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Greenwood, KN, King, CL, Melena, I, Stegemann, KA, Donnelly, M, Childers, A, Mozal, R, Collins, CA, and Spears, BJ. (2023) The brassinosteroid-responsive protein OCTOPUS is a novel regulator of Arabidopsis thaliana immune signaling. Plant Direct. 7:e524.
Spears, BJ, McInturf, SA, Collins, CA, Chlebowski, M, Cseke, LJ, Su, J, Mendoza-Cozatl, DG, and Gassmann, W. (2022) Class I TCP transcription factor AtTCP8 modulates key brassinosteroid-responsive genes. Plant Physiology. 190(2): 1457-1473.
Garner, CM., Spears, BJ., Su, J., Cseke, L., Smith, SN, Rogan, CJ, and Gassmann, W. (2021) Opposing functions of the plant TOPLESS gene family during SNC1-mediated autoimmunity. PLoS Genetics. 17(2): e1009026.
Spears, BJ, Howton, TC, Gao, F, Garner, CM, Mukhtar, SM, and Gassmann, W. (2019) Direct regulation of the EFR-dependent immune response by Arabidopsis TCP transcription factors. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 32(5):540-549.
Halane, MK, Kim, SH, Spears, BJ, Garner, CM, Rogan, CJ, Okafor, EC, Su, J, Bhattacharjee, S, and Gassmann, W. (2018). The bacterial type III-secreted protein AvrRps4 is a bipartite effector. PLoS Pathogens. 14(3):e1006984.
Mazur, MJ, Spears, BJ, Djajasaputra, A, van der Gragt, M, Vlachakis, G, Beerens, B, Gassmann, W, and van den Burg, HA. (2017). Arabidopsis TCP transcription factors interact with the SUMO conjugating machinery in nuclear foci. Frontiers in Plant Science. (8):2043.
Su, J, Spears, BJ, Kim, SH, and Gassmann, W. (2017) Constant Vigilance: Plant functions guarded by resistance proteins. Plant Journal. 93(4):637-650.
Garner, CM, Kim, SH, Spears, BJ, and Gassmann, W. (2016). Express yourself: Transcriptional regulation of plant innate immunity. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. (56):150-162.