Lena Sheaffer

The cacao gene atlas: a transcriptome developmental atlas reveals highly tissue-specific and dynamically-regulated gene networks in Theobroma cacao L
BMC Plant Biology, Kulesza, Evelyn, Thomas, Patrick, Prewitt, Sarah F., Shalit-Kaneh, Akiva, Wafula, Eric, Knollenberg, Benjamin, Winters, Noah, Esteban, Eddi, Pasha, Asher, Provart, Nicholas, Praul, Craig, Landherr, Lena, dePamphilis, Claude, Maximova, Siela N., Guiltinan, Mark J., 2024

A combination of conserved and diverged responses underlies Theobroma cacao’s defense response to Phytophthora palmivora
BMC Biology, Winters, N, Wafula, E, Knollenberg, B, Hämälä, T, Timilsena, P, Perryman, M, Zhang, D, Sheaffer, L, Praul, C, Ralph, P, Prewitt, S, Leandro-Muñoz, M, Delgadillo-Duran, D, Altman, N, Tiffin, P, Maximova, Siela, dePamphilis, Claude W., Marden, James H., Guiltinan, Mark J., 2024

Glucocorticoid receptor-regulated TcLEC2 expression triggers somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao leaf tissue
PLoS One, Fister, Andrew S., Landherr, Lena, Perryman, Melanie, Zhang, Yufan, Guiltinan, Mark J., Maximova, Siela N., 2018

Transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 machinery targeting TcNPR3 enhances defense response in theobroma cacao
Frontiers in Plant Science, Fister, Andrew S., Landherr, Lena, Maximova, Siela N., Guiltinan, Mark J., 2018

Comparative transcriptome analyses reveal core parasitism genes and suggest gene duplication and repurposing as sources of structural novelty
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Yang, Zhenzhen, Wafula, Eric K., Honaas, Loren A., Zhang, Huiting, Das, Malay, Fernandez-Aparicio, Monica, Huang, Kan, Bandaranayake, Pradeepa C.G., Wu, Biao, Der, Joshua P., Clarke, Christopher R., Ralph, Paula E., Landherr, Lena, Altman, Naomi S., Timko, Michael P., Yoder, John I., Westwood, James H., DePamphilis, Claude W., 2015