Publications

 (* denotes undergraduate authors)

2023

Cammarata, J., Roeder, A.H.K., Scanlon, M.J. The ratio of auxin to cytokinin controls leaf development and meristem initiation in Physcomitrium patens. J. Exp. Bot. Jul 27:erad299. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad299.

Satterlee, J.W., Evans, L., Conlon, B.R., Conklin, P.A., Martínez-Gómez, J., *Yen, J., Wu, H., Sylvester, A.W., Specht, C.D., Cheng, J., Johnston, R., Coen, E., Scanlon, M.J.  2023. WOX3-patterning module organizes planar growth in grass leaves and ligulesNature Plants 9: 720-732.   DOI: 10.1038/s41477-023-01405-0.

Satterlee, J.W., Scanlon, M.J. 2022. Protoplast Isolation from Undifferentiated Maize Seedling Shoot Tissue. In: Wang, K., Zhang, F. (eds) Protoplast Technology. Methods in Molecular Biology2464:123-130. Humana, New York, NY.

2022

Kong, Wen Qian; Nabukalu, Pheonah; Cox, T; Johnston, Robyn; Scanlon, Michael J.; Robertson, Jon; Goff, Valorie; Pierce, Gary; Lemke, Cornelia; Compton, Rosana; Reeves, Jaxk; Paterson, Andrew 2022. Unraveling the Genetic Components of Perenniality Toward Breeding for Perennial GrainsPlant, People, Planet, pp1-15, https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10253

Meng Lin, Pengfei Qiao, Susanne Matschi, Miguel Vasquez, Guillaume P Ramstein, Richard Bourgault, Marc Mohammadi, Michael J Scanlon, Isabel Molina, Laurie G Smith, Michael A Gore. 2022. Integration of GWAS and TWAS to elucidate the genetic architecture of natural variation for leaf cuticular conductance in maize. Plant Physiology 189: 2144-2158.  10.1093/plphys/kiac198

Yuguo Xiao, Jinyan Guo, Zhaobin Dong, Annis Richardson, Erin Patterson, Sidney Mangrum, Seth Bybee, Edoardo Bertolini, Madelaine Bartlett, George Chuck, Andrea L Eveland, Michael J Scanlon, Clinton Whipple. 2022 Boundary domain genes were recruited to suppress bract growth and promote branching in maize SCIENCE ADVANCES 8: DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm6835

J Cammarata, CM Farfan, MJ Scanlon, AHK Roeder 2022. Cytokinin-CLAVATA crosstalk is an ancient mechanism regulating shoot meristem homeostasis in land plantsP.N.A.S. 119 e2116860119 | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116860119

2021

*Richardson, A. E., Cheng, J., Johnston, R., Kennaway, R., Rebocho, A. B., *Scanlon, M. J., Hake, S., and *Coen, E. 2021. Evolution of the grass leaf by primordium extension and petiole-lamina remodeling. SCIENCE 374:1377-1380. (*corresponding authors)

Leiboff, S., Strable, J., Johnston, R., Federici, S., Sylvester, A., Scanlon, M. J. 2021. Network Analyses Identify a Transcriptomic Proximodistal Pre-Pattern in the Maize Leaf Primordium.  New Phytologist 230: 218-227. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17132.

2020

J Strable, JR Yen, MJ Scanlon, AW Sylvester. 2020. Toluidine Blue O Staining of Paraffin-Sectioned Maize Tissue. Bio-protocol, e3612-e3612

Satterlee, J.W., Strable, J., Scanlon, M. J. 2020. Plant stem cell organization and differentiation at single-cell resolution. P. N. A. S. 117:33689-33699. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2018788117.

Conklin, P.A., Johnston, R., Conlon, B. R., Shimizu, R., Scanlon, M. J. 2020.  Plant homeodomain proteins provide a mechanism for how leaves grow wideDevelopment 147: dev193623.doi: 10.1242/dev.193623.

Pengfei Qiao, Richard Bourgault, Marc Mohammadi, Michael A. Gore, Isabel Molina, and Michael J. Scanlon. 2020.  A maize LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN may bridge the gap between PHYTOCHROME-mediated light signaling and cuticle biosynthesis. 2020. Plant Signaling & Behavior 15:1790824. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1790824.Epub 2020 Jul 7.

Yu, X., S. Leiboff, X. Li, T. Guo, N. Ronning, X. Zhang, G.J. Muehlbauer, M.C.P. Timmermans, P.S. Schnable, M.J. Scanlon, and J. Yu. 2020. Genomic prediction of maize micro-phenotypes provides insights for optimizing selection and mining diversityPlant Biotechnology Journal.

Andrew H Paterson, Wenqian Kong, Robyn M Johnston, Pheonah Nabukalu, Guohong Wu, William L Poehlman, Valorie H Goff, Krista Isaacs, Tae-Ho Lee, Hui Guo, Dong Zhang, Uzay U Sezen, Megan Kennedy, Diane Bauer, Frank Alex Feltus, Eva Weltzien, Henry Rattunde, JACOB BARNEY, Kerrie Barry, T Stan Cox, Michael J. Scanlon. 2020. The evolution of an invasive plant, Sorghum halepense L. (‘Johnsongrass’)Front. Genet.

Pengfei Qiao, Richard Bourgault, Marc Mohammadi, Glenn Philippe, Susanne Matschi, Laurie G. Smith, Michael A. Gore, Isabel Molina, Michael J. Scanlon. 2020. Transcriptomic network analyses shed light on the regulation of cuticle development in maize leavesP.N.A.S. 117: 12464-12471.

Cammarata, Joseph and Scanlon, Michael J. 2020. A Functionally Informed Evolutionary Framework for the Study of LRR-RLKs during Stem Cell Maintenance.  J. Plant Research. 133: 331-342.

Meng Lin, Susanne Matschi, Miguel Vasquez, James Chamness, Nicholas Kaczmar, Matheus Baseggio, Michael Miller, Ethan L. Stewart, Pengfei Qiao, Michael J. Scanlon, Isabel Molina, Laurie G. Smith, and Michael A. Gore. 2020. Genome-wide association study for maize leaf cuticular conductance identifies candidate genes involved in the regulation of cuticle developmentG3: GENES, GENOMES, GENETICS 10:1671 1683.

Richard Bourgault, Susanne Matschi, Miguel Vasquez, Pengfei Qiao, Annika Sonntag, Caleb Charlebois, Marc Mohammadi, Michael J Scanlon, Laurie G Smith, Isabel Molina. 2020. Constructing functional cuticles: analysis of relationships between cuticle lipid composition, ultrastructure and water barrier function in developing adult maize leavesAnnals of Botany 125: 79–91.

2019

Knauer S, M Javelle, L Li, X Li, X Ma, K Wimalanathan, S Kumari, R Johnston, S Leiboff, RB Meeley, PS Schnable, D Ware, CJ Lawrence-Dill, J Yu, GJ Muehlbauer, MJ Scanlon, MCP Timmermans. 2019. A high-resolution gene expression atlas links dedicated meristem genes to key architectural traits. Genome Res 29: 1962-1973.

Ricci, W.A., Lu, Z., Ji, L. Marand, A.P., Ethridge, C.L., Murphy, N.G., Noshay, J.M., Galli, M., Mejia-Guerra, M.K., Colome-Tatche, M., Johannes, F., Rowley, M.J., Corces, V.G., Zhai, J., Scanlon, M.J., Buckler, E.S., Gallavotti, A., Springer, N.M.,Schmitz, R.J., Zhang, X. 2019. Widespread long-range cis-regulatory elements in the maize genome. Nat.Plants 5: 1237-1249.

Satterlee, J.W, Scanlon, M.J. 2019. Coordination of Leaf Development Across Developmental Axes. Plants 8: 433.

Satterlee, JW, Scanlon, MJ. 2019. Plant Development: How Leaves Take Shape. Current Biology 29: R803-805.

Joseph Cammarata, Adrienne H.K. Roeder, Michael J. Scanlon. 2019. Cytokinin and CLE signaling are highly intertwined developmental regulators across tissues and species. Curr Op Plant Biol 51: 96-104.

Pengfei Qiao, Meng Lin, Miguel Vasquez, Susanne Matschi, James Chamness, Matheus Baseggio, Laurie G. Smith, Mert R. Sabuncu, Michael A. Gore and Michael J. Scanlon. 2019. Machine Learning Enables High-Throughput Phenotyping for Analyses of the Genetic Architecture of Bulliform Cell Patterning in Maize. G3: GENES, GENOMES, GENETICS 9: 4235-4243.

Wang J, Li X, Do Kim K, Scanlon MJ, Jackson SA, Springer NM, Yu J. 2019. Genome-wide nucleotide patterns and potential mechanisms of genome divergence following domestication in maize and soybean. Genome Biol. 20: 74.

2018

Sanzhen Liu, James C. Schnable, Alina Ott, Cheng-Ting “Eddy” Yeh, Nathan M. Springer, Jianming Yu, Gary Muehlbauer, Marja C. P. Timmermans, Michael J. Scanlon, Patrick S. Schnable. 2018. Intragenic Meiotic Crossovers Generate Novel Alleles with Transgressive Expression Levels. Mol Biol Evol 35: 2762-2772.

Sui, Xiaolei, Nie, Jing, Li, Xin, Scanlon, Michael J., Zhang, Caikui, Zheng. Yi, Ma Si, Shan Nan, Fei, Zhangjun, Turgeon, Robert, Zhang, Zhenxian. 2018. Transcriptomic and Functional Analysis of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Fruit Phloem During Early Development. Plant Journal 96: 982-996.

Klein H, Xiao Y, Conklin PA, Govindarajulu R, Kelly JA, Scanlon MJ, Whipple CJ, Bartlett M. 2018. Bulked-Segregant Analysis Coupled to Whole Genome Sequencing (BSA-Seq) for Rapid Gene Cloning in Maize. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 8: 3583-3592.

Conklin, P.A., Strable, J., *Li, S., Scanlon, M.J. 2018. On the Mechanisms of Development in Monocot and Dicot Leaves (Tansley Review article). New Phytologist 221, 706–724.

Whitewoods, C.D., Cammarata, J., Venza, Z.N., Sang, S., Cook, A.D., Aoyama, T., Waller, M., Kamisugi, Y., Cuning, A.C., Szovenyi, P., Nimchuk, Z.L., Roeder, A.H.K., Scanlon, M.J., Harrison, C.J. 2018. CLAVATA was a genetic novelty for the morphological innovation of 3D growth in land plants. Current Biology 28: 2365–2376.

2017

Villarino GH, Hu Q, Scanlon MJ, Mueller L, Bombarely A, Mattson NS. 2017. Dissecting Tissue-Specific Transcriptomic Responses from Leaf and Roots under Salt Stress in Petunia hybrida Mitchell. Genes 8: 195.

Lin HY, Q Liu, X Li, J Yang, S Liu, Y Huang, MJ Scanlon, D Nettleton, PS Schnable. 2017. Substantial contribution of genetic variation in the expression of transcription factors to phenotypic variation revealed by eRD-GWAS. Genome Biol 18:192.

Johnston, R. M., Sylvester, A. W., Scanlon, M. J. 2017. Experimental Design for Laser Microdissection RNA-Seq: Lessons from an Analysis of Maize Leaf Development. J. Vis. Exp. 121.

2016

Leiboff, S., *DeAllie, C. K., Scanlon, M.J. 2016. Modeling the morphometric evolution of the maize shoot apical meristem. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 1651.

Leiboff S, Scanlon MJ. 2016. “Plant Stem Cells” in Molecular Cell biology of the Growth and Differentiation of Plant Cells. pp. 284-297. R.J. Rose Ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 9781498726023.

Strable, J. and Scanlon, M.J. 2016. Meristems take their cues from organ primordia. Nature Genetics: News and Views 48:704–705.

2015

Leiboff, S., Li, X., Hu, A., Todt, N., Li, X., Yu, X., Muehlbauer, G.J., Timmermans, M.C.P., Yu, J., Schnable, P.S., Scanlon, M.J. 2015. Genetic control of morphometric diversity in the maize shoot apical meristem. Nature Communications 6: 8974.

Freeling, M., Scanlon, M.J., Fowler, J.E. 2015. Fractionation and subfunctionalization following genome duplications: mechanisms that drive gene content and their consequences. Curr Opin Genet Dev 35:110-118.

Michael J. Scanlon, 2015. Leaves of grass: focusing phenomics on maize leaf growth. Genome Biology 16:196.

Margaret H. Frank and Michael J. Scanlon. 2015. Cell-Specific Transcriptomic Analyses of 3-Dimensional Shoot Development in the moss Physcomitrella patens. The Plant Journal 83:743-751.

Margaret H. Frank, *Molly B. Edwards, *Eric R. Schultz, Zhangjun Fei, Iben Sorenson, Jocelyn K. C. Rose, and Michael J. Scanlon. 2015. Dissecting the molecular signatures of apical cell-type shoot meristems from two ancient land plant lineages. New Phytologist 207:893-904.

Xianran Li, Michael J. Scanlon, and Jianming Yu 2015. Genome integrity, repair and replication:Evolutionary patterns of DNA base composition and correlation to polymorphisms in DNA repair systems. Nucl. Acids Res 43(7): 3614-3625.

Tavakol E, Okagaki R, Verderio G, Shariati J V, Hussien A, Bilgic H, Scanlon MJ, Todt NR, Close TJ, Druka A, Waugh R, Steuernagel B, Ariyadasa R, Himmelbach A, Stein N, Muehlbauer GJ, Rossini L. 2015. The Barley Uniculme4 Gene Encodes a BLADE-ON-PETIOLE-Like Protein That Controls Tillering and Leaf Patterning. Plant Physiol. 168: 164-174.

Thompson AM, Yu J, Timmermans MC, Schnable P, Crants JC, Scanlon MJ, Muehlbauer GJ. 2015. Diversity of maize shoot apical meristem architecture and its relationship to plant morphology. G3 5(5): 819-827.

2014

Johnston, R., Leiboff, S., Scanlon, M.J. 2014. Ontogeny of the sheathing leaf base in maize (Zea mays). New Phytologist 205: 306-315.

Johnston R, Wang M, Sun Q, Sylvester AW, Hake S, Scanlon MJ. 2014. Transcriptomic Analyses Indicate That Maize Ligule Development Recapitulates Gene Expression Patterns That Occur during Lateral Organ Initiation. The Plant Cell 26: 4718–4732

Frank, M.H. Scanlon, M.J. 2014. Transcriptomic Evidence for the Evolution of Shoot Meristem Function in Sporophyte-Dominant Land Plants through Concerted Selection of Ancestral Gametophytic and Sporophytic Genetic Programs. Mol Biol Evol. 32: 355-367.

Thompson AM, Crants JE, Schnable PS, Yu J, Timmermans MC, Springer NM, Scanlon MJ, Muehlbauer GJ. 2014. Genetic Control of Maize Shoot Apical Meristem Architecture. G3 4: 1327-1337.

Villarino GH, Bombarely A, Giovannoni JJ, Scanlon MJ, Mattson NS. 2014. Transcriptomic analysis of Petunia hybrida in response to salt stress using high throughput RNA sequencing. PLoS ONE 9(4): e94651.

Lin Li, Steven R Eichten, Rena Shimizu, Katherine Petsch, Cheng-Ting Yeh, Wei Wu, Antony M Chettoor, Scott A Givan, Rex A Cole, John E Fowler, Matthew MS Evans, Michael J Scanlon, Jianming Yu, Patrick S Schnable, Marja CP Timmermans, Nathan M Springer, Gary J Muehlbauer. 2014. Genome-wide discovery and characterization of maize long non-coding RNAs. Genome Biology 15:R40

2013

Scanlon M, Timmermans M. 2013. Growth and development: from genes to networks and a mechanistic understanding of plant development. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 16:1-4.

Li, L., K. Petsch, R. Shimizu, S. Liu, W.W. Xu, K. Ying, J. Yu, M.J. Scanlon, P.S. Schnable, M.C.P. Timmermans, N.M. Springer, and G.J. Muehlbauer. 2013. Mendelian and non-Mendelian regulation of gene expression in maize. PLoS Genetics 9(1): e1003202.

2012

Li, X., C. Zhu, C.-T. Yeh, W. Wu, K. Petsch, E. Takacs, F. Tian, G. Bai, E.S. Buckler, G. Muehlbauer, M. Timmermans, M. Scanlon, P.S. Schnable, and J. Yu. 2012. Genic and non-genic contributions to natural variation of quantitative traits in maize. Genome Research 22: 2436-2444.

Takacs, E., Nettelton, D., Schnable, P. S., Muehlbauer, G. J., Yu, J., Timmermans, M. C. P., Scanlon, M. J. 2012. Ontogeny of the maize shoot apical meristem. Plant Cell 24: 3219-3234.

Takacs EM, Suzuki M and Scanlon MJ 2012. Discolored1 (DSC1) is an ADP-ribosylation factor-GTPase activating protein required to maintain differentiation of maize kernel structures. Frontiers in Plant Science. 3:115.

Zhang X, Douglas R N, Strabel J, *Lee M, Buckner B, Janick-Buckner D, Schnable PS, Timmermans MCP, and Scanlon, MJ. 2012. PUNCTATE VASCULAR EXPRESSION1 is a novel leaf patterning gene that functions downstream of the maize ta-siARF pathway. Plant Physiology 159: 1453-1462.

2011

Petsch, K. A., Ma, C., Jorgensen, R. A., Scanlon, M. J. 2011. “Mutagenesis by Transitive RNAi.” in Non coding RNAs in Plants. J. Barciszewski Ed., Springer Press.

Li, X., Zhu, C., Lin, Z., Wu, Y., Zhang, D., Bai, G., Song, W., Ma, J., Muehlbauer, G. J., Scanlon, M. J., Zhang, M., Yu, J. 2011. Chromosome size in diploid eukaryotic species centers on the average length with a conserved boundary. Mol Biol Evol. 28:1901-1911.

2010

Woodward, J. B., Abeydeera, D., Paul, D., Phillips, K., Rapala-Kozik, M., Freeling, M., Begley, T. P., Ealick, E. E., McSteen, P., Scanlon, M. J. 2010. A maize thiamine auxotroph is defective in shoot meristem maintenance. Plant Cell 51: 1627–1637.

Douglas, R. N and Scanlon, M. J. “Plant Development” in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2010. J. Weil Ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, USA

Ji, J., Sinha, N. and Scanlon, M. J. 2010. Analyses of WOX4 transgenics provide further evidence for the evolution of the WOX gene family during the regulation of diverse stem cell functions. Plant Signaling & Behavior 5: 916-920.

Douglas, R. N., *Wiley, D., Springer, N., Scanlon, M. J. 2010. ragged seedling2 encodes an ARGONAUTE7-like protein required for mediolateral expansion, but not dorsiventrality, of maize leaves. Plant Cell 22: 1441-1451.

Ji, J., Strable, J., Shimizu, R., Koenig, D., Sinha, N., Scanlon, M. J. 2010. WOX4 promotes procambial development. Plant Physiology 152: 1346-1356.

2009

Petsch, K. A., Ma, C., Scanlon, M. J#., and Jorgensen, R. A. 2009. Targeted forward mutagenesis by transitive RNAi. The Plant Journal 61: 873-882.

Jia, Y., Lisch, D. R., Ohtsu, K., Scanlon, M. J., Nettleton, D., Schnable, P. S. 2009. Loss of RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase 2 (RDR2) Function Causes Widespread and Unexpected Changes in the Expression of Transposons, Genes and 24-nt small RNAs. PLoS Genetics 5:e1000737

Brooks, L., Strable, J., Elshire, R.J., Zhang, X., Ohtsu, K., Sarkar, A., Hargreaves, S., *Eudy, D., Pawlowska, T., Nettleton, D., Buckner, B., Janick-Buckner, D., Timmermans, M., Schnable, P. S. and Scanlon, M. J. 2009. Microdissection of shoot meristem functional domains. PLoS Genetics 5: e1000476

Strable. J. and Scanlon, M. J. 2009. “Zea mays: a model organism for basic and applied research in plant biology.” in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, USA.

Scanlon, M. J., Ohtsu, K., Timmermans, M. C. P. and Schnable, P. S. 2009. “Chapter 25A: Laser Microdissection-Mediated Isolation and in vitro Transcriptional Amplification of Plant RNA”. Chapter 25: Unit 25 A.3 in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. F. M. Ausubel et al., Eds. John Wiley and Sons, Malden, USA

Shimizu, R., Ji, J.,*Kelsey, E. and Scanlon, M. J. 2009. Tissue specificity and evolution of meristematic WOX3 function. Plant Physiology 149: 841-850

Nogueira, F., Chitwood, D.H., Madi, S., Ohtsu, K., Schnable, P.S., Scanlon, M.J. and Timmermans, M.C.P 2009. Regulation of small RNA accumulation in the maize shoot apex. PLoS Genet 5:e1000320.

Woodward, J. B. and Scanlon, M. J. 2009. “Apical Development in Plants” pp. 23-26 in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2009. J. Weil Ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, USA

Markwith, S. H., Davenport, L. J., Shelton, J., Parker, K. C., Scanlon, M. J. 2009. Ichthyochory, the Suwannee Strait, and Population Divergence in Hymenocallis coronaria. Florida Scientist, 72: 28-36.

2008

Scanlon, M. J. and Takacs, E. M. 2008. “Kernel Biology” pp. 121-144, in Handbook of Maize: Its Biology. J. L. Bennetzen and S. Hake Eds. Springer, New York, USA.

Buckner, B., *Swaggart, K.A., *Wong, C. C., *Smith, H.A., *Aurand, K. M., Scanlon, M. J., Schnable, P. S. and Janick-Buckner, D. 2008. Expression and Nucleotide Diversity of the Maize RIK Gene. J Hered. 99: 407-416.

2007

Zhang, X., Medi, S., Borsuk, L., Nettleton, D., Elshire, R., Buckner, B., Janick-Buckner, D., Beck, J., Timmermans, M., Schnable, P. S. and Scanlon, M. J. 2007. Laser microdissection of narrow sheath mutant maize uncovers novel gene expression in the shoot apical meristem. PLoS Genet 3:e101

Ohtsu, K., Smith, M., Emrich, S.J., Borsuk, L.A., Zhou, R., Chen, T., Zhang, X., Timmermans, M.P.C., Beck, J., Buckner, B., Janick-Buckner, D., Nettleton, D.S, Scanlon, M.J. and Schnable, P.S. 2007. Global gene expression analysis of the shoot apical meristem of maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Journal 52:391-404.
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Buckner B, Beck J, *Browning K, *Fritz A, *Hoxha E, *Grantham L,* Kamvar Z, *Lough A, *Nikolova O, Schnable PS, Scanlon M. J, Janick-Buckner D. 2007. Involving Undergraduates in the Annotation and Analysis of Global Gene Expression Studies: Creation of a Maize Shoot Apical Meristem Expression Database. Genetics 176:741-747.

Markwith, S. H. and Scanlon, M. J. 2007. Multi-Scale Analysis of Hymenocallis coronaria Genetic Diversity, Genetic Structure, and Gene Movement Under the Influence of Unidirectional Stream Flow. Am J Botany 94: 151–160.

2006

Henderson, D. C., Zhang, X., Brooks, L. and Scanlon, M. J. 2006. RAGGED SEEDLING2 Shares Overlapping Functions with LEAF BLADELESS1 and is Required for Normal Transcript Accumulation in the Maize Shoot Apex. Genesis: J of Genetics and Development 44:372-382.

Schlicht, M., Strnad, M., Scanlon, M., Mancuso, S., Hochholdinger, F., Palme, K., Volkmann, D., Menzel1, D. and Baluska, F. 2006. Auxin Enrichment at Actin-Based Synapses and within Adjacent Endosomes Implicates a Vesicular Neurotransmitter-Like Mode of Polar Auxin Transport in Root Apices. Plant Signaling & Behavior 1: 122-133.

Markwith, S. H. and Scanlon, M. J. 2006. Characterization of six polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from Hymenocallis coronaria (J. LeConte) Kunth (Amaryllidaceae) Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 72-74.

Fu S., Rogowsky P., Nover L., Scanlon M. J. 2006. The maize heat shock factor-binding protein paralogs EMP2 and HSBP2 interact non-redundantly with specific heat shock factors. Planta 22: 42-52.

2005

Henderson, D. C., Muehlbauer, G. J. and Scanlon, M. J. 2005. Radial leaves of the maize mutant ragged seedling2 retain dorsiventral anatomy. Developmental Biology. 282: 455-466.

2004

Fu, S. and Scanlon, M. J. 2004. Clonal mosaic analysis of EMPTY PERICARP2 reveals nonredundant functions of the duplicated HEAT SHOCK FACTOR BINDING PROTEINs during maize shoot development. Genetics 167:1381.

Nardmann, J, Ji, Jiabing, Werr, W. and Scanlon, M. J. 2004. The maize duplicate genes narrow sheath1 and narrow sheath2 encode a conserved homeobox gene function in a lateral domain of shoot apical meristems. Development 128: 2827-2839.

Oswaldo da Costa e Silva, O., Lorbiecke. R., Garg, P., Müller, L., Waßmann, M., Patricia Lauert, P., Scanlon, M., Hsia, A.P., Schnable, P. S., Krupinska, K. and Wienand, U. 2004. The Etched1 gene of Zea mays (L.) encodes a zinc ribbon protein that belongs to the transcriptionally active chromosome (TAC) of plastids and is similar to the transcription factor TFIIS. Plant Journal 38:923-939.

2003

Scanlon M. J. 2003. The Polar Auxin Transport Inhibitor N-1-naphthylphthalamic Acid Disrupts Leaf Initiation, KNOX Protein Regulation, and Formation of Leaf Margins in Maize. Plant Physiology 133: 597-605.

2002

Fu, S., Meeley, R. and Scanlon, M. J. 2002 . empty pericarp2 encodes a negative regulator of the heat shock response and is required for early stages of maize embryogenesis. Plant Cell 14:3119-3132.

Scanlon, M. J., Henderson, D. and Bernstein, B. 2002. SEMAPHORE1 functions during the regulation of ancestrally-duplicated knox genes and polar auxin transport in maize. Development 129: 2663.

2000

Scanlon, M. J. 2000. NARROW SHEATH1 functions from discrete meristematic foci during recruitment of leaf founder cells in maize. Development 127: 4573-4585.

Scanlon, M. J., *Chen, K. D. and *McKnight, C. M. 2000. The narrow duplicate factor pair; sectors of dual aneuploidy reveal ancestrally conserved gene functions during maize leaf development. Genetics 155: 1379-1389.

Scanlon, M. J. 2000. Developmental complexities of simple leaves. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 3: 31-36.

Mark Running, Mike Scanlon, and Neelima Sinha. 2000. Maize Genetics 2000—And Beyond. Plant Cell 12: 829-835.

1998

Scanlon, M. J. and Myers, A. M. 1998. Characterization and Molecular Analysis of Dsc1, a Novel Locus Functioning in Maize Kernel Development. Plant Molecular Biology. 37: 483-493.

Scanlon, M. J. and Freeling, M. 1998. The narrow sheath leaf domain deletion: a genetic tool used to reveal developmental homologies among modified maize organs. The Plant Journal. 13:547-561.

Scanlon, M. J. 1998. Force fields and phyllotaxy: an old model comes of age. Trends in Plant Science 3: 413-414.

Wessler, S., Scanlon, M., and Dawe, R. K. 1998. Standing on the shoulders of giants. Trends in Plant Science 3: 246-248.

1997

Scanlon, M. J., Schneeberger, R.G., Myers, A.M. and Freeling, M. 1997. The empty pericarp-2 gene is required for leaf development during maize embryogenesis. The Plant Journal. 12: 901-909.

Scanlon, M. J. and Freeling, M. 1997. Clonal sectors reveal that a meristematic domain is not utilized in the maize mutant narrow sheath. Developmental Biology. 182: 52-66.

1996

Scanlon, M. J., Schneeberger, R. G. and Freeling, M. 1996. The maize mutant narrow sheath fails to establish leaf margin identity in a meristematic domain. Development 122: 1683-1691.

1995

Scanlon, M. J., James, M. G., Stinard, P. S., Myers, A. M. and Robertson, D. S. 1995. Characterization of ten new mutations of the maize etched-1 locus. Maydica 39: 301-308.

1994

Scanlon, M. J., Stinard, P.S., James, M.G., Myers, A.M. and Robertson, D.S. 1994. Genetic analysis of sixty-three mutations affecting kernel development in maize. Genetics 136: 281-294.

1993

James, M.G., Scanlon, M. J., Qin, M. and Myers, A.M. 1993. DNA sequence and transcript analysis of transposon Mua2, a regulator of Mutator transposable element activity in maize. Plant Molecular Biology 21: 1181-1185.