Referred Publications

1. Sheng, H., Mehrotra, K., Mohan, C., and R. Raina (2007). HAMMER algorithm: Hashing with arithmetic modulo-4 for motif extraction of regulatory elements. The Seventh Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI 2007) (in press)

2. Jagadeeswaran G., S. Raina, B. R. Acharya, S. B. Maqbool, S. L. Mosher, H. M. Appel, J. C. Schultz, D. F. Klessig and R. Raina (2007). Arabidopsis GH3-LIKE DEFENSE GENE 1 is required for accumulation of salicylic acid, activation of defense responses and resistance to Pseudomonas syringae. Plant J. 51: 234-46. [Read more]

3. Acharya, B. R., S. Raina, S. B. Maqbool, G. Jagadeeswaran, S. L. Mosher, H. M. Appel, J. C. Schultz, D. F. Klessig and R. Raina (2007). Overexpression of CRK13, an Arabidopsis cysteine-rich receptor-like kinase, results in enhanced resistance to Pseudomonas syringae. Plant J. 50: 488-49. [Read more]

4. Chandra-Shekara A. C., M. Gupte, D. Navarre, S. Raina, R. Raina, D. Klessig and P. Kachroo (2006) Light dependent hypersensitive response and resistance signaling to turnip crinkle virus in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 45: 320–33. [PDF]

5. Mewis, I., H. M. Appel, A. Hom, R. Raina and J. C. Schultz (2005). Major signaling pathways modulate Arabidopsis glucosinolate accumulation and response to both Phloem-feeding and chewing insects. Plant Physiol 138:1149-62. [PDF]

6. Huang, J., Y. J. Cardoza, E. A. Schmelz, R. Raina, J. Engelberth, and J. H. Tumlinson (2003). Differential volatile emissions and salicylic acid levels from tobacco in response to different strains of Pseudomonas syringae pathogen. Planta. 217: 767-775. [PDF]

7. Mahalingam, R., A. M. Gomez-Buitrago, N. Eckardt, N. Shah, A. Guevara-Garcia, P. Day, R. Raina* and N. Fedoroff* (2003). Characterization of stress/defense transcriptome of Arabidopsis. Genome Biology 4:R20 (*corresponding authors). [PDF]

8. Devadas, S. K., A. Enyedi and R. Raina (2002). The Arabidopsis hrl1 mutation reveals novel overlapping roles of salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, and ethylene signaling in cell death and defense against pathogens. Plant J. 30: 467-480. [PDF]

9. Devadas, S. K. and R. Raina (2002). Preexisting systemic acquired resistance suppresses hypersensitive response-associated cell death in Arabidopsis hrl1 mutant. Plant Physiol. 128:1234-1244. [PDF]

10. Pilloff, R. K., S. K. Devadas, A. Enyedi, and R. Raina (2002). The Arabidopsis gain-of-function mutant dll1 spontaneously develops lesions mimicking cell death associated with disease. Plant J. 30:61-70. [PDF]

11. Mullins E. D., X. Chen, P. Romaine, R. Raina, D. M. Geiser and S. Kang (2001) Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Fusarium oxysporum: An efficient tool for insertional mutagenesis and gene transfer. Phytopathology. 91:173-180.

12. Scortecci K.C., Raina R, Fedoroff NV, Van Sluys MA (1999) Negative effect of the 5'-untranslated leader sequence on Ac transposon promoter expression. Plant Mol. Biol. 40: 935-944.

13. Raina R., M. Schlappi, B. Karunanandaa, A. Elhofy, N. Fedoroff (1998) Concerted formation of macromolecular Suppressor-mutator transposition complexes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA. 95: 8526-8531. [PDF]

14. Bageshwar U. K., R. Raina and H. K. Das (1998) Characterization of a spontaneous mutant of Azotobacter vinelandii in which vanadium dependent nitrogen fixation is not inhibited by molybdenum. FEMS Microbiol. lett. 162:161-167.

15. Raina R, Schlappi M, Fedoroff N (1998) Epigenetic mechanisms in the regulation of the maize Suppressor mutator transposon. Novartis Found. Symp. 214:133-140.

16. Bageshwar U. K., R. Raina, N. R. Chaudhary and H. K. Das (1998) Characterization of the upstream activator sequences of Azotobacter vinelandii vnfH promoter. Can. J Microbiol. 44:405-415.

17. Schlappi M., R. Raina and N. Fedoroff (1996) A highly sensitive plant hybrid protein assay system based on the Spm promoter and TnpA protein for detection and analysis of transcription activation domains. Plant Mol. Biol. 30: 1223-1232.

18. Raina S., R. Raina , T. V. Venkatesh and H.K. Das (1995) Isolation and characterization of a locus from Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 that complements the tumorigenic defect of Agrobacterium tumefaciens chvB. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 12: 322-326.

19. Fedoroff N., M. Schlappi and R. Raina (1995) Epigenetic regulation of the maize Spm transposon. Bioassay. 17: 291-297.

20. Schlappi M., R. Raina and N. Fedoroff (1994) Epigenetic regulation of the Maize Spm transposable element: Novel activation of a methylated promoter by TnpA. Cell. 77: 427-437.

21. Raina R., D. Cook and N. Fedoroff (1993) Maize Spm transposable element has an enhancer insensitive promoter. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 90: 6355-6359. [PDF]

22. Raina R., U.K. Bageshwar and H.K.Das (1993) The Azotobacter vinelandii nifL-like gene: Nucleotide sequence and regulation of expression. Mol Gen Genet. 237: 400-406.

23. Raina R., U.K. Bageshwar and H.K.Das (1993) The ORF encoding a putative ferredoxin-like protein downstream of the vnfH gene in Azotobacter vinelandii is involved in the vanadium-dependent alternative pathway of nitrogen fixation. Mol Gen Genet. 236: 459-462.

24. Raina R., U.K. Bageshwar and H.K.Das (1992) Construction of a vnfH::lacZ fusion and study of expression from the vnfH promoter of the vanadium-dependent nitrogen fixation pathway. FEMS Microbiol. letters 98:169-174.

25. Raina R., M.A. Reddy, D. Ghosal and H.K. Das (1988) Characterization of the gene for the Fe-protein of the vanadium dependent alternative nitrogenase of Azotobacter vinelandii and construction of a Tn5 mutant. Mol. Gen. Genet. 214: 121-127.


Manuscripts in preparation

1. Maqbool S. B., S. Raina, G. Jagadeeswaran, B. R. Acharya, H. Appel, J. Schultz, R. Raina. Stress/defense transcriptomes of Arabidopsis revealed signaling network and functional cross-talk between biotic and abiotic defense responses.

2. Maqbool S. B., S. Raina, G. Jagadeeswaran, B. R. Acharya, I. Lall, R. Mukherjee, H. Appel, J. Schultz, R. Raina. Transcript Profiling Of the leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases of Arabidopsis thaliana.

3. Raina S., G. Jagadeeswaran, R. Raina. An Arabidopsis protein phosphatase 2C, regulates cell death and expression of pathogenesis-related genes.

4. Jagadeeswaran G., R. Raina. AtMsrB1, a methionine sulfoxide reductase of Arabidopsis is involved in regulating pathogen defense-associated oxidative stress.

5. Acharya, B.R., I. P. Lall, R. Mukherjee, R. Raina Characterization of a WRKY gene that regulates pathogen and touch responses in Arabidopsis.


Articles in nonreferred journals

1. Raina R., and N. Fedoroff (1996) Spm element: Significance of multiple TnpA binding sites. Maize Gen. Coop. Newslet. 70: 8-9.

2. Raina R., and N. Fedoroff (1995) The role of TnpA and TnpD in transposition of Spm. Maize Gen. Coop. Newslet. 69: 13-15.

3. Raina R., and N. Fedoroff (1993) The Spm transposable element has an unusual enhancer-insensitive promoter. Maize Gen. Coop. Newslet. 67: 10-11.


POSTERS/ABSTRACTS

1. Sullivan, J. and R. Raina (2007) MDP1, a small plasma membrane-associated protein of Arabidopsis is a critical regulatory component of defense against pathogens. 71st NEASPB Meeting, Syracuse, NY.

2. Gupta, P. and R. Raina (2007) Characterization of Arabidopsis genes involved in regulating defense against pathogens. 71st NEASPB Meeting, Syracuse, NY.

3. Dhar, N. and R. Raina (2007) Identification and characterization of two genes involved in defense signaling in Arabidopsis. 71st NEASPB Meeting, Syracuse, NY.

4. Appel, H.M., Fescemyer, H.W., Hanley, J.C., Jones, D., Raina, R., Ehlting, J. Bohlmann, J., J. Schultz (2007) Arabidopsis As Entomologist: Transcriptional And Biochemical Responses To Attack By Insects. Plant and Animal Genome XV Conference, San Diego, CA.

5. Acharya, B. R., and R. Raina (2005) RSTK1, an Arabidopsis Receptor-like Ser/Thr Kinase, Positively Regulates Cell Death and Resistance against Pathogens. 16th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

6. Maqbool, S.B., S. Raina, G. Jagadeeswaran, B. Acharya, I. P. Singh, R. Mukherjee, H. Appel, J. Schultz, R. Raina (2005) Plant Responses to Stresses: Arabidopsis thaliana Transcript Profiling of Stress/defense Induced cDNA and the Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-like Kinases. 16th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

7. Guru Jagadeeswaran G., R. Raina (2005) Characterization of a Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase B Gene of Arabidopsis Involved in Pathogen Defense. 16th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

8. Gomez, A., L. Lindstrom, N. Fedoroff and R. Raina (2001). Molecular analysis of hypersensitive response, disease and systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis using cDNA microarrays. 12th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

9. Devadas, S. and R. Raina (2001). Epistasis analysis of hrl1 reveal novel roles of SA, JA, ethylene in signaling leading to defense and cell death in Arabidopsis. 12th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

10. Pilloff, R. K., S. K. Devadas and R. Raina (2001). Characterization of dll1: An gain-of-function mutant that spontaneously develops lesions mimicking cell death associated with disease. 12th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

11. Mahalingam, R., R. Raina, and N. Fedoroff (2001) Analysis of plant responses to fungal pathogenesis using Arabidopsis stress microarrays. 12th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

12. Devadas, S. and R. Raina (2000). Molecular genetic analysis of a novel lesion mimic mutant of Arabidopsis. 11th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

13. Pilloff, R. K., S. K. Devadas and R. Raina (2000). Characterization of a gain-of-function mutant of Arabidopsis, which spontaneously develops lesions mimicking disease. 11th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

14. Gomez, A., L. Lindstrom, N. Fedoroff and R. Raina (2000). Global expression analysis of genes differentially expressed during activation of HR and SAR in Arabidopsis thaliana. 11th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI.

15. Devadas, S., L. Lindstrom, and R. Raina (1998). Identification and characterization of Arabidopsis mutants exhibiting aberrant regulation of cell death. 9th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. Madison, WI.

16. Raina R., M. Schlappi and N. Fedoroff (1995) Interaction between cis-element and the trans-factors in regulating the epigenetic activity of the maize Spm transposable element. (Abstract in Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, supp. 21B: 77).

17. Schlappi M., R. Raina and N. Fedoroff (1995) Epigenetic regulation of the maize Spm transposable element: Interaction between element-encoded proteins. (Abstract in Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, supp. 21B: 177).

18. Bageshwar U. K., R. Raina and H. K. Das (1995). Characterization of a spontaneous mutant of Azotobacter vinelandii in which vanadium dependent nitrogen fixation is not inhibited by molybdenum. Proceedings of Tenth International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, Russia.

19. Das H. K., M. Karnani, A. Nichkawade, U. K. Bageshwar, R. Raina, D. J. Gupta and N. R. Choudhury (1994). Regulation of expression of nitrogen fixing genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Azotobacter vinelandii. Vol. I pp 34, Proceedings of International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Delhi, India.

20. Raina R., D. Cook and N. Fedoroff (1993) Analysis of the maize Suppressor-mutator transposable element’s promoter. (Abstract in Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, supp. 17B: 45).

21. Schlappi M., R. Raina and N. Fedoroff (1993) TnpA trans-activates the methylated promoter of Suppressor-mutator element but represses its unmethylated form in transgenic tobacco. Gordon Research Conference on Plant Cell and tissue Culture, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

22. Bageshwar U. K., R. Raina and H. K. Das (1992). Expression of nifLA operon of Azotobacter vinelandii. pp 448. Proceedings of 9th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, Cancun, Mexico.