Dr. Tierney received her Ph.D. in Genetics under the direction of Karel Schubert at Michigan State University and then did postdoctoral research with Roger Beachy and Joseph Varner at Washington University. She was a faculty member at Ohio State before coming to the University of Vermont in 1992.

Research Interests

Selected Publications

Fowler, T.J., Bernhardt, C., Tierney, M.L. Characterization and expression of four proline-rich cell wall protein genes in Arabidopsis encoding two distinct subsets of multiple domain proteins. Plant Physiol. 1999 Dec;121(4):1081-1092.

Bernhardt, C., Tierney, M.L. Expression of AtPRP3, a proline-rich structural cell wall protein from Arabidopsis, is regulated by cell-type-specific developmental pathways involved in root hair formation. Plant Physiol. 2000 Mar;122(3):705-714.

Bernhardt, C., Tierney, M.L. (2006) Proline-rich cell wall proteins building blocks ofr an expanding cell wall In The Science and Lore of the Plant Cell wall: Biosynthesis, Structure and Function. Brown Walker Press, Boca Raton, FL pp164 ?170

Hu, J., Tierney, M.L. AtPRP3 protein localizes to the cell wall of the growing tip of root hairs in Arabidopsis. In preparation.

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