A primary focus in this regard is an analysis of the signal transduction pathway for flowering in biennials. A transformation protocol for B. verna is being developed, ultimately to study the effect of overexpression of Arabidopsis genes known to induce precocious flowering. Selected Publications Peer, WA, AS Murphy, DE Brown, BW Tague, GK Muday and L Taiz. Flavonol precursor accumulation patterns correlate with developmental phenotypes of transparent testa mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana . Brown DE, AM Rashotte, AS Murphy, BW Tague, WA Peer, L Taiz, and GK Muday.
Flavonoids act as negative regulators of auxin transport in vivo in Arabidopsis thaliana .
Germ-line transformation of Arabidopsis lasiocarpa . Transgenic Research Mantis J and BW Tague. Chrispeels, HE, H Oettinger, N Janvier and BW Tague. AtZFP1, encoding Arabidopsis thaliana C2H2 zinc-finger protein 1, is expressed downstream of photomorphogenic activation. Plant Molecular Biology.