Recent Publications              

Alleman, M., L. Sidorenko, K. McGinnis, V. Seshadri, J. E. Dorweiler, J. White, K. Sikkink and V. L. Chandler.  2006. An RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is required for paramutation in maize.  Nature, 442:295-298.

Stam, M., C. Belele, P. Lennertz, Z. Mobasher, J. E. Dorweiler, W. Ramakrishna, J. Bennetzen and V. L. Chandler.  2002.  The regulatory regions required for B¹ paramutation and expression are located far upstream of maize b1 transcribed sequences.  Genetics, 162:917-930.

Stam, M., C. Belele, C., J.E. Dorweiler and V.L. Chandler.  2002. Differential chromatin structure within a tandem array 100 kb upstream of the maize b1 locus is associated with paramutation.  Genes Dev., 16:1906-1918.

Lisch, D., C.C. Carey, J.E. Dorweiler and V.L. Chandler.  2002. A mutation that prevents paramutation in maize also reverses Mutator transposon methylation and silencing.  PNAS, 99:6130-6135.

Dorweiler, J. E., C. C. Carey, K. M. Kubo, J. B. Hollick, J. Kermicle, and V. L. Chandler.  2000.  mediator of paramutation-1 (mop1) is required for establishment and maintenance of paramutation at multiple maize loci.  Plant Cell, 12:2101-2118.

Chandler, V. L., W. B. Eggleston, and J. E. Dorweiler.  2000.  Paramutation in Maize.  Plant Molecular Biology, 43:121-145.

Hollick, J. B., J. E. Dorweiler and V. L. Chandler.  1997.  Paramutation and related allelic interactions.  Trends in Genetics, 13:302-308.

Dorweiler, J. E. and J. Doebley  1997.  Developmental analysis of teosinte glume architecure 1:  A key locus in the evolution of maize (Poaceae).  Am. J. Botany,  84:1313-1322.

Dorweiler, J., A. Stec, J. Kermicle and J. Doebley  1993.  Teosinte glume architecture-1: A genetic locus controlling a key step in maize evolution.  Science, 262:233-235.