Professor Keith Lindsey

Chair of Plant Molecular Biology
Director of Research
The Integrative Cell Biology Laboratory
School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Durham University
South Road
Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Tel: +44-191-334 1309; Fax: +44-191-334-1201
E-mail: keith.lindsey@durham.ac.uk
http://www.dur.ac.uk/biological.sciences/staff/profile/?username=dbl0lk

Area of expertise: Plant embryogenesis; meristems; root development; gene expression control
Co-editor until: Oct. 31, 2011

Articles: review

• Friml, J., Benfey, P., Benkova, E., Bennett, M., Berleth, T., Geldner, N., Grebe, M., Heisler, M., Hejato, J., Juergens, G., Laux, T., Lindsey, K., Lukowitz, W., Luschnig, C., Offringa, R., Scheres, B., Swarup, R., Torres-Ruiz, R., Weijers, D. & Zazimalova, E. 2006. Apical-basal polarity - why plant cells don't stand on their heads. Trends in Plant Science 11: 12-14.
• Lindsey, K., Topping, J.F. & Pullen, M. 2003. Importance of plant sterols in pattern formation and hormone signalling. Trends in Plant Science 521-525.
• Casson, S.A. & Lindsey, K. 2003. Tansley Review: Genes and signalling in root development. New Phytologist 11-38.
• Lindsey, K., Casson, S. & Chilley, P. 2002. Peptides: new signalling molecules in plants. Trends in Plant Science 7: 78-83.
• Topping, J.F. & Lindsey, K. 1995. Insertional mutagenesis and promoter trapping in plants for the isolation of genes and the study of development. Transgenic Research 4: 291-305.
• Lindsey, K. & Topping, J.F. 1993. Embryogenesis: a question of pattern. Journal of Experimental Botany 44: 359-374.

Books: authored

• K. Lindsey & M.G.K. Jones 1989. Plant Biotechnology in Agriculture. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

Books: edited

• 2004. Polarity in Plants. Oxford: Blackwell.
• 1998. Transgenic Plant Research. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic.
• 1991. Plant Tissue Culture Manual: Fundamentals and Applications. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.

Books: sections

• Casson, S.A., Spencer, M.W.B. & Lindsey, K. 2007. Laser-capture microdissection to study global transcriptional changes during plant embryogenesis. In Methods in Molecular Biology: Plant Embryogenesis Methods and Protocols. Suarez, M.F. & Bozhkov, P. New Jersey: Harwood. in press.
• Lindsey, K., Casson, S.A. & Chilley, P.M. 2006. The POLARIS peptide. In The Handbook Of Biologically Active Peptides. Kastin, A.J. Academic Press. 23-27.
• Lindsey, K. & Wei, W. 2000. Arabidopsis tissue culture, transformation and transient gene expression. In Arabidopsis: A Practical Approach. Wilson, Z. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 123-141.
• Gheysen, G., Abad, P., Bleve, T., Blok, V., Fenoll, C., Gatehouse, J., Grundler, F., Lindsey, K., Ohl, S., Sagen, K., Shields, R. & Helder, H. 2000. Concerted efforts to develop handles for plant parasitic nematode control. In Phytosphere '99 ?Highlights in European Biotechnology. Developments in Plant Genetics and Breeding 6. de Vries, G.E. & Metzlaff, K. Elsevier. 159-167.

Journal papers: academic

• Portillo, M., Lindsey, K., Casson, S.A., Fenoll, C. & Escobar, C. 2009. A rapid protocol for laser-capture microdissection of giant cells and root vascular cells from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Molecular Plant Pathology 10: 523-535.
• Chivasa, S., Murphy, A., Hamilton, J., Lindsey, K., Carr, J. & Slabas, A.R. 2009. Extracellular ATP is a Regulator of Pathogen Defence in Plants. The Plant Journal (in press).
• Casson, S.A., Topping, J.F. & Lindsey, K. 2009. MERISTEM-DEFECTIVE, an RS domain protein, is required for meristem patterning and function in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 57: 857-859.
• Spencer, M.W.B., Casson, S.A. & Lindsey, K. 2007. Transcriptional profiling of the Arabidopsis embryo. Plant Physiology 143: 924-940.
• Vaughan, S.P. James, D.J., Lindsey, K. & Massiah, A.J. 2006. Characterization of FaRB7, a near root-specific gene from strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) and promoter activity analysis in homologous and heterologous hosts. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 3901-3910.
• Chivasa, S., Hamilton, J.M. , Pringle, R.S. , Ndimba, B.K. , Simon, W.J., Lindsey, K. & Slabas, A.R. 2006. Proteomic analysis of differentially expressed proteins in fungal elicitor-treated Arabidopsis cell cultures. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 1553-1562.
• Chilley, P.M., Casson, S.A. , Tarkowski, P., Wang, K.L.-C., Hawkins, N., Hussey, P.J. , Beale, M., Ecker, J.R. Sandberg, G.K. & Lindsey, K. 2006. The POLARIS peptide of Arabidopsis regulates auxin transport and root growth via effects on ethylene signaling. Plant Cell 18(11): 3058-3072. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Casson, S.A. & Lindsey, K. 2006. The turnip mutant of Arabidopsis reveals that LEC1 expression mediates the effects of auxin and sugars to promote embryonic cell identity. Plant Physiology 142: 526-541.
• Chivasa, S., Ndimba, B.K., Simon, W., Lindsey, K. & Slabas, A.R. 2005. Extracellular ATP defines a novel endogenous extracellular metabolite regulating plant cell viability. The Plant Cell 17: 3019-3034.
• Casson, S., Spencer, M., Walker, K. & Lindsey, K. 2005. Laser capture microdissection for the analysis of gene expression during embryogenesis of Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 42(1): 111-123. (View publication online)
• Dean, G., Casson, S.A. & Lindsey, K. 2004. KNAT6 gene of Arabidopsis is expressed in roots and is required for correct lateral root formation. Plant Molecular Biology 54: 71-84.
• Souter, M., Pullen, M.L., Topping, J.F., Zhang, X. & Lindsey, K. 2004. Rescue of defective auxin-mediated gene expression and root meristem function by inhibition of ethylene sugnalling in sterol biosynthesis mutants of Arabidopsis. Planta 219: 773-783.
• Farrar, K., Evans, I.M., Topping, J.F., Souter, M.A., Nielsen, J.E. & Lindsey, K. 2003. EXORDIUM - a gene expressed in proliferating cells and with a role in meristem function, identified by promoter trapping in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 61-73.
• Souter, M., Topping, J.F., Pullen, M., Friml, J., Palme, K., Hackett, R., Grierson, D. & Lindsey, K. 2002. hydra mutants of Arabidopsis are defective in sterol profiles and auxin and ethylene signaling. Plant Cell 14(5): 1017-1031. (View publication online)
• Casson, S.A., Chilley, P., Topping, J.F., Evans, I.M., Souter, M. & Lindsey, K. 2002. The POLARIS gene of Arabidopsis encodes a predicted peptide required for correct root growth and leaf vascular patterning. Plant Cell 14(8): 1705-1721. (View publication online)
• Wei, W., Twell, D. & Lindsey, K. 1997. A novel nucleic acid helicase gene identified by promoter trapping in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 11: 1307-1314.
• Topping, J.F., May, V.J., Muskett, P.R. & Lindsey K. 1997. Mutations in the HYDRA1 gene of Arabidopsis perturb cell shape and disrupt embryonic and seedling morphogenesis. Development 124: 4415-4424.
• Topping, J.F. & Lindsey K. 1997. Promoter trap markers differentiate structural and positional components of polar development in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 9: 1713-1725.
• Barthels, N., van der Lee, F., Klap, J., Goddijn, O.J.M. Karimi, M., Puzio, P., Grundler, F.M.W. Ohl, S.A., Lindsey, K., Robertson, L., Robertson, W.M. Van Montagu, M., Gheysen, G. & Sijmons, P. 1997. Regulatory sequences of Arabidopsis drive reporter gene expression in nematode feeding structures. The Plant Cell 9: 2119-2134.
• Fuerst, R.A.U.A., Soni, R., Murray, J.A.H. & Lindsey, K. 1996. Modulation of cyclin transcript levels in cultured cells of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 112: 1023-1033.
• Topping, J.F., Agyeman, F., Henricot, B. & Lindsey, K. 1994. Identification of molecular markers of embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by promoter trapping. The Plant Journal 57: 895-903.
• Goddijn, O.J.M., Lindsey, K., van der Lee, F.M., Klap, J.C. & Sijmons, P. 1993. Differential gene expression in nematode-induced feeding structures of transgenic plants harbouring promoter-gusA fusion constructs. The Plant Journal 4: 863-873.
• Lindsey, K., Wei, W., Clarke, M.C., McArdle, H.F., Rooke, L.M. & Topping, J.F. 1993. Tagging genomic sequences that direct transgene expression by activation of a promoter trap in plants. Transgenic Research 2: 33-47.
• Topping, J.F., Wei, W. & Lindsey, K. 1991. Functional tagging of regulatory elements in the plant genome. Development 112: 1109-1119.