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Melissa Goellner Mitchum

University of GeorgiaORCID 0000-0002-9086-6312Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Plant Biology· 2 Genomics· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Assay:ATAC-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Xunliang LiuiD· 2 shared Andrew Josef SeveriniD· 1 shared Arun Somwarpet SeetharamiD· 1 shared Benjamin MimeeiD· 1 shared Chih-Wei Fan· 1 shared David J. MangelsdorfiD· 1 shared Dmitry KorkiniD· 1 shared Étienne LordiD· 1 shared

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Conservation of Nuclear Receptor DAF-12 with Evidence for Ligand Diversification in Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

Yanjie Liu, Chih-Wei Fan, Zhu Wang, George Russel Wendt, Lauren G. Zacharias, Jeffrey G. McDonald, Yunhai Li, Shi-yi Shen, H Eric Xu, James J. Collins, Steven A. Kliewer, Melissa Goellner Mitchum, David J. Mangelsdorf, Thomas P. Mathews

The paper investigates DAF-12 receptor ligand responsiveness in plant-parasitic nematodes and finds structural diversity in ligand recognition.

bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Single-cell multi-omic characterization of the soybean root response to cyst nematode infection

Xuan Zhang, Vinavi A. Gamage, Xunliang Liu, Ziliang Luo, Mark A.A. Minow, Hao Zhang, Melissa Goellner Mitchum, Robert J. Schmitz

This study characterizes the soybean root response to cyst nematode infection using single-cell multi-omic profiling, identifying key transcription factors involved in syncytium formation and immune suppression.

The Plant Cell · Jul 31, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Evaluation of Inducible Gene Expression Systems for Beet Cyst Nematode Infection Assays in Arabidopsis thaliana

Xunliang Liu, Melissa Goellner Mitchum

This study evaluates inducible gene expression systems for beet cyst nematode infection assays in Arabidopsis thaliana, finding estradiol and dexamethasone systems suitable for minimizing root developmental interference.

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions · Jun 11, 2024Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

The genome of the soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) reveals complex patterns of duplications involved in the evolution of parasitism genes

Rick E. Masonbrink, Tom R. Maier, Usha K. Muppirala, Arun Somwarpet Seetharam, Étienne Lord, Parijat S. Juvale, Jeremy Schmutz, Nathan T. Johnson, Dmitry Korkin, Melissa Goellner Mitchum, Benjamin Mimee, Sebastian Eves‐van den Akker, Matthew E. Hudson, Andrew Josef Severin, Thomas J. Baum

The paper assembles and annotates the genome of the soybean cyst nematode, revealing duplications and horizontal gene transfer events in effector genes involved in parasitism.

BMC Genomics · Feb 7, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics