Publications
** indicates graduate (MS) students, * indicates undergraduate students
Lynch BT**, Patrick TL*, Moreno JJ*, Siebert AE**, Klusman KM*, Shodja DN**, Hannah CL, and SK Lal(2015) Differential pre-mRNA splicing alters the transcript diversity of helitrons between the maize inbred lines.G3:Genes|Genome|Genetics abstract
Rauch HB**, Patrick TL*, Klusman KM*, Battistuzzi FU, Mei W, Brendel VP, and SK Lal (2013) Discovery and expression analysis of alternative splicing events conserved among plant SR proteins. Mol. Biol. Evol. abstract
Barbaglia AM**, Klusman KM*, Higgins J*, Hannah, Shaw J, and SK Lal (2012) Gene capture by Helitron transposons reshuffles the maize transcriptome. Genetics 190(3) 965-975. Issue Highlights: Genetics (2012) 190:NP abstract
Lal SK, M Oetjens**, and LC Hannah (2009) Helitrons: Enigmatic abductors and mobilizers of host genome sequences. Plant Science 176:181-186. pdf
Lal SK, N Georgelis** and LC Hannah (2008) Helitrons: their impact on maize genome evolution and diversity.The Maize Handbook: Domestication, Genetics, and Genome. Eds. J Bennetzen and S Hake. abstract
Gupta, S., Ciungi, A.*, Jameson, N**, and Lal SK. Alternative splicing expression of U1 snRNP 70K gene is evolutionary conserved between different plant species (2006). DNA SEQ. In press pdf
Dooner, H, K., Hannah, L, C, and Lal SK. Suggested guidelines for naming Helitrons. Maize Genetics Cooperation Newsletter 2006. In press abstract
Lal SK, and LC Hannah. Massive changes of the maize genome are caused by Helitrons. Heredity 2005 Dec; 95(6):421-2 pdf
Lal SK, Hannah LC. Helitrons contribute to the lack of gene colinearity observed in modern maize inbreds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jul 11; 102(29): 9993-9994. pdf
Clark, AK., Kovtunovych, G., Kandlikar, SS., Lal, SK. and Stryker, GA. Cloning and expression analysis of two novel paraflagellar rod domain genes found in Trypanosoma cruzi. Parasitology Research. Parasitol Res. 2005 Jul;96(5):312-20. abstract
Gupta, S.**, Wang, B., Stryker, GA., Zanetti, ME. and Lal, SK. Two Novel Arginine/Serine (SR) Proteins in Maize are differentially Spliced and Utilize Non-Canonical Splice Sites. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression, 2005 May 1;1728(3):105-14. link
Gupta, S.**, Gallavotti, A., Stryker, GA., Schmidt, RJ., and Lal, SK. A novel class of Helitron- related transposable elements in maize contain portions of multiple pseudogenes. Plant Molecular Biology, 2005 Jan;57(1):115-27. abstract
Vasquez A*, K., George, R*, and Lal SK. Discovery and expression analysis of alternatively spliced genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Meeting of the Minds. Journal of Undergraduate Research. 2003 5, 246-250. abstract
Lal SK, M Giroux, V Brendel, E Vallejos, and LC Hannah (2003) The maize genome contains a Helitron insertion. Plant Cell. 15:381-391 abstract
A new twist in transposons: The maize genome harbors Helitron insertion. Plant Cell 15: 293-295 (Comentary) abstract
Fernandes J, V Brendel, X Gai, SK Lal, VL Chandler, R Elumalai, DW Galbraith, E Pierson, and V Walbot (2002) Comparison of RNA expression profiles based on maize EST frequency analysis and microarray hybridization. Plant Physiology. 128:896-910 abstract
Maitz M, G Santandrea, SK Lal, Z Zhang , LC Hannah, F Salamini, and RD Thompson (2000) rgf, a mutation reducing grain filling in maize through effects on basal endosperm and pedicel development. Plant Journal. 23: 29-42 abstract
Gai X, SK Lal, L Xing, V Brendel, and V Walbot (2000). Gene discovery using the maize genome database ZmDB. Nucleic Acids Research. 28: 94-96 pdf
Lal SK, and LC Hannah (1999). Maize transposable element Ds is differentially spliced from primary transcripts in endosperm and suspension cells. Biochemical Biophysical Research Communication. 261: 798-801. abstract
Lal SK, JH Choi, J Shaw, and LC Hannah (1999) A splice site mutant of maize activates cryptic splice sites, elicits intron inclusion and exon exclusion, and permits branch point elucidation. Plant Physiology. 121: 411-418 pdf
Lal SK, JH Choi, and LC Hannah (1999) The AG dinucleotide terminating introns is important but not always required for pre-mRNA splicing in maize endosperm. Plant Physiology. 120: 65-72 pdf
Lal SK, CF Lee, and MM Sachs (1998) Differential regulation of enolase during anaerobic stress response in maize. Plant Physiology. 118: 1285-1293 pdf
Lal SK, and MM Sachs (1995) Cloning and characterization of an anaerobically induced cDNA encoding glucosephosphate isomerase in Maize. Plant Physiology 108: 1295-1296 pdf
Lal SK, PM Kelley, and TE Elthon (1994) Purification and differential expression of enolase from maize. Physiologia Plantarum. 91: 587-592 abstract
Kelley PM, K Godfrey, Lal SK, and M Alleman (1991) Characterization of a maize pyruvate decarboxylase gene. Plant Molecular Biology 17: 1259-1261 pdf
Lal SK, S Johnson, T Conway, and PM Kelley (1991) Characterization of a maize cDNA which complements an enolase deficient mutant of Escherichia coli. Plant Molecular Biology 16: 787-795 abstract
Choe HT, and SK Lal (1991) Biochemical evidence of ethylene affects on oat leaf senescence. Proceedings of the Academy of Science and Technology (Korea). 1: 405-410