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William F. Thompson is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a particular focus on agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work extensively covers molecular biology and plant science, while also addressing areas in cancer research. Key topics in their research include genomics and chromatin dynamics, chromosomal and genetic variations, plant molecular biology research, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, DNA repair mechanisms, plant responses to water stress, and plant tissue culture and regeneration.

Thompson has published several papers in notable scientific venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • Loss of Small-RNA-Directed DNA Methylation in the Plant Cell Cycle Promotes Germline Reprogramming and Somaclonal Variation, 2020, Current Biology
  • Arabidopsis DNA Replication Initiates in Intergenic, AT-Rich Open Chromatin, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Comparing DNA replication programs reveals large timing shifts at centromeres of endocycling cells in maize roots, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • A Protocol for Genome-Wide Analysis of DNA Replication Timing in Intact Root Tips, 2021, Methods in molecular biology
  • A comparison of genomic methods to assess DNA replication timing, 2025, Scientific Reports

Their frequent collaborators include Emily E. Wear, Linda Hanley-Bowdoin, Leigh Mickelson-Young, Chantal LeBlanc, and Robert A. Martienssen.

Thompson has often published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, PLoS Genetics, and Methods in molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Rapid isolation of high molecular weight plant DNA

    M.G. Murray;W.F. Thompson

  • A modified protocol for rapid DNA isolation from plant tissues using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide.

    G C Allen;M A Flores-Vergara;S Krasynanski;S Kumar

  • Chloroplast DNA Rearrangements Are More Frequent When a Large Inverted Repeat Sequence Is Lost

    Jeffrey D. Palmer;William F. Thompson

  • Physiological and Molecular Studies of Light-Regulated Nuclear Genes in Higher Plants

    W. F. Thompson;M. J. White

  • Immunochemical Studies on Blood Groups XXX. Cleavage of A, B, and H Blood-Group Substances by Alkali*

    Gerald Schiffman;Elvin A. Kabat;William Thompson

  • Gene silencing from plant DNA carried by a Geminivirus.

    Susanne Kjemtrup;Kim S. Sampson;Charles G. Peele;Long V. Nguyen

  • Use of matrix attachment regions (MARs) to minimize transgene silencing

    George C. Allen;Steven Spiker;William F. Thompson

  • High level transgene expression in plant cells : Effects of a strong scaffold attachment region from tobacco

    George C. Allen;Gerald Hall;Susan Michalowski;Winnell Newman

  • Scaffold attachment regions increase reporter gene expression in stably transformed plant cells.

    George C. Allen;Gerald E. Hall;Lisa C. Childs;Arthur K. Weissinger

  • Phytochrome control of RNA levels in developing pea and mung-bean leaves.

    William F. Thompson;Marylee Everett;Neil O. Polans;Richard A. Jorgensen

  • Rearrangements in the chloroplast genomes of mung bean and pea.

    Jeffrey D. Palmer;William F. Thompson

  • Chloroplast DNA evolution among legumes: Loss of a large inverted repeat occurred prior to other sequence rearrangements

    Jeffrey D. Palmer;Bernardita Osorio;Jane Aldrich;William F. Thompson

  • Epigenomic consequences of immortalized plant cell suspension culture.

    Milos Tanurdzic;Matthew W Vaughn;Hongmei Jiang;Tae-Jin Lee

  • CHLOROPLAST DNA VARIATION AND EVOLUTION IN PISUM: PATTERNS OF CHANGE AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS

    Jeffrey D. Palmer;Richard A. Jorgensen;William F. Thompson

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of the Core DNA Replication Machinery in the Higher Plants Arabidopsis and Rice

    Randall W. Shultz;Vinaya M. Tatineni;Linda Hanley-Bowdoin;William F. Thompson

  • Structure and variation in ribosomal RNA genes of pea : Characterization of a cloned rDNA repeat and chromosomal rDNA variants.

    R. A. Jorgensen;R. E. Cuellar;W. F. Thompson;T. A. Kavanagh

  • Different Red Light Requirements for Phytochrome-Induced Accumulation of cab RNA and rbcS RNA

    Lon S. Kaufman;William F. Thompson;Winslow R. Briggs

  • Purification and restriction endonuclease analysis of plant nuclear DNA

    John C. Watson;William F. Thompson

  • Nuclear Matrix Attachment Regions and Transgene Expression in Plants

    Steven Spiker;William F. Thompson

  • Evolutionary significance of inversions in legume chloroplast DNAs

    Jeffrey D. Palmer;Bernardita Osorio;William F. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda Hanley-Bowdoin
Linda Hanley-Bowdoin North Carolina State University
Winslow R. Briggs
Winslow R. Briggs Carnegie Institution for Science
Jeffrey D. Palmer
Jeffrey D. Palmer Indiana University
Robert A. Martienssen
Robert A. Martienssen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Robert E. Cleland
Robert E. Cleland University of Washington
Richard A. Jorgensen
Richard A. Jorgensen University of Arizona
Neal W. Woodbury
Neal W. Woodbury Arizona State University
Maarten Koornneef
Maarten Koornneef Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Bruce A. Roe
Bruce A. Roe University of Oklahoma
Peter H. Quail
Peter H. Quail University of California, Berkeley

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