Selected publications
Preprint
Zebosi, B, Martinez, SE, Wimalanathan, K, Ssengo, J, Brown, G, Best, NB, Facette, M, Rasmussen, CG and Vollbrecht, E. (2025). Recessive antimorph alleles reveal novel functions of the OPAQUE1 myosin XI in maize. bioRxiv 2025.06.26.661838.
Papers - peer-reviewed
2026 Martinez S. E., Lau K.H., Allsman L. A., Irahola C., Habib C., Diaz I.Y., Ceballos I., Panteris E., Bommert P., Wright A., Weil C., Rasmussen C.G., KATANIN promotes cell elongation and division to generate proper cell numbers in maize organs. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71200-w
2025 Pérez-Henríquez P, Nagawa S, Liu Z, Pan X, Michniewicz M, Tang W, Rasmussen C, Cui X, Van Norman J, Strader L, Yang Z, PIN2-mediated self-organizing transient auxin flow contributes to auxin maxima at the tip of Arabidopsis cotyledons. Nat Commun 16, 1380. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55480-8
2024 Uyehara, A. N., Diep, B. N., Allsman, L., Gayer, S. G., Martinez, S. E., Kim, J. J., Agarwal, S. & Rasmussen, C. G. De Novo TANGLED1 recruitment from the phragmoplast to aberrant cell plate fusion sites in maize. Journal of Cell Science https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262097
2023 Neher, W., Rasmussen, C. G., Braybrook, S. A., Lažetić, V., Stowers, C. E., Mooney, P. T., et al. (2023). The maize preligule band is subdivided into distinct domains with contrasting cellular properties prior to ligule outgrowth. Development. doi: 10.1242/dev.201608.
2023 Allsman, L. A., Bellinger, M. A., Huang, V., Duong, M., Contreras, A., Romero, A. N., et al. (2023). Subcellular positioning during cell division and cell plate formation in maize. Front. Plant Sci. 14. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1204889.
2023 Marschal A Bellinger, Aimee N Uyehara, Lindy Allsman, Pablo Martinez, Michael C McCarthy, Carolyn G Rasmussen, Cortical microtubules contribute to division plane positioning during telophase in maize, The Plant Cell, koad033, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad033
2023 Qiong Nan, Hong Liang, Janette Mendoza, Le Liu, Amit Fulzele, Amanda Wright, Eric J Bennett, Carolyn G Rasmussen, Michelle R Facette, The OPAQUE1/DISCORDIA2 myosin XI is required for phragmoplast guidance during asymmetric cell division in maize, The Plant Cell, 2023;, koad099, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad099
2022 Mills, A.M. and Rasmussen, C.G. Defects in division plane positioning in the root meristematic zone affect cell organization in the differentiation zone. J. Cell Sci. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.260127
2022 Mills AM, Morris VH, Rasmussen CG Localization of PHRAGMOPLAST ORIENTING KINESIN1 at the division site depends on two microtubule binding proteins TANGLED1 and AUXIN-INDUCED IN ROOT CULTURES9 in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell koac266 (2022) doi:10.1093/plcell/koac266
2021 Mills Alison et al. A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in CRISPR-Cas9 Experimental Design to Support Reverse Genetic Studies in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 22, e00155–21. PDF
2020 Martinez, P., R. Dixit, R.S. Balkunde, A. Zhang, S.E. O’Leary, K.A. Brakke, and C.G. Rasmussen. TANGLED1 mediates microtubule interactions that may promote division plane positioning in maize. J. Cell Biol. 219. doi:10.1083/jcb.201907184
2018 Banwarth-Kuhn M, et al., Cell-Based Model of the Generation and Maintenance of the Shape and Structure of the Multilayered Shoot Apical Meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana. Bull Math Biol. doi:10.1007/s11538-018-00547-z. PDF
2018 Martinez, P., Allsman, L.A., Brakke, K.A., Hoyt, C., Hayes, J.,Liang, H., Neher, W., Rui, Y., Roberts, A. M., Moradifam, A., Goldstein, B., Anderson, C.T., and Rasmussen, C.G. Predicting division planes of three-dimensional cells by soap-film minimization. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00401.
2018 Liang, H., Zhang, Y., Martinez, P., Rasmussen C.G., Xu, T., Yang, Z. The microtubule-associated protein IQ67 DOMAIN5 modulates microtubule dyanamics and pavement cell shape. Plant Physiology doi: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.00558
2018 Mir, R., Morris, V., Buschmann, H., and Rasmussen, C.G., Division Plane Orientation Defects Revealed by a Synthetic Double Mutant Phenotype. Plant Physiology doi: 10.1104/pp.17.01075
2017 Martinez, P., Luo, A., Sylvester, A. W., and Rasmussen, C. G. Proper division plane orientation and mitotic progression together allow normal growth of maize. PNAS doi:10.1073/pnas.1619252114
Reviews
2023 Uyehara AN, Rasmussen CG. Redundant mechanisms in division plane positioning. Eur J Cell Biol. 2023 Mar 13;102(2):151308. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151308. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36921356.
2021 Gu, Y and Rasmussen CG. Cell biology of primary cell wall synthesis in plants. The Plant Cell. PDF
2019 Facette, MR, Rasmussen CG, Van Norman JM. A plane choice: coordinating timing and orientation of cell division during plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369526618300293
2018 Rasmussen CG, Bellinger M. An overview of plant division-plane orientation. New Phytol , doi:10.1111/nph.15183. PDF
2017 Smertenko, A., et al. Plant Cytokinesis: Terminology for Structures and Processes. Trends in Cell Biology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2017.08.008
Protocols
2020 Farrow, J., Bellinger, M. A. and Rasmussen, C. G. In vitro Conditions for Dark Growth and Analysis of Maize Seedlings. Bio-101: e3555. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3555. PDF
2020 Mills, A. M., Allsman, L. A., Leon, S. and Rasmussen, C. G. Using Seed Chipping to Genotype Maize Kernels. Bio-101: e3553. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3553. PDF
2019 Bellinger, M., Sidhu, S., and Rasmussen, C. Staining Maize Epidermal Leaf Peels with Toluidine Blue O. Bio-101, 9(8). doi:10.21769/bioprotoc.3214. PDF
2019 Allsman, L. A., Dieffenbacher, R. N. and Rasmussen, C. G., Glue Impressions of Maize Leaves and Their Use in Classifying Mutants. Bio-protocol Bio101: e3209. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3209. PDF
2016 Rasmussen, C.G. Using Live-Cell Markers in Maize to Analyze Cell Division Orientation and Timing. Marie-Cécile Caillaud (ed.), Plant Cell Division: Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1370, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-3142-2_16 PDF
Zebosi, B, Martinez, SE, Wimalanathan, K, Ssengo, J, Brown, G, Best, NB, Facette, M, Rasmussen, CG and Vollbrecht, E. (2025). Recessive antimorph alleles reveal novel functions of the OPAQUE1 myosin XI in maize. bioRxiv 2025.06.26.661838.
Papers - peer-reviewed
2026 Martinez S. E., Lau K.H., Allsman L. A., Irahola C., Habib C., Diaz I.Y., Ceballos I., Panteris E., Bommert P., Wright A., Weil C., Rasmussen C.G., KATANIN promotes cell elongation and division to generate proper cell numbers in maize organs. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71200-w
2025 Pérez-Henríquez P, Nagawa S, Liu Z, Pan X, Michniewicz M, Tang W, Rasmussen C, Cui X, Van Norman J, Strader L, Yang Z, PIN2-mediated self-organizing transient auxin flow contributes to auxin maxima at the tip of Arabidopsis cotyledons. Nat Commun 16, 1380. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55480-8
2024 Uyehara, A. N., Diep, B. N., Allsman, L., Gayer, S. G., Martinez, S. E., Kim, J. J., Agarwal, S. & Rasmussen, C. G. De Novo TANGLED1 recruitment from the phragmoplast to aberrant cell plate fusion sites in maize. Journal of Cell Science https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.262097
2023 Neher, W., Rasmussen, C. G., Braybrook, S. A., Lažetić, V., Stowers, C. E., Mooney, P. T., et al. (2023). The maize preligule band is subdivided into distinct domains with contrasting cellular properties prior to ligule outgrowth. Development. doi: 10.1242/dev.201608.
2023 Allsman, L. A., Bellinger, M. A., Huang, V., Duong, M., Contreras, A., Romero, A. N., et al. (2023). Subcellular positioning during cell division and cell plate formation in maize. Front. Plant Sci. 14. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1204889.
2023 Marschal A Bellinger, Aimee N Uyehara, Lindy Allsman, Pablo Martinez, Michael C McCarthy, Carolyn G Rasmussen, Cortical microtubules contribute to division plane positioning during telophase in maize, The Plant Cell, koad033, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad033
2023 Qiong Nan, Hong Liang, Janette Mendoza, Le Liu, Amit Fulzele, Amanda Wright, Eric J Bennett, Carolyn G Rasmussen, Michelle R Facette, The OPAQUE1/DISCORDIA2 myosin XI is required for phragmoplast guidance during asymmetric cell division in maize, The Plant Cell, 2023;, koad099, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad099
2022 Mills, A.M. and Rasmussen, C.G. Defects in division plane positioning in the root meristematic zone affect cell organization in the differentiation zone. J. Cell Sci. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.260127
2022 Mills AM, Morris VH, Rasmussen CG Localization of PHRAGMOPLAST ORIENTING KINESIN1 at the division site depends on two microtubule binding proteins TANGLED1 and AUXIN-INDUCED IN ROOT CULTURES9 in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell koac266 (2022) doi:10.1093/plcell/koac266
2021 Mills Alison et al. A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in CRISPR-Cas9 Experimental Design to Support Reverse Genetic Studies in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 22, e00155–21. PDF
2020 Martinez, P., R. Dixit, R.S. Balkunde, A. Zhang, S.E. O’Leary, K.A. Brakke, and C.G. Rasmussen. TANGLED1 mediates microtubule interactions that may promote division plane positioning in maize. J. Cell Biol. 219. doi:10.1083/jcb.201907184
2018 Banwarth-Kuhn M, et al., Cell-Based Model of the Generation and Maintenance of the Shape and Structure of the Multilayered Shoot Apical Meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana. Bull Math Biol. doi:10.1007/s11538-018-00547-z. PDF
2018 Martinez, P., Allsman, L.A., Brakke, K.A., Hoyt, C., Hayes, J.,Liang, H., Neher, W., Rui, Y., Roberts, A. M., Moradifam, A., Goldstein, B., Anderson, C.T., and Rasmussen, C.G. Predicting division planes of three-dimensional cells by soap-film minimization. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00401.
2018 Liang, H., Zhang, Y., Martinez, P., Rasmussen C.G., Xu, T., Yang, Z. The microtubule-associated protein IQ67 DOMAIN5 modulates microtubule dyanamics and pavement cell shape. Plant Physiology doi: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.00558
2018 Mir, R., Morris, V., Buschmann, H., and Rasmussen, C.G., Division Plane Orientation Defects Revealed by a Synthetic Double Mutant Phenotype. Plant Physiology doi: 10.1104/pp.17.01075
2017 Martinez, P., Luo, A., Sylvester, A. W., and Rasmussen, C. G. Proper division plane orientation and mitotic progression together allow normal growth of maize. PNAS doi:10.1073/pnas.1619252114
Reviews
2023 Uyehara AN, Rasmussen CG. Redundant mechanisms in division plane positioning. Eur J Cell Biol. 2023 Mar 13;102(2):151308. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151308. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36921356.
2021 Gu, Y and Rasmussen CG. Cell biology of primary cell wall synthesis in plants. The Plant Cell. PDF
2019 Facette, MR, Rasmussen CG, Van Norman JM. A plane choice: coordinating timing and orientation of cell division during plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369526618300293
2018 Rasmussen CG, Bellinger M. An overview of plant division-plane orientation. New Phytol , doi:10.1111/nph.15183. PDF
2017 Smertenko, A., et al. Plant Cytokinesis: Terminology for Structures and Processes. Trends in Cell Biology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2017.08.008
Protocols
2020 Farrow, J., Bellinger, M. A. and Rasmussen, C. G. In vitro Conditions for Dark Growth and Analysis of Maize Seedlings. Bio-101: e3555. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3555. PDF
2020 Mills, A. M., Allsman, L. A., Leon, S. and Rasmussen, C. G. Using Seed Chipping to Genotype Maize Kernels. Bio-101: e3553. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3553. PDF
2019 Bellinger, M., Sidhu, S., and Rasmussen, C. Staining Maize Epidermal Leaf Peels with Toluidine Blue O. Bio-101, 9(8). doi:10.21769/bioprotoc.3214. PDF
2019 Allsman, L. A., Dieffenbacher, R. N. and Rasmussen, C. G., Glue Impressions of Maize Leaves and Their Use in Classifying Mutants. Bio-protocol Bio101: e3209. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3209. PDF
2016 Rasmussen, C.G. Using Live-Cell Markers in Maize to Analyze Cell Division Orientation and Timing. Marie-Cécile Caillaud (ed.), Plant Cell Division: Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1370, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-3142-2_16 PDF
Wordle image of Martinez et al. 2017
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