Dr Michael Mason
Research Fellow
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
+61 7 336 59172
Journal Articles
Mason, Michael G. and Botella, José R. (2020). Rapid (30-second), equipment-free purification of nucleic acids using easy-to-make dipsticks. Nature Protocols, 15 (11), 3663-3677. doi: 10.1038/s41596-020-0392-7
Zou, Yiping, Mason, Michael Glenn and Botella, Jose Ramon (2020). Evaluation and improvement of isothermal amplification methods for point-of-need plant disease diagnostics. PLoS One, 15 (6) e0235216, e0235216. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235216
Mason, M.G., Blackall, P.J., Botella, J.R. and Templeton, J.M. (2019). An easy‐to‐perform, culture‐free Campylobacter point‐of‐management assay for processing plant applications. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 128 (3) jam.14509, 620-629. doi: 10.1111/jam.14509
Mason, Michael Glenn and Botella, José Ramón (2019). A simple, robust and equipment-free DNA amplification readout in less than 30 seconds. RSC Advances, 9 (42), 24440-24450. doi: 10.1039/c9ra04725e
Zou, Yiping, Mason, Michael Glenn, Wang, Yuling, Wee, Eugene, Turni, Conny, Blackall, Patrick J., Trau, Matt and Botella, Jose Ramon (2017). Nucleic acid purification from plants, animals and microbes in under 30 seconds. PLoS Biology, 15 (11) e2003916, e2003916. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003916
Brewer, Philip B., Yoneyama, Kaori, Filardo, Fiona, Meyers, Emma, Scaffidi, Adrian, Frickey, Tancred, Akiyama, Kohki, Seto, Yoshiya, Dun, Elizabeth A., Cremer, Julia E., Kerr, Stephanie C., Waters, Mark T., Flematti, Gavin R., Mason, Michael G., Weiller, Georg, Yamaguchi, Shinjiro, Nomura, Takahito, Smith, Steven M., Yoneyama, Koichi and Beveridge, Christine A. (2016). Lateral branching oxidoreductase acts in the final stages of strigolactone biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 113 (22), 6301-6306. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1601729113
Brewer, Philip B., Dun, Elizabeth A., Gui, Renyi, Mason, Michael G. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2015). Strigolactone inhibition of branching independent of polar auxin transport. Plant Physiology, 168 (4), 1820-1829. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.00014
Mason, Michael G., Ross, John J., Babst, Benjamin A., Wienclaw, Brittany N. and Beveridge, Christine A. (2014). Sugar demand, not auxin, is the initial regulator of apical dominance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (16), 6092-6097. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1322045111
Lonhienne, Thierry, Mason, Michael G., Ragan, Mark A., Hugenholtz, Philip, Schmidt, Susanne and Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat (2014). Yeast as a biofertilizer alters plant growth and morphology. Crop Science, 54 (2), 785-790. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2013.07.0488
Mason, Michael Glenn (2013). Emerging trends in strigolactone research. New Phytologist, 198 (4), 975-977. doi: 10.1111/nph.12268
Hill, Kristine, Mathews, Dennis E., Kim, Hyo Jung, Street, Ian H., Wildes, Sarah L., Chiang, Yi-Hsuan, Mason, Michael G., Alonso, Jose M., Ecker, Joseph R., Kieber, Joseph J. and Schaller, G. Eric (2013). Functional characterization of type-B response regulators in the Arabidopsis cytokinin response. Plant Physiology, 162 (1), 212-224. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.208736
Rasmussen, Amanda, Mason, Michael Glenn, De Cuyper, Carolien, Brewer, Philip B., Herold, Silvia, Agusti, Javier, Geelen, Danny, Greb, Thomas, Goormachtig, Sofie, Beeckman, Tom and Beveridge, Christine Anne (2012). Strigolactones suppress adventitious rooting in arabidopsis and pea. Plant Physiology, 158 (4), 1976-1987. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.187104
Mason, Michael G., Jha, Deepa, Salt, David E., Tester, Mark, Hill, Kristine, Kieber, Joseph J. and Schaller, G. Eric (2010). Type-B response regulators ARR1 and ARR12 regulate expression of AtHKT1;1 and accumulation of sodium in Arabidopsis shoots. Plant Journal, 64 (5), 753-763. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04366.x
Argyros, Rebecca D., Mathews, Dennis E., Chiang, Yi-Hauan, Palmer, Christine M., Thibault, Derek M., Etheridge, Naomi, Argyros, D. Aaron, Mason, Michael G., Kleber, Joseph J. and Schaller, G. Eric (2008). Type B response regulators of Arabidopsis play key roles in cytokinin signaling and plant development. The Plant Cell, 20 (8), 2102-2118. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.059584
Trusov, Yuri, Rookes, James Edward, Tilbrook, Kimberley, Chakravorty, David, Mason, Michael Glenn, Anderson, David, Chen, Jin-Gui, Jones, Alan M. and Botella, Jose Ramon (2007). Heterotrimeric G Protein γ Subunits Provide Functional Selectivity in Gßγ Dimer Signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 19 (4), 1235-1250. doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.050096
Rashotte, Aaron M., Mason, Michael G., Hutchison, Claire E., Ferreira, Fernando J., Schaller, Eric G. and Kieber, Joseph J. (2006). A subset of Arabidopsis AP2 transcription factors mediates cytokinin responses in concert with a two-component pathway. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, 103 (29), 11081-11085. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602038103
Mason, M. G., Mathews, D. E., Argyros, D. A., Maxwell, B. B., Kieber, J. J., Alonso, J. M., Ecker, J. R. and Schaller, G. E. (2005). Multiple type-B response regulators mediate cytokinin signal transduction in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 17 (11), 3007-3018. doi: 10.1105/tpc.105.035451
Mason, M. G. and Schaller, G. E. (2005). Histidine kinase activity and the regulation of ethylene signal transduction. Canadian Journal of Botany-revue Canadienne De Botanique, 83 (6), 563-570. doi: 10.1139/B05-053
Mason, M. G., Li, J., Mathews, D. E., Kieber, J. J. and Schaller, G. E. (2004). Type-B response regulators display overlapping expression patterns in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 135 (2), 927-937. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.038109
To, J. P. C., Haberer, G., Ferreira, F. J., Deruere, J., Mason, M. G., Schaller, G. E., Alonso, J. M., Ecker, J. R. and Kieber, J. J. (2004). Type-A Arabidopsis response regulators are partially redundant negative regulators of cytokinin signaling. Plant Cell, 16 (3), 658-671. doi: 10.1105/tpc.018978
Schmidt, S., Mason, M., Sangtiean, T. and Stewart, G. R. (2003). Do cluster roots of Hakea actities (Proteaceae) acquire complex organic nitrogen?. Plant and Soil, 248 (1-2), 157-165. doi: 10.1023/A:1022352415728
Mason, M. G. and Schmidt, S. (2002). Rapid isolation of total RNA and genomic DNA from Hakea actities. Functional Plant Biology, 29 (8), 1013-1016. doi: 10.1071/PP01151
Mason, Michael G. and Botella, José R. (2001). Isolation of a novel G-protein gamma-subunit from Arabidopsis thaliana and its interaction with G beta. Biochimica et biophysica acta (BBA). Gene structure and expression, 1520 (2), 147-153. doi: 10.1016/S0167-4781(01)00262-7
Botella, J. R. and Mason, M. (2000). Completing the heterotrimer: Isolation and characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana G Protein -subunit cDNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97 (26), 14784-14788. doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.26.14784
Mylne, Joshua S. , Mason, Michael G. and Botella, José R. (1998). Rapid isolation of high-quality RNA from symbiotic dinoflagellates. Phycologia, 37 (4), 307-309. doi: 10.2216/i0031-8884-37-4-307.1
Mason, Michael Glenn and Botella, José Ramón (1997). Identification and characterisation of two 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase cDNAs expressed during papaya (Carica papaya) fruit ripening. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 24 (2), 239-244. doi: 10.1071/PP96111
Conference Papers
Mason, M., Downey, M., Ealing, P. M., Von Wiren, N., Critchley, C., Schmidt, S. and Stewart, G. (2000). Efficient nutrient acquisition by Australian native plants. Com Bio 2000, Wellington, NZ, 11-14 Dec, 2000. Victoria, Australia: Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
Mason, M. and Botella, J. R. (2000). Plant heterotrimeric G-Protein pathways exposed. Com Bio 2000, Wellington, NZ, 11-14 Dec, 2000. Vic, Australia: Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
Botella, J. R., Cruz-Hernandez, A., Mason, M., Leeton, P. R. J., Cavallaro, A. S. and Labrie, P. (1999). Control of ripening in papaya and mango by genetic engineering. Int'l Symp on Plant Genetic Eng: Towards the Third Millen, Cuba, 6-10 Dec, 99. La Habana, Cuba: Elfos Scientiae.