Philip Benfey, PhD
Publications
Cui H, Levesque MP, Vernoux T, Jung JW, Paquette AJ, Gallagher KL, Wang JY, Blilou I, Scheres B, Benfey PN.
An evolutionarily conserved mechanism delimiting SHR movement defines a single layer of endodermis in plants.
Science. 2007 Apr 20;316(5823):421-5.
PMID: 17446396 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Weitz JS, Benfey PN, Wingreen NS.
Free in PMC Evolution, interactions, and biological networks.
PLoS Biol. 2007 Jan;5(1):e11. No abstract available.
PMID: 17227140 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Brady SM, Song S, Dhugga KS, Rafalski JA, Benfey PN.
Free in PMC Combining expression and comparative evolutionary analysis. The COBRA gene family.
Plant Physiol. 2007 Jan;143(1):172-87. Epub 2006 Nov 10.
PMID: 17098858 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Long TA, Benfey PN.
Transcription factors and hormones: new insights into plant cell differentiation.
Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2006 Dec;18(6):710-4. Epub 2006 Oct 10. Review.
PMID: 17034999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Brady SM, Long TA, Benfey PN.
No Abstract Unraveling the dynamic transcriptome.
Plant Cell. 2006 Sep;18(9):2101-11. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 16968906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Mace DL, Lee JY, Twigg RW, Colinas J, Benfey PN, Ohler U.
Quantification of transcription factor expression from Arabidopsis images.
Bioinformatics. 2006 Jul 15;22(14):e323-31.
PMID: 16873489 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Levesque MP, Vernoux T, Busch W, Cui H, Wang JY, Blilou I, Hassan H, Nakajima K, Matsumoto N, Lohmann JU, Scheres B, Benfey PN.
Whole-genome analysis of the SHORT-ROOT developmental pathway in Arabidopsis.
PLoS Biol. 2006 May;4(5):e143. Epub 2006 May 2.
PMID: 16640459 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Lee JY, Colinas J, Wang JY, Mace D, Ohler U, Benfey PN.
Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of transcription factor expression in Arabidopsis roots.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 11;103(15):6055-60. Epub 2006 Mar 31.
PMID: 16581911 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Dinneny JR, Benfey PN.
Stem cell research goes underground: the RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED gene in root development.
Cell. 2005 Dec 29;123(7):1180-2. Review.
PMID: 16377557 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Lim J, Jung JW, Lim CE, Lee MH, Kim BJ, Kim M, Bruce WB, Benfey PN.
Conservation and diversification of SCARECROW in maize.
Plant Mol Biol. 2005 Nov;59(4):619-30.
PMID: 16244911 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Birnbaum K, Jung JW, Wang JY, Lambert GM, Hirst JA, Galbraith DW, Benfey PN.
Cell type-specific expression profiling in plants via cell sorting of protoplasts from fluorescent reporter lines.
Nat Methods. 2005 Aug;2(8):615-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 16170893 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Vernoux T, Benfey PN.
Signals that regulate stem cell activity during plant development.
Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2005 Aug;15(4):388-94. Review.
PMID: 15967658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Paquette AJ, Benfey PN.
Maturation of the ground tissue of the root is regulated by gibberellin and SCARECROW and requires SHORT-ROOT.
Plant Physiol. 2005 Jun;138(2):636-40. No abstract available.
PMID: 15955927 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Lee JY, Levesque M, Benfey PN.
High-throughput RNA isolation technologies. New tools for high-resolution gene expression profiling in plant systems.
Plant Physiol. 2005 Jun;138(2):585-90. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 15955922 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Benfey PN.
Free in PMC Developmental networks.
Plant Physiol. 2005 Jun;138(2):548-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 15955911 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Nawy T, Lee JY, Colinas J, Wang JY, Thongrod SC, Malamy JE, Birnbaum K, Benfey PN.
Transcriptional profile of the Arabidopsis root quiescent center.
Plant Cell. 2005 Jul;17(7):1908-25. Epub 2005 Jun 3.
PMID: 15937229 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Roudier F, Fernandez AG, Fujita M, Himmelspach R, Borner GH, Schindelman G, Song S, Baskin TI, Dupree P, Wasteneys GO, Benfey PN.
Free in PMC COBRA, an Arabidopsis extracellular glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol-anchored protein, specifically controls highly anisotropic expansion through its involvement in cellulose microfibril orientation.
Plant Cell. 2005 Jun;17(6):1749-63. Epub 2005 Apr 22.
PMID: 15849274 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Gallagher KL, Benfey PN.
Not just another hole in the wall: understanding intercellular protein trafficking.
Genes Dev. 2005 Jan 15;19(2):189-95. Review.
PMID: 15655108 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Gallagher KL, Paquette AJ, Nakajima K, Benfey PN.
Mechanisms regulating SHORT-ROOT intercellular movement.
Curr Biol. 2004 Oct 26;14(20):1847-51.
PMID: 15498493 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Benfey PN.
Development and ecology in the time of systems biology.
Dev Cell. 2004 Sep;7(3):329-30. No abstract available.
Birnbaum K, Benfey PN.
Network building: transcriptional circuits in the root.
Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2004 Oct;7(5):582-8. Review.
PMID: 15337102 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Irish VF, Benfey PN
Beyond Arabidopsis. Translational biology meets evolutionary developmental biology.
Plant Physiol. 2004 Jun;135(2):611-4. Review.
PMID: 15208409 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Sena G, Jung JW, Benfey PN.
A broad competence to respond to SHORT ROOT revealed by tissue-specific ectopic expression.
Development. 2004 Jun;131(12):2817-26. Epub 2004 May 13.
PMID: 15142972 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Levesque MP, Benfey PN.
Systems biology.
Curr Biol. 2004 Mar 9;14(5):R179-80. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 15028228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Scheres B, Benfey PN.
ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION IN PLANTS.
Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol. 1999 Jun;50:505-537.
PMID: 15012218 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Benfey PN.
A common switch used by plants and animals.
Cell. 2004 Jan 9;116(1):4-5.
PMID: 14718159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Contact Information
Philip Benfey
Phone: 919-660-7338
4101 French Family Science Center
philip.benfey@duke.edu