9.Qin Y, Leydon AR, Manziello A, Pandey R, Mount D, Denic S, Vasic B, Johnson MA and Palanivelu R (2009). Penetration of the Stigma and Style Elicits a Novel Transcriptome in Pollen Tubes, Pointing to Genes Critical for Growth in a Pistil. PLoS Genet 5(8): e1000621. Link to article (pdf file)

*An illustration from this study was used as the featured image (cover art) of the issue in which this article was published. (Link to cover art)

8. Denic, S.Z., Vasic, B., Charalambous, C.D. and Palanivelu, R. (2009). Robust control of uncertain context-sensitive probabilistic Boolean networks. Systems Biology, IET, 3 (4):279-295. Link to article

7. Geitmann, A. and Palanivelu, R. (2007). Fertilization Requires Communication: Signal Generation and Perception During Pollen Tube Guidance. Floriculture and Ornamental Biotechnology 1(2): 77-89. (pdf file)

6. Nikolova, N*., Palanivelu, R*., King, E., Copenhaver, G., and Drews, G. N. (2007). Synergid cell death in Arabidopsis is triggered following direct interaction with the pollen tube. Plant Physiology, 144: 1753-1762. Link to article (pdf file)

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* This paper was highlighted in the "on the inside" section of Plant Physiology. Peter V. Minorsky, Plant Physiol. 2007 144: 1691-1692. Link to article

5. Palanivelu, R. and Preuss, D. (2006). Distinct short-range ovule signals attract or repel Arabidopsis thaliana pollen tubes in vitro. BMC Plant Biology. 6:7. Link to article

*Based on download statistics, BMC Plant Biology journal permanently designated this research article as a “highly accessed” journal article.

4. Palanivelu, R., Brass, L., Edlund, A. and Preuss, D. (2003). Pollen tube growth and guidance is regulated by POP2, an Arabidopsis gene that controls GABA levels. Cell. 114:47-59. Link to article

*This paper was profiled in Developmental Cell’s preview section. “GABA, a New Player in the Plant Mating Game” by Zhenbiao Yang. Dev. Cell. 5:185-6.
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*This paper was highlighted in Nature Cell Biology’s News and Views section. “Tip of the POP2” by Donald McDonald. Nat. Cell Biol. 5 (9):778.

*This paper was profiled in Current Biology’s Dispatch section. “Plant Reproduction: GABA gradient, guidance and growth” by Hong Ma. Current Biology. 13 (21):R834-R836. Link to article

3. Palanivelu, R and Preuss, D. (2000). Pollen tube targeting and axon guidance: parallels in tip growth mechanisms. Trends in Cell Biol. 10:517-524. Link to article

*An illustration from this paper was used as the cover of the issue.

2. Palanivelu, R., Belostotsky, D. A. and Meagher, R. B. (2000). Conserved expression of Arabidopsis poly (A) binding protein 2 (PAB2) in distinct vegetative and reproductive tissues. Plant J. 22:199-210. Link to article

1. Palanivelu, R., Belostotsky, D. A. and Meagher, R. B. (2000). Arabidopsis thaliana poly (A) binding protein 2 (PAB2) functions in yeast translational and mRNA decay processes. Plant J. 22:187-98. Link to article