Recent Publications (1998-)

  1. de Souza MP/Pilon-Smits EAH, Lytle CM, Hwang S, Tai JC, Honma TSU, Yeh L, Terry N (1998) Rate-limiting steps in selenium volatilization by Brassica juncea. Plant Physiology 117: 1487-1494
  2. Pilon-Smits EAH/de Souza MP, Lytle CM, Shang C, Lugo T, Terry N (1998) Selenium volatilization and assimilation by hybrid poplar (Populus tremula x alba). Journal of Experimental Botany 49: 1889-1892
  3. Pilon M, Römisch K, Quach D. and Schekman R (1998) Sec61p serves multiple roles in secretory precursor binding and translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Molecular Biology of the Cell 9, 3455-3473.
  4. Rensink, WA, Pilon M, and Weisbeek PJ (1998) Domains of a transit sequence required for in vivo import in Arabidopsis Chloroplasts.
    Plant Physiology 118, 691-700.
  5. Zhu Y/Pilon-Smits EAH, Jouanin L, Terry N (1999) Overexpression of glutathione synthetase in Brassica juncea  enhances cadmium tolerance and accumulation. Plant Physiology 119:73-79
  6. Pilon-Smits EAH, Hwang SB, Lytle CM, Zhu YL, Tai JC, Bravo RC, Leustek T, Terry N (1999) Overexpression of ATP sulfurylase in Brassica juncea leads to increased selenate uptake, reduction and tolerance. Plant Physiology 119:123-132
  7. Pilon-Smits EAH/de Souza MP, Hong G, Amini A, Bravo RC, Payabyab ST, Terry N (1999) Selenium volatilization and accumulation by twenty aquatic plant species. Journal of Environmental Quality 28:1011-1017
  8. Pilon-Smits EAH, Terry N, Sears T, van Dun K (1999) Enhanced drought resistance in fructan-producing sugar beet. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 37(4): 313-317
  9. Zhu YL, Pilon-Smits EAH, Tarun A, Weber SU, Jouanin L, Terry N (1999) Cadmium tolerance and accumulation in Indian mustard is enhanced by overexpressing g-glutamylcysteine synthetase. Plant Physiology 121:1169-1177
  10. Pilon M, and Schekman R (1999) Protein Translocation: How Hsp70 pulls it off. Cell 97, 679-682
  11. Zayed A, Pilon-Smits E, de Souza M, Lin ZQ, Terry N. (2000) Remediation of selenium polluted soils and waters by phytovolatilization.  In: Terry N, Banuelos G (eds): Phytoremediation of contaminated soil and water. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, pp 61-83.
  12. deSouza MP, Pilon-Smits EAH, Terry N. (2000) The Physiology and Biochemistry of Selenium Volatilization by Plants.  In (Ensley BD and Raskin I, eds): Phytoremediation of toxic metals: Using plants to clean up the environment.  Wiley & Sons, New York, pp 171-190
  13. Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2000) Breeding mercury-breathing plants for environmental cleanup. Trends in Plant Science 5:235-236
  14. Pilon-Smits EAH/Zhu Y, Sears T, Terry N (2000) Overexpression of glutathione reductase in Brassica juncea - effects on cadmium accumulation and tolerance. Physiologia Plantarum 110: 455-460
  15. Gillece, P, Pilon M and Römisch, K (2000) The protein translocation channel mediates glycopeptide export across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 4609-4614
  16. Hale KL, McGrath S, Lombi E, Stack S, Terry N, Pickering IJ, George GN, Pilon-Smits EAH (2001) Molybdenum Sequestration in Brassica: A Role for Anthocyanins? Plant Physiology 126:1391-1402
  17. Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2002) Phytoremediation of metals using transgenic plants. Critical Reviews in Plant Science 21:439-456
  18. Hale KL, Tufan HA, Pickering IJ, George GN, Terry N, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2002) Anthocyanins Facilitate Tungsten Accumulation In Brassica. Physiologia Plantarum 116:351-358
  19. Pilon-Smits EAH, Garifullina GF, Abdel-Ghany SE, Kato S-I, Mihara H, Hale KL, Burkhead JL, Esaki N, Kurihara T, Pilon M (2002) Characterization of a NifS-like Chloroplast Protein from Arabidopsis thaliana - Implications for Its Role in Sulfur and Selenium Metabolism. Plant Physiology 130:1309-1318
  20. Bennett LE, Burkhead JL, Hale KL, Terry N, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Analysis of Transgenic Indian Mustard Plants for Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Mine Tailings. Journal of Environmental Quality 32: 432-440
  21. Pilon M, Owen JD, Garifullina GF, Kurihara T, Mihara H, Esaki N, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Enhanced selenium tolerance and accumulation in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana expressing a mouse selenocysteine lyase. Plant Physiology 131: 1250-1257
  22. Garifullina GF, Owen JD, Lindblom S-D, Tufan H, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Expression of a Mouse Selenocysteine Lyase in Brassica juncea Chloroplasts Affects Selenium Tolerance and Accumulation. Physiologia Plantarum118: 538-544
  23. Olson PE, Reardon KF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Ecology of Rhizosphere Bioremediation. In: McCutcheon SC, Schnoor JL (Eds) "Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of Contaminants ". Wiley and Sons, pp. 317-355
  24. Hanson B, Lindblom SD, Garifullina GF, Wangeline A, Ackley A, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Selenium Accumulation Affects Brassica juncea Susceptibility to Invertebrate Herbivory and Fungal Infection. New Phytologist 159: 461-469
  25. Burkhead JL, Abdel-Ghany S, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2003) AtCutA: The Arabidopsis thaliana CUTA gene encodes an evolutionarily conserved copper binding chloroplast protein. Plant Journal 34: 856-867
  26. Shikanai, T., Müller-Moulé, P., Munekage, Y., Niyogi, K., and Pilon, M. (2003) PAA1, a P-type ATPase of Arabidopsis, Functions in Copper Transport in Chloroplasts. Plant Cell 15, 1333-1346. (http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/full/15/6/1333)
  27. Van Huysen T, Abdel-Ghany S, Hale KL, LeDuc D, Terry N, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Overexpression of Cystathionine-gamma-Synthase in Indian Mustard Enhances Selenium Volatilization. Planta 218: 71-78
  28. Wangeline AL, Burkhead JL, Hale KL, Lindblom S-D, Terry N, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2004) Overexpression of ATP Sulfurylase in Brassica juncea: Effects on Tolerance and Accumulation of Twelve Metals. Journal of Environmental Quality 33: 54-60
  29. Hanson BR, Lindblom SD, Loeffler ML, Pilon-Smits EAH (2004) Selenium protects plants from phloem-feeding aphids due to both deterrence and toxicity. New Phytologist 162: 655-662
  30. Van Huysen T, Pilon-Smits EAH (2004) Exploring the Selenium Phytoremediation Potential of Transgenic Brassica juncea Overexpressing ATP Sulfurylase or Cystathionine-gamma-Synthase. International Journal of Phytoremediation 6:111-118
  31. Flocco CG, Lindblom S-D, Pilon Smits EAH (2004) Overexpression of enzymes involved in glutathione synthesis enhances tolerance to organic pollutants in Brassica juncea. International Journal of Phytoremediation 6: 289-304
  32. Ye H, Garifullina GF, Abdel-Ghany S, Zhang L, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2005) AtCpNifS is required for iron-sulfur cluster formation in ferredoxin in vitro. Planta 220:602-608
  33. Bañuelos G, Terry N, LeDuc DL, Pilon-Smits EAH, Mackey B (2005) Field trial of transgenic Indian mustard plants shows enhanced phytoremediation of selenium-contaminated sediment. Environmental Science and Technology 39: 1771-1777.
  34. Pilon Smits EAH (2005) Phytoremediation. Annual Reviews in Plant Biology 56:15-39
  35. Abdel-Ghany SE, Müller-Moulé P, Niyogi KK, Pilon M, Shikanai T (2005) Two P-type ATPases are required for copper delivery in Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts, Plant Cell 17: 1233-1251
  36. Abdel-Ghany SE, Burkhead JL, Gogolin KA, Andrés-Colás N, Bodecker JR, Puig S, Peñarrubia L, Pilon M (2005) AtCCS is a functional homolog of the yeast copper chaperone Ccs1/Lys7. FEBS Letters, 579, 2307-2312
  37. Abdel-Ghany SE, Ye H, Garifullina GF, Zhang L, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2005) Iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in chloroplasts: Involvement of the scaffold protein CpIscA. Plant Physiology 138:161-172
  38. Van Hoewyk D, Garifullina GF, Ackley AR, Abdel-Ghany SE, Marcus MA, Fakra S, Ishiyama K, Inoue E, Pilon M, Takahashi H, Pilon-Smits EAH (2005) Overexpression of AtCpNifS enhances selenium tolerance and accumulation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 139: 1518-1528
  39. Pilon M, Abdel-Ghany S, Ye H, Van Hoewyk D, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Biogenesis of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins in Plastids. In: Setlow JK (Ed) "Genetic engineering principles and methods". Wiley, New York. pp 101-117
  40. Pilon Smits EAH, Pilon M (2006) Sulfur metabolism in plastids. In: Wise RR, Hoober JK (Eds) "Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration - The Structure and Function of Plastids". Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pp 387-402
  41. Zhang L Byrne PF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with selenate tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 170: 33-42
  42. Lindblom SD, Abdel-Ghany SE, Hanson BR, Hwang S, Terry N, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Constitutive expression of a high-affinity sulfate transporter in Brassica juncea affects metal tolerance and accumulation. Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 726-733
  43. Ye H, Abdel-Ghany SE, Anderson TD, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2006) Iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in chloroplasts. CpSufE activates CpNifS cysteine desulfurase activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281: 8958-8969
  44. Pilon-Smits EAH, Freeman JL (2006) Environmental Cleanup using Plants: Biotechnological Advances and Ecological Considerations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4: 203-210
  45. Ye H, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Iron Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis in Chloroplasts. New Phytologist 171: 285-292.
  46. Pilon M, Abdel-Ghany SE, Cohu CM, Gogolin KA, Ye H (2006) Copper cofactor delivery in plant cells. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 9: 256-263
  47. Freeman JL, Zhang LH, Marcus MA, Fakra S, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Spatial imaging, speciation and quantification of selenium in the hyperaccumulator plants Astragalus bisulcatus and Stanleya pinnata. Plant Physiology 142: 124-134
  48. Zhang L-H, Abdel-Ghany SE, Freeman JL, Ackley AR, Schiavon, M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Investigation of Selenium tolerance mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiologia Plantarum 128: 212-223
  49. Freeman JL/Quinn CF, Marcus MA, Fakra S, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Selenium-tolerant diamondback moth disarms hyperaccumulator plant defense. Current Biology 16: 2181-2192
  50. Schiavon M, Zhang L, Abdel-Ghany SE, Pilon M, Malagoli M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Variation in copper metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions Columbia, Landsberg erecta and Wassilewskija. Physiologia Plantarum 129: 342-350
  51. Galeas ML, Zhang LH, Freeman JL, Wegner M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Seasonal fluctuations of selenium and sulfur accumulation in selenium hyperaccumulators and related non-accumulators. New Phytologist 173: 517-525
  52. Banuelos G, LeDuc DL, Pilon-Smits EAH, Tagmount A, Terry N (2007) Transgenic Indian mustard overexpressing selenocysteine lyase, selenocysteine methyltransferase, or methionine methyltransferase exhibit enhanced potential for selenium phytoremediation under field conditions. Environmental Science and Technology 41: 599-605
  53. Zhang L-H, Ackley AR, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Variation in selenium tolerance and accumulation among nineteen Arabidopsis ecotypes. Journal of Plant Physiology 164: 327-336
  54. Cohu CM and Pilon M (2007) Regulation of superoxide dismutase expression by copper availability. Physiologia Plantarum, 129, 747-755
  55. Van Hoewyk D, Abdel-Ghany SE, Cohu C, Herbert S, Kugrens P, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) The Arabidopsis cysteine desulfurase CpNifS is essential for maturation of iron-sulfur cluster proteins, photosynthesis, and chloroplast development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104: 5686-5691
  56. Puig S, Mira H, Dorcey E, Sancenon V, Andres-Colas N, Garcia-Molina A, Burkhead JL, Gogolin KA, Abdel-Ghany SE, Thiele DJ, Ecker JR, Pilon M, Penarrubia L (2007) Higher plants possess two different types of ATX1-like copper chaperones. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 354:385-390
  57. Rabier J, Schwob I, Bouraima-Madjebi S, Leon V, Prudent P, Viano J, Nabors MW, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Characterization of metal tolerance and accumulation in Grevillea exul var exul. International Journal of Phytoremediation 9: 419-435
  58. Quinn CF, Galeas ML, Freeman JL, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Selenium: Deterrence, toxicity, and adaptation. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 3: 460-462
  59. Yamasaki H/Abdel-Ghany SE, Cohu CM, Kobayashi Y, Shikanai T, Pilon M (2007) Regulation of Copper Homeostasis by micro-RNA in Arabidopsis. (*shared first authors). Journal of Biological Chemistry, in press. http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/M700138200v1
  60. Freeman JL, Lindblom SD*, Quinn CF, Fakra S, Marcus MA, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Selenium accumulation protects plants from herbivory by orthoptera due to toxicity and deterrence. New Phytologist 175: 490-500
  61. Murthy N, Ollagnier-de-Choudens S, Sanakis Y, Abdel-Ghany SE, Rousset C, Ye H, Fontecave M, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2007) Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana SufE2 and SufE3: Functions in Chloroplast Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly and NAD Synthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282: 18254-18264
  62. Olson PE, Castro A, Joern M, DuTeau NM, Pilon-Smits EAH, Reardon KF (2007) Comparison of plant species in a greenhouse phytoremediation study on an aged PAH-contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Quality 36: 1461-1469
  63. Schiavon M, Pilon-Smits EAH, Wirtz M, Hell R, Malagoli M (2008) Interactions between chromium and sulfur metabolism in Brassica juncea. Journal of Environmental Quality, in press
  64. Van Hoewyk D, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) The functions of NifS-like proteins in plant sulfur and selenium metabolism. Plant Science 174:117-123
  65. Van Hoewyk D, Takahashi H, Hess A, Tamaoki M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Transcriptome and biochemical analyses give insight into selenium-stress responses and selenium tolerance mechanisms in Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum 132: 236-253
  66. Quinn CF, Freeman JF, Galeas ML, Klamper EM*, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Selenium protects plants from prairie dog herbivory - Implications for the functional significance and evolution of Se hyperaccumulation. Oecologia, in press
  67. Galeas ML, Klamper EM*, Bennett LE, Freeman JL, Kondratieff BC, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Selenium hyperaccumulation affects plant arthropod load in the field. New Phytologist 177:715-724
  68. Padmavathi L,Ye H, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2008) Cysteine desulfurase-mediated sulfur donation pathways in plants and phototrophic bacteria. In: (Dahl C, Hell R, KNaff, D Leustek T, eds) Sulfur metabolism in phototrophic organisms. in Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (Govindjee, Series Ed). Springer, Berlin, in press
  69. Tamaoki M, Freeman JL, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Cooperative ethylene and jasmonic acid signaling regulates selenite resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology, In press
  70. Schiavon M, Pilon-Smits EAH, Wirtz M, Hell R, Malagoli M (2008) Interactions between chromium and sulfur metabolism in Brassica juncea. Journal of Environmental Quality, in press
  71. Reisinger S, Schiavon M, Terry N, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Heavy metal tolerance and accumulation in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) overexpressing bacterial - glutamylcysteine synthetase or glutathione synthetase. International Journal of Phytoremediation, in press