Christopher D Town

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Top papers

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1 Improving the Arabidopsis genome annotation using maximal transcript alignment assemblies. Nucleic Acids Res 2003 11.03
2 The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses. Nature 2011 4.94
3 Full-length messenger RNA sequences greatly improve genome annotation. Genome Biol 2002 4.90
4 Sequencing Medicago truncatula expressed sequenced tags using 454 Life Sciences technology. BMC Genomics 2006 4.54
5 Development and evaluation of an Arabidopsis whole genome Affymetrix probe array. Plant J 2004 4.30
6 Complete reannotation of the Arabidopsis genome: methods, tools, protocols and the final release. BMC Biol 2005 4.18
7 Annotation of the Arabidopsis genome. Plant Physiol 2003 3.06
8 Small cysteine-rich peptides resembling antimicrobial peptides have been under-predicted in plants. Plant J 2007 2.71
9 Legume genome evolution viewed through the Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus genomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 2.61
10 Toward sequencing cotton (Gossypium) genomes. Plant Physiol 2007 2.16
11 Transcript profiling coupled with spatial expression analyses reveals genes involved in distinct developmental stages of an arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Plant Cell 2003 2.09
12 Accumulation of genome-specific transcripts, transcription factors and phytohormonal regulators during early stages of fiber cell development in allotetraploid cotton. Plant J 2006 2.01
13 Genome-wide identification of nodule-specific transcripts in the model legume Medicago truncatula. Plant Physiol 2002 1.89
14 An atlas of over 90,000 conserved noncoding sequences provides insight into crucifer regulatory regions. Nat Genet 2013 1.68
15 Large-scale transcriptome analysis in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), an orphan legume crop of the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. Plant Biotechnol J 2011 1.66
16 Phosphorus stress in common bean: root transcript and metabolic responses. Plant Physiol 2007 1.65
17 Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis is accompanied by local and systemic alterations in gene expression and an increase in disease resistance in the shoots. Plant J 2007 1.64
18 Legume transcription factors: global regulators of plant development and response to the environment. Plant Physiol 2007 1.64
19 A comprehensive resource of drought- and salinity- responsive ESTs for gene discovery and marker development in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). BMC Genomics 2009 1.61
20 SSWAP: A Simple Semantic Web Architecture and Protocol for semantic web services. BMC Bioinformatics 2009 1.49
21 Novel SSR markers from BAC-end sequences, DArT arrays and a comprehensive genetic map with 1,291 marker loci for chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). PLoS One 2011 1.48
22 The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Gossypium hirsutum: organization and phylogenetic relationships to other angiosperms. BMC Genomics 2006 1.47
23 Development of Arabidopsis whole-genome microarrays and their application to the discovery of binding sites for the TGA2 transcription factor in salicylic acid-treated plants. Plant J 2006 1.47
24 A unique set of 11,008 onion expressed sequence tags reveals expressed sequence and genomic differences between the monocot orders Asparagales and Poales. Plant Cell 2003 1.46
25 Analysis of BAC-end sequences (BESs) and development of BES-SSR markers for genetic mapping and hybrid purity assessment in pigeonpea (Cajanus spp.). BMC Plant Biol 2011 1.45
26 Analysis of the cDNAs of hypothetical genes on Arabidopsis chromosome 2 reveals numerous transcript variants. Plant Physiol 2005 1.44
27 Highly syntenic regions in the genomes of soybean, Medicago truncatula, and Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biol 2005 1.43
28 Sequencing and analysis of the gene-rich space of cowpea. BMC Genomics 2008 1.36
29 Insights into the Musa genome: syntenic relationships to rice and between Musa species. BMC Genomics 2008 1.30
30 The Soybean Genome Database (SoyGD): a browser for display of duplicated, polyploid, regions and sequence tagged sites on the integrated physical and genetic maps of Glycine max. Nucleic Acids Res 2006 1.28
31 Cloning and sequencing of cDNAs for hypothetical genes from chromosome 2 of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 2002 1.27
32 A community resource for high-throughput quantitative RT-PCR analysis of transcription factor gene expression in Medicago truncatula. Plant Methods 2008 1.27
33 A BAC end view of the Musa acuminata genome. BMC Plant Biol 2007 1.20
34 A newly-developed community microarray resource for transcriptome profiling in Brassica species enables the confirmation of Brassica-specific expressed sequences. BMC Plant Biol 2009 1.20
35 Whole genome shotgun sequencing of Brassica oleracea and its application to gene discovery and annotation in Arabidopsis. Genome Res 2005 1.19
36 Complete plastid genome sequence of Daucus carota: implications for biotechnology and phylogeny of angiosperms. BMC Genomics 2006 1.17
37 Gene expression profiling of M. truncatula transcription factors identifies putative regulators of grain legume seed filling. Plant Mol Biol 2008 1.15
38 Spotted cotton oligonucleotide microarrays for gene expression analysis. BMC Genomics 2007 1.12
39 A first survey of the rye (Secale cereale) genome composition through BAC end sequencing of the short arm of chromosome 1R. BMC Plant Biol 2008 1.11
40 Genome-wide SNP discovery in tetraploid alfalfa using 454 sequencing and high resolution melting analysis. BMC Genomics 2011 1.07
41 Analysis of indole-3-butyric acid-induced adventitious root formation on Arabidopsis stem segments. J Exp Bot 2005 1.06
42 Comparative analysis of 87,000 expressed sequence tags from the fumonisin-producing fungus Fusarium verticillioides. Fungal Genet Biol 2005 1.06
43 Identification, validation and high-throughput genotyping of transcribed gene SNPs in cassava. Theor Appl Genet 2011 1.04
44 Complexity of genome evolution by segmental rearrangement in Brassica rapa revealed by sequence-level analysis. BMC Genomics 2009 1.02
45 Genetic mapping of expressed sequences in onion and in silico comparisons with rice show scant colinearity. Mol Genet Genomics 2005 1.00
46 Gene expression analyses of Arabidopsis chromosome 2 using a genomic DNA amplicon microarray. Genome Res 2003 0.99
47 Phylogenomics and the dynamic genome evolution of the genus Streptococcus. Genome Biol Evol 2014 0.99
48 Experimental validation of novel genes predicted in the un-annotated regions of the Arabidopsis genome. BMC Genomics 2007 0.91
49 The receptor like kinase at Rhg1-a/Rfs2 caused pleiotropic resistance to sudden death syndrome and soybean cyst nematode as a transgene by altering signaling responses. BMC Genomics 2012 0.91
50 Simultaneous high-throughput recombinational cloning of open reading frames in closed and open configurations. Plant Biotechnol J 2006 0.90
51 Comparative sequence and genetic analyses of asparagus BACs reveal no microsynteny with onion or rice. Theor Appl Genet 2006 0.89
52 Comparative genomic analyses in Asparagus. Genome 2005 0.89
53 Analysis of tall fescue ESTs representing different abiotic stresses, tissue types and developmental stages. BMC Plant Biol 2008 0.87
54 Genomic analysis of 16 Colorado human NL63 coronaviruses identifies a new genotype, high sequence diversity in the N-terminal domain of the spike gene and evidence of recombination. J Gen Virol 2012 0.86
55 Construction, characterization, and preliminary BAC-end sequencing analysis of a bacterial artificial chromosome library of white clover (Trifolium repens L.). Genome 2007 0.84
56 Characterization of a recombinant canine coronavirus with a distinct receptor-binding (S1) domain. Virology 2012 0.83
57 Pilot sequencing of onion genomic DNA reveals fragments of transposable elements, low gene densities, and significant gene enrichment after methyl filtration. Mol Genet Genomics 2008 0.82
58 Isolation, propagation, genome analysis and epidemiology of HKU1 betacoronaviruses. J Gen Virol 2014 0.81
59 Identification and characterization of the defensin-like gene family of grapevine. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2012 0.80
60 High throughput generation of promoter reporter (GFP) transgenic lines of low expressing genes in Arabidopsis and analysis of their expression patterns. Plant Methods 2010 0.79