Rebecca Boston
Bio
Our lab studied the coordination of protein synthesis and phospholipid metabolism during seed maturation with particular focus on common signaling pathways between molecular chaperones and phospholipid biosynthetic enzymes. We also worked with maize ribosome-inactivating proteins to characterize their fungicidal and insecticidal properties. Other projects were directed at determining both the means by which cytosolic RIPs from maize gain access to fungal ribosomes and the form (proenzyme or active enzyme) that enters the fungal cell.
Area(s) of Expertise
Plant molecular and developmental biology
Publications
- Tissue-specific gene expression in maize seeds during colonization by Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides , MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY (2015)
- Localization, morphology and transcriptional profile of Aspergillus flavus during seed colonization , MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY (2013)
- X-ray structure of ILL2, an auxin-conjugate amidohydrolase from Arabidopsis thaliana , PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS (2009)
- A new branch of endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling and the osmotic signal converge on plant-specific asparagine-rich proteins to promote cell death , JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2008)
- Diverse inhibitors of aflatoxin biosynthesis , APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (2008)
- Endoplasmic reticulum quality control and the unfolded protein response: Insights from plants , TRAFFIC (2008)
- Expression profiling on soybean leaves reveals integration of ER- and osmotic-stress pathways , BMC GENOMICS (2007)
- Relative activity of a tobacco hybrid expressing high levels of a tobacco anionic peroxidase and maize ribosome-inactivating protein against Helicoverpa zea and Lasioderma serricorne , JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY (2006)
- The maize Mucronate mutation is a deletion in the 16-kDa gamma-zein gene that induces the unfolded protein response , PLANT JOURNAL (2006)
- Identification and characterization of endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation proteins differentially affected by endoplasmic reticulum stress , PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2005)