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2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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107
Citations
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World Ranking
108
National Ranking
38

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mark Estelle is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily belongs to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on plant-related studies.

Estelle's main subfields of study include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Oceanography. Their work extensively explores topics such as Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Bryophyte Studies and Records, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism, and Light Effects on Plants.

Frequent publication venues for Estelle's work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have seven papers, Nature Plants with three publications, UNC Libraries with three, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY with two articles, and eLife with one publication.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark Estelle demonstrate a range of topics within plant biology. These include:

  • Genetic analysis of the Arabidopsis TIR1/AFB auxin receptors reveals both overlapping and specialized functions (2020, eLife)
  • Leaf cell-specific and single-cell transcriptional profiling reveals a role for the palisade layer in UV light protection (2022, The Plant Cell)
  • CUL3 E3 ligases in plant development and environmental response (2021, Nature Plants)
  • Dual Role of Auxin in Regulating Plant Defense and Bacterial Virulence Gene Expression During Pseudomonas syringae PtoDC3000 Pathogenesis (2020, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions)
  • The AFB1 auxin receptor controls the cytoplasmic auxin response pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana (2023, Molecular Plant)

Estelle has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Michael J. Prigge
  • Carlisle Bascom
  • Whitnie Szutu
  • Matthieu Pierre Platre
  • Wolfgang Busch

Mark Estelle has been recognized through membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2007 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2003.

Best Publications

  • The F-box protein TIR1 is an auxin receptor

    Nihal Dharmasiri;Sunethra Dharmasiri;Mark Estelle

  • A Plant miRNA Contributes to Antibacterial Resistance by Repressing Auxin Signaling

    Lionel Navarro;Patrice Dunoyer;Florence Jay;Benedict Arnold

  • The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

    Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

  • Mechanism of auxin perception by the TIR1 ubiquitin ligase

    Xu Tan;Luz Irina A. Calderon-Villalobos;Michal Sharon;Changxue Zheng

  • Auxin regulates SCF(TIR1)-dependent degradation of AUX/IAA proteins.

    William M. Gray;Stefan Kepinski;Dean Rouse;Dean Rouse;Ottoline Leyser

  • Insensitivity to Ethylene Conferred by a Dominant Mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Anthony B. Bleecker;Mark A. Estelle;Chris Somerville;Hans Kende

  • Plant Development Is Regulated by a Family of Auxin Receptor F Box Proteins

    Nihal Dharmasiri;Sunethra Dharmasiri;Dolf Weijers;Esther Lechner

  • Recent advances and emerging trends in plant hormone signalling

    Aaron Santner;Mark Estelle

  • Plant hormones are versatile chemical regulators of plant growth

    Aaron Santner;Luz Irina A Calderon-Villalobos;Mark Estelle

  • The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants.

    Jo Ann Banks;Tomoaki Nishiyama;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;John L. Bowman;John L. Bowman

  • Growth and development of the axr1 mutants of Arabidopsis.

    Cynthia Lincoln;James H. Britton;Mark Estelle

  • Mechanism of Auxin-Regulated Gene Expression in Plants

    Elisabeth J. Chapman;Mark Estelle

  • The TIR1 protein of Arabidopsis functions in auxin response and is related to human SKP2 and yeast Grr1p

    Max Ruegger;Elizabeth Dewey;William M. Gray;Lawrence Hobbie;Lawrence Hobbie

  • Auxin receptors and plant development: a new signaling paradigm.

    Keithanne Mockaitis;Mark Estelle

  • High temperature promotes auxin-mediated hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis.

    William M. Gray;Anders Östin;Göran Sandberg;Charles P. Romano

  • Auxin-resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana with an altered morphology

    Mark A. Estelle;Chris Somerville

  • The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and plant development.

    Jennifer Moon;Geraint Parry;Mark Estelle

  • Sites and Regulation of Auxin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Roots

    Karin Ljung;Anna K. Hull;John Celenza;Masashi Yamada

  • A combinatorial TIR1/AFB–Aux/IAA co-receptor system for differential sensing of auxin

    Luz Irina A Calderón Villalobos;Sarah Lee;Cesar De Oliveira;Anthony Ivetac

  • Arabidopsis auxin-resistance gene AXR1 encodes a protein related to ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1.

    H. M. O. Leyser;C. A. Lincoln;C. A. Lincoln;C. Timpte;D. Lammer

  • Identification of an SCF ubiquitin–ligase complex required for auxin response in Arabidopsis thaliana

    William M. Gray;William M. Gray;J. Carlos del Pozo;J. Carlos del Pozo;Loni Walker;Lawrence Hobbie;Lawrence Hobbie

Frequent Co-Authors

Eilon Shani
Eilon Shani Tel Aviv University
Joseph R. Ecker
Joseph R. Ecker Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Malcolm J. Bennett
Malcolm J. Bennett University of Nottingham
Karin Ljung
Karin Ljung Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Chris Somerville
Chris Somerville University of California, Berkeley
Judy Callis
Judy Callis University of California, Davis
Yunde Zhao
Yunde Zhao University of California, San Diego
Ranjan Swarup
Ranjan Swarup University of Nottingham
Ondřej Novák
Ondřej Novák Czech Academy of Sciences
Joanne Chory
Joanne Chory Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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