Sally Assmann
Waller Professor of Biology

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366A Frear North Bldg.
University Park, PA - sma3@psu.edu
- 814-863-9579
Research Summary
Molecular biology of plant G-proteins and kinases. Phytohormone regulation of signal transduction and RNA processing. Second messenger regulation of ion channels in plant cells.
Huck Graduate Students
Huck Affiliations
- Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Plant Biology
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Center for RNA Molecular Biology
- Plant Institute
- Center for Cellular Dynamics
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Publication Tags
Arabidopsis Rna Genome Heterotrimeric Gtp Binding Proteins Proteins Abscisic Acid Climate Guard Cells Genes Fluorescence Photosynthesis Droughts Gtp Binding Proteins Rna Structure Chloroplasts Prediction G Proteins Temperature Nucleotides Transcriptome Protein Drought U12 Small Nuclear Rna Mutants Messenger RnaMost Recent Publications
Experimental demonstration and pan-structurome prediction of climate-associated riboSNitches in Arabidopsis
Ángel Ferrero-Serrano, Megan M. Sylvia, Peter C. Forstmeier, Andrew J. Olson, Doreen Ware, Philip C. Bevilacqua, Sarah M. Assmann, 2022, Genome Biology
Genome-wide analysis of the in vivo tRNA structurome reveals RNA structural and modification dynamics under heat stress
Ryota Yamagami, Jacob P. Sieg, Sarah M. Assmann, Philip C. Bevilacqua, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Inference of a Boolean Network From Causal Logic Implications
Parul Maheshwari, Sarah M. Assmann, Reka Albert, 2022, Frontiers in Genetics
RNA multimerization as an organizing force for liquid–liquid phase separation
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Allison M. Williams, Hong Li Chou, Sarah M. Assmann, 2022, RNA on p. 16-26
Salty or sweet? Guard cell signaling and osmotic control under saline conditions
Yotam Zait, Sarah M. Assmann, 2022,
The α subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein regulates mesophyll CO<sub>2</sub> conductance and drought tolerance in rice
Yotam Zait, Ángel Ferrero-Serrano, A Ferrero-Serrano, Sarah Assmann, 2021, New Phytologist on p. 2324-2338
GTP binding by Arabidopsis extra-large G protein 2 is not essential for its functions
Natsumi Maruta, Yuri Trusov, Daisuke Urano, David Chakravorty, Sarah M. Assmann, Alan Jones, Jose Botella, 2021, Plant Physiology on p. 1240-1253
Cantil: A previously unreported organ in wild-type Arabidopsis regulated by FT, ERECTA and heterotrimeric G proteins
Timothy E. Gookin, Sarah M. Assmann, 2021, Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology
A G protein-coupled receptor-like module regulates cellulose synthase secretion from the endomembrane system in Arabidopsis
H McFarlane, D Mutwil-Anderwald, J Verbančič, K Picard, T Gookin, A Froehlich, David Chakravorty, L Trindade, J Alonso, Sarah Assmann, S Persson, 2021, Developmental Cell on p. 1484-1497.e7
External cd<sup>2+</sup> and protons activate the hyperpolarization-gated k<sup>+</sup> channelkat1atthe voltage sensor
Y Zhou, Sarah Assmann, Timothy Jegla, 2021, Journal of General Physiology
Most-Cited Papers
In vivo genome-wide profiling of RNA secondary structure reveals novel regulatory features
Yiliang Ding, Yin Tang, Chun Kit Kwok, Yu Zhang, Philip C. Bevilacqua, Sarah M. Assmann, 2014, Nature on p. 696-700
Border control - A membrane-linked interactome of Arabidopsis
Alexander M. Jones, Yuanhu Xuan, Meng Xu, Rui Sheng Wang, Cheng Hsun Ho, Sylvie Lalonde, Chang Hun You, Maria I. Sardi, Saman A. Parsa, Erika Smith-Valle, Tianying Su, Keith A. Frazer, Guillaume Pilot, Réjane Pratelli, Guido Grossmann, Biswa R. Acharya, Heng Cheng Hu, Cawas Engineer, Florent Villiers, Chuanli Ju, Kouji Takeda, Zhao Su, Qunfeng Dong, Sarah M. Assmann, Jin Chen, June M. Kwak, Julian I. Schroeder, Reka Albert, Seung Y. Rhee, Wolf B. Frommer, 2014, Science on p. 711-716
Genome-Wide Analysis of RNA Secondary Structure
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Laura Ritchey, Zhao Su, Sarah M. Assmann, 2016, Annual Review of Genetics on p. 235--266
Open Stomata 1 (OST1) is limiting in abscisic acid responses of Arabidopsis guard cells
Biswa R. Acharya, Byeong Wook Jeon, Wei Zhang, Sarah M. Assmann, 2013, New Phytologist on p. 1049-1063
Flower development under drought stress: Morphological and transcriptomic analyses reveal acute responses and long-term acclimation in Arabidopsis
Zhao Su, Xuan Ma, Huihong Guo, Noor Liyana Sukiran, Bin Guo, Sarah M. Assmann, Hong Ma, 2013, Plant Cell on p. 3785-3807
50 years of Arabidopsis research: Highlights and future directions
Nicholas J. Provart, Jose Alonso, Sarah M. Assmann, Dominique Bergmann, Siobhan M. Brady, Jelena Brkljacic, John Browse, Clint Chapple, Vincent Colot, Sean Cutler, Jeff Dangl, David Ehrhardt, Joanna D. Friesner, Wolf B. Frommer, Erich Grotewold, Elliot Meyerowitz, Jennifer Nemhauser, Magnus Nordborg, Craig Pikaard, John Shanklin, Chris Somerville, Mark Stitt, Keiko U. Torii, Jamie Waese, Doris Wagner, Peter Mccourt, 2016, New Phytologist on p. 921-944
Guard cell sensory systems: recent insights on stomatal responses to light, abscisic acid, and CO<sub>2</sub>
Sarah M. Assmann, Timothy Jegla, 2016, Current Opinion in Plant Biology on p. 157-167
Significant reduction of BiFC non-specific assembly facilitates in planta assessment of heterotrimeric G-protein interactors
Timothy E. Gookin, Sarah M. Assmann, 2014, Plant Journal on p. 553-567
The RNA structurome: Transcriptome-wide structure probing with next-generation sequencing
Chun Kit Kwok, Yin Tang, Sarah M. Assmann, Philip C. Bevilacqua, 2015, Trends in Biochemical Sciences on p. 221-232
Determination of in vivo RNA structure in low-abundance transcripts
Chun Kit Kwok, Yiliang Ding, Yin Tang, Sarah M. Assmann, Philip C. Bevilacqua, 2013, Nature Communications