Comparative Transcriptome Analyses Reveal Core Parasitism Genes and Suggest Gene Duplication and Repurposing as Sources of Structural Novelty

Zhenzhen Yang, Eric Wafula, Loren Honaas, +15

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Plant GeneticsBotanyComparative GenomicsGeneticsGenomic Mechanism +22

Genome Sequence of Striga asiatica Provides Insight into the Evolution of Plant Parasitism

Satoko Yoshida, Seungill Kim, Eric Wafula, +40

Current Biology

BiologyPlant GeneticsGenome SequencePhylogeneticsNatural Sciences +8

AtCAT6, a sink‐tissue‐localized transporter for essential amino acids in Arabidopsis

Ulrich Z. Hammes, Erik Nielsen, Loren Honaas, +2

The Plant Journal

Plant PhysiologyEngineeringBotanyMolecular BiologyPlant Pathology +14

Detecting and Characterizing the Highly Divergent Plastid Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Parasitic Plant<i>Hydnora visseri</i>(Hydnoraceae)

Julia Naumann, Joshua P. Der, Eric Wafula, +9

Genome Biology and Evolution

The Parasitic Plant Genome Project: New Tools for Understanding the Biology of<i>Orobanche</i>and<i>Striga</i>

James H. Westwood, Claude W. dePamphilis, Malay Das, +6

Weed Science

Plant GeneticsBotanyGeneticsPlant PathologyMolecular Genetics +15

Selecting Superior De Novo Transcriptome Assemblies: Lessons Learned by Leveraging the Best Plant Genome

Loren Honaas, Eric Wafula, Norman J. Wickett, +7

PLoS ONE

GeneticsArabidopsis Leaf TranscriptomeTranscriptome AssembliesTranscriptomics TechnologyTranscriptome Assembly Strategies +14

Horizontal gene transfer is more frequent with increased heterotrophy and contributes to parasite adaptation

Zhenzhen Yang, Yeting Zhang, Eric Wafula, +13

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Transcriptomes of the Parasitic Plant Family Orobanchaceae Reveal Surprising Conservation of Chlorophyll Synthesis

Norman J. Wickett, Loren Honaas, Eric Wafula, +8

Current Biology

BiologyPlant BiologyPlant Molecular BiologyBiosynthesisEngineering +6

Functional genomics of a generalist parasitic plant: Laser microdissection of host-parasite interface reveals host-specific patterns of parasite gene expression

Loren Honaas, Eric Wafula, Zhenzhen Yang, +8

BMC Plant Biology

Temporal Dynamics of the Soil Metabolome and Microbiome During Simulated Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation

Shashika S. Hewavitharana, Emmi Klarer, Andrew J. Reed, +5

Frontiers in Microbiology