Anne B. Britt
Professor
abbritt@ucdavis.edu

Plant Biology

Office
2249 Life Sciences
752-0699

Lab
752-9282


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Degrees:
1986 PhD University of California, Berkeley Biochemistry
1981 BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology Biology
Research Interests:

Genetics of DNA repair and mutagenesis in the higher plant Arabidopsis. How plants repair and/or tolerate DNA damage generated by chemicals, UV light, and gamma radiation. Processes of genetic recombination, in meiotic and mitotic cells.
Department and Center Affiliations:

 Department of Plant Biology
Professional Societies:
Genetics Society of America
American Society of Plant Bologists
Maize Genetics Society
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Genetics  
Plant Biology  
Publications: Last updated 10/7/2009
  • Suppressor of gamma response 1 (SOG1) encodes a putative transcription factor governing multiple responses to DNA damage. K. Yoshiyama, P.A. Conklin, N. D. Huefner, A.B. Britt. Proc Natl Acad Sci (2009) 106(31):12843-8.
  • Both ATM and ATR promote the efficient and accurate processing of programmed meiotic double-strand breaks. K. M. Culligan, A. B. Britt. Plant Journal (2008) 55(4):629-38.
  • ATR and ATM play distinct roles in response to ionizing radiation K. M. Culligan, C. E. Robertson, J. Foreman, P. Doerner, and A. B. Britt, Plant Journal, 48 947-961 (2006).
  • Tissue-specific regulation of cell-cycle responses to DNA damage in Arabidopsis seedlings E. Hefner, N. Huefner, and A. B. Britt, DNA Repair, 5 102-110 (2006).
  • Ionizing radiation-dependent gamma-H2AX focus formation requires ATM and ATR. J. D. Friesner, B. Liu, K. M. Culligan, and A. B. Britt, Molecular Biology of the Cell,16 2566-2576 (2005).
  • ATR regulates a G2-phase cell cycle checkpoint in Arabidopsis thaliana K. M. Culligan and A. B. Britt, Plant Cell, 16 1091-1104 (2004).
  • A DNA damage-induced checkpoint in plants. S. B. Preuss and A. B. Britt, Genetics, 164:323-334 (2003).
  • Ku80 and DNA Ligase IV deficient plants are sensitive to ionizing radiation and defective in T-DNA integration. J. D. Friesner and A. B. Britt, Plant Journal, 34 427-440 (2003).
  • Arabidopsis mutants sensitive to gamma radiation include the homolog of the human repair gene ERCC1 E. A. Hefner, S. B. Preuss, and A. B. Britt, J. Exp. Bot., 54 669-680 (2003).
  • Reengineering plant transformation A. B. Britt and G. May, Trends in Plant Sciences,8 90-95.
Teaching Interests:
Molecular genetics.
Courses:
MCB 160L Genetics Lab
GGG 201A Advanced Genetics Analysis
PLB 227 Plant Molecular Biolgoy