Prof. Din-Pow Ma

Mississippi State University,USA

Email: dma@bch.msstate.edu

Qualifications

1981 Ph.D., Kent State University, Biochemistry

1974 M.S., National Taiwan University, Agricultural Chemistry

1970 B.S., National Chung-Hsing University, Agricultural Chemistry

Publications (Selected)

1. Ho, M.S. Saha, S., Jenkins, J.N. and Ma, D.P. Characterization and promoter analysis of a cotton RING type ubiquitin ligase (E3) gene. Mol. Biotechnol. 46: 140-148, 2010.
2. Hsu, C.Y., An, C., Saha, S., Ma, D.P., Jenkins, J.N., Scheffler, B., and Stelly, D.M. Molecular and SNP characterization of two genomic specific transcription factor genes GhMyb8 and GhMyb10 in cotton species. Euphytica 159: 259-273, 2008.
3. An, C., Saha, S., Jenkins, J.N., Ma, D.P., Scheffler, B.E., Kohel, R.J., Yu, J.Z., and Stelly, D.M. Cotton (Gossypium spp.) R2R3-MYB transcription factors SNP identification, phylogenomic characterization, chromosome localization, and linkage mapping. Theor. Appl. Genet. 116: 1015-1026, 2008.
4. Dong, G.F., Ma, D.P., and Li, J.X. The histone methyltransferase SDG8 regulates shoot branching in Arabidopsis. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 373: 659-664, 2008.
5. Hsu, C.Y., Jenkins, J.N., Saha, S., and Ma, D.P. Transcriptional regulation of the lipid transfer protein gene Ltp3 in cotton fibers by a novel MYB protein. Plant Sci. 268: 167-181, 2005.
6. Callahan, F.E., Zhang, X.D., Ma, D.P., Jenkins, J.N., and Tucker, M.L. Comparison of MIC-3 protein accumulation in response to root-knot nematode infection in cotton lines displaying a range of resistance levels. J. Cotton Sci. 8: 186-190, 2004.
7. Tan, H., Callahan, F.E., Zhang, X.D., Karaca, M., Saha, S., Jenkins, J.N., Creech, R.G., and Ma, D.P. Identification of resistance gene analogs in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Euphytica 134: 1-7, 2003.
8. Zhang, X.D., Jenkins, J.N., Callahan, F.E., Creech, R.G., Si, Y., McCarty , J.C., Saha, S., and Ma, D.P. Molecular cloning, differential expression, and functional characterization of a family of class I ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2) genes in cotton (Gossypium). Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1625: 269-279, 2003.
9. Zhang, X.D., Callahan, F.E., Jenkins, J.N., Ma, D.P., Karaca, M., Saha, S., and Creech, R.G. A novel root-specific gene, MIC-3, with increased expression in nematode-resistant cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) after root-knot nematode infection. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1576: 214-218, 2002.
10. Tan, H., Creech, R.G., Jenkins, J.N., Chang, Y.F. and Ma, D.P. Cloning and expression analysis of two cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genes encoding cell wall proline-rich proteins. DNA Sequence 12: 367-380, 2001.
11. Chang, Y.F., Novosel, V., Chang, C.F., Summers, B.A., Ma, D.P., Chiang, Y.W., Acree, W.M., Chu, H.J., Shin, S., and Lein, D.H. Experimental induction of chronic borreliosis in adult dogs exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks and treated with dexamethasone. Am. J. Vet. Res. 62: 1104-1112, 2001.
12. Ma, D.P., Liu, H.C. and Hsu, C.Y. Expression and regulation of lipid transfer protein genes in cotton fiber. In: Jenkins J.N. and Saha S. (eds). Genetic Improvement of Cotton: Emerging Technologies. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, NH, USA and Plymouth, UK. pp. 257-267, 2001.
13. Liu, H.C., Creech, R.G., Jenkins, J.N. and Ma, D.P. Cloning and promoter analysis of the cotton lipid transfer protein gene Ltp3. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1487: 106-111, 2000.
14. Yang, Y.W., Lai, K.N., Tai, P.Y., Ma, D.P. and Li, W.H. Molecular phylogenetic studies of Brassica, Rorippa, Arabidopsis and allied genera based on the internal transcribed spacer region of 18S-25S rDNA. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 13: 455-462, 1999.
15. Hsu, C.Y., Creech, R.G., Jenkins, J.N. and Ma, D.P. Analysis of promoter activity of cotton lipid transfer protein gene Ltp6 in transgenic tobacco plants. Plant Sci. 143: 63-70, 1999.
16. Handumrongkul, C., Ma, D.P. and Silva, J.L. Cloning and expression of Candida guilliermondii xylose reductase gene (xyll) in Pichia pastoris. Appl. Microbiol.  Biotechnol. 49: 399-404, 1998.
17. Ma, D.P., Liu, H.C., Creech, R.G., Jenkins, J.N., and Chang, Y.F. Cloning and characterization of a cotton lipid transfer protein gene specifically expressed in fiber cells. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1344: 111-114, 1997.
18. Chang, Y.F., Ma, D.P., Want, Y.S., Chin, N., Chengappa, M.M., Shin, S.J. and Lein, D. H. Sequence analysis of leukotoxin secretion determinants from a Pasteurella haemolytica-like organism. DNA Sequence - J. DNA Sequencing and Mapping, 5: 291-297, 1995.
19. Gao, W., Saha, S., Ma, D.P., Guo, Y., Jenkins, J.N., and Stelly, D.M. A cotton-fiber-associated cyclin-dependent kinase A gene: characterization and chromosomal location. International Journal of Plant Genomics Volume 2012, Article ID 613812. doi:10.1155/2012/613812, 2012.
20. Soma, S., Hsu, C. Y., Saha, S., Jenkins, J. N., and Ma, D. P. Characterization of a novel RING-type ubiquitin E3 ligase GhRING2 differentially expressed in cotton fiber. American Journal of Plant Science 5: 3364-3379, 2014.
21. Yang, Y., Ling, X., Chen, T., Cai, L., Liu, T., Wang, J., Fan, X., Ren, Y., Yuan, H., Zhu, W., Zhang, B., and Ma, D. P. A cotton Gbvdr5 gene encoding a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein confers resistance to Verticillium dahliae in transgenic Arabidopsis and upland cotton. Plant Mol Biol Rep, Published online 09 October 2014.

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