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CURRICULUM VITAE of Dr.David A. Lightfoot

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Wu C , Sun S, Nimmakayala P , Santos FA, Springman R , Ding K , Meksem K , Lightfoot DA and Zhang HB. 2004. A BAC and BIBAC-based Physical Map of the Soybean Genome. Genome Research 14:319-326.
Iqbal MJ, Yaegashi S, Njiti VN, Ahsan R, Cryder KL, Lightfoot DA. 2003. A pyramid of loci for partial resistance to Fusarium solani f.sp. glycines maintains myo-inositol-1-phoshate synthase expression in soybean roots. Theor. Appl.. Genet. 105:1115-1123.
 
Lightfoot DA, Meksem K., Zhang H-B. 2003. An integrated physical and genetic map for the soybean genome. In "Summaries of legume genomics projects from around the globe. Community resources for crops and models." Eds K Van den Bosch and G Stacey. Plant Physiology 131:840-865.
 
Cho Y , Njiti VN, Chen X, Lightfoot DA and Wood AJ. 2003. Trigonelline concentration in field grown soybean in response to irrigation. Biologia Plantarum 46:405-410.
 
Njiti, V., Myers O. Schroeder D. and D.A. Lightfoot. 2003. Glyphosate on Roundup Ready soybean: Effects on root infection by Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines and Sudden Death Syndrome. Agronomy Journal 95: 1140-1145.
 
Ashfield T, Bocian A, Held D, Henk A, Marek L, Danesh D, Penuela S, Meksem K, Lightfoot DA, Young N, Shoemaker R, Innes R. 2003. Genetic and physical mapping of the soybean Rpg1-b disease resistance gene reveals a complex locus containing several tightly linked families of NBS/LRR genes. Genetics 16(9):817-826.
 
Shultz J, Meksem K, Lightfoot DA. 2003. Evaluating physical maps by clone location comparisons. Genome Letters 2:109-118.
 
Rajesh PN, Coyne C, Meksem K, Sharma KD, Gupta V, Muehlbauer FJ. Construction of a HindIII Bacterial Artificial Chromosome library and its use in identification of clones associated with disease resistance in chickpea.Theor Appl Genet. 2003 Oct 16 [Epub ahead of print]
 
Njiti V.N, Meksem K, Iqbal MJ, J. E. Johnson, K. F. Zobrist, V.Y. Kilo, D. A. Lightfoot (2002). Common Loci Underlie Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome in Forrest, Pyramid, Essex, and Douglas. Theor Appl Genet 104: 294- 300
J. Yuan, V. N. Njiti, K. Meksem, M. J. Iqbal, K. Triwitayakorn, My. A. Kassem, G. T. Davis, M. E. Schmidt, and D. A. Lightfoot(2002). Quantitative trait loci in Two Soybean Recombinant Inbred Line Populations Segregating for Yield and Disease Resistance. Crop Science 42:271-277
Rajesh P.N., Meksem K., Coyne C.J., Lightfoot D.A., and Muehlbauer F.J. 2002. Construction of the first bacterial artificial chromosome library in chickpea. International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter 9:29-30.
Cho Y , Njiti VN, Chen X, Triwatayakorn K, Kassem MA, Meksem K, Lightfoot DA and Wood AJ. 2002. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with foliar trigonelline accumulation in Glycine max L. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2(3):1-7.
Iqbal MJ, Yaegashi S, Njiti VN, Ahsan R, Cryder KL, Lightfoot DA. 2002. Resistance locus pyramids alter transcript abundance in soybean roots inoculated with Fusarium solani f.sp. glycines. Mol. Genet. Genomics. 268:407-417.
Iqbal MJ, Yaegashi S, Ahsan R, Lightfoot DA, Banz WJ. 2002. Differentially abundant mRNAs in rat liver in response to diets containing soy protein isolate. Physiol. Genomics 11(3):219-226.
Meksem K, Ruben E, Hyten D, K. Triwitayakorn, D. A. Lightfoot (2001) Conversion of AFLP bands to high-throughput DNA markers. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 265: 207-214
Meksem K., Pantazopoulos P., Njiti V.N., Hyten L.D., Arelli P.R., Lightfoot D.A., (2001) ‘Forrest’ resistance to soybean cyst nematode is bigenic: Saturation mapping of the Rhg1 and Rhg4 loci. Theor Appl Genet 103: 710-717
Iqbal J*.,Meksem K*,Njiti V.*, Kassem M., and Lightfoot DA., (2001) Microsatellite markers identify three additional quantitative trait loci for resistance to soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS) in Essex x Forrest RILs. Theor Appl Genet 102 2/3, pp 187-192
Khalid Meksem*, Artem E. Men*, My Abdelmajid Kassem, Dasharath Lohar, Jiri Stiller, David Lightfoot, and Peter M. Gresshoff. (2001) A Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Library of Lotus japonicus Constructed in an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Transformable Vector. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interaction 14 3:422-425
Meksem K*, Njiti V.*, Banz B., Iqbal J., Hyten D., Kassem M., Yuang J., Winters T. and Lightfoot DA., (2001) Genomic regions that underlie soybean seed phytoestrogen content. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 1: 35-42
Chang YL, Tao Q, Scheuring C, Ding K, Meksem K, Zhang HB. An integrated map of Arabidopsis thaliana for functional analysis of its genome sequence.Genetics. 2001 Nov;159(3):1231-42.
Meksem K, Zobrist K., Ruben E., Hyten D., Quanzhou T., Zhang H-B, D. A. Lightfoot (2000) Two large insert soybean genomic libraries constructed in a binary vector: Applications in chromosome walking and genome wide physical mapping. Theor Appl Genet 101 5/6: 747-755
Meksem K, Doubler TW, Chancharoenchai K., Njiti V, Chang SJC, A.P. Rao Arelli, Cregan PE, Gray LE, Gibson PT, Lightfoot DA (1999) Clustering among loci underlying soybean resistance to Fusarium solani, SDS and SCN in near-isogenic lines. Theor Appl Genet 99 7/8: 1131-1142
Banz W.J., M.P. Williams, D.A. Lightfoot and T.A. Winters. 1999. The effects of soy protein and soy phytoestrogens on symptoms associated with cardiovascular disease in rats. J. Med. Food. 2: 168-170
Cho Y, Lightfoot DA, Wood AJ 1999. Survey of Trigonelline Concentrations in Salt-Stressed Leaves of Cultivated Glycine max. Phytochemistry 52:1235-1238.
Greer-Baney, J.A., Banz W.J., D.A. Lightfoot and T.A. Winters. 1999. Dietary soy protein and soy isoflavones: A histological examination of reproductive tissues in rats. J. Med. Food. 2:170-175.
Gray, L.E., Achenbach, L.A., Duff, R.J. and D.A.Lightfoot. 1999. Pathogenicity of Fusarium solani f. sp. Glycines isolates on soybean and green bean plants. J. Phytopathology. 147:281-284.
Long L.M., Vidal, M.E., Lightfoot, D.A. 1999. Plants containing the  gdhA gene and methods of use thereof. US Patent # 5,998,700.
Long L.M., Vidal, M.E., Lightfoot, D.A. 1999. Plants containing the  gdhA gene and methods of use thereof. US Patent # 5,998,701.
Luo, Y., O. Myers, D. A. Lightfoot, and M. E. Schmidt. 1999. Root Colonization of Soybean Cultivars in the Field by Fusarium solani f. sp. Glycines. Plant Disease 83:1155-1159.
Meksem K., Doubler T.W., Chang S.J.C., Chancharoenchai K., R. Suttner, P. Cregan, P. Rao Arelli, P.T. Gibson and D.A.  Lightfoot. 1999. Clustering among genes underlying QTL for field resistance to Sudden Death Syndrome and cyst nematode race 3. Theor. Appl. Genet. 99:1131-1142.
Njiti, V., K. Meksem, D.A. Lightfoot W.J. Banz and T.A. Winters. 1999. Molecular markers of phytoestrogen content in soybeans.  J. Med. Food. 2: 165-167.
Prabhu, R.R., Njiti, V., J.E. Johnson,  Schmidt M.E. Klein R.J. and D.A. Lightfoot. 1999. Selecting soybean cultivars for dual resistance to cyst nematode Sudden Death Syndrome with two DNA markers. Crop Science 39(4):982-987.
Schmidt, M.E., R.J. Suttner, J. Klein, P.T. Gibson, D.A. Lightfoot and O. Myers Jr.. 1999. Registration  of LS-G96 soybean germplasm resistant to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Soybean Cyst Nematode race 3. Crop Science 39(3):598.
Njiti, V., T.W. Doubler, R.J. Suttner, L. Gray, P. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1998. Loci  underlying Resistance to Fusarium solani and soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) Mapped in Near Isogenic Lines. Crop Science 38(3):472-477.
Chang S.J.C., T.W. Doubler, V. KKlein, M.E.  Schmidt, P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1997. Association of Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Cyst Nematode (SCN). Crop Science 37(4):965-971.ilo, R.J. Suttner, J.
McDaniel K., David Lightfoot. 1997. A gene specific cytokinin   responsive mRNA in Phaseolus vulgaris leaves. Plant Physiol. and Biochem. 35:373-380
Njiti, V.N, Suttner, R.J., Gray, L.E., Gibson, P.T. and D.A.  Lightfoot. 1997. Rate reducing resistance to Fusarium solani underlies field resistance to soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS). Crop Science 37(1):132-138.
Hnetkovsky, N., S.J.C. Chang, T.W. Doubler, P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1996. Genetic Mapping of Loci Underlying Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS). Crop Sci 36(2):392-400
Chang S.J.C., T.W. Doubler, V. Kilo, R. Suttner, J. Klein, M.E.   Schmidt, P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1996. Two additional Loci underlying Durable Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS). Crop Science 36:1684-1688.
Lightfoot, D.A., Baron, A.J. and Wootton, J.C.  1992.  A nitrate reductase gene  of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC6301 inferred by heterologous hybridization cloning and targeted mutagenesis.  Genetica 85:107-117.
Bassill, N.V., Proebsting, W.M., Moore, L.W. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1991. Propagation of Hazelnut stem cuttings using Agrobacterium rhizogenes. Hort. Sci. 26(8):1058-1060
Guo, M., Lightfoot, D.A., Mok, M.C., and Mok, D.W.S.  1991.  Analyses of Phaseolus vulgaris L. and Phaseolus coccineus Lam. hybrids by RFLP: Preferential transmission of P. vulgaris alleles.  Theor. Appl. Genet. 81:703-710
Lightfoot, D.A. & Wootton, J.C.  1989.   Detection of a homologue to the E. coli  glutamate synthase gene in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC6301. FEMS Letters 57:129-132
Bennett, M.J., Lightfoot, D.A., and Cullimore, J.V.  1989.  cDNA sequence and  differential expression of the gene encoding the gamma polypeptide of glutamine synthetase of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Plant Molec. Biol. 12:553-565.
Lightfoot, D.A., Walters, D.E. & Wootton, J.C.   1988. Transformation of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC6301 with cloned DNA.   J. Gen. Microbiol. 134:1509-1514.

Lightfoot, D.A., Baron, A.J. & Wootton, J.C.  1988.  Expression of Escherichia  coli glutamate dehydrogenase in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC6301 causes ammonia tolerance.   Plant Molec. Biol. 11:335-344.

Lightfoot, D.A., Green, N.K. & Cullimore, J.V.  1988.   The chloroplast located  glutamine synthetase of Phaseolus vulgaris L.:   nucleotide sequence, expression in different organs and uptake into isolated chloroplasts.  Plant Molec. Biol. 11:191-202.
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Lightfoot D.A. 2000. The complete nucleotide sequence of the microsatellite probe SIUC-SAT122 from Glycine max. Genbank October 1999,.

Lightfoot D.A. 1999. The complete nucleotide sequence of the RFLP probe K455 from Glycine max. Genbank October 2000, U.
Lightfoot D.A. 1999. The complete nucleotide sequence of the RAPD band OI03512 from Glycine max. Genbank October 2000, U.
Lightfoot D.A. 1999. The complete nucleotide sequence of the RFLP probe A112 from Glycine max. Genbank October 2000, U
Lightfoot D.A. 1995. The complete nucleotide sequence of the mRNA XZT205 from Phaseolus vulgaris seeds. Genbank June 1995, U28922.
Lightfoot D.A. and McDaniel K. 1995. The complete nucleotide sequence of a cytokinin responsive mRNA L22 from Phaseolus vulgaris leaves. Genbank June 1995, U28921.
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Zobrist K., Meksem K., Zhang H-B., and D.A.   Lightfoot. 2000. A physical map for the soybean genome. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 27:10-15.
 
Njiti, V., J.E. Johnson, G.A. Torto, L. Gray, Y. Luo, P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1999. A greenhouse assays for field resistance soybean sudden death syndrome. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 25:233-237
 
Njiti, V., J.E. Johnson, G.A. Torto, L. Gray, and D.A. Lightfoot. 1999. Field Resistance to Sudden Death Syndrome is effective at low Inoculum Concentration in Green house Assays. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 27:20-25.
 
Meksem K., Zhang H-B., and D.A.  Lightfoot. 1998. A plant transformation ready bacterial artificial chromosome library for soybean: Applications in chromosome walking and genome wide physical mapping. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 25:108-111
 
Lightfoot, D.A. Bernhardt, K., Ameziane R. Bates, R. Long L.M., 1998. Expression of the  Escherichia coli glutamate dehydrogenase gene in Nicotiana tabacum and Zea mays increases yield.  Proceeding of the Illinois Corn Breeders School 34:118-149.
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Bell-Johnson, B.B., G. Garvey, J. Johnson K. Meksem and Lightfoot, D.A. 1998. Methods for high-throughput marker assisted selection for soybean. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 25:115-118.
 
Kilo, V. J. Abu-Thredeih, R. Suttner, Chang S.J.C., P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1997. Coinheritance of resistance to Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Cyst Nematode (SCN) in soybean. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:126-127
 
Njiti, V. Schmidt, C., Schmidt, M. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1997. Mapping loci underlying yield in Illinois. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:136-138.
 
Doubler, T.W., Suttner, R.J., Chang, S.J.C., Gibson P.T. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1997. Qualitative inheritance of quantitative loci. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:139-141.
 
Njiti, V. Torto, G.A., Gray L.E. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1997. An effective greenhouse assay for field resistance to SDS. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:133-135.
 
Prabhu, R.R., Doubler, T.W., Chang, S.J.C. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1997. Development and utility of sequence characterized regions (SCARS) from soybean. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:128-132.
 
Torto, T., Njiti, V., and D.A. Lightfoot. 1996. Loci underlying Field and Greenhouse Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) do not correspond. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 23:163-166.
 
Lightfoot, D.A. K.L. McDaniel, J.K. Ellis, R. Hammerton, B.  Nicander. 1996. Methods for the analysis of cytokinin content, metabolism and response. Chapter 11 In "Plant Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Laboratory Manual" , eds Dashek W., CRC Press, Boca Raton. pp133-151.
 
Kilo, V.  and D.A. Lightfoot. 1996. Loci underlying Resistance to Manganese toxicity Mapped in Soybean Recombinant Inbred Lines. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 23:155-157.
 
Abu-Thredeih, J., Chang S.J.C., T.W. Doubler and D.A. Lightfoot.   1996. Integration of SDS, SCN race 3 and SCN race 14 resitance QTL with the soybean genome map. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 23:158-162.
 
Mok, D.W.S., Mok, M.C., Martin, R.C., Bassil, N.V., and Lightfoot, D.A. 1993.  Cytokinin metabolism:  genes and enzymes.  In "Progress in Plant Growth Regulation" C.M.Karssen et al. (ed).  Kluwer, Amsterdam, p597-606
 
Cullimore, J.V., Lightfoot, D.A., Bennett, M.J., Chen, F.L., Gebhardt, C., Oliver, J., Forde, B.G.  1988.  Expression of glutamine synthetase and glutamate synthase in root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris L.  In "Molecular Genetics of Plant Microbe Interactions".  Eds Verma D.P.S. and Palacios R., APS Press, New York, p 340-345.
 
Lightfoot, D.A.  1988.  Magnesium dependence of in vitro translation programmed  by gene-specific mRNA.  Nucl. Acids Res. 16(9):4164.

 

Accumulation of a gene specific mRNA in response to cytokinin treatment of leaves in Phaseolus vulgaris
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Charts/Figures and Tables for Accumulation

Clustering among loci underlying soybean resistance to Fusarium solani, SDS and SCN in near-isogenic lines (MS Word version)
Charts/Figures and Tables for Clustering

Expression of the bacterial gdhA gene encoding and NADPH glutamate dehydrogenase in tobacco affects plant growth and development
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Expression of the Escherichia coli glutamate dehydrogenase gene in Nicotiana tabacum and Zea mays causes herbicide tolerance and increased yields
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Genetic Analysis of resistance to manganese toxicity in soybean using molecular markers (Corel WordPerfect 8 version)

Genetic Mapping of Loci underlying Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) (Corel WordPerfect 8 version)

Loci for Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Cyst Nematode Mapped in Recombinant Inbred Lines
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Loci underlying resistance to sudden death syndrome and Fusarium solani in field and greenhouse assays do not correspond
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Methods for the Analysis of Cytokinin Contact, Metabolism and Response (Corel WordPerfect 8 version)

Registration of Eight Recombinant Inbred Lines from Essex by Forrest with Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Cyst Nematode race 3 (Corel WordPerfect 8 version)

Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome and Root Colonization by Fusarium solani f. sp. glycine in Near-Isogenic Lines
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