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Gary A. Thompson
| Research Area | Selected Publications | Lab Members |
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Title | Professor and Department Head |
| Office | 246C NRC | |
| Phone | 405-744-6189 | |
| gary.thompson@okstate.edu | ||
| Degree | Ph.D. Genetics. 1989. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | |
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Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Work in the Thompson laboratory involves two primary projects to investigate the molecular physiology of the phloem tissue in higher plants. Project 1: Coordinated events within the parietal cytoplasm and the sieve element plasma membrane-sieve element reticulum complex (SEPM-SER) of sieve elements could play an important role in transducing information that is required for regulating phloem physiology. Intrinsic and membrane associated proteins within SEPM-SER are being studied using phloem-specific monoclonal antibodies combined with the genetic tools available with Arabidopsis. Project 2: Aphids feed on phloem sap by inserting their stylets into the sieve elements of the phloem. A genomic approach is being used to study the molecular basis of plant responses to the cotton-melon aphid (Aphis gossypii) in nearly isogenic aphid resistant and susceptible melon lines.
Khan, J.A., Wang, Q., Sjölund, R.D., Schulz, A. and Thompson, G.A. 2007. An early nodulin-like protein accumulates in the sieve element plasma membrane of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 143:1576-1589. PDF
Thompson, G.A. and Goggin, F. 2006. Transcriptomics and functional genomics of plant defense induction by phloem feeding insects. J. Exp. Bot. 2006 57:755-766. PDF
Petersen, M. Hejgaard, J., Thompson, G.A. and Schulz. A. 2005. Cucurbit phloem serpins are graft transmissible and appear to be resistant to turnover in the SE-CC complex. J. Exper. Bot. 56:3111-3120. PDF
Hodge, S., Thompson, G.A. and Powell, G. 2005. Application of DL-b-aminobutyric acid (BABA) as a root drench to legumes inhibits the growth and reproduction of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris. Bull. Entom. Res. 95: 449-455. PDF
Bruhn, R., Burton, P. and Thompson, G.A. 2004. Using XSLT on bioinformatics XML data. XML Journal 4:52-55.
Silberstein, L., Kovalski, I., Brotman, Y., Perin, C., Dogimont, C., Pitrat, M., Klingler, J., Thompson, G., Portnoy, V., Katzir, N. and Perl-Treves, R. 2003. Linkage map of Cucumis melo including horticultural traits and sequence-characterized genes. Genome 46: 761-773. PDF
Dinant, S., Clark, A.M., Zhu, Y., Vilaine, F., Palauqui, J.-C., Kusiak, C. and Thompson, G.A. 2003. Diversity of the superfamily of phloem lectins (phloem protein 2) in angiosperms. Plant Physiology 131:114-128. PDF
Moran, P.J., Cheng, Y., Cassell, J. and Thompson, G.A. 2002. Gene expression profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana in compatible plant-aphid interactions. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 51:182-203. PDF
Brotman, Y., Silberstein, L., Kovalski, I., Perin, C., Dogimont, C., Pitrat, M., Klingler, J., Thompson, G. and Perl-Treves, R. 2002. Resistance gene homologues in melon and their linkage to genetic loci conferring disease and pest resistance. Theor. Appl. Genet. 104:1055-1063. PDF
Webb, M.A., Cavaletto, J.M., Klanrit, P., Thompson, G.A. 2001 Orthologs in Arabidopsis thaliana of the Hsp70 interacting protein Hip. Cell Stress and Chaperones 6: 247-255. PDF
Moran, P.J. and Thompson, G. A. 2001. Molecular responses to aphid feeding in Arabidopsis thaliana in relation to plant defense pathways. Plant Physiology 125:1074-1085. PDF
Klingler, J., Kovalski, I., Silberstein, L., Thompson, G.A. and Perl-Treves, R. 2001. Mapping of cotton-melon aphid resistance in melon. JASHS 126(1):56-63 PDF
Dannenhoffer, J.M., Suhr, R.C. and Thompson, G.A. 2001. Phloem-specific expression of the pumpkin fruit trypsin inhibitor. Planta 212(2):155-162. PDF
Klingler, J., Kovalski, I., Silberstein, L., Perl-Treves, R. and Thompson, G.A. 2000. Aphis gossypii resistance in Cucumis melo: the genetic basis of a phloem-specific defense. Acta Hort. 510:313-320. PDF
Leineweber, K., Schulz, A. and Thompson, G.A. 2000. Dynamic transitions in the translocated phloem filament protein. Australian J. Plant Physiol. 27:733-741. PDF
