Iowa State University
Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
1210 Molecular Biology Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3260
Phone: 515-294-7322
Fax: 515-294-6755
Email:
Thomas Peterson
Professor, Pioneer Chair in Maize Molecular Genetics
Dr. Peterson, Professor, received his B.S. (honors) in Zoology from the University of California-Davis, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California-Santa Barbara. Prior to joining Iowa State University in 1993 as an Associate Professor, Dr. Peterson was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at CSIRO, Australia, Senior Staff Investigator at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (New York), and worked with the Genetics Program at SUNY-Stonybrook. In collaboration with the Department of Agronomy, Dr. Peterson is the Pioneer Chair in Maize Molecular Genetics.
Contact Information:
2208 Molecular Biology
Ames, IA 50011-3260
515-294-6345 voice
515-294-6755 fax
Education:
B.S., University of California, Davis, 1976
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984
Sidorenko, L. V., and T. Peterson. 2001. Transgene-induced silencing identifies sequences involved in the establishment of paramutation of the maize P1-rr gene. Plant Cell 13: 319-335.
Cocciolone, S.M., Chopra, S., Flint-Garcia, S.A., McMullen, M.D., and T. Peterson. 2001. Tissue-specific patterns of a maize Myb transcription factor are epigenetically regulated. Plant Journal, provisionally accepted pending revision .
Sidorenko, L. V., Li, X., Cocciolone, S. M., Tagliani, L., Chopra, S., Bowen, B., Daniels, M., and T. Peterson. 2000. Complex structure of a maize Myb gene promoter: functional analysis in transgenic plants. The Plant Journal 22: 471-482.
Cocciolone, S.M., Sidorenko, L.V., Chopra, S., Dixon, P.M., and T. Peterson. 2000. Hierarchical patterns of transgene expression indicate involvement of developmental mechanisms in the regulation of the maize P1-rr promoter. Genetics 156: 839 - 846.
Xiao, Y., Li, X., and T. Peterson. 2000. Ac insertion site affects the frequency of transposon-induced homologous recombination at the maize P locus. Genetics 156: 2007 – 2017.
Zhang, P., Chopra, S., T. Peterson. 2000. A segmental duplication generated differentially expressed Myb-homologous genes in maize. The Plant Cell 12: 1 - 12.
