Publications

 

  Jiang, L., Xia, M., Strittmatter, L.I. and Makaroff, C.A.
The Arabidopsis cohesin protein SYN3 localizes to the nucleolus and is essential for gametogenesis. The Plant Journal, 50, 1020-1034 (2007).
 
Yang X, Timofejeva L, Ma H, Makaroff CA.

The Arabidopsis SKP1 homolog ASK1 controls meiotic chromosome remodeling and release of chromatin from the nuclear membrane and nucleolus.
J Cell Sci. 2006 Sep 15;119(Pt 18):3754-63. Epub 2006 Aug 29.[PDF]

McCoy JG, Bingman CA, Bitto E, Holdorf MM, Makaroff CA, Phillips GN Jr.

Structure of an ETHE1-like protein from Arabidopsis thaliana.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2006 Sep;62(Pt 9):964-70. Epub 2006 Aug 19.
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Zhao D, Yang X, Quan L, Timofejeva L, Rigel NW, Ma H, Makaroff CA.

ASK1, a SKP1 homolog, is required for nuclear reorganization, presynaptic homolog juxtaposition and the proper distribution of cohesin during meiosis in Arabidopsis.
Plant Mol Biol. 2006 Sep;62(1-2):99-110. Epub 2006 Aug 2.
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Liu Z, Makaroff CA.

Arabidopsis separase AESP is essential for embryo development and the release of cohesin during meiosis.
Plant Cell. 2006 May;18(5):1213-25. Epub 2006 Mar 31. [PDF]


 
Marasinghe GP, Sander IM, Bennett B, Periyannan G, Yang KW, Makaroff CA, Crowder MW.

 
Structural studies on a mitochondrial glyoxalase II.
J Biol Chem. 2005 Dec 9;280(49):40668-75. Epub 2005 Oct 14. [PDF]
 

 
Lam WS, Yang X, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana SMC1 and SMC3: evidence that AtSMC3 may function beyond chromosome cohesion.
J Cell Sci. 2005 Jul 15;118(Pt 14):3037-48. Epub 2005 Jun 21. [PDF]
 

 
Li W, Yang X, Lin Z, Timofejeva L, Xiao R, Makaroff CA, Ma H.

 
The AtRAD51C gene is required for normal meiotic chromosome synapsis and double-stranded break repair in Arabidopsis.
Plant Physiol. 2005 Jun;138(2):965-76. Epub 2005 May 27. [PDF]
 

 
Yang X, Ma H, Makaroff CA.

 
Characterization of an unusual Ds transposable element in Arabidopsis thaliana: insertion of an abortive circular transposition intermediate.
Plant Mol Biol. 2004 Aug;55(6):905-17.[PDF]
 

 
Wenzel NF, Carenbauer AL, Pfiester MP, Schilling O, Meyer-Klaucke W, Makaroff CA, Crowder MW.

 
The binding of iron and zinc to glyoxalase II occurs exclusively as di-metal centers and is unique within the metallo-beta-lactamase family.
J Biol Inorg Chem. 2004 Jun;9(4):429-38. Epub 2004 Apr 6.  [PDF]
 

 
Cai X, Dong F, Edelmann RE, Makaroff CA.
 

 
The Arabidopsis SYN1 cohesin protein is required for sister chromatid arm cohesion and homologous chromosome pairing.
J Cell Sci. 2003 Jul 15;116(Pt 14):2999-3007. Epub 2003 Jun 3. [PDF]
 

 
Mercier R, Armstrong SJ, Horlow C, Jackson NP, Makaroff CA, Vezon D, Pelletier G, Jones GH, Franklin FC.
 

 
The meiotic protein SWI1 is required for axial element formation and recombination initiation in Arabidopsis.
Development. 2003 Jul;130(14):3309-18. [PDF]
 

 
Yang X, Makaroff CA, Ma H.
 

 
The Arabidopsis MALE MEIOCYTE DEATH1 gene encodes a PHD-finger protein that is required for male meiosis.
Plant Cell. 2003 Jun;15(6):1281-95. [PDF]
 

 
Yang KW, Sobieski DN, Carenbauer AL, Crawford PA, Makaroff CA, Crowder MW.
 

 
Explaining the inhibition of glyoxalase II by 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-protected glutathione derivatives.
Arch Biochem Biophys. 2003 Jun 15;414(2):271-8. [PDF]
 

 
Paxson-Sowders DM, Dodrill CH, Owen HA, Makaroff CA.
 

 
DEX1, a novel plant protein, is required for exine pattern formation during pollen development in Arabidopsis.
Plant Physiol. 2001 Dec;127(4):1739-49. [PDF]
 

 
Dong F, Cai X, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Cloning and characterization of two Arabidopsis genes that belong to the RAD21/REC8 family of chromosome cohesin proteins.
Gene. 2001 Jun 13;271(1):99-108. [PDF]
 

 
Zang TM, Hollman DA, Crawford PA, Crowder MW, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Arabidopsis glyoxalase II contains a zinc/iron binuclear metal center that is essential for substrate binding and catalysis.
J Biol Chem. 2001 Feb 16;276(7):4788-95. Epub 2000 Nov 20. [PDF]
 

 
Swatzell LJ, Edelmann RE, Makaroff CA, Kiss JZ.
 

 
Integrin-like proteins are localized to plasma membrane fractions, not plastids, in Arabidopsis.
Plant Cell Physiol. 1999 Feb;40(2):173-83. [PDF]
 

 
Bai X, Peirson BN, Dong F, Xue C, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Isolation and characterization of SYN1, a RAD21-like gene essential for meiosis in Arabidopsis.
Plant Cell. 1999 Mar;11(3):417-30. [PDF]
 

 
Dong FG, Wilson KG, Makaroff CA.
 

 
The radish (Raphanus sativus L.) mitochondrial cox2 gene contains an ACG at the predicted translation initiation site.
Curr Genet. 1998 Aug;34(2):79-87. [PDF]
 

 
Maiti MK, Krishnasamy S, Owen HA, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Molecular characterization of glyoxalase II from Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant Mol Biol. 1997 Nov;35(4):471-81. [PDF]
 

 
Crowder MW, Maiti MK, Banovic L, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Glyoxalase II from A. thaliana requires Zn(II) for catalytic activity.
FEBS Lett. 1997 Dec 1;418(3):351-4. [PDF]

 
Peirson BN, Bowling SE, Makaroff CA.
 

 
A defect in synapsis causes male sterility in a T-DNA-tagged Arabidopsis thaliana mutant.
Plant J. 1997 Apr;11(4):659-69. [PDF]
 

 
Katembe WJ, Swatzell LJ, Makaroff CA, Kiss JZ.
 

 
Immunolocalization of integrin-like proteins in Arabidopsis and Chara.
Physiol Plant. 1997 Jan;99(1):7-14. [PDF]

 
Rankin CT, Cutright MT, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Characterization of the radish mitochondrial nad3/rps12 locus: analysis of recombination repeats and RNA editing.
Curr Genet. 1996 May;29(6):564-71. [PDF]
 

 
Krishnasamy S, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Organ-specific reduction in the abundance of a mitochondrial protein accompanies fertility restoration in cytoplasmic male-sterile radish.
Plant Mol Biol. 1994 Nov;26(3):935-46. [PDF]
 

 
Geiss KT, Abbas GM, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Intron loss from the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 gene of lettuce mitochondrial DNA: evidence for homologous recombination of a cDNA intermediate.
Mol Gen Genet. 1994 Apr;243(1):97-105. [PDF]
 

 
Krishnasamy S, Grant RA, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Subunit 6 of the Fo-ATP synthase complex from cytoplasmic male-sterile radish: RNA editing and NH2-terminal protein sequencing.
Plant Mol Biol. 1994 Jan;24(1):129-41. [PDF]
 

 
Krishnasamy S, Makaroff CA.
 

 
Characterization of the radish mitochondrial orfB locus: possible relationship with male sterility in Ogura radish.
Curr Genet. 1993 Jul-Aug;24(1-2):156-63. [PDF]
 

 
Temple M, Makaroff CA, Mutschler MA, Earle ED.
 

 
Novel mitochondrial genomes in Brassica napus somatic hybrids.
Curr Genet. 1992 Sep;22(3):243-9. [PDF]
 

 
Gass DA, Makaroff CA, Palmer JD.
 

 
Variable intron content of the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 gene of plant mitochondria.
Curr Genet. 1992 Apr;21(4-5):423-30. [PDF]
 

 
Makaroff CA, Apel IJ, Palmer JD.
 

 
The role of coxI-associated repeated sequences in plant mitochondrial DNA rearrangements and radish cytoplasmic male sterility.
Curr Genet. 1991 Mar;19(3):183-90. [PDF]
 

 
Makaroff CA, Apel IJ, Palmer JD.
 

 
Characterization of radish mitochondrial atpA: influence of nuclear background on transcription of atpA-associated sequences and relationship with male sterility.
Plant Mol Biol. 1990 Nov;15(5):735-46. [PDF]
 

 
Makaroff CA, Apel IJ, Palmer JD.
 

 
The atp6 coding region has been disrupted and a novel reading frame generated in the mitochondrial genome of cytoplasmic male-sterile radish.
J Biol Chem. 1989 Jul 15;264(20):11706-13. [PDF]
 

 
Grandoni JA, Switzer RL, Makaroff CA, Zalkin H.
 

 
Evidence that the iron-sulfur cluster of Bacillus subtilis glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase determines stability of the enzyme to degradation in vivo.
J Biol Chem. 1989 Apr 15;264(11):6058-64. [PDF]
 

 
Makaroff CA, Palmer JD.
 

 
Mitochondrial DNA rearrangements and transcriptional alterations in the male-sterile cytoplasm of Ogura radish.
Mol Cell Biol. 1988 Apr;8(4):1474-80. [PDF]
 

 
Makaroff CA, Palmer JD.
 

 
Extensive mitochondrial specific transcription of the Brassica campestris mitochondrial genome.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1987 Jul 10;15(13):5141-56. [PDF]
 

 
Makaroff CA, Paluh JL, Zalkin H.
 

 
Mutagenesis of ligands to the [4 Fe-4S] center of Bacillus subtilis glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase.
J Biol Chem. 1986 Aug 25;261(24):11416-23. [PDF]
 

 
Weng M, Makaroff CA, Zalkin H.
 

 
Nucleotide sequence of Escherichia coli pyrG encoding CTP synthetase.
J Biol Chem. 1986 Apr 25;261(12):5568-74. [PDF]
 

 
Makaroff CA, Zalkin H.
 

 
Regulation of Escherichia coli purF. Analysis of the control region of a pur regulon gene.
J Biol Chem. 1985 Aug 25;260(18):10378-87. [PDF]
 

 
Makaroff CA, Zalkin H, Switzer RL, Vollmer SJ.
 

 
Cloning of the Bacillus subtilis glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase gene in Escherichia coli. Nucleotide sequence determination and properties of the plasmid-encoded enzyme.
J Biol Chem. 1983 Sep 10;258(17):10586-93. [PDF]
 
 

 

 

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