Selected Publications

Goldberg, R.B., Hoschek, G., Kamalay, J.C., and Timberlake, W.E. (1978) Sequence Complexity of Nuclear and Polysomal RNA In Leaves of the Tobacco Plant. Cell 14:123-131. [Download pdf file]
Kamalay, J.C. and Goldberg, R.B. (1980) Regulation of Structural Gene Expression in Tobacco. Cell 19: 935-946. [Download pdf file]
Kamalay, J.C. and Goldberg, R.B. (1984) Organ-Specific Nuclear RNAs in Tobacco. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 81: 2801-2805. [Download pdf file]
Okamuro, J.K., Jofuku, K.D., and Goldberg, R.B. (1986) Soybean Seed Lectin Gene and Flanking Nonseed Protein Genes are Developmentally Regulated in Transformed Tobacco Plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 83: 8240-8244. [Download pdf file]
Walling, L., Drews, G.N., and Goldberg, R.B. (1986) Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Regulation of Soybean Seed Protein Messenger-RNA Levels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 83: 2123-2127. [Download pdf file]
Barker, S.J., Harada, J.J., and Goldberg, R.B. (1988) Cellular Localization of Soybean Storage Protein mRNA in Transformed Tobacco Seeds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 85: 458-462. [Download pdf file]
Goldberg, R.B. (1988) Plants: Novel Developmental Processes. Science 240: 1460-1467. [Download pdf file]
Jofuku, K.D., Schipper, R.D., Goldberg, R.B. (1989) A Frameshift Mutation Prevents Kunitz Trypsin Inhibitor mRNA Accumulation in Soybean Embryos.  Plant Cell 1, 427-435.  Erratum in: Plant Cell, May;1(5):567. [Download pdf file]
Jofuku, K.D., Goldberg, R.B. (1989) Kunitz Trypsin Inhibitor Genes are Differentially Expressed During the Soybean Life Cycle and in Transformed Tobacco Plants. Plant Cell, Nov;1(11):1079-1093. [Download pdf file]
Perez-Grau, L., Goldberg, R.B. (1989) Soybean Seed Protein Genes are Regulated Spatially During Embryogenesis. Plant Cell, Nov;1(11):1095-1109. [Download pdf file]
Goldberg, R. B., Beals, T. P., and Sanders, P. M.  (1993) Anther Development:  Basic Principles and Practical Applications. Plant Cell 5, 1217-1229. [Download pdf file]
Goldberg, R. B., de Paiva, G., and Yadegari, R.  (1994) Plant Embryogenesis:  Zygote to Seed.  Science 266, 605-614. [Download pdf file]
West, M. A. L., Yee, K. M., Dano, J., Zimmerman, J. L., Fischer, R. L., Goldberg, R. B., and Harada, J. J.  (1994) LEAFY COTYLEDON 1 is an Essential Regulator of Late Embryogenesis and Cotyledon Identity in Arabidopsis.  Plant Cell 6, 1731-1745.  Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Yadegari, R., de Paiva, G. R., Laux, T., Koltunow, A. M., Apuya, N., Zimmerman, J. L., Fischer, R. L., Harada, J. J., and Goldberg, R. B.  (1994) Cell Differentiation and Morphogenesis are Uncoupled in Arabidopsis Raspberry Embryos.  Plant Cell 6, 1713-1729.  Cover Article.  [Download pdf file]
Goldberg, R. B., Sanders, P. M., and Beals, T. P.  (1995) A Novel Cell- Ablation Strategy for Studying Plant Development.  Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 350, 5-17.  [Download pdf file]
Beals, T. P. and Goldberg, R. B.  (1997) A Novel Cell Ablation Strategy Blocks Tobacco Anther Dehiscence.  Plant Cell, 9, 1527-1545.  Cover Article [Download pdf file]
Yadegari, R. and Goldberg, R. B.  (1997) Embryogenesis in Dicotyledonous Plants.  In: Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plant Seed Development, B. A. Larkins and I. K. Vasil, eds., Kluwer Press, pp. 3-52.  
Dunn, S. M., Drews, G. N., Fischer, R. L., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B., and Koltunow, A. M.  (1997) Fist: An Arabidopsis Mutant With Altered Cell Division Planes and Radial Pattern Disruption During Embryogenesis.  Sex. Plant. Reprod. 10, 358-367.  Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Lotan, T., Ohto, M., Yee, K. M., West, M. A. L., Lo, R., Kwong, R. W., Yamagishi, K., Fischer, R. L., Goldberg, R. B., and Harada, J. J.  (1998) Arabidopsis LEAFY COTYLEDON1 is Sufficient to Induce Embryo Development in Vegetative Cells.  Cell 93, 1195-1205.  Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Van Rhijn, P., Goldberg, R. B., and Hirsch, A. M.  (1998) Lotus Corniculatus Nodulation Specificity Is Changed By the Presence of a Soybean Lectin Gene.  Plant Cell 10, 1233-1249. Cover Article. [Download pdf file]
Kinoshita, T., Yadegari, R., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B., and Fischer, R. L. (1999)  Imprinting of the MEDEA  Polycomb Gene in the Arabidopsis Endosperm.  Plant Cell, 11, 1945-1952.  Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Kiyosue, T., Ohad, N., Yadegari, R., Hannon, M., Dinney, J., Wells, D., Katz, A., Margossian, L., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B., and Fischer, R. L. (1999) Control of Fertilization-Independent Endosperm Development by the MEDEA Polycomb Gene in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 4186-4191.   [Download pdf file]
Ohad, N., Yadegari, R., Margossian, L., Hannon, M., Michaeli, D., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B., and Fischer, R. L.  (1999) Mutations in FIE, a WD Polycomb Gene, Allow Endosperm Development Without Fertilization.  Plant Cell 11, 407-415.  [Download pdf file]
Sanders, P. M., Bui, A. Q. , Weterings, K., McIntire, K. N., Hsu, Y-C., Lee, P. Y., Truong, M. T., Beals, T. P., and Goldberg, R. B.  (1999) Anther Developmental Defects in Arabidopsis Thaliana Male-Sterile Mutants.  Sex. Plant. Reprod.11, 297-322. [Download pdf file]
Sanders, P. M., Lee, P. Y., Biesgen, C., Boone, J. D., Beals, T. P., Weiler, E. W., and Goldberg, R. B. (2000) The Arabidopsis DELAYED DEHISCENCE1 Gene Encodes an Enzyme in the Jasmonic Acid Synthesis Pathway.  Plant Cell, 12, 1041-1061.   Cover Article. [Download pdf file]
Goldberg, R.B. (2001) From Cot Curves to Genomics: How Gene Cloning Established New Concepts in Plant Biology.  Plant Physiol. 125, 4-8. [Download pdf file]
Apuya, N. R., Yadegari, R., Fischer, R. L., Harada, J. J., Zimmerman, J. L., and Goldberg, R. B. (2001) The Arabidopsis Embryo Mutant Schlepperless Has a Defect in the Chaperonin-60α Gene.  Plant Physiol. 126. 717-730.  Back Cover Article.  Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Yadegari, R., Kinoshita, T., Lotan, O., Cohen, G., Katz, A., Choi, Y., Katz, A., Nakashima, K., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B., Fischer, R. L., and Ohad, N. (2000) Mutations in the FIE and MEA Genes That Encode Interacting Polycomb Proteins Cause Parent-of-Origin Effects on Seed Development by Distinct Mechanisms.  Plant Cell 12, 2367-2381.  Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Stone, S., Kwong, L. W., Yee, K. M., Pelletier, J., Lepiniec, L., Fischer, R. L., Goldberg, R. B., and Harada, J. J. (2001) LEAFY COTYLEDON2 Encodes a B3 Domain Transcription Factor That Induces Embryo Development.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98, 11806-11811.  Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Kinoshita, T., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B., and Fischer, R. L. (2001) Polycomb Repression of Flowering During Early Embryo Development.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98, 14156-14161.  Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Weterings, K., Apuya, N. R., Bi, Y., Fischer, R. L., Harada, J. J., and Goldberg, R. B. (2001) Regional Localization of Suspensor mRNAs During Early Embryo Development.  Plant Cell, 13, 2409-2425. Cover Article.  Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Apuya, N.R., Yadegari, R., Fischer, R.L., Harada, J.J., and Goldberg, R.B. (2002) RASPBERRY3 Gene Encodes a Novel Protein Important for Embryo Development. Plant Physiology 129: 691-705. [Download pdf file]
Choi, Y., Gehring, M., Johnson, L., Hannon, M., Harada, J.J., Goldberg, R.B., Jacobsen, S.E., and Fischer, R.L. (2002) DEMETER, a DNA Glycosylase Domain Protein Is Required for Endosperm Gene Imprinting and Seed Viability in Arabidopsis.Cell 110: 33-42. Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Kwong, R.L., Bui, A.Q., Lee, H., Kwong, L.W., Fischer, R.L., Goldberg, R.B. , and Harada J.J. (2003) LEAFY COTYLEDON1-LIKE Defines a Class of Regulators Essential for Embryo Development. Plant Cell, 15: 5-18. Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Lee, H., Fischer, R.L., Goldberg, R.B., Harada, J.J. (2003)  Arabidopsis LEAFY COTYLEDON1 Represents a Functionally Specialized Subunit of the CCAAT Binding Transcription Factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Feb 18;100(4):2152-2156. Seed Institute Article.   [Download pdf file]
Xiao, W., Gehring, M., Choi, Y., Margossian, L., Pu, H., Harada, J.J., Goldberg, R.B., Pennell, R.I., Fischer, R.L. (2003) Imprinting of the MEA Polycomb Gene is Controlled by Antagonism Between MET1 Methyltransferase and DME Glycosylase. Dev Cell.  5(6):891-901. Seed Institute Article . [Download pdf file]
Choi, Y., Harada, J.J., Goldberg, R.B., Fischer, R.L. (2004) An Invariant Aspartic Acid in the DNA Glycosylase Domain of DEMETER is Necessary for Transcriptional Activation of the Imprinted MEDEA Gene.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, May 11; 101(19):7481-7486. Seed Institute Article.   [Download pdf file]
Goldberg, R.B. Field of Dreams: Science Makes Exciting Ag Advances, but "Natural" Naysayers Stand in Way. Commentary originally appeared in the Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) on December 5, 2004. [Download pdf file]
Ohto, M.A., Fischer, R.L., Goldberg, R.B., Nakamura, K., and Harada, J.J. (2005) Control of Seed Mass by APETALA2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102: 3123-3128. [Download pdf file]
Sanders, P.M., Bui, A.Q., Le, B.H., Goldberg, R.B. (2005) Differentiation and Degeneration of Cells That Play a Major Role in Tobacco Anther Dehiscence. Sex. Plant. Reprod.17, 219-241. [Download pdf file]
Yamagishi, K., Nagata, N., Yee, K. M., Braybrook, S. A., Pelletier, J., Fujioka, S., Yoshida, S., Fischer, R. L., Goldberg, R. B. & Harada, J. J. (2005) TANMEI/EMB2757 Encodes A WD Repeat Protein Required for Embryo Development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 139, 163-73. Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Braybrook, S. A., Stone, S. L., Park, S., Bui, A. Q., Le, B. H., Fischer, R. L., Goldberg, R. B. & Harada, J. J. (2006) Genes Directly Regulated by LEAFY COTYLEDON2 Provide Insight Into the Control of Embryo Maturation and Somatic Embryogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103, 3468-3473. Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Gehring, M., Huh, J. H., Hsieh, T. F., Penterman, J., Choi, Y., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B. & Fischer, R. L. (2006) DEMETER DNA Glycosylase Establishes MEDEA Polycomb Gene Self-Imprinting by Allele-Specific Demethylation. Cell 124, 495-506. Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]
Xiao, W., Custard, K. D., Brown, R. C., Lemmon, B. E., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B. & Fischer, R. L. (2006)DNA Methylation Is Critical for Arabidopsis Embryogenesis and Seed Viability. Plant Cell 18, 805-814. Seed Institute Article. [Download pdf file]

Xiao, W., Brown, R.C., Lemmon, B.E., Harada, J.J., Goldberg, R.B., and Fischer, R.L. (2006) Regulation of Seed Size by Hypomethylation of Maternal and Paternal Genomes. Plant Physiology 142, 1160-1168.

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Le, B.H., Wagmaister, J.A., Kawashma, T., Bui, A.Q., Harada, J.J., and Goldberg, R.B. (2007) Using Genomics to Study Legume Seed Development. Plant Physiology 144, 562-574.

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Ohr, H., Bui, AQ., Le, H.B., Fischer, RL., Choi, Y. (2007) Identification of putative Arabidopsis DEMETER target genes by GeneChip Analysis.Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 364, 856-860.

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Stone SL, Braybrook SA, Paula SL, Kwong LW, Meuser J, Pelletier J, Hsieh TF, Fischer RL, Goldberg RB, Harada JJ. (2008) Arabidopsis LEAFY COTYLEDON2 induces maturation traits and auxin activity: Implications for somatic embryogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105, 3151-3156

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