Terri L. Lomax

Professor,
Ph.D., 1983, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
lomaxt@science.oregonstate.edu

Faculty of Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing


 

Research Area

Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology of plant growth and development; auxin physiology and signal transduction; interactions between gravity, light and multiple hormones.

Description of Research

We are combining physiological, cellular, genetic and molecular techniques to study the steps along the transduction chain between perception of the plant growth hormone, auxin and response, both during development and in response to environmental stimuli such as gravity and light. Current studies include the positional cloning of the genes that are altered in tomato gravitropic and auxin response mutants.

Research Group Members

Faculty Research Assistants/Associates

Maria Ivanchenko
TJ White

Graduate Students


Joy LeBlang (M.S. expected 2003)
Kirk Findlay (Ph.D. expected 2006)

Courses

ALS 111 OSU Odyssey

HC 407 Astrobiology

MCB 533 Structure and Function of Eukaryotic Cells

BOT 433/533 Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development

Related Links

The Lomax Lab page

Related Publications

Gaiser, J.C. and T.L. Lomax. 1993. The altered gravitropic response of the lazy-2 mutant of tomato is phytochrome-regulated. Plant Physiol. 102: 339-344.

Muday, G.K., T.L. Lomax and D.L. Rayle. 1995. Characterization of the growth and auxin physiology of roots of the tomato mutant, diageotropica. Planta 195: 548-553.

Lomax, T.L., G.K. Muday and P.H. Rubery. 1995. Auxin Transport. In: Plant Hormones: Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (P.J. Davies, ed) Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 509-530.

Nebenfuhr, A and T.L. Lomax. 1998. Multiplex titration RT-PCR; Rapid determination of gene expression patterns for large numbers of genes. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 16:323-339.

Behringer, F.J. and T.L. Lomax. 1999. Genetic analysis of the roles of phytochromes A and B1 in the reversed gravitropic response of the lazy-2 mutant of tomato. Plant, Cell and Environment 22: 551-558.

Madlung, A, F.J. Behringer and T.L. Lomax. 1999. Ethylene plays multiple roles in modulating gravitropism in tomato. Plant Physiology 120:897-906.


This document last updated: 06/09/04