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Baskin TI, Peret B, Baluska F, Benfey PN, Bennett M, Forde BG, Gilroy S, Helariutta Y, Hepler PK, Leyser O, Masson PH, Muday GK, Murphy AS, Poethig S, Rahman A, Roberts K, Scheres B, Sharp RE, Somerville C. Shootward and rootward: peak terminology for plant polarity. Trends Plant Sci. 2010 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract

Moreno-Risueno MA, Van Norman JM, Moreno A, Zhang J, Ahnert SE, Benfey PN. Oscillating gene expression determines competence for periodic Arabidopsis root branching. Science. 2010 Sep 10;329(5997):1306-11. Abstract pdf

Iyer-Pascuzzi AS, Benfey PN. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting in plant developmental biology. Methods Mol Biol. 2010;655:313-9. Abstract

Long TA, Tsukagoshi H, Busch W, Lahner B, Salt DE, Benfey PN. The bHLH
transcription factor POPEYE regulates response to iron deficiency in Arabidopsis
roots. Plant Cell. 2010 Jul;22(7):2219-36. Epub 2010 Jul 30. Abstract

Sozzani R, Cui H, Moreno-Risueno MA, Busch W, Van Norman JM, Vernoux T, Brady SM, Dewitte W, Murray JA, Benfey PN. Spatiotemporal regulation of cell-cycle genes by SHORTROOT links patterning and growth. Nature. 2010 Jul 1;466(7302):128-32. Abstract

Orlando DA, Brady SM, Fink TM, Benfey PN, Ahnert SE. Detecting separate time scales in genetic expression data. BMC Genomics. 2010 Jun 16;11:381. Abstract

Carlsbecker A, Lee JY, Roberts CJ, Dettmer J, Lehesranta S, Zhou J, Lindgren O, Moreno-Risueno MA, Vaten A, Thitamadee S, Campilho A, Sebastian J, Bowman JL,
Helariutta Y, Benfey PN. Cell signalling by microRNA165/6 directs gene dose-dependent root cell fate. Nature. 2010 May 20;465(7296):316-21. Epub 2010 Apr 21. Abstract

Benfey PN, Bennett M, Schiefelbein J. Getting to the root of plant biology: impact of the Arabidopsis genome sequence on root research. Plant J. 2010 Mar;61(6):992-1000. Review. Abstract

Busch W, Benfey PN. Information processing without brains--the power of
intercellular regulators in plants. Development. 2010 Apr;137(8):1215-26. Review.
Abstract

Van Norman JM, Benfey PN. Arabidopsis thaliana as a Model Organism in Systems
Biology. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med. 2009 Nov-Dec;1(3):372-9.
Abstract

De Smet I, Lau S, Voss U, Vanneste S, Benjamins R, Rademacher EH, Schlereth
A, De Rybel B, Vassileva V, Grunewald W, Naudts M, Levesque MP, Ehrismann JS,
Inz√© D, Luschnig C, Benfey PN, Weijers D, Van Montagu MC, Bennett MJ, Jürgens G,
Beeckman T. Bimodular auxin response controls organogenesis in Arabidopsis. Proc
Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 9;107(6):2705-10. Epub 2010 Jan 25. Abstract

Iyer-Pascuzzi AS, Symonova O, Mileyko Y, Hao Y, Belcher H, Harer J, Weitz JS,
Benfey PN. Imaging and analysis platform for automatic phenotyping and trait
ranking of plant root systems. Plant Physiol. 2010 Mar;152(3):1148-57. Epub 2010
Jan 27. Abstract

Petricka JJ, Van Norman JM, Benfey PN. Symmetry breaking in plants: molecular
mechanisms regulating asymmetric cell divisions in Arabidopsis. Cold Spring Harb
Perspect Biol. 2009 Nov;1(5):a000497. Abstract

Moreno-Risueno MA, Busch W, Benfey PN. Omics meet networks - using systems
approaches to infer regulatory networks in plants. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2010
Apr;13(2):126-31. Epub 2009 Dec 28. Review. Abstract

Cui H, Benfey PN. Cortex proliferation: simple phenotype, complex regulatory
mechanisms. Plant Signal Behav. 2009 Jun;4(6):551-3. doi:
10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03839.x. Epub 2009 Jun 15. Abstract

Tromas A, Braun N, Muller P, Khodus T, Paponov IA, Palme K, Ljung K, Lee JY,
Benfey P, Murray JA, Scheres B, Perrot-Rechenmann C. The AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN 1 is required for differential auxin responses mediating root growth. PLoS One.
2009 Sep 24;4(9):e6648. Abstract

Benfey PN, Birnbaum KD. Primer and interviews: Gene regulation in Arabidopsis
thaliana. Interview by Julie C. Kiefer. Dev Dyn. 2009 Sep;238(9):2449-58.
Abstract

Cartwright DA, Brady SM, Orlando DA, Sturmfels B, Benfey PN. Reconstructing
spatiotemporal gene expression data from partial observations. Bioinformatics.
2009 Oct 1;25(19):2581-7. Epub 2009 Jul 16. Abstract

Petersson SV, Johansson AI, Kowalczyk M, Makoveychuk A, Wang JY, Moritz T, Grebe M, Benfey PN, Sandberg G, Ljung K. An Auxin Gradient and Maximum in the Arabidopsis Root Apex Shown by High-Resolution Cell-Specific Analysis of IAA Distribution and Synthesis.(2009) Plant Cell. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract.

Cui H, Benfey PN. Interplay between SCARECROW, GA and LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1 in ground tissue patterning in the Arabidopsis root. Plant J. 2009 Mar 20. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract

Colinas, J., Schmidler, S. C., Bohrer, G., Iordanov, B. and Benfey, P. N. (2008). Intergenic and genic sequence lengths have opposite relationships with respect to gene expression. PLoS One 3, e3670. Abstract

Iyer-Pascuzzi A, Simpson J, Herrera-Estrella L, Benfey PN. Functional genomics of Arabidopsis root functional genomics. (2008) Curr Opin Plant Biol. [Epub ahead of print]Abstract

Gallagher KL, Benfey PN. Both the conserved GRAS domain and nuclear localization are required for SHORT-ROOT movement. Plant J. 2008 Dec 4. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract

Chaudhuri B, Hörmann F, Lalonde S, Brady SM, Orlando DA, Benfey P, Frommer WB. Protonophore- and pH-insensitive glucose and sucrose accumulation detected by FRET nanosensors in Arabidopsis root tips. (2008) Plant J. 56(6):948-62. Abstract

De Smet I, Vassileva V, De Rybel B, Levesque MP, Grunewald W, Van Damme D, Van Noorden G, Naudts M, Van Isterdael G, De Clercq R, Wang JY, Meuli N, Vanneste S, Friml J, Hilson P, Jürgens G, Ingram GC, Inzé D, Benfey PN, Beeckman T. (2008) Receptor-like kinase ACR4 restricts formative cell divisions in the Arabidopsis root. Science. 322(5901):594-7. Abstract

Iyer-Pascuzzi AS, Benfey PN. Transcriptional networks in root cell fate specification. (2008) Biochim Biophys Acta. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract

Petricka JJ, Benfey PN. Root layers: complex regulation of developmental patterning. (2008) Curr Opin Genet Dev. 18(4):354-61. Abstract

Swarup K, Benková E, Swarup R, Casimiro I, Péret B, Yang Y, Parry G, Nielsen E, De Smet I, Vanneste S, Levesque MP, Carrier D, James N, Calvo V, Ljung K, Kramer E, Roberts R, Graham N, Marillonnet S, Patel K, Jones JD, Taylor CG, Schachtman DP, May S, Sandberg G, Benfey P, Friml J, Kerr I, Beeckman T, Laplaze L, Bennett MJ. The auxin influx carrier LAX3 promotes lateral root emergence. (2008) Nat Cell Biol. 10(8):946-54. Abstract

Benfey PN, Mitchell-Olds T. From genotype to phenotype: systems biology meets natural variation. (2008) Science. 320 ( 5875 ): 495-7. Abstract available for free. Science Online Full Text.

Dinneny JR, Long TA, Wang JY, Jung JW, Mace D, Pointer S, Barron C, Brady SM, Schiefelbein J, Benfey PN. Cell Identity Mediates the Response of Arabidopsis Roots to Abiotic Stress. (2008) Science. Abstract available for free. Science Online Full Text.

Dinneny JR, Benfey PN. Plant stem cell niches: standing the test of time. (2008) Cell. 132 ( 4 ): 553-7. Abstract available for free. Cell Press Full Text.

Brady SM, Orlando DA, Lee JY, Wang JY, Koch J, Dinneny JR, Mace D, Ohler U, Benfey PN. A high-resolution root spatiotemporal map reveals dominant expression patterns. (2007) Science. 318 ( 5851 ): 801-6 . Abstract available for free. Science Online Full Text

Cui H, Levesque MP, Vernoux T, Jung JW, Paquette AJ, Gallagher KL, Wang JY, Blilou I, Scheres B, Benfey PN. An evolutionarily conserved mechanism delimiting SHR movement defines a single layer of endodermis in plants. (2007) Science. 316(5823), 421-5. Abstract available for free. Science Online Full Text

Brady SM, Song S, Dhugga KS, Rafalski JA, Benfey PN. (2007) Combining expression and comparative evolutionary analysis. The COBRA gene family. Plant Physiol. 143(1), 172-87. Abstract

Weitz JS, Benfey PN, Wingreen NS. (2007) Evolution, interactions, and biological networks. PLoS Biol. 5(1), e11. Full Text

Long TA, Benfey PN. (2006) Transcription factors and hormones: new insights into plant cell differentiation. Curr Opin Cell Biol. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract

Brady SM, Long TA, Benfey PN. (2006) Unraveling the dynamic transcriptome. Plant Cell 18(9), 2101-11. Abstract

Mace DL, Lee JY, Twigg RW, Colinas J, Benfey PN, Ohler U. (2006) Quantification of transcription factor expression from Arabidopsis images. Bioinformatics. 22(14), e323-31. Abstract

Levesque MP, Vernoux T, Busch W, Cui H, Wang JY, Blilou I, Hassan H, Nakajima K, Matsumoto N, Lohmann JU, Scheres B, Benfey PN. (2006) Whole-genome analysis of the SHORT-ROOT developmental pathway in Arabidopsis. PLoS Biol. 4(5), e143. Abstract

Lee JY, Colinas J, Wang JY, Mace D, Ohler U, Benfey PN. (2006) Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of transcription factor expression in Arabidopsis roots. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(15), 6055-60. Abstract

Friml J, Benfey P, Benkova E, Bennett M, Berleth T, Geldner N, Grebe M, Heisler M, Hejatko J, Jurgens G, Laux T, Lindsey K, Lukowitz W, Luschnig C, Offringa R, Scheres B, Swarup R, Torres-Ruiz R, Weijers D, Zazimalova E. (2006) Apical-basal polarity: why plant cells don't stand on their heads. Trends Plant Sci. 11(1), 12-4. Abstract

Dinneny JR, Benfey PN. (2005) Stem cell research goes underground: the RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED gene in root development. Cell 123(7), 1180-2. Abstract

Lim J, Jung JW, Lim CE, Lee MH, Kim BJ, Kim M, Bruce WB, Benfey PN. (2005) Conservation and diversification of SCARECROW in maize. Plant Mol Biol. 59(4), 619-30. Abstract

Vernoux T, Benfey PN. (2005) Signals that regulate stem cell activity during plant development. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 15(4), 388-94. Abstract

Birnbaum K, Jung JW, Wang JY, Lambert GM, Hirst JA, Galbraith DW, Benfey PN. (2005) Cell type-specific expression profiling in plants via cell sorting of protoplasts from fluorescent reporter lines. Nat Methods 2(8), 615-9. Abstract

Nawy T, Lee JY, Colinas J, Wang JY, Thongrod SC, Malamy JE, Birnbaum K, Benfey PN. (2005) Transcriptional profile of the Arabidopsis root quiescent center. Plant Cell 17(7), 1908-25. Abstract

Roudier F, Fernandez AG, Fujita M, Himmelspach R, Borner GH, Schindelman G, Song S, Baskin TI, Dupree P, Wasteneys GO, Benfey PN. (2005) COBRA, an Arabidopsis extracellular glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol-anchored protein, specifically controls highly anisotropic expansion through its involvement in cellulose microfibril orientation. Plant Cell 17(6), 1749-63. Abstract

Paquette AJ, Benfey PN. (2005) Maturation of the ground tissue of the root is regulated by gibberellin and SCARECROW and requires SHORT-ROOT. Plant Physiol. 138(2), 636-40. Abstract

Lee JY, Levesque M, Benfey PN. (2005) High-throughput RNA isolation technologies. New tools for high-resolution gene expression profiling in plant systems. Plant Physiol. 138(2), 585-90. Abstract

Benfey PN. (2005) Developmental networks. Plant Physiol 138(2), 548-9. Abstract

Gallagher, K.L. and P.N. Benfey (2005) Not just another hole in the wall: understanding intercellular protein trafficking. Genes and Development 19, 189-195. Abstract

Gallagher, K.L., A.J. Paquette, K. Nakajima, and Benfey P.N. (2004) Mechanisms regulating SHORT-ROOT intercellular movement. Current Biology 14, 1847-1851. Abstract

Birnbaum, K. and P.N. Benfey (2004) Network building: transcriptional circuits in the root. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 7, 582-588. Abstract

Benfey, P.N. (2004) Development and ecology in the time of systems biology. Developmental Cell. 7, 329-330. Abstract

Sena, G., J.W. Jung, and P.N. Benfey (2004) A broad competence to respond to SHORT ROOT revealed by tissue-specific ectopic expression. Development 131, 2817-26. Abstract

Irish, V.F. and P.N. Benfey (2004) Beyond Arabidopsis. Translational biology meets evolutionary developmental biology. Plant Physiology 135, 611-614. Abstract

Levesque, M.P. and P.N. Benfey (2004) Systems biology. Current Biology 14, R179-180. Abstract

Benfey P.N. (2004) A common switch used by plants and animals. Cell 116, 4-5. Abstract

Birnbaum, K., D.E. Shasha, J.Y. Wang, J. Jung, G.M. Lambert, D.W. Galbraith, and P. N. Benfey (2003) A gene expression map of the Arabidopsis root. Science 302, 1956-60. Abstract Full Text

Levesque, M., D. Shasha, W. Kim, M. Surette, and P. Benfey (2003)
Trait-to-Gene: A computational method for inferring the function of
uncharacterized genes. Current Biology 13, 129-133. Abstract

Roudier, F., G. Schindelman, R. DeSalle, and P.N. Benfey (2002) The
COBRA Family of Putative GPI-Anchored Proteins in Arabidopsis. A New
Fellowship in Expansion. Plant Physiology 130, 538-548. Abstract

Colinas, J., K. Birnbaum, P.N. Benfey (2002) Using cauliflower to find
conserved non-coding regions in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 129, 451-4.
Abstract

Muller, S., E. Fuchs, M. Ovecka, J. Wysocka-Diller, P.N. Benfey, M.T.
Hauser (2002) Two New Loci, PLEIADE and HYADE, Implicate Organ-Specific
Regulation of Cytokinesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology. 130, 312-24 Abstract

Benfey, P.N. (2002) Auxin Action: Slogging out of the Swamp. Current
Biology
. 12, R389-90 Abstract

Ausubel, F. and Benfey, P.N. (2002) Arabidopsis functional genomics.
Plant Physiology. 129, 393 Abstract

Nakajima, K. and P.N. Benfey (2002). Signaling in and out: control of cell division and differentiation in the shoot and root. Plant Cell 14 Suppl:S265-76 Abstract

Nakajima, K., G. Sena, T. Nawy and P.N. Benfey (2001) Intercellular movement of the putative transcription factor SHR in root patterning. Nature 413, 307-311 Abstract

Birnbaum, K., P.N. Benfey and D.E. Shasha (2001) Cis-Element/Transcription Factor analysis (cis/TF): a method for discovering transcription factor cis-element relationships. Genome Research 11(9), 1567-1573 Abstract

Nawy, T. and P.N. Benfey (2001) Signaling the tips: Regulation of stem cell function in plants. Differentiation 68, 155-158 Abstract

Paquette, A.J. and P.N. Benfey (2001) Axis formation and polarity in plants. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 11, 405-409 Abstract

Schindelman, G., A. Morikami, J. Jung, T.I. Baskin, N.C. Carpita, P. Derbyshire, M.C. McCann, and P.N. Benfey (2001) COBRA encodes a putative GPI-anchored protein, which is polarly localized and necessary for oriented cell expansion in Arabidopsis. Genes and Development 15, 1115-1127 Abstract

Benfey, P.N. & Weigel, D. (2001) Transcriptional networks controlling plant development. Plant Physiology 125, 109-111 Abstract

Mahonen, A.P., M. Bonke, L. Kauppinen, M. Riikonen, P.N. Benfey, and Y. Helariutta (2000) A novel two-component hybrid molecule regulates vascular morphogenesis of the Arabidopsis root. Genes and Development 14, 2938-2943 Abstract

Benfey, P.N., and B. Scheres (2000) Root development. J. Current Biology 10,R813-815 Abstract

Lim, J., Y. Helariutta, C.D. Specht, J. Jung, L. Sims, W.B. Bruce, S. Diehn, and P.N. Benfey (2000) Molecular analysis of the SCARECROW gene in maize reveals a common basis for radial patterning in diverse meristems. Plant Cell 12, 1307-1318 Abstract

Helariutta, Y., H. Fukaki, J. Wysocka-Diller, K. Nakajima, J. Jung, G. Sena, M.T. Hauser, and P.N Benfey (2000) The SHORT-ROOT gene controls radial patterning of the Arabidopsis root through radial signaling. Cell 101, 555-567 Abstract

Wysocka-Diller, J.W., Y. Helariutta, H. Fukaki, J.E. Malamy, and P.N Benfey (2000) Molecular analysis of SCARECROW function reveals a radial patterning mechanism common to root and shoot. Development 127, 595-603 Abstract

Sabatini S., D. Beis D, H. Wolkenfelt, J. Murfett, T. Guilfoyle, J.E. Malamy, P.N. Benfey, O. Leyser, N. Bechtold, P. Weisbeek & B. Scheres (1999) An auxin-dependent distal organizer of pattern and polarity in the Arabidopsis root. Cell 99, 463-472 Abstract

Scheres, B. and P.N. Benfey (1999) Asymmetric cell division in plants. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 50, 505-537

Pysh, L.D., J.W. Wysocka-Diller, C. Camilleri, D. Bouchez, and P.N. Benfey (1999) The GRAS gene family in Arabidopsis: sequence characterization and basic expression analysis of the SCARECROW-LIKE genes. Plant Journal 18, 111-9 Abstract


Benfey, P.N. (1999) Stem cells: A tale of two kingdoms. Current Biology 9,R171-2 Abstract


Benfey, P.N. (1999) Is the shoot a root with a view? Current Opinions in Plant Biology 2, 39-43 Abstract


Fukaki, H., J. Wysocka-Diller, T. Kato, H. Fujisawa, P.N. Benfey, and M. Tasaka (1998) Genetic evidence that the endodermis is essential for shoot gravitropism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal 14, 425-30 Abstract


Malamy, J.E. and P.N. Benfey (1997) A rapid system for assessing transgene expression in roots of Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 12, 957-963
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Wysocka-Diller, J. and P.N. Benfey (1997) Root development: signaling down and around. BioEssays 19, 959-965 Abstract

Malamy, J. E. and P.N. Benfey (1997) Organization and cell differentiation in lateral roots of Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 124, 33-44 Abstract

Malamy, J. E. and P.N. Benfey (1997) Down and out in Arabidopsis: the formation of lateral roots. Trends in Plant Science 2, 390-396

Di Laurenzio, L., Wysocka-Diller, J., Malamy, J. E., Pysh, L ., Helariutta, Y., Freshour, G., Hahn, M.G., Feldmann, K. A. and P.N. Benfey (1996) The SCARECROW gene regulates an asymmetric cell division that is essential for generating the radial organization of the Arabidopsis root. Cell 86, 423-433
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Scheres,B., Di Laurenzio, L, Willemsen, V., Hauser,M.-T., Janmaat, K., Weisbeek, P. and P.N. Benfey, (1995) Mutations affecting the radial organisation of the Arabidopsis root display specific defects throughout the embryonic axis. Development 121, 53-62


Hauser, M.T., Morikami, A. and P.N. Benfey, (1995) Conditional root expansion mutants of Arabidopsis. Development 121, 1237-1252 Abstract


Aeschbacher, R.A., Hauser, M.T., Feldmann, K.A. and P.N. Benfey, (1995) The SABRE gene is required for normal cell expansion in Arabidopsis. Genes & Development 9, 330-340 Abstract


Benfey, P.N and Schiefelbein, J.W., (1994) Getting to the root of plant development: the genetics of Arabidopsis root formation. Trends in Genetics 94, 84-88 Abstract


Benfey, P.N., Linstead, P.J., Roberts, K., Schiefelbein, J.W. Hauser, M.-T., and R.A. Aeschbacher (1993) Root development in Arabidopsis: four mutants with dramatically altered root morphogenesis. Development, 119, 53-70 Abstract