Plant Molecular Biology, 38:1137-1146.

Hanumappa, M., L. H. Pratt, M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt and G. F. Deitzer. 1999. A photoperiod- insensitive barley line contains a light-labile phytochrome B. Plant Physiology 119:1033- 1039.

Alba, R., C. J. Valenzano, S. J. Kays, M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt and L. H. Pratt. 1999. Genetic manipulation of phytochromes in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.): a novel approach to crop improvement. Acta Horticulturae, in press.

Kerckhoffs, L. H. J., P. M. Kelmenson, M. E. L. Schreuder, C. I. Kendrick, R. E. Kendrick, C. J. Hanhart, M. Koornneef, L. H. Pratt and M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt. 1999. Characterization of the gene encoding the apoprotein of tomato phytochrome B2 and identification of molecular lesions in two mutant alleles. Molecular and General Genetics, in press.

Alba, R., P. M. Kelmenson, M-M. Cordonnier-Pratt and L. H. Pratt. 1999. Rapid differential evolution of the phytochrome gene family in angiosperms. Molecular Biology and Evolution, submitted.

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