List of works - John MacKay

A Conifer UDP-Sugar Dependent Glycosyltransferase Contributes to Acetophenone Metabolism and Defense against Insects.

scientific article published on 9 August 2017

A high-resolution reference genetic map positioning 8.8 K genes for the conifer white spruce: structural genomics implications and correspondence with physical distance.

scientific article published on 15 January 2017

A robust neural networks approach for spatial and intensity-dependent normalization of cDNA microarray data.

scientific article

A white spruce gene catalog for conifer genome analyses

scientific article published on 05 July 2011

Abnormal lignin in a loblolly pine mutant

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

Accuracy of genomic selection models in a large population of open-pollinated families in white spruce

scientific article published on 30 April 2014

Advances in forest tree genomics. Forest Trees Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XIII Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, January 2005

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Are long‐lived trees poised for evolutionary change? Single locus effects in the evolution of gene expression networks in spruce ⬇️

scientific article published on January 7, 2013

Assembling the 20 Gb white spruce (Picea glauca) genome from whole-genome shotgun sequencing data

scientific article

Association Genetics of Wood Physical Traits in the Conifer White Spruce and Relationships With Gene Expression ⬇️

scientific article published on March 8, 2011

Automated SNP detection from a large collection of white spruce expressed sequences: contributing factors and approaches for the categorization of SNPs

scientific article

Average effect of a mutation in lignin biosynthesis in loblolly pine.

scientific article published in August 1999

CNVs into the wild: screening the genomes of conifer trees (Picea spp.) reveals fewer gene copy number variations in hybrids and links to adaptation

scientific article

Conifer genomics and adaptation: at the crossroads of genetic diversity and genome function

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Connecting tree‐ring phenotypes, genetic associations and transcriptomics to decipher the genomic architecture of drought adaptation in a widespread conifer

scientific article published on 17 February 2021

Development of a Traceability System Based on a SNP Array for Large-Scale Production of High-Value White Spruce (Picea glauca).

scientific article

Development of high-density SNP genotyping arrays for white spruce (Picea glauca) and transferability to subtropical and nordic congeners

scientific article published on 25 January 2013

Elucidation of new structures in lignins of CAD- and COMT-deficient plants by NMR.

scientific article published in July 2001

Evaluation of the impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms and primer mismatches on quantitative PCR.

scientific article published on 28 August 2009

Evolution of gene structure in the conifer Picea glauca: a comparative analysis of the impact of intron size

scientific article

Expression of the β-glucosidase gene Pgβglu-1 underpins natural resistance of white spruce against spruce budworm

scientific article published on 6 November 2014

Expression profiling and functional analysis of Populus WRKY23 reveals a regulatory role in defense.

scientific article published on 21 July 2009

ForestTreeDB: a database dedicated to the mining of tree transcriptomes

scientific article

From genotypes to phenotypes: expression levels of genes encompassing adaptive SNPs in black spruce

scientific article

Gene expression during formation of earlywood and latewood in loblolly pine: expression profiles of 350 genes.

scientific article

Gene family structure, expression and functional analysis of HD-Zip III genes in angiosperm and gymnosperm forest trees

scientific article

Generation, annotation, analysis and database integration of 16,500 white spruce EST clusters.

scientific article

Genomic selection accuracies within and between environments and small breeding groups in white spruce.

scientific article published on 2 December 2014

Heterologous array analysis in Pinaceae: hybridization of Pinus taeda cDNA arrays with cDNA from needles and embryogenic cultures of P. Taeda, P. Sylvestris or Picea abies

scientific article

High nitrogen fertilization and stem leaning have overlapping effects on wood formation in poplar but invoke largely distinct molecular pathways

scientific article published on 25 August 2010

Identification of conserved core xylem gene sets: conifer cDNA microarray development, transcript profiling and computational analyses.

scientific article published in January 2008

Improved white spruce (Picea glauca) genome assemblies and annotation of large gene families of conifer terpenoid and phenolic defense metabolism

scientific article published on 28 May 2015

In vivo function of Pgβglu-1 in the release of acetophenones in white spruce

scientific article published on 7 July 2017

Inheritance, gene expression, and lignin characterization in a mutant pine deficient in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase ⬇️

scientific article published on July 22, 1997

Insect herbivory (Choristoneura fumiferana, Tortricidea) underlies tree population structure (Picea glauca, Pinaceae).

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Insights into conifer giga-genomes

scientific article

Involvement of Pinus taeda MYB1 and MYB8 in phenylpropanoid metabolism and secondary cell wall biogenesis: a comparative in planta analysis

scientific article published on 19 September 2008

Large-scale screening of transcription factor-promoter interactions in spruce reveals a transcriptional network involved in vascular development

scientific article

Large-scale statistical analysis of secondary xylem ESTs in pine.

scientific article

Lignin structure in a mutant pine deficient in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.

scientific article published in June 2000

Long-insert sequence capture detects high copy numbers in a defence-related beta-glucosidase gene βglu-1 with large variations in white spruce but not Norway spruce

scientific article published on 27 January 2024

Modular organization of the white spruce (Picea glauca) transcriptome reveals functional organization and evolutionary signatures

scientific article

NMR analysis of lignins in CAD-deficient plants. Part 1. Incorporation of hydroxycinnamaldehydes and hydroxybenzaldehydes into lignins.

scientific article published in January 2003

Opposite action of R2R3-MYBs from different subgroups on key genes of the shikimate and monolignol pathways in spruce

scientific article published on 14 December 2013

Physiological responses of rosewoods Dalbergia cochinchinensis and D. oliveri under drought and heat stresses

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

RECENT ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS.

scientific article published in June 1998

Reference transcriptomes and comparative analyses of six species in the threatened rosewood genus Dalbergia

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Report on the forest trees workshop at the plant and animal genome conference

scientific article published on January 2003

SABATH methyltransferases from white spruce (Picea glauca): gene cloning, functional characterization and structural analysis.

scientific article published on 14 April 2009

Subgroup 4 R2R3-MYBs in conifer trees: gene family expansion and contribution to the isoprenoid- and flavonoid-oriented responses

scientific article

The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution

scientific article

The landscape of nucleotide polymorphism among 13,500 genes of the conifer picea glauca, relationships with functions, and comparison with medicago truncatula.

scientific article published on January 2013

Towards decoding the conifer giga-genome

scientific article published on 09 September 2012

Transcriptome profiling in conifers and the PiceaGenExpress database show patterns of diversification within gene families and interspecific conservation in vascular gene expression

scientific article (publication date: 29 August 2012)

List of works by John MacKay

A Conifer UDP-Sugar Dependent Glycosyltransferase Contributes to Acetophenone Metabolism and Defense against Insects.

A high-resolution reference genetic map positioning 8.8 K genes for the conifer white spruce: structural genomics implications and correspondence with physical distance.

A robust neural networks approach for spatial and intensity-dependent normalization of cDNA microarray data.

A white spruce gene catalog for conifer genome analyses

Abnormal lignin in a loblolly pine mutant

Accuracy of genomic selection models in a large population of open-pollinated families in white spruce

Advances in forest tree genomics. Forest Trees Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XIII Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, January 2005

Are long‐lived trees poised for evolutionary change? Single locus effects in the evolution of gene expression networks in spruce ⬇️

Assembling the 20 Gb white spruce (Picea glauca) genome from whole-genome shotgun sequencing data

Association Genetics of Wood Physical Traits in the Conifer White Spruce and Relationships With Gene Expression ⬇️

Automated SNP detection from a large collection of white spruce expressed sequences: contributing factors and approaches for the categorization of SNPs

Average effect of a mutation in lignin biosynthesis in loblolly pine.

CNVs into the wild: screening the genomes of conifer trees (Picea spp.) reveals fewer gene copy number variations in hybrids and links to adaptation

Conifer genomics and adaptation: at the crossroads of genetic diversity and genome function

Connecting tree‐ring phenotypes, genetic associations and transcriptomics to decipher the genomic architecture of drought adaptation in a widespread conifer

Development of a Traceability System Based on a SNP Array for Large-Scale Production of High-Value White Spruce (Picea glauca).

Development of high-density SNP genotyping arrays for white spruce (Picea glauca) and transferability to subtropical and nordic congeners

Elucidation of new structures in lignins of CAD- and COMT-deficient plants by NMR.

Evaluation of the impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms and primer mismatches on quantitative PCR.

Evolution of gene structure in the conifer Picea glauca: a comparative analysis of the impact of intron size

Expression of the β-glucosidase gene Pgβglu-1 underpins natural resistance of white spruce against spruce budworm

Expression profiling and functional analysis of Populus WRKY23 reveals a regulatory role in defense.

ForestTreeDB: a database dedicated to the mining of tree transcriptomes

From genotypes to phenotypes: expression levels of genes encompassing adaptive SNPs in black spruce

Gene expression during formation of earlywood and latewood in loblolly pine: expression profiles of 350 genes.

Gene family structure, expression and functional analysis of HD-Zip III genes in angiosperm and gymnosperm forest trees

Generation, annotation, analysis and database integration of 16,500 white spruce EST clusters.

Genomic selection accuracies within and between environments and small breeding groups in white spruce.

Heterologous array analysis in Pinaceae: hybridization of Pinus taeda cDNA arrays with cDNA from needles and embryogenic cultures of P. Taeda, P. Sylvestris or Picea abies

High nitrogen fertilization and stem leaning have overlapping effects on wood formation in poplar but invoke largely distinct molecular pathways

Identification of conserved core xylem gene sets: conifer cDNA microarray development, transcript profiling and computational analyses.

Improved white spruce (Picea glauca) genome assemblies and annotation of large gene families of conifer terpenoid and phenolic defense metabolism

In vivo function of Pgβglu-1 in the release of acetophenones in white spruce

Inheritance, gene expression, and lignin characterization in a mutant pine deficient in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase ⬇️

Insect herbivory (Choristoneura fumiferana, Tortricidea) underlies tree population structure (Picea glauca, Pinaceae).

Insights into conifer giga-genomes

Involvement of Pinus taeda MYB1 and MYB8 in phenylpropanoid metabolism and secondary cell wall biogenesis: a comparative in planta analysis

Large-scale screening of transcription factor-promoter interactions in spruce reveals a transcriptional network involved in vascular development

Large-scale statistical analysis of secondary xylem ESTs in pine.

Lignin structure in a mutant pine deficient in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.

Long-insert sequence capture detects high copy numbers in a defence-related beta-glucosidase gene βglu-1 with large variations in white spruce but not Norway spruce

Modular organization of the white spruce (Picea glauca) transcriptome reveals functional organization and evolutionary signatures

NMR analysis of lignins in CAD-deficient plants. Part 1. Incorporation of hydroxycinnamaldehydes and hydroxybenzaldehydes into lignins.

Opposite action of R2R3-MYBs from different subgroups on key genes of the shikimate and monolignol pathways in spruce

Physiological responses of rosewoods Dalbergia cochinchinensis and D. oliveri under drought and heat stresses

RECENT ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS.

Reference transcriptomes and comparative analyses of six species in the threatened rosewood genus Dalbergia

Report on the forest trees workshop at the plant and animal genome conference

SABATH methyltransferases from white spruce (Picea glauca): gene cloning, functional characterization and structural analysis.

Subgroup 4 R2R3-MYBs in conifer trees: gene family expansion and contribution to the isoprenoid- and flavonoid-oriented responses

The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution

The landscape of nucleotide polymorphism among 13,500 genes of the conifer picea glauca, relationships with functions, and comparison with medicago truncatula.

Towards decoding the conifer giga-genome

Transcriptome profiling in conifers and the PiceaGenExpress database show patterns of diversification within gene families and interspecific conservation in vascular gene expression