Tony Miller's Group Publications 1994 - 2010

Demidchik V, Cuin TA, Svistunenko D, Smith SJ, Miller AJ, Shabala S, Sokolik A, Yurin V (2010) Arabidopsis root K+ efflux conductance activated by hydroxyl radicals: single-channel properties, genetic basis and involvement in stress-induced cell death. Journal of Cell Science (in press).

Dennis PG, Miller AJ, Hirsch PR (2010) Are root exudates more important than other sources of rhizodeposits in structuring rhizosphere bacterial communities? FEMS Microbiology Ecology (in press).

Maughan SC,Pasternak M,Cairns N, Kiddle G, Brach T, Jarvis R, Haas F, Nieuwland J, Lim B, Müller C, Salcedo-Sora E, Kruse C, Orsel M, Hell R, Miller AJ, Bray P, Foyer CH, Murray JAH, Meyer AJ, Cobbett CS (2010) Plant homologs of the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine-resistance transporter, PfCRT, are required for glutathione homeostasis and stress responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107: 2331-2336.

Miller AJ, Shen Q, Xu G (2009) Freeways in the plant: transporters for N, P and S and their regulation. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12: 284-290.

Boscari A, Clément M, Volkov V, Golldack D, Hybiak J, Miller AJ, Amtmann A, Fricke W (2009) Potassium channels in barley: cloning functional characterization and expression analysis. Plant Cell & Environment 32: 1761-1777.

Volkov V, Boscari A, Clément M, Miller AJ, Amtmann A, Fricke W (2009) Electrophysiological characterization of pathways for K+ uptake into growing and non-growing leaf cells of barley. Plant Cell & Environment 32: 1788-1790.

Armengaud P, Sulpice R, Miller AJ, Stitt M, Amtmann A, Gibon Y (2009) Multi-level analysis of primary metabolism provides new insights into the role of potassium nutrition for glycolysis and nitrogen assimilation in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Physiology 150: 772-785.

Dennis PG, Smith SJ, Hirsch PR, Taylor RG, Valsami-Jones E, Miller AJ (2009) Linking rhizoplane pH and bacterial density at the microhabitat scale. Journal of Microbiological Methods 76: 101-104.

Ai P, Sun S, Zhao J, Fan X, Xin W, Guo Q, Yu L, Shen Q, Wu P, Miller AJ, Xu G (2009) Two rice phosphate transporters, OsPht1;2 and OsPht1;6, have different functions and kinetic properties in uptake and translocation. Plant Journal 57: 798-809.

Nieves-Cordones M, Miller AJ, Alemán F, Martínez V, Rubio F (2008) A putative role for the plasma membrane potential in the control of the expression of the gene encoding the tomato high-affinity potassium transporter HAK5. Plant Molecular Biology 68: 521-532.

Dennis PG, Miller AJ, Clark IM, Taylor RG, Valsami-Jones E, Hirsch PR (2008) A novel method for sampling bacteria on plant root and soil surfaces at the microhabitat scale. Journal of Microbiological Methods 75: 12-18.

Roy SJ, Gilliham M, Berger B, Essah, PA, Cheffings C, Miller AJ, Davenport RJ, Liu LH, Skynner MJ, Davies JM, Richardson P, Leigh RA, Tester M (2008) Investigating glutamate receptor-like gene co-expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant, Cell & Environment 31: 861-871.

Miller AJ, Smith SJ (2008) Cytosolic nitrate ion homeostasis: could it have a role in sensing nitrogen status? Annals of Botany 101: 485-489.

Miller AJ, Fan X, Shen Q, Smith SJ (2007) Amino acid and nitrate as signals for the regulation of nitrogen acquisition. Journal of Experimental Botany 59: 111-119. (download paper as pdf)

Chopin F, Orsel M, Dorbe M-F, Chardon F, Truong H-N, Miller AJ, Krapp A, Daniel-Vedele F (2007) The Arabidopsis AtNRT2.7 nitrate transporter gene controls nitrate content in seeds. The Plant Cell 19: 1590-1602.

Wei W, Alexandersson E, Miller AJ, Kjellbom P, Fricke W (2007) HvPIP1;6, a barley plasma membrane intrinsic protein particularly expressed in growing leaf tissues. Plant Cell Physiology 8: 1132-1147.

Miller AJ, Fan X, Orsel M, Smith SJ, Wells DM (2007) Nitrate transport and signalling. Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 2297-2306. (download paper as pdf) .

Orsel M, Chopin F, Leleu O, Smith, SJ, Krapp A, Daniel-Vedele F, Miller AJ (2007) Nitrate signaling and the two component high affinity uptake system in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling & Behavior 2:4 260-262.

Fan X, Jia L, Li Y, Smith SJ, Shen Q, Miller AJ (2007) Comparing nitrate storage and remobilization in two rice cultivars that differ in their nitrogen use efficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany (download paper as pdf).

Orsel M, Chopin F, Leleu O, Smith, SJ, Krapp A, Daniel-Vedele F, Miller AJ (2006) Characterization of a two-component high-affinity nitrate uptake system in Arabidopsis. Physiology and protein-protein interaction. Plant Physiology 142: 1304-1317. (download paper as pdf).

Miller AJ, Wells D (2006) Electrochemical methods and measuring trans-membrane ion gradients, in Plant Electrophysiology: Theory and Methods - AG Volkov (Editor) Springer Berlin publisher pages 15-34 (ISBN-10 3-540-32717-7).

Mariscal V, Moulin P, Orsel M, Miller AJ, Fernández E, Galván A (2006) Differential Regulation of the Chlamydomonas Nar1 Gene Family by Carbon and Nitrogen. Protist 157: 421-433.

Shabala S, Demidchik V, Shabala L, Cuin TA, Smith SJ, Miller AJ, Davies JM, Newman IA. (2006) Extracellular Ca2+ ameliorates NaCl-induced K+ loss from Arabidopsis root and leaf cells by blocking plasma membrane K+-permeable channels. Plant Physiology 141: 1653-1665. (download paper as pdf)

Fan X, Gordon-Weeks R, Shen Q, Miller AJ. (2006) Glutamine transport and feedback regulation of nitrate reductase activity in barley roots leads to changes in cytosolic nitrate pools. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 1333-1340. (download paper as pdf)

Fricke W, Akhiyarova G, Wei W, Alexadersson E, Miller AJ, Kjellbom PO, Richardson A, Wojciechowski T, Schreiber L, Veselov D, Kudoyarova G, Volkov V. (2006) The short-term growth response to salt of the developing barley leaf. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 1079-1095. (download paper as pdf)

Radcliffe, SA, Miller AJ, Ratcliffe RG (2005) Microelectrode and ¹³³Cs NMR evidence for variable cytosolic and cytoplasmic nitrate pools in maize root tips. Plant Cell & Environment 28: 1379-1387. (download paper as pdf)

Clark LJ, Gowing DJG, Lark RM, Leeds-Harrison PB, Miller AJ, Wells DM, Whalley WR & Whitmore AP (2005). Sensing the physical and nutritional status of the root environment in the field: a review of progress and opportunities. Journal of Agricultural Science 143: 347-358. (download paper as pdf)

Cookson SJ, Williams LE, Miller AJ (2005) Light-dark changes in cytosolic nitrate pools depend on nitrate reductase activity in Arabidopsis leaf cells. Plant Physiology 138: 1097-1105. (download paper as pdf)

Tong Y, Zhou J-J, Li Z, Miller AJ (2005) A two component nitrate transport system in barley. Plant Journal 41: 442-450. (download paper as pdf)

Hawkesford MJ, Miller AJ (2004) Ion-coupled transport of inorganic solutes. in Membrane Transport in Plants Annual Reviews 15: Blatt MR (editor) Blackwell CRC Press publishing. pp. 105-134.

Marsh S, Miller AJ, Zhang X-H, Pearson J (2004) Tree leaf biomarkers for atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. Special Focus Issue 4: 241-250.

Miller AJ, Cramer MD. (2004) Root nitrogen acquisition and assimilation (review). Plant and Soil 274: 1-36.(download paper as pdf)

Perry RN, Rolfe RN, Sheridan JP, Miller AJ (2004) Electrophysiological analysis of sensory responses and stylet activity of second stage juveniles of Globodera rostochiensis and plant reactions to nematode invasion. Japanese Journal of Nematology 34: 1-10.

Sheridan JP, Miller AJ, Perry RN. (2004) Early responses of resistant and susceptible potato roots during invasion cultivars by the potato cyst nematode Globdera rostochiensis. Journal of Experimental Botany 55: 1-10 (download paper as pdf).

Miller AJ, Wells DM, Braven J, Ebdon L, Le Goff T, Clark LJ, Whalley WR, Gowing DJG, Leeds-Harrison PB (2003) Novel Sensors for Measuring Soil Nitrogen, Water Availability and Strength. Proceedings of the British Society for Crop Protection International Congress, Glasgow pp. 1107-1114.

Cuin TA, Miller AJ, Laurie, SA, Leigh RA (2003) Potassium activities in cell compartments of salt-grown barley leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 54: 657-661. (download paper as pdf)

Carden DE, Walker DJ, Flowers TJ, Miller AJ (2003) Single-cell measurements of the contributions of cytosolic Na⁺ and K⁺ to salt tolerance. Plant Physiology 131: 676-683. (download paper as pdf)

Miller AJ, Cookson SJ, Smith SJ & Wells DM. (2001) The use of microelectrodes to investigate compartmentation and the transport of metabolized inorganic ions in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 52: 541-549. (download paper as pdf)

Carden DE, Diamond D & Miller AJ (2001) An improved Na⁺-selective microelectrode for intracellular measurements in plant cells. Journal of Experimental Botany 52: 1353-1359. (download paper as pdf)

Williams LE & Miller AJ (2001) Transporters responsible for the uptake and partitioning of nitrogenous solutes. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 52: 659-688. (download paper as pdf)

Miller AJ & Zhou J-J (2000) Xenopus oocytes as an expression system for plant transporters. Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1465: 343-358.

Wells D & Miller AJ (2000) Intracellular measurement of ammonium in Chara corallina using ion-selective microelectrodes. Plant & Soil 221: 105-108.

Zhou, J-J Fernandez E, Galvan A & Miller AJ (2000) A high affinity nitrate transport system from Chlamydomonas requires two gene products. FEBS Letts. 466: 225-227.

Billker O, Miller AJ & Sinden, RE (2000) Determination of mosquito bloodmeal pH in situ by microelectrode measurement: implications for the regulation of malarial gemetogenesis. Parasitology 120: 547-551.

Zhou J-J & Miller AJ (2000) Comparison of the transport properties of three plant sucrose carriers expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 27(8): 721-728.

Wells D & Miller AJ (2000) Ammonium-selective microelectrode measurements in plant cells in Nitrogen in a sustainable ecosystem from the cell to the plant. Martins-Loução MA & Lips SH (eds) Backhuys pp. 299-302.

Smith SJ, Zhou J-J & Miller AJ (2000) Characterisation of nitrate transport using nitrate-selective microelectrodes and heterologous expression in Xenopus oocytes. In: Avances en El Metabolismo del Nitrogeno: Bioquimica, Fisiologia Y Biologia Molecular, University of Malaga Press.

Von Wirén N, André B, Harling H, Gojon A, Patriarca E, Merrick M, Miller AJ, Reiss B & Frommer WB (2000) Improving fertilizer use efficiency in agro-ecosystems and nutrient efficiency in plants. In: Phytosfere'99 - highlights in European Plant Biotechnology. Elsevier Science B.V.

Zhou J-J, Trueman LJ, Boorer KJ, Theodoulou FL, Forde BG & Miller AJ (2000) A high-affinity fungal nitrate carrier with two transport mechanisms. Journal of Biological Chemistry 275: 39894-39899. (download paper as pdf)

Leigh RA, Walker DJ. Fricke W, Tomos AD & Miller AJ (1999) Patterns of potassium compartmentation in plant cells as revealed by microelectrodes and microsampling in Frontiers in Potassium Nutrition: New Perspectives on the Effects of Potassium on Physiology of Plants, Oosetrhuis DM & Berkowitz GA (eds) The Potash and Phosphate Institute and the Crop Science Society of America. pp.63-70.

Cuin, TA, Miller AJ, Laurie SA & Leigh RA (1999) Nitrate interference with potassium-selective microelectrodes. Journal of Experimental Botany 50: 1709-1712. (download paper as pdf)

Van der Leij M, Smith SJ & Miller AJ (1998) Remobilisation of vacuolar stored nitrate in barley root cells. Planta 205: 64-72.

Zhou J-J, Theodoulou FL, Muldin I, Ingemarsson B & Miller AJ (1998) Cloning and functional characterization of a Brassica napus transporter which is able to transport nitrate and histidine. Journal of Biological Chemistry 273: 12017-12033. (download paper as pdf)

Walker DJ, Black CR & Miller AJ (1998) The role of cytosolic K⁺ and pH in the growth of barley roots. Plant Physiology 118: 957-964.

Zhou J-J, Theodoulou FL, Sauer N, Sanders D & Miller AJ (1997) A kinetic model with ordered cytoplasmic dissociation for SUC1, an Arabidopsis H⁺/sucrose cotransporter expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Journal of Membrane Biology 159: 113-125.

Walker A, Miller AJ, Glen DM & Shewry PR (1996) Determination of pH in the digestive system of the slug Deroceras reticulatum (Muller) using ion-selective microelectrodes. Journal of Molluscan Studies 62: 387-390.

Miller AJ & Smith SJ (1996) Nitrate transport and compartmentation in cereal root cells. Journal of Experimental Botany 47: 843-854.

Walker DJ, Leigh RA & Miller AJ (1996) Potassium homeostasis in vacuolate plant cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 93: 10510-10514.

Theodoulou FL & Miller AJ (1995) Xenopus oocytes as a heterologous expression system for plant proteins. Molecular Biotechnology 3: 101-115.

Walker DJ, Smith SJ & Miller AJ (1995) Simultaneous measurement of intracellular pH and K⁺ or NO3^- in barley root cells using triple-barreled, ion-selective microelectrodes. Plant Physiology 108: 743-751.

Miller AJ (1995) Nitrogen in plant cells - probing the secret spaces of the cell. Biological Science Reviews 8: 34-37.

Miller AJ (1995) Ion-selective microelectrodes for measurement of intracellular ion concentrations. Methods in Plant Cell Biology 49: 273-289.

Theodoulou FL & Miller AJ (1995) Xenopus oocytes as a heterologous expression system in Plant Gene Transfer and Expression Protocols, Jones H. (ed.) Humana Press pp. 317-340.

Miller AJ, Walker DJ & Smith SJ (1995) Nitrate and potassium compartmentation in nitrogen and potassium starved barley root cells in Stressnet Proceedings, Leigh R.A. & Blake-Kalff M. (eds) EU Commission press pp. 263-268.

Coombs HV, Miller AJ & Sanders D (1994) Disruptive effects of protein on performance of liquid membrane-based ion-selective microelectrodes. American Journal of Physiology 267: Cell Physiol. 36, C1027-C1035.

Bernal MP, McGrath SP, Miller AJ & Baker AJM (1994) Comparison of the chemical changes in the rhizosphere of the nickel hyperaccumulator Alyssum murale with the non-accumulator Raphanus sativus. Plant & Soil 164: 251-259.

Leigh RA, Storey R, Miller AJ & Zhen RG- (1994) Compartmentation of nutrient ions in relation to supply and growth in Biochemical mechanisms involved in growth regulation, Smith CJ, Gallan J, Chiatante D & Zocchi G. (eds.) Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Miller AJ, Smith SJ & Theodoulou FL (1994) The heterologous expression of H⁺-coupled transporters in Xenopus oocytes in Membrane Transport in Plants and Fungi: Molecular Mechanisms and Control, Blatt MR, Leigh RA & Sanders D. (eds) The Company of Biologists Ltd. pp 167-178.