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Philip Benfey
Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, United States of America

Faculty Member: Plant Biology > Plant Growth & Development [ since 4 July 2001 ]
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Evaluations

Inhibition of shoot branching by new terpenoid plant hormones.
Umehara M, Hanada A, …, Kyozuka J, Yamaguchi S
Nature 2008 Sep 11 455(7210):195-200 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Judy Callis / Tai-ping Sun / Alisdair Fernie / Philip Benfey with Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi
Evaluated 6 Nov 2008

Strigolactone inhibition of shoot branching.
Gomez-Roldan V, Fermas S, …, Rameau C, Rochange SF
Nature 2008 Sep 11 455(7210):189-94 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tai-ping Sun / Jan Traas / Alisdair Fernie / Philip Benfey with Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi / Martin Parniske
Evaluated 6 Nov 2008

Predictive behavior within microbial genetic networks.
Tagkopoulos I, Liu YC, Tavazoie S
Science 2008 Jun 6 320(5881):1313-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Anna-Louise Reysenbach / Philip Benfey / Shiladitya DasSarma with James A Coker / Hunter Fraser
Evaluated 22 Jul 2008

Rapid synthesis of auxin via a new tryptophan-dependent pathway is required for shade avoidance in plants.
Tao Y, Ferrer JL, …, Noel JP, Chory J
Cell 2008 Apr 4 133(1):164-76 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 4 Jun 2008

TAA1-mediated auxin biosynthesis is essential for hormone crosstalk and plant development.
Stepanova AN, Robertson-Hoyt J, …, Jürgens G, Alonso JM
Cell 2008 Apr 4 133(1):177-91 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 4 Jun 2008

Local positive feedback regulation determines cell shape in root hair cells.
Takeda S, Gapper C, …, Kuchitsu K, Dolan L
Science 2008 Feb 29 319(5867):1241-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Simon Gilroy
Evaluated 14 Mar 2008

Ethylene modulates stem cell division in the Arabidopsis thaliana root.
Ortega-Martínez O, Pernas M, Carol RJ, Dolan L
Science 2007 Jul 27 317(5837):507-10 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Martin Robert McAinsh / Lieven De Veylder / Rüdiger Simon / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 21 Aug 2007

A chromatin link that couples cell division to root epidermis patterning in Arabidopsis.
Caro E, Castellano MM, Gutierrez C
Nature 2007 May 10 447(7141):213-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Erich Grotewold / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 1 May 2007

Cytokinins determine Arabidopsis root-meristem size by controlling cell differentiation.
Dello Ioio R, Linhares FS, …, Costantino P, Sabatini S
Curr Biol 2007 Apr 17 17(8):678-82 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Christian Hardtke / Philip Benfey / Lieven De Veylder / Robert Sablowski
Evaluated 28 Mar 2007

APETALA1 and SEPALLATA3 interact with SEUSS to mediate transcription repression during flower development.
Sridhar VV, Surendrarao A, Liu Z
Development 2006 Aug 133(16):3159-66 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 6 Dec 2006

BRX mediates feedback between brassinosteroid levels and auxin signalling in root growth.
Mouchel CF, Osmont KS, Hardtke CS
Nature 443(7110):458-61 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Daniel Chamovitz / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 6 Dec 2006

DEMETER DNA glycosylase establishes MEDEA polycomb gene self-imprinting by allele-specific demethylation.
Gehring M, Huh JH, …, Goldberg RB, Fischer RL
Cell 2006 Feb 10 124(3):495-506 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Wolf Reik / Vivian Irish / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 27 Apr 2006

A molecular framework for plant regeneration.
Xu J, Hofhuis H, …, Friml J, Scheres B
Science 2006 Jan 20 311(5759):385-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 1 Mar 2006

WUSCHEL controls meristem function by direct regulation of cytokinin-inducible response regulators.
Leibfried A, To JP, …, Kieber JJ, Lohmann JU
Nature 2005 Dec 22 438(7071):1172-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Rüdiger Simon / Kay Schneitz / David Jackson / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 28 Feb 2006

GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1 encodes a soluble receptor for gibberellin.
Ueguchi-Tanaka M, Ashikari M, …, Yamaguchi I, Matsuoka M
Nature 2005 Sep 29 437(7059):693-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Yunde Zhao / Patrick Masson / Simon Gilroy / Judy Callis / Tai-ping Sun / Philip Benfey / Seth J Davis
Evaluated 19 Dec 2005

Histone acetylation affects expression of cellular patterning genes in the Arabidopsis root epidermis.
Xu CR, Liu C, …, Xu ZH, Bai SN
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Oct 4 102(40):14469-74 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 19 Dec 2005

Patterns of auxin transport and gene expression during primordium development revealed by live imaging of the Arabidopsis inflorescence meristem.
Heisler MG, Ohno C, …, Long JA, Meyerowitz EM
Curr Biol 2005 Nov 8 15(21):1899-911 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Christian Hardtke / Detlef Weigel / David Smyth / Elizabeth Kellogg / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 19 Dec 2005

Specific effects of microRNAs on the plant transcriptome.
Schwab R, Palatnik JF, …, Schmid M, Weigel D
Dev Cell 2005 Apr 8(4):517-27 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 9 Jun 2005

The Arabidopsis F-box protein TIR1 is an auxin receptor.
Kepinski S, Leyser O
Nature 2005 May 26 435(7041):446-51 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Patrick Masson / Yunde Zhao / Tai-ping Sun / Philip Benfey / Vivian Irish / Wolf B. Frommer / Seth J Davis / Emmanuel Liscum
Evaluated 9 Jun 2005

The F-box protein TIR1 is an auxin receptor.
Dharmasiri N, Dharmasiri S, Estelle M
Nature 2005 May 26 435(7041):441-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Patrick Masson / Yunde Zhao / Tai-ping Sun / Philip Benfey / Vivian Irish / Wolf B. Frommer / Emmanuel Liscum
Evaluated 9 Jun 2005

Genome-wide non-mendelian inheritance of extra-genomic information in Arabidopsis.
Lolle SJ, Victor JL, Young JM, Pruitt RE
Nature 2005 Mar 24 434(7032):505-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Frank Lyko / Shigeru Iida / Kay Schneitz / Judy Wall / Marjori Matzke / James Carrington / Jose Luis Riechmann / Christian Hardtke / John Bowman / James Hu / Caren Chang / Venkatesan Sundaresan / Philip Benfey / Stephan Beck / Magnus Nordborg / Neelima Sinha / Martin Parniske / Elena Alvarez-Buylla / Elizabeth Kellogg / Elizabeth Hood
Dissenters | Alejandro Sanchez-Alvarado
Evaluated 5 Apr 2005


Positional signaling mediated by a receptor-like kinase in Arabidopsis.
Kwak SH, Shen R, Schiefelbein J
Science 2005 Feb 18 307(5712):1111-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Sheila McCormick / Liam Dolan / Vivian Irish / Robert Sablowski
Evaluated 6 Jan 2005

Genomic analysis of regulatory network dynamics reveals large topological changes.
Luscombe NM, Babu MM, …, Teichmann SA, Gerstein M
Nature 2004 Sep 16 431(7006):308-12 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 9 Nov 2004

Regulation of gene expression by a metabolic enzyme.
Hall DA, Zhu H, …, Gerstein M, Snyder M
Science 2004 Oct 15 306(5695):482-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vivian Cheung / Philip Benfey / Andrew D. Sharrocks
Evaluated 5 Nov 2004

Transcriptional regulatory code of a eukaryotic genome.
Harbison CT, Gordon DB, …, Fraenkel E, Young RA
Nature 2004 Sep 2 431(7004):99-104 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Veronica van Heyningen
Evaluated 15 Sep 2004

A proteoglycan mediates inductive interaction during plant vascular development.
Motose H, Sugiyama M, Fukuda H
Nature 2004 Jun 24 429(6994):873-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Julin Maloof / David Smyth / Philip Benfey / Julia Kehr / Ian Moore / Paul Dupree / Liam Dolan
Evaluated 13 Jul 2004

Genome-wide comparative analysis of the transposable elements in the related species Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica oleracea.
Zhang X, Wessler SR
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Apr 13 101(15):5589-94 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Marie-Angele Grandbastien / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 13 Jul 2004

microRNA-mediated repression of rolled leaf1 specifies maize leaf polarity.
Juarez MT, Kui JS, …, Heller BA, Timmermans MC
Nature 2004 Mar 4 428(6978):84-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Neelima Sinha
Evaluated 16 Mar 2004

Spatially restricted microRNA directs leaf polarity through ARGONAUTE1.
Kidner CA, Martienssen RA
Nature 2004 Mar 4 428(6978):81-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Neelima Sinha
Evaluated 16 Mar 2004

A MAPKK kinase gene regulates extra-embryonic cell fate in Arabidopsis.
Lukowitz W, Roeder A, Parmenter D, Somerville C
Cell 2004 Jan 9 116(1):109-19 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Jen Sheen / Robert Sablowski / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 16 Mar 2004

APL regulates vascular tissue identity in Arabidopsis.
Bonke M, Thitamadee S, …, Hauser MT, Helariutta Y
Nature 2003 Nov 13 426(6963):181-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Karl Oparka / Javier Paz-Ares / Philip Benfey / Walter Kockenberger / John Bowman
Evaluated 27 Nov 2003

Control of leaf morphogenesis by microRNAs.
Palatnik JF, Allen E, …, Carrington JC, Weigel D
Nature 2003 Sep 18 425(6955):257-63 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tai-ping Sun / Javier Paz-Ares / Carl Thummel / Vivian Irish / David Smyth / Philip Benfey / Jen Sheen
Evaluated 27 Nov 2003

A microRNA as a translational repressor of APETALA2 in Arabidopsis flower development.
Chen X
Science 2004 Mar 26 303(5666):2022-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | James Carrington / Philip Benfey / Detlef Weigel / Jennifer Fletcher / David Smyth / Daniel Gallie / Tai-ping Sun
Evaluated 9 Sep 2003

Modes of intercellular transcription factor movement in the Arabidopsis apex.
Wu X, Dinneny JR, …, Zambryski PC, Weigel D
Development 2003 Aug 130(16):3735-45 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Gwyneth Ingram / Philip Benfey / Andy Maule
Evaluated 22 Jul 2003

Modulation of phospholipid signaling by GLABRA2 in root-hair pattern formation.
Ohashi Y, Oka A, …, Morelli G, Aoyama T
Science 2003 May 30 300(5624):1427-30 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Yasounori Machida / Liam Dolan
Evaluated 18 Jun 2003

Growth dynamics underlying petal shape and asymmetry.
Rolland-Lagan AG, Bangham JA, Coen E
Nature 2003 Mar 13 422(6928):161-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Rüdiger Simon / Nancy Dengler / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 15 May 2003

Auxin promotes Arabidopsis root growth by modulating gibberellin response.
Fu X, Harberd NP
Nature 2003 Feb 13 421(6924):740-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Andrew Hudson / Philip Benfey / Liam Dolan / Robert Sablowski
Evaluated 24 Mar 2003

SCARECROW is involved in positioning the stem cell niche in the Arabidopsis root meristem.
Sabatini S, Heidstra R, Wildwater M, Scheres B
Genes Dev 2003 Feb 1 17(3):354-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Elena Alvarez-Buylla / Philip Benfey / Detlef Weigel / Liam Dolan
Evaluated 27 Feb 2003

Chloroplast to nucleus communication triggered by accumulation of Mg-protoporphyrinIX.
Strand A, Asami T, …, Ecker JR, Chory J
Nature 2003 Jan 2 421(6918):79-83 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Eric Lam / Jocelyn Malamy
Evaluated 24 Jan 2003

Transcriptional regulatory networks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Lee TI, Rinaldi NJ, …, Gifford DK, Young RA
Science 2002 Oct 25 298(5594):799-804 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Rob White / Jonathan R. Warner / Yasushi Okazaki / Regine Hengge / Oliver Fiehn / Philip Benfey / Roger Brent
Evaluated 12 Dec 2002

The Arabidopsis HOBBIT gene encodes a CDC27 homolog that links the plant cell cycle to progression of cell differentiation.
Blilou I, Frugier F, …, Weisbeek P, Scheres B
Genes Dev 2002 Oct 1 16(19):2566-75 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 6 Nov 2002

SINAT5 promotes ubiquitin-related degradation of NAC1 to attenuate auxin signals.
Xie Q, Guo HS, …, Weissman AM, Chua NH
Nature 2002 Sep 12 419(6903):167-70 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Yasounori Machida / Jocelyn Malamy / Philip Benfey / Robert Sablowski
Evaluated 8 Oct 2002

Cleavage of Scarecrow-like mRNA targets directed by a class of Arabidopsis miRNA.
Llave C, Xie Z, Kasschau KD, Carrington JC
Science 2002 Sep 20 297(5589):2053-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Marjori Matzke / Philip Benfey / Daniel Gallie / Takashi Hirayama / Robert Sablowski / Javier Paz-Ares
Evaluated 8 Oct 2002

Prediction of plant microRNA targets.
Rhoades MW, Reinhart BJ, …, Bartel B, Bartel DP
Cell 2002 Aug 23 110(4):513-20 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Marjori Matzke / Philip Benfey / James Carrington / Gregory Copenhaver / Richard M. Amasino / Liam Dolan / Javier Paz-Ares
Evaluated 2 Sep 2002

MicroRNAs in plants.
Reinhart BJ, Weinstein EG, …, Bartel B, Bartel DP
Genes Dev 2002 Jul 1 16(13):1616-26 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Mark Running / Philip Benfey / Julia Kehr / Gregory Copenhaver / Richard M. Amasino
Evaluated 2 Sep 2002

Endogenous and silencing-associated small RNAs in plants.
Llave C, Kasschau KD, Rector MA, Carrington JC
Plant Cell 2002 Jul 14(7):1605-19 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Marjori Matzke / Daniel Gallie / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 2 Sep 2002

Hsp90 as a capacitor of phenotypic variation.
Queitsch C, Sangster TA, Lindquist S
Nature 2002 Jun 6 417(6889):618-24 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Takashi Hirayama / Azim Surani / David Baum / Trudy Mackay / Ulf Pettersson / Philip Benfey / Xing Wang Deng / Peter Langridge
Evaluated 23 Jul 2002

CLV3 is localized to the extracellular space, where it activates the Arabidopsis CLAVATA stem cell signaling pathway.
Rojo E, Sharma VK, …, Raikhel NV, Fletcher JC
Plant Cell 2002 May 14(5):969-77 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 24 Jun 2002

Homologies in leaf form inferred from KNOXI gene expression during development.
Bharathan G, Goliber TE, …, Pham T, Sinha NR
Science 2002 Jun 7 296(5574):1858-60 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Detlef Weigel / Liam Dolan / Guenter Theissen / Elizabeth Kellogg
Evaluated 21 Jun 2002

HEN1 functions pleiotropically in Arabidopsis development and acts in C function in the flower.
Chen X, Liu J, Cheng Y, Jia D
Development 2002 Mar 129(5):1085-94 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 27 May 2002

Network motifs in the transcriptional regulation network of Escherichia coli.
Shen-Orr SS, Milo R, Mangan S, Alon U
Nat Genet 2002 May 31(1):64-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Golan Yona / Christos Ouzounis
Evaluated 27 May 2002

Expression profile matrix of Arabidopsis transcription factor genes suggests their putative functions in response to environmental stresses.
Chen W, Provart NJ, …, Wang X, Zhu T
Plant Cell 2002 Mar 14(3):559-74 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 30 Apr 2002

Cell pattern in the Arabidopsis root epidermis determined by lateral inhibition with feedback.
Lee MM, Schiefelbein J
Plant Cell 2002 Mar 14(3):611-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey / Liam Dolan
Evaluated 30 Apr 2002

AtPIN4 mediates sink-driven auxin gradients and root patterning in Arabidopsis.
Friml J, Benková E, …, Jürgens G, Palme K
Cell 2002 Mar 8 108(5):661-73 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Jan Traas / Philip Benfey / Elena Alvarez-Buylla
Evaluated 25 Mar 2002

Lateral relocation of auxin efflux regulator PIN3 mediates tropism in Arabidopsis.
Friml J, Wi¿niewska J, …, Mendgen K, Palme K
Nature 2002 Feb 14 415(6873):806-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Robert Sablowski / Emmanuel Liscum / Jan Traas / Laurie Smith / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 25 Mar 2002

Cell specification in the Arabidopsis root epidermis requires the activity of ECTOPIC ROOT HAIR 3--a katanin-p60 protein.
Webb M, Jouannic S, …, Linstead P, Dolan L
Development 2002 Jan 129(1):123-31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 7 Feb 2002

Auxin transport inhibitors block PIN1 cycling and vesicle trafficking.
Geldner N, Friml J, …, Jürgens G, Palme K
Nature 2001 Sep 27 413(6854):425-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Patrick Masson / Jan Traas / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 14 Jan 2002

A conserved MYB transcription factor involved in phosphate starvation signaling both in vascular plants and in unicellular algae.
Rubio V, Linhares F, …, Leyva A, Paz-Ares J
Genes Dev 2001 Aug 15 15(16):2122-33 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Julian Schroeder / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 4 Jan 2002

Termination of stem cell maintenance in Arabidopsis floral meristems by interactions between WUSCHEL and AGAMOUS.
Lenhard M, Bohnert A, Jürgens G, Laux T
Cell 2001 Jun 15 105(6):805-14 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Philip Benfey
Evaluated 5 Nov 2001

A molecular link between stem cell regulation and floral patterning in Arabidopsis.
Lohmann JU, Hong RL, …, Simon R, Weigel D
Cell 2001 Jun 15 105(6):793-803 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Richard M. Amasino / Philip Benfey / David Baum
Evaluated 5 Nov 2001

Growth stage-based phenotypic analysis of Arabidopsis: a model for high throughput functional genomics in plants.
Boyes DC, Zayed AM, …, Davis KR, Görlach J
Plant Cell 2001 Jul 13(7):1499-510 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Phil Mullineaux / Philip Benfey
Evaluated 5 Nov 2001

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