Representative Publications:

Chen, F., Ro, D-k., Petri, J., Gershenzon, J., Bohlmann, J., Pichersky, E., and Tholl E. (2004) Characterization of a root-specific Arabidopsis terpene synthase responsible for the formation of the volatile monoterpene 1,8-Cineole. Plant Physiol. 135: 1956-1966

Pott, M.B., Hippauf, F., Saschenbrecker, S., Chen, F., Kiefer, I., Slusarenko, A., Ross, J., Noel, J.P., Pichersky, E., Effmert, U., and Piechulla, B. (2004) Biochemical and structural characterization of benzenoid carboxyl methyltransferases involved in floral scent production in Stephanotis floribunda and Nicotiana suaveolens. Plant Physiol. 135:1946-1955

Chen, F., D'Auria, J.C., Tholl, D., Ross, J.R., Gershenzon, J., Noel, J.P., and Pichersky, E. (2003) An Arabidopsis gene for methylsalicylate biosynthesis, identified by a biochemical genomics approach, has a role in defense. Plant J. 36: 577-588

Chen, F., Tholl D., D'Auria, J.C., Farooq, A., Pichersky, E., and Gershenzon, J. (2003) Biosynthesis and emission of terpenoid volatiles from Arabidopsis flowers. Plant Cell 15: 481-494

D'Auria, J.C., Chen, F., and Pichersky, E. (2002) Characterization of an acyltransferase capable of synthesizing benzylbenzoate and other volatile esters in flowers and damaged leaves of Clarkia breweri. Plant Physiol. 130: 466-476

Gang, D.R., Lavid, N., Zubieta, C., Chen, F., Beuerle, T., Lewinsohn, E., Noel, J.P., and Pichersky, E. (2002) Characterization of phenylpropene O-methyltransferases from sweet basil: facile change of substrate specificity and convergent evolution within a plant O-methyltransferase family. Plant Cell 14: 505-519.

Chen, F., Nonogaki, H., and Bradford, K.J. (2002) A gibberellin-regulated xyloglucan endotransglycosylase gene is expressed in the endosperm cap during tomato seed germination. J. Exp. Bot. 53: 215-223

Chen, F., Dahal, P., and Bradford, K.J. (2001) Two tomato expansin genes show divergent expression and localization in embryos during seed development and germination. Plant Physiol. 127: 928-936

Chen, F., and Bradford, K.J. (2000) Expression of an expansin gene is associated with endosperm cap weakening during tomato seed germination. Plant Physiol. 124: 1265-1274