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Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
PhD Molecular Biology Stanford University

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According to Wikipedia, Alice Barkan is an American molecular biologist and a professor of biology at the University of Oregon. She is known for her work on chloroplast gene regulation and protein synthesis. Education Alice Barkan received her B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Pentatricopeptide repeat proteins in plants. (2014) (716)
Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand (2015) (667)
A Combinatorial Amino Acid Code for RNA Recognition by Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins (2012) (441)
Site‐specific binding of a PPR protein defines and stabilizes 5′ and 3′ mRNA termini in chloroplasts (2009) (328)
Participation of nuclear genes in chloroplast gene expression. (2000) (308)
A Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Facilitates the trans-Splicing of the Maize Chloroplast rps12 Pre-mRNA[W] (2006) (279)
RNA Immunoprecipitation and Microarray Analysis Show a Chloroplast Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein to Be Associated with the 5′ Region of mRNAs Whose Translation It Activatesw⃞ (2005) (276)
Mechanism of RNA stabilization and translational activation by a pentatricopeptide repeat protein (2010) (256)
A nuclear mutation in maize blocks the processing and translation of several chloroplast mRNAs and provides evidence for the differential translation of alternative mRNA forms. (1994) (255)
Molecular cloning of the maize gene crp1 reveals similarity between regulators of mitochondrial and chloroplast gene expression (1999) (250)
Nuclear Mutants of Maize with Defects in Chloroplast Polysome Assembly Have Altered Chloroplast RNA Metabolism. (1993) (231)
Proteins encoded by a complex chloroplast transcription unit are each translated from both monocistronic and polycistronic mRNAs. (1988) (219)
Nucleoid-Enriched Proteomes in Developing Plastids and Chloroplasts from Maize Leaves: A New Conceptual Framework for Nucleoid Functions1[C][W][OA] (2011) (212)
Expression of Plastid Genes: Organelle-Specific Elaborations on a Prokaryotic Scaffold1 (2011) (195)
Nuclear mutations that block group II RNA splicing in maize chloroplasts reveal several intron classes with distinct requirements for splicing factors. (1997) (187)
The Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein PPR5 Stabilizes a Specific tRNA Precursor in Maize Chloroplasts (2008) (181)
A member of the Whirly family is a multifunctional RNA- and DNA-binding protein that is essential for chloroplast biogenesis (2008) (161)
Two nuclear mutations disrupt distinct pathways for targeting proteins to the chloroplast thylakoid. (1995) (156)
A chloroplast-localized PPR protein required for plastid ribosome accumulation. (2003) (152)
Inactivation of maize transposon Mu suppresses a mutant phenotype by activating an outward-reading promoter near the end of Mu1. (1991) (150)
Group II intron splicing factors derived by diversification of an ancient RNA‐binding domain (2003) (148)
Somatically heritable switches in the DNA modification of Mu transposable elements monitored with a suppressible mutant in maize. (1990) (146)
[4] Approaches to investigating nuclear genes that function in chloroplast biogenesis in land plants (1998) (136)
Use of Illumina sequencing to identify transposon insertions underlying mutant phenotypes in high-copy Mutator lines of maize. (2010) (124)
Sequence-specific binding of a chloroplast pentatricopeptide repeat protein to its native group II intron ligand. (2008) (124)
An RNA recognition motif-containing protein is required for plastid RNA editing in Arabidopsis and maize (2013) (123)
CRS1 is a novel group II intron splicing factor that was derived from a domain of ancient origin. (2001) (123)
Chloroplast gene expression in nuclear, photosynthetic mutants of maize. (1986) (121)
Protein-mediated protection as the predominant mechanism for defining processed mRNA termini in land plant chloroplasts (2011) (121)
A plant-specific RNA-binding domain revealed through analysis of chloroplast group II intron splicing (2009) (119)
Genetics and genomics of chloroplast biogenesis: maize as a model system. (2004) (119)
Recruitment of a peptidyl‐tRNA hydrolase as a facilitator of group II intron splicing in chloroplasts (2001) (118)
A Rapid Ribosome Profiling Method Elucidates Chloroplast Ribosome Behavior in Vivo[C][W] (2013) (116)
Arabidopsis Orthologs of Maize Chloroplast Splicing Factors Promote Splicing of Orthologous and Species-Specific Group II Introns1[W] (2006) (112)
Chloroplast RH3 DEAD Box RNA Helicases in Maize and Arabidopsis Function in Splicing of Specific Group II Introns and Affect Chloroplast Ribosome Biogenesis1[W][OA] (2012) (105)
A Ribonuclease III Domain Protein Functions in Group II Intron Splicing in Maize Chloroplasts[W] (2007) (103)
Update on Expression of Plastid Genes Expression of Plastid Genes: Organelle-Specific Elaborations on a Prokaryotic Scaffold (2011) (102)
Tissue-dependent plastid RNA splicing in maize: transcripts from four plastid genes are predominantly unspliced in leaf meristems and roots. (1989) (101)
A SecY Homologue Is Required for the Elaboration of the Chloroplast Thylakoid Membrane and for Normal Chloroplast Gene Expression (1998) (99)
A short PPR protein required for the splicing of specific group II introns in angiosperm chloroplasts. (2012) (96)
Molecular cloning of a maize gene involved in photosynthetic membrane organization that is regulated by Robertson's Mutator. (1989) (94)
The CRM domain: an RNA binding module derived from an ancient ribosome-associated protein. (2006) (93)
CRS1, a Chloroplast Group II Intron Splicing Factor, Promotes Intron Folding through Specific Interactions with Two Intron Domainsw⃞ (2005) (92)
A CRM Domain Protein Functions Dually in Group I and Group II Intron Splicing in Land Plant Chloroplasts[W] (2007) (86)
The Maize tha4 Gene Functions in Sec-Independent Protein Transport in Chloroplasts and Is Related to hcf106, tatA, and tatB (1999) (86)
RNA processing and decay in plastids (2013) (85)
Dynamics of Chloroplast Translation during Chloroplast Differentiation in Maize (2016) (85)
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of plastid mRNA levels in higher plants. (1988) (85)
A PORR domain protein required for rpl2 and ccmF(C) intron splicing and for the biogenesis of c-type cytochromes in Arabidopsis mitochondria. (2012) (84)
RNA binding and RNA remodeling activities of the half-a-tetratricopeptide (HAT) protein HCF107 underlie its effects on gene expression (2012) (81)
An mTERF domain protein functions in group II intron splicing in maize chloroplasts (2014) (76)
Ribulose-1,5-Bis-Phosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Accumulation Factor1 Is Required for Holoenzyme Assembly in Maize[C][W] (2012) (75)
Transposon-disruption of a maize nuclear gene, tha1, encoding a chloroplast SecA homologue: in vivo role of cp-SecA in thylakoid protein targeting. (1997) (75)
Maize Mutants Lacking Chloroplast FtsY Exhibit Pleiotropic Defects in the Biogenesis of Thylakoid Membranes Online version contains Web-only data. Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at www.plantcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1105/tpc.014787. (2004) (74)
The pentatricopeptide repeat-SMR protein ATP4 promotes translation of the chloroplast atpB/E mRNA. (2012) (69)
Effects of Reduced Chloroplast Gene Copy Number on Chloroplast Gene Expression in Maize1[W][OA] (2012) (63)
Two CRM protein subfamilies cooperate in the splicing of group IIB introns in chloroplasts. (2008) (61)
A Nuclear Gene in Maize Required for the Translation of the Chloroplast atpB/E mRNA (1999) (61)
Genetic analysis of chloroplast biogenesis in higher plants (1995) (57)
Large-scale genetic analysis of chloroplast biogenesis in maize. (2015) (56)
A protein with an inactive pterin-4a-carbinolamine dehydratase domain is required for Rubisco biogenesis in plants. (2014) (56)
RNA splicing and RNA editing in chloroplasts (2007) (54)
Genome-wide analysis of thylakoid-bound ribosomes in maize reveals principles of cotranslational targeting to the thylakoid membrane (2015) (54)
The PPR-SMR protein PPR53 enhances the stability and translation of specific chloroplast RNAs in maize. (2016) (52)
A Thylakoid Membrane Protein Harboring a DnaJ-type Zinc Finger Domain Is Required for Photosystem I Accumulation in Plants* (2014) (52)
DNA sequence analysis of simian virus 40 mutants with deletions mapping in the leader region of the late viral mRNA's: mutants with deletions similar in size and position exhibit varied phenotypes (1981) (50)
Codon Optimization to Enhance Expression Yields Insights into Chloroplast Translation1[OPEN] (2016) (49)
Multilevel effects of light on ribosome dynamics in chloroplasts program genome-wide and psbA-specific changes in translation (2018) (49)
APO1 Promotes the Splicing of Chloroplast Group II Introns and Harbors a Plant-Specific Zinc-Dependent RNA Binding Domain[W] (2011) (48)
The solution structure of the pentatricopeptide repeat protein PPR10 upon binding atpH RNA (2015) (48)
PPR8522 encodes a chloroplast-targeted pentatricopeptide repeat protein necessary for maize embryogenesis and vegetative development (2012) (48)
The maize plastid psbB-psbF-petB-petD gene cluster: spliced and unspliced petB and petD RNAs encode alternative products (2004) (43)
Mutants deleted in the agnogene of simian virus 40 define a new complementation group (1983) (42)
A PPR protein in the PLS subfamily stabilizes the 5′-end of processed rpl16 mRNAs in maize chloroplasts (2016) (42)
ZmpTAC12 binds single‐stranded nucleic acids and is essential for accumulation of the plastid‐encoded polymerase complex in maize (2015) (40)
Genome-wide analysis of RNA-protein interactions in plants. (2009) (39)
Formation of the CRS2-CAF2 Group II Intron Splicing Complex Is Mediated by a 22-Amino Acid Motif in the COOH-terminal Region of CAF2* (2006) (38)
Structural analysis of the group II intron splicing factor CRS2 yields insights into its protein and RNA interaction surfaces. (2005) (38)
A Major Role for the Plastid-Encoded RNA Polymerase Complex in the Expression of Plastid Transfer RNAs1[W][OPEN] (2013) (37)
INTRON SPLICING IN PLANT ORGANELLES (2004) (36)
Use of nuclear mutants in the analysis of chloroplast development. (1987) (36)
POGs/PlantRBP: a resource for comparative genomics in plants (2006) (35)
Both VP2 and VP3 are synthesized from each of the alternative spliced late 19S RNA species of simian virus 40 (1988) (35)
RNA-binding specificity landscapes of designer pentatricopeptide repeat proteins elucidate principles of PPR–RNA interactions (2017) (33)
Engineered PPR proteins as inducible switches to activate the expression of chloroplast transgenes (2019) (33)
Unexpected functional versatility of the pentatricopeptide repeat proteins PGR3, PPR5 and PPR10 (2018) (33)
RNA-binding specificity landscape of the pentatricopeptide repeat protein PPR10. (2017) (32)
required to maintain repression2 Is a Novel Protein That Facilitates Locus-Specific Paramutation in Maize[W] (2012) (31)
Crystal structure of E. coli YhbY: a representative of a novel class of RNA binding proteins. (2002) (31)
Missense mutations in the VP1 gene of simian virus 40 that compensate for defects caused by deletions in the viral agnogene (1987) (28)
Light-induced psbA translation in plants is triggered by photosystem II damage via an assembly-linked autoregulatory circuit (2020) (27)
Stabilization and translation of synthetic operon‐derived mRNAs in chloroplasts by sequences representing PPR protein‐binding sites (2018) (27)
Duplication and suppression of chloroplast protein translocation genes in maize. (2001) (26)
Studying the structure and processing of chloroplast transcripts. (2011) (25)
Engineered RNA-binding protein for transgene activation in non-green plastids (2019) (23)
Chloroplast RH 3 DEAD Box RNA Helicases in Maize and Arabidopsis Function in Splicing of Speci fi c Group II Introns and Affect Chloroplast Ribosome Biogenesis 1 (2012) (23)
Unspliced functional late 19S mRNAs containing intervening sequences are produced by a late leader mutant of simian virus 40. (1981) (23)
The Arabidopsis pentatricopeptide repeat protein LPE1 and its maize ortholog are required for translation of the chloroplast psbJ RNA. (2019) (22)
Nuclear genes required for post-translational steps in the biogenesis of the chloroplast cytochrome b6f complex in maize (1995) (22)
Dynamic localization of SPO11-1 and conformational changes of meiotic axial elements during recombination initiation of maize meiosis (2018) (21)
PSA3, a Protein on the Stromal Face of the Thylakoid Membrane, Promotes Photosystem I Accumulation in Cooperation with the Assembly Factor PYG71[OPEN] (2017) (20)
POGs2: A Web Portal to Facilitate Cross-Species Inferences About Protein Architecture and Function in Plants (2013) (20)
Translation and Co-translational Membrane Engagement of Plastid-encoded Chlorophyll-binding Proteins Are Not Influenced by Chlorophyll Availability in Maize (2017) (19)
Exploring the Link between Photosystem II Assembly and Translation of the Chloroplast psbA mRNA (2020) (17)
The number of ribosomes on simian virus 40 late 16S mRNA is determined in part by the nucleotide sequence of its leader (1984) (17)
Ribonucleoprotein Capture by in Vivo Expression of a Designer Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein in Arabidopsis. (2019) (17)
Effects of RNA structure and salt concentration on the affinity and kinetics of interactions between pentatricopeptide repeat proteins and their RNA ligands (2018) (15)
Ribonucleoprotein Capture by in Vivo Expression of a Designer Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein in Arabidopsis[OPEN] (2019) (13)
Ribosome Profiling in Maize. (2018) (12)
Efficient Replication of the Plastid Genome Requires an Organellar Thymidine Kinase1[OPEN] (2018) (10)
Nucleotide sequence analysis of the recombinant joints in 16 naturally arising deletion mutants of simian virus 40. (1982) (10)
Exploring the proteome associated with the mRNA encoding the D1 reaction center protein of Photosystem II in plant chloroplasts. (2019) (9)
An RNA Chaperone–Like Protein Plays Critical Roles in Chloroplast mRNA Stability and Translation in Arabidopsis and Maize (2019) (9)
The PPR-SMR Protein ATP4 Is Required for Editing the Chloroplast rps8 mRNA in Rice and Maize. (2020) (9)
In vivo stabilization of endogenous chloroplast RNAs by customized artificial pentatricopeptide repeat proteins (2020) (6)
An RNA Chaperone-Like Protein Plays Critical Roles in Chloroplast mRNA Stability and Translation in Arabidopsis and Maize. (2019) (6)
The PPR-SMR Protein ATP4 Is Required for Editing the Chloroplast rps8 mRNA in Rice and Maize1[OPEN] (2020) (6)
CFM1, a Member of the CRM-domain Protein Family, Functions in Chloroplast Group II Intron Splicing in Setaria viridis. (2020) (4)
required to maintain repression 2 Is a Novel Protein That Facilitates Locus-Speci fi c Paramutation in Maize (2012) (4)
Chloroplast RH3 DEAD-box RNA helicases in Zea mays and Arabidopsis thaliana function in splicing of specific group II introns and affect chloroplast ribosome biogenesis (2012) (3)
The dynamic association of SPO11-1 with conformational changes of meiotic axial elements in maize (2018) (2)
Use of plant chloroplast RNA-binding proteins as orthogonal activators of chloroplast transgenes in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (2021) (2)
Corrigendum to “Structural Analysis of the Group II Intron Splicing Factor CRS2 Yields Insights into its Protein and RNA Interaction Surfaces” [J. Mol. Biol. (2005) 345, 51–68] (2005) (2)
Transposon-induced nuclear mutations that alter chloroplast gene expression (1992) (1)
Functional Analysis of PSRP1, the Chloroplast Homolog of a Cyanobacterial Ribosome Hibernation Factor (2020) (1)
Ribosome profiling elucidates differential gene expression in bundle sheath and mesophyll cells in maize (2020) (1)
Inactivation of maize transposon Mu suppresses a mutant phenotype by activating an outward-reading promoter near the end of Mul ( suppression / initiator ) (1)
Ribosome profiling elucidates differential gene expression in bundle sheath and mesophyll cells in maize. (2021) (1)
Corrigendum. ZmpTAC12 binds single-stranded nucleic acids and is essential for accumulation of the plastid-encoded polymerase complex in maize. (2016) (1)
Correlated retrograde and developmental regulons implicate multiple retrograde signals as coordinators of chloroplast development in maize (2022) (1)
Correction: Multilevel effects of light on ribosome dynamics in chloroplasts program genome-wide and psbA-specific changes in translation (2019) (1)
Structure of the Group II Intron Splicing Factor CRS2 (2004) (0)
Thank You to Reviewers and Monitoring Editors (2015) (0)
Crystal Structure of the Chloroplast Group II Intron Splicing Factor CRS2 (2003) (0)
Toward a Mechanistic Understanding Of The Roles Of Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins In Organellar Gene Expression: Beyond The Code For RNA Recognition (2013) (0)
Table of Contents (1986) (0)
2010 GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON MITOCHONDRIA & CHLOROPLASTS, LUCCA, ITALY, JULY 11-16, 2010 (2010) (0)
Ribosome profiling elucidates the contribution of differential translation to differential gene expression in bundle sheath and mesophyll cells in maize (2020) (0)
Thank You to Reviewers and Monitoring Editors (2017) (0)
Table of Contents (1989) (0)
BothVP2andVP3AreSynthesized fromEachoftheAlternatively Spliced Late19SRNA Species ofSimian Virus 40 (1988) (0)
Transposon-induced nuclear mutations that alter chloroplast gene expression. Annual report, September 1, 1992--April 15, 1993 (1993) (0)
2012 Gordon Research Conference, Mitochondria and Chloroplasts, July 29 - Aug 3 2012 (2012) (0)
Proteins encodedbya complexchloroplast transcription unit areeachtranslated fromboth monocistronic andpolycistronic mRNAs (1988) (0)
simian virus 40. the alternative spliced late 19S RNA species of Both VP2 and VP3 are synthesized from each of (2013) (0)
Engineered RNA-binding protein for transgene activation in non-green plastids (2019) (0)
Acknowledgment of Plant Physiology Reviewers (2015) (0)
Molecular cloning ofa maizegene involved in photosynthetic membraneorganization thatisregulated byRobertson's Mutator (1989) (0)
Nuclear Encoded RNA Splicing Factors in Plant Mitochondria (2009) (0)
Engineered PPR proteins as inducible switches to activate the expression of chloroplast transgenes (2019) (0)
Genome-Wide Analysis of Translational Dynamics in Maize Chloroplasts (2016) (0)
Acknowledgment of Plant Physiology Reviewers (2014) (0)
maize.transposable elements monitored with a suppressible mutant in Somatically heritable switches in the DNA modification of Mu (2007) (0)
Tissue-Dependent Plastid RNA Splici Transcripts from Four Plastid Genes Unspliced in Leaf Meristems and Roots (1989) (0)
Table of Contents (1995) (0)
Genetic Analysis of Chloroplast Translation (2005) (0)
The Role of Proteases in Regulating Gene Expression and Assembly Processes in the Chloroplast (2003) (0)
Structure of the Chloroplast Group II Intron Splicing Factor CRS2 (2004) (0)
Genome-Wide Analysis of Translational Dynamics in Chloroplasts (2014) (0)

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