Guiltinan, M., Verica, J., Zhang, D., and Figueira, A. (2007 In Press). Genomics of Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree. In Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants, P.a.M. Moore, R, ed (New York: Springer).

Guiltinan, M. (2007). Cacao. In Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry - Transgenic Crops V. , E. Pua and M. Davey, eds (Berlin Heidelbelg: Springer-Verlag.

Li, J., Guiltinan, M., and Thompson, D. (2007). Mutation of the maize sbe1a and ae genes alters morphology and physical behavior of wx-type endosperm starch granules. Carbohydr Res 342, 2619-2627.

Maximova, S., Young, A., Pishak, S., and Guiltinan, M. (2007). Field performance of Theobroma cacao L. plants propagated via somatic embryogenesis. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. - Plant (in review).


Maximova, S.N., T.C, L., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2007). Cocoa. In A Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants (in press), C. Kole and T. Hall, eds (Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, USA.


Melnick, R., Zidack, N., Bailey, B., Maximova, S., Guiltinan, M., and Backman, P. (2007). Bacterial endophytes: Bacillus spp. from vegetable crops as potential biological control agents of black pod rot of cacao. Biological Control (in press).

Swanson, J., Carlson, J., and Guiltinan, M. (2006). Use of image analysis software as a tool to visualize non-radioactive signals in plant in situ analysis. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 24, 105a-105e.

Maximova, S.N., Marelli, J.P., Young, A., Pishak, S., Verica, J.A., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2006). Over-expression of a cacao class I chitinase gene in Theobroma cacao L. enhances resistance against the pathogen, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Planta 224, 740-749.

Li, J., Guiltinan, M.J., and Thompson, D.B. (2006). The use of laser differential interference contrast microscopy for the characterization of starch granule ring structure. Starch/Starke 58, 1-5.

Yao, Y., Guiltinan, M.J., and Thompson, D.B. (2005). High-performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) and fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE) to describe the chain-length distribution of debranched starch. Carbohydr Res 340, 701-710.

Maximova, S.N., Young, A., Pishak, S., Miller, C., Traore, A., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2005). Integrated system for propagation of Theobroma cacao L. In Protocol for somatic embryogenesis in woody plants, S.M. Jain and P.K. Gupta, eds (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer), pp. 209-229.

Bailey, B.A., Bae, H., Strem, M.D., Antunez de Mayolo, G., Guiltinan, M.J., Verica, J.A., Maximova, S.N., and Bowers, J.H. (2005). Developmental expression of stress response genes in Theobroma cacao leaves and their response to Nep1 treatment and a compatible infection by Phytophthora megakarya. Plant Physiol Biochem 43, 611-622.

Bailey, B., Bae, H., Strem, M.D., Antunez de Mayolo, G., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2005). Gene expression in leaves of Theobroma cacao in response to mechanical wounding, ethylene, or methyl jasmonate. Plant Science 128, 1247-1258.

Yao, Y., Thompson, D.B., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2004). Maize starch-branching enzyme isoforms and amylopectin structure. In the absence of starch-branching enzyme IIb, the further absence of starch-branching enzyme Ia leads to increased branching. Plant Physiol 136, 3515-3523.

Verica, J.A., Maximova, S.N., Strem, M.D., Carlson, J.E., Bailey, B.A., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2004). Isolation of ESTs from cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) leaves treated with inducers of the defense response. Plant Cell Rep 23, 404-413.

Tomscha, J.L., Trull, M.C., Deikman, J., Lynch, J.P., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2004). Phosphatase under-producer mutants have altered phosphorus relations. Plant Physiol 135, 334-345.

Yao, Y., Guiltinan, M.J., Shannon, J.C., and Thompson, D.B. (2003). Single kernel sampling method for maize starch analysis while maintaining kernel vitality. Cereal Chem 79, 757-762.

Traore, A., Maximova, S.N., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2003). Micropropagation of Theobroma cacao using somatic embryo-derived plants. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. - Plant 39, 332-337.

Swanson, J.D., Lee, A.C., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2003). USDA Cacao DNA fingerprinting ring test: results from Penn State University. Ingenic Newsletter, 22-24.

Miller, C., and Guiltinan, M. (2003). Perspectives on rapid vegetative multiplication for orthotropic scion and rootstock varieties of cocoa. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cocoa Breeding for Improved Production Systems., M. Bekele, A. End, and A. Eske, eds (Accra, Ghana: INGENIC and Ghana Cocoa Board).

Maximova, S., Miller, C., Antunez de Mayolo, G., Pishak, S., Young, A., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2003). Stable transformation of Theobroma cacao L. and influence of matrix attachment regions on GFP expression. Plant Cell Rep 21, 872-883.

Antunez de Mayolo, G., Maximova, S.N., Pishak, S., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2003). Moxalactam as a counter-selection antibiotic for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and its positive effects on Theobroma cacao somatic embryogenesis. Plant Science 164, 607-615.

Maximova, S.N., Alemanno, L., Young, A., Ferriere, N., Traore, A., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2002). Efficiency, genotypic variability, and cellular origin of primary and secondary somatic embryogenesis of Theobroma cacao L. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant 38, 252-259(258).

Cakirer, M.S., Ziegler, G.R., Guiltinan, M.J., and Jones, A.D. (2002). Fresh bean colour as an indicator of chocolate flavour potential. In Flavour Research at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century. Proceedings of the 10th Weurman Flavour Research Symposium, J.L. Le Quere and P.X. Etievant, eds (London: Intercept), pp. 540-543.

Blauth, S.L., Kim, K.N., Klucinec, J., Shannon, J.C., Thompson, D., and Guiltinan, M. (2002). Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch-branching enzyme 1 (sbe1) in Zea mays L. Plant Mol Biol 48, 287-297.

Blauth, S.L., Yao, Y., Klucinec, J.D., Shannon, J.C., Thompson, D.B., and Guiltinan, M.J. (2001). Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch-branching enzyme 2a in corn. Plant Physiology 125, 1396-1405.

Lambert, S.V., Guiltinan, M., Maximova, S., and Aitken, W.M. (2000). Ex vitro propagation via mini-cuttings of acclimatized cocoa plants issued from somatic embryogenesis. In 13th International Cocoa Research Conference (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia).

Guiltinan, M.J., Miller, C., Traore, A., and Maximova, S. (2000). Greenhouse and field evaluation of orthotropic cacao plants produced via somatic embryogenesis, micro and macropropagation. In 13th International Cocoa Research Conference (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia).

Cakirer, M., Guiltinan, M., and Ziegler, G. (2000). The Role of 7S Globulin in Determining the Genetic Source of Cocoa Flavor. In Confectionery Science II, Proceedings of an International Symposium, G.R. Ziegler, ed (Pennsylvania State University: Pennsylvania State University), pp. 69-79.

Niu, X., Renshaw-Gegg, L., Miller, L., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1999). Bipartite determinants of DNA-binding specificity of plant basic leucine zipper proteins. Plant Mol Biol 41, 1-13.

Kim, K.N., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1999). Identification of cis-acting elements important for expression of the starch-branching enzyme I gene in maize endosperm. Plant Physiol 121, 225-236.

Kim, K.N., Gao, M., Fisher, D.K., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1999). Molecular cloning and characterization of the Amylose -Extender gene encoding starch branching enzyme IIB in maize. Plant Molecular Biology 38, 945-956.

Carlini, L.E., Ketudat, M., Parsons, R.L., Prabhakar, S., Schmidt, R.J., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1999). The maize EmBP-1 orthologue differentially regulates opaque2-dependent gene expression in yeast and cultured maize endosperm cells. Plant Mol Biol 41, 339-349.

Tomscha, J.L., Dewald, A., Lynch, J.P., Guiltinan, M.J., and Deikman, J. (1998). Constitutive Phosphatase Secretion Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Topics in Plant Physiology 19, 376-378.

Maximova, S.N., Dandekar, A.M., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1998). Investigation of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of apple using green fluorescent protein: high transient expression and low stable transformation suggest that factors other than T-DNA transfer are rate-limiting. Plant Mol Biol 37, 549-559.

Li, Z., Traore, A., Maximova, S., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1998). Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from floral explants of cacao (theobroma cacao L.) using thidiazuron. In Vitro, Plant 34, 293-299.

Kim, K.N., Fisher, D.K., Gao, M., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1998). Genomic organization and promoter activity of the maize starch branching enzyme I gene. Gene 216, 233-243.

Kim, K.N., Fisher, D.K., Gao, M., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1998). Molecular cloning and characterization of the Amylose-Extender gene encoding starch branching enzyme IIB in maize. Plant Mol Biol 38, 945-956.

Eckardt, N.A., McHenry, L., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1998). Overexpression of deltaEmBP, a truncated dominant negative version of the wheat G-box binding protein EmBP-1, alters vegetative development in transgenic tobacco. Plant Mol Biol 38, 539-549.

Trull, M.C., Guiltinan, M.J., Lynch, J.P., and Deikman, J. (1997). The responses of wild-type and ABA mutant Arabidopsis thaliana plants to phosphorus starvation. Plant Cell Environ 20, 85-92.

Gao, M., Fisher, D.K., Kim, K.N., Shannon, J.C., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1997). Independent genetic control of maize starch-branching enzymes IIa and IIb. Isolation and characterization of a Sbe2a cDNA. Plant Physiol 114, 69-78.

Renshaw-Gegg, L., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1996). Optimization of PCR template concentrations for in vitro transcription-translation reactions. Biotechnology Letters 18, 679-682.

Niu, X., Adams, C.C., Workman, J.L., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1996). Binding of the wheat basic leucine zipper protein EmBP-1 to nucleosomal binding sites is modulated by nucleosome positioning. Plant Cell 8, 1569-1587.

Guiltinan, M.J., and Niu, X. (1996). cDNA encoding a wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese spring) glycine-rich RNA-binding protein. Plant Mol Biol 30, 1301-1306.

Gao, M., Fisher, D.K., Kim, K.N., Shannon, J.C., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1996). Evolutionary conservation and expression patterns of maize starch branching enzyme I and IIb genes suggests isoform specialization. Plant Mol Biol 30, 1223-1232.

Fisher, D.K., Gao, M., Kim, K.N., Boyer, C.D., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1996). Two closely related cDNAs encoding starch branching enzyme from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol Biol 30, 97-108.

Fisher, D.K., Gao, M., Kim, K.N., Boyer, C.D., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1996). Allelic Analysis of the Maize amylose-extender Locus Suggests That Independent Genes Encode Starch-Branching Enzymes IIa and IIb. Plant Physiol 110, 611-619.

Chang, C., Moll, B.A., Evenson, K.B., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1996). In vitro plantlet regeneration from cotyledon, hypocotyl and root explants of hybrid seed geranium. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 45, 61-66.

Shcherban, T.Y., Shi, J., Durachko, D.M., Guiltinan, M.J., McQueen-Mason, S.J., Shieh, M., and Cosgrove, D.J. (1995). Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of expansins--a highly conserved, multigene family of proteins that mediate cell wall extension in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92, 9245-9249.

Guiltinan, M.J., and McHenry, L. (1995). Epitope tagging for the detection of fusion protein expression in transgenic plants. Methods Cell Biol 49, 143-151.

Fisher, D.K., Kim, K.N., Gao, M., Boyer, C.D., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1995). A cDNA encoding starch branching enzyme I from maize endosperm. Plant Physiol 108, 1313-1314.

Fisher, D.K., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1995). Rapid, efficient production of homozygous transgenic tobacco plants with Agrobacterium tumefaciens: a seed-to-seed protocol. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 13, 278-289.

Tonoike, H., Han, I.S., Jongewaard, I., Doyle, M., Guiltinan, M., and Fosket, D.E. (1994). Hypocotyl expression and light downregulation of the soybean tubulin gene, tubB1. Plant J 5, 343-351.

Niu, X., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1994). DNA binding specificity of the wheat bZIP protein EmBP-1. Nucleic Acids Res 22, 4969-4978.

Guiltinan, M.J., and Miller, L. (1994). Molecular characterization of the DNA-binding and dimerization domains of the bZIP transcription factor, EmBP-1. Plant Mol Biol 26, 1041-1053.

Guiltinan, M.J., and Deikman, J. (1994). Molecular and Genetic Approaches to the Study of Plant Hormone Action. Horticultural Reviews 16, 1.

Quatrano, R.S., Guiltinan, M.J., and Marcotte, W.R. (1993). Regulation of gene expression by abscisic acid, in Control of Plant Gene Expression, pp. 69-90, CRC press, Boca Raton, FL.

Pla, M., Vilardell, J., Guiltinan, M.J., Marcotte, W.R., Niogret, M.F., Quatrano, R.S., and Pages, M. (1993). The cis-regulatory element CCACGTGG is involved in ABA and water-stress responses of the maize gene rab28. Plant Mol Biol 21, 259-266.

Marcotte, W.R., Jr., Guiltinan, M.J., and Quatrano, R.S. (1992). ABA-regulated gene expression: cis-acting sequences and trans-acting factors. Biochem Soc Trans 20, 93-97.

Pedersen, T.J., Arwood, L.J., Spiker, S., Guiltinan, M.J., and Thompson, W.F. (1991). High mobility group chromosomal proteins bind to AT-rich tracts flanking plant genes. Plant Mol Biol 16, 95-104.

DeVos, K.M., Atkinson, M.D., Chinoy, C.N., Guiltinan, M.G., Quatrano, R.S., and Gale, M.D. (1991). Chromosomal location and variability in wheat, barley and rye of a wheat gene encoding a bZIP protein (EmBP-1). Theoret. App. Genet. 82, 665-667.

Guiltinan, M.J., Marcotte, W.R., Jr., and Quatrano, R.S. (1990). A plant leucine zipper protein that recognizes an abscisic acid response element. Science 250, 267-271.

Thomas, J.C., Guiltinan, M.J., Bustos, S., Thomas, J.C., and Nessler, C.L. (1989). Carrot (Daucus carota) hypocotyl transformation usingAgrobacterium tumefaciens Plant Cell Reports 8, 354-357.

Guiltinan, M.J., Thomas, J.C., Nessler, C.L., and Thomas, T.L. (1989). Expression of DNA binding proteins in carrot somatic embryos that specifically interact with a cis regulatory element of the French bean phaseolin gene. Plant Mol Biol 13, 605-610.

Bustos, M.M., Guiltinan, M.J., Jordano, J., Begum, D., Kalkan, F.A., and Hall, T.C. (1989). Regulation of beta-glucuronidase expression in transgenic tobacco plants by an A/T-rich, cis-acting sequence found upstream of a French bean beta-phaseolin gene. Plant Cell 1, 839-853.

Bustos, M.M., Guiltinan, M.J., Cyr, R.J., Anhdoot, D., and Fosket, D.E. (1989). Light regulation of beta-tubulin gene expression during internode development in soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.). Plant Physiology 91, 1157-1161.

Guiltinan, M.J., Schelling, M.E., Ehtesham, N.Z., Thomas, J.C., and Christensen, M.E. (1988). The nucleolar RNA-binding protein B-36 is highly conserved among plants. Eur J Cell Biol 46, 547-553.

Guiltinan, M.J., Velten, J., Bustos, M.M., Cyr, R.J., Schell, J., and Fosket, D.E. (1987). The expression of a chimeric soybean beta-tubulin gene in tobacco. Molecular and General Genetics 207, 328-334.

Guiltinan, M.J., Ma, D.P., Barker, R.F., Bustos, M.M., Cyr, R.J., Yadegari, R., and Fosket, D.E. (1987). The isolation, characterization and sequence of two divergent B-tubulin genes from soybean (Glycine max L.). Plant Molecular Biology 10, 171-184.

Cyr, R.J., Bustos, M.M., M.J., G., and Fosket, D.E. (1987). Developmental modulation of tubulin protein and mRNA levels during somatic embryogenesis in cultured carrot cells. Planta 171, 365-376.

Fosket, D.E., Radin, D.N., and Guiltinan, M.J. (1983). Chemical induction of carotenogenesis and its relationship to chromoplast differentiation in cultured plant tissues. In Biosynthesis and function of plant lipids : proceedings of the Sixth Annual Symposium in Botany (University of California, Riverside: American Society of Plant Physiologists,), pp. 195-215.

Berns, M.W., Wile, A., Dahlman, A., Johnson, F., Burns, R., Sperling, D., Guiltinan, M., Siemens, A., Walter, R., and Hammer-Wilson, M. (1983). Cellular uptake, excretion and localization of hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD). Adv Exp Med Biol 160, 139-150.

Berns, M.W., Dahlman, A., Johnson, F.M., Burns, R., Sperling, D., Guiltinan, M., Siemens, A., Walter, R., Wright, W., Hammer-Wilson, M., and Wile, A. (1982). In vitro cellular effects of hematoporphyrin derivative. Cancer Res 42, 2325-2329.