Dr Stuart Casson

All publications

Journal articles

• Flannery SE, Pastorelli F, Emrich‐Mills TZ, Casson SA, Hunter CN, Dickman MJ, Jackson PJ & Johnson MP (2023) STN7 is not essential for developmental acclimation of Arabidopsis to light intensity. The Plant Journal.
• Salazar-González JA, Castro-Medina M, Bernardino-Rivera LE, Martínez-Terrazas E, Casson SA & Urrea-López R (2023) In-planta transient transformation of avocado (Persea americana) by vacuum agroinfiltration of aerial plant parts. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 152(3), 635-646.
• Clark JW, Harris BJ, Hetherington AJ, Hurtado-Castano N, Brench RA, Casson S, Williams TA, Gray JE & Hetherington AM (2022) The origin and evolution of stomata. Current Biology, 32(11), R539-R553.
• Freeg HA, Attia KA, Casson S, Fiaz S, Ramadan EA, Banna AE, Zoulias N, Aboshosha A & Alamery S (2022) Physio-biochemical responses and expressional profiling analysis of drought tolerant genes in new promising rice genotype. PLoS ONE, 17(3). View this article in WRRO
• Zoulias N, Rowe J, Thomson EE, Dabrowska M, Sutherland H, Degen GE, Johnson MP, Sedelnikova SE, Hulmes GE, Hettema EH & Casson SA (2021) Inhibition of Arabidopsis stomatal development by plastoquinone oxidation. Current Biology, 31(24), 5622-5632.e7.
• Mawodza T, Menon M, Brooks H, Magdysyuk OV, Burca G & Casson S (2021) Preferential wheat (Triticum aestivum. L cv. Fielder) root growth in different sized aggregates. Soil and Tillage Research, 212. View this article in WRRO
• Movahedi M, Zoulias N, Casson SA, Sun P, Liang Y-K, Hetherington AM, Gray JE & Chater CCC (2021) Stomatal responses to carbon dioxide and light require abscisic acid catabolism in Arabidopsis. Interface Focus, 11(2), 20200036-20200036.
• Hepworth C, Wood WHJ, Emrich-Mills TZ, Proctor MS, Casson S & Johnson MP (2021) Dynamic thylakoid stacking and state transitions work synergistically to avoid acceptor-side limitation of photosystem I. Nature Plants. View this article in WRRO
• Mawodza T, Burca G, Casson S & Menon M (2020) Wheat root system architecture and soil moisture distribution in an aggregated soil using neutron computed tomography. Geoderma, 359. View this article in WRRO
• Zoulias N, Brown J, Rowe J & Casson SA (2020) HY5 is not integral to light mediated stomatal development in Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE, 15(1). View this article in WRRO
• Zoulias N, Harrison EL, Casson SA & Gray JE (2018) Molecular control of stomatal development. Biochemical Journal, 475(2), 441-454. View this article in WRRO
• Chater CC, Caine RS, Tomek M, Wallace S, Kamisugi Y, Cuming AC, Lang D, MacAlister CA, Casson S, Bergmann DC , Decker EL et al (2016) Origin and function of stomata in the moss Physcomitrella patens.. Nature Plants, 2. View this article in WRRO
• Casson SA (2016) Plant Development: Suppression the Key to Asymmetric Cell Fate. Current Biology, 26(21), R1137-R1139. View this article in WRRO
• Chater C, Peng K, Movahedi M, Dunn JA, Walker HJ, Liang Y-K, McLachlan DH, Casson S, Isner JC, Wilson I , Neill SJ et al (2015) Elevated CO2-Induced Responses in Stomata Require ABA and ABA Signaling. Current Biology, 25(20), 2709-2716. View this article in WRRO
• Casson SA & Hetherington AM (2014) phytochrome B Is Required for Light-Mediated Systemic Control of Stomatal Development. Current Biology, 24(11), 1216-1221. View this article in WRRO
• Chater CCC, Oliver J, Casson S & Gray JE (2014) Putting the brakes on: abscisic acid as a central environmental regulator of stomatal development.. New Phytol, 202(2), 376-391.
• Franks PJ & Casson S (2014) Connecting stomatal development and physiology. New Phytologist, 201(4), 1079-1082.
• Lindsey K, Mehdi S, Casson SA, Mudge AJ, Topping JF & Liu J (2013) POLARIS, 40-45.
• Pantin F, Renaud J, Barbier F, Muller B, Simonneau T, Vavasseur A, Le Thiec D, Rose C, Bariac T, Casson S , McLachlan D et al (2013) Developmental Priming of Stomatal Sensitivity to Abscisic Acid by Leaf Microclimate. Current Biology.
• Casson SA & Hetherington AM (2012) GSK3-like kinases integrate brassinosteroid signaling and stomatal development.. Sci Signal, 5(233), pe30.
• Ruszala EM, Beerling DJ, Franks PJ, Chater C, Casson SA, Gray JE & Hetherington AM (2011) Land plants acquired active stomatal control early in their evolutionary history.. Curr Biol, 21(12), 1030-1035.
• Barcala M, Garcia A, Cabrera J, Casson S, Lindsey K, Favery B, Garcia-Casado G, Solano R, Fenoll C & Escobar C (2010) Early transcriptomic events in microdissected Arabidopsis nematode-induced giant cells. PLANT JOURNAL, 61(4), 698-712.
• Casson SA & Hetherington AM (2010) Environmental regulation of stomatal development.. Curr Opin Plant Biol, 13(1), 90-95.
• Casson SA (2010) Molecular characterisation of the POLARIS locus of Arabidopsis..
• Portillo M, Lindsey K, Casson S, Garcia-Casado G, Solano R, Fenoll C & Escobar C (2009) Isolation of RNA from laser-capture-microdissected giant cells at early differentiation stages suitable for differential transcriptome analysis. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY, 10(4), 523-535.
• Fonseka DLCK, Lindsey K, Topping J & Casson S (2009) The role of AtVAMP714 in Arabidopsis development. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 153A(2), S214-S214.
• Casson SA, Topping JF & Lindsey K (2009) MERISTEM-DEFECTIVE, an RS domain protein, is required for the correct meristem patterning and function in Arabidopsis.. Plant J, 57(5), 857-869.
• Casson SA, Franklin KA, Gray JE, Grierson CS, Whitelam GC & Hetherington AM (2009) phytochrome B and PIF4 Regulate Stomatal Development in Response to Light Quantity. CURR BIOL, 19(3), 229-234.
• Casson SA, Spencer MWB & Lindsey K (2008) Laser-capture microdissection to study global transcriptional changes during plant embryogenesis.. Methods Mol Biol, 427, 111-120.
• Casson S & Gray JE (2008) Influence of environmental factors on stomatal development. NEW PHYTOL, 178(1), 9-23.
• Gray JE, Casson S & Hunt L (2008) Intercellular peptide signals regulate plant meristematic cell fate decisions.. Sci Signal, 1(49), pe53.
• (2007) CORRECTIONS. Plant Physiology, 143(4), 1982-1982.
• Spencer MWB, Casson SA & Lindsey K (2007) Transcriptional profiling of the Arabidopsis embryo.. Plant Physiol, 143(2), 924-940.
• Lindsey K, Casson SA & Chilley PM (2006) The POLARIS Peptide, 23-27.
• Chilley PM, Casson SA, Tarkowski P, Hawkins N, Wang KL-C, Hussey PJ, Beale M, Ecker JR, Sandberg GK & 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.
• Casson SA & Lindsey K (2006) The turnip mutant of Arabidopsis reveals that LEAFY COTYLEDON1 expression mediates the effects of auxin and sugars to promote embryonic cell identity.. Plant Physiol, 142(2), 526-541.
• Lindsey K, Spencer M & Casson S (2006) Transcriptional profiling of the Arabidopsis embryo. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 143(4), S137-S138.
• Lindsey K, Casson S & Spencer M (2006) Laser-capture microdissection and DNA microarrays for the analysis of plant development. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 143(4), S119-S119.
• Casson S, Spencer M, Walker K & Lindsey K (2005) Laser capture microdissection for the analysis of gene expression during embryogenesis of Arabidopsis.. Plant J, 42(1), 111-123.
• Mur LAJ, Xu R, Casson SA, Stoddart WM, Routledge APM & Draper J (2004) Characterization of a proteinase inhibitor from Brachypodium distachyon suggests the conservation of defence signalling pathways between dicotyledonous plants and grasses. Molecular Plant Pathology, 5(4), 267-280.
• Dean G, Casson S & Lindsey K (2004) KNAT6 gene of Arabidopsis is expressed in roots and is required for correct lateral root formation. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 54(1), 71-84.
• Casson SA & Lindsey K (2003) Genes and signalling in root development. New Phytologist, 158(2), 11-38.
• Casson SA & Lindsey K (2003) Erratum: Genes and signalling in root development (New Phytologist (2003) 158 (11-38)). New Phytologist, 158(2), 417.
• Casson SA & Lindsey K (2003) Genes and signalling in root development. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 158(1), 11-38.
• Casson SA, Chilley PM, Topping JF, Evans IM, Souter MA & 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.
• Lindsey K, Casson S & Chilley P (2002) Peptides: new signalling molecules in plants.. Trends Plant Sci, 7(2), 78-83.
• Degen GE, Jackson PJ, Proctor MS, Zoulias N, Casson SA & Johnson MP () High cyclic electron transfer via the PGR5 pathway in the absence of photosynthetic control. Plant Physiology.
• Mawodza T, Menon M, Muringai N, Magdysyuk OV, Burca G & Casson S () Investigating root architectural differences in lines of Arabidopsis thaliana. L. with altered stomatal density using high resolution X-Ray synchrotron imaging. Plant and Soil.
• Tamayo-Ramos DI, Salazar-González JA, Casson SA & Urrea-López R () Old and new horizons on Persea americana transformation techniques and applications. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC).
• Hepworth C, Wood WHJ, Emrich-Mills TZ, Proctor MS, Casson S & Johnson MP () Publisher Correction: Dynamic thylakoid stacking and state transitions work synergistically to avoid acceptor-side limitation of photosystem I. Nature Plants.
• Gu X, Fonseka K, Agneessens J, Casson SA, Smertenko A, Guo G, Topping JF, Hussey PJ & Lindsey K () The Arabidopsis R‐SNARE VAMP714 is essential for polarization of PIN proteins and auxin responses. New Phytologist.

Chapters

• Aalen RB, Abdel-Wahab YHA, Adams ME, Adan RAH, Ahima RS, Ahmed N, Al-Massadi O, Altstein M, Anouar Y, Anselmi L , Ansorge S et al (2013) Contributors, Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides (pp. xvii-xlix). Elsevier
• Adams ME, Ait-Ali D, Allen SD, Altstein M, Amiche M, Anouar Y, Anselmi L, Ansorge S, Antcheva N, Appel JR , Arimura A et al (2006) Contributors, Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides (pp. xix-xxxviii). Elsevier

Conference proceedings papers

• Casson SA, Franklin KA, Gray JE, Grierson CS, Whitelam GC & Hetherington AM (2009) Phytochrome B and PIF4 regulate stomatal development in response to light quantity. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 153A(2) (pp S209-S209)
• Lindsey K, Casson S & Topping J (2008) Signalling in the Arabidopsis root meristem. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 150(3) (pp S144-S144)

Preprints

• Degen GE, Jackson PJ, Proctor MS, Zoulias N, Casson S & Johnson MP (2022) Supercharged PGR5-dependent cyclic electron transfer compensates for mis-regulated chloroplast ATP synthase, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Salazar-González J, Castro-Medina M, Martínez-Terrazas E, Casson SA & Urrea-Lopez R (2022) Leaf wounding and jasmonic acid act synergistically to enable efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transient transformation of Persea americana, Research Square.
• Mawodza T, Menon M, Muringai N, Magdysyuk OV, Burca G & Casson S (2022) Investigating root architectural differences in lines of Arabidopsis with altered stomatal density using high resolution X-Ray Synchrotron imaging., Research Square.
• Gu X, Fonseka K, Casson SA, Smertenko A, Guo G, Topping JF, Hussey PJ & Lindsey K () The Arabidopsis R-SNARE VAMP714 is essential for polarization of PIN proteins in the establishment and maintenance of auxin gradients, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Zoulias N, Brown J, Rowe J & Casson SA () HY5 is not integral to light mediated stomatal development in Arabidopsis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.