Publications

Michaels, S.D. and Ford, J.C. 1991. Inexpensive method for air-drying polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels. BioTechniques 11(4): 466-467.

Michaels, S.D., John, M.J. and Amasino, R.M. 1994. Removal of polysaccharides from plant DNA by ethanol precipitation. BioTechniques 17: 274-276.

Lee, I., M.J. Aukerman, M.J., Gore, S.L., Lohman, K.N., Michaels, S.D., Weaver, L.M., John, M.C., Feldmann, K.A., Amasino, R.M. 1994. Isolation of LUMINIDEPENDENS – a gene involved in the control of flowering time in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 6(1): 75-83.

Lee,I., Michaels, S.D., Masshardt, A.S., Amasino, R.M. 1994. The late-flowering phenotype of FRIGIDA and LUMINIDEPENDENS is suppressed in the Landsberg erecta strain of Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 6(6): 903-909.

Michaels, S.D. and Amasino, R.M. 1995. Genetic analysis of the regulation of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana. Flowering News Letter 19: 5-11.

Michaels, S.D., Schomburg, F.M. and Amasino, R.M. 1997. Molecular genetic analysis of floral induction in Arabidopsis thaliana. Focus 19: 20-23.

Michaels, S.D. and Amasino, R.M. 1998. A robust method for detecting single-nucleotide changes as polymorphic markers by PCR. The Plant Journal 14(3): 381-385.

Michaels, S.D. and Amasino, R.M. 1999. FLOWERING LOCUS C encodes a novel MADS domain protein that acts as a repressor of flowering. Plant Cell 11(5): 949-956.

Michaels, S.D. and Amasino, R.M. 1999. The gibberellic acid biosynthesis mutant ga1-3 of Arabidopsis thaliana is responsive to vernalization. Developmental Genetics 25(3): 194-198.

Swarup K., Alonso-Blanco C., Lynn J.R., Michaels S.D., Amasino R.M., Koornneef M., and Millar A.J. 1999. Natural allelic variation identifies new genes in the Arabidopsis circadian system. Plant Journal 20(1):67-78.

Michaels, S., and Amasino, R. 2000. Memories of winter: vernalization and the competence to flower. Plant Cell and Environment 23, 1145-1154.

Johanson, U., West, J., Lister, C., Michaels, S., Amasino, R., and Dean, C. 2000. Molecular analysis of FRIGIDA, a major determinant of natural variation in Arabidopsis flowering time. Science 290: 344-347.

Michaels, S., and Amasino, R. 2001. Loss of FLOWERING LOCUS C activity eliminates the late-flowering phenotype of FRIGIDA and autonomous-pathway mutations, but not responsiveness to vernalization., Plant Cell 13(4): 935-942.

Michaels, S. & Amasino, R. 2001. High throughput isolation of DNA and RNA in 96-well format using a paint shaker. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 19(3): 227-233.

Scortecci, K.C., Michaels, S.D., Amasino, R.M. 2001. Identification of a MADS-box gene, FLOWERING LOCUS M, that represses flowering. Plant Journal 26(2): 229-236.

Kole, C., Quijada, P., Michaels, S.D., Amasino, R.M., and Osborn, T.C. 2001. Evidence for homology of flowering-time genes VFR2 from Brassica rapa and FLC from Arabidopsis thaliana. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 102: 425-430.

Michaels, S.D., He, Y., Scortecci, K.C., and Amasino, R.M. 2003. Attenuation of FLOWERING LOCUS C activity as a mechanism for the evolution of summer-annual flowering behavior in Arabidopsis., PNAS, 100(17): 10102-7.

Michaels, S.D., Ditta, G., Gustafson-Brown, C., Soraya, P., Yanofsky, M., and Amasino, R.M. 2003. AGL24 acts as a promoter of flowering in Arabidopsis and is positively regulated by vernalization., Plant Journal 33(5): 867 - 874.

Scortecci, K.C., Michaels, S.D., and Amasino, R.M. 2003. Genetic interactions between FLM and other flowering-time genes in Arabidopsis thaliana., Plant Molecular Biology, 52: 915-22.

He, Y., Michaels, S.D., and Amasino, R.M. 2003. Regulation of flowering time by histone acetylation in Arabidopsis., Science, 305: 1751-1754.

Michaels, S.D., Bezzerra, I.C., and Amasino, R.M. 2004. FRIGIDA-related genes are required for the winter-annual habit in Arabidopsis., PNAS,101: 3281-5.

Bezerra, I.C., Michaels, S.D., Schomburg, F., and Amasino, R.M. 2004. Lesions in the mRNA cap-binding gene ABA HYPERSENSITIVE 1 suppress FRIGIDA-mediated delayed flowering., Plant Journal, 40, 112-119.

Doyle, M.R., Bizzell, C.M., Keller, M.R, Michaels, S.D., Song, J., Noh, Y.S., and Amasino, R.M. 2005. HUA2 is required for the expression of floral repressors in Arabidopsis thaliana., Plant Journal, 41: 376-385.

Michaels, S.D., Himelblau, E., Kim, S.Y., Schomburg, F.M., and Amasino, R.M. 2005. Integration of flowering signals in winter-annual Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 137: 149-156.

Kyuha Choi, Sanghee Kim, Sang Yeol Kim, Minsoo Kim, Youbong Hyun, Horim Lee, Sunghwa Choe, Sang-Gu Kim, Scott Michaels, and Ilha Lee. 2005. SUPPRESSOR OF FRIGIDA 3 Encodes a Nuclear Protein Actin Related Protein 6 Required for Floral Repression in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 17: 2647-60.

Schmitz, R.J., Hong, L., Michaels, S., and Amasino, R.M. 2005. FRIGIDA-ESSENTIAL 1 interacts genetically with FRIGIDA and FRIGIDA-LIKE 1 to promote the winter-annual habit of Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 132, 5471-5478.

Kim, S.Y., He, Y., Jacob, Y., Noh, Y.S., Michaels, S.D., and Amasino, R.M. 2005. Establishment of the vernalization-responsive, winter-annual habit in Arabidopsis requires a putative histone H3 methyl transferase. Plant Cell, 17:3301-10.

Salathia, N., Davis, S.J., Lynn, J.R., Michaels, S.D., Amasino, R.M., and Millar, A.J. 2006. FLOWERING LOCUS C -dependent and -independent regulation of the circadian clock by the autonomous and vernalization pathways. BMC Plant Biology, 6:10.

Kim, S.Y. and Michaels, S.D. 2006. SUPPRESSOR OF FRI 4 encodes a nuclear-localized protein that is required for delayed flowering in winter-annual Arabidopsis. Development, 2006. 133(23): p. 4699-707.

Jacob, Y., Mongkolsiriwatana, C., Veley, K., Kim, S.Y., and Michaels, S.D. 2007. The nuclear pore protein AtTPR is required for RNA homeostasis, flowering time, and auxin signaling. Plant Physiology, 144(3): p.1383-90.

Jacob, Y. and Michaels, S.D.   2008. Peering through the pore; the role of AtTPR in nuclear transport and development. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 3 (1) p. 62-64.

Michaels, S.D. 2008. Integration of photoperiodic timing and vernalization. In: Photoperiodism:   Seasonal Time Measurement. Edited by Randy J. Nelson, David Denlinger and David Somers. Oxford University Press.

Veley, K.M. and Michaels, S.D. 2008. Functional redundancy and new roles for genes of the autonomous floral-promotion pathway. Plant Physiology, in press.

Kim, S.Y., Yu, X., and Michaels, S.D. 2008. CONSTANS mRNA and protein accumulate to higher levels under far-red-supplemented white light than under white light alone. Plant Physiology, Provisionally accepted.