Publications
  Schmutz, J., Cannon, S.B., Schlueter, J., Ma, J., Hyten, D., Song, Q., Mitros, T., Nelson, W., May, G.D., Gill, N., Peto, M., Goodstein, D., Thelen, J.J., Cheng, J., Sakurai, T., Umezawa, T., Du, J., Bhattacharyya, M.K., Sandhu, D., Grant, D., Joshi, T., Libault, M., Zhang, X-C., Xu, D., Futrell-Griggs, M., Abernathy, B., Hellsten, U., Berry, K., Grimwood, J., Wing, R.A., Cregan, P., Stacey, G., Specht, J., Rokhsar, D. Shoemaker, R.C, and Jackson S.A. (2009) Genome sequence of the paleopolyploid soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). Nature, In Press.
   
  Xu, M., Brar, H., Grosic, S., Palmer, R., and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2009) Excision of an active CACTA-like transposable element from DFR2 led to variegated flowers in soybean.  Genetics, In Press.
   
  Sandhu, D., Tasma, M.I., Frasch, R. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2009) Systemic Acquired Resistance in Soybean is regulated by Two Proteins, Orthologous to Arabidopsis NPR1-Phytopthora sojae interaction. BMC Plant Biology, 9:105.
 
  Narayanan N. Narayanan, Sehiza Grosic, I.M. Tasma, David Grant, Randy Shoemaker, and Madan K. Bhattacharyya (2009) Identification of candidate signaling genes including regulators of chromosome condensation 1 protein family differentially expressed in the soybean-Phytopthora sojae interaction. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 118:399-412.
   
  Tasmaa, I. M., Brendel, V., Whitham, S.A., and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2008) Expression and evolution of the phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology Biochemistry, 46:627-637.
   
  Gao, H. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2008) The soybean-Phytophthora resistance locus Rps1-k encompasses coiled coil-nucleotide binding-leucine rich repeat-like genes and repetitive sequences. BMC Plant Biology, 8:29.
   
  Palmer, R. G., Sandhu, D., Curran, D. K. and Bhattacharyya, M. K. (2008) Molecular mapping of 36 Soybean male-sterile, female-sterile mutants. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 117:711-719.
   
  Sandhu, D., Alt, J.L., Scherder, C.W., Fehr, W.R. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2007) Enhanced oleic acid content in the soybean mutant M23 is associated with the deletion in the Fad2-1a gene encoding a fatty acid desaturase. J. Amer. Oil Chem Soc. 84, 229-235.
   
  Cao, Z., Zhang, J.. Li, Y., Xu, X., Liu, G., Bhattacharrya, M.K., Yang, H., and Ren, D. (2007) Preparation of polyclonal antibody specific for AtPLC4, an Arabidopsis phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C in rabbits.Protein Expression and Purification 52, 306-312.
   
  Ji, J., Scott, M.P., and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2006) Light is essential for degradation of ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase large subunit during sudden death syndrome development in soybean.. Plant Biology 8, 597-605.
   
  Gao, H., Narayanan, N., Ellison, L., and Bhattacharyya M.K. (2005) Two classes of highly similar coiled coil-nucleotide binding-leucine rich repeat genes isolated from the Rps1-k locus encode Phytophthora resistance in soybean. .Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact., 18:1035-1045.
   
  Sandhu, D., Schallock K.G., Rivera-Velez, N., Lundeen, P., Cianzio, S., and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2005) Soybean Phytophthora resistance gene Rps8 maps closely to the Rps3 region. J. Heredity, 96: 536-541.
   
  Bhattacharyya, M.K., Narayanan, N. N., Gao, H., Salimath, S.S., Santra, D., Ellison, L., Kasuga, T., Liu, Y., Espinosa, B., Marek, L.F., Shoemaker, R.C., Gijzen, M. and Buzzell, R.I. (2005) Identification of a large cluster of coiled coil-nucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeat-type genes from the Rps1 region containing Phytophthora resistance genes in soybean. Theor. Appl. Genet., 111: 75-86.
   
  Sandhu, D., Gao, H., Cianzio, S., and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2004) Deletion of a Disease Resistance Nucleotide-Binding-Site Leucine-Rich- Repeat-like Sequence Is Associated With the Loss of the Phytophthora Resistance Gene Rps4 in Soybean. Genetics 168: 2157-2167
   
  W-M. Chou, T. Shigaki, C. Dammann, Y-Q. Liu, M. K. Bhattacharyya (2004) Inhibition of Phosphoinositide-Specific Phospholipase C Results in the Induction of Pathogenesis-Related Genes in Soybean. Plant Biol 6: 664-672.
   
  X. Xu, Z. Cao, G. Liu, M.K. Bhattacharrya, and D. Ren (2004). Cloning and expression of AtPLC6, a gene encoding a phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C in Arabidopsis thaliana. Chinese Science Bulletin 49:567-573.
   
  Santra, D. K., Sandhu, D., Tai, T., and Bhattacharyya, M. K. (2003) Construction and characterization of a soybean yeast artificial chromosome library and identification of clones for the Rps6 region. Funct. Integr. Genomics, 3:153-159.
   
  Shigaki, T., and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2002) Nutrients induce an increase in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in soybean cells: Implication for the involvement of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in DNA synthesis.  Plant Biology, 4:53-61.
   
  MacGregor, T, Bhattacharyya, M., Tyler, B., Bhat, R, Schmitthenner, A.F., and Gijzen, M. (2002) Genetic and physical mapping of Avr1a in Phytophthora sojae. Genetics, 160:949-959.
   
  Liu, Y., Dammann, C., and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2001) The matrix metalloproteinase gene GmMMP2 is activated in response to pathogenic infections in soybean. Plant Physiol., 127:1788-1797.
   
  Shigaki, T. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2000) Phosphate induces rapid H2O2 generation in soybean suspension cells. Plant Biology, 2:149-151.
   
  Shigaki, T. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (2000) Decreased inositol 1,4,5- trisphosphate content in pathogen-challenged soybean cells. MPMI, 13: 563-567.
   
  Salimath, S.S. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (1999) Generation of a soybean BAC library, and identification of DNA sequences tightly linked to the Rps1-k disease resistance gene. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 98: 712-720.
   
 

Shigaki, T. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (1999) Color coding the cell death status of plant suspension cells. BioTechniques, 26: 1060-1062.

   
  Bhattacharyya, M.K., Gonzales, R. A., Kraft, M., and Buzzell R.I. (1997) A copia-like retrotransposon Tgmr closely linked to the Rps1-k allele that confers race specific resistance of soybean to Phytophthora sojae. Plant Mol. Biol., 34: 255-264.
   
  Kasuga, T., Salimath, S.S., Shi, J., Gijzen, M., and Buzzell, R., and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (1997) High resolution genetic and physical mapping of molecular markers linked to the Phytophthora resistance gene Rps1-k in soybean. MPMI, 10: 1035-1044.
   
  Korth, K.L., Stermer, B.A., Bhattacharyya, M.K., and Dixon, R.A. (1997) HMG-CoA reductase gene families that differentially accumulate transcripts in potato tubers are developmentally expressed in floral tissues.. Plant Mol. Biol., 33: 545-551.
   
  Shi, J., Gonzales, R.A. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (1996) Identification and characterization of an S-Adenosyl-L-methionine: D24-Sterol-C-methyltransferase cDNA from soybean. J. Biol. Chem. 27: 9384-9389.
   
  Gijzen, M., MacGregor, T., Bhattacharyya, M. and Buzzell, R. (1996) Temperature induced susceptibility of soybean isolines carrying different Rps genes. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 48: 209-215.
   
  Shi, J. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (1996) A novel plasma membrane-bound thioredoxin from soybean. Plant Mol. Biol. 32:653-662.
   
  Shi, J., Dixon, R.A., Gonzales, R.A., Kjellbom, P. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (1995) Identification of cDNA clones encoding valosin-containing protein and other plant plasma membrane-associated proteins by a general immunoscreening strategy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 92: 4457-4461.
   
 

Shi, J., Gonzales, R.A. and Bhattacharyya, M.K. (1995) Characterization of a plasma membrane associated phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C from soybean. Plant J. 8: 381-390.

   
 

Bhattacharyya, M.K., Stermer, B.A., and Dixon, R.A. (1994) Reduced variation in transgene expression from a binary vector with selectable markers at the right and left T-DNA borders.  Plant J., 6: 957-968.
   
 

Dry, I., Smith, A.M., Edwards, A., Bhattacharyya, M., Dunn, P., and Martin, C. (1992) Characterization of cDNAs encoding two isoforms of granule-bound starch synthase which show differential expression in developing storage organs. Plant J., 2: 193-202.
   
 

Bhattacharyya, M.K., Smith, A.M., Ellis, N.T.H., Hedley, C., and Martin, C. (1990) The wrinkled-seed character of pea described by Mendel is caused by a transposon-like insertion in a gene encoding starch-branching enzyme.   Cell, 6: 115-122.
   
 
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