Areas of expertise

• Plant Physiology 060705
• Biochemistry And Cell Biology 0601
• Genetics 0604
• Plant Biology 0607

Publications

• Asadi, M & Millar, A 2024, 'Review: Plant microRNAs in pathogen defense: A panacea or a piece of the puzzle?', Plant Science, vol. 341.
• Zhong, C, Smith, N, Zhang, D et al. 2023, 'G-U base-paired hpRNA confers potent inhibition of small RNA function in plants', The Plant Journal, vol. 117, pp. 1206-1222.
• Bowerman, A, Byrt, C, Roy, S et al. 2023, 'Potential abiotic stress targets for modern genetic manipulation', The Plant Cell, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 139-161.
• Wong, G & Millar, A 2023, 'Target Landscape of Conserved Plant MicroRNAs and the Complexities of Their Ancient MicroRNA-Binding Sites', Plant and Cell Physiology, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 1-18.
• Wong, G & Millar, A 2022, 'TRUEE; a bioinformatic pipeline to define the functional microRNA targetome of Arabidopsis', The Plant Journal, vol. 110, no. 5, pp. 1476-1492.
• Khanouki, M, Rezanejad, F & Millar, A 2020, 'Sequence and functional analysis of a TERMINAL FLOWER 1 homolog from Brassica juncea: a putative biotechnological tool for flowering time adjustment', GM Crops & Food, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 79-92.
• Zheng, Z, Wang, N, Jalajakumari, M et al. 2020, 'miR159 Represses a Constitutive Pathogen Defense Response in Tobacco', Plant Physiology, vol. 182, no. 4, pp. 2182-2198.
• Luo, J, Butardo Jr, V, Yang, Q et al. 2020, 'The impact of the indica rice SSIIa allele on the apparent high amylose starch from rice grain with downregulated japonica SBEIIb', Theoretical and Applied Genetics, vol. 133, no. 10, pp. 2961-2974.
• Millar, A, Lohe, A & Wong, G 2019, 'Biology and Function of miR159 in Plants', Plants, vol. 8, no. 8.
• Schumann, U, Lee, J, Smith, N et al 2019, 'DEMETER plays a role in DNA demethylation and disease response in somatic tissues of Arabidopsis', Epigenetics, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 1074-1087.
• Wong, G & Millar, A 2019, 'The use of MicroRNA decoy technologies to inhibit miRNA function in arabidopsis', in Stefan de Folter (ed.), Plant MicroRNAs, Humana Press, New York, pp. 227-238.
• Wong, G, Alonso Peral, M, Li, B et al. 2018, 'MicroRNA MIMIC binding sites: Minor flanking nucleotide alterations can strongly impact MIMIC silencing efficacy in Arabidopsis', Plant Direct, vol. 2, no. 10, pp. 1-11.
• Crisp, P, Smith, A, Ganguly, D et al 2018, 'RNA polymerase II read-through promotes expression of neighboring genes in SAL1-PAP-XRN retrograde signaling', Plant Physiology, vol. 178, no. 4, pp. 1614-1630pp.
• Zheng, Z, Reichel, M, Deveson, I et al 2017, 'Target RNA Secondary Structure Is a Major Determinant of miR159 Efficacy', Plant Physiology, vol. 174, no. 3, pp. 1764-1778.
• Medina, C, da Rocha, M, Magliano, M et al 2017, 'Characterization of microRNAs from Arabidopsis galls highlights a role for miR159 in the plant response to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita', New Phytologist, vol. 216, no. 3, pp. 882-896.
• Li, Y, Alonso Peral, M, Wong, G et al. 2016, 'Ubiquitous miR159 repression of MYB33/65 in Arabidopsis rosettes is robust and is not perturbed by a wide range of stresses', BMC Plant Biology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. -.
• Reichel, M, Liao, Y, Rettel, M et al. 2016, 'In Planta Determination of the mRNA-Binding Proteome of Arabidopsis Etiolated Seedlings', The Plant Cell, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 2435-2452.
• Luo, J, Jobling, S, Millar, A et al 2015, 'Allelic effects on starch structure and properties of six starch biosynthetic genes in a rice recombinant inbred line population', Rice, vol. 8, no. 15, pp. 15-15.
• Reichel, M & Millar, A 2015, 'Specificity of plant microRNA target MIMICs: Cross-targeting of miR159 and miR319', Journal of Plant Physiology, vol. 180, pp. 45-48.
• Reichel, M, Li, Y, Li, J et al 2015, 'Inhibiting plant microRNA activity: Molecular SPONGEs, target MIMICs and STTMs all display variable efficacies against target microRNAs', Plant Biotechnology Journal, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 915-926pp.
• Luo, J, Ahmed, R, Kosar‑Hashemi, B et al 2015, 'The different effects of starch synthase IIa mutations or variation on endosperm amylose content of barley, wheat and rice are determined by the distribution of starch synthase I and starch branching enzyme IIb between the starch granule and amyloplast str', Theoretical and Applied Genetics, vol. 128, no. 7, pp. 1407-1419.
• Li, J, Reichel, M & Millar, A 2014, 'Determinants beyond Both Complementarity and Cleavage Govern MicroR159 Efficacy in Arabidopsis', PLoS Genetics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. e1004232-e1004232.
• Li, J, Reichel, M, Li, Y et al 2014, 'The functional scope of plant microRNA-mediated silencing', Trends in Plant Science, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 750-756.
• Deveson, I, Li, J & Millar, A 2013, 'MicroRNAs with analogous target complementarities perform with highly variable efficacies in Arabidopsis', FEBS Letters, vol. 587, no. 22, pp. 3703-3708.
• Deveson, I, Li, J & Millar, A 2013, 'Expression of human ARGONAUTE 2 inhibits endogenous microRNA activity in Arabidopsis', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 4, no. APR, pp. 1-8.
• Allen, R, Nakasuki, K, Doran, R et al 2013, 'Facile mutant identification via a single parental backcross method and application of whole genome sequencing based mapping pipelines', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 4, no. Article 362, pp. 1-8.
• Li, J & Millar, A 2013, 'Expression of a microRNA-Resistant Target Transgene Misrepresents the Functional Significance of the Endogenous microRNA: Target Gene Relationship', Molecular Plant, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 577-580.
• Fahim, M, Millar, A, Wood, C et al 2012, 'Resistance to Wheat streak mosaic virus generated by expression of an artificial polycistronic microRNA in wheat', Plant Biotechnology Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 150-163.
• Alonso Peral, M, Sun, C & Millar, A 2012, 'MicroRNA159 Can Act as a Switch or Tuning MicroRNA Independently of Its Abundance in Arabidopsis', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 7, no. 4, pp. e34751-e34751.
• Allen, R & Millar, A 2012, 'Genetic and molecular approaches to assess microRNA function', in Sunkar, Ramanjulu (ed.), MicroRNAs in Plant Development and Stress Responses, Springer, heidelberg, pp. 123-148.
• Agius, C, Eamens, A, Millar, A et al 2012, 'RNA silencing and antiviral defense in plants.', in JM Watson and M-B Wang (ed.), Antiviral resistance in Plants: Methods and protocols, Springer, New York, pp. 17- 33.
• Greenup, A, Sasani, S, Oliver, S et al 2011, 'Transcriptome analysis of the vernalization response in barley (Hordeum vulgare) seedlings', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 6, no. 3, pp. e17900-e17900.
• Reichel, M, Li, J & Millar, A 2011, 'Silencing the silencer: strategies to inhibit microRNA activity', Biotechnology Letters, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 1285-1292.
• Alonso Peral, M, Li, J, Li, Y et al. 2010, 'The MicroRNA159-Regulated GAMYB-like Genes Inhibit Growth and Promote Programmed Cell Death in Arabidopsis^1[C][W][OA]', Plant Physiology, vol. 154, no. 2, pp. 757-771.
• Fahim, M, Ayala-Navarrete, L, Millar, A et al 2010, 'Hairpin RNA derived from viral NIa gene confers immunity to wheat streak mosaic virus infection in transgenic wheat plants', Plant Biotechnology Journal, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 821-834.
• Agius, C, Eamens, A, Millar, A et al 2010, 'Regulatory giants join forces', Frontiers in Biology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 5-7.
• Barrero , J, Millar, A, Griffiths , J et al. 2010, 'Gene expression profiling identifies two regulatory genes controlling dormancy and ABA sensitivity in Arabidopsis seeds', The Plant Journal, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 611-622.
• Allen, R, Li, J, Alonso Peral, M et al. 2010, 'MicroR159 regulation of most conserved targets in Arabidopsis has negligible phenotypic effects', Silence: a journal of RNA regulation, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 18-18.
• Cazzonelli, C, Millar, A, Finnegan, E et al 2009, 'Promoting gene expression in plants by permissive histone lysine methylation', Plant Signaling & Behavior, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 484-488.
• Allen, R, Li, J, Stahle, M et al 2007, 'Genetic analysis reveals functional redundancy and the major target genes of the Arabidopsis miR159 family', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 104, no. 41, pp. 16371-16376.
• Millar, A, Jacobsen, J, Ross, J et al 2006, 'Seed dormancy and ABA metabolism in Arabidopsis and barley: the role of ABA 8'-hydroxylase', The Plant Journal, vol. 45, pp. 942-954.
• Millar, A & Waterhouse, P 2005, 'Plant and animal microRNAs: similarities and differences', Functional & Integrative Genomics, vol. 5, pp. 129-135.
• Millar, A & Gubler, F 2005, 'The Arabidopsis GAMYB-Like Genes, MYB33 and MYB65, Are MicroRNA-Regulated Genes That Redundantly Facilitate Anther Development', The Plant Cell, vol. 17, pp. 705-721.
• Gubler, F, Millar, A, Jacobsen, J et al 2005, 'Dormancy release, ABA and pre-harvest sprouting', Current Opinion in Plant Biology, vol. 8, pp. 183-187.
• Woodger, F, Millar, A, Murray, F et al 2003, 'The Role of GAMYB Transcription Factors in GA-Regulated Gene Expression', Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, vol. 22, pp. 176-184.
• Allen, T, Millar, A, Berch, S et al 2003, 'Culturing and direct DNA extraction find different fungi from the same ericoid mycorrhizal roots', New Phytologist, vol. 160, pp. 255-272.
• Hooker, T, Millar, A & Kunst, L 2002, 'Significance of the Expression of the CER6 Condensing Enzyme for Cuticular Wax Production in Arabidopsis', Plant Physiology, vol. 129, pp. 1568-1580.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• ARC Training Centre for Accelerated Future Crop Development (Secondary Investigator)
• Developing broad-spectrum pathogen resistance in the Solanaceae (Primary Investigator)
• The use of molecular sponges to inhibit small RNA activity in plants (Primary Investigator)
• Plant miRNA systems: investigating slicing versus translational repression and the development of an antiviral defense mechanism (Primary Investigator)
• MicroRNA control of gene expression and development in plants (Primary Investigator)