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Scott D. Michaels

Scott D. Michaels

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Genetics

D-Index
47
Citations
13796
World Ranking
4090
National Ranking
1764

Overview

Scott D. Michaels is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research mainly focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, Michaels specializes in Plant Science and Molecular Biology, contributing publications that span both subfields.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics, including:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Recent publications by Scott D. Michaels include:

  • Widespread premature transcription termination of Arabidopsis thaliana NLR genes by the spen protein FPA, 2021, eLife
  • The BORDER family of negative transcription elongation factors regulates flowering time in Arabidopsis, 2021, Current Biology
  • H3.1K27me1 loss confers Arabidopsis resistance to Geminivirus by sequestering DNA repair proteins onto host genome, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Widespread premature transcription termination of Arabidopsis thaliana NLR genes by the spen protein FPA, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Loss of H3.1K27me1 in Arabidopsis confers resistance to Geminivirus by sequestering DNA repair proteins onto rDNA and defense-related genes, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Scott D. Michaels has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Current Biology

Collaboration is a significant component of Michaels' research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Xuhong Yu
  • Pascal G.P. Martin
  • Matthew T Parker
  • Katarzyna Knop
  • Vasiliki Zacharaki

Best Publications

  • FLOWERING LOCUS C Encodes a Novel MADS Domain Protein That Acts as a Repressor of Flowering

    Scott D. Michaels;Richard M. Amasino

  • Molecular Analysis of FRIGIDA, a Major Determinant of Natural Variation in Arabidopsis Flowering Time

    Urban Johanson;Joanne West;Clare Lister;Scott D. Michaels

  • Loss of FLOWERING LOCUS C Activity Eliminates the Late-Flowering Phenotype of FRIGIDA and Autonomous Pathway Mutations but Not Responsiveness to Vernalization

    Scott D. Michaels;Richard M. Amasino

  • Regulation of Flowering Time by Histone Acetylation in Arabidopsis

    Yuehui He;Scott D. Michaels;Richard M. Amasino

  • AGL24 acts as a promoter of flowering in Arabidopsis and is positively regulated by vernalization.

    Scott D. Michaels;Gary Ditta;Cindy Gustafson-Brown;Soraya Pelaz

  • The Timing of Flowering

    Richard M. Amasino;Scott D. Michaels

  • Attenuation of FLOWERING LOCUS C activity as a mechanism for the evolution of summer-annual flowering behavior in Arabidopsis

    Scott D. Michaels;Yuehui He;Katia C. Scortecci;Richard M. Amasino

  • Isolation of LUMINIDEPENDENS: a gene involved in the control of flowering time in Arabidopsis.

    Ilha Lee;Milo J. Aukerman;Sherrie L. Gore;Karin N. Lohman

  • Integration of Flowering Signals in Winter-Annual Arabidopsis

    Scott D. Michaels;Edward Himelblau;Sang Yeol Kim;Fritz M. Schomburg

  • Memories of winter: vernalization and the competence to flower

    S. D. Michaels;R. M. Amasino

  • MORC Family ATPases Required for Heterochromatin Condensation and Gene Silencing

    Guillaume Moissiard;Shawn J. Cokus;Joshua Cary;Suhua Feng

  • The late-flowering phenotype of FRIGIDA and mutations in LUMINIDEPENDENS is suppressed in the Landsberg erecta strain of Arabidopsis

    Ilha Lee;Scott D. Michaels;Amy S. Masshardt;Richard M. Amasino

  • ATXR5 and ATXR6 are H3K27 monomethyltransferases required for chromatin structure and gene silencing.

    Yannick Jacob;Suhua Feng;Chantal A LeBlanc;Yana V Bernatavichute

  • Identification of a MADS-box gene, FLOWERING LOCUS M, that represses flowering.

    Katia C. Scortecci;Scott D. Michaels;Richard M. Amasino

  • Establishment of the Vernalization-Responsive, Winter-Annual Habit in Arabidopsis Requires a Putative Histone H3 Methyl Transferase

    Sang Yeol Kim;Yuehui He;Yannick Jacob;Yoo-Sun Noh

  • A robust method for detecting single-nucleotide changes as polymorphic markers by PCR.

    Scott D. Michaels;Richard M. Amasino

  • Flowering time regulation produces much fruit.

    Scott D Michaels

  • The role of recently derived FT paralogs in sunflower domestication.

    Benjamin K. Blackman;Jared L. Strasburg;Jared L. Strasburg;Andrew R. Raduski;Scott D. Michaels

  • FRIGIDA-related genes are required for the winter-annual habit in Arabidopsis

    Scott D. Michaels;Isabel C. Bezerra;Richard M. Amasino

  • Natural allelic variation identifies new genes in the Arabidopsis circadian system.

    Kamal Swarup;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;James R. Lynn;Scott D. Michaels

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Amasino
Richard M. Amasino University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven E. Jacobsen
Steven E. Jacobsen University of California, Los Angeles
Loren H. Rieseberg
Loren H. Rieseberg University of British Columbia
Yuehui He
Yuehui He Peking University
Craig S. Pikaard
Craig S. Pikaard Indiana University
Suhua Feng
Suhua Feng University of California, Los Angeles
Robert A. Martienssen
Robert A. Martienssen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Geoffrey J. Barton
Geoffrey J. Barton University of Dundee
Doris Wagner
Doris Wagner University of Pennsylvania
Jim Beynon
Jim Beynon University of Warwick

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