Arijit Mukherjee Ph.D.

Arijit Mukherjee Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Chair
LSC 176D
(501) 450-5472
Education:
Ph.D., Genetics, Clemson University, Dec 2007
Post-doctoral Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jan 2008-Jul 2012
Started at UCA in Aug 2012
Courses Taught:
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology
Advanced Genetics
Research Interests:
Genetics, Molecular Biology, Genomics, Plant Biology, Plant-microbe symbioses,
Nitrogen fixation in legumes and non-legumes.
Research Webpage:
http://amukherjee559.wixsite.com/arijit-mukherjee
Selected Publications (since 2016):
Degon, Z., Dixon, S., Rahmatallah, Y., Galloway, M., Gulutzo, S., Price, H., Cook, J., Glazko, G., Mukherjee, A. (2023), Azospirillum brasilense improves rice growth under salt stress by regulating the expression of key genes involved in salt stress response, abscisic acid signaling, and nutrient transport, among others. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5, 1216503.
Mukherjee, A. (2022), What do we know from the transcriptomic studies investigating the interactions between plants and plant growth-promoting bacteria? Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:997308, doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.997308.
Wiggins, G., Thomas, J., Rahmatallah, Y., Deen, C., Haynes, A, Degon, Z., Glazko, G., Mukherjee, A. (2022), Common gene expression patterns are observed in rice roots during associations with plant growth-promoting bacteria, Herbaspirillum seropedicae and Azospirillum brasilense, Scientific Reports, 12, 8827, https://doi.org/10.
Cook, J., Degon, Z., Ruiz, D., Pope, J., Rahmatallah, Y., Mukherjee, A. (2022), The plant growth-promoting bacteria, Azospirillum brasilense, induce a diverse array of genes in rice shoots and promote their growth, Plant Growth Regulation, https://doi.org/
Rainwater, R., Mukherjee, A. (2021), The legume-rhizobia symbiosis can be supported on Mars soil simulants, PLoS ONE 16 (12), e0259957, 2021
Thomas, J., Hiltenbrand, R., Bowman, M.J., Kim, H.R., Winn, M.E., Mukherjee, A. (2020), Time-course RNA-seq analysis provides an improved understanding of gene regulation during the formation of nodule-like structures in rice, Plant Molecular Biology, https://doi.org/10.
Thomas, J., Mukherjee, A. (2019), Hormone-induced nodule-like structures in land plants: An update. The Model Legume Medicago truncatula, Wiley Publishers, 785-793.
Thomas, J., Kim, H.R., Rahmatallah, Y., Wiggins, G., Yang, Q., Singh, R., Glazko, G., Mukherjee, A. (2019), RNA-seq reveals differentially expressed genes in rice (Oryza sativa) roots during interactions with plant-growth promoting bacteria, Azospirillum brasilense, PLoS One, 14(5): e0217309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217309
Thomas, J., Bowman, M.J., Vega, A., Kim, H.R., Mukherjee, A. (2018), Comparative transcriptome analysis provides key insights into gene expression pattern during the formation of nodule-like structures in Brachypodium, Functional & Integrative Genomics, DOI: 10.1007/s10142-018-0594-z.
Hiltenbrand R, Thomas J, McCarthy H, Dykema KJ, Spurr A, Newhart H, Winn ME and Mukherjee A (2016). A developmental and molecular view of formation of auxin-induced nodule-like structures in land plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:1692. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01692
Palmer AG, Mukherjee A, Stacy DM, Lazar S, Ané JM, Blackwell HE (2016) Interkingdom responses to bacterial quorum sensing signals regulate frequency and rate of nodulation in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis. ChemBioChem, 17: 2199. doi:10.1002/cbic.201600373.
Mitra S, Mukherjee A, Wiley-Kalil A, Das S, Owen H, Reddy PM, Ané JM, James EK, Gyaneshwar P (2016) A rhamnose-deficient lipopolysaccharide mutant of Rhizobium sp. IRBG74 is defective in root colonization and beneficial interactions with its flooding-tolerant hosts Sesbania cannabina and wetland rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67: 5869-5884. Cover page
