Publications

Selected Publications (since 2008)

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White, MG, Harkey, AF, Mühlemann, JK, Olex, AL, Pfeffer, NJ, Houben, M, Binder, BM, Muday, GK (2026). Ethylene Receptor Gain- and Loss-of-function Mutants Reveal an ETR1-dependent Transcriptional Network in Arabidopsis Roots. Plant Physiology: In press. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag074

Pettit, N, Gowda, A. Balbuena, E., Ali, MF, Muday, GK, Eroglu, A., Andres, RJ, Jaconis, S, Jones, DC, Kuraparthy, V (2025) Genetic and Biochemical Analyses Identified a Major Locus Gh-PA1 Underlying Pollen Carotenoid Accumulation and Pigmentation in Upland Cotton. J. Exp Bot. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraf275

Gerber, ME, White, MG, Muday, GK (2025) Reactive oxygen species act as signaling molecules to control root hair initiation and tip growth. New Phytologist 247, 2024-2048 DOI: 10.1111/nph.70306

Yimga Ouonkap, SV, Palaniappan, M, Pryze, K, Jong, E, Ali, MF, Styler, B, Althiab Almasaud, R, Harkey, AF, Reid, RW, Loraine, AE, Smith, SE, Pease, SB, Muday, GK, Palanivelu, R, Johnson, MA. (2024). Enhanced pollen tube performance at high temperature contributes to thermotolerant fruit production in tomato. Current Biology 34, 5319 – 5333.e5 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.025

Postiglione, AE, Delange, AM, Ali, MF, Houben, M, Wang, EY, Hahn, SL, Roark, CM, Khoury, M, Davis, M, Reid, RW, Pease, JB, Loraine, AE, and Muday, GK (2024) Flavonols improve thermotolerance in tomato pollen during germination and tube elongation by maintaining ROS homeostasis. Plant Cell: 36: 4511-4534. DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae222

Ali, MF and Muday, GK (2024) Reactive oxygen species are signaling molecules that modulate plant development. Invited Review. Plant, Cell, and Environment. doi/10.1111/pce.14837

Khoury, MG, Berenhaut, KS, Moore, KE, Allen, EE, Harkey, AF, Muhlemann, JK, Craven, CN, Xu, J, Jains, SS, John, DJJ, Norris, JL, and Muday, GK. (2023) Partitioned Local Depth analysis of time course transcriptomic data reveals elaborate community structure. In silico plants: doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diad018

Daryanavard, H, Postiglione, AE, Mühlemann, JK, Muday, GK (2023) Flavonols modulate plant development, signaling, and stress responses. Current Opinion in Plant Biology; doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102350

Postiglione, AE and Gloria Muday, GK (2023). Abscisic Acid drives stomatal closure through increases in hydrogen peroxide in mitochondria: Plant Physiology, doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac601

Martin RE, Postiglione AE, Muday GK (2022) Reactive oxygen species function as signaling molecules in controlling plant development and hormonal responses. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 69, 102293.

Martin RE, Marzol E, Estevez JM, Muday GK. (2022) Ethylene signaling increases reactive oxygen species accumulation to drive root hair initiation in Arabidopsis. Development. 2022 Jul 1;149(13):dev200487.

Postiglione AE, Muday GK. (2022) Abscisic Acid Increases Hydrogen Peroxide in Mitochondria to Facilitate Stomatal Closure. Plant Physiology. 2022 Dec 27.

Chapman JM, Muday GK. Flavonols modulate lateral root emergence by scavenging reactive oxygen species in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biol Chem. 2021 Jan-Jun;296:100222. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.014543. Epub 2020 Dec 25. PMID: 33839683; PMCID: PMC7948594. [link]

Gayomba SR, Muday GK. (2020) Flavonols regulate root hair development by modulating accumulation of reactive oxygen species in the root epidermis. Development. 2020;147(8):dev185819. Published 2020 Apr 27. doi:10.1242/dev.185819

Postliglione, AE and Muday, GK (2020) The Role of ROS homeostasis in ABA-induced guard cell signaling. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11, 968. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00968

Harkey, AF, Sims, K, and Muday, GK (2020) A new tool for discovering transcriptional regulators of co-expressed genes predicts gene regulatory networks that mediate ethylene-controlled root development.  In silico plant, diaa006, https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diaa006

Gibson, CL, Isley, JW, Falbel, TG, Hotchkiss, CM, Lewis, DR, Metcalf, KE, Muday, GK (2020) A conditional mutation in SCD1 reveals linkage between PIN protein trafficking, auxin transport, gravitropism, and lateral root initiation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11, DOI:10.3389/fpls.2020.00910

Hildreth SB, Foley EE, Muday GK, Helm RF, Winkel BSJ. The dynamic response of the Arabidopsis root metabolome to auxin and ethylene is not predicted by changes in the transcriptome. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):679. Published 2020 Jan 20. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-57161-9

Harkey AF, Yoon GM, Seo DH, DeLong A, Muday GK. (2019) Light Modulates Ethylene Synthesis, Signaling, and Downstream Transcriptional Networks to Control Plant Development. Front Plant Sci. 2019 Sep 12;10:1094

Chrispeels HE, Chapman JM, Gibson CL, Muday GK. (2019) Peer Teaching Increases Knowledge and Changes Perceptions about Genetically Modified Crops in Non-Science Major Undergraduates. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2019 Jun;18(2):ar14. doi: 10.

Chapman JM, Muhlemann JK, Gayomba SR, Muday GK. (2019) RBOH-dependent ROS synthesis and ROS scavenging by plant specialized metabolites to modulate plant development and stress responses. Chem Res Toxicol. 2019 Feb 20.

Mühlemann, JK, Younts, TL, Muday, GK (2018) Flavonols control pollen tube growth and integrity by regulating ROS homeostasis during high temperature stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA115: E11188-E11197

Muday, GK and Brown-Harding, H (2018) Nervous system-like signaling in plants. Science: 361: 1068-1069

Harkey AF, Watkins JM, Olex AL, DiNapoli KT, Lewis DR, Fetrow JS, Binder BM, Muday GK. (2018) Identification of Transcriptional and Receptor Networks That Control Root Responses to Ethylene. Plant Physiol. 2018 Mar;176(3):2095-2118. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00907. Epub 2017 Dec 19.

Watkins JM, Chapman JM, Muday GK. (2017) Abscisic Acid-Induced Reactive Oxygen Species Are Modulated by Flavonols to Control Stomata Aperture. Plant Physiol. 2017 Dec;175(4):1807-1825. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.01010. Epub 2017 Oct 19.

Watkins JM, Chapman JM, Muday GK.  (2017) Abscisic acid-induced reactive oxygen species are modulated by flavonols to control stomata aperture. Plant Physiol. 2017 Oct 19. pii: pp.01010.2017. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.01010.

Jenks MZ, Fairfield HE, Johnson EC, Morrison RF, Muday GK. (2017) Sex Steroid Hormones Regulate Leptin Transcript Accumulation and Protein Secretion in 3T3-L1 Cells. Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 15;7(1):8232. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07473-5.

Li YH, Zhang HN, Wu QS, Muday GK. (2017) Transcriptional sequencing and analysis of major genes involved in the adventitious root formation of mango cotyledon segments. Planta. 2017 Jun;245(6):1193-1213. doi: 10.1007/s00425-017-2677-9. Epub 2017 Mar 16.

Dalal J, Lewis DR, Tietz O, Brown EM, Brown CS, Palme K, Muday GK, Sederoff HW.  (2016) ROSY1, a novel regulator of gravitropic response is a stigmasterol binding protein. J Plant Physiol. 2016 Mar 24;196-197:28-40.

Zhang C, Brown MQ, van de Ven W, Zhang ZM, Wu B, Young MC, Synek L, Borchardt D, Harrison R, Pan S, Luo N, Huang YM, Ghang YJ, Ung N, Li R, Isley J, Morikis D, Song J, Guo W, Hooley RJ, Chang CE, Yang Z, Zarsky V, Muday GK, Hicks GR, Raikhel NV. 2015. Endosidin2 targets conserved exocyst complex subunit EXO70 to inhibit exocytosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jan 5;113(1):E41-50.

Gerttula S, Zinkgraf M, Muday GK, Lewis DR, Ibatullin FM, Brumer H, Hart F, Mansfield SD, Filkov V, Groover A.  (2015) Transcriptional and Hormonal Regulation of Gravitropism of Woody Stems in Populus. Plant Cell. 2015 Oct;27(10):2800-13.

Maloney, GS, DiNapoli, KT, Muday, GK (2014) The anthocyanin reduced tomato mutant demonstrates the role of flavonols in tomato lateral root and root hair development. Plant Phys. 166:614-631.

Watkins, JM, Hechler, PJ, Muday, GK (2014) Ethylene-induced flavonol accumulation in guard cells suppresses reactive oxygen species and modulates stomatal aperture. Plant Physiol: 164: 1707-1717

Patton, KL, John, DJ, Norris, JL, Lewis, DR, and Muday, GK (2014) Hierarchical Bayesian system network modeling of multiple related replicates. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. 11: 336-346.

Cho, M, Henry, EM, Lewis, DR, Wu, G, Muday, GK, Spalding, EP (2014) Block of ABCB19 ion channel activity by 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoic acid (NPPB) impairs polar auxin transport and root gravitropism. Plant Physiol. 166: 2091-2099

Sanz, L, Fernandez-Marcos, M, Medrego, A, Lewis, DR, Muday, GK, Pollmann, S, Duenas, M, Santos-Buelga, Lorenzo, O (2014) Nitric oxide plays a role in stem cell niche homeostasis through its interaction with auxin. Plant Phys. 166:1972-1984

Chrispeels, HE, Klosterman, ML, Martin, JB, Lundy, SR, Watkins, JM, Gibson, CL, and Muday, GK (2014) Undergraduates achieve learning gains in plant genetics through peer teaching of secondary students. CBE Life Sciences Education. 13: 641-652

Klosterman, ML, Chrispeels, H, Reagan, B, Lundy, SR, Browne, CL, Muday, GK  (2014) That’s a Tomato?  Using a familiar food to explore genetic variation.” Science Activities 51:1-16

Lewis, DR, Olex, AL., Lundy, SR, Turkett, WH, Fetrow, JS, and Muday, GK (2013) A Kinetic Analysis of the Auxin Transcriptome Reveals Cell Wall Remodeling Proteins that Modulate Lateral Root Development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell; 25: 3329-3346.

Sukumar, P, Maloney, G, Muday, GK (2013) Localized induction of the ABCB19 auxin transporter enhances adventitious root formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 162: 1392-1405

Miller, GD, Jenks, MZ, Vendela, M, Norris, J, Muday, GK (2012) Influence of weight loss, body composition, and lifestyle behaviors on plasma adipokines:  A randomized weight loss trial in older men and women with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Obesity, 2012, Article ID 708505, 14 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/708505

Liu, X, Wu, J, Clark, G, Lundy, S, Lim, M, Arnold, D, Chan, J, Tang, W, Muday, GK, Gardner, G, Roux, SJ (2012) Role for apyrases in polar auxin transport in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol.160: 1985-1995

Withers, JC, Shipp, MJ, Rupasinghe, SG, Sukumar, P, Clay, SL, Schuler, MA, Muday, GK, and Wyatt, SE (2012) Gravity Persistent Signal 1 (GPS1) reveals novel cytochrome P450s involved in gravitropism. American Journal of Botany:  100:183-193

Muday, GK, Rahman, A, Binder, BM (2012) Auxin and ethylene: Collaborators or Competitors? Trends in Plant Science, 17: 181-195.

Chae, K, Isaacs, CG, Reeves, PH, Maloney, GS, Muday, GK, Nagpal, P, Reed, JW (2012) Arabidopsis SMALL AUXIN UP RNA63 promotes hypocotyl and stamen filament elongation. Plant Journal 71: 684-697.

Grunewald, W, De Smet, I, Lewis, DR, Lofke, C, Jansen, L, Goeminne, G, Vanden Bossche, R, Karimi, M, De Rybel, B, Vanholme, B, Teichmann, T, Boerjan, Van Montagu, MCE, Gheysen, G, Muday, GK, Friml, J, and Beeckman, T. (2012) Transcription factor WRKY23 assists auxin distribution patterns during Arabidopsis root development through local control on flavonol biosynthesis. Proceed Natl Acad Sci USA. 109: 1554-1559

Fernandez-Marcos, M, Sanz, L., Lewis, DL, Muday, GK, Lorenzo, O (2011) Nitric oxide causes root apical meristem defects and growth inhibition while reducing PIN1-dependent acropetal auxin transport. Proceed Natl Acad Sci USA. 108: 18506-18511

Lewis, DR, Negi, S, Sukumar, P, Muday, GK (2011) Ethylene inhibits lateral root development and enhances IAA transport by altered expression and localization of auxin transport proteins. Development 138: 3485-3495.

Lewis, DR, Ramirez, MV, Valbuena, P, Miller, ND, Keith, R, Helm, R, Winkel, BSJ, Muday, GK (2011) Auxin and ethylene induce distinct flavonol accumulation patterns through independent transcriptional networks: Plant Physiol. 156: 144-164

Zheng, X, Miller ND, Lewis, DR, Muday, GK, Spalding, EP, and Vierstra, RD (2011) The F-box protein AUXIN-UPREGULATED1 regulates the cross talk between auxin transport and cytokinin signaling during plant root growth. Plant Physiol. 156: 1878-1893.

Negi, S, Sukumar, P, Liu, X, Cohen, JD, and Muday, GK (2010) Genetic dissection of the role of ethylene in regulating auxin dependent lateral and adventitious root formation in tomato. Plant Journal 61: 3-15

Chen, Z, Noir, S. Kwaiitaal, M, Hartmann, HA, Wu, M-J, Mudgel, Y, Sukumar, P, Muday, GK, Panstruga, R, and Jones, AM (2009) Two seven-transmembrane domain MLO proteins co-function in root Thigmomorphogenesis. Plant Cell:  21:1972-1991.  

Lewis, DR and Muday, GK (2009) Measurement of auxin transport in Arabidopsis thaliana Nature Protocols: 4: 437-451.

Sukumar, P, Edwards, KS, Rahman, A, and DeLong, A, and Muday, GK (2009) PINOID kinase regulates root gravitropism through modulation of PIN2-dependent basipetal auxin transport in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol: 150: 722-735.

Negi, S, Ivanchenko, MG, and Muday, GK (2008) Ethylene regulates lateral root formation and auxin transport in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 55: 175-187

Ivanchenko, MG, Muday, GK, and Dubrovsky, JG. (2008) Ethylene-auxin interactions regulate lateral root initiation and emergence in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 55: 335-347