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Neelima Sinha
 
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Division of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis

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Seisuke Kimura, Daniel Koenig, Julie Kang, Fei Yian Yoong, and Neelima Sinha. 2008. Natural variation in leaf morphology results from mutation of a novel KNOX gene. Current Biology 18(9): 672-677   abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Helena M. P. Garcês, Connie E. M. Champagne, Brad T. Townsley, Soomin Park, Rui Malhó, Maria C. Pedroso, John J. Harada, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2007. Evolution of asexual reproduction in leaves of the genus Kalanchole. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 104 (39): 15578-15583 SEP 25 abstract | full text | article in pdf format
  
Naoyuki Uchida, Brad Townsley, Kook-Hyun Chung, and Neelima Sinha. 2007. Regulation of SHOOT MERISTEMLESS genes via an upstream-conserved noncoding sequence coordinates leaf development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 104 (40): 15953-15958 OCT 2 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Cris Kuhlemeier and Neelima Sinha. 2007. Growth and development - The diversity of plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10 (1): 1-3 FEB abstract | full text | article in pdf format
   
Rakefet David-Schwartz and Neelima Sinha. 2007. Evolution and development in plants: Bridging the gap. International Journal of Plant Science 168 (1): 49-59 JAN abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Sharon Kessler, Brad Townsley, and Neelima Sinha. 2006. L1 division and differentiation patterns influence shoot apical meristem maintenance. Plant Physiology 141 (4): 1349-1362 AUG abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Neelima R. Sinha, Helena M. Garces, Conne E. Champagne, Kook-Hynun Chung, Sumer J. Seiki, and Brad T. Townsley. 2005. Shoots and leaves, an evo-devo perspective. Developmental Biology, 283 (2): 590-590 78 JUL. full text article

Edwin P. Groot, Neelima Sinha, and Stefan Gleissberg. 2005. Expression patterns of STM-like KNOX and Histone H4 genes in shoot development of the dissected-leaved basal eudicot plants Chelidonium majus and Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae). Plant Molecular Biology 58(3): 317-331. abstract (pdf available from SpringerLink at this link)

Connie Champagne, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2004. Compound leaves: equal to the sum of their parts? Development 131(18): 4401-4412. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Sharon Kessler, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2004. Shaping up: the genetic control of leaf shape. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 7(1): 65-72. abstract (pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Minsung Kim, Thinh Pham, Ashley Hamidi, Sheila McCormick, Robert Kuzoff, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2003. Reduced leaf complexity in tomato wiry mutants suggests a role for PHAN and KNOX genes in generating compound leaves. Development 130(18): 4405-4415. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Minsung Kim, Sheila McCormick, Marja Timmermans, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2003. The expression domain of PHANTASTICA determines leaflet placement in compound leaves. Nature 424(6947): 438-443. first paragraph | full text article | article in pdf format

Thinh Pham, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2003. Role of KNOX genes in shoot development of Welwitschia mirabilis. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(3): 333-343. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Minsung Kim, and Neeliman R. Sinha. 2003. Regulating shapes and sizes. Developmental Cell 4(4): 441-442. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Geeta Bharathan, Thomas E. Goliber, Christopher Moore, Sharon Kessler, Thinh Pham, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2002. Homologies in leaf form inferred from KNOX1 gene expression during development. Science 296(5574):1858-1860. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format | supplementary information

Sharon Kessler, Sumer Seiki, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2002. Xcl1 causes delayed oblique periclinal cell divisions in developing maize leaves, leading to cellular differentiation by lineage instead of position. Development 129(8): 1859-1869. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format
 
Geeta Bharathan, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2001. The regulation of compound leaf development. Plant Physiology 127(4): 1533-1538. full text article | article in pdf format
 
Sharon Kessler, Minsung Kim, Thinh Pham, Natalie Weber, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2001. Mutations altering leaf morphology in tomato. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162(3): 475-492. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Minsung Kim, Wynnelena Canio, Sharon Kessler, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2001. Developmental changes due to long-distance movement of a homeobox fusion transcript in tomato. Science 293(5528): 287-289. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format | supplementary information

Laurel Mezitt Provencher, Long Miao, Neelima R. Sinha, and William J. Lucas. 2001. Sucrose Export Defective 1 encodes a novel protein implicated in chloroplast-to-nucleus signaling. Plant Cell 13(5): 1127-1141. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Mark Running, Mike Scanlon, and Neelima R. Sinha. 2000. Maize genetics 2000 - and beyond. Plant Cell 12(6): 829-835. full text article | article in pdf format

Neelima R. Sinha. 2000. The response of epidermal cells to contact. Trends in Plant Science 5(6): 233-234. full text (pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Stefan Gleissberg, M. Kim, J. Jernstedt, and Neelima Sinha. 1999. The regulation of dorsiventral symmetry in plants. In: Kato, M.(ed.): Biology of Biodiversity, pp 223-241. Springer Verlag Tokyo. volume at CPL press

Thomas E. Goliber, Sharon Kessler, Ju-Jiun Chen, Geeta Bharathan, and Neelima Sinha. "Genetic, molecular, and morphological analysis of compound leaf development." Invited review in R. A. Pederson and G. Schatten [ed.]. Current Topics in Developmental Biology 43: 259-290. Academic Press, 1998. volume at Elsevier

Neelima R. Sinha. 1999. Leaf development in angiosperms. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 50: 419-446. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Bart-Jan Janssen, Lance Lund, and Neelima R. Sinha. 1998. Overexpression of a homeobox gene, LeT6, reveals indeterminate features in the tomato compound leaf. Plant Physiology 117(3): 771-786. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Bart-Jan Janssen, Andrina Williams, Ju-Jiun Chen, Julie Mathern, Sarah C. Hake, and Neelima Sinha. 1998. Isolation and characterization of two knotted-like homeobox genes from tomato. Plant Molecular Biology 36(3): 417-425. abstract (full text article and pdf available from Science Direct at this link)

Neelima R. Sinha. 1998. Organ and cell fusions in the adherent1 mutant in maize.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 159(5): 702-715. article at JSTOR

Neelima R. Sinha, and Margaret Lynch. 1998. Fused organs in the adherent1 mutation in maize show altered epidermal walls with no perturbations in tissue identities. Planta 206(2): 184-195. abstract (pdf available from Springer Link at this link)

Geeta Bharathan, Bart-Jan Janssen, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, and Neelima R. Sinha. 1997. Did homeodomain proteins duplicate before the origin of angiosperms, fungi, and metazoa? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94(25): 13749-13753. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Ju-Jiun Chen, Bart-Jan Janssen, Andrina Williams, and Neelima R. Sinha. 1997.  A gene fusion at a homeobox locus: alterations in leaf shape and implications for morphological evolution. Plant Cell 9(8): 1289-1304. abstract | article in pdf format

Neelima R. Sinha. 1997.  Simple and compound leaves: division or multiplication? Trends in Plant Science 2(10): 396-402. abstract (pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Neelima R. Sinha, and Elizabeth A. Kellogg. 1996. Parallelism and diversity in multiple origins of C4 photosynthesis in the grass family. American Journal of Botany 83: 1458-1470. article at JSTOR

 

 

 

 

 

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