Chen J, Nelson DC, Shukla D (2022)
Activation Mechanism of Strigolactone Receptors and Its Impact on Ligand Selectivity between Host and Parasitic Plants
J Chem Inf Model

Li Q, Martin-Fontecha ES, Khosla A, White ARF, Chang S, Cubas P, Nelson DC (2022)
The strigolactone receptor D14 targets SMAX1 for degradation in response to GR24 treatment and osmotic stress
Plant Commun 3: 100303

Martinez SE, Conn CE, Guercio AM, Sepulveda C, Fiscus CJ, Koenig D, Shabek N, Nelson DC (2022)
A KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2 paralog in lettuce mediates highly sensitive germination responses to karrikinolide
Plant Physiol 190: 1440

Ogawa S, Cui S, White ARF, Nelson DC, Yoshida S, Shirasu K (2022)
Strigolactones are chemoattractants for host tropism in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants
Nat Commun 13: 4653

Sepulveda C, Guzman MA, Li Q, Villaecija-Aguilar JA, Martinez SE, Kamran M, Khosla A, Liu W, Gendron JM, Gutjahr C, Waters MT, Nelson DC (2022)
KARRIKIN UP-REGULATED F-BOX 1 (KUF1) imposes negative feedback regulation of karrikin and KAI2 ligand metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 119: e2112820119

Waters MT, Nelson DC (2022)
Karrikin perception and signalling
New Phytol

White ARF, Mendez JA, Khosla A, Nelson DC (2022)
Rapid analysis of strigolactone receptor activity in a Nicotiana benthamiana dwarf14 mutant
Plant Direct 6: e389

Nelson DC (2021)
The mechanism of host-induced germination in root parasitic plants
Plant Physiol 185: 1353

Yao J, Scaffidi A, Meng Y, Melville KT, Komatsu A, Khosla A, Nelson DC, Kyozuka J, Flematti GR, Waters MT (2021)
Desmethyl butenolides are optimal ligands for karrikin receptor proteins
New Phytol

Yoda A, Mori N, Akiyama K, Kikuchi M, Xie X, Miura K, Yoneyama K, Sato-Izawa K, Yamaguchi S, Nelson DC, Nomura T (2021)
Strigolactone biosynthesis catalyzed by cytochrome P450 and sulfotransferase in sorghum
New Phytol 232: 1999

Khosla A, Morffy N, Li Q, Faure L, Chang SH, Yao J, Zheng J, Cai ML, Stanga J, Flematti GR, Waters MT, Nelson DC (2020)
Structure-Function Analysis of SMAX1 Reveals Domains That Mediate Its Karrikin-Induced Proteolysis and Interaction with the Receptor KAI2
Plant Cell 32: 2639

Yoshida S, Kim S, Wafula EK, Tanskanen J, Kim YM, Honaas L, Yang Z, Spallek T, Conn CE, Ichihashi Y, Cheong K, Cui S, Der JP, Gundlach H, Jiao Y, Hori C, Ishida JK, Kasahara H, Kiba T, Kim MS, Koo N, Laohavisit A, Lee YH, Lumba S, McCourt P, Mortimer JC, Mutuku JM, Nomura T, Sasaki-Sekimoto Y, Seto Y, Wang Y, Wakatake T, Sakakibara H, Demura T, Yamaguchi S, Yoneyama K, Manabe RI, Nelson DC, Schulman AH, Timko MP, dePamphilis CW, Choi D, Shirasu K (2019)
Genome Sequence of Striga asiatica Provides Insight into the Evolution of Plant Parasitism
Current Biology 29: 3041

Bythell-Douglas R, Rothfels CJ, Stevenson DWD, Graham SW, Wong GK, Nelson DC, Bennett T (2017)
Evolution of strigolactone receptors by gradual neo-functionalization of KAI2 paralogues
BMC Biol 15: 52

Li W, Nguyen KH, Chu HD, Ha CV, Watanabe Y, Osakabe Y, Leyva-Gonzalez MA, Sato M, Toyooka K, Voges L, Tanaka M, Mostofa MG, Seki M, Seo M, Yamaguchi S, Nelson DC, Tian C, Herrera-Estrella L, Tran LP (2017)
The karrikin receptor KAI2 promotes drought resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana
PLoS Genet 13: e1007076

Waters MT, Gutjahr C, Bennett T, Nelson DC (2017)
Strigolactone Signaling and Evolution
Annu Rev Plant Biol 68: 291

Lopez-Obando M, Conn CE, Hoffmann B, Bythell-Douglas R, Nelson DC, Rameau C, Bonhomme S (2016)
Structural modelling and transcriptional responses highlight a clade of PpKAI2-LIKE genes as candidate receptors for strigolactones in Physcomitrella patens
Planta 243: 1441

Morffy N, Faure L, Nelson DC (2016)
Smoke and Hormone Mirrors: Action and Evolution of Karrikin and Strigolactone Signaling
Trends Genet 32: 176

Stanga JP, Morffy N, Nelson DC (2016)
Functional redundancy in the control of seedling growth by the karrikin signaling pathway
Planta 243: 1397

Conn CE, Bythell-Douglas R, Neumann D, Yoshida S, Whittington B, Westwood JH, Shirasu K, Bond CS, Dyer KA, Nelson DC (2015)
PLANT EVOLUTION. Convergent evolution of strigolactone perception enabled host detection in parasitic plants
Science 349: 540

Conn CE, Nelson DC (2015)
Evidence that KARRIKIN-INSENSITIVE2 (KAI2) Receptors may Perceive an Unknown Signal that is not Karrikin or Strigolactone
Front Plant Sci 6: 1219

Soundappan I, Bennett T, Morffy N, Liang Y, Stanga JP, Abbas A, Leyser O, Nelson DC (2015)
SMAX1-LIKE/D53 Family Members Enable Distinct MAX2-Dependent Responses to Strigolactones and Karrikins in Arabidopsis
Plant Cell 27: 3143

Stanga JP, Smith SM, Briggs WR, Nelson DC (2013)
SUPPRESSOR OF MORE AXILLARY GROWTH2 1 controls seed germination and seedling development in Arabidopsis
Plant Physiol 163: 318

Nelson DC, Flematti GR, Ghisalberti EL, Dixon KW, Smith SM (2012)
Regulation of seed germination and seedling growth by chemical signals from burning vegetation
Annu Rev Plant Biol 63: 107

Waters MT, Nelson DC, Scaffidi A, Flematti GR, Sun YK, Dixon KW, Smith SM (2012)
Specialisation within the DWARF14 protein family confers distinct responses to karrikins and strigolactones in Arabidopsis.
Development 139: 1285

Nelson DC, Scaffidi A, Dun EA, Waters MT, Flematti GR, Dixon KW, Beveridge CA, Ghisalberti EL, Smith SM (2011)
F-box protein MAX2 has dual roles in karrikin and strigolactone signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108: 8897

Waters MT, Smith SM, Nelson DC (2011)
Smoke signals and seed dormancy: where next for MAX2?
Plant Signal Behav 6: 1418

Flematti GR, Scaffidi A, Goddard-Borger ED, Heath CH, Nelson DC, Commander LE, Stick RV, Dixon KW, Smith SM, Ghisalberti EL (2010)
Structure-activity relationship of karrikin germination stimulants
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58: 8612

Nelson DC, Flematti GR, Riseborough JA, Ghisalberti EL, Dixon KW, Smith SM (2010)
Karrikins enhance light responses during germination and seedling development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107: 7095

Chiwocha SDS, Dixon KW, Flematti GR, Ghisalberti EL, Merritt DJ, Nelson DC, Riseborough JAM, Smith SM, Stevens JC (2009)
Karrikins: A New Family of Plant Growth Regulators in Smoke
Plant Sci 177: 252

Nelson DC, Riseborough JA, Flematti GR, Stevens J, Ghisalberti EL, Dixon KW, Smith SM (2009)
Karrikins discovered in smoke trigger Arabidopsis seed germination by a mechanism requiring gibberellic acid synthesis and light
Plant Physiol 149: 863