Timothy McNellis
Associate Professor of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology
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318 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA - twm4@psu.edu
- 814-863-7646
Research Summary
Genetics, molecular biology and physiology of plant interactions with phytopathogenic bacteria. Signal transduction events involved in plant disease resistance. Genetic control of plant hypersensitive cell death.
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Virulence Erwinia Amylovora Malus Phenotype Genes Proteomics Mutant Apples Mutation Fruit Proteins Mutants Arginine Factor Ef P Pyrus Lipopolysaccharides Polysaccharides Growth Amylovoran Operon Gram Negative Bacteria Protein Plasmids Auxotrophs ChemicalMost Recent Publications
Putative transcription antiterminator RfaH contributes to Erwinia amylovora virulence
Sara M. Klee, Judith P. Sinn, Jeremy Held, Chad Vosburg, Aleah C. Holmes, Brian L. Lehman, Kari Anne Peter, Timothy W. McNellis, 2022, Molecular Plant Pathology
Flowering locus T chimeric protein induces floral precocity in edible citrus.
Judith Sinn, Jeremy Held, Chad Vosburg, Vladimir Orbovic, Earl Taylor, Tim Gottwald, Ed Stover, Gloria Moore, Timothy McNellis, 2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal on p. 3
Virulence genetics of an erwinia amylovora putative polysaccharide transporter family member
Sara Klee, Judith P. Sinn, Elena Christian, Aleah Holmes, Kaixi Zhao, Brian Lehman, Kari A. Peter, Cristina Rosa, Timothy McNellis, 2020, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 19
Flowering Locus T chimeric protein induces floral precocity in edible citrus
Judith P. Sinn, Jeremy B. Held, Chad Vosburg, Sara M. Klee, Vladimir Orbovic, Earl L. Taylor, Tim R. Gottwald, Ed Stover, Gloria A. Moore, Timothy W. McNellis, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
Erwinia amylovora auxotrophic mutant exometabolomics and virulence on apples
Sara Klee, Klee Sara, Judith Sinn, Melissa Finley, Erik Allman, Philip B. Smith, Osaretin Aimufua, Viji Sitther, Brian Lehman, Teresa Kraczyk, Teresa Krawczyk, Kari A. Peter, Timothy McNellis, 2019, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 19
Extragenic suppression of elongation factor P gene mutant phenotypes in erwinia amylovora
Sara Klee, Judith P. Sinn, Aleah Holmes, Brian Lehman, Teresa Krawczyk, Teresa Kraczyk, Kari A. Peter, Timothy W. McNellis, 2019, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 11
The apple fruitlet model system for fire blight disease
Sara Klee, Judith Sinn, Timothy McNellis, 2019, on p. 187-198
EXPLORING THE VIRULENCE GENETICS OF ERWINIA TRACHEIPHILA ON ‘AMBROSIA’ MELON
Shaveen McKen, Sara Klee, J Sinn, Viji Sitther, Timothy McNellis, 2018,
Teaching Koch’s Postulates Hands-on in a Safe, Easy, and Fun Way with Plant Pathogens.
Timothy McNellis, Sara Klee, 2018,
An Erwinia amylovora yjeK mutant exhibits reduced virulence, increased chemical sensitivity and numerous environmentally dependent proteomic alterations
Sara M. Klee, Islam Mostafa, Sixue Chen, Craig Dufresne, brian L. Lehman, Judith P. Sinn, Kari A. Peter, Timothy W. McNellis, 2018, Molecular Plant Pathology on p. 1667-1678
Most-Cited Papers
Identification of apple miRNAs and their potential role in fire blight resistance
Elżbieta Kaja, Michał W. Szcześniak, Philip J. Jensen, Michael J. Axtell, Timothy McNellis, Izabela Makałowska, 2015, Tree Genetics and Genomes
Mutation of the Erwinia amylovora argD gene causes arginine auxotrophy, nonpathogenicity in apples, and reduced virulence in pears
Laura S. Ramos, Brian L. Lehman, Kari A. Peter, Timothy W. McNellis, 2014, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 6739-6749
Erwinia amylovora auxotrophic mutant exometabolomics and virulence on apples
Sara Klee, Klee Sara, Judith Sinn, Melissa Finley, Erik Allman, Philip B. Smith, Osaretin Aimufua, Viji Sitther, Brian Lehman, Teresa Kraczyk, Teresa Krawczyk, Kari A. Peter, Timothy McNellis, 2019, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 19
An Erwinia amylovora yjeK mutant exhibits reduced virulence, increased chemical sensitivity and numerous environmentally dependent proteomic alterations
Sara M. Klee, Islam Mostafa, Sixue Chen, Craig Dufresne, brian L. Lehman, Judith P. Sinn, Kari A. Peter, Timothy W. McNellis, 2018, Molecular Plant Pathology on p. 1667-1678
Mapping in an apple (Malus x domestica) F<sub>1</sub> segregating population based on physical clustering of differentially expressed genes
Philip J. Jensen, Gennaro Fazio, Naomi Altman, Craig Praul, Timothy W. McNellis, 2014, BMC Genomics
Flowering Locus T chimeric protein induces floral precocity in edible citrus
Judith P. Sinn, Jeremy B. Held, Chad Vosburg, Sara M. Klee, Vladimir Orbovic, Earl L. Taylor, Tim R. Gottwald, Ed Stover, Gloria A. Moore, Timothy W. McNellis, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
Erwinia amylovora pyrC mutant causes fire blight despite pyrimidine auxotrophy
L. S. Ramos, J. P. Sinn, B. L. Lehman, E. E. Pfeufer, K. A. Peter, T. W. McNellis, 2015, Letters in Applied Microbiology on p. 572-579
The apple fruitlet model system for fire blight disease
Sara Klee, Judith Sinn, Timothy McNellis, 2019, on p. 187-198
Extragenic suppression of elongation factor P gene mutant phenotypes in erwinia amylovora
Sara Klee, Judith P. Sinn, Aleah Holmes, Brian Lehman, Teresa Krawczyk, Teresa Kraczyk, Kari A. Peter, Timothy W. McNellis, 2019, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 11
Virulence genetics of an erwinia amylovora putative polysaccharide transporter family member
Sara Klee, Judith P. Sinn, Elena Christian, Aleah Holmes, Kaixi Zhao, Brian Lehman, Kari A. Peter, Cristina Rosa, Timothy McNellis, 2020, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 19
News Articles Featuring Timothy McNellis
Jun 03, 2020
Huck graduate students among NSF award recipients
Five graduate students in Huck programs or involved with Huck centers, advised by faculty members in the College of Agricultural Sciences, were recipients or honorable mentions of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
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