Self-incompatibility in Brassica

The Nasrallah group is studying the self-incompatibility response in Brassica.

Publications:

T. Chookajorn, A. Kachroo, D.R. Ripoll, A.G. Clark, J.B. Nasrallah. (2004) “Specificity determinants and diversification of the Brassica self-incompatibility pollen ligand”. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA., 101, 911-917.  [pdf]

 S. Naithani, D. Ripoll and J.B. Nasrallah (2006). “The S-locus cysteine-rich peptide SCR/SP11.” In Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides, Elsevier Publication, editor; Abba J. Kastin, pp. 41-48.

S.  Naithani, T. Chookajorn, D.R. Ripoll and J.B. Nasrallah (2007). “Structural modules for receptor dimerization in the S-locus receptor kinase extracellular domain.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 124, 12211-12216. [pdf]

These are three short movies made in collaboration with Chris Pelkie showing (a) a model of the SCR6 ligand  (WINDOWS player version,  (b) a description of the SCR6 ligand structure (QuickTime version), and (c) and a model of the generation of new haplotypes (QuickTime version) .