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. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282:16369-78 http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/M700138200v1
  60. Cohu CM and Pilon M (2007) Regulation of superoxide dismutase expression by copper availability. Physiologia Plantarum, 129, 747-755
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. Olson PE, Castro A, Joern M, DuTeau NM Pilon-Smits EAH, Reardon KF (2008) Effects of agronomic practices on phytoremediation of an aged PAH-contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Quality 37: 1439-1446
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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 155:267-275
  68. 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
  69. 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, pp 133-149
  70. Tamaoki M, Freeman JL, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Cooperative ethylene and jasmonic acid signaling regulates selenite resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology, 146:1219-1230
  71. 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 37:1536-1545
  72. Abdel-Ghany SE and Pilon M (2008) MicroRNA-mediated Systemic Down- regulation of Copper Protein Expression in Response to Low Copper Availability in Arabidopsis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283: 15932–15945
  73. Yamasaki H, Pilon M and Shikanai T (2008) How do plants respond to copper deficiency? Plant Signaling & Behavior 3, 231-232
  74. Jeong J, Cohu C, Kerkeb L, Pilon M, Connolly EL and Guerinot ML (2008) Chloroplast Fe(III) Chelate Reductase Activity is Essential for Seedling Viability under Iron Limiting Conditions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 105: 10619-24
  75. 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 10: 440-454
  76. Tamaoki M, Freeman JL, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) New insights into the roles of ethylene and jasmonic acid in the acquisition of selenium resistance in plants. Plant Signaling and Behavior 3:865-867
  77. Burkhead JL, Gogolin Reynolds KA, Abdel-Ghany SE, Cohu C, Pilon M (2009) Copper homeostasis. New Phytologist, in press
  78. Pilon-Smits EAH, LeDuc DL (2009) Phytoremediation of selenium using transgenic plants. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 20: 207-212
  79. Pilon-Smits EAH, Quinn CF, Tapken W, Malagoli M, Schiavon M (2009) Physiological functions of beneficial elements. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12: 267-274
  80. Freeman JL, Quinn CF, Lindblom SD, Klamper EM, Pilon-Smits EAH (2009) Selenium protects the hyperaccumulator Stanleya pinnata against black-tailed prairie dog herbivory in native seleniferous habitats. American Journal of Botany 96: 1075-1085
  81. Zhu Y-G, Pilon-Smits EAH, Zhao F-J, Williams PN, Meharg AA (2009) Selenium in higher plants: Understanding mechanisms for biofortification and phytoremediation. Trends in Plant Science, In press
  82. Pilon-Smits EAH, Quinn CF (2009) Selenium Metabolism in Plants. In: "Cell Biology of Metal and Nutrients", Hell R, Mendel R, eds. In press