Publications
2021
Scholarly publications
Huber, M., Julkowska, M. M., Snoek, B. L., Veen, H. V., Toulotte, J., Kumar, V., Kajala, K., Sasidharan, R., & Pierik, R. (2021). Towards increased shading potential: a combined phenotypic and genetic analysis of rice shoot architecture. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.25.445664
Kajala, K., Gouran, M., Shaar-Moshe, L., Mason, G. A., Rodriguez-Medina, J., Kawa, D., Pauluzzi, G., Reynoso, M., Canto-Pastor, A., Manzano, C., Lau, V., Artur, M. A. S., West, D. A., Gray, S. B., Borowsky, A. T., Moore, B. P., Yao, A. I., Morimoto, K. W., Bajic, M., ... Brady, S. M. (2021). Innovation, conservation, and repurposing of gene function in root cell type development. Cell, 184(12), 3333-3348.e19. [e19]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.04.024
Artur, M. A. S., & Kajala, K. (2021). Convergent evolution of gene regulatory networks underlying plant adaptations to dry environments. Plant Cell and Environment, 44(10), 3211-3222. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14143
Courbier, S., Snoek, B. L., Kajala, K., Li, L., van Wees, S. C. M., & Pierik, R. (2021). Mechanisms of far-red light-mediated dampening of defense against Botrytis cinerea in tomato leaves. Plant Physiology, 187(3), 1250-1266. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab354
2020
Scholarly publications
Courbier, S., Grevink, S., Sluijs, E., Bonhomme, P., Kajala, K., Van Wees, S. C. M., & Pierik, R. (2020). Far‐red light promotes Botrytis cinerea disease development in tomato leaves via jasmonate‐dependent modulation of soluble sugars. Plant, Cell and Environment, 43(11), 2769-2781. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13870
Bjornson, M., Kajala, K., Zipfel, C., & Ding, P. (2020). Low-cost and High-throughput RNA-seq Library Preparation for Illumina Sequencing from Plant Tissue. Bio-protocol, 10(20). https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.3799
Gray, S. B., Rodriguez‐medina, J., Rusoff, S., Toal, T. W., Kajala, K., Runcie, D., & Brady, S. M. (2020). Translational regulation contributes to the elevated CO2 response in two Solanum species. Plant Journal, 102(2), 383-397. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14632
2019
Scholarly publications
Kajala, K., Walker, K. L., Mitchell, G. S., Krämer, U., Cherry, S. R., & Brady, S. M. (2019). Real-time whole-plant dynamics of heavy metal transport in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana by gamma-ray imaging. Plant Direct, 3(4), [e00131]. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.131
Reynoso, M. A., Kajala, K., Bajic, M., West, D. A., Pauluzzi, G., Yao, A. I., Hatch, K., Zumstein, K., Woodhouse, M., Rodriguez-Medina, J., Sinha, N., Brady, S. M., Deal, R. B., & Bailey-Serres, J. (2019). Evolutionary flexibility in flooding response circuitry in angiosperms. Science, 365(6459), 1291-1295. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax8862
2018
Scholarly publications
Toal, T. W., Ron, M., Gibson, D., Kajala, K., Splitt, B., Johnson, L. S., Miller, N. D., Slovak, R., Gaudinier, A., Patel, R., De Lucas, M., Provart, N. J., Spalding, E. P., Busch, W., Kliebenstein, D. J., & Brady, S. M. (2018). Regulation of root angle and gravitropism. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 8(12), 3841-3855. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200540
Reynoso, M., Pauluzzi, G., Cabanlit, S., Velasco, J., Bazin, J., Deal, R., Brady, S., Sinha, N., Bailey-serres, J., & Kajala, K. (2018). Isolation of Nuclei in Tagged Cell Types (INTACT), RNA Extraction and Ribosomal RNA Degradation to Prepare Material for RNA-Seq. Bio-protocol, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2458
Reynoso, M., Pauluzzi, G., Kajala, K., Cabanlit, S., Velasco, J., Bazin, J., Deal, R., Sinha, N., Brady, S. M., & Bailey, J. (2018). Nuclear transcriptomes at high resolution using retooled INTACT. Plant Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.00688
2017
Scholarly publications
Maher, K. A., Bajic, M., Kajala, K., Reynoso, M., Pauluzzi, G., West, D., Zumstein, K., Woodhouse, M., Bubb, K. L., Dorrity, M. W., Queitsch, C., Bailey-Serres, J., Sinha, N., Brady, S. M., & Deal, R. (2017). Profiling of accessible chromatin regions across multiple plant species and cell types reveals common gene regulatory principles and new control modules. Plant Cell, 29(12). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00581
Turco, G. M., Kajala, K., Kunde-Ramamoorthy, G., Ngan, C-Y., Olson, A., Deshphande, S., Tolkunov, D., Waring, B., Stelpflug, S., Klein, P., Schmutz, J., Kaeppler, S., Ware, D., Wei, C-L., Etchells, J. P., & Brady, S. M. (2017). DNA methylation and gene expression regulation associated with vascularization in Sorghum bicolor. New Phytologist, 214(3), 1213-1229. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14448
2014
Scholarly publications
Kajala, K., Ramakrishna, P., Fisher, A., Bergmann, D. C., De Smet, I., Sozzani, R., Weijers, D., & Brady, S. M. (2014). Omics and modelling approaches for understanding regulation of asymmetric cell divisions in arabidopsis and other angiosperm plants. Annals of Botany, 113(7), 1083-1105. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcu065
Ron, M., Kajala, K., Pauluzzi, G., Wang, D., Reynoso, M. A., Zumstein, K., Garcha, J., Winte, S., Masson, H., Inagaki, S., Federici, F., Sinha, N., Deal, R. B., Bailey-Serres, J., & Brady, S. M. (2014). Hairy root transformation using Agrobacterium rhizogenes as a tool for exploring cell type-specific gene expression and function using tomato as a model. Plant Physiology, 166(2), 455-69. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.114.239392
Kajala, K., Coil, D. A., & Brady, S. M. (2014). Draft Genome Sequence of Rhizobium rhizogenes Strain ATCC 15834. Genome Announcements, 2(5). https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01108-14
2012
Scholarly publications
Kajala, K., Brown, N. J., Williams, B. P., Borrill, P., Taylor, L. E., & Hibberd, J. M. (2012). Multiple Arabidopsis genes primed for recruitment into C₄ photosynthesis. Plant Journal, 69(1), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04769.x
2011
Scholarly publications
Bräutigam, A., Kajala, K., Wullenweber, J., Sommer, M., Gagneul, D., Weber, K. L., Carr, K. M., Gowik, U., Mass, J., Lercher, M. J., Westhoff, P., Hibberd, J. M., & Weber, A. P. M. (2011). An mRNA blueprint for C4 photosynthesis derived from comparative transcriptomics of closely related C3 and C4 species. Plant Physiology, 155(1), 142-56. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.110.159442
Kajala, K., Covshoff, S., Karki, S., Woodfield, H., Tolley, B. J., Dionora, M. J. A., Mogul, R. T., Mabilangan, A. E., Danila, F. R., Hibberd, J. M., & Quick, W. P. (2011). Strategies for engineering a two-celled C(4) photosynthetic pathway into rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62(9), 3001-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/err022
Brown, N. J., Newell, C. A., Stanley, S., Chen, J. E., Perrin, A. J., Kajala, K., & Hibberd, J. M. (2011). Independent and parallel recruitment of preexisting mechanisms underlying C₄ photosynthesis. Science, 331(6023), 1436-9. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201248
2010
Scholarly publications
Brown, N. J., Palmer, B. G., Stanley, S., Hajaji, H., Janacek, S. H., Astley, H. M., Parsley, K., Kajala, K., Quick, W. P., Trenkamp, S., Fernie, A. R., Maurino, V. G., & Hibberd, J. M. (2010). C acid decarboxylases required for C photosynthesis are active in the mid-vein of the C species Arabidopsis thaliana, and are important in sugar and amino acid metabolism. Plant Journal, 61(1), 122-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.04040.x