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| Martin B. Dickman Professor, Director of Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology |
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Office: 107 Borlaug Center Phone: 979-862-4788 Email: mbdickman@tamu.edu |
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Ph.D. Plant Pathology (1986) University of Hawaii |
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Fungal - Plant Interactions My research program centers on fundamental aspects of fungal-plant interactions. From the fungal side the focus involves the identification of genes that regulate pathogenic development and signal communication. I am also the PI on a grant for the recently completed genomic sequence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. My other interest is in plant programmed cell death (apoptosis) and the extent to which parallels exist between plant and animal systems. We have recently shown that modulation of cell death can be an effective means to control certain diseases as well as abiotic stress. The overall goals of these studies are understanding the mechanisms that regulate plant apoptosis and implementing intervention or alternative strategies to generate transgenic plants with novel mechanisms of pathogen resistance and stress tolerance. |
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Dickman, M.B., Park, Y.K., Oltersdorf, T., Li, W., Clemente, T., and French, R. 2001. Abrogation of disease development in plants expressing animal anti-apoptotic genes. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 98: 6957-6962.
Dickman, M.B., Ha, Y.S.,Yang, Z., Adams, B., and Huang, C. 2003. A protein kinase from Colletotrichum trifolii is induced by plant cutin and is required for appressorium formation. Mol. Plant-Microbe Inter. 16:411-421. Chen, C., and Dickman, M.B. 2004. Dominant active Rac and dominant negative Rac revert the dominant active Ras phenotype in Colletotrichum trifolii by distinct signaling pathways. Mol. Microbiol. 51: 1493-1507. Chen, C., Harel, A., Gorovits, R., Yarden, O., and Dickman, M.B. 2004. Regulation of sclerotial development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is linked with pH and cAMP sensing. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 17: 404-413. Li, W. and Dickman, M.B. 2004. Abiotic stress induces apoptotic-like features in tobacco that is inhibited by expression of human Bcl-2. Biotech. Letters 26:87-95. Chen, S. Zarir., Li, W., Asard, H., and Dickman, M.B. 2004. Tomato phospholipid hydoperoxide glutathione peroxidase inhibits cell death induced by Bax and oxidative stresses in yeast and plants. Plant Physiol. 135: 163-1641, Chen, S., and Dickman, M.B. 2004. Bcl-2 family members localize to chloroplasts and inhibit programmed cell death induced by chloroplast directed herbicides. J. Exp. Bot. 55: 2617-2623. Dickman, M.B. 2004. Approaches toward Banana Improvement through Biotechnology: Can Model Plants Help? InfoMusa 13: 6-11. Chen, C. and Dickman, M.B. 2005. cAMP blocks MAPK activation and sclerotial development via Rap-1 in a PKA-independent manner in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Mol. Micrbiol. 55: 299-311. Chen, C., and Dickman, M.B. 2005. Proline suppresses apoptosis in the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum trifolii. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102: 3459-3464. (Includes Commentary) Chen, C., Ha, Y. Min., J., Memmott, S.D. and Dickman, M.B. 2006. Cdc42 is required for proper growth and development in the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum trifolii. Euk. Cell 5:155-166. |
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