Erica Unger-Wallace
Position
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department
Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology (GDCB)
Contact Information
Office – 2282 MBB
Phone – (515) 294-5054
Email – eunger@iastate.edu
Research Interests
My research interests are in the reproductive biology of maize, including development of reproductive structures. I am also interested in the assessment of new tools and technologies directed toward the dissection of gene function.
Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology (GDCB)
Contact Information
Office – 2282 MBB
Phone – (515) 294-5054
Email – eunger@iastate.edu
Research Interests
My research interests are in the reproductive biology of maize, including development of reproductive structures. I am also interested in the assessment of new tools and technologies directed toward the dissection of gene function.
Contact
Email
eunger@iastate.edu
Phone
(515) 294-5054
2282 Molecular Biology
Ames
,
IA
50011
Social Media and Websites
Publications
- Strable J, Unger-Wallace E, Raygoza AA, Briggs S and E Vollbrecht (2023). Interspecies transfer of RAMOSA1 orthologs and promoter cis sequences impacts maize inflorescence architecture. Plant Physiol. 191(2):1084-1101. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac559.
- Warman C, Panda K, Vejlupkova Z, Hokin S, Unger-Wallace E, Cole RA, Chettoor AM, Jiang D, Vollbrecht E, Evans MMS, Slotkin RK, Fowler JE. (2020). High expression in maize pollen correlates with genetic contributions to pollen fitness as well as with coordinated transcription from neighboring transposable elements. PLoS Genet, 16(4), e1008462.
- Dong Z, Li W, Unger-Wallace E, Yang J, Vollbrecht E, Chuck G. (2017). Ideal crop plant architecture is mediated by tassels replace upper ears1, a BTB/POZ ankyrin repeat gene directly targeted by TEOSINTE BRANCHED1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 114(41), E8656-E8664.
- Strable J, Wallace JG, Unger-Wallace E, Briggs S, Bradbury PJ, Buckler ES, Vollbrecht E. (2017). Maize YABBY Genes drooping leaf1 and drooping leaf2 Regulate Plant Architecture. Plant Cell, 29(7), 1622-1641.
- Char SN, Unger-Wallace E, Frame B, Briggs SA, Main M, Spalding MH, Vollbrecht E, Wang K, Yang B. (2015). Heritable site-specific mutagenesis using TALENs in maize. Plant Biotechnol J, 13(7), 1002-10.
- Chettoor AM, Givan SA, Cole RA, Coker CT, Unger-Wallace E, Vejlupkova Z, Vollbrecht E, Fowler JE, Evans MM. (2014). Discovery of novel transcripts and gametophytic functions via RNA-seq analysis of maize gametophytic transcriptomes. Genome Biol, 15(7), 414.
- Eveland AL, Goldshmidt A, Pautler M, Morohashi K, Liseron-Monfils C, Lewis MW, Kumari S, Hiraga S, Yang F, Unger-Wallace E, Olson A, Hake S, Vollbrecht E, Grotewold E, Ware D, Jackson D. (2013). Regulatory modules controlling maize inflorescence architecture. Genome Res, 24(3), 431-43.
- Vollbrecht E, Duvick J, Schares JP, Ahern KR, Deewatthanawong P, Xu L, Conrad LJ, Kikuchi K, Kubinec TA, Hall BD, Weeks R, Unger-Wallace E, Muszynski M, Brendel VP, Brutnell TP. (2010). Genome-wide distribution of transposed Dissociation elements in maize. Plant Cell, 22(6), 1667-85.