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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Sarah Hake is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans several areas primarily within plant science and molecular biology. The main fields of study associated with their work include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields particularly emphasized are Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, as well as Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics focus on various aspects of plant biology including:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Recent significant publications authored or co-authored by Sarah Hake include:

  • "Evolution of the grass leaf by primordium extension and petiole-lamina remodeling," 2021, Science
  • "Gene duplication at the Fascicled ear1 locus controls the fate of inflorescence meristem cells in maize," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A mixed-linkage (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan specific hydrolase mediates dark-triggered degradation of this plant cell wall polysaccharide," 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "The power of classic maize mutants: Driving forward our fundamental understanding of plants," 2022, The Plant Cell
  • "Comparative mutant analyses reveal a novel mechanism of ARF regulation in land plants," 2025, Nature Plants

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • China Lunde
  • Annis Richardson
  • María Jazmín Abraham-Juárez
  • Michael Busche
  • Jacob O. Brunkard

Publication venues where Sarah Hake has contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Cell

Sarah Hake has been recognized by professional organizations with awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009

Best Publications

  • The developmental gene Knotted-1 is a member of a maize homeobox gene family

    Erik Vollbrecht;Bruce Veit;Neelima Sinha;Sarah Hake;Sarah Hake

  • Expression of maize KNOTTED1 related homeobox genes in the shoot apical meristem predicts patterns of morphogenesis in the vegetative shoot

    D. Jackson;B. Veit;S. Hake

  • Selective Trafficking of KNOTTED1 Homeodomain Protein and Its mRNA Through Plasmodesmata

    William J. Lucas;Sabine Bouché-Pillon;David P. Jackson;Lynda Nguyen

  • A knotted1-like homeobox gene in Arabidopsis is expressed in the vegetative meristem and dramatically alters leaf morphology when overexpressed in transgenic plants.

    Cynthia Lincoln;Jeff Long;Judy Yamaguchi;Kyle Serikawa

  • The heterochronic maize mutant Corngrass1 results from overexpression of a tandem microRNA.

    George Chuck;A Mark Cigan;Koy Saeteurn;Sarah Hake

  • KNAT1 induces lobed leaves with ectopic meristems when overexpressed in Arabidopsis.

    George Chuck;Cynthia Lincoln;Sarah Hake

  • Overexpression of the maize homeo box gene, KNOTTED-1, causes a switch from determinate to indeterminate cell fates.

    N R Sinha;R E Williams;S Hake

  • A dominant mutation in the maize homeobox gene, Knotted-1, causes its ectopic expression in leaf cells with altered fates

    Laurie G. Smith;Ben Greene;Bruce Veit;Sarah Hake

  • Mechanisms that control knox gene expression in the Arabidopsis shoot.

    Naomi Ori;Yuval Eshed;George Chuck;John L. Bowman

  • The gibberellin pathway mediates KNOTTED1-type homeobox function in plants with different body plans.

    Angela Hay;Hardip Kaur;Andrew Phillips;Peter Hedden

  • THE ROLE OF KNOX GENES IN PLANT DEVELOPMENT

    Sarah Hake;Harley M S Smith;Hans Holtan;Enrico Magnani

  • Sequence analysis and expression patterns divide the maize knotted1-like homeobox genes into two classes.

    Randall Kerstetter;Erik Vollbrecht;Brenda Lowe;Bruce Veit

  • The maize tasselseed4 microRNA controls sex determination and meristem cell fate by targeting Tasselseed6/indeterminate spikelet1.

    George Chuck;Robert Meeley;Erin Irish;Hajime Sakai

  • The control of maize spikelet meristem fate by the APETALA2-like gene indeterminate spikelet1

    George Chuck;Robert B. Meeley;Sarah Hake

  • Loss-of-function mutations in the maize homeobox gene, knotted1, are defective in shoot meristem maintenance

    Randall A. Kerstetter;Debbie Laudencia-Chingcuanco;Laurie G. Smith;Sarah Hake

  • The Interaction of Two Homeobox Genes, BREVIPEDICELLUS and PENNYWISE, Regulates Internode Patterning in the Arabidopsis Inflorescence

    Harley M. S. Smith;Sarah Hake;Sarah Hake

  • ramosa2 Encodes a LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARY Domain Protein That Determines the Fate of Stem Cells in Branch Meristems of Maize

    Esteban Bortiri;George Chuck;Erik Vollbrecht;Torbert Rocheford

  • The fasciated ear2 gene encodes a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein that regulates shoot meristem proliferation in maize.

    Fumio Taguchi-Shiobara;Zhuang Yuan;Sarah Hake;David Jackson

  • Shoot meristem size is dependent on inbred background and presence of the maize homeobox gene, knotted1.

    E. Vollbrecht;L. Reiser;S. Hake

  • The Control of Spikelet Meristem Identity by the branched silkless1 Gene in Maize

    George Chuck;George Chuck;Michael Muszynski;Elizabeth Kellogg;Sarah Hake

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Freeling
Michael Freeling University of California, Berkeley
Markus Pauly
Markus Pauly Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Neelima Sinha
Neelima Sinha University of California, Davis
Laurie G. Smith
Laurie G. Smith University of California, San Diego
Robert B. Meeley
Robert B. Meeley Pioneer Hi-Bred
Elizabeth A. Kellogg
Elizabeth A. Kellogg Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen University of Georgia
Steven P. Briggs
Steven P. Briggs University of California, San Diego
Erich Grotewold
Erich Grotewold Michigan State University
John P. Vogel
John P. Vogel University of California, Berkeley

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