University of California, Berkeley | Plant & Microbial Biology
McCormick Lab Publications
2015
Jiang H, Yi J, Boavida LC, Chen Y, Becker JD, Köhler C, McCormick S. 2015. Intercellular communication in pollen discovered via AHG3 transcript movement from the vegetative cell to sperm. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 112:13378-83. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1510854112
2014
Gui, C., Dong, X., Liu, H., Huang, W., Zhang, D., Wang, S., Barberini, M.L., Gao, X., Muschietti, J., McCormick, S. and Tang, W. 2014.Overexpression of the tomato pollen receptor kinase LePRK1 rewires pollen tube growth to a blebbing mode. Plant Cell 26:3538-3555; plantcell.org/content/26/9/3538
Huang, W., Liu, H., McCormick, S. and Tang, W. 2014. Tomato pistil factor LeSTIG1 promotes in vivo pollen tube growth by binding to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and the extracellular domain of LePRK2. Plant Cell 26:2505-2523; plantcell.org/content/26/6/2505
Zheng, B., He, H., Zheng, Y., Wu, W. and McCormick, S. 2014. An ARID domain-containing protein within nuclear bodies is required for sperm cell formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics: plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004421
2013
McCormick, S. 2013. Pollen. Current Biology 23: R988-R990; doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.016 pdf
Zhao X-Y, Wang Q, Li S, Ge F-R, Zhou L-Z, McCormick S, Zhang Y. 2013. The juxtamembrane and carboxy-terminal domains of Arabidopsis PRK2 are critical for ROP-induced growth in pollen tubes. J. Experimental Botany 64:5599-5610; doi: 10.1093/jxb/ert323 pdf
Boavida LC, Qin P, Broz M, Becker JD, McCormick S. 2013. Arabidopsis tetraspanins are confined to discrete expression domains and cell types in reproductive tissues and form homo- and hetero-dimers when expressed in yeast. Plant Physiology 163:696-712;doi:10.1104/pp.113.216598 pdf
Li S, Zhou L-Z, Feng Q-N, McCormick S, Zhang Y. 2013. The C-terminal hypervariable domain targets Arabidopsis ROP9 to the invaginated pollen tube plasma membrane. Molecular Plant 6:1362-4; doi: 10.1093/mp/sst098 pdf
Scarpin R, Sigaut L, Pietrasanta L, McCormick S, Zheng B, Muschietti J. 2013. Cajal bodies are developmentally regulated during pollen development and pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant 6:1355-7; doi: 10.1093/mp/sst077 pdf
Loraine, A. E., McCormick, S., Estrada, A., Patel, K. and Qin, P. 2013. RNA-Seq of Arabidopsis pollen uncovers novel transcription and alternative splicing. Plant Physiology 162:1092-1109; doi:10.1104/pp.112.211441 pdf
Li S, Ge FR, Xu M, Zhao XY, Huang GQ, Zhou LZ, Wang JG, Kombrink A, McCormick S, Zhang XS, Zhang Y. 2013. Arabidopsis COBRA-LIKE 10, a GPI-anchored protein, mediates directional growth of pollen tube. Plant Journal 74:486-97; doi: 10.1111/tpj.12139 pdf
2012
Qin, P., Ting, D., Shieh, A. and McCormick, S. 2012. Callose plug deposition patterns vary in pollen tubes of Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes and in tomato species. BMC Plant Biology 12:178; doi:10.1186/1471-2229-12-178
Zoulias, N., Koenig, D., Hamidi, A., McCormick, S. and Kim, M. 2012. A role for PHANTASTICA in medio-lateral regulation of adaxial domain developments in tomato and tobacco leaves. Annals Botany 109:407-418; doi: 10.1093/aob/mcr295
2011
Zhang, Y., Li, S., Zhou, L-Z., Fox, E., Pao, J., Sun, W, Zhou, C. and McCormick, S. 2011. Overexpression of Arabidopsis thaliana PTEN caused accumulation of autophagic bodies in pollen tubes by disrupting phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate dynamics. Plant Journal68:1081-1092; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04761.x pdf
Alandete-Saez, M., Ron, M., Leiboff, S. and McCormick, S. 2011. Arabidopsis thaliana GEX1 has dual functions in gametophyte development and early embryogenesis. Plant Journal 68:620-632; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04713.x pdf
Zheng, B., Chen, X. and McCormick, S. 2011. The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome is a dual integrator that regulates both miRNA-mediated transcriptional regulation of Cyclin B1 and degradation of Cyclin B1 during Arabidopsis male gametophyte development. Plant Cell 23:1033-1046; doi:10/1105/tpc.111.083980 pdf
2010
Ron M, Alandete Saez M, Eshed Williams L, Fletcher JC, McCormick S. 2010. Proper regulation of a sperm-specific cis-nat-siRNA is essential for double fertilization in Arabidopsis. Genes & Development 24:1010-21. pdf
Joyard, J. and McCormick, S. 2010. Plant Systems Biology (editorial). Plant Physiology 152: 401. pdf
Muschietti J, McCormick S. 2010. Abscisic acid (ABA) receptors: light at the end of the tunnel. F1000 Biology Reports 2 pdf
Zhang Y, He J, Lee D, McCormick S. 2010. Interdependence of endomembrane trafficking and actin dynamics during polarized growth of Arabidopsis pollen tubes. Plant Physiology 152:2200-10. pdf
Wengier DL, Mazzella MA, Salem TM, McCormick S, Muschietti JP. 2010. STIL, a peculiar molecule from styles, specifically dephosphorylates the pollen receptor kinase LePRK2 and stimulates pollen tube growth in vitro. BMC Plant Biology 10:33.
Zhang Y, McCormick S. 2010. The regulation of vesicle trafficking by small GTPases and phospholipids during pollen tube growth.Sexual Plant Reproduction 23:87-93.
2009
Zhang, Y. and McCormick, S. 2009. The regulation of vesicle trafficking by small GTPases and phospholipids during pollen tube growth.Sexual Plant Reprod 23: 87-93.
Zhang Y, McCormick S. 2009. AGCVIII kinases: at the crossroads of cellular signaling. Trends Plant Science 14:689-95. pdf
Boavida LC, Shuai B, Yu H-J, Pagnussat GC, Sundaresan V, McCormick S. 2009. A collection of Ds insertional mutants associated with defects in male gametophyte development and function in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 181:1369-85. pdf
Zhang Y, He J, McCormick S. 2009. Two Arabidopsis AGC kinases are critical for the polarized growth of pollen tubes. Plant Journal 58:474-84. pdf
2008
Wang H, Boavida LC, Ron M, McCormick S. 2008. Truncation of a protein disulfide isomerase, PDIL2-1, delays embryo sac maturation and disrupts pollen tube guidance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 20:3300-11. pdf
Zhang D, Wengier D, Shuai B, Gui C-P, Muschietti J, McCormick S, Tang W-H. 2008. The pollen receptor kinase LePRK2 mediates growth-promoting signals and positively regulates pollen germination and tube growth. Plant Physiology 148:1368-79. pdf
Blanvillain R, Boavida LC, McCormick S, Ow DW. 2008. Exportin1 genes are essential for development and function of the gametophytes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 180:1493-500. pdf
Borges F, Gomes G, Gardner R, Moreno N, McCormick S, Feijó JA, Becker JD. 2008. Comparative transcriptomics of Arabidopsis sperm cells. Plant Physiology 148:1168-81. pdf
Jasinski S, Tattersall A, Piazza P, Hay A, Martinez-Garcia JF, Schmitz G, Theres K, McCormick S, Tsiantis M. 2008. PROCERA encodes a DELLA protein that mediates control of dissected leaf form in tomato. Plant Journal 56:603-12. pdf
Alandete-Saez M, Ron M, McCormick S. 2008. GEX3, expressed in the male gametophyte and in the egg cell of Arabidopsis thaliana, is essential for micropylar pollen tube guidance and plays a role during early embryogenesis. Molecular Plant 1:586-98. pdf
Zhang Y, McCormick S. 2008. Regulation of pollen tube polarity: Feedback loops rule. Plant Signaling & Behavior 3:345-7.
2007
Zhang Y, McCormick S. 2007. A distinct mechanism regulating a pollen-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor for the small GTPase Rop in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:18830-5. pdf
McCormick S. 2007. Reproductive dialog (Perspective). Science 317:606-7. pdf
Boavida LC, McCormick S. 2007. Temperature as a determinant factor for increased and reproducible in vitro pollen germination inArabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal 52:570-82. pdf
2006
Yang H, Kaur N, Kiriakopolos S, McCormick S. 2006. EST generation and analyses towards identifying female gametophyte-specific genes in Zea mays L. Planta 224:1004-14. pdf
2005
Engel ML, Holmes-Davis R, McCormick S. 2005. Green sperm. Identification of male gamete promoters in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 138:2124-33. pdf
Kaothien P, Ok S H, Shuai B, Wengier D, Cotter R, Kelley D, Kiriakopolos S, Muschietti J, McCormick S. 2005. Kinase partner protein interacts with the LePRK1 and LePRK2 receptor kinases and plays a role in polarized pollen tube growth. Plant Journal 42:492-503.pdf
Holmes-Davis R, Tanaka CK, Vensel WH, Hurkman WJ, McCormick S. 2005. Proteome mapping of mature pollen of Arabidopsis thaliana. Proteomics 5:4864-84. pdf
McCormick S, Yang H. 2005. Is there more than one way to attract a pollen tube? Trends Plant Science 10:260-3. pdf
2004
Guyon V, Tang W-H, Monti MM, Raiola A, Lorenzo G D, McCormick S, Taylor LP. 2004. Antisense phenotypes reveal a role for SHY, a pollen-specific leucine-rich repeat protein, in pollen tube growth. Plant Journal 39:643-54. pdf
Johnson-Brousseau SA, McCormick S. 2004. A compendium of methods useful for characterizing Arabidopsis pollen mutants and gametophytically-expressed genes. Plant Journal 39:761-75. pdf
McCormick S. 2004. Control of male gametophyte development. Plant Cell 16 Suppl:S142-53. pdf
Tang W, Kelley D, Ezcurra I, Cotter R, McCormick S. 2004. LeSTIG1, an extracellular binding partner for the pollen receptor kinases LePRK1 and LePRK2, promotes pollen tube growth in vitro. Plant Journal 39:343-53. pdf
Wang Y, Magnard J-L, McCormick S, Yang M. 2004. Progression through meiosis I and meiosis II in Arabidopsis anthers is regulated by an A-type cyclin predominately expressed in prophase I. Plant Physiology 136:4127-35. pdf
2003
Kim M, McCormick S, Timmermans M, Sinha N. 2003. The expression domain of PHANTASTICA determines leaflet placement in compound leaves. Nature 424:438-443.
Wengier D, Valsecchi I, Cabanas M L, Tang W-H, McCormick S, Muschietti J. 2003. The receptor kinases LePRK1 and LePRK2 associate in pollen and when expressed in yeast, but dissociate in the presence of style extract. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100:6860-6865. pdf
Kim M, Pham T, Hamidi A, McCormick S, Kuzoff RK, Sinha N. 2003. Reduced leaf complexity in tomato wiry mutants suggests a role for PHAN and KNOX genes in generating compound leaves. Development 130:4405-4415.
Engel ML, Chaboud A, Dumas C, McCormick S. 2003. Sperm cells of Zea mays have a complex complement of mRNAs. Plant Journal34:697-707. pdf
McCormick S. 2003. Writing: the clear choice. Nature 424:128. pdf
2002
Tang W, Ezcurra I, Muschietti J, McCormick S. 2002. A cysteine-rich extracellular protein, LAT52, interacts with the extracellular domain of the pollen receptor kinase LePRK2. Plant Cell 14:2277-87. pdf
Kim H U, Cotter R, Johnson S, Senda M, Dodds P, Kulikauska R, Tang W, Ezcura I, Herzmark P, McCormick S. 2002. New pollen-specific receptor kinases identified in tomato, maize and Arabidopsis: the tomato kinases show overlapping but distinct localization patterns on pollen tubes. Plant Molecular Biology 50:1-16. pdf
2001
Johnson, S. A. and McCormick, S. 2001. Pollen germinates precociously in the anthers of raring-to-go, an Arabidopsis gametophytic mutant. Plant Physiology 126:685-695. pdf
Cock, J.M. and McCormick, S. 2001. A large family of genes that share homology with Clavata3. Plant Physiology 126: 939-943. pdf
Magnard, J-M., Yang, M., Chen, Y-C. S., Leary, M. and McCormick, S. 2001. The Arabidopsis thaliana gene Tardy Asynchronous Meiosis(TAM) is required for the normal pace and synchrony of cell division during male meiosis. Plant Physiology 127: 1157-1166.
Stratford, S. Barnes, W., Hohorst, D.L., Sagert, J.G., Cotter, R., Golubiewski, A., Showalter, A., McCormick, S. and Bedinger, P. 2001. A leucine-rich repeat is conserved in pollen extensin-like (Pex) proteins in monocots and dicots. Plant Molecular Biology 46:43-56.
2000
Bedinger, P., Stratford, S., Barnes, W., Hohorst, D.L., Sagert, J.G., Cotter, R., Golubiewski, A., Anderson, J.R. and McCormick, S. 2000.Extensin chimeras in the pollen extracellular matrix: possible roles in cell-cell communication, In Geitmann, A., Cresti, M., Heath, I.B. (eds.), NATO Science Series "Cell Biology of Plant and Fungal Tip Growth", IOS Press, Amsterdam.
1999
Gaude,T. and McCormick, S. 1999. Signaling in pollen-pistil interactions. Sem Cell Dev Biol 10:139-147.
Ylstra, B. and McCormick, S. 1999. Analysis of mRNA stabilities during pollen development and in BY2 cells. Plant Journal 20:101-108. pdf
1998
McCormick, S. 1998. Self-incompatibility and other pollen-pistil interactions. Curr Opin Pl Biol 1: 18-25. pdf
Muschietti, J.P., Eyal, Y. and McCormick, S. 1998. Pollen tube localization implies a role in pollen-pistil interactions for the tomato receptor-like protein kinases LePRK1 and LePRK2. Plant Cell 10: 319-330. pdf
1997
Gorman, S.W. and McCormick, S. 1997. Male sterile genes of tomato. Crit Rev Plant Sci 16: 31-53.
Kulikauskas, R. and McCormick, S. 1997. Identification of the tobacco and Arabidopsis homologs of the pollen-expressed LAT59 gene of tomato. Plant Mol Biol 34: 809-814.
Curie, C. and McCormick, S. 1997. A strong inhibitor of gene expression in the 5'-untranslated region of the pollen-specific LAT59 gene of tomato. Plant Cell 9: 2025-2036. pdf
1996
Chen, Y-C.S. and McCormick, S. 1996. side-car pollen, an Arabidopsis thaliana male gametophytic mutant with aberrant cell divisions during pollen development. Development 122: 3243-3253.
Dircks, L., Vancanneyt, G. and McCormick, S. 1996. Biochemical characterization and baculovirus expression of the pectate lyase-like LAT56 and LAT59 pollen proteins of tomato. Plant Physiol Biochem 34: 509-520.
Gorman, S.W., Banasiak, D., Fairley, C. and McCormick, S. 1996. A 610 kb YAC clone harbors 7 cM of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) DNA that includes the male sterile 14 gene and a hotspot for recombination. Mol Gen Genet 251: 52-59.
Liedl, B.E., McCormick, S. and Mutschler, M.A. 1996. Unilateral incongruity in crosses involving Lycopersicon pennellii andL.esculentum is distinct from self-incompatibility in expression, timing and location. Sexual Plant Reprod 9: 299-308.
Whitham, S., McCormick, S. and Baker, B. 1996. The N gene of tobacco confers resistance to tobacco mosaic virus in transgenic tomato. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93: 8776-8781.
1995
Eyal, Y., Curie, C. and McCormick, S. 1995. Pollen specificity elements reside in 30 bp of the proximal promoters of two pollen-expressed genes. Plant Cell 7: 373-384.
Gorman, S.W. and McCormick, S. 1995. Identification of the RFLP markers flanking male sterile 7 (ms7) on chromosome 11. Tomato Genetics Cooperative 45: 25.
Kulikauskas, R., Hou, A., Muschietti, J. and McCormick, S. 1995. Comparisons of diverse plant species reveal that only grasses show drastically reduced levels of ubiquitin monomer in mature pollen. Sexual Plant Reproduction 8: 326-332.
McCormick, S. 1995. Edward H. Coe, Jr., An appreciation. Maydica 40: 3-6.
1994
McCormick, S. 1994. Molecular and functional analysis of pollen-active genes. in Genetic Control of Self-Incompatibility and Reproductive Development in Flowering Plants, E.G. Williams, R.B. Knox and A.E. Clarke (eds), pp. 360-371, Kluwer.
McCormick, S., Chen, S., Curie, C., Eyal, Y. and Kulikauskas, R. 1994. Molecular and genetic analyses of pollen development. in Pollen-pistil interactions and pollen tube growth, Current Topics in Plant Physiology, an ASPP Series, Vol. 12, A. Stephenson and T-H. Kao (eds), pp. 29-38.
McCormick, S., Curie, C., Eyal, Y., Muschietti, J., Dircks, L. and Kulikauskas, R. 1994. Molecular biology of male gametogenesis.Euphytica 79: 245-250.
Muschietti, J., Dircks, L., Vancanneyt, G. and McCormick, S. 1994. LAT52 protein is essential for tomato pollen development: Pollen expressing antisense LAT52 RNA hydrates and germinates abnormally and cannot achieve fertilization. Plant Journal 6: 321-338.
1993
Liedl, B.E., McCormick, S. and Mutschler, M.A. 1993. A clearing technique for the study of GUS activity in pollen tubes and ovules of Lycopersicon. Plant Mol Biol Reporter 11: 194-201.
McCormick, S. 1993. Molecular analysis of gene regulation and function during pollen development. in Molecular Biology of Tomato, J. Yoder (ed), pp. 153-159, Technomic.
McCormick, S. 1993. Male gametophyte development. Plant Cell 5: 1265-1275.
1991
McCormick, S. 1991. Molecular analysis of male gametogenesis in plants. Trends Genetics 7: 298-302.
McCormick, S. 1991. Transformation of tomato with Agrobacterium tumefaciens.in Plant Tissue Culture Manual, Fundamentals and Applications, K. Lindsey (ed), Kluwer, Volume B6: 1-9.
McCormick, S., Yamaguchi, J. and Twell, D. 1991. Deletion analysis of pollen-expressed promoters. In Vitro Cell Devel Biol 27P: 15-20.
McCormick, S., Twell, D., Vancanneyt, G. and Yamaguchi, J. 1991. Molecular analysis of gene regulation and function during male gametophyte development. in Proceedings of SEB Symposium on Molecular Biology of Plant Development, G. Jenkins and W. Schuch (eds), pp. 229-244.
Osborne, B.I., Corr, C.A., Prince, J.P., Hehl, R., Tanksley, S.D., McCormick, S. and Baker, B. 1991. Ac transposition from a T-DNA can generate linked and unlinked clusters in the tomato genome. Genetics 129: 833-844.
Twell, D., Yamaguchi, J., Wing, R.A., Ushiba, J. and McCormick, S. 1991. Promoter analysis of genes that are coordinately expressed during pollen development reveals pollen-specific enhancer sequences and shared regulatory elements. Genes & Development 5: 496-507.
Twell, D., Klein, T.M., and McCormick, S. 1991. Transformation of pollen by particle bombardment. in Plant Tissue Culture Manual, Fundamentals and Applications, K. Lindsey (ed), Kluwer, Volume D1: 1-12.
1990
Twell, D., Yamaguchi, J. and McCormick, S. 1990. Pollen-specific gene expression in transgenic plants: coordinate regulation of two different tomato gene promoters during microsporogenesis. Development 109: 705-713.
1989
Duck, N., McCormick, S. and Winter, J. 1989. Hsp70 cognate expression in vegetative and reproductive organs of Lycopersicon esculentum. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 86: 3674-3678.
McCormick, S., Twell, D., Wing, R., Ursin, V., Yamaguchi, J. and Larabell, S. 1989. Anther-specific genes: molecular characterization and promoter analysis in transgenic plants. in Plant reproduction: from floral induction to pollination, Symposium in Plant Physiology, E. Lord and G. Bernier (eds.) pp. 128-135.
Twell, D., Klein, T.M., Fromm, M.E. and McCormick, S. 1989. Transient expression of chimeric genes delivered into pollen by microprojectile bombardment. Plant Physiology 91: 1270-1274.
Twell, D., Wing, R., Yamaguchi, J. and McCormick, S. 1989. Isolation and expression of an anther-specific gene from tomato. Mol. Gen Genetics 217: 240-245.
Ursin, V., Yamaguchi, J. and McCormick, S. 1989. Gametophytic and sporophytic expression of anther-specific genes in developing tomato anthers. Plant Cell 1: 727-736.
Wing, R., Yamaguchi, J., Larabell, S., Ursin, V. and McCormick, S. 1989. Molecular and genetic characterization of two pollen-expressed genes that have sequence similarity to pectate lyases of the plant pathogen Erwinia. Plant Mol Biol 14: 17-28.
1988
Catlin, D., Ochoa, O., McCormick, S. and Quiros, C. 1988. Celery transformation by Agrobacterium tumefaciens: cytological and genetic analysis of transgenic plants. Plant Cell Reports 7: 100-103.
Nelson, R., McCormick, S., Delannay, X., Dube, P., Layton, J., Anderson, E., Kaniewska, M., Proksch, R., Horsch, R., Rogers, S., Fraley, R. and Beachy, R. 1988. Virus tolerance, plant growth, and field performance of transgenic tomato plants expressing coat protein from tobacco mosaic virus. Biotechnology 6: 403-409.
1987
Fischhoff, D., Bowdish, K., Perlak, F., Marrone, P., McCormick, S., Niedermeyer, J., Dean, D., Kusano-Kretzmer, K., Mayer, E., Rochester, D., Rogers, S., and Fraley, R. 1987. Insect tolerant transgenic tomato plants. Biotechnology 5: 807-813.
McCormick, S., Smith, A., Gasser, C., Sachs, K., Hinchee, M., Horsch, R. and Fraley, R. 1987. Identification of genes specifically expressed in reproductive organs of tomato. Biotechnology, D.Nevins and R. Jones, eds. Alan R.Liss, pp. 255-265.
1986 and earlier
McCormick, S., Niedermeyer, J., Fry, J., Barnason, A., Horsch, R. and Fraley, R. 1986. Leaf disc transformation of cultivated tomato (L.esculentum) using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Cell Reports 5: 81-84.
McCormick, S., Mauvais, J and Fedoroff, N. 1982. Evidence that the two sucrose synthetase genes in maize are related. Molec Gen Genet 187: 494-500.
Coe, .H., McCormick, S. and Modena, S. 1981. White pollen in maize. J Hered 72: 318-320.
McCormick, S. 1978. Pigment synthesis in maize aleurone from precursors fed to anthocyanin mutants. Biochem Genet 16: 777-785.