BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
FACULTY MEMBER
Dr. George W. Bates
Office: 221A Biology Unit I
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(850) 644-5749
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(850) 644-3755
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(850) 644-1406
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bates@bio.fsu.edu
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Professor of Biological Science; Associate Chairman, Graduate Studies;
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1977.
Molecular biology and molecular genetics of plants; plant transformation and DNA
recombination, hormonal regulation of gene expression during plant development.
Research and Professional
Interests:
My lab has focused on two areas of plant molecular genetics and plant
physiology.
The first is our long-standing interest in plant transformation and genetic
manipulation. We have worked extensively on somatic cell fusion as a method for
gene transfer between sexually incompatible plant species, and we pioneered the
use of electroporation for the introduction of foreign DNA into plants. Our
current work in this area is in the development of methods for gene targeting in
plants. We are particularly interested in the identification of effective
negative selectable genes and in the cloning of genes involved in DNA
recombination repair, which probably control the integration of plasmids into
plant chromosomes.
Our second general research focus is the hormonal regulation of plant growth
and development. We are specifically interested in the regulation of cell
division by auxins and cytokinins in leaves and isolated leaf cells grown in
culture. Current work focuses on the transcription of cell-cycle-related genes
and the developmental regulation of hormone receptors and signaling pathways.
Selected
Publications:
Bates, G. W. 1995. Electroporation for DNA delivery to plant protoplasts and tissues. In: Methods in Cell Biology: Plant Cell Biology, Vol. 50, D. P. Bourque, H. J. Bohnert, and D. W. Galbraith, eds. Academic Press, San Diego. 363-373.
Trick, H. N., and G. W. Bates. 1996. Chromosome elimination in asymmetric hybrids is enhanced by BrdU and ultraviolet light. Plant Cell Rep. 15: 986-990.
Carle, S. A., and G. W. Bates. 1998. Hormonal control of gene expression during reactivation of the cell cycle in tobacco mesophyll protoplasts. J. Plant Growth Regul. 17: 221-230.
Bates, G. W. 1999. Plant transformation via protoplast electroporation. In: Plant Cell Culture Protocols, Vol. 111. R. D. Hall, ed. Humana Press. 359-366.
Aghoram, K., W. H. Outlaw Jr., G. W. Bates, J. Cairney, A. O. Pineda, C. M. Bacot, L. M. Epstein, and C. W. Levenson. 2000. Abg1: a novel gene up-regulated by abscisic acid in guard cells of Vicia faba L. J. Exp. Bot. 51: 1479-1480.
Roje, S., J.-Y. Xu, A. Becker, and G. W. Bates. Comparison of the
effectiveness-of the negative selectable marker genes, cytosine deaminase,
indole acetamide hydrolyase, and Herpes virus thymidine kinase: implications
for use in gene targeting in plants. Submitted to Plant Mol. Biol.
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