Selected Publications
Ping Han, Berenice García-Ponce, Gabriel Fonseca-Salazar, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, and Hao Yu. 2008. AGAMOUS-LIKE 17, a novel flowering promoter, acts in a FT-independent photoperiod pathway. Plant Journal 55(2): 253-265 abstract | full text | article in pdf format
Rosalinda Tapia-López, Berenice García-Ponce, Joseph G. Dubrovsky, Adriana Garay-Arroyo, Rigoberto V. Pérez-Ruíz, Sun-Hyung Kim, Francisca Acevedo, Soraya Pelaz, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2008. An AGAMOUS-related MADS-box gene, XAL1 (AGL12), regulates root meristem cell proliferation and flowering transition in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 146(3): 1182-1192 abstract | full text | article in pdf format
Patricia Delgado, Luís Enrique Eguiarte, Francisco Molina-Freaner, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla and Daniel Piñero. 2008. Using phylogenetic, genetic and demographic evidence for setting conservation priorities for Mexican rare pines. Biodiversity and Conservation 17(1): 121-137 full text | article in pdf format
Alejandra Vázquez-Lobo, Annelie Carlsbecker, Francisco Vergara-Silva, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, Daniel Piñero, and Peter Engström. 2007. Characterization of the expression patterns of LEAFY/FLORICAULA and NEEDLY orthologs in female and male cones of the conifer genera Picea, Podocarpus, and Taxus: implications for current evo-devo hypotheses for gymnosperms. Evolution and Development 9(5): 446-459 abstract | full text | article in pdf format
Patricia Delgado, Rodolfo Salas-Lizana, Alejandra Vázquez-Lobo, Ana Wegier, Maria Anzidei, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla Giovanni G. Vendramin, and Daniel Piñero. 2007. Introgressive hybridization in Pinus montezumae lamb and Pinus pseudostrobus lindl. (pinaceae): Morphological and molecular (cpSSr) evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168(6): 861-875 abstract | full text | article in pdf format
Gabriel S. Fonseca, Berenice Garcia, Marcelina Garcia, Ursula Flores, Soraya Pelaz and Elena Alvarez-Buylla. 2007. XAANTAL3 (AGL17) is an ANR1-like MADS-box gene that regulates Arabidopsis root meristern behaviour and mediates morphogenetic responses under nitrogen and phosphorus starvation. Developmental Biology 306(1): 449-449 full text | article in pdf format
Mariana Benitez , C. Espinosa-Soto Carlos, Pablo Padilla-Longoria, Jose Diaz, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2007. Equivalent genetic regulatory recover contrasting spatial cell networks in different contexts patterns that resemble those in Arabidopsis root and leaf epidermis: a dynamic model. International Journal of Developmental Biology 51(2):139-155
Tania Hernández-Hernández, León Patricio Martínez-Castilla, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2007. Functional diversification of B MADS-Box homeotic regulators of flower development: Adaptive evolution in protein-protein interaction domains after major gene duplication events. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24 (2): 465-481 FEB abstract | full text | article in pdf format
Elena R Alvarez-Buylla, Mariana Benítez, Enrique Balleza Dávila, Álvaro Chaos, Carlos Espinosa-Soto and Pablo Padilla-Longoria. 2007. Gene regulatory network models for plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10 (1): 83-91 FEB abstract | full text | article in pdf format
Álvaro Chaos, Max Aldana, Carlos Espinosa-Soto, Berenice García Ponce de León, Adriana Garay Arroyo and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2006. From genes to flower patterns and evolution: Dynamic models of gene regulatory networks. Journal of Plant Growth and Regulation 25 (4): 278-289 DEC abstract | full text | article in pdf format
Caroline Burgeff, Esther Zúñiga-Sánchez, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla and Alicia Gamboa-deBuen. 2006. Characterization of the flor1 null mutant during heat stress. Developmental Biology 295 (1): 378-378 141 JUL 1 abstract | full text | article in pdf format
Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, Berenice García-Ponce, and Adriana Garay-Arroyo. 2006. Unique and redundant functional domains of APETALA1 and CAULIFLOWER, two recently duplicated Arabidopsis thaliana floral MADS-box genes. Journal of Experimental Botany 57 (12): 3099-3107 SEP abstract | full text | article in pdf format
Barbara A. Ambrose, Espinosa-Matias S, Vazquez-Santana S, Vergara-Silva F, Martinez E, Marquez-Guzman J, and Alvarez-Buylla ER. 2006. Comparative developmental series of the Mexican triurids support a euanthial interpretation for the unusual reproductive axes of Lacandonia schismatica (Triuridaceae). American Journal of Botany 93 (1): 15-35 JAN. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format
Carlos Espinosa-Soto, Pablo Padilla-Longoria,
and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2004. A gene regulatory network model
for cell-fate determination during
Arabidopsis thaliana flower development that is robust
and recovers experimental gene expression profiles. The Plant
Cell 16(11):
2923-2939. abstract | full
text article | article in pdf format
Francisca G. Acevedo,
Alicia Gamboa, Julio Paez-Valencia, Luis Felipe Jimenez-Garcia,
Mario Izaguirre-Sierra, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2004. FLOR1,
a putative
interaction partner of the floral homeotic protein AGAMOUS, is
a plant-specific intracellular LRR. Plant Science 167(2):
225-231. abstract (full text article and pdf available from ScienceDirect
at this link)
Leon Patricio
Martínez-Castilla, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2003.
Adaptive evolution in the Arabidopsis MADS-box gene family inferred
from its complete resolved phylogeny. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences USA 100(23): 13407-13412. abstract | full
text article | article
in pdf format | supplementary
material
Francisco Vergara-Silva,
Silvia Espinosa-Matías, Barbara A. Ambrose, Sonia Vázquez-Santana,
Alejandro Martínez-Mena, Judith Márquez-Guzmán,
Esteban Martínez, Elliot
M. Meyerowitz, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2003. Inside-out
flowers characteristic of Lacandonia schismatica evolved
at least before its divergence from a closely related taxon, Triuris
brevistylis. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(3):345-357. abstract | full
text article | article
in pdf format
Lazaro R. Sanchez-Velasquez,
Exequiel Ezcurra, Miguel Martinez-Ramos, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla,
and Rogelia Lorente. 2002. Population dynamics of Zea diploperennis,
an endangered perennial herb: effect of slash and burn practice. Journal
of Ecology 90 (4): 684-692. abstract | full
text article | article
in pdf format
Caroline Burgeff,
Sarah J. Liljegren, Rosalinda Tapia-Lopez, Martin F. Yanofsky,
Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2002. MADS-box gene expression in lateral
primordia, meristems and differentiated tissues of Arabidopsis
thaliana roots. Planta 214 (3): 365-372. abstract (full
text and pdf available from Springer Link at this link)
Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla.
2002. La diversidad de las formas vegetales: variaciones sobre
un mismo tema. Ciencias 65: 18-28. article
in pdf format
Alicia Gamboa,
Julio Paez-Valencia, G. Francisca Acevedo, Luz Vazquez-Moreno,
and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2001. Floral transcription factor
AGAMOUS interacts in vitro with a leucine-rich repeat and an acid
phosphatase protein complex. Biochemical and Biophysical Research
Communications 288(4): 1018-1026. abstract (full
text and pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)
Francisco Campos,
Blanka I. Garcia-Gomez, Rosa M. Solorzano, Emmanuel Salazar, Juan
Estevez, Patricia Leon, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, and Alejandra
J. Covarrubias. 2001. A cDNA for nuclear-encoded chloroplast translational
initiation factor 2 from a higher plant is able to complement an
infB Escherichia coli null mutant. Journal of Biological
Chemistry 276(30): 28388-28394. abstract | full
text article | article
in pdf format
Soraya Pelaz,
Rosalinda Tapia-Lopez, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, and Martin F. Yanofsky.
2001. Conversion of leaves into petals in Arabidopsis. Current
Biology 11 (3): 182-184. abstract (full
text and pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)
Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla,
Sarah J. Liljegren, Soraya Pelaz, Scott E. Gold, Caroline Burgeff,
Gary S. Ditta, Francisco Vergara-Silva, and Martin F. Yanofsky.
2000. MADS-box gene evolution beyond flowers: expression in pollen,
endosperm, guard cells, roots and trichomes. Plant Journal 24(4):
457-466. abstract | full
text article | article
in pdf format
Francisco Vergara-Silva,
Leon Patricio Martinez-Castilla, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2000.
MADS-box genes: development and evolution of plant body plans. Journal
of Phycology 36(5): 803-812. abstract | full
text article | article
in pdf format
Luis Mendoza,
and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2000. Genetic regulation of root hair
development in Arabidopsis thaliana: a network model. Journal
of Theoretical Biology 204(3): 311-326. abstract (pdf
available from ScienceDirect at this link)
Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla,
Soraya Pelaz, Sarah J. Liljegren, Scott E. Gold, Caroline Burgeff,
Gary S. Ditta, Lluis Riba de Pouplana, Leon Patricio Martinez-Castilla,
and Martin F. Yanofsky. 2000. An ancestral MADS-box gene duplication
occurred before the divergence of plants and animals. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97(10): 5328-5333. abstract | full
text article | article
in pdf format
Amy L. Lawton-Rauh,
Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, and Michael
D. Purugganan. 2000. Molecular evolution of flower development. Trends
in Ecology and Evolution 15(4): 144-149. abstract (pdf
available from ScienceDirect at this link)
Luis Mendoza,
Denis Thieffry, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 1999. Genetic control
of flower morphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana: a logical
analysis. Bioinformatics 15(7-8): 593-606. abstract | article
in pdf format
Luis Mendoza,
and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 1998. Dynamics of the genetic regulatory
network for Arabidopsis thaliana flower morphogenesis. Journal
of Theoretical Biology 193(2): 307-319. abstract (pdf
available from ScienceDirect at this link)
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