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Selected publications

Journal articles

Brownfield L, Hafidh S, Durbarry A, Khatab H, Sidorova A, Doerner P and Twell D (2009) Arabidopsis DUO POLLEN 3 is a novel regulator of male germline development and embryogenesis. Plant Cell 21, 1940-1956.

Brownfield L, Hafidh S, Borg M, Sidorova A, Mori T, Twell D (2009) A plant germ cell-specific integrator of cell cycle progression and sperm specification. PLoS Genet. 5(3): e1000430. 

Kim HJ, Oh S-A, Brownfield L, Ryu H, Hwang I, Twell D and Nam H-G (2008) Control of plant male germline proliferation by SCFFBL17 degradation of cell cycle inhibitors. Nature 455, 1134-1137.

Oh S-A, Johnson JA, Smertenko A, Rahman D, Park S-K, Hussey PJ and Twell D (2006) A divergent cellular role for the FUSED kinase family in the plant-specific cytokinetic phragmoplast. Curr. Biol. 15, 2107-2111.

Rotman N, Durbarry A, Wardle A, Yang W-C, Chaboud A, Faure J-E, Berger F and Twell D (2005) A novel class of MYB factors controls sperm cell formation in plants. Curr. Biol. 15, 244-248.

Honys D and Twell D (2004) Transcriptome analysis of haploid male gametophyte development in Arabidopsis. Genome Biology 5/11/R85.

Twell D, Park SK, Hawkins TJ, Schubert D, Schmidt R, Smertenko A and Hussey PJ (2002) MOR1/GEM1 plays an essential role in the plant-specific cytokinetic phragmoplast. Nat Cell Biol. 4, 711-714.

Howden R, Park SK, Moore JM, Orme J, Grossniklaus U and Twell D (1998) Selection of T-DNA-tagged male and female gametophytic mutants by segregation distortion in Arabidopsis. Genetics 149, 621-631.

Eady C, Lindsey K and Twell D (1995) The significance of microspore division and division symmetry for vegetative cell-specific transcription and generative cell differentiation. Plant Cell 7, 65-74.

Review articles

Borg M, Brownfield L and Twell D (2009) Male gametophyte development: A molecular perspective. J. Exp. Bot60, 1465-1478.

Twell D, Oh S-A and Honys D (2006) Pollen development, a genetic and transcriptomic view. In R. Malho (Ed.) The Pollen Tube: A Cellular and Molecular Perspective. Plant Cell Monographs Volume 3. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Pp.15-45.           

Twell D, Park SK and Lalanne E (1998) Asymmetric division and cell fate determination in developing pollen. Trends Pl. Sci. 3, 305-310.