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Taliercio E, Romano G, Scheffler J, Ayre BG (2009) Expression of genes associated with carbohydrate metabolism in cotton stems and roots. BMC Plant Biology; 9: 11 (10 pages). [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Srivastava AC, Ganesan S, Ismail IO, Ayre BG (2009) Effective carbon partitioning driven by exotic phloem-specific regulatory elements fused to the Arabidopsis thaliana AtSUC2 sucrose-proton symporter gene. BMC Plant Biology; 9: 7 (13 pages). [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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Srivastava AC, Ganesan S, Ismail IO, Ayre BG (2008) Functional characterization of the Arabidopsis AtSUC2 Sucrose/H+ symporter by tissue-specific complementation reveals an essential role in phloem loading but not in long-distance transport. Plant Physiology; 148: 200-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

McGarry RC, Ayre BG (2008) A DNA element between At4g28630 and At4g28640 confers companion-cell specific expression following the sink-to-source transition in mature minor vein phloem. Planta; 228: 839-849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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Srivastava AC, Ganesan S, Ismail IO, Ayre BG (2008) Functional characterization of the Arabidopsis AtSUC2 Sucrose/H+ symporter by tissue-specific complementation reveals an essential role in phloem loading but not in long-distance transport. Plant Physiology; 148: 200-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Turgeon R, Ayre BG (2005) Pathways and Mechanisms in Phloem Loading.  In NM Holbrook, MA Zwieniecki, and PJ Melcher, eds, Vascular Transport in Plants.  Elsevier Inc., San Diego,.
Home page Ayre BG, Turgeon R (2004) Graft transmission of a floral stimulant derived from CONSTANS.  Plant Physiology; 135: 2271-2278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Home page Ayre BG, Blair J, Turgeon R (2003) Functional and phylogenetic analysis of a conserved regulatory program in phloem of minor veins.  Plant Physiology; 133:1229-1239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental Data] [PDF]
Home page Ayre BG, Keller F, Turgeon R (2003) Symplastic continuity between companion cells and the translocation stream: long-distance transport is controlled by retention and retrieval mechanisms in the phloem.  Plant Physiology; 131: 1518-1528.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Home page Ayre BG, Köhler U, Turgeon R, Haseloff J (2002) Optimization of trans-splicing ribozyme efficiency and specificity by in vivo genetic selection.  Nucleic Acids Research; 30: e141.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Home page Heritatos E, Ayre BG, Turgeon R (2000) Identification of phloem involved in assimilate loading in leaves by expression from a galactinol synthase promoter. Plant Physiology; 123: 929-938.  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Home page Ayre BG, Köhler U, Goodman HM, Haseloff J (1999) Design of highly specific cytotoxins by using trans-splicing ribozymes.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America; 96: 3507-3512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Köhler U, Ayre BG, Goodman HM, Haseloff J (1999) Trans-splicing ribozymes for targeted gene delivery.  Journal of Molecular Biology; 285: 1935-1950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]