Adjunct Associate Professor
Molecular mechanisms of starch biogenesis in higher plants
Regulation of plant gene expression
Selected Publications
Zhang, X., Myers, A.M. and James, M.G. (2005) Mutations affecting starch
synthase III in Arabidopsis alter leaf starch structure and increase
the rate of starch synthesis. Plant Physiol. 138, 663-674.
Zhang, X., Colleoni, C., Ratushna, V., Sirghie-Colleoni, M., James,
M.G. and Myers, A.M. (2004) Molecular characterization demonstrates
that the Zea mays gene sugary2 codes for starch synthase isoform SSIIa.
Plant Mol. Biol. 54, 865-879.
James, M.G., Denyer, K. and Myers, A.M. (2003) Starch synthesis in the
cereal endosperm. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 6, 215-222.
Dinges, J.R., Colleoni, C., James, M.G. and Myers, A.M. (2003) Mutational
analysis of the pullulanase-type debranching enzyme of maize indicates
multiple functions in starch metabolism. Plant Cell 15, 666-680.
Wu, C., Colleoni, C., Myers, A.M. and James, M.G. (2002) Enzymatic properties
and regulation of ZPU1, the maize pullulanase-type starch debranching
enzyme. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 406, 21-32.
Seo, B.S., Kim, S., Scott, M.P., Singletary, G.W., Wong, K.S., James,
M.G. and Myers, A.M. (2002) Functional interactions between heterologously
expressed starch-branching enzymes of maize and the glycogen synthases
of Brewer's yeast. Plant Physiol. 128, 1189-1199.
Dinges, J.R., Colleoni, C., Myers, A.M. and James, M.G. (2001) Molecular
structure of three mutations at the maize sugary1 locus and their allele-specific
phenotypic effects. Plant Physiol. 125, 1406-1418.
Myers, A.M., Morell, M.K., James, M.G. and Ball, S.G. (2000) Recent
progress toward understanding biosynthesis of the amylopectin crystal.
Plant Physiol. 122, 989-997.
Cao, H., James, M.G. and Myers, A.M. (2000) Purification and characterization
of soluble starch synthases from maize endosperm. Arch. Biochem.
Biophys. 373, 135-146.
Beatty, M.K., Rahman, A., Cao, H., Woodman, W., Lee, M., Myers, A.M.
and James, M.G. (1999) Purification and molecular genetic characterization
of ZPU1, a pullulanase-type starch-debranching enzyme from maize. Plant
Physiol. 119, 255-266.
Gao, M., Wanat, J., Stinard, P.S., James, M.G. and Myers, A.M.(1998)
Characterization of dull1, a maize gene coding for a novel starch synthase.
Plant Cell 10, 399-412.
Scanlon, M.J. and Myers, A.M. (1998) Phenotypic analysis and molecular
cloning of discolored-1 (dsc1), a maize gene required for early kernel
development. Plant Mol. Biol. 37, 483-493.
Rahman, A., Wong, K., Jane, J., Myers, A.M. and James, M.G. (1998) Characterization
of SU1 isoamylase, a determinant of storage starch structure in maize.
Plant Physiol. 117, 425-435.
Ball, S., Guan, H.P., James, M., Myers, A., Keeling, P., Mouille, G.,
Buleon, A., Colonna, P. and Preiss, J. (1996) From glycogen to amylopectin:
a model for the biogenesis of the plant starch granule. Cell 86,
349-352.
James, M.G., Robertson, D.S. and Myers, A.M. (1995) Characterization
of the maize gene sugary1, a determinant of starch composition in kernels.
Plant Cell 7, 417-429.
Scanlon, M.J., Stinard, P.S., James, M.G., Myers, A.M. and Robertson,
D.S. (1994) Genetic analysis of 63 mutations affecting maize kernel
development isolated from Mutator stocks. Genetics 136, 281-294.
