The University of Sheffield
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Julie Gray's Lab Web Pages

Julie Gray's CV

Current Research Interests

arabidopsis

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Control of stomatal development

Control of stomatal aperture

NAD signalling

 

Group members

Lee Hunt (Research Associate)

l.hunt@sheffield.ac.uk

Lee Hunt's CV

Caspar Chater (Research Associate)

caspar.chater@gmail.com

Jennifer Sloan (Research Technician)

Tim Doheny-Adams (PhD student)

T.Adams@sheffield.ac.uk

Mahsa Movahedi (PhD student)

m.movahedi@sheffield.ac.uk

Carla Turner (PhD Student)

mbp10cmt@sheffield.ac.uk

Selected Gray Group Publications

Timothy Doheny-Adams, Lee Hunt, Peter J. Franks, David J. Beerling and Julie E. Gray. Genetic manipulation of stomatal density influences stomatal size, plant growth and tolerance to restricted water supply across a growth carbon dioxide gradient . Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 367, 547-555 2012

Hunt L, & Gray JE. BASL and EPF2 act independently to regulate asymmetric divisions during stomatal development. Plant Signalling & Behaviour, 5(3), 2010.

Hunt, L Bailey, KJ & Gray JE The signalling peptide EPFL9 is a positive regulator of stomatal development. New Phytologist 186(3):609-14 2010
Hunt, L & Gray JE Signaling Peptide EPF2 Controls Asymmetric Cell Divisions During Stomatal Development. Curr Biol. 19 (10) 864-869. 2009
Hunt L & Gray JE  The relationship between pyridine nucleotides and seed dormancy. New Phytologist 181 (1) 62-70. 2009
Julie E. Gray, Stuart Casson, and Lee Hunt. . Intercellular Peptide Signals Regulate Plant Meristematic Cell Fate Decisions Sci. Signal. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.149pe53] 2008
Worrall D, Liang Y-K, Holroyd GH, Spiegel S, Gray JE & Hetherington AM. Sphingosine-based signalling in Arabidopsis . Plant Journal 56:64-72 2008

Casson, S Gray, JE. Influence of environmental factors on stomatal development. New Phytol.178(1):9-23 2008

Hunt L, Holdsworth M & Gray JE. Nicotinamidase activity is important for Arabidopsis germination. Plant Journal, 51(3) 341-351.2007
Gray JE. Plant development: Three steps for stomata. Current Biology, 17(6):R213-215 2007
Gray JE. Guard cells: transcription factors regulate stomatal movements. Curr Biol. 2005 15(15):R593-5
Gray JE, Hetherington AM.Plant development: YODA the stomatal switch. Curr Biol. 14(12):R488-90 2004 .

Hunt L, Lerner, F Zeigler M. NAD- new roles in signalling and gene regulation in plants. New Phytologist, 163, 31-44. 2004.

Hunt L, Otterhag L, Lee JC, Lasheen T, Hunt J, Gilmour DJ, Sommarin M, Pical C, Gray JE. Calcium activation and gene-specific expression of Arabidopsis thaliana Phospholipase C isoforms. New Phytologist 162, 643-654, 2004
Romano PGN, Edvardsson A, Heyes DJ, Ruban AV, Andersson B, Gray JE, Horton P. The Arabidopsis cyclophilin AtCYP20-2 is a light regulated, PSII supercomplex-associated cyclophilin type PPIase, Plant Physiology,134(4):1244-7, 2004
Mills L.N., Hunt L., Leckie C.P, Aitken F.L., Wentworth M., McAinsh M.R., Gray J.E., & Hetherington A.M. The effects of manipulating phospholipase C on guard cell ABA-signalling. Journal of Experimental Botany, 55, 199-204, 2004.
Hunt L, Mills LN, Pical C, Leckie CP, Aitken FL, Kopka J, Mueller-Roeber B, McAinsh MR, Hetherington AM & Gray JE. Phospholipase C is required for the control of stomatal aperture by ABA. Plant Journal, 34, 47-55, 2003.
Bird S & Gray JE. Signals from the cuticle affect epidermal cell differentiation. New Phytologist (Tansley Review), 157: 9-23, 2003.
Holroyd GH, Hetherington AM & Gray JE. A role for the cuticular waxes in the environmental control of stomatal development. New Phytologist, 153: 433-439, 2002.
Hunt L. & Gray JE. ABA signalling: A messenger's FIERY fate. Current Biology, 11 R968-R970,2001
Ng CK-Y, McAinsh MR, Gray JE, Hunt L, Leckie CP, Mills L & Hetherington AM. Calcium-based signalling systems in guard cells. New Phytologist, 151: 109-120, 2001.
Gray, JE., Holroyd, GH., van der Lee, FM., Bahrami, AR., Sijmons, PC., Woodward, FI., Schuch, W, & Hetherington, AM. The HIC signalling pathway links CO2 perception to stomatal development. Nature 408, 713-716, 2000.