John L. Bowman
Adjunct Professor
jlbowman@ucdavis.edu

Plant Biology

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Degrees:
1991 PhD California Institute of Technology Biology
1986 BS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Biochemistry
Research Interests:

Molecular genetic analysis of plant development and evolution
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Genetics  
Plant Biology  
Publications: Last updated 11/17/2009
  • Pagnussat, G. C., Alandete-Saez, M., Bowman, J. L., and Sundaresan, V. (2009). Auxin Dependent Patterning and Gamete Specification in the Arabidopsis Female Gametophyte. Science 324, 1684-1689.
  • Alvarez, J. P., Goldshmidt, A., Efroni, I., Bowman, J. L., and Eshed, Y. (2009). The NGATHA distal organ development genes are essential for style specification in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 21, 1373-1393.
  • Goldshmidt, A., Alvarez, J. P., Bowman, J. L., and Eshed, Y. (2008). Signals derived from YABBY gene activities in organ primordia regulate growth and partitioning of Arabidopsis shoot apical meristems. Plant Cell 20, 1217-1230.
  • Prunet, N., Morel, P., Thierry, A.-M., Eshed. Y., Bowman, J. L. Negrutiu, N. and Trehin, C. (2008). REBELOTE, SQUINT, and ULTRAPETALA1 function redundantly in the temporal regulation of floral meristem termination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 20, 901-919.
  • Tretter, E. M., Alvarez, J. P., Eshed, Y., and Bowman, J. L. (2008). Activity range of Arabidopsis small RNAs derived from different biogenesis pathways. Plant Physiol. 147, 58-62.
  • Bowman, J. L., Floyd, S. K., and Sakakibara, K. (2007). Green genes - comparative genomics of green branch of life. Cell 129, 229-234.
  • Floyd, S. K., and Bowman J. L. (2007). The ancestral patterning toolkit of land plants. Int. J. Plant Sciences 168, 1-35.
  • Izhaki, A., and Bowman, J. L. (2007). KANADI and Class III HD-ZIP Gene Families Regulate Embryo Patterning and Modulate Auxin Flow During Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19, 495-508.
  • Floyd, S. K., and Bowman, J. L. (2006). Distinct developmental mechanisms reflect the independent origins of leaves in vascular plants. Current Biology 16, 1911-1917.
  • Floyd, S. K., Zalewski, C. S., and Bowman, J. L. (2006). Evolution of Class III Homeodomain-leucine zipper genes in streptophytes. Genetics 173, 373-388.
  • Lee, J.-Y., Baum, S. F., Oh, S.-H., Jiang, C. Z., Chen, J. C., and Bowman J. L. (2005). Recruitment of CRABS CLAW to promote nectary development within the eudicot clade. Development 132, 5021-5032.
  • Lee, J.-Y., Baum, S. F., Alvarez, J., Patel, A., Chitwood, D. H., and Bowman, J. L. (2005). Activation of CRC in the nectaries and carpels of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 17, 25-36.
  • Farrona, S., Hurtado L., Bowman, J. L., and Reyes, J. C. (2004). AtBRM, an ATPase of the SNF2 family, controls shoot development and flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 131, 4965-4975.
  • Eshed, Y., Izhaki, A., Baum, S. F., Floyd, S. K., and Bowman, J. L. (2004). Asymmetric leaf development and blade expansion in Arabidopsis are mediated by KANADI and YABBY activities. Development 131, 2997-3006.
  • Floyd, S. K. and Bowman, J. L. (2004). Ancient microRNA regulation of gene expression in land plants. Nature 428, 485-486.
  • Emery, J. F., Floyd, S. K., Alvarez, J., Eshed, Y., Hawker, N. P., Izhaki, A., Baum, S. F., and Bowman, J. L. (2003). Radial patterning of Arabidopsis shoots by Class III HD-ZIP and KANADI genes. Current Biology 13, 1768-1774.
  • Lee, J.-Y., Mummenhoff, K., and Bowman, J. L. (2002). Allopolyploidization and evolution of species with reduced floral structures in Lepidium L. (Brassicaceae). Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 16835.
Teaching Interests:
Genetics
Courses:
BIS 101 Genes and Gene Expression
PBI 220 Plant Development