Ma, W., Smigel, A., Tsai, Y.-C., Braam, J., Berkowitz, G.A. Innate immunity signaling: cytosolic Ca2+ elevation is linked to downstream nitric oxide generation through the action of calmodulin or a calmodulin-like protein, Plant Physiol., in press (2008).

Tsai, Y.-C., Delk, N.,Chowdhury, N. and Braam, J.  Arabidopsis potential calcium sensors regulate nitric oxide levels and the transition to flowering, Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2, 446-454 (2007).

Becnel, J., Natarajan, M., Kipp, A. and Braam, J.  Developmental expression patterns of Arabidopsis XTH genes as reported by transgenes and genevestigator, Plant Molecular Biology, 61, 451-467 (2006).

McCormack, E., Velasquez, L., Delk, N., and Braam, J., Touch-responsive behaviors and gene expression in plants, In Communication in Plants: Neuronal Aspects of Plant Life (Eds: Frantisek Baluska, Stefano Mancuso, Dieter Volkmann), Springer Press, pp. 249-261 (2006) PDF.

Delk. N., Johnson, K.A., Chowdhury, N.I., and Braam, J., CML24, regulated in expression by diverse stimuli, encodes a potential Ca2+ sensor that functions in responses to ABA, day length and ion stress, Plant Physiol., 139, 240-253 (2005).

Braam, J., In touch: plant responses to mechanical stimuli, New Phytologist 165, 373-389 (2005).

Lee, D., Polisensky, D.H., and Braam, J., Genome-wide identification of touch- and darkness-regulated Arabidopsis genes: a focus on calmodulin-like and XTH genes, New Phytologist 165, 429-444 (2005).

McCormack, E., and Braam, J., Calmodulins and related potential calcium sensors of Arabidopsis, New Phytologist, 159, 585-598 (2003).

Iliev, E., Xu, W., Polisensky, D.H., Oh, M.-H., Torisky, R.S., Clouse, S.D., and Braam, J., Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of Arabidopsis TCH4 expression by diverse stimuli: Roles of cis regions and brassinosteroids, Plant Physiol., 130, 770-783 (2002).

Rose, J.K.C., Braam, J., Fry, S.C., and Nishitani, K., The XTH family of enzymes involved in xyloglucan endotransglucosylation and endohydrolasis: Current prospectives and a new unifying nomenclature, Plant & Cell Physiol., 43, 1421-1435 (2002).

Braam, J., The Arabidopsis TCH genes:  Regulated in expression by mechanotransduction? NATO Advanced Research Workshop Proceedings, J.H. Cherry et al. (eds), Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in Agriculture: Role of Genetic Engineering, 29-37 (2000).

Steele, N.M., Sulová, Z., Campbell, P., Braam, J., Farkas, V., and Fry, S.C., Ten isoenzymes of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase from plant cell walls select and cleave the donor substrate stochastically, Biochem. J., 355, 671-679 (2001).

Braam, J., The Arabidopsis TCH genes:  Regulated in expression by mechanotransduction? NATO Advanced Research Workshop Proceedings, J.H. Cherry et al. (eds), Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in Agriculture: Role of Genetic Engineering, 29-37 (2000).

Campbell, P., and Braam, J., In vitro activities of four xyloglucan endotransglycosylases from Arabidopsis.  Plant J. 18, 371-382 (1999).

Campbell, P, and Braam, J., Xyloglucan endotransglycosylases:  Diversity of genes, enzymes and potential wall-modifying functions, Trends in Plant Sci. 4, 361-366 (1999).

Braam, J., If walls could talk, Cur. Opinion in Plant Biology2, 521-524 (1999).

Johnson, K.A., Sistrunk, M.L., Polisensky, D.H., and Braam, J., Arabidopsisthaliana responses to mechanical stimulation do not require ETR1 or EIN2.  Plant Physiol. 116, 643-649 (1998).

Campbell, P., and Braam, J., Co- and post-translational modifications are critical for TCH4 XET  activity.  Plant J. 15, 553-561 (1998).

Khan, A.R., Johnson, K.A., Braam, J., and James, M.N.G., Comparative modeling of the three-dimensional structure of the calmodulin-related TCH2 protein from Arabidopsis.  Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 27, 144-153 (1997).

Braam, J. Sistrunk, M.L., Polisensky, D.H., Xu, W., Purugganan, M.M., Antosiewicz, D.M., Campbell, P., and Johnson, K.A., Plant responses to environmental stress: Regulation and function of the Arabidopsis TCH genes.  Planta 203, S35-S41 (1997). 

Purugganan, M.M., Braam, J., and Fry, S.C., The Arabidopsis TCH4 xyloglucan endotransglycosylase: Substrate specificity, pH optimum, and cold tolerance.  Plant Physiol. 115, 181-190 (1997).

Xu, W., Campbell, P., Vargheese, A., and Braam, J., The Arabidopsis XET-related gene family: Hormonal and environmental regulation of expression.  Plant Journal 9, 879-889 (1996).

Polisensky, D.H., and Braam, J., Cold shock regulation of ArabidopsisTCH gene expression and the effects of modulating intracellular calcium levels.  Plant Physiol. 111, 1271-1279 (1996).

Braam, J., Sistrunk, M.L., Polisensky, D.H., Xu, W., Purugganan, M.M., Antosiewicz, D.M., Campbell, P., and Johnson, K.A., Life in a changing world:  TCH gene regulation of expression and responses to environmental signals.  Physiol. Planta. 98, 909-919 (1996).

Antosiewicz, D.M., Polisensky, D.H., and Braam, J., Cellular localization of the Ca2+ binding TCH3 protein of Arabidopsis.  Plant Journal 8, 623-636 (1995).

Xu, W., Purugganan, M.M., Polisensky, D.H., Antosiewicz, D.M., Fry, S.C., and Braam, J., Arabidopsis TCH4, regulated by hormones and the environment, encodes a xyloglucan endotransglycosylase.  Plant Cell 7, 1555-1567 (1995).

Sistrunk, M.L., Antosiewicz, D.M., Purugganan, M.M., and Braam, J., Arabidopsis TCH3  encodes a novel Ca2+ binding protein and shows environmentally induced and tissue-specific regulation, Plant Cell 6, 1553-1565 (1994).

Braam, J., Developmental and molecular responses to touch in plants. In Society for Developmental Biology Symposia (A.C. Spradling, Ed.), Wiley-Liss, Inc., p. 185-198 (1993).

Braam, J., Touch-induced regulation of expression of the calmodulin-related TCH genes and thigmomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis.  In Plant Growth Substances (C.M. Karssen, L.C. VanLoon and D. Vreugdenhil, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 82-95 (1992).

Braam, J., Regulated expression of the calmodulin-related TCH genes in cultured Arabidopsis cells:  Induction by calcium and heat shock, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 3213-3216 (1992).

Braam, J., Regulation of expression of calmodulin and calmodulin-related genes by environmental stimuli in plants, Cell Calcium. 13, 457-463 (1992).

Braam, J., and Davis, R.W., The mechanosensory pathway in Arabidopsis: Touch-induced regulation of expression of calmodulin and calmodulin-related genes and alterations of development.  In Current Topics in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 9 (D.D. Randall and D.G. Blevins, Eds.), University of Missouri Press, Columbia, pp. 85-100 (1990).

Braam, J., and Davis, R.W., Rain-, wind- and touch-induced expression of calmodulin and calmodulin-related genes in Arabidopsis, Cell 60, 357-364 (1990)