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Sheila McCormick
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Ecology
Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Evolutionary Studies
Agricultural Science
Biotechnology
Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology

Sheila McCormick

PeerJ Author

Summary

Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Dept. Plant and Microbial Biology, UC-Berkeley. Previously a Principal Investigator at the USDA/ARS-UC-Berkeley Plant Gene Expression Center; research focused on the molecular biology of plant reproduction. Has served on many editorial boards, including Plant Journal, Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant, and currently is on the boards of PeerJ and eLIfe, and is the Research Highlights Editor for Plant Journal. 2011 Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB); 2011 Fellow of the American Association For the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Cell Biology Developmental Biology Genetics Molecular Biology Plant Science

Past or current institution affiliations

UC Berkeley

Work details

Adjunct Professor

UC-Berkeley
Plant and Microbial Biology

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  • McCormick Lab

PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 19

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March 26, 2019
Comparative genomic analysis of the IDD genes in five Rosaceae species and expression analysis in Chinese white pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)
Xueqiang Su, Tiankai Meng, Yu Zhao, Guohui Li, Xi Cheng, Muhammad Abdullah, Xu Sun, Yongping Cai, Yi Lin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6628 PubMed 30941270
December 11, 2018
A tuber mustard AP2/ERF transcription factor gene, BjABR1, functioning in abscisic acid and abiotic stress responses, and evolutionary trajectory of the ABR1 homologous genes in Brassica species
Liuxin Xiang, Chao Liu, Jingzhi Luo, Lin He, Yushan Deng, Jie Yuan, Chaofeng Wu, Yingfan Cai
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6071 PubMed 30581669
December 4, 2018
Molecular evolution and expression divergence of three key Met biosynthetic genes in plants: CGS, HMT and MMT
Man Zhao, Wenyi Wang, Lei Wei, Peng Chen, Fengjie Yuan, Zhao Wang, Xiangxian Ying
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6023 PubMed 30533310
July 31, 2018
The interplay between ovule number, pollination and resources as determinants of seed set in a modular plant
Marina M. Strelin, Marcelo A. Aizen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5384 PubMed 30083472
June 25, 2018
Complex characterization of oat (Avena sativa L.) lines obtained by wide crossing with maize (Zea mays L.)
Edyta Skrzypek, Tomasz Warzecha, Angelika Noga, Marzena Warchoł, Ilona Czyczyło-Mysza, Kinga Dziurka, Izabela Marcińska, Kamila Kapłoniak, Agnieszka Sutkowska, Zygmunt Nita, Krystyna Werwińska, Dominika Idziak-Helmcke, Magdalena Rojek, Marta Hosiawa-Barańska
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5107 PubMed 29967749
May 9, 2018
The rice XA21 ectodomain fused to the Arabidopsis EFR cytoplasmic domain confers resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
Nicholas C. Thomas, Nir Oksenberg, Furong Liu, Daniel Caddell, Alina Nalyvayko, Yen Nguyen, Benjamin Schwessinger, Pamela C. Ronald
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4456 PubMed 29761034
February 28, 2018
Investigating the molecular basis for heterophylly in the aquatic plant Potamogeton octandrus (Potamogetonaceae) with comparative transcriptomics
Dingxuan He, Pin Guo, Paul F. Gugger, Youhao Guo, Xing Liu, Jinming Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4448 PubMed 29507839
February 15, 2018
Identification and expression profile analysis of the sucrose phosphate synthase gene family in Litchi chinensis Sonn.
Dan Wang, Jietang Zhao, Bing Hu, Jiaqi Li, Yaqi Qin, Linhuan Chen, Yonghua Qin, Guibing Hu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4379 PubMed 29473005
October 30, 2017
Comparative genomic analysis of the PKS genes in five species and expression analysis in upland cotton
Xueqiang Su, Xu Sun, Xi Cheng, Yanan Wang, Muhammad Abdullah, Manli Li, Dahui Li, Junshan Gao, Yongping Cai, Yi Lin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3974 PubMed 29104824
August 14, 2017
Genome-wide identification of CBL family and expression analysis of CBLs in response to potassium deficiency in cotton
Tingting Lu, Gaofeng Zhang, Lirong Sun, Ji Wang, Fushun Hao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3653 PubMed 28828254
May 4, 2017
Genome-wide analysis of WRKY transcription factors in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and differential expression under water deficit condition
Pan Ning, Congcong Liu, Jingquan Kang, Jinyin Lv
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3232 PubMed 28484671
January 24, 2017
Increased root hair density by loss of WRKY6 in Arabidopsis thaliana
Markus G. Stetter, Martin Benz, Uwe Ludewig
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2891 PubMed 28149680
October 13, 2016
YUCCA auxin biosynthetic genes are required for Arabidopsis shade avoidance
Patricia Müller-Moulé, Kazunari Nozue, Melissa L. Pytlak, Christine M. Palmer, Michael F. Covington, Andreah D. Wallace, Stacey L. Harmer, Julin N. Maloof
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2574 PubMed 27761349
October 5, 2016
Mutation of the rice XA21 predicted nuclear localization sequence does not affect resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
Tong Wei, Tsung-Chi Chen, Yuen Ting Ho, Pamela C. Ronald
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2507 PubMed 27761320
September 28, 2016
XA21-specific induction of stress-related genes following Xanthomonas infection of detached rice leaves
Nicholas C. Thomas, Benjamin Schwessinger, Furong Liu, Huamin Chen, Tong Wei, Yen P. Nguyen, Isaac W.F. Shaker, Pamela C. Ronald
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2446 PubMed 27703843
May 19, 2016
Cloning and expression analysis of cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR) genes in sorghum
Jieqin Li, Feifei Fan, Lihua Wang, Qiuwen Zhan, Peijin Wu, Junli Du, Xiaocui Yang, Yanlong Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2005 PubMed 27231650
May 12, 2016
The genome and transcriptome of Phalaenopsis yield insights into floral organ development and flowering regulation
Jian-Zhi Huang, Chih-Peng Lin, Ting-Chi Cheng, Ya-Wen Huang, Yi-Jung Tsai, Shu-Yun Cheng, Yi-Wen Chen, Chueh-Pai Lee, Wan-Chia Chung, Bill Chia-Han Chang, Shih-Wen Chin, Chen-Yu Lee, Fure-Chyi Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2017 PubMed 27190718
April 25, 2016
Ectopic expression of Jatropha curcas APETALA1 (JcAP1) caused early flowering in Arabidopsis, but not in Jatropha
Mingyong Tang, Yan-Bin Tao, Zeng-Fu Xu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1969 PubMed 27168978
November 30, 2015
Variation in the flowering time orthologs BrFLC and BrSOC1 in a natural population of Brassica rapa
Steven J. Franks, Beatriz Perez-Sweeney, Maya Strahl, Anna Nowogrodzki, Jennifer J. Weber, Rebecca Lalchan, Kevin P. Jordan, Amy Litt
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1339 PubMed 26644966