Christopher J. Botanga
Chicago State University
11 Papers
Christopher J. Botanga is an academic researcher from Chicago State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Perspective (graphical) & Gene expression profiling. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 9 publications. Previous affiliations of Christopher J. Botanga include University of Minnesota.
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Papers
Arabidopsis MAP kinase 4 regulates gene expression through transcription factor release in the nucleus
Jin-Long Qiu,Berthe Katrine Fiil,Klaus Petersen,Henrik Nielsen,Christopher J. Botanga,Stephan Thorgrimsen,Kristoffer Palma,Maria Cristina Suarez-Rodriguez,Signe Sandbech-Clausen,Jacek Lichota,Peter Brodersen,Klaus D. Grasser,Ole Mattsson,Jane Glazebrook,John Mundy,Morten Petersen +15 more
TL;DR: The data establish direct links between MPK4 and innate immunity and provide an example of how a plant MAP kinase can regulate gene expression by releasing transcription factors in the nucleus upon activation.
Dual Regulation of Gene Expression Mediated by Extended MAPK Activation and Salicylic Acid Contributes to Robust Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana
Kenichi Tsuda,Akira Mine,Gerit Bethke,Daisuke Igarashi,Christopher J. Botanga,Yayoi Tsuda,Jane Glazebrook,Masanao Sato,Fumiaki Katagiri +8 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that the duration of the MAPK activation is a critical determinant for modulation of robustness of the immune signaling network, implying that the robustness level of a biological network can be modulated by the activities of network components.
Metabolite profiling of Arabidopsis inoculated with Alternaria brassicicola reveals that ascorbate reduces disease severity.
Christopher J. Botanga,Gerit Bethke,Zhong Chen,Daniel R. Gallie,Oliver Fiehn,Jane Glazebrook +5 more
TL;DR: Ascorbate levels declined following A. brassicicola inoculation while levels of dehydroascorbate increased, resulting in a shift of the redox balance between these compounds in the direction of oxidation, demonstrating that ascorbates is an important component of resistance to this pathogen.
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A genome-wide transcriptome map of pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) provides novel insights into salinity-related genes and marker discovery.
Maryam Moazzzam Jazi,Seyed Mahdi Seyedi,Esmaeil Ebrahimie,Mansour Ebrahimi,Gianluca De Moro,Christopher J. Botanga +5 more
TL;DR: This study, as the first report on the whole transcriptome survey of P. vera, provides important resources and paves the way for functional and comparative genomic studies on this major tree to discover the salinityolerance-related markers and stress response mechanisms for breeding of new pistachio cultivars with more salinity tolerance.
Identification of Reference Genes for Quantitative Gene Expression Studies in a Non-Model Tree Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.)
TL;DR: EF1α was found to be the superior reference gene in all samples under all abiotic treatments, and EF1α, ACT and β-TUB were the second best reference genes for gene expression analysis in leaf and root.