Colby College
4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
P: 207-859-4000
 
Russell R. Johnson
Associate Professor and Chair
Biology



Phone: 207-859-5723
Fax: 859-5705
Email:

Mailing Address:
5723 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8857

Semester Schedule
Education

BA, Biology (1984) The Colorado College

Ph.D., Plant Physiology (1989) Washington State University

Areas of Expertise:
  • Physiology and molecular biology of plant seeds during germination, dormancy and development
  • Responses of plants to environmental stresses
  • Use of genetically engineered crops in agriculture
Publications

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Johnson, R., Shin, M., and Shen, J. 2008 The wheat PKABA1-interacting factor TaABF1 mediates both abscisic acid-suppressed and abscisic acid-induced gene expression in bombarded aleurone cells. Plant Mol. Biol. 68:93-103

Johnson, R. 2003 Seed Development: Germination. in “Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences” (B. Thomas, D. Murphy, and B. Murray, eds.) Academic Press. pp 1298-1304

Johnson, R., Wagner, R., Verhey, S., and Walker-Simmons, M.K. 2002 The ABA-responsive kinase PKABA1 interacts with a wheat ABA response element binding factor TaABF and phosphorylates TaABF peptide sequences. Plant Physiology 130:837-846

Johnson, R., and Dyer, W. 2000 Degradation of endosperm mRNAs during dry after-ripening of cereal grains. Seed Science Research 10:233-241

Johnson, R. 2000 Characterization of germination-related genes in Avena fatua seeds. in “Seed Biology: Advances and Applications” (M. Black, K. Bradford, and J. Vazquez-Ramos, eds.) pp 254-259 CAB International

Johnson, R., Chaverra, M., Cranston, H., Pleban, T. and Dyer, W. 1999 Degradation of oat mRNAs during seed development. Plant Molecular Biology 39: 823-833

Cranston, H., Johnson, R., Chaverra, M. and Dyer, W. 1999 Isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding a sar-like monomeric GTP-binding protein in Avena fatua L. Plant Science 145: 75-81

Johnson, R. 1997 Insect resistance in plants: Natural mechanisms and improvements through biotechnology. in “Mechanisms of Environmental Stress Resistance in Plants” (A. Basra and R. Basra, eds) pp 373-402. Harwood Academic Publishers

Lu, M., Farrell, P., Johnson, R., and Iatrou, K. 1997 A baculovirus repeat element functions as a powerful constitutive enhancer in transfected insect cells. J. Biol. Chem. 272:30724-30728

Johnson, R., Cranston, H., Chaverra, M., and Dyer, W. 1996 Analysis of cDNA clones for differentially expressed genes in dormant and nondormant wild oat (Avena fatua L.) embryos. in "Plant Dormancy: Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology” (G.A. Lang, ed) pp 293-300. CAB International

Johnson, R., Cranston, H., Chaverra, M., and Dyer, W. 1995 Characterization of cDNA clones for differentially expressed genes in embryos of dormant and nondormant Avena fatua L. caryopses. Plant Molecular Biology 28:113-122