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  1. Balbuena, T.S., He, R., Salvato. F., Gang, D.R., Thelen, J.J. 2012. Large-scale proteome comparative analysis of developing rhizomes of the ancient vascular plant Equisetum hyemale. Frontiers Plant Sci. 3:131.
  2. Buchel, K., McDowell, E., Nelson, W., Descour, A., Gershenzon, J., Hilker, M., Soderlund, C., Gang, D.R., Fenning, T., Meiners. T. 2012. An elm EST database for identifying leaf beetle egg-induced defense genes. BMC Genomics 13:242.
  3. Zhao, N., Ferrer, J.L., Moon, H.S., Kapteyn, J., Zhuang, X., Hasebe, M., Stewart, C.N. Jr., Gang D.R., Chen, F. 2012. A SABATH methyltransferase from the moss Physcomitrella patens catalyzes S-methylation of thiols and has a role in detoxification. Phytochemistry 81:31-41.
  4. Berim, A., Hyatt, D.C., Gang, D.R. 2012. A set of regioselective O-methyltransferases gives rise to the complex pattern of methoxylated flavones in sweet basil. Plant Physiol. 160(2):1052-1069.
  5. McDowell, E.T., Gang, D.R. 2012. A dynamic model for phytohormone control of rhizome growth and development. Recent Adv. Phytochem. 42:143-165
  6. He, R., Kim, M.J., Nelson, W., Balbuena, T., Kim, R., Crow, J., May, G.A. Thelen, J.J., Soderlund, C.A., Gang, D.R. 2012. Next generation dequencing based transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of the connom reed, Phragmites australis (Poaceae), reveals genes involved in invasiveness and rhizome specificity. Am. J. Bot. 99(2):232-247.
  7. Koo, H.J., Gang, D.R. 2012. Suites of terpene synthases explain differential terpenoid production in ginger and turmeric tissues. PLoS One 7(12):e51481.
  8. McDowell, E.T., Kapteyn, J., Schmidt, A., Li, C., Kang, J.H., Descour, A., Shi, F., Larson, M., Schilmiller, A., An, L., Jones, A.D., Pichersky, E., Soderlund, C.A., Gang, D.R. 2011. Comparative functional genomic analysis of Solanum glandular trochome types. Plant Physiol. 155:524-539.
  9. Kapteyn, J., He, R., McDowell, E., Gang, D.R. 2010. Incorporation of nan-natural nucleotides into template-switching oligonucleotides reduces background and improves cDNA synthesis from very small RNA samples. BMC Genomics 11:413.
  10. Schilmiller, A.L., Miner, D.P., Larson, M., McDowell, E., Gang D.R., Wilkerson, C., Last, R.L. 2010. Studies of a biochemical factory: Tomato trichome deep expressed sequence tag sequencing and proteomics. Plant Physiol. 153:1212-1223.
  11. Xie, Z., Ma, X.-Q., Gang, D.R. 2009. Modules of co-regulated metabolites in turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizome suggest the existence of biosynthetic modules in plant specialized metabolism. J. Exp. Bot. 60:87-97.
  12. Marks, M.D., Tian, L., Wenger, J.P., Omburo, S,N., Soto-Fuentes, W., He, J., Gang, D.R., Weiblen, G.D., Dixon, R.A. 2009. Identification of candidate genes affecting delta (9)-tetrahydrocannabinol biosynthesis in Cannabis sativa. J. Exp. Bot. 60:3715-3726.
  13. Ma, X.-Q, Gang, D.R. 2008. In vitro production of huperzine A, a promising drug candidate for Alzheimer’s Disease. Phytochemistry 69 (10):2022-2028.
  14. Ma, X.-Q., Tan, C., Zhu, D.-Y., Gang, D.R., Xiao, P. 2007. Huperzine A from Huperzia species—An ethnopharmacolgical review. J. Ethnopharmacol. 113:15–34.
  15. Kapteyn, J., Qualley, A. V., Xie, Z., Fridman, E., Dudareva, N., Gang, D.R. 2007. Evolution of cinnamate/p-coumarate carboxyl methyltransferases and their role in the biosynthesis of methylcinnamate. Plant Cell 19:3212–3229.
  16.  Xie, Z., Kapteyn, J., Gang, D.R. 2007. A systems biology investigation of the MEP/terpenoid and shikimate/phenylpropanoid pathways points to multiple levels of metabolic control in sweet basil glandular trichomes. Plant J. 54:349-361.
  17.  Jiang, H., Somogyi, A., Jacobsen, N.A., Timmermann, B.N., Gang, D.R. 2006. Analysis of curcuminoids by positive and negative electrospray ionization and tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 20(6):1001-1012
  18.  Jiang, H., Timmermann, B.N., Gang, D.R. 2005. Use of LC-ESI-MS/MS toidentify diarylheptanoids in turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) rhizome. J. Chromatog. A. 1111:21-31.
  19.  Jiang, H., Xie, Z., Koo, H., McLaughlin, S.P., Timmermann, B.N., Gang, D.R. 2006. Metabolic profiling, phylogenetic analysis and anti-inflammatory investigation of Zingiber species: Tools for authentication of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.). Phytochemistry 67:232-244.
  20. Vassão, D.G., Gang, D.R., Kueduka, T., Jackson, B., Pichersky, E., Davin, L.B., Lewis, N.G. 2006. Chavicol formation in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum): Cleavage of an esterified C9 hydroxyl group with NAD(P)H-dependent reduction. Org. Biomol. Chem. 4:2733-2744.
  21. Koeduka, T., Fridman, E., Gang, D.R., Vassão, D.G., Jackson, B.L., Kish, C.M., Orlova, I., Spassova, S.M., Lewis, N.G., Noel, J.P., Baiga, T.J., Dudareva, N., Pichersky, E. 2006. Eugenol and isoeugenol, major aromatic constituents of spices, are naturally synthesized via unexpected phenylpropanoid ester reduction. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 103:10128-10133.
  22. Deschamps, C., Gang, D.R., Dudareva, N., Simon, J.E. 2006. Developmental regulation of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis in leaves and glandular trichomes of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). Int. J. Plant Science 167(3):447-454.
  23. Ramirez-Ahumada, M.C., Timmermann, B.N., and Gang, D.R. 2006. Biosynthesis of curcuminoids and gingerols in turmeric (Curcuma longa) and ginger (Zingiber officinale): Identification of curcuminoid synthase and hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA thioesterases. Phytochemistry 67(15):1673-1685
  24. Ma, X.-Q., Gang, D. R. 2006. Metabolic profiling of in vitro micropropagated and conventionally greenhouse grown ginger (Zingiber officinale). Phytochemistry 67(20):2239-2255.
  25. Jiang, H., Somogyi, A., Timmermann, B.N., Gang, D.R. 2006. Instrument dependence of ESI ionization and MS/MS fragmentation of the gingerols. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 20(20):3089-3100.
  26. Dixon, R.A., Gang, D.R., Charlton, A.J., Fiehn, O., Kuiper, H.A., Reynolds, T.L., Tjeerdema, R.S., Jeffery, E.H., German, J.B., Ridley, W.P., Seiber, J.N. 2006. Applications of metabolomics in agriculture. J. Agric. Food. Chem. 54:8984-8994.
  27. Ma, X.-Q., Gang, D.R. 2006. Metabolic profiling of in vitro micropropagated and conventionally greenhouse grown turmeric (Curcuma longa). J. Agric. Food Chem. 54(25):9573-9583.
  28. Jiang, H., Timmermann, B.N., Gang, D.R. 2006. Identification of diarylheptanoids in ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) by LC-ESI-MS/MS. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 21(4):509-518.
  29. Gang, D.R. 2005. Evolution of flavors and scents. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 56:301-325.
  30. Ma, X.-Q., Tan, C., Zhu, D., Gang, D.R. 2005. Huperzine A content of Huperziaceae species in China. J. Agric. Food Chem. 53:1393-1398.
  31. Fridman, E., Wang, J.H., Iijima, Y., Froehlich, J.E., Gang, D.R., Ohlrogge, J., Pichersky, E. 2005. Metabolic, genomic, and biochemical analyses of glandular trichomes from the wild tomato species Lycopersicon hirsutumidentify a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of methylketones. Plant Cell 17(4):1252-1267.
  32. Jiang, H., Sólyom, A., Timmermann, B.N., Gang, D.R. 2005. Characterization of gingerol-related compounds in ginger rhizome (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) by high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 19(20):2957-2964.
  33. Ma, X.-Q., Tan, C., Zhu, D., Gang, D.R. 2005. A survey of potential Huperzine A natural resources in China: The Huperziaceae. J. Ethnopharmacol. 104(1-2):54-67.
  34. Iijima, Y., Gang, D.R., Lewinsohn, E., Pichersky, E. 2004. Characterization of geraniol synthase from the peltate glands of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum). Plant Physiol. 134:370-379.
  35. Boatright, J., Negre, F., Chen, X., Kish, C.M., Wood, B., Peel, G., Orlova, I., Gang, D.R., Rhodes, D., Dudareva, N. 2004. Understanding in vivobenzenoid metabolism in petunia petal tissue. Plant Physiol. 135:1993-2011.
  36. Gang, D.R., Ramirez-Ahumada, M.C., Ma, X.-Q. 2004. Biochemical-genomics investigation of curcuminoid and gingerol biosynthesis in turmeric and ginger. In “Polyphenols Communications 2004: XXII International Conference on Polyphenols, Helskinki, Finland, August 25-28, 2004”, (Wahala, K., ed.), Secrétariat du Groupe Polyphénols, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France.
  37. Ma, X.-Q., Gang, D.R. 2004. The Lycopodium alkaloids. Nat. Prod. Rep. 21:752-772
  38. Iijima, Y., Davidovich-Rikanati, R., Fridman, E., Gang, D.R., Bar, E., Lewinsohn, E., Pichersky, E. 2004. The biochemical and molecular basis for the divergent patterns in the biosynthesis of terpenes and phenylpropenes in the peltate glands of three cultivars of basil (Ocimum basilicum). Plant Physiol. 136:3724-3736.
  39. Gang, D.R. 2003. The potential for evolution of new secondary metabolites. In “The Encyclopedia of Plant & Crop Science”, (Goodman, R.M., ed.), Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY.
  40. Min, T., Kasahara, H., Bedgar, D.L., Youn, B., Lawrence, P.K., Gang, D.R., Halls, S.C., Park, H., Hilsenbeck, J.L., Davin, L.B., Lewis, N.G., Kang, C.H. 2003. Crystal structures of pinoresinol-lariciresinol and phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductases and their relationship to isoflavone reductases. J. Biol. Chem. 278(50):50714-50723.
  41. Gang, D.R., Lavid, N., Zubieta, C., Chen, F., Beuerle, T., Lewinsohn, E., Noel, J.P., Pichersky, E. 2002. Characterization phenylpropene O-methyltransferases from sweet basil: Facile change of substrate specificity and convergent evolution within a plant OMT family. Plant Cell 14(2):505-519.
  42. Gang, D.R., Beuerle, T., Ullmann, P., Werck-Reichhart, D., Pichersky, E. 2002. Differential production of meta hydroxylated phenylpropanoids in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) peltate glandular trichomes and leaves is controlled by the activities of specific acyltransferases and hydroxylases. Plant Physiol. 130(3):1536–1544.
  43. Gang, D.R., Simon, J., Lewinsohn, E., Pichersky, E. 2002. Peltate glandular trichomes of Ocimum basilicum L. (sweet basil) contain high levels of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of phenylpropenes. J. Herbs Spices & Med. Plants 9(2/3):189-195.
  44. Gang, D.R., Pichersky, E. 2002. The role of specific enzyme types in multiple routes to aromatic meta hydroxylation in the phenylpropanoid pathway.  In “Polyphenols Communications 2002; XXI International Conference on Polyphenols, Marrakech-Morocco, September 9-12, 2002”, (El Hadrami, I., ed.), Secrétariat du Groupe Polyphénols, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France, pp. 5–6.
  45. Gang, D.R., Wang, J., Dudareva, N., Nam, K.H., Simon, J, Lewinsohn, E., Pichersky, E. 2001. An investigation of the storage and biosynthesis of phenylpropenes in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). Plant Physiol. 125(2):539-555.
  46. Pichersky, E., Gang, D.R. 2000. Genetics and biochemistry of specialized metabolites in plants: An evolutionary perspective. Trends in Plant Sci. 5(10):439-445.
  47. Gang, D.R., Kasahara, H., Xia, Z.-Q., Vander Mijnsbrugge, K., Bauw, G., Boerjan, W., Van Montagu, M., Davin, L.B., Lewis, N.G. 1999. Evolution of plant defense mechanisms: Relationships of phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductases to pinoresinol-lariciresinol and isoflavone reductases. J. Biol. Chem. 274:7516-7527.
  48. Gang, D.R., Costa, M.A., Fujita, M., Dinkova-Kostova, A.T., Wang, H.B., Burlat, V., Martin, W., Sarkanen, S., Davin, L.B.,  Lewis, N.G. 1999. Regiochemical control of monolignol radical coupling: A new paradigm for lignin and lignan biosynthesis. Chem. Biol. 6:143-151.
  49. Fujita, M., Gang, D.R., Davin, L.B., Lewis, N.G. 1999. Recombinant pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductases from Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) catalyze opposite enantiospecific conversions during secoisolariciresinol formation: Gene cloning and heterologous expression. J. Biol. Chem. 274:618-627.
  50. Gang, D.R., Fujita M., Davin, L.B., Lewis, N.G. 1998. Establishing the molecular basis of heartwood formation through the lignan biosynthetic pathway in Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock and Loblolly Pine: The “abnormal lignins”. In “Lignin and Lignan Biosynthesis”, (Lewis, N.G., Sarkanen, S., eds.), ACS Symp. Ser. 697:389-421.
  51. Gang, D.R., Dinkova-Kostova, A.T., Davin, L.B., Lewis, N.G. 1997. Phylogenetic links in plant defense systems: Lignans, isoflavonoids and their reductases. Comparison to isoflavonoid metabolism. In “Phytochemical Pest Control Agents”, (Hedin, P., ed.), ACS Symp. Ser. 658:58-89.
  52. Gang, D.R., Weber, D.J. 1996. Using random amplified polymorphic DNA to analyze the genetic relationships and variability among three species of Wheat Smut (Tilletia). Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 37:173-180.
  53. Dinkova-Kostova, A.D., Gang, D.R., Davin, L.B., Bedgar, D.L., Chu, A., Lewis, N.G. 1996. (+)-Pinoresinol/ (+)-lariciresinol reductase from Forsythia intermedia. Protein purification, cDNA cloning, heterologous expression and comparison to isoflavone reductase. J. Biol. Chem. 271:29473-29482.
  54. Gang, D.R., Weber, D.J. 1995. A method for the preparation of genomic DNA for PCR and RAPD analysis from thick walled dormant teliospores of Tilletia species. BioTechniques 19:92-96.
  55. Gang, D.R., Weber, D.J. 1995. Genetic variability and phenetic relationships determined among 10 populations of rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus Nauseosus Ssp. Hololeucus) by RAPD analysis of bulked genomic DNA samples. Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 36:1-8.
  56. Weber, D.J., Gang, D.R., Halls, S.C., Smith, B.N., McArthur, E.D. 1994. Inheritance of hydrocarbons in subspecific big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) hybrids. Biochem. System. and Ecol. 22:689.
  57. Halls, S.C., Gang, D.R., Weber, D.J. 1994. Seasonal variation in volatile secondary compounds of chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pallas) britt.; Asteraceae ssp. hololeucus (Gray) Hall. & Clem. Influences Herbivory. J. Chem. Ecology 20:2055-2063.
  58. Weber, D.J., Gang, D.R., Halls, S.C., Nelson, D. 1994. Juniper decline in Natural Bridges National Monument and Canyonlands National Park. 8th Wildland Shrub Symposium on Revegatation. Las Vegas, Nevada, Intermountain Research Station Gen Tech Report INT-2, Nov. 1993.