Michael J. Axtell

Pennsylvania State University — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

45h-index17.3kcitations96works2.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Plant Molecular Biology Research(61), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations(38), Plant Virus Research Studies(18), Plant Parasitism and Resistance(13), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(11)

Publications95 total

miRScore: A rapid and precise microRNA validation tool
PLoS Computational Biology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The parasitic plant <i>Cuscuta campestris</i> selectively loads <i>trans</i> -species miRNAs onto host Argonautes, but not self Argonautes
2025Open Access
Chromosome level assembly and annotation of <i>Cuscuta campestris</i> Yunck. (“field dodder”), a model parasitic plant
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Antagonism in Orthotospoviruses Is Reflected in Plant Small RNA Profile
Viruses·2025Open Access
miRScore: a rapid and precise microRNA validation tool
2024· 1 cited
<i>Trans</i>-Species Mobility of RNA Interference between Plants and Associated Organisms
Plant and Cell Physiology·2024· 10 cited
Small RNA Analysis of Virus-virus Interaction between Two Orthotospoviruses
2023Open Access
Focus on RNA biology
The Plant Cell·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
<i>Trans-</i> species microRNA loci in the parasitic plant <i>Cuscuta campestris</i> have a U6-like snRNA promoter
The Plant Cell·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
<i>Trans</i> -species microRNA loci in the parasitic plant <i>Cuscuta campestris</i> have a U6-like snRNA promoter
2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Quality control and evaluation of plant epigenomics data
The Plant Cell·2021· 28 citedOpen Access
Expression and processing of polycistronic artificial microRNAs and <i>trans</i> ‐acting siRNAs from transiently introduced transgenes in <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> and <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>
The Plant Journal·2021· 24 citedOpen Access
Expression and processing of polycistronic artificial microRNAs and <i>trans</i> -acting siRNAs in <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> and <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>
2021Open Access
Mechanisms of resistance and virulence in parasitic plant–host interactions
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·2020· 37 citedOpen Access
MSH1-induced heritable enhanced growth vigor through grafting is associated with the RdDM pathway in plants
Nature Communications·2020· 75 citedOpen Access
Segregation of an MSH1 RNAi transgene produces heritable non-genetic memory in association with methylome reprogramming
Nature Communications·2020· 72 citedOpen Access
Decision letter: Oomycete small RNAs bind to the plant RNA-induced silencing complex for virulence
2020Open Access
Integrated annotations and analyses of small RNA–producing loci from 47 diverse plants
Genome Research·2020· 80 citedOpen Access
Compensatory sequence variation between trans-species small RNAs and their target sites
eLife·2019· 34 citedOpen Access
Author response: Compensatory sequence variation between trans-species small RNAs and their target sites
2019Open Access
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Ceyda Çoruh(8), David P. Bartel(6), Victor A. Albert(5), Claude W. dePamphilis(5), Joshua P. Der(5), Charles Addo‐Quaye(5), Saima Shahid(5), Nathan Johnson(5), Blake C. Meyers(4), Pamela S. Soltis(4), James Leebens-Mack(4), Claude W. dePamphilis(4), Brian J. Staskawicz(4), Zhaorong Ma(4), John L. Bowman(3), W. Brad Barbazuk(3), Stephan C. Schuster(3), Rod A. Wing(3), Srikar Chamala(3), Andre S. Chanderbali(3)