Selected Publications

Arpat, A. B., Waugh, M., Sullivan, J. P., Gonzales, M., Frisch, D., Main, D., Wood, T., Leslie, A., Wing, R. A., and Wilkins, T. A.. (2004) Functional genomics of cell elongation in developing cotton fibers. Plant Mol Biol 54: 911-929

Wilkins TA, Mishra R and Trolinder NL. (2004) Agroacterium-mediated transformation and regeneration of cotton.. Journal of Food, Environment and Agriculture

Mishra, R., H.-Y. Wang, N. Yadav, and T.A. Wilkins. (2003) Development of highly regenerable elite Acala cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) – A step towards genotype-independent regeneration. Plant Cell Tiss Org 73:21-35

Senchina, D.S., I. Alvarez, R.C. Cronn, B. Liu, J. Rong, R.D. Noyes, A.H. Paterson, R.A. Wing, T.A. Wilkins, and J.F. Wendel. (2003) Rate variation among nuclear genes and the age of polyploidy in Gossypium. Mol Biol Evol 20:633-643

Cedroni M.L., R.C. Cronn, K.L. Adams, T.A. Wilkins, and J.F. Wendel. (2002) Evolution and expression of MYB genes in diploid and polyploid cotton. Plant Mol Biol 51:313-325

Chen, X., T. Kanokporn, Q. Zeng, T.A. Wilkins, and A.J. Woods. (2001) Characterization of the V-type H+-ATPase in the resurrection plant Tortula ruralis: Post-transcriptional gene control of the porteolipid c subunit in response to salinity. J Exp Bot. 53:225-232

Tomkins, J.P., D.G. Peterson, T.J. Yang, D.A. Frisch, T.A. Wilkins, A.H. Paterson, and R.A. Wing. (2001) Development of genomic resources for cotton (Gossypiujm hirsutum): BAC library development, preliminary STC analysis, and identification of clones associated with fiber development. Mol Breeding 8:255-261

Schumacher, K., D. Vafeados, M. McCarthy, H. Sze, T.A. Wilkins and J. Chory. (1999) The Arabidopsis det3 mutant reveals a central role for the vacuolar H+-ATPase in plant growth and development. Gene Dev 13:3259-3270

Loguercio, L.L., H.C Scott, N.L. Trolinder, and T.A. Wilkins. (1999) Hmg-co-A reductase gene family in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.): unique structural features and differential expression of hmg2 are potentially associated with synthesis of specific isoprenoids in developing embryos. Plant Cell Physiol 40:750-761

Kim, W., C.-Y. Wan, and T.A. Wilkins. (1999) Functional complementation of yeast vma1Δ cells by a plant subunit A homolog rescues the mutant phenotype and partially restores vacuolar H+-ATPase activity. Plant J 17:501-510

Smart LB, Vojdani F, Maeshima M, Wilkins TA. (1998) Genes involved in osmoregulation during turgor-driven cell expansion of developing cotton fibers are differentially regulated. Plant Physiol 116: 1539-1549

Hasenfratz, M.-P., C.-L. Tsou and T.A. Wilkins. (1995) Expression of two related vacuolar H+-ATPase 16 kD proteolipid genes is differentially regulated in a tissue-specific manner. Plant Physiol 108: 1395-1404

Tiwari SC, Wilkins TA. (1995) Gossypium hirsutum L. seed trichomes expand via a diffuse growing mechanism. Can J Bot 73: 746-757

Invited Review Chapters

Wilkins, T.A., R. Mishra, and N. Trolinder. (2003) Cotton Transformation. In Molecular Methods of Plant Analysis, J.L. Jackson, R.B. Inman and H.F. Linskens, eds. Springer Verlag. In Press.

Wilkins, T.A., K. Rajasekaran, and D. Anderson (2000) Cotton Biotechnology. Crit Rev Plant Sci 15:511-550.

Ratajczak, R., and T.A. Wilkins (2000) Energizing the tonoplast. Chapter 7. In Vacuolar Compartments (D.G. Robinson and J.C. Rogers, eds.). Sheffield Academic Press Ltd., England. pp. 133-173.

Wilkins, T.A., and J.A. Jernstedt (1999) Chapter 9. Molecular genetics of developing cotton fibers. In Cotton Fibers (A.M. Basra, ed.). Hawthorne Press, New York. pp. 231-267.

Wilkins and Smart (1996)

Patents Pending

Wilkins, T.A. (200X) Bioengineering Cotton for Enhanced Fiber Quality.

Wilkins, T.A. and R. Mishra (200X) Cotton Transformation and Regeneration.

Wilkins, T.A., H.-Y. Wang, and R. Mishra (200X) Cotton Transformation and Regeneration.