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139

Overview

E. Jean Finnegan is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the domains of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these, their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics such as Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, as well as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with E. Jean Finnegan include Chris A. Helliwell, Felipe Fenselau de Felippes, Marcus McHale, Rachel L. Doran, and S Roden.

Publication venues where this scientist's work appears repeatedly include The Plant Journal, Nature Plants, Frontiers in Plant Science, Nucleic Acids Research, and Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by E. Jean Finnegan highlight the research breadth and include:

  • Resetting FLOWERING LOCUS C Expression After Vernalization Is Just Activation in the Early Embryo by a Different Name, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The key role of terminators on the expression and post-transcriptional gene silencing of transgenes, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Mutation in Polycomb repressive complex 2 gene OsFIE2 promotes asexual embryo formation in rice, 2023, Nature Plants
  • Deregulation of ζ-carotene desaturase in Arabidopsis and tomato exposes a unique carotenoid-derived redundant regulation of floral meristem identity and function, 2023, The Plant Journal
  • Asymmetric bulges within hairpin RNA transgenes influence small RNA size, secondary siRNA production and viral defence, 2024, Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

  • Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

    A.B. Nicotra;O.K. Atkin;S.P. Bonser;A.M. Davidson

  • The molecular basis of vernalization: The central role of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC)

    C C Sheldon;D T Rouse;E J Finnegan;W J Peacock

  • Inactivation of the flax rust resistance gene M associated with loss of a repeated unit within the leucine-rich repeat coding region.

    P A Anderson;G J Lawrence;B C Morrish;M A Ayliffe

  • The evolution and diversification of Dicers in plants

    Rogerio Margis;Rogerio Margis;Adriana F. Fusaro;Neil A. Smith;Shaun J. Curtin

  • Molecular analysis of the alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (Adh2) gene of maize

    E. S. Dennis;Martin M Sachs;W. L. Gerlach;E. J. Finnegan

  • Vernalization-induced flowering in cereals is associated with changes in histone methylation at the VERNALIZATION1 gene

    S. N. Oliver;E. J. Finnegan;E. S. Dennis;W. J. Peacock

  • Vernalization-induced trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 at FLC is not maintained in mitotically quiescent cells.

    E. Jean Finnegan;Elizabeth S. Dennis

  • Ectopic hypermethylation of flower-specific genes in Arabidopsis

    Steven E Jacobsen;Steven E Jacobsen;Hajime Sakai;E.Jean Finnegan;Xiaofeng Cao

  • Direct links between the vernalization response and other key traits of cereal crops

    Weiwei Deng;M. Cristina Casao;M. Cristina Casao;Penghao Wang;Kazuhiro Sato

  • Regulation of Carotenoid Composition and Shoot Branching in Arabidopsis by a Chromatin Modifying Histone Methyltransferase, SDG8

    Christopher I Cazzonelli;Abby J Cuttriss;Susan B Cossetto;William Pye

  • Ppd-1 is a key regulator of inflorescence architecture and paired spikelet development in wheat

    Scott A Boden;Colin Cavanagh;Brian R Cullis;Brian R Cullis;Kerrie Ramm

  • The small RNA world.

    E. Jean Finnegan;Marjori A. Matzke

  • Vernalization-repression of Arabidopsis FLC requires promoter sequences but not antisense transcripts.

    Chris A. Helliwell;Masumi Robertson;E. Jean Finnegan;Diana M. Buzas

  • Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing Is Not Compromised in the Arabidopsis CARPEL FACTORY (DICER-LIKE1) Mutant, a Homolog of Dicer-1 from Drosophila

    E.Jean Finnegan;Rogerio Margis;Rogerio Margis;Peter M Waterhouse

  • The control of flowering by vernalization.

    Candice C Sheldon;E Jean Finnegan;Dean T Rouse;Million Tadege

  • Role of short RNAs in gene silencing

    Peter M. Waterhouse;Ming-Bo Wang;E.Jean Finnegan

  • The downregulation of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) expression in plants with low levels of DNA methylation and by vernalization occurs by distinct mechanisms

    E. Jean Finnegan;Kathryn A. Kovac;Kathryn A. Kovac;Estelle Jaligot;Candice C. Sheldon

  • Grasses provide new insights into regulation of shoot branching.

    Tesfamichael H. Kebrom;Wolfgang Spielmeyer;E. Jean Finnegan

  • Epialleles - a source of random variation in times of stress.

    E.Jean Finnegan

  • Analysis of alternative transcripts of the flax L6 rust resistance gene.

    Michael A. Ayliffe;Donna V. Frost;E. Jean Finnegan;Gregory J. Lawrence

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth S. Dennis
Elizabeth S. Dennis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Peter M. Waterhouse
Peter M. Waterhouse Queensland University of Technology
Rogério Margis
Rogério Margis Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Barry J. Pogson
Barry J. Pogson Australian National University
Ben Trevaskis
Ben Trevaskis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Steven E. Jacobsen
Steven E. Jacobsen University of California, Los Angeles
Korbinian Schneeberger
Korbinian Schneeberger Max Planck Society
Jorge Dubcovsky
Jorge Dubcovsky University of California, Davis
Danny J. Llewellyn
Danny J. Llewellyn Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Elliot M. Meyerowitz
Elliot M. Meyerowitz California Institute of Technology

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