research overview
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- The research involved the cloning of genes for the sensory perception of signals for mitosis and appressorium development.
- Studied the development of appressoria on substrates that trigger germling development
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Staples, Richard C
George L. McNew Scientist Emeritus
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- Adjunct Professor, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (PPPMB), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) - 2011
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- Microinjected antisense INF24 oligonucleotides inhibit appressorium development in Uromyces. Mycological Research. 102:1513-1518. 1998
- Inhibition of thigmostimulated cell differentiation with RGD-peptides in Uromyces germlings. Protoplasma. 194:91-102. 1996
- Superoxide dismutase: a differentiation protein expressed in Uromyces germlings during early appressorium development. Experimental Mycology. 19:284-296. 1995
- The autogenic extracellular environment of Uromyces appendiculatus urediospore germlings. Mycologia. 85:392-400. 1993
- Appressorium formation in response to topographical signals by 27 rust species. Phytopathology. 81:323-331. 1991
- Cytoskeletal organization in Uromyces urediospore germling apices during appressorium formation. Protoplasma. 165:37-50. 1991
- The effect of pH and K+ on appressorium formation by Uromyces appendiculatus urediospore germlings. Experimental Mycology. 15:356-360. 1991
- Isolation and purification of actin from the phytopathogenic filamentous fungus, Uromyces appendiculatus. European Journal of Cell Biology. 53:364-372. 1990
- Cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP and bean rust uredospore germlings. Experimental Mycology. 13:100-104. 1989
- Heat shock-induced development of infection structures by bean rust uredospore germlings. Experimental Mycology. 13:149-157. 1989
- The use of fluorochromes in the study of fungal cytology and differentiation. Topical Review. Experimental Mycology. 13:303-320. 1989
- An intact microtubule cytoskeleton is necessary for mediation of the signal for cell differentiation in Uromyces. European Journal of Cell Biology. 45:209-218. 1987
- Association of the microtubule cytoskeleton with the thigmotropic signal for appressorium formation in Uromyces. Mycologia. 79:540-545. 1987
- Cell-substratum adhesive protein involved in surface contact responses of the bean rust fungus. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 30:373-388. 1987
- Chemically induced appressoria in Uromyces appendiculatus are formed aerially, apart from the substrate. Mycologia. 79:418-424. 1987
- Infection structures-- form and function. Topical Review. Experimental Mycology. 11:163-169. 1987
- Purification of calmodulin from bean rust uredospores. Experimental Mycology. 11:231-235. 1987
- Signaling for growth orientation and cell differentiation by surface topography in Uromyces. Science. 235:1659-1662. 1987
- Structural and chemical changes among the rust fungi during appressorium formation. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 25:231-247. 1987
- Inhibition of cell differentiation in Uromyces with D2O and taxol. European Journal of Cell Biology. 41:290-297. 1986
- The involvement of F-actin in Uromyces cell differentiation: The effects of cytochalasin E and Phalloidin. Protoplasma. 135:88-101. 1986
- Effect of potassium on sugar uptake and assimilation by bean rust germlings. Mycologia. 77:248-452. 1985
- Extracellular proteins associated with induction of differentiation in bean rust uredospore germlings. Phytopathology. 75:1073-1076. 1985
- Recognition of host morphology by rust fungi; responses and mechanisms. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 7:314-322. 1985
- The development of infection structures by the rust and other fungi. Microbiol. Sci. 2:193-198. 1985
- The microtubule cytoskeleton in hyphae of Uromyces phaseoli germlings: Its relationship to the region of nucleation and to the F-actin cytoskeleton. Protoplasma. 124:112-122. 1985
- Evidence that cyclic AMP initiates nuclear division and infection structure formation in the bean rust fungus, Uromyces phaseoli. Experimental Mycology. 8:37-46. 1984
- Metabolic alterations in bean rust germlings during differentiation induced by potassium ion. Experimental Mycology. 8:183-192. 1984
- Contact with membrane grooves induces wheat stem rust uredospore germlings to differentiate appressoria but not vesicles. Phytopathology. 73:1436-1439. 1983
- Letter to the Editor: Terminology to describe the differentiation response by germling of fungal spores. Phytopathology. 73:380. 1983
- Potassium ions induce rust fungi to develop infection structures. Experimental Mycology. 7:40-46. 1983
- Ultrastructural organization of the non-differentiated uredospore germling of Uromyces phaseoli. Mycologia. 75:795-824. 1983
- Visualization of actin in situ by rhodamine-conjugated phalloin in the fungus Uromyces phaseoli. European Journal of Cell Biology. 32:52-58. 1983
- A possible role for microtubules in the induction of nuclear division in bean rust uredospore germlings. Experimental Mycology. 6:293-302. 1982
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- Physical and chemical clues for spore germination and appressorial formation by fungal pathogens. The Mycota, Volume V: Plant Relationships, Part A. 27-40. 1997
- Signaling for infection structure formation in fungi. The Fungal Spore and Disease Initiation in Plants and Animals. 1991
- Preinfection changes in germlings of a rust fungus induced by host contact. Biotechnology for Crop Protection. 82-93. 1988
- Gene expression during infection structure development by germlings of the rust fungus. Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions. 331-341. 1986
- A sensing mechanism in rust uredospore germlings responsive to host morphology starts the cell cycle. Infection Processes in Fungi. 1984
- Fungi for the biocontrol of insects: Tools and trends 1992
Service
current professional activities
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- Reviews Editor for FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Writes invited commentary on science
- With Len Weinstein, is writing a history of BTI, 1974-2000
Background
awards and distinctions listing
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- Ruth Allen Award, 1994