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Vitaly Citovsky
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Selected Publications Since 2000

Total Publications 135 Edited Books 3 Patents 3

  1. Citovsky, V. & Zambryski, P. (2000) Systemic transport of RNA in plants. Trends Plant Sci. 5, 52-54. [pdf reprint]
  2. Rhee, Y., Tzfira, T., Chen, M.H., Waigmann, E., & Citovsky, V. (2000) Cell-to-cell movement of tobacco mosaic virus: enigmas and explanations. Mol. Plant Pathol. 1, 33-39. [pdf reprint]
  3. Tzfira, T., Rhee, Y., Chen, M.H., Kunik, T., & Citovsky, V. (2000) Nucleic acid transport in plant-microbe interactions: the molecules that walk through the walls. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 54, 187-219. [pdf reprint]
  4. Tzfira, T. & Citovsky, V. (2000) From host recognition to T-DNA integration: the function of bacterial and plant genes in the Agrobacterium-plant cell interaction. Mol. Plant Pathol. 1, 201-212. [pdf reprint]
  5. Rhee, Y., Gurel, F., Gafni, Y., Dingwall, C., & Citovsky, V. (2000) A genetic system for detection of protein nuclear import and export. Nat. Biotechnol. 18, 433-437. [pdf reprint]
  6. Chen, M.H., Sheng, J., Hind, G., Handa, A., & Citovsky, V. (2000) Interaction between the tobacco mosaic virus movement protein and host cell pectin methylesterases is required for viral cell-to-cell movement. EMBO J. 19, 913-920. [pdf reprint]
  7. Waigmann, E., Chen, M.H., Bachmaier, R., Ghoshroy, S., & Citovsky, V. (2000) Regulation of plasmodesmal transport by phosphorylation of tobacco mosaic virus cell-to-cell movement protein. EMBO J. 19, 4875-4884. [pdf reprint]
  8. Kunik, T., Tzfira, T., Kapulnik, Y., Gafni, Y., Dingwall, C., & Citovsky, V. (2001) Genetic transformation of HeLa cells by Agrobacterium. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA  98, 1871-1876. [pdf reprint]
  9. Ueki, S. & Citovsky, V. (2001) Intercellular RNA transport in plants. Curr. Top.  Plant Biol. 2, 167-179.
  10. Tzfira, T., Vaidya, M., & Citovsky, V. (2001) VIP1, an Arabidopsis protein that interacts with Agrobacterium VirE2, is involved in VirE2 nuclear import and Agrobacterium infectivity. EMBOJ. 20, 3596-3607 . [pdf reprint]
  11. Ueki, S. & Citovsky, V. (2001) Inhibition of post transcriptional gene silencing by non-toxic concentrations of cadmium. Plant J. 28, 283-291 . [pdf reprint]
  12. Ueki, S. & Citovsky, V. (2001) Inhibition of post transcriptional gene silencing by non-toxic concentrations of cadmium. Plant J. 28, 283-291. [pdf reprint]
  13. Ueki, S. & Citovsky, V. (2001) RNA commutes to work: regulation of plant gene expression by systemically transported RNA molecules. BioEssays 23, 1087-1090. [pdf reprint]
  14. Tzfira, T. & Citovsky, V. (2002) Partners-in-infection: host proteins involved in genetic transformation of plant cells by Agrobacterium. Trends Cell Biol. 12, 121-129. [pdf reprint]
  15. Ueki, S. & Citovsky, V. (2002) The systemic movement of a tobamovirus is inhibited by a cadmium-ion-induced glycine-rich protein. Nat. Cell Biol. 4, 478-485. cover article [pdf reprint]
  16. Tzfira, T., Vaidya, M., & Citovsky, V. (2002) Increasing plant susceptibility to Agrobacterium infection by overexpression of the Arabidopsis VIP1 gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA  99, 10435-10440. [pdf reprint]
  17. Zhu, Y., Nam, J., Humara, J.M., Mysore, K., Lee, L.Y., Cao, H., Valentine, L., Li, J., Kaiser, A., Kopecky, A., Hwang, H.H., Bhattacharjee, S., Rao, P., Tzfira, T., Rajagopal, J., Yi, H.C., Yadav, V.B.S., Crane, Y., Lin, K., Larcher, Y., Gelvin, M., Knue, M., Zhao, X., Davis, S., Kim, S.I., Kumar, C.T.R., Choi, Y.J., Hallan, V., Chattopadhyay, S., Sui, X., Ziemienowitz, A., Matthysse, A.G., Citovsky, V., Hohn, B., & Gelvin, S.B. (2003) Identification of Arabidopsis rat mutants. Plant Physiol. 132, 494-505. [pdf reprint]
  18. Wu, X., Dinneny, J.R., Crawford, K.M., Rhee, Y., Citovsky, V., Zambryski, P.C., & Weigel, D. (2003) Models of intercellular transcription factor movement in the Arabidopsis apex. Development 130, 3735-3745. [pdf reprint]
  19. Chen, M.H. & Citovsky, V. (2003) Systemic movement of a tobamovirus requires host cell pectin methylesterase. Plant J. 35, 386-392. cover article [pdf reprint]
  20. Tzfira, T. & Citovsky, V. (2003) The Agrobacterium-plant cell interaction: taking biology lessons from a bug. Plant Physiol. 133, 943-947. [pdf reprint]
  21. Tzfira, T., Frankman, L., Vaidya, M., & Citovsky, V. (2003) Site-specific integration of Agrobacterium T-DNA via double-stranded intermediates. Plant Physiol. 133, 1011-1023. cover article [pdf reprint]
  22. Avivi, y., morad, v., ben- meir, h., zhao, j., kashkush, k., Tzfira, t., Citovsky, V., & Grafi, G. (2004) Reorganization of specific chromosomal domains and activation of silent genes in plant cells acquiring pluripotentiality. Dev. Dyn. 230, 12-22. [pdf reprint]
  23. Abu-Arish, A., Frenkiel-Krispin, D., Fricke, T., Tzfira, T., Citovsky, V., Grayer Wolf, S., & Elbaum, M. (2004) Three-dimensional reconstruction of Agrobacterium VirE2 protein with single-stranded DNA. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 25359-25363. [pdf reprint]
  24. Eulálio, A., Nunes-Correia, I., Carvalho, A.L., Faro, C., Citovsky, V., Simões, S., & Pedroso de Lima, M.C. (2004) Two African swine fever virus proteins derived from a common precursor exhibit different nucleocytoplasmic transport activities. J. Virol. 78, 9731-9739. [pdf reprint]
  25. Wang, Y., Tzfira, T., Gaba, V., Citovsky, V., Palukaitis, P. & Gal-On, A. (2004) Functional analysis of the cucumber mosaic virus 2b protein: pathogenicity and nuclear localization. J. Gen. Virol. 85, 3135-3147. [pdf reprint]
  26. Waigmann, E., Ueki, S., Trutnyeva, K., & Citovsky, V. (2004) The ins and outs of non-destructive cell-to-cell and systemic movement of plant viruses. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 23, 195-250. [pdf reprint]
  27. Tzfira, T., Li, J., Lacroix, B., & Citovsky, V. (2004) Agrobacterium T-DNA integration: molecules and models. Trends Genet. 20, 375-383. [pdf reprint]
  28. Citovsky , V., Kapelnikov , A., Oliel , S., Zakai, N., Rojas , M.R., Gilbertson , R.L., Tzfira , T., & Loyter , A. (2004) Protein interactions involved in nuclear import of the Agrobacterium VirE2 protein in vivo and in vitro. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 29528-29533. [pdf reprint]
  29. Tian, G.W., Mohanty, A., Chary, S.N., Li, S., Paap, B., Drakakaki, G., Kopec, C.D., Li, J., Ehrhardt, D., Jackson, D., Rhee, S.Y., Raikhel, N.V., & Citovsky, V. (2004) High-throughput fluorescent tagging of full-length Arabidopsis gene products in planta. Plant Physiol. 135, 25-38. cover article [pdf reprint]
  30. Tzfira, T., Vaidya, M., & Citovsky, V. (2004) Involvement of targeted proteolysis in plant genetic transformation by Agrobacterium. Nature 431, 87-92. [pdf reprint]
  31. Nuclear Import and Export in Plants and Animals (2005) (T. Tzfira & V. Citovsky, eds.) Eurekah.com and Kluwer Acad./Plenum Publ., 223 pages. [pdf reprint]
  32. Loyter, A., Rosenbluh, J., Zakai, N., Li, J., Kozlovsky, S.V., Tzfira, T., & Citovsky, V. (2005) The plant VirE2 interacting protein 1 . A molecular link between the Agrobacterium T-complex and the host cell chromatin? Plant Physiol. 138, 1318-1321. [pdf reprint]
  33. Tzfira, T., Tian, G.W., Lacroix, B., Vyas, S., Li, J., Leitner-Dagan, Y., Krichevsky, A., Taylor, T., Vainstein, A., & Citovsky, V. (2005) pSAT vectors: a modular series of plasmids for fluorescent protein tagging and expression of multiple genes in plants. Plant Mol. Biol. 57, 503-516. cover article [pdf reprint]
  34. Nelson, R.S. & Citovsky, V. (2005) Plant viruses: invaders of cells and pirates of cellular pathways. Plant Physiol. 138, 1809-1814. [pdf reprint]
  35. Chen, M.H., Tian, G.W., Gafni, Y., & Citovsky, V. (2005) Effects of calreticulin on viral cell-to-cell movement. Plant Physiol. 138, 1866-1876. cover article [pdf reprint]
  36. Lacroix, B., Tzfira, T., Vaidya, M., & Citovsky, V. (2005) The VirE3 protein of Agrobacterium mimics a host cell function required for plant genetic transformation. EMBO J. 24, 428-437. [pdf reprint]
  37. Ueki, S., & Citovsky, V. (2005) Control improves with age: systemic transport in plant embryos and adults. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 1817-1818. [pdf reprint]
  38. Li, J., Vaidya, M., White, C., Vainstein, A., Citovsky, V., & Tzfira, T. (2005) Involvement of KU80 in T-DNA integration in plant cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 19231-19236. [pdf reprint]
  39. Li, J., Krichevsky, A., Vaidya, M., Tzfira, T., & Citovsky, V. (2005) Uncoupling of the functions of the Arabidopsis VIP1 protein in transient and stable plant genetic transformation by Agrobacterium. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 5733-5738. [pdf reprint]
  40. Ueki, S. & Citovsky, V. (2005) Identification of an interactor of cadmium ion-induced glycine-rich protein involved in regulation of callose levels in plant vasculature. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 12089-12094. [pdf reprint]
  41. Eulálio, A., Nunes-Correia, I., Carvalho, A.L., Faro, C., Citovsky, V., Salas, J., Salas, M.L., Simões, S., & Pedroso de Lima, M.C. (2006) Nuclear export of African swine fever virus p37 protein occurs through two distinct pathways and is mediated by three independent signals. J. Virol. 80, 1393-1404.
  42. Tzfira, T., Kunik, T., Gafni, Y., & Citovsky, V. (2006) Agrobacterium protocols: mammalian cells. Methods Mol Biol. 344, 435-451. [pdf reprint]
  43. Tzfira, T. & Citovsky, V. (2006) Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of plants: biology and biotechnology. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 17, 147-154. [pdf reprint]
  44. Lacroix, B., Li, J., Tzfira, T., & Citovsky, V. (2006) Will you let me use your nucleus? How Agrobacterium gets its T-DNA expressed in the host plant cell. Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 84, 333-345. [pdf reprint]
  45. Krichevsky, A., Kozlovsky, S.V., Gafni, Y., & Citovsky, V. (2006) Nuclear import and export of plant viral proteins and genomes. Mol. Plant Pathol. 7, 131-146. cover article. [pdf reprint]
  46. Lacroix, B., Tzfira, T., Vainstein, A., & Citovsky, V. (2006) A case of promiscuity: Agrobacterium’s endless hunt for new partners. Trends Genet. 22, 29-37. cover article. [pdf reprint]
  47. Tian, G.W., Chen, M.H., Zaltsman, A., & Citovsky, V. (2006) A pollen-specific pectin methylesterase involved in pollen tube growth. Dev. Biol. 294, 83-91. [pdf reprint]
  48. Citovsky, V., Lee, L.Y., Vyas, S., Glick, E., Chen, M.H., Vainstein, A., Gafni, Y., Gelvin, S.B., & Tzfira, T. (2006) Identification of subcellular localization of interacting proteins by bimolecular fluorescence complementation in planta. J. Mol. Biol. 362, 1120-1131. [pdf reprint]
  49. Chakrabarty, R., Banerjee, R., Chung, S-M., Farman, M., Citovsky, V., Hogenhout, S. A., Tzfira, T., & Goodin, M. (2007) pSITE vectors for stable integration or transient expression of autofluorescent protein fusions in plants: probing Nicotiana benthamiana-virus interactions. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 20, 740-750. [pdf reprint]
  50. Sandal, I., Saini, U., Lacroix, B., Bhattacharya, A., Ahuja, P.S., & Citovsky, V. (2007) Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of tea leaf explants: effects of counteracting bactericidity of leaf polyphenols without loss of bacterial virulence. Plant Cell Rep. 26, 169-176. [pdf reprint]
  51. Zrachya, A., Glick, E., Levy, A., Arazi, T., Citovsky, V., & Gafni, Y. (2007) Suppressor of RNA silencing encoded by Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-Israel. Virology 358, 159-165. cover article. [pdf reprint]
  52. Anand, A., Krichevsky, A., Schornack, S., Lahaye, T., Tzfira, T., Citovsky, V., & Mysore, K.S. (2007) Arabidopsis VIRE2 INTERACTING PROTEIN2 is required for Agrobacterium T-DNA integration in plants.. Plant Cell 19, 1695-1708. [pdf reprint]
  53. Citovsky, V., Kozlovsky, S.V., Lacroix, B., Zaltsman, A., Dafni, M., Vyas, S., Tovkach, A., & Tzfira, T. (2007) Biological systems of the host cell involved in Agrobacterium infection. Cell. Microbiol. 9, 9-20. [pdf reprint]
  54. Krichevsky, A., Kozlovsky, S.V., Tian, G.W., Chen, M.H., Zaltsman, A., & Citovsky, V. (2007) How pollen tubes grow. Dev. Biol. 303, 405-420. [pdf reprint]
  55. Krichevsky, A., Gutgarts, H., Kozlovsky, S.V., Tzfira, T., Sutton, A., Sternglanz, R., Mandel, G., & Citovsky, V. (2007) C2H2 zinc finger-SET histone methyltransferase, is a plant-specific chromatin modifier. Dev. Biol. 303, 259-269. [pdf reprint]
  56. Krichevsky, A., Kozlovsky, S.V., Gutgarts, H., & Citovsky, V. (2007) Arabidopsis co-repressor complexes containing amino oxidase-like proteins and plant-specific histone methyltransferases. Plant Signal. Behav. 2, 174-177. [pdf reprint]
  57. Zaltsman, A., Yi, B.Y., Gafni, Y., & Citovsky, V. (2007) Yeast-plant coupled vector system for identification of nuclear proteins. Plant Physiol. 145, 1264-1271. cover article. [pdf reprint]
  58. Tzfira, T., Kozlovsky, S.V., & Citovsky, V. (2007) Advanced expression vector systems: new weapons for plant research and biotechnology. Plant Physiol. 145, 1087-1089. [pdf reprint]
  59. Agrobacterium (2008) (T. Tzfira & V. Citovsky, eds.) Springer, 735 pages. [pdf reprint]
  60. Glick, E., Zrachya, A., Levy, Y., Mett, A., Gidoni, D., Belausov, E., Citovsky, V., & Gafni, Y. (2008) Interaction with the host SGS3 is required for suppression of RNA silencing by the Tomato yellow leaf curl virus V2 protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 157-161. [pdf reprint]
  61. Lacroix, B., Kozlovsky, S.V., & Citovsky, V. (2008) Recent patents on Agrobacterium-mediated gene and protein transfer, for research and biotechnology. Recent Pat. Gene DNA Seq. 2, 69-81. [pdf reprint]
  62. Tzfira, T. & Citovsky, V. (2008) Probing interactions between plant virus movement proteins and nucleic acids. Methods Mol. Biol. 451, 293-316. [pdf reprint]
  63. Petrunia, I.V., Frolova, O., Komarova, T.V., Kiselev, S.L., Citovsky, V., & Dorokhov, Y. (2008) Agrobacterium tumefaciens-induced bacteraemia does not lead to reporter gene expression in mouse organs. PLoS ONE 3, e2352. [pdf reprint]
  64. Citovsky, V., Gafni, Y., & Tzfira, T. (2008) Localizing protein-protein interactions by bimolecular fluorescence complementation in planta. Methods 45, 196-206. [pdf reprint]
  65. Dorokhov, Y.L., Komarova, T.V., Gasanova, T.V., Skurat, E.V., Schwartz, A.M., Frolova, O.Y., Gleba, Y.Y., & Citovsky, V. (2008) Pectin methylesterase inhibits protein nuclear import in plants. Submitted.
  66. Lacroix, B., Loyter, A., & Citovsky, V. (2008) Association of the Agrobacterium T-DNA-protein complex with plant nucleosomes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, in press.
  67. Krichevsky, A., Zaltsman, A., Kozlovsky, S.V., Tian, G.W., & Citovsky, V. (2008) Regulation of root elongation by histone acetylation in Arabidopsis. Submitted.
  68. Ueki, S., Lacroix, B., Krichevsky, A., Lazarowitz, S.G., & Citovsky, V. (2008) Functional transient transformation of intact Arabidopsis plants by microbombardment. Submitted.

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