IMBB

Plant Molecular Biology Group

Selected Recent Publications (1990-1995)

  1. Tabler, M. and Tsagris, M. (1990) In "Recognition and Response in Plant-Virus Interactions", pp. 185-205, NATO ASI series, Vol. H41, Fraser, R.S., ed., Viroid Replication Mechanism, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg and New York.

  2. Fellay, R., Rahme, L.G., Mindrinos, M.N., Frederick, R.D., Risi, A. and Panopoulos, N.J. (1991) Genes and signals controlling the Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola-Plant interaction. p. 45-2. In Proc 5th Internat. Sympos. on the Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions. Klewer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

  3. Kanellis, A.K., Solomos, T. and Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. (1991) Suppression of cellulase and polygalacturonase and induction of alcohol dehydrogenase isoenzymes of avocado fruit mesocarp subjected to low oxygen stress. Plant Physiol. 96: 269-274.

  4. Rahme, L.G., Mindrinos, M.N. and Panopoulos, N.J. (1991) Genetic and transcriptional organization of the hrp cluster of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. J Bacteriol 173: 575-586.

  5. Tabler, M. and Tsagris, M. (1991) Catalytic antisense RNAs produced by incorporating ribozyme cassettes into cDNA. Gene 108: 175-183.

  6. Tsagris, M., Tabler, M. and S nger, H.L. (1991) Ribonuclease T1 generates circular RNA molecules from viroid-specific RNA transcripts by cleavage and intramolecular ligation. Nucleic Acids Res 19: 1605-1612.

  7. Tsagris, M., Fragkiadakis, G., Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. and Tabler, M. (1991) Viroids in Grapevine cultivars in Greece. In "Proc of the 10th Meeting of the ICGV", pp. 477-483, I.C. Rumbos, R. Bovey, D. Gonsalves, W.B. Hewitt and G.P. Martelli, eds., ORES Publishing, Volos, Greece.

  8. Hatziloukas, E. and Panopoulos N.J. (1992) Origin and structure and regulation of the argK gene encoding the phaseolotoxin-resistant ornithine carbamoyltransferase in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola and its functional expression in transgenic tobacco. J. Bacteriol. 174: 5895-5909.

  9. Kanellis, A.K. and Kalaitzis P. (1992) Cellulase occurs in multiple active forms in avocado fruit mesocarp. Plant Physiol. 98: 530-534.

  10. Rahme, L.G., Mindrinos, M.N. and Panopoulos, N.J. (1992) Plant and environmental sensory signals controlling the expression of hrp genes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. J. Bacteriol. 174: 3499-3507.

  11. Steger, G., Baumstark, T., M rchen, M., Tabler, M., Tsagris, M., S nger, H.L. and Riesner, D. (1992) Structural requirements for viroid processing by RNaseT1. J Mol Biol 227: 719-737.

  12. Tabler, M., Tzortzakaki, S. and Tsagris, M. (1992) Processing of longer-than-unit-length potato spindle tuber viroid RNAs into infectious monomeric circular molecules by a G-specific endoribonuclease.Virology 190: 746-753.

  13. Heinrich, J.-C., Tabler, M. and Louis, C. (1993) Attenuation of white gene expression in transgenic Drosophila melanogaster: Possible Role of a catalytic antisense RNA. Dev. Genetics, 14: 258-265.

  14. Homann, M., Tzortzakaki, S., Rittner, K., Sczakiel, G. and Tabler, M. (1993) Incorporation of the catalytic domain of a hammerhead ribozyme into antisense RNA enhances its inhibitory effect on the replication of human immunodecifiency virus type 1. Nucleic Acids Res 21: 2809-2814.

  15. Kanellis, A.K. and Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. (1993). Grape. In "The Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening", pp. 189-234, G. Seymour, T. Taylor and G. Tucker, eds., Chapman and Hall, London.

  16. Kanellis, A.K., Hassan, M., Loulakakis, K.A. and Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. (1993) Biochemical and molecular aspects of the low oxygen action on fruit ripening. In "Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Biosynthesis and Action of the Plant Hormone Ethylene", pp. 117-122, C. J. Pech, A. Latche and C. Balague, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  17. Miller, W., Mindrinos, M.N., Rahme, L.G., Frederick, R.D., Grimm, C., Gessman, R., Kyriakides, X., Kokkinidis, M. and Panopoulos, N.J. (1993) Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola-plant interactions: Host-pathogen signalling through cascade control of hrp gene expression, pp. 267-274. In "Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions". E, W. Nester and D. P. S. Verma, eds., Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

  18. Siminis, C.I., Kanellis, A.K. and Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. (1993) Differences in protein synthesis and peroxidase isoenzymes between recalcitrant and regenerating protoplasts. Physiol Plant 87: 263-270.

  19. Tabler, M. (1993) Antisense RNA in Plants: A Tool for Analysis and Suppression of Gene Function. In "Morphogenesis in Plants: Molecular Approaches", pp. 237-258, NATO ASI Series, A253, New York, Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. and Tran Thanh Van, K. eds., Plenum Publ. Co., New York.

  20. Diallinas G. and Kanellis, A.K. (1994) A phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene from melon fruit: cDNA cloning, sequence and expression in response to development and wounding. Plant Mol Biol 26: 473-479.

  21. Homann, M., Tabler, M., Tzortzakaki, S. and Sczakiel, G. (1994) Extension of helix II of an HIV-1-directed hammerhead ribozyme with long antisense flanks does not alter kinetic parameters in vitro but causes loss of the inhibitory potential in living cells. Nucleic Acids Res 22: 3951-3957.

  22. Kanellis, A.K. (1994) Oxygen regulation of protein synthesis and gene expression in ripening fruits: Future outlook. Proc Internat Sympos on "Postharvest Treatment of Fruits and Vegetables". Oosterbeek, the Netherlands, Oct. 19-22, 1994 (In press).

  23. Loulakakis, K.A, Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. and Kanellis, A.K. (1994) Regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase and glutamine synthetase in avocado fruit during development and ripening. Plant Physiol 106: 217:-222.

  24. Moser, O. and Kanellis, A.K. (1994) Ascorbate oxidase of Cucumis melo L. var reticulatus: Purification, characterization and antibody production. J.of Exp. Bot. 275: 717-724.

  25. Schaad, N.W., Cheong, S.S., Tamaki, S., Hatziloukas, E. and Panopoulos, N.J. (1994) A combined biological and PCR amplification (BIO-PCR) technique for the selective detection of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola in seed extracts. Phytopathology 85: 243-248.

  26. Sczakiel, G. Homann, M., Tzortzakaki, S. and Tabler, M. (1994). Catalytic antisense RNA: a kinetic view. Antisense Res Dev 4: 141.

  27. Siminis, C.I., Kanellis, A.K. and Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. (1994) Catalase is differentially expressed in dividing and nondividing protoplasts. Plant Physiol 105: 1375-1383.

  28. Tabler, M., Homann, M., Tzortzakaki, S. and Sczakiel, G. (1994) A three- nucleotide helix I is sufficient for full activity of a hammerhead ribozyme: Advantages of an asymmetric design. Nucleic Acids Res 22: 3958-3965.

  29. Tabler, M., Tzortzakaki, S. Heinrich, J., Louis, C., Homann, M. and Sczakiel, G. (1994) Catalytic antisense RNA: Application and generation. Antisense Res Dev 4: 143.

  30. Zoumadakis, M., Neubert, W.J. and Tabler, M. (1994) The influence of imperfectly paired helices I and III on the catalytic activity of hammerhead ribozymes. Nucleic Acids Res., 22: 5271-5278.

  31. Grimm, C., Aufsatz, W. and Panopoulos, N.J. (1995) The hrpRS locus of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola constitutes a complex regulatory unit. Mol Microbiol 15: 155-165.

  32. Heinrich, J.-C., Tabler, M. and Louis, C. (1995) The influence of chromosomal position and copy number of a white-directed ribozyme gene on the suppression of eye pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster. Antisense Res Dev 5: 155-160.

  33. Kanellis, A.K. and Dialliynas G. (1995) Developmental and ripening regulation of gene expression of phenylpropanoid biosynthetic enzymes in melon fruit. In Postharvest Physiology, Pathology and Technologies for Horticultural Commodities: Recent Advances". pp. 353-360, (A. Ait-Oubahou and M. El-Otmani, eds.) Institut Agronomique et Vitirinaire Hassan II, Agadir, Morocco, Jan. 16-22, 1994.

  34. Loulakakis, K.A. , Roubelakis-Angelakis, K.A. amd Kanellis, A.K. (1995). Isolation of intact and functional RNA from poor in nucleic acid content grapevine tissues. Am. J. Enol. Vit. (In press)

  35. Panopoulos, N.J. (1995) Ice nucleation genes as reporters. In "Biological ice nucleation and its applications", pp. 271-281, G. Warren, L. Gusta, and R. E. Lee, eds., American Phytopathological Society Press.

  36. Panopoulos, N.J., Hatziloukas, E. and Afendra, A. (1995) Transgenic resistance in plants to bacterial pathogens. Special volume in "Agriculture and Environment" (In press).

  37. Prombona, A., Tabler, M., Providaki, M. and Tsagris, M. (1995) Structure and expression of LeMA-1, a tomato protein which belongs to the SEC18-PAS1-CDC48-TBP-1 protein family of putative Mg2+-dependent ATPases. Plant Mol Biol. 27: 1109-1118.

  38. Tabler, M. and Sczakiel, G. (1995) Catalytic antisense RNA based on hammerhead ribozymes. In "Antisense RNA - A practical approach", Oxford University Press Series (In press).

  39. Tabler, M. and Tsagris, M. (1995) A survey on the potential of the antisense RNA and ribozyme technologies for conferring resistance to plant viruses. In "Control of Plant Virus Diseases", Khertarpal, ed. Lewis Publishers, Inc., Michigan, USA (In press).

  40. Zoumadakis, M. and Tabler, M. (1995) Comparative analysis of cleavage rates after systematic permutation of the NUX­ consensus target motif for hammerhead ribozymes. Nucleic Acids Res 23: 1192-1196.N.B.
N.B. The publications #13 and #32 have also been listed in the Insect Molecular Genetics section, the publication #17 has also been listed in the Macromolecular Structures section.