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Characterization and expression of Arabidopsis UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase by Litterer, L.A., Schnurr, J.A., Plaisance, K.L., Storey, K.K., Gronwald, J.W., Somers, D.A.

“…At5g52560, a homolog of pea ( Pisum sativum) UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase ( PsUSP) was functionally annotated by expression in Escherichia coli and subsequent…”
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L-Cysteine increases Agrobacterium-mediated T-DNA delivery into soybean cotyledonary-node cells by OLHOFT, P. M, SOMERS, D. A

“…A major limitation in producing transgenic soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] using the Agrobacterium-mediated cotyledonary-node method is low-frequency T-DNA…”
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Fungal development and induction of defense response genes during early infection of wheat spikes by Fusarium graminearum by PRITSCH, C, MUEHLBAUER, G. J, BUSHNELL, W. R, SOMERS, D. A, VANCE, C. P

“…Fusarium head blight (FHB) of wheat is a crippling disease that causes severe economic losses in many of the wheat-growing regions of the world. Temporal…”
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Quantitative trait loci associated with resistance to Fusarium head blight and kernel discoloration in barley by De La Pena, R.C, Smith, K.P, Capettini, F, Muehlbauer, G.J, Gallo-Meagher, M, Dill-Macky, R, Somers, D.A, Rasmusson, D.C

“…Resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB), deoxynivalenol (DON) accumulation, and kernel discoloration (KD) in barley are difficult traits to introgress into…”
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Association of transgene integration sites with chromosome rearrangements in hexaploid oat by SVITASHEV, S, ANANIEV, E, PAWLOWSKI, W. P, SOMERS, D. A

“…Transgene loci in 16 transgenic oat (Avena sativa L.) lines produced by microprojectile bombardment were characterized using phenotypic and genotypic…”
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Complete sequence analysis of transgene loci from plants transformed via microprojectile bombardment by Makarevitch, I, Svitashev, S K, Somers, D A

“…A substantial literature exists characterizing transgene locus structure from plants transformed via Agrobacterium and direct DNA delivery. However, there is…”
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High-efficiency gene transfer to recalcitrant plants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens by KE, J, KHAN, R, JOHNSON, T, SOMERS, D. A, DAS, A

“…Agrobacterium tumefaciens efficiently transforms most plants. A few dicotyledonous plants and most monocotyledonous plants are, however, recalcitrant to A…”
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Quantitative trait loci associated with cell wall polysaccharides in soybean seed by Stombaugh, S.K, Orf, J.H, Jung, H.G, Chase, K, Lark, K.G, Somers, D.A

“…Seed cell wall polysaccharides (CWPs) represent a significant portion of seed dry matter (DM) in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Quantitative trait locus…”
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Genomic interspersions determine the size and complexity of transgene loci in transgenic plants produced by microprojectile bombardment by Svitashev, S K, Somers, D A

“…The structure of transgene loci in six transgenic allohexaploid oat (Avena sativa L.) lines produced using microprojectile bombardment was characterized using…”
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Genotypic and Environmental Variation in Soybean Seed Cell Wall Polysaccharides by Stombaugh, S.K., Jung, H.G., Orf, J.H., Somers, D.A.

“…Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] seed cell wall polysaccharides (CWP) have been characterized, but little is known about their genotypic variation. This…”
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Association of a major groat oil content QTL and an acetyl-CoA carboxylase gene in oat by Kianian, S.F, Egli, M.A, Phillips, R.L, Rines, H.W, Somers, D.A, Gengenbach, B.G, Webster, F.H, Livingston, S.M, Groh, S, O'Donoughue, L.S

“…Oat groats are unique among cereals for the high level and the embryo-plus-endosperm localization of lipids. Genetic manipulation of groat quality traits such…”
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Relationships between soybean seed cell wall polysaccharides, yield, and seed traits by STOMBAUGH, S. K, ORF, J. H, JUNG, H. G, SOMERS, D. A

“…Seed cell wail polysaccharides (CWPs) represent a significant portion of seed dry matter (DM) in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. To further investigate the…”
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Transformation of Oat Using Mature Embryo‐Derived Tissue Cultures by Torbert, K. A., Rines, H. W., Somers, D. A.

“…Mature embryos of oat (Avena sativa L.) have been used to establish regenerable tissue cultures with potential use for transformation. The objective of this…”
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Characterization of maize acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase by Egli, M.A, Gengenbach, B.G, Gronwald, J.W, Somers, D.A, Wyse, D.L

“…Maize (Zea mays L.) leaf acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) was purified about 500-fold by ammonium sulfate fractionation and gel filtration and blue Sepharose…”
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Expression of soybean cyst nematode resistance in transgenic hairy roots of soybean by Narayanan, R.A, Atz, R, Denny, R, Young, N.D, Somers, D.A

“…Transgenic hairy roots of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] induced by Agrobacterium rhizogenes support the complete life cycle of soybean cyst nematode (SCN,…”
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Inexpensive, high throughput microplate format for plant nucleic acid extraction: suitable for multiplex southern analyses of transgenes by Flagel, L, Christensen, J.R, Gustus, C.D, Smith, K.P, Olhoft, P.M, Somers, D.A, Matthews, P.D

“…To achieve high throughput analysis of genomic DNA from small amounts of plant tissue, a standard nucleic acid extraction was formatted to microplates by…”
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Recent advances in legume transformation by Somers, D.A, Samac, D.A, Olhoft, P.M

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Molecular genetics of the maize (Zea mays L.) aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase gene family by Muehlbauer, G.J. (University of California, Berkeley, CA.), Somers, D.A, Matthews, B.F, Gengenbach, B.G

“…Aspartate kinase (AK) and homoserine dehydrogenase (HSDH) are enzymes in the aspartate-derived amino acid biosynthetic pathway. Recent biochemical evidence…”
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Expression of the Commelina yellow mottle virus promoter in transgenic oat by Torbert, K.A, Gopalraj, M, Medberry, S.L, Olszewski, N.E, Somers, D.A

“…The Commelina yellow mottle virus (CoYMV) infects the monocot weed Commelina diffusa. The objective of this study was to investigate the transgene expression…”
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Inhibition of plant acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase by the herbicides sethoxydim and haloxyfop by Burton, J D, Gronwald, J W, Somers, D A, Connelly, J A, Gengenbach, B G, Wyse, D L

“…Incorporation of [14C]acetate or [14C]pyruvate into fatty acids in isolated corn seedling chloroplasts was inhibited 90% or greater by 10 microM sethoxydim or…”
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