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Quail Lab Publications

Some recent publications include:

Al-Sady B, Ni W, Kircher S, Schaefer E, Quail PH (2006). Photoactivated phytochrome induces rapid PIF3 phosphorylation prior to proteasome-mediated degradation. Molecular Cell, 23, 439-446.

Tepperman, J. M., Hwang, Y.-S. & Quail, P. H. (2006) phyA Dominates in Transduction of Red-light Signals to Rapidly-responding Genes at the Initiation of Arabidopsis Seedling Deetiolation Plant J., in press.

Khanna, R., Shen, Y., Toledo-Ortiz, G., Kikis, E., Johannesen, H., Hwang, Y.-S. & Quail, P. H. (2006) Functional Profiling Reveals That Only a Small Number of Phytochrome-Regulated Early-Response Genes in Arabidopsis Are Necessary for Optimal Deetiolation. Plant Cell, doi: 10.1105/tpc.106.042200.

Quail, P. H. (2006) General Introduction. IN SCHAEFER, E. & NAGY, F. (Eds.) Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria, 3rd Edition. Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer. pp 329-334 .

Quail, P. H. (2006) Phytochrome Signal Transduction Network. IN SCHAEFER, E. & NAGY, F. (Eds.) Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria, 3rd Edition. Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer. pp 335-356 .

Kikis, E. A.; Khanna, R.; Quail, P. H. (2005). ELF4 is a phytochrome-regulated component of a negative-feedback loop involving the central oscillator components CCA1 and LHY. Plant Journal 44 (2): 300-313

Quail, P. H. (2005) Phytochrome Overview. IN WADA, M., SHIMAZAKI, K. & IINO, M. (Eds.) Light Sensing in Plants. Tokyo, Springer-Verlag. pp 21-35.

Huq, E. & Quail, P. H. (2005) Phytochrome Signaling. IN BRIGGS, W. R. & SPUDICH, J. (Eds.) Handbook of Photosensory Receptors. Weinheim, Wiley.

Monte, E.; Tepperman, J. M.; Al-Sady, B.; Kaczorowski, K. A.; Alonso, J. M.; Ecker, J. R.; Li, X.; Zhang, Y.; Quail, P. H (2004). The phytochrome-Interacting transcription factor, PIF3, acts early, selectively, and positively and light-induced chloroplast development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci (USA), 101 : 16091-16098.

Tepperman, J. M.; Hudson, M. E.; Khanna, R.; Zhu, T.; Chang, S. H.; Wang, X.; Quail, P. H. (2004). Expression profiling of phyB mutant demonstrates substantial contribution of other phytochromes to red-light-regulated gene expression during seedling de-etiolation. Plant Journal, 38 (5): 725-739.

Khanna, R.; Huq, E.; Kikis, E. A.; Al-Sady, B.; Lanzatella, C.; Quail, P. H. (2004). A novel molecular recognition motif necessary for targeting photoactivated Phytochrome signalling to specific basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors. Plant Cell, 16 : 3033-304.

Huq, E.; Al-Sady, B.; Hudson, M.; Kim, C.; Apel, K.; Quail, P. H. (2004). PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, is a critical regulator of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway. Science, 305: 1937-1941.

Hoecker, U.; Toledo-Ortiz, G.; Bender, J.; Quail, P. H. (2004). The photomorphogenesis-related mutant red1 is defective in CYP83B1, a red light-induced gene encoding a cytochrome P450. Planta 219: 195-200.

Hudson, M. E. ; Quail, P. H (2003). : Identification of promoter motifs involved in the network of phytochrome A-regulated gene expression by combined analysis of genomic sequence and microarray data. Plant Physiology, 133: 1605-1616.

Khanna, R. ; Kikis, E. A. ; Quail, P. H.(2003). EARLY FLOWERING 4 functions in phytochrome B-regulated seedling de-etiolation. Plant Physiology, 133: 1530-1538.

Monte, Elena; Alonso, Jose M; Ecker, Joseph R; Zhang, Yuelin; Li, Xin; Young, Jeff; Austin-Phillips, Sandra; Quail, Peter H (2003). Isolation and characterization of phyC mutants in Arabidopsis reveals complex crosstalk between phytochrome signaling pathways. Plant Cell, 15:2497-2501

Kaczorowski, K. A.; Quail, P. H.(2003). Arabidopsis PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR 7 (PRR7) is a signaling intermediate in phytochrome-regulated seedling deetiolation and phasing of the circadian clock. Plant Cell 15: 2654-2665

Hudson, Matthew E; Lisch, Damon R; Quail, Peter H. (2003). The FHY3 and FAR1 genes encode transposase-related proteins involved in regulation of gene expression by the phytochrome A-signaling pathway. Plant Journal, 34:453-471.

Toledo-Ortiz, G.; Huq, E.; Quail, P. H. (2003). The Arabidopsis basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor family. Plant Cell, 15: 1749-1770.

Shimizu-Sato, S.; Huq, E.; Tepperman, J. M.; Quail, P. H. (2002). A light-switchable gene promoter system. Nature Biotechnology, 20 (10): 1041-1044.

Quail, P. H. (2002). Photosensory perception and signalling in plant cells: new paradigms?, Curr. Op. Cell Biol.14: 180-188.

Quail, P. H. (2002) Phytochrome photosensory signalling networks. Nature Rev. | Mol. Cell Biol., 3, 85-93.

Huq, E.; Quail, P. H. (2002).: PIF4, a phytochrome-interacting bHLH factor, functions as a negative regulator of phytochrome B signaling in Arabidopsis. EMBO Journal, 21: 2441-2450.

Tepperman, J. M.; Zhu, T.; Chang, H. S.; Wang, X.; Quail, P. H. (2001). Multiple transcription-factor genes are early targets of phytochrome A signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA), 98 (16): 9437-9442.