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Selected Publications for Dr. Leon Kochian

 

  • Maron LG, Piñeros MA, Guimarães CT, Magalhaes JV, Pleiman JF, Mao C, Belicuas SNJ, Kochian LV. 2010. Two functionally distinct members of the MATE (multidrug and toxic compound extrusion) family of transporters potentially underlie two major Al tolerance QTL in maize. Plant Journal (In Press).

  • Shaff JE, Schultz BE, Craft EJ, Clark RT, Kochian LV. 2010. GEOCHEM-EZ: A Chemical Speciation Program with Greater Power and Flexibility. Plant Soil. [pdf]

  • Liu JW, Magalhaes JV, Shaff JE, Kochian LV. 2009. Aluminum-activated citrate and malate transporters from the MATE and ALMT families function independently to confer Arabidopsis aluminum tolerance. Plant Journal 57: 389-399.

  • Ligaba A, Kochian LV, Pineros MA. 2009. Phosphorylation at S384 regulates the activity of the TaALMT1 malate transporter that underlies aluminum resistance in wheat. Plant Journal 60: 411-423.[pdf]

  • Maron LG, Kirst M, Mao C, Milner MJ, Menossi M, Kochian LV. 2008. Transcriptional profiling of aluminum toxicity and tolerance responses in maize roots. New Phytologist 179:116-128[pdf]

  • Piñeros MA, Cançado GM, Maron LG, Lyi SM, Menossi M, Kochian LV. 2008. Not all ALMT1-type transporters mediate aluminum-activated organic acid responses: the case of ZmALMT1 – an anion-selective transporter. The Plant Journal 53:352-367[pdf]

  • Klein MA, Sekimoto H, Milner MJ, Kochian LV. 2008. Investigation of Heavy Metal Hyperaccumulation at the Cellular Level: Development and Characterization of Thlaspi caerulescens Suspension Cell Lines.  Plant Physiology 147: 2006-2016.[pdf]

  • Milner MJ, Kochian LV. 2008. Investigating heavy-metal hyperaccumulation using Thlaspi caerulescens as a model system. Ann Bot 102: 3-13

  • Piñeros MA, Cançado GM, Kochian LV. 2008 Novel Properties of the Wheat Aluminum Tolerance Organic Acid Transporter (TaALMT1) Revealed by Electrophysiological Characterization in Xenopus Oocytes: Functional and Structural Implications. Plant Physiology 147:2131-2146[pdf]

  • Küpper H, Seib LO, Sivaguru M, Hoekenga OA, Kochian LV. 2007 A method for cellular localization of gene expression via quantitative in situ hybridization in plants. The Plant Journal 50: 159-175[pdf]

  • Magalhaes JV, Liu J, Guimarães C, Lanal UGP, Alves VMC, Wang Y, Schaffert RE, Hoekenga OA, Piñeros MA, Shaff JE, Kochian LV. 2007. A gene in the multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) family confers aluminum tolerance in sorghum. Nature Genetics 39:1156-1161[pdf]

  • Liao H, Wan H, Shaff J, Kochian LV.  2006.  Phosphorus and Aluminum Interactions in Soybean in Relation to Aluminum Tolerance. Exudation of Specific Organic Acids from Different Regions of the Intact Root System. Plant Physiology 141: 674-684[pdf]

  • Hoekenga OA, Maron LG, Piñeros MA, Kochian LV. 2006.  AtALMT1, which encodes a malate transporter, is identified as one of several genes criticalfor aluminum tolerance in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103: 9738-9743.[pdf]

  • Hart JJ, Welch RM, Norvell, WA, and Kochian LV. 2006. Characterization of cadmium uptake, translocation and storage in near-isogenic lines of durum wheat that differ in grain cadmium concentration.  New Phytologist 172: 261-271