Sarah Assmann

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Waller Professor, Biology

Research Summary

Molecular and electrophysiological techniques to elucidate the second messenger pathways by which signals such as light and hormones are transduced into cellular responses.

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Recent Publications

Flanking Sequence Cotranscriptionally Regulates Twister Ribozyme Activity

McKinley, L. N., Kern, R. G., Assmann, S. M. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jan 2 2024, In: Biochemistry. 63, 1, p. 53-68 16 p.

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Stomatal responses to VPD utilize guard cell intracellular signaling components

Zait, Y., Joseph, A. & Assmann, S. M., 2024, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 15, 1351612.

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Rock, scissors, paper: How RNA structure informs function

Assmann, S. M., Chou, H. L. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jun 2023, In: Plant Cell. 35, 6, p. 1671-1707 37 p.

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Extra-large G proteins have extra-large effects on agronomic traits and stress tolerance in maize and rice

Cantos, C. F., dePamphilis, C. W. & Assmann, S. M., Sep 2023, In: Trends in Plant Science. 28, 9, p. 1033-1044 12 p.

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RNA multimerization as an organizing force for liquid–liquid phase separation

Bevilacqua, P. C., Williams, A. M., Chou, H. L. & Assmann, S. M., Jan 2022, In: RNA. 28, 1, p. 16-26 11 p.

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Experimental demonstration and pan-structurome prediction of climate-associated riboSNitches in Arabidopsis

Ferrero-Serrano, Á., Sylvia, M. M., Forstmeier, P. C., Olson, A. J., Ware, D., Bevilacqua, P. C. & Assmann, S. M., Dec 2022, In: Genome biology. 23, 1, 101.

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Inference of a Boolean Network From Causal Logic Implications

Maheshwari, P., Assmann, S. M. & Albert, R., Jun 16 2022, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 13, 836856.

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Genome-wide analysis of the in vivo tRNA structurome reveals RNA structural and modification dynamics under heat stress

Yamagami, R., Sieg, J. P., Assmann, S. M. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jun 21 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 25, e2201237119.

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Cantil: A previously unreported organ in wild-type Arabidopsis regulated by FT, ERECTA and heterotrimeric G proteins

Gookin, T. E. & Assmann, S. M., Jun 2021, In: Development (Cambridge). 148, 11, dev195545.

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GTP binding by Arabidopsis extra-large G protein 2 is not essential for its functions

Maruta, N., Trusov, Y., Urano, D., Chakravorty, D., Assmann, S. M., Jones, A. M. & Botella, J. R., Jun 2021, In: Plant physiology. 186, 2, p. 1240-1253 14 p.

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A G protein-coupled receptor-like module regulates cellulose synthase secretion from the endomembrane system in Arabidopsis

McFarlane, H. E., Mutwil-Anderwald, D., Verbančič, J., Picard, K. L., Gookin, T. E., Froehlich, A., Chakravorty, D., Trindade, L. M., Alonso, J. M., Assmann, S. M. & Persson, S., May 17 2021, In: Developmental Cell. 56, 10, p. 1484-1497.e7

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Advances and perspectives in the metabolomics of stomatal movement and the disease triangle

Xiang, Q., Lott, A. A., Assmann, S. M. & Chen, S., Jan 2021, In: Plant Science. 302, 110697.

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The α subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein regulates mesophyll CO2 conductance and drought tolerance in rice

Zait, Y., Ferrero-Serrano, Á. & Assmann, S. M., Dec 2021, In: New Phytologist. 232, 6, p. 2324-2338 15 p.

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External cd2+ and protons activate the hyperpolarization-gated k+ channelkat1atthe voltage sensor

Zhou, Y., Assmann, S. M. & Jegla, T., Jan 4 2021, In: Journal of General Physiology. 153, 1, e202012647.

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Molecular changes in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum guard cells underlying the C3 to CAM transition

Kong, W., Yoo, M. J., Zhu, D., Noble, J. D., Kelley, T. M., Li, J., Kirst, M., Assmann, S. M. & Chen, S., Aug 1 2020, In: Plant molecular biology. 103, 6, p. 653-667 15 p.

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