Education

Postdoctoral Researcher - University of North Carolina (2001 - 2007)
Postdoctoral Researcher - Wake Forest University (1998 - 2001)
Ph.D. - Plant Sciences, University of Arizona (1999)
B.S. - Biological Sciences, Florida State University (1992)

Research & Teaching Interests

My overall research interest is focused on gaining a better understanding of plant development. More specifically, I am interested in how plant hormones are involved in such processes, particularly the hormone cytokinin. My research is centered on using molecular, genetic, and physiological approaches to study several highly related transcription factors that are regulated by cytokinin. A greater understanding of the role these Cytokinin Response Factors (CRFs) play in essential plant processes such as developmental control of leaf and other organ formation is a major goal. My teaching interests parallel my research interests and are focused on plant biology and development in general. 

Selected Publications

Zwack P.J., Shi X., Robinson B.R., Gupta S., Gerken D.M., Compton M.A., Goertzen L.R., Rashotte A.M. (2012) Vascular expression and C-terminal sequence divergence of Cytokinin Response Factors in flowering plants. Plant & Cell Physiology 53: 1683-1695.

Shi, X., S. Gupta, A.M. Rashotte. (2012) Solanum lycopersicum Cytokinin Response Factors (SlCRFs) genes: characterization of CRF domain containing ERF genes in tomato. J. Exp. Bot. 63: 973–982.

Gupta, S. and A.M. Rashotte. (2012) Down-stream components of cytokinin signaling and the role of cytokinin throughout the plant. Plant Cell Rep. 31:801–812.

Shi, X. and A.M. Rashotte. (2012) Advances in upstream players of cytokinin phosphorelay: receptors and histidine phosphotransfer proteins. Plant Cell Rep. 31:789–799.

Cutcliffe, J.W., E. Hellmann, A. Heyl,  A.M. Rashotte. (2011) CRFs Form Protein-Protein Interactions Among Each Other And With Members Of The Cytokinin-Signaling Pathway In Arabidopsis Via The CRF Domain. J. Exp. Bot. 62:4995-5002.

Rashotte, A.M. and L.R. Goertzen (2010) The CRF domain defines Cytokinin Response Factor proteins in plants. BMC Plant Biol. 10:74. 

Rashotte, A.M., M.M. Mason, C.E. Hutchison, F.J. Ferreria, G.E. Schaller, J.J. Kieber. (2006) A subset of Arabidopsis AP2 transcription factors mediate cytokinin responses in concert with a two-component pathway: PNAS 103:11081-11085.

Rashotte, A.M., H.S. Chae, B.B. Maxwell, J.J. Kieber. (2005) The interaction of cytokinin with other signals. Physiol. Plant. 123:184-194.

Rashotte, A.M., S.D.B. Carson, J.P.C. To, J.J. Kieber. (2003) Expression profiling of cytokinin action in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 132:1998-2011.

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