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Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Timko, M.P., A.C. Vasconcelos, and D.E. Fairbrothers. 1980. Euploidy in Ricinus. I. Euploidy and gene dosage effects on cellular proteins. Biochem. Genet. 18: 171-183.
Timko. M.P. and A.C. Vasconcelos. 1981. Euploidy in Ricinus. Euploidy effects on photosynthetic activity and content of chlorophyll proteins. Plant Physiol. 67: 1084-1089.
Timko, M.P. and A.C. Vasconcelos. 1981. Photosynthetic activity and chloroplast membrane polypeptides in euploid cells of Ricinus. Physiol. Plant. 52: 191-196.
Timko, M.P., R.E. Triemer, and A.C. Vasconcelos. 1981. Freeze fracture architecture and polypeptide composition of thylakoid membranes from euploid Ricinus cells. J. Cell Sci. 52: 167-181.
Timko, M.P. and J.A. Schiff. 1983. Membrane bound coupling factor ATPase activity during light-induced chloroplast development in Euglena gracilis. Plant Physiol. 58: 41-46.
Herrera Estrella, L., G. Van den Broeck, R. Maenhaut, M. Van Montagu, J. Schell, M. Timko, and A. Cashmore. 1984. Light-inducible and chloroplast associated expression of a chimaeric gene introduced into Nicotiana tabacum using a Ti plasmid vector. Nature 310: 115-120.
Van den Broeck, G., M.P. Timko, A.P. Kausch, A.R. Cashmore, M. Van Montagu, and L. Herrera-Estrella. 1985. Targeting of a foreign protein to chloroplasts by fusion to the transit peptide from the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase. Nature 313: 358-363.
Cashmore, A., L. Szabo, M. Timko, A. Kausch, G. Van den Broeck, P. Schreier, H. Bohnert, L. Herrera-Estrella, M. Van Montagu, and J. Schell. 1985. Import of polypeptides into chloroplasts. Bio/Technology 3: 803-808.
Gomez Silva, B., M.P. Timko, and J.A. Schiff. 1985. Chlorophyll biosynthesis from glutamate or 5-aminolevulinate in intact Euglena chloroplasts. Planta 165: 12-22.
Simpson, J., M.P. Timko, A.R. Cashmore, J. Schell, M. Van Montagu, and L. Herrera-Estrella. 1985. Light-inducible and tissue specific expression of a chimaeric gene under the control of the 5'-flanking sequence of a pea chlorophyll a/b-binding protein gene. EMBO J. 4: 2723-2729.
Timko, M.P., A.P. Kausch, C. Castresana, J. Fassler, L. Herrera-Estrella, G. Van den Broeck, M. Van Montagu, J. Schell, and A.R. Cashmore. 1985. Light-regulation of plant gene expression by an upstream enhancer-like element. Nature 318: 579-582.
Giuliano, G., E. Pichersky, V.S. Malik, M.P. Timko, P.A. Scolnik, and A.R. Cashmore. 1988. An evolutionarily conserved protein binding sequence upstream of a plant light-regulated gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 85: 7089-7093.
Krebbers, E., J. Seurinck, L. Herdies, A.R. Cashmore, and M.P. Timko. 1988. Four genes in two diverged subfamilies encode the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit polypeptides of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol. Biol. 11: 745-759.
De Almeida, E.R.P., V. Gossele, C.G. Muller, J. Dockx, A. Reynaerts, J. Botterman, E. Krebbers, and M.P. Timko. 1989. Transgenic expression of two marker genes under the control of an Arabidopsis rbcS promoter: Sequences encoding the Rubisco transit peptide increase expression levels. Mol. Gen. Genet. 218: 78-86.
Spano, A.J. and M.P. Timko. 1991. Isolation, characterization and partial amino acid sequence of a chloroplast-localized porphobilinogen deaminase from pea, (Pisum sativum L.). Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1076: 29-36.
Wolf, S.J. and M.P. Timko. 1991. In vitro root culture: a novel approach to study the obligate parasite Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze. Plant Sci. 73: 233-242.
Boese, Q.F., A.J. Spano, J. Li, and M.P. Timko. 1991. Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Identification of an unusual metal binding domain in the plant enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 266: 17060-17066.
Spano, A.J., Z. He, H. Michel, D.F. Hunt, and M.P. Timko. 1992. Molecular cloning, nuclear gene structure, and developmental expression of NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Plant Mol. Biol. 18: 967-972.
Yadav, V.K., I.M. Santha, M.P. Timko, and S.L. Mehta. 1992. Metabolism of the Lathyrus sativus L. neurotoxin, -N-oxalyl-L-, -diaminoproprionic acid by a pure culture of a soil-borne microbe. J. Plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology. 1: 87-92.
Wolf, S.J. and M.P. Timko. 1992. Analysis of in vivo protein synthesis and histological studies of haustorial formation in root cultures of witchweed (Striga asiatica L. Kuntze). J. Experim. Botany 43: 1339-1348.
Spano, A.J., Z. He, and M.P. Timko. 1992. NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductases in white pine (Pinus strobus) and loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Evidence for light and developmental regulation of expression and conservation in gene organization and protein structure between angiosperms and gymnosperms. Mol. Gen. Genet. 236: 86-95.
Lathrop, J.T. and M.P. Timko. 1993. Regulation by heme of mitochondrial protein transport through a conserved amino acid motif. Science 259: 522-525.
Li, J., M. Goldschmidt-Clermont, and M.P. Timko. 1993. Chloroplast encoded chlB is required for light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase activity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Cell 5: 1817-1829.
Witty, M., A.D.M. Wallace-Cook, H. Albrecht, A.J. Spano, H. Michel, J. Shabanowitz, D.F. Hunt, M.P. Timko, and A.G. Smith. 1993. Structure and expression of chloroplast-localized porphobilinogen deaminase from pea (Pisum sativum L.) isolated by redundant PCR. Plant Physiol. 103: 139-147.
Wolf, S.J. and M.P. Timko. 1994. Characterization of actin gene family members and their expression during development in witchweed (Striga asiatica L.) Planta 192: 61-68.
Dahlin, C. and M.P. Timko. 1994. Integration of nuclear-encoded proteins into carotenoid-deficient pea thylakoids. Physiol. Plant. 91: 212-218.
He, Z.-H., Li, J., C. Sundqvist, and M.P. Timko. 1994. Leaf developmental age controls expression of genes encoding enzymes of chlorophyll and heme biosynthesis in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Plant Physiol. 106: 537-546.
Wilks, H.M. and M.P. Timko. 1995. A light-dependent complementation system for analysis of NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase. Identification and mutagenesis of two conserved residues that are essential for enzyme activity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 92: 724-728.
Yoshida, K., R.-M. Chen, A. Tanaka, H. Teramoto, M.P. Timko, and H. Tsuji. 1995. Correlated changes in the activity, amount of protein, and abundance of transcript of NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase and chlorophyll during greening of cucumber cotyledons. Plant Physiol. 109: 231-238.
Dahlin, C., C. Sundqvist, and M.P. Timko. 1995. The in vitro assembly of NADPH-protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in pea chloroplasts. Plant Mol. Biol. 29: 317-330.
Li, J. and M.P. Timko. 1996. The pc-1 phenotype of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii results from a deletion mutation in the nuclear gene for NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase. Plant Mol. Biol. 30: 15-37.
Sawhney, V.M., I.M. Santha, M.P. Timko, and S.L. Mehta. 1996. Purification and characterization of lectin from Lathyrus sativus. J. Plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology 5: 91-95.
Florea, C.S. and M.P. Timko. 1997. Actin genes with unusual exon-intron organization in the parasitic angiosperm Striga asiatica L (Kuntze). Gene 186: 127-133.
Cheung, K.-M., P. Spencer, M.P. Timko, and P.M. Shoolingin-Jordan. 1997. Characterization of a recombinant pea 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase and comparative inhibition studies with the Escherichia coli dehydratase. Biochemistry 36: 1148-1156.
Martin, G.E.M., M.P. Timko, and H.M. Wilks. 1997. Purification and kinetic analysis of pea NADPH-protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase expressed as a fusion with maltose-binding protein in Escherichia coli. Biochem. J. 325: 139-145.
Hood, M.E., J.M. Condon, M.P. Timko, and J.L. Riopel. 1998. Primary haustorial development of Striga asiatica on host and nonhost species. Phytopathology 88:70-75.
Skinner, J.S., and M.P. Timko. 1998. Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) contains multiple expressed genes encoding light-dependent NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR). Plant Cell Physiol. 39: 795-806.
Lebedev, N. and M.P. Timko. 1998. Protochlorophyllide photoreduction. Photosynthesis Res. 58: 5-23.
Dahlin, C., H. Aronsson, H.M. Wilks, N. Lebedev, C. Sundqvist, and M.P. Timko. 1999. The role of protein surface charge in catalytic activity and chloroplast membrane association of the pea NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) as revealed by alanine scanning mutagenesis. Plant Mol. Biol. 39: 309-323.
Skinner, J.S., and M.P. Timko. 1999. Differential expression of genes encoding the light-dependent and light-independent enzymes for protochlorophyllide reduction during development in loblolly pine. Plant Mol. Biol. 39: 577-592.
Seyedi, M., M.P. Timko, and C. Sundqvist. 1999. Protochlorophyllide, NADPH-protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase, and chlorophyll formation in the lip1 mutant of pea. Physiol. Plant. 106: 344-354
Lebedev, N. and M.P. Timko. 1999. PORb catalyzed protochlorophyllide photoreduction in vitro - Insight into the mechanism of chlorophyll formation in light-adapted plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 9954-9959 PDF
Gowda, B.S., Riopel, J.L, and M.P. Timko. 1999. NRS1: A resistance gene homolog expressed in roots of nonhost plants following parasitism by Striga asiatica (witchweed). Plant J. 20:217-230. PDF
Reichers, D.E. and M.P. Timko. 1999. Structure and expression of the gene family encoding putrescine N-methyltransferase in Nicotiana tabacum : new clues to the evolutionary origin of cultivated tobacco. Plant Mol. Biol. 41: 387-401. PDF
Cahoon, A.B. and M.P. Timko. 2000. Yellow-in-the-dark mutants of Chlamydomonas lack the CHLL subunit of light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase. Plant Cell 12: 559-568. PDF
Wang, J., M. Sheehan, H. Brookman, and M.P. Timko. 2000. Characterization of cDNAs differentially expressed in the roots of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Burley 21) during the early stages of alkaloid biosynthesis. Plant Sci. 158: 19-32. PDF
Wang, J., M. Sheehan, and M.P. Timko. 2000. Differential expression of two members of the nuclear gene family encoding arginine decarboxylase (ADC) in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) J. Plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology 9: 57-65.
Aronsson, H., C. Sundqvist, M.P. Timko, and C. Dahlin. 2001. Characterisation of the assembly pathway of the pea NADPH: protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) oxidoreductase (POR), with emphasis on the role of its substrate, Pchlide. Physiol. Plant. 111: 239-244.
Seyedi, M., E. Selstam, M.P. Timko, and C. Sundqvist. 2001.The cytokinin 2-isopentenyladenine causes partial reversion to skotomorphogenesis and induces formation of prolamellar bodies and protochlorophyllide657 in the lip1 mutant of pea. Physiol. Plant.112: 261-272.
Ouédraogo, J.T., V. Maheshwari, D.K. Berner, C.-A. St-Pierre, F. Belzile, and M.P. Timko. 2001. Identification of AFLP markers linked to resistance of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) to parasitism by Striga gesnerioides. Theor. Appl. Genet.102: 1029-1036. PDF
Ren, N. and M.P. Timko. 2001. AFLP analysis of genetic polymorphism and evolutionary relationships among cultivated and wild Nicotiana species. Genome 44: 559-571.
Aronsson, H., C. Sundqvist, M.P. Timko, and C. Dahlin. 2001. The importance of the C-terminal region and Cys residues for the membrane association of NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in pea. FEBS Letters 502: 11-15. PDF
Engdahl, S., H. Aronsson, C. Sundqvist, M.P. Timko, and C. Dahlin. 2001. Association of the NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) with isolated etioplast inner membranes from wheat. Plant J. 27: 297-304. PDF
Seyedi, M., M.P. Timko, and C. Sundqvist. 2001. The distribution of protochlorophyllide and chlorophyll within seedlings of the lip1 mutant of pea. Plant Cell Physiol. 42: 931-941. PDF
Lebedev, N., O. Karginova, W. McIvor, and M.P. Timko. 2001. Tyr275 and Lys279 stabilize NADPH within the active site of pea NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) and are involved in the formation of the photoactive state of the POR-NADPH-protochlorophyllide ternary complex. Biochemistry 40: 12562-12574. PDF
Ouédraogo, J.T., B. S. Gowda, M. Jean, T.J. Close, J.D. Ehlers, A.E. Hall, A.G. Gillaspie, P.A. Roberts, A.M. Ismail, G. Bruening, P. Gepts, M.P. Timko, and F. J. Belzile. 2002. An improved genetic linkage map for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) combining AFLP, RFLP, RAPD, biochemical markers and biological resistance traits. Genome 45: 175-188.
Gowda, B.S., J.L. Miller, S.S. Rubin, D.R. Sharma, and M.P. Timko. 2002. Isolation, sequence analysis, and linkage mapping of resistance-gene analogs in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.). Euphytica 126: 365-377. PDF
Ouédraogo, J.T., J.-B. Tignegre, M.P. Timko, and F.J. Belzile. 2002. AFLP markers linked to resistance against Striga gesnerioides race 1 in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). Genome 45: 787-793. PDF
Lebedev, N. and M.P. Timko. 2002. POR structural domains important for the enzyme activity in R. capsulatus complementation system. Photosynthesis Res. 74:153-163. PDF
Botanga, C.J., J.G. Kling, D.K. Berner, and M.P. Timko. 2002. Genetic variability of Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntz based on AFLP analysis and host-parasite interaction. Euphytica 128: 375-388. PDF
Tamimi, S.M., and M.P. Timko. 2003. Effects of ethylene and inhibitors of ethylene synthesis and action on nodulation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Plant and Soil 257: 125-131. PDF
Teli, N.P., and M.P. Timko. 2004. Recent developments in the use of transgenic plants for the production of human therapeutics and biopharmaceuticals. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 79: 125-145. PDF
Xu, B., and M.P. Timko, M.P. 2004. Methyl jasmonate induced expression of the tobacco putrescine N-methyltransferase genes requires both G-Box and GCC-motif elements. Plant Mol. Biol. 55: 743-761. PDF
Xu, B., Sheehan, M. and M. P. Timko. 2004. Differential induction of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene family members in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Bright Yellow 2) cell suspensions by methyl-jasmonate treatment. Plant Growth Regulation 44: 101-116. PDF
Kumar, S., and M.P. Timko. 2004. Enhanced tissue-specific expression of the herbicide resistance bar gene in transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L cv. Coker 310FR) using the Arabidopsis rbcS ats1A promoter. Plant Biotechnology 21: 251-259. PDF
Botanga, C.J., and Timko, M.P. 2005. Genetic structure and analysis of host and non-host interactions of Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke ("Witchweed") from Central Florida, USA. Phytopathology 95: 1166-1173. PDF
Botanga, C.J., and Timko, M.P. 2006. Phenetic relationships among different races of Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke from West Africa. Genome 49: 1351-1365. PDF
Chen, X, Laudeman, T.W., Rushton , P.J. Spraggins, T.A. and Timko, M.P. 2007. CGKB: an annotation knowledge base for cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L.) methylation filtered genomic genespace sequences. BMC Bioinformatics. 8: 129. PDF
Rushton, P.J., Bokowiec, M.T., Laudeman, T.W., Brannock, J.F., Chen, X., and Timko, M.P. 2008. TOBFAC: the database of tobacco transcription factors. BMC Bioinformatics 9:53 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-53. PDF
Timko, M.P., Rushton, P.J., Laudeman, T.W., Bokowiec, M.T., Chipumuro, E., Cheung, F., Town, C.D., and Chen, X. 2008. Sequencing and analysis of the gene-rich space of cowpea. BMC Genomics 2008. BMC Genomics 9:103. PDF
Rushton, P.J., Bokowiec, M.T., Han, S., Zhang, H., Brannock, J.F., Chen, X., Laudeman, T.W., and Timko, M.P. 2008. Tobacco transcription factors: novel insights into transcriptional regulation in the Solanaceae . Plant Physiology 147: 280-295. PDF
Review Articles, Book Chapters, and Papers in Symposium Proceedings
Timko, M.P., R.E. Triemer, and A.C. Vasconcelos. 1981. Biochemical and ultrastructural analysis of the effects of nuclear genome duplication on chloroplast development and biosynthetic activity in euploid Ricinus cells. In: Photosynthesis, Volume V. Chloroplast Development, (G. Akoyunoglou, ed.), Balaban International Science Services, Philadelphia, PA. pp. 847-858.
Timko, M.P., M. Alhadeef, and J.A. Schiff. 1982. Developmental changes in thylakoid membranes during plastid morphogenesis in Euglena gracilis. In: Cell Function and Differentiation, Part B, (G. Akoyunoglou and I. Ohad, eds.), Alan R. Liss, Inc., NY. pp. 201-211.
Timko, M.P. and A.R. Cashmore. 1983. Nuclear genes encoding the constituent polypeptides of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complex from pea. In: Plant Molecular Biology, ICN-UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Volume 12, New Series, (R.B. Goldberg, ed.), Alan R. Liss, Inc., NY. pp. 403-412.
Timko, M.P., A.P. Kausch, J.M. Hand, L. Herrera-Estrella, G. Van den Broeck, M. Van Montagu, and A.R. Cashmore. 1985. Structure and expression of nuclear genes encoding polypeptides of the photosynthetic apparatus. In: Molecular Biology of the Photosynthetic Apparatus, (K.E. Steinback, S. Bonitz, C.J. Arntzen, and L. Bogorad, eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. pp. 381-396.
Herrera-Estrella, L., G. Van den Broeck, M.P. Timko, A.P. Kausch, A.R. Cashmore, J. Schell, and M. Van Montagu. 1985. The use of chimaeric genes to study light-inducible gene expression and chloroplast import of the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase. In: Molecular Biology of the Photosynthetic Apparatus, (K.E. Steinback, S. Bonitz, C.J. Arntzen, and L. Bogorad, eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. pp. 397-405.
Timko, M.P., A.P. Kausch, C. Castresana, J. Fassler, L. Herrera-Estrella, G. Van den Broeck, M. Van Montagu, and A.R. Cashmore. 1985. Expression of RuBP carboxylase small subunit genes involves sequences with enhancer-like properties. In: Plant Genetics, ICN-UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Volume 35, New Series, (M. Freeling, ed.), Alan R. Liss, Inc., NY. pp. 461-476.
Timko, M.P., L. Herdies, E. de Almeida, A.R. Cashmore, J. Leemans, and E. Krebbers. 1988. Genetic engineering of nuclear encoded components of the photosynthetic apparatus in Arabidopsis. In: Impact of Chemistry on Biotechnology - Multidiciplinary Discussions, (M. Phillips, S.P. Shoemaker, R.D. Middlekauff, and R.M. Ottenbrite, eds.) ACS Books, Washington, D.C. pp. 279-295.
Timko, M.P., C.S. Florea, and J.L. Riopel. 1989. Control of germination and early development in parasitic angiosperms. In: Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds, (R.B. Taylorson, ed.), Plenum Press, NY. pp. 225-240.
Riopel, J.L. and M.P. Timko. 1992. Signals and regulation in the development of Striga and other parasitic angiosperms. In: Molecular Signals in Plant-Microbe Communications, (D.P.S. Verma, ed.) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 493-507.
Timko, M.P. 1993. Regulation of gene expression involved in chlorophyll and heme formation in higher plants. In: Advances in Plant Biotechnology and Biochemistry, (M.L. Lodha, S.L. Mehta, S. Ramagopal, and G.P. Srivastava, eds.) Indian. Soc. Agril. Biochemists, Kanpur, India. pp. 9-19.
Timko, M.P. 1993. Structure and expression of genes encoding enzymes of chlorophyll biosynthesis in higher plants. In: Current Topics in Molecular Genetics, (Life Sci. Adv. 1), Research Trends, Council of Scientific Information, Trivandrum. pp. 159-171.
Timko, M.P. and J.R. Riopel. 1994. Biochemical and cellular regulation of development in parasitic angiosperms. In: Current Topics in Molecular Genetics (Life Sci. Adv. 2), Research Trends, Council of Scientific Information, Trivandrum. pp. 53-64.
Riopel, J.L. and M.P. Timko. 1995. Haustorial initiation and differentiation. In: Parasitic Plants, Chapter 3, (M.C. Press and J.D. Graves, eds.), Chapman & Hall, London. pp. 39-79.
Sundqvist, C., M. Seyedi, and M.P. Timko. 1996. Chlorophyll formation in the LIP1 mutant of pea. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere, Vol. III, Proceedings of the Xth International Photosynthesis Congress, (P. Mathis, ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 1005-1008.
Timko, M.P. 1998. Pigment biosynthesis: Chlorophylls, Heme, and Carotenoids. In: The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas:(J.-D. Rochaix, M. Goldschmidt-Clermont, and S. Merchant, eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 377-414.
Timko, M.P. and A.B. Cahoon. 1999. Transgenic plants for the production of human therapeutics. In: Applied Plant Biotechnology, (V.L. Chopra, V.S. Malik, and S.R. Bhat, eds.), Science Publishers, Inc. New Hampshire. pp. 155-179.
Cahoon, A.B. and M.P. Timko. 1999. Effects of nuclear y mutations on expression of plastid genes required for light-independent chlorophyll formation in Chlamydomonas. In: The Chloroplast: from Molecular Biology to Biotechnology. (J.H. Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou and H. Senger, eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 195-200.
Seyedi, M., M.P. Timko, and C. Sundqvist. 1999. Protochlorophyllide and POR in the Lip1 mutant of pea. In: The Chloroplast: from Molecular Biology to Biotechnology. (J.H. Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou and H. Senger, eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 207-212.
Aronsson, H., J. Almkvist, C. Sundqvist, M.P. Timko, and C. Dahlin.1999. Characterization of the plastid import reaction of the pea NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR). In: The Chloroplast: from Molecular Biology to Biotechnology. (J.H. Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou and H. Senger, eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 167-170.
Aronsson, H., C. Dahlin, C. Sundqvist, and M.P. Timko. 1999. In vitro integration of the ternary complex, POR-Pchlide-NADPH, into pea thylakoids. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. Proceedings of the XIth International Congress on Photosynthesis, (G. Garab, ed.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Ouédraogo, J.T., A. Olivier, M.P. Dubé, C.Dabiré, C.A., St-Pierre, M.P. Timko, and J.F. Belzile. 2001. Utilisation des marqueurs moléculaires en sélection : Applications á la résistance au striga chez le niébé. In: Des modèles biologiques á l'amélioration des plantes. Edited by Hamon, S. IRD editions, Collection "Colloques et Séminaires", ISSN : 0767-2896 ISBN : 2-7099-1472-7, Paris. pp. 371-386.
Ouédraogo, J.T., A. Olivier, M.P. Timko, and F.J. Belzile. 2001. Mapping of AFLP markers linked to genes conferring resistance to Striga gesnerioides in cowpea. In. Proceedings of the 7th. International Parasitic Weed Symposium, (Fer, A., P. Thalouarn, D. M. Joel, L. J. Musselman, C. Parker, and J. A. C. Verkleij, eds. Facultéé des Sciences, Universitéé de Nantes, Nantes, France. pp. 216-219.
Gowda, B.S., J.L. Miller, S.S. Rubin, D.R. Sharma, and M.P. Timko. 2002. Isolation, sequencing, and mapping of resistance gene analogs from cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.). In. Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing Sustainable Cowpea Production, Proceedings of the World Cowpea Conference III held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, 4-8 September 2000, (Fatokun, C.A., S.A., Tarawali, B.B. Singh, P.M. Kormawa, and M. Tamò, eds.) IITA Press, Ibadan, Nigeria. pp. 167-184.
Timko, M.P. 2002. Molecular cloning in cowpea: perspectives on the status of genome characterization and gene isolation for crop improvement. In. Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing Sustainable Cowpea Production, Proceedings of the World Cowpea Conference III held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, 4-8 September 2000, (Fatokun, C.A., S.A., Tarawali, B.B. Singh, P.M. Kormawa, and M. Tamò, eds.) IITA Press, Ibadan, Nigeria. pp. 197-212.
Cahoon A.B. and M.P. Timko. 2003. Biochemistry and Regulation of Chlorophyll Biosynthesis, Chapter 6, In: Photosynthesis in Algae (A.W. Larkum, S. E. Douglas and J.A. Raven, eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 95-131.
Timko, M.P., Ehlers, J.D., and Roberts P.A. 2007. Cowpea. In: Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops, Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants, Vol. 3, C. Kole (Ed.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 49-67. PDF
Xu, B., Copolla, M., Herr, J.C., and Timko, M.P. 2007. Expression of a recombinant human sperm-agglutinating miniantibody in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). In: Gamete Biology, Emerging Frontiers on Fertility and Contraceptive Development, S.K. Gupta, K. Koyama, and J.F. Murray (Eds.), Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, UK. pp. 465-478.
Timko, M.P., Gowda, BS, Ouedraogo, J. and Ousmane, B. 2007. Molecular markers for analysis of resistance to Striga gesnerioides in cowpea. In. Integrating New Technologies for Striga Control: Towards Ending the Witch-hunt. G. Ejeta and J. Gressell (Eds.) World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, Singapore . pp. 115-128. PDF
Timko, M.P. and B.B. Singh. 2008. Cowpea, a multifunctional legume. In: Moore , P.H. and Ming, R. (eds), Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants, Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, New York , NY . pp. 227-258. PDF
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