Biotechnology - Publications

1. Baskar, R., Chabra, P. and Nanjundiah, V. (2000) A morphogenetic role for calcium in Dictyostelium discoideum. International Journal of Developmental Biology 44: 491-498.

2. Vielle-Calzada, J.P., Baskar, R. and Grossniklaus, U. (2000) Delayed activation of the paternal genome during seed development in higher plants. Nature 404: 91-94.

3. Vielle-Calzada, J.P., Baskar, R. and Grossniklaus, U. (2001) Seed development (Communication arising) Early paternal gene activity in Arabidopsis. Nature 414: 710.

4. Grossniklaus, U. Moore, J.M., Brukhin, V., Gheyselinck, J, Baskar, R., Vielle Calzada, J.P., Baroux, C., Page, D and Spillane, C. (2002) Engineering of apomixes in Crop plants: what can we learn from sexual model systems. In Vasil, I.K. (Ed) Plant Biotechnology & Beyond. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, p 309-314.

5. de Folter, S., Shchennikova, A.V., Franken1, J., Busscher1, M., Baskar, R., Grossniklaus, U., Angenent1, G.C., Immink, R.G.H. (2006) Two closely related MADS box genes in Petunia and Arabidopsis involved in ovule and seed development. Plant J. 47(6): 934-946.

6. Gross-Hardt, R., Kãgi, C., Baumann, N., Moore, J.M, Baskar, R., Gagliano, W.B., Jürgens, G. and Grossniklaus, U. (2007) LACHESIS restricts reproductive cell fate in the female gametophyte of Arabidopsis PLoS Biology 5(3) :47.
7. Ngo, Q.A., Moore, J.M., Baskar, R., Grossniklaus, U. and Sundaresan, V. (2007) Arabidopsis GLAUCE promotes fertilization-independent endosperm development and expression of paternally inherited alleles. Development 134: 4107-4117.
8. Chen, Y.H., Li, H.J., Shi, D.O., Yuan, L., Liu, J., Sreenivasan, R., Baskar, R., Grossniklaus, U. and Yang, W.C.(2007) The central cell plays a critical role for pollen tube guidance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell: 19(11)3563-3577.
9. Schauer, S. E., Schluter, P.M., Baskar, R., Gheyselinck, J., Bolanos, A., Curtis, M.D. and Grossniklaus, U (2009) Intronic regulatory elements determine the divergent expression patterns of AGAMOUS-LIKE6 subfamily members in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 59(6): 987-1000.
10. Johnston AJ, Kirioukhova O, Barrell PJ, Rutten T, Moore JM, Baskar R, Grossniklaus U, Gruissem W. (2010) Dosage-sensitive function of retinoblastoma related and convergent epigenetic control are required during the Arabidopsis life cycle. PLoS Genet. 6(6):e1000988.

11. Kirioukhova O, Johnston AJ, Kleen D, Kägi C, Baskar R, Moore JM, Bäumlein H, Gross-Hardt R, Grossniklaus U. (2011) Female gametophytic cell specification and seed development require the function of the putative Arabidopsis INCENP ortholog WYRD. Development. 138(16):3409-20.

12. Jaiswal, P., Soldati, T., Thewes, S. and Baskar, R. (2012) Regulation of aggregate size and pattern by adenosine and caffeine in cellular slime molds. BMC Dev. Biol. 12: 5.

13. Jaiswal, P., Singh, S. P., Aiyar, P., Akkali, R. and Baskar, R. (2012) Regulation of multiple tip formation by caffeine in cellular slime molds. BMC Dev. Biol 12:26.

14. Bashir, T., Sailer, C., Loganathan, N., Bhoopalan, H., Eichenberger, C., Grossniklaus, U. and Baskar, R. (2013) Hybridization alters spontaneous mutation rates in a parent-oforigin-dependent fashion in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology. 165(1):427-37

15. Singh SP, Dhakshinamoorthy R, Jaiswal P, Schmidt S, Thewes S, Baskar R. (2014) The thyroxine inactivating gene, type III deiodinase, suppresses multiple signaling centers in Dictyostelium discoideum. Developmental Biology. 396(2):256-68.

16. Singh AK, Bashir T, Sailer C, Gurumoorthy V, Ramakrishnan AM, Dhanapal S, Grossniklaus U, Ramamurthy B. (2015) Parental Age Affects Somatic Mutation Rates in the Progeny of Flowering Plants. Plant Physiology (In Press)