Publications

Moriya, K.C., Kono, H., Lu, Y.T., Loue-Manifel, J., Oka, Y., Matsushita, T., Honjo, M.N., Ishizaki, K., Kudoh, H., Goodrich, J., and Shimada, T. (2026). Ectopic, but not endogenous, MpSETA disrupts epidermal tissue formation in Marchantia polymorpha. J Exp Bot 77, 2383-2396. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erag024

Tabassum, N., Goodrich, J., Loake, G.J., 2026. A key role for S-nitrosylation in immune regulation and development in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. J Exp Bot 77, 4561-4578. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41982160

Velanis, C.N., and Goodrich, J. (2025). Phosphorylation powers plant Polycomb. Nat Plants 11, 1481-1482. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02042-5

Lu YT, Loue-Manifel J, Bollier N, Gadient P, De Winter F, Carella P, Hoguin A, Grey-Switzman S, Marnas H, Simon F, Copin A, Fischer S, de Leau E, Schornack S, Nishihama R, Kohchi T, Depege Fargeix N, Ingram G, Nowack M, and Goodrich J 2024. Convergent evolution of water-conducting cells in Marchantia recruited the ZHOUPI gene promoting cell wall reinforcement and programmed cell death. Current Biology  34: 793-807 e797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.014

Moriya, K.C., Shirakawa, M., Loue-Manifel, J., Matsuda, Y., Lu, Y.T., Tamura, K., Oka, Y., Matsushita, T., Hara-Nishimura, I., Ingram, G., Nishihama, R., Goodrich, J., Kohchi, T., Shimada, T., 2023. Stomatal regulators are co-opted for seta development in the astomatous liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Nature Plants9, 302-314. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01325-5

Muller-Xing, R., Ardiansyah, R., Xing, Q., Faivre, L., Tian, J., Wang, G., Zheng, Y., Wang, X., Jing, T., de Leau, E., Chen, S., Chen, S., Schubert, D., Goodrich, J., 2022. Polycomb proteins control floral determinacy by H3K27me3-mediated repression of pluripotency genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Exp Bot 73, 2385-2402. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac013

Xishi Zhou, Junna He, Christos N. Velanis, Yiwang Zhu, Yuhan He, Kai Tang, Mingku Zhu, Lisa Graser, Erica de Leau, Xingang Wang, Lingrui Zhang, W. Andy Tao, Justin Goodrich, Jian-Kang Zhu, Cui-Jun Zhang. (2021).  A domesticated Harbinger transposase forms a complex with HDA6 and promotes histone H3 deacetylation at genes but not Tes in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13108

Bloomer, R. H., Hutchison, C. E., Bäurle, I., Walker, J., Fang, X., Perera, P., Velanis,C., Gümüs, S., Spanos, C., Rappsilber, J., Feng, X., Goodrich, J., Dean, C., (2020). The arabidopsis epigenetic regulator ICU11 as an accessory protein of polycomb repressive complex 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008681

Christos N. Velanis^¶, Pumi Perera^¶, Bennett Thomson, Erica de Leau^,, Shih Chieh Liang, Ben Hartwig, Alex Förderer, Harry Thornton, Pedro Arede, Jiawen Chen, Kimberly M. Webb, Serin Gümüs, Geert De Jaeger, Clinton A. Page, C. Nathan Hancock, Christos Spanos, Juri Rappsilber, Philipp Voigt, Franziska Turck, Frank Wellmer, Justin Goodrich (2020). The domesticated transposase ALP2 mediates formation of a novel Polycomb protein complex by direct interaction with MSI1, a core subunit of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2). PLoS Genetics 16(5).  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008681                  

Velanis C.N., Goodrich J.(2017) Vernalization and Epigenetic Inheritance: A Game of Histones. Current  Biology 27(24):R1324-R1326. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.048.

Jun Xiao, Run Jin, Xiang Yu, Max Shen, John D Wagner, Armaan Pai1, Claire Song, Michael Zhuang, Samantha Klasfeld, Chongsheng He, Alexandre M Santos, Chris Helliwell, Jose L Pruneda-Paz, Steve A Kay, Xiaowei Lin, Sujuan Cui, Meilin Fernandez Garcia, Oliver Clarenz, Justin Goodrich, Xiaoyu Zhang, Ryan S Austin, Roberto Bonasio & Doris Wagner. (2017). Cis and trans determinants of epigenetic silencing by Polycomb repressive complex 2 in Arabidopsis. Nature Genetics. doi: 10.1038/ng.3937

Fourquin C., Beauzamy L., Chamot S., Creff A., Goodrich J., Boudaoud A., Ingram G. (2016). Mechanical stress mediated by both endosperm softening and embryo growth underlies endosperm elimination in Arabidopsis seeds. Development. 143(18) 3300-3305. DOI: 10.1242/dev.137224.

Zhang Y., Li X., Goodrich J., Wu C., Wei H., Yang S., Feng X. Reduced function of the RNA-binding protein FPA rescues a T-DNA insertion mutant in the Arabidopsis ZHOUPI gene by promoting transcriptional read-through. Plant Molecular  Biology. 2016 Jul; 91(4-5):549-561. DOI:10.1007/s11103-016-0487-2. 

Liang S.C., Hartwig B., Perera P., Mora-García S., de Leau E., Thornton H., de Lima Alves F., Rappsilber J., Yang S., James GV., Schneeberger K., Finnegan E.J., Turck F., Goodrich J. Kicking against the PRCs - A Domesticated Transposase Antagonises Silencing Mediated by Polycomb Group Proteins and Is an Accessory Component of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2. PLOS Genetics (2015) 11:e1005660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005660. 

Müller-Xing R., Schubert D., Goodrich J. Non-inductive conditions expose the cryptic bract of flower phytomeres in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signal  & Behavior.  2015;10(4):e1010868. doi:10.1080/15592324.2015.1010868. 

Ikeuchi M., Iwase A., Rymen B., Harashima H., Shibata M., Ohnuma M., Breuer C., Morao A.K., de Lucas M., De Veylder L., Goodrich J., Brady S.M., Roudier F., Sugimoto K. PRC2 represses dedifferentiation of mature somatic cells in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants.  2015 Jun 29;1:15089. DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.89. 

Van Hautegem T., Waters A.J., Goodrich J., Nowack M.K. Only in dying, life: programmed cell death during plant development. Trends in  Plant Science.  2015 Feb;20(2):102-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.10.003.

Müller-Xing R., Clarenz O., Pokorny L., Goodrich J., Schubert D. Polycomb-Group Proteins and FLOWERING LOCUS T Maintain Commitment to Flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell.  2014 Jun 10;26(6):2457-2471. [Epub ahead of print]. DOI:10.1105/tpc.114.123323. 

Lee, E., Lucas, J.R., Goodrich, J., and Sack, F.D. (2014). Arabidopsis guard cell integrity involves the epigenetic stabilization of the FLP and FAMA transcription factor genes. Plant Journal. 78, 566-577. DOI:10.1111/tpj.12516. 

Waters, A., Creff, A., Goodrich, J., and Ingram, G. (2013). "What we’ve got here is failure to communicate": Zou mutants and endosperm cell death in seed development. Plant Signal & Behavior. Mar 26;8(6). DOI:10.4161/psb.24368. 

Xing Q., Creff A., Waters A., Tanaka H., Goodrich J., Ingram G.C. ZHOUPI controls embryonic cuticle formation via a signalling pathway involving the subtilisin protease ABNORMAL LEAF-SHAPE1 and the receptor kinases GASSHO1 and GASSHO2. Development. 2013 Feb;140(4):770-779. DOI: 10.1242/dev.088898. 

Lopez-Vernaza M., Yang S., Müller R., Thorpe F., de Leau E., Goodrich J. Antagonistic roles of SEPALLATA3, FT and FLC genes as targets of the polycomb group gene CURLY LEAF. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e30715. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030715.

Liu X., Kim Y.J, Müller R., Yumul R.E., Liu C., Pan Y., Cao X., Goodrich J., Chen X. AGAMOUS terminates floral stem cell maintenance in Arabidopsis by directly repressing WUSCHEL through recruitment of Polycomb Group proteins. The Plant Cell. 2011 Oct;23(10):3654-3670. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.091538. 

Farrona S., Thorpe F.L., Engelhorn J., Adrian J., Dong X., Sarid-Krebs L., Goodrich J., Turck F. Tissue-specific expression of FLOWERING LOCUS T in Arabidopsis is maintained independently of polycomb group protein repression. The Plant Cell. 2011 Sep;23(9):3204-3214. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.087809. 

Müller, R., Goodrich J. (2011).Footprints of Winter. The Scientist 25:57 

Müller R., Goodrich J. Sweet memories: epigenetic control in flowering. F1000 Biol Rep. 2011;3:13. DOi: 10.3410/B3-13.

Bouyer D., Roudier F., Heese M., Andersen E.D., Gey D., Nowack M.K., Goodrich J., Renou J.P., Grini P.E., Colot V., Schnittger A. Polycomb repressive complex 2 controls the embryo-to-seedling phase transition. PLoS Genetics. 2011 Mar;7(3):e1002014. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002014. 

Finnegan E.J., Bond D.M., Buzas D.M., Goodrich J., Helliwell C.A., Tamada Y., Yun J.Y., Amasino R.M., Dennis E.S. Polycomb proteins regulate the quantitative induction of VERNALIZATION INSENSITIVE 3 in response to low temperatures. The Plant Journal. 2011 Feb;65(3):382-391. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04428.x.

Schatlowski N., Stahl Y., Hohenstatt M.L., Goodrich J., Schubert D. The CURLY LEAF interacting protein BLISTER controls expression of polycomb-group target genes and cellular differentiation of Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell. 2010 Jul;22(7):2291-2305. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.073403. 

Yang S., Johnston N., Talideh E., Mitchell S., Jeffree C., Goodrich J., Ingram G.The endosperm-specific ZHOUPI gene of Arabidopsis thaliana regulates endosperm breakdown and embryonic epidermal development. Development. 2008 Nov;135(21):3501-3509. DOI: 10.1242/dev.026708. 

Schatlowski N., Creasey K., Goodrich J., Schubert D. Keeping plants in shape: polycomb-group genes and histone methylation. Seminars Cell and Developmental Biology. 2008 Dec;19(6):547-553.DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04428.x. 

Zhang X., Clarenz O., Cokus S., Bernatavichute Y.V., Pellegrini M., Goodrich J., Jacobsen SE. Whole-genome analysis of histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation in Arabidopsis. PLoS Biology. 2007 May;5(5):e129. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050129. 

Schubert D., Primavesi L., Bishopp A., Roberts G., Doonan J., Jenuwein T., Goodrich J. Silencing by plant Polycomb-group genes requires dispersed trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 27. EMBO Journal. 2006 Oct 4;25(19):4638-4649. Epub 2006 Sep 7. DOI:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601311.  

Makarevich G., Leroy O., Akinci U., Schubert D., Clarenz O., Goodrich J, Grossniklaus U., Köhler C. Different Polycomb group complexes regulate common target genes in Arabidopsis. EMBO Reports. 2006 Sep;7(9):947-952. Epub 2006 Jul 28. DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400760. 

Schubert D., Clarenz O., Goodrich J. Epigenetic control of plant development by Polycomb-group proteins.Current Opinion Plant Biology. 2005 Oct;8(5):553 -561. DOI:10.1016/j.pbi.2005.07.005. 

Goodrich J., Wiener P. A. walk from the wild side: the genetics of domestication of livestock and crops. Bioessays. 2005 May; 27(5):574-576.  DOI:10.1002/bies.20228. 

Lindroth A.M., Shultis D., Jasencakova Z., Fuchs J., Johnson L., Schubert D., Patnaik D., Pradhan S., Goodrich J., Schubert I., Jenuwein T., Khorasanizadeh S., Jacobsen S.E. Dual histone H3 methylation marks at lysines 9 and 27 required for interaction with CHROMOMETHYLASE3. EMBO Journal. 2004 Oct 27;23(21):4286-4296. Epub 2004 Sep 30. Erratum in: EMBO Journal. 2011 May 4;30(9):1874.DOI:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600430.

Chanvivattana Y., Bishopp A., Schubert D., Stock C., Moon Y.H., Sung Z.R., Goodrich J. Interaction of Polycomb-group proteins controlling flowering in Arabidopsis. Development. 2004 Nov;131(21):5263-5276. Epub 2004 Sep 29. DOI:10.1242/dev.01400. 

Narita N.N., Moore S., Horiguchi G., Kubo M., Demura T., Fukuda H., Goodrich J., Tsukaya H. Overexpression of a novel small peptide ROTUNDIFOLIA4 decreases cell proliferation and alters leaf shape in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 2004 May;38(4):699-713.DOI:10.1111/j.1365313X.2004.02078.x

Schubert D., Goodrich J. Plant epigenetics: MEDEA's children take centre stage. Current Biology. 2003 Aug 19;13(16):R638-640. Review. No abstract available. PMID:12932340

Goodrich J., Tweedie S. Remembrance of things past: chromatin remodeling in plant development. Annual Review of  Cell and Developmental Biology. 2002;18:707-746. Epub 2002 Apr 2. Review.  DOI:10.1146/annurev.cellbio.18.040202.114836. 

Eckardt N.A., Araki T., Benning C., Cubas P., Goodrich J., Jacobsen S.E., Masson P., Nambara E., Simon R., Somerville S. and Wasteneys G. (2001). Arabidopsis Research 2001. The Plant Cell . 13:1973-1982.  PMC1464711

Spillane, C., MacDougall, C.M., Stock, C.P., Vielle-Calzada, J.-P., Köhler, C., Nunes, S., Grossniklaus, U. and Goodrich, J. (2000). Interaction of the Arabidopsis Polycomb group proteins FIE and MEA mediates their common phenotypes. Current Biology.  10:1535-1538. PMID:11114524 

Goodrich, J., Puangsomlee, P., Long, D., Martin, M., Meyerowitz, E.M. and G. Coupland. 1997. A Polycomb-group gene regulates homeotic gene expression in plants. Nature. 386: 44-51. DOI:10.1038/386044a0