Quatrano, R.S. 1968. Rhizoid formation in Fucus zygotes:
Dependence on protein and RNA synthesis. Science 162:468-470.
Quatrano, R.S. 1973. Separation of processes associated with cellular
differentiation in two-celled Fucus embryos. Develop. Biol.
30:209-213.
Hogsett, W.E. and R.S. Quatrano. 1978. Sulfation of fucoidan in
Fucus embryos. III. Required for localization in the
rhizoid wall. J. Cell Biol. 78:866-873.
Brawley, S.H. and R.S. Quatrano. 1979. Sulfation of fucoidan in
Fucus embryos. IV.Autoradiographic investigations of fucoidan
sulfation and secretion during differentiation and the effect of
cytochalasin treatment. Develop. Biol. 73:193-205.
Luthe, D.S. and R.S. Quatrano. 1980. Transcription in isolated wheat
nuclei. II. Characterization of RNA synthesized in vitro. Pl.
Physiol. 65:309-313.
Triplett, D.S. and R.S. Quatrano. 1982. Timing, localization, and
control of wheat germ agglutinin synthesis in developing wheat
embryos. Develop. Biol. 91:491-496.
Griffing, L. and R.S. Quatrano. 1984. Isoelectric focusing of plant cell
membranes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81:4804-4808.
Williamson, J.D., R.S. Quatrano and A. Cuming. 1985. Em-polypeptide and
its messenger RNA levels are modulated by abscisic acid during
embryogenesis in wheat. Eur. J. Biochem. 152:501-507.
Kropf, D.L., B. Kloareg, and Quatrano, R. S. 1988. Cell wall is required
for fixation of the embryonic axes in Fucus zygotes.
Science. 239:187-190.
Marcotte, W.R. Jr., C.C. Bayley and Quatrano, R. S. 1988. Regulation of
a wheat promoter by abscisic acid in rice protoplasts. Nature
335:454-457.
Kropf, D.L., S.K. Berge and Quatrano, R. S. 1989. Actin localization
during Fucus embryogenesis. Plant Cell 1:191-200.
Feldmann, K.A., M.D. Marks, M.L. Christianson and Quatrano, R.S. 1989. A
dwarf mutant of Arabidopsis generated by T-DNA insertion
mutagenesis. Science 243:1351-1354.
Marcotte, W.R. Jr., Russell, S.H. and Quatrano, R. S. 1989. Abscisic
acid responsive sequences from the Em gene of wheat. Plant Cell
1:969-976.
Guiltinan, M. J., W. R. Marcotte, Jr., and Quatrano, R. S. (1990). A plant
leucine zipper protein that recognizes an abscisic acid element.
Science 250: 267-271.
Bostock, R. M. and Quatrano, R. S. 1992. Regulation of Em gene expression
in rice: interaction between osmotic stress and abscisic acid. Plant
Physiol. 98: 1356-1363.
Wagner, V., L. Brian and Quatrano, R. S. 1992. Role of a vitronectin-like
molecule in embryo adhesion of the brown alga Fucus. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. U. S. A. 89: 3644-48.
Schnall, J. and Quatrano, R. S.. 1992. Abscisic acid elicits the
water-stress response in root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana. Pl.
Physiol. 100:216-218.
Ib. Journal Articles (1993-98)
Pla, M., J. Vilardell, M.J. Guiltinan, W.R. Marcotte, M.F. Niogret, R. S.
Quatrano and M. Pages. 1993. The cis-regulatory element CCACGTGG is
involved in ABA and water-stress responses of the maize gene rab
28. Pl. Mol. Biol. 21: 259-266.
Goodner, B. W., Davis, J. D. and Quatrano, R. S. 1995. Sequence of actin
cDNA from Fucus disticus. Plant Physiol. 107:1007-1008.
Taylor, J.E., Renwick, K.F., Webb, A.A.R., McAinsh, M. R., Furini, A.,
Bartels, D., Quatrano, R.S., Marcotte, W.R. and Hetherington, A. M.
1995. ABA-regulated promoter activity in stomatal guard cells. The
Plant Journal 7: 129-134.
Knight, C.D., Sehgal, A., Atwal, K., Wallace, J. C., Cove, D.J., Coates,
D., Quatrano, R.S., Bahadur, S., Stockley, P. G. and Cuming, A.C. 1995.
Molecular responses to abscisic acid and stress are conserved
between moss and cereals. Plant Cell 7: 499-506.
Nantel, A., Medina, J. and Quatrano, R.S. 1995. An improved protocol for
library screening by protein:protein interactions with biotinylated
MBP-fusion proteins. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep13: 164-173.
Shaw, S., Salmon, T. and Quatrano, R.S. 1995. Digital photography for the
light microscope: results with a gated video-rate CCD camera and NIH
image. Biotechniques 19:946-955.
Vasil, V., Marcotte, W., Rosenkrans, L., Cocciolone, S.M., Vasil, I. K.,
Quatrano, R. S. and McCarty, D. R. 1995. Overlap of VP1 and ABA
Response Elements in the Em Promoter: G-box elements are sufficient
but not necessary for VP1 transactivation. Plant Cell 7:
1511-1518.
Bouget, F-Y., Gerttula, S. and Quatrano, R. S. 1995. Spatial distribution
of poly A + RNA during polarization of the Fucus zygote is
dependent upon microfilaments. Devel. Biol. 171: 258-261.
Bouget, F-Y., Kerbourch, Liaud, M-F., de Goer, S., Quatrano, R. S., Cerff,
R. and Kloareg, B. 1995. Structural features and phylogeny of the
actin gene of Chondrus crispus (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta).
Curr. Genet. 28: 164-172.
Bouget, F-Y., Gerttula, S. and Quatrano, R. S. 1995. A new
non-radioactive in situ hybridization protocol for Fucus
(Phaeophyta) embryos. J. Phycol. 31: 1027-1030.
Rock, C. D. and Quatrano, R. S. 1996. Lanthanide ions are agonists of
transient gene expression in rice protoplasts and act in synergy
with ABA to increase Em gene expression. Plant Cell Rept.
15:371-376.
Shaw, S. and Quatrano, R. S. 1996. Polar localization of a dihydropyridine
receptor on living Fucus zygotes. J. Cell Sci. 109:
335-342.
Cove, D. J., Quatrano, R. S. and Hartmann, E. 1996. The alignment of the
axis of asymmetry in regenerating protoplasts of the moss, Ceratodon
purpureus, is determined independently of axis polarity.
Development122:371-379.
Bouget, F-Y., Gertulla, S., Shaw, S.L. and Quatrano, R.S. 1996.
Localization of actin mRNA during the establishment of cell polarity and
early cell divisions in Fucus embryos. Plant Cell 8:
189-201.
Hill, A., Nantel, A., Rock, C. D. and Quatrano, R. S. 1996. A conserved
domain of the viviparous-1 gene product enhances the DNA-binding
activity of the bZIP factor EmBP-1 and other transcription factors.
J. Biol. Chem. 271: 3366-3374.
Shaw, S. and Quatrano, R.S. 1996. The role of targeted secretion in the
establishment of cell polarity and the orientation of the division plane
in Fucus zygotes. Development 122: 2623-2630.
Schultz, T., Spiker, S. and Quatrano, R.S. (1996). Histone H1 enhances
the binding activity of the transcription factor EmBP-1. J. Biol
Chem. 271: 25742-25745.
Nantel, A. and Quatrano, R. S. 1996. Characterization of three rice bZIP
factors, including two inhibitors of EmBP-1 DNA-binding activity. J.
Biol. Chem. 271:31296-31305.
Schultz, T. and Quatrano, R.S. 1997. Characterization and expression of a
rice RAD23 gene. Plant Mol. Biol. 34: 557-562.
Razik, M. A. and Quatrano, R.S. 1997. Effect of the nuclear factors EmBP1
and Viviparous1 on the transcription of the Em gene in HeLa nuclear
extracts. Plant Cell 9:1791-1803.
Schultz, T. and Quatrano, R.S. 1997. Evidence for surface perception of
abscisic acid by rice suspension cells as assayed by Em gene expression.
Plant Science 130: 63-71.
Schultz, T., Medina, J., Hill, A. and Quatrano, R. S. 1998. 14-3-3
proteins are part of an ABA/VP1 response complex in the Em promoter
and interact with VP1 and EmBP1. Plant Cell 10: 837-848.
II.a Reviews/Book Chapters (Selected from 1968)
Quatrano, R.S. 1968. Biochemical and fine structural studies on rhizoid
formation in Fucus zygotes. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of
Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 126 pp.
Quatrano, R.S. 1978. Development of cell polarity. Annual Review
Plant Physiology. 29:487-510.
Quatrano, R.S., S.H. Brawley and W.E. Hogsett. 1979. The control of the
polar deposition of a sulfated polysaccharide in Fucus zygotes.
In: Determinants of Spatial Organization (eds. S. Subtelny
and I.R. Konigsberg) pp. 77-96, 37th Annual Symposium of the Society for
Developmental Biology, Madison, Wisconsin, June 1978. Academic Press,
New York.
Quatrano, R.S. 1980. Gamete release, fertilization and embryogenesis in
the fucales. In: Handbook of Phycological Methods, Vol. III
Developmental and Cytological Methods, (ed. E. Gantt), Chapter 6
pp.59-68. Cambridge University Press.
Quatrano, R.S. 1982. Cell wall formation in Fucus zygotes: A
model system to study the assembly and localization of wall
polymers. In: Cellulose and Other Natural Polymers Systems:
Biogenesis. Structure and Degradation. (ed. R.M. Brown), Chapt. 3,
pp 45-59. Plenum.
Quatrano, R.S., B.L. Ballo, J.D. Williamson, M.T. Hamblin, and M.
Mansfield. 1983. ABA controlled expression of embryo specific
genes during wheat grain development. In Plant Biology (ed.
R.L. Goldberg) UCLA Symp. Mol. Cell Biol. New Series. Vol. XII pp.
343-53, Liss, Inc., New York.
Quatrano, R.S. 1986. Regulation of gene expression by abscisic acid
during angiosperm embryo development. In: Oxford Surveys of Plant
Molecular and Cell Biology (Ed. B. J. Miflin). Vol. 3:467-477.
Oxford Press, N.Y.
Kloareg, B. and R.S. Quatrano. 1988. Structure of the cell walls of
marine algae and ecophysiological functions of the matrix
polysaccharides. Oceanography and Marine Biology:An Annual
Review 26:259-315.
Berge, S. K., D. M. Bartholomew and R. S. Quatrano. 1989. Control of the
expression of wheat embryo genes by abscisic acid. In: Molecular
Basis of Plant Development (ed. R. L. Goldberg), pp.193-201.
UCLA Symp. Mol. Cell Biol. New Series, Liss Inc., N. Y.
Kung, S-D., Bills, D. D., and Quatrano, R. 1989. Eds. Biotechnology and
Food Quality. Proceedings of the First International Symposium,
Univ. of Maryland (1988). 55pp. Butterworths, Boston.
Quatrano, R. S. 1990. Polar axis fixation and cytoplasmic localization in
Fucus. In: Genetics of Pattern Formation and Growth Control (Ed.
A. Mahowald), Chapt. 3 pp. 31-46. Wiley-Liss, N.Y.
Hetherington, A. and R. S. Quatrano 1991. Mechanisms of action of
abscisic acid at the cellular level. New Phytologist 119: 9-32.
II.b Reviews/Book Chapters (1993-98)
Quatrano, R. S., M. J. Guiltinan, and W. R. Marcotte, Jr. 1993.
Regulation of gene expression by abscisic acid. In: Control of
Plant Gene Expression
(Ed. D-P. S. Verma), Chapt. 5 pp. 69-90. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Goodner, B. and Quatrano, R. S. 1993. Fucus embryogenesis: A model to
study the establishment of polarity. Plant Cell 5:1471-1481.
Marcotte, W.R., Jr. and Quatrano, R.S. 1993. AB A-regulated gene
expression: cis-acting sequences. In: Plant Responses to Cellular
Dehydration during Environmental Stress. [Eds. T.J. Close and E.A.
Bray], pp. 185-192. American Society of Plant Physiologists,
Rockville, MD.
Rock, C. and Quatrano, R.S. 1994. Insensitivity is in the genes.
Current Biology 4:1013-1015.
Rock, C. and Quatrano, R.S. 1995. The role of hormones during seed
development. In:Plant Hormones: Physiology, Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology. (Ed. P. Davies). pp. 671-697. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Fowler, J. E. and Quatrano, R. S. 1995. Cell polarity, asymmetric
division, and cell fate determination in brown algal zygotes. IN:
Seminars in Developmental Biology (Ed. D. Kirk), "Simple systems
for the analysis of important developmental problems". Vol. 6, pp.
347-358. Acad. Press, Cambridge, UK.
Quatrano, R.S. and Shaw, S. 1997. Role of the cell wall in the
determination of cell polarity and the plane of cell division in
Fucus> embryos. Trends in Plant Science 2: 15-21.
Quatrano, R.S., Bartels, D, Ho, T-H, and Pages, M. 1997. New insights into
ABA-mediated processes. Plant Cell 9: 470-475.
Fowler, J. E. and Quatrano, R.S. 1997. Plant cell morphogenesis: plasma
membrane interactions with the cytoskeleton and cell wall. Ann. Rev.
Cell & Develop. Biol. 13: 697-743.
Quatrano, R.S. 1997. Cortical asymmetries direct the establishment of cell
polarity and the plane of cell division in Fucus embryos. IN: Pattern
Formation During Development (Ed. B. Stillman). Vol. LXII.
pp. 65-70, Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biololgy, Cold
Spring Harbor, NY.
Wetherbee, R., Lind, J.L., Burke, J., and Quatrano, R. S. 1998. The first
kiss: establishment and control of initial adhesion by raphid
diatoms. J. Phycology 34:9-15.
Davies, E., Abe, S., Larkins, B. A., Clore, A. M., Quatrano, R. S. and
Weidner, S. 1998. The role of the cytoskeleton in plant protein
synthesis. IN: A Look Beyond Transcription: Mechanisms Determining
mRNA Stability and Translation in Plants (Eds. J. N. Bailey Serres
and D. R. Gallie), pp. 115-124. Amer. Soc. Pl. Physiol., Rockville,
MD.
Quatrano, R. S. 1998. Surface control of cell polarity, the plane of cell
division, and cell fate in Fucus embryos. IN: Cellular Integration
of Signalling Pathways in Plant Development (Eds. LoSchiavo, F.,
Raikhel, N., Last, R. and Morelli, G.). NATO Advanced Study
Institute Series Vol. 104, pp. 189-194.
III. Articles from my lab by research associates
Hansen, J. B., R. Scott Doubet and J. Ram 1984. Alginase
enzyme production by Bacillus circulans. Appl. Enviorn. Microbiol.
47: 704-709.
Pedersen, T. J., L. J. Arwood, S. Spiker, M. J. Guiltinan
and W. F. Thompson 1991. High mobility group chromosomal proteins bind to
AT-rich tracts flanking plant genes. Pl. Mol. Biol. 16: 95-104.
Errampalli, D., D. Patton, L. Castle, L. Mickelson, K. Hansen, J.
Schnall, K. Feldmann and D. Meinke 1991. Embryonic lethals and
T-DNA insertional mutagenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell
3:149-157.
Wagner, V. T. and A.G. Matthysse 1992. Involvement of a
vitronectin-like protein in the attachment of Agrobacterium
tumefaciens to carrot suspension culture cells. J. Bacteriol. 174,
5999-6003.
Matthysse, A. G. and Wagner, V. T. 1994. Attachment of
Agrobacterium tumefaciens to host cells. In: C. I. Kado and J.
Crosa (Eds.) Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Virulence. pp.
79-92. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
IV. Patents
James C. Litts, William R. Marcotte, Jr. and Ralph S. Quatrano. DNA
promoter fragments from wheat. U.S. Patent # 5,139,954. August
18, 1992.
V. Articles Submitted 1997/98
Cove, D.J., Hope, I.A. and Quatrano, R.S. Polarity in biological
systems.
Cove, D.J., Quatrano, R.S. and Hartmann, E. The morphogenetic gradient
determining axis polarity in regenerating protoplasts of moss,
Ceratadon purpureus, involves phytochrome. Pl. Cell and
Environ.
VI. Articles In Preparation
Nagpal, P. and Quatrano, R. S. (1998). Characterization of an
Arabidopsis plasma membrane protein with an integrin domain.
Fowler, J. and Quatrano, R. S. (1998). Characterization of a
rac-like GTPase from zygotes of Fucus distichus and its role in the
establishment of cellular polarity.
Taylor, C and Quatrano, R. S. (1998). Characterization of a gene
expressed during Fucus embryogenesis whose product is localized in
the cell wall only at the site of polar growth.
Grillo, S. and Quatrano, R.S. (1998). Regulation of Em protein
accumulation by ABA and water stress during early seedling growth of
cereals.
Magnard, J.L. and Quatrano, R. S. (1998). Regulation of the Em
gene by water stress requires the identical promoter elements as abscisic
acid.