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Evan Kurtz

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterORCID 0009-0004-4060-7656Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1

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Analysis of Small Signaling Peptides in Sorghum bicolor: Integrating Phylogeny and Gene Expression to Characterize Roles in Stem Development

Evan Kurtz, Brian Adam McKinley, John Mullet

This study identifies and characterizes small signaling peptides in Sorghum bicolor, revealing their expression patterns and potential roles in stem development and biomass production.

Plant Direct · Jun 1, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Stage-resolved gene regulatory network analysis reveals developmental reprogramming and genes with robust stem-preferred expression in sorghum

Jie Fu, Brandon T. James, Madara Hetti Arachchilage, Yingjie Lei, Brian Adam McKinley, Evan Kurtz, Kerrie Barry, Stephen Patrick Moose, John E. Mullet, Kankshita Swaminathan, Amy Marshall‐Colón

The paper analyzes RNA-seq data to identify stem-preferred genes and regulatory networks in sorghum, finding two validated transcription factors involved in stem development.

BMC Plant Biology · Oct 1, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology