Lawrence, S.A., Ceserani, T., Clay, N.K. (2016). Assays to investigate the N-glycosylation state and function of plant pattern recognition receptors. Methods in Molecular Biology 1578: 61-79.
Chezem, W.R., Clay, N.K. (2016). Regulation of plant secondary metabolism and associated specialized cell development by MYBs and bHLHs. Phytochemistry. pii: S0031-9422(16)30158-3.
Miller, J.C., Chezem, W.R., Clay, N.K. (2016). Ternary WD40 repeat-containing protein complexes: evolution, composition and roles in plant immunity. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015/01108
Rajniak, J., Barco, B., Clay, N.K., Sattely, E. (2015). A new cyanogenic metabolite in Arabidopsis required for inducible pathogen defence. Nature 525: 375-379. doi: 10.1038/nature14907. PMCID: PMC4629851
Chezem, W.R., Clay, N.K. (2015). Regulators and pathway enzymes that contribute to chemical diversity in phenylpropanoid and aromatic alkaloid metabolism in plant immunity. In: The Formation, Structure and Activity of Phytochemicals (R. Jetter, ed.) Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 137-162.
Chezem, W.R., Clay, N.K. (2015). Regulatory and biosynthetic mechanisms underlying plant chemical defense responses to biotic stresses. In: Molecular Mechanisms in Plant Adaptation (R.A.E. Laitinen, ed.) Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, pp. 117-146.
Clay, N.K. (2011) Chemical diversity on display in the plant innate immune systems of closely-related species. New Phytologist 192: 566-569. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03921.x
Jander, G., Clay, N. (2011). New synthesis – plant defense signaling: new opportunities for studying chemical diversity. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37: 429. doi: 10.1007/x10886-011-9952-1
Millet, Y.A., Danna, C.H., Clay, N.K., Songnuan, W., Simon, M.D., Werck-Reichhart, D., Ausubel, F.M. (2010). Innate immune responses activated in Arabidopsis roots by microbe-associated molecular patterns. Plant Cell 22: 973-990. doi: 10.1105/tpc.109.069658. PMCID: PMC2861455
Clay, N.K., Adio, A.M., Denoux, C., Jander, G., Ausubel, F.M. (2009). Glucosinolate metabolites required for an Arabidopsis innate immune response. Science 323: 95-101. doi: 10.1126/science.1164627. PMCID: PMC2630859 Abstract. Full text.
Jiao, Y., Tausta, S.L., Gandotra, N., Sun, N., Liu, T., Clay, N.K., Ceserani, T., Chen, M., Ma, L., Holford, M., Zhao, H., Deng, X.-W., Nelson, T. (2009). A transcriptome atlas of rice cell types uncovers cellular, functional and developmental hierarchies. Nature Genetics 41: 258-263. doi: 10.1038/ng.282
Songnuan, W., Millet, Y., Denoux, C., Clay, N.K., Danna, C., Ausubel, F.M. (2008). A seedling assay for MAMP signaling and infection studies. In: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions (M. Lorito, S.L. Woo, and F. Scala, eds.) International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul, MN.
Petricka, J.J., Clay, N.K., Nelson, T.M. (2008). Vein patterning screens and the defectively organized tributaries mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal 156: 251-263. PMID: 18643975
Clay, N.K., Nelson, T. (2005). The recessive epigenetic swellmap mutation affects the expression of two step II splicing factors required for the transcription of the cell proliferation gene STRUWWELPETER and for the timing of cell cycle arrest in the Arabidopsis leaf. Plant Cell 17: 1994-2008. doi: 10.1105/tpc.105.032771. PMCID: PMC1167547
Clay, N.K., Nelson, T. (2005). Arabidopsis thickvein mutation affects vein thickness and organ vascularization, and resides in a provascular-specific spermine synthase involved in vein definition and in polar auxin transport. Plant Physiology 138: 767-777. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.055756. PMCID: PMC1150395
Clay, N.K., Nelson, T. (2002). VH1: a provascular-specific receptor kinase that influences leaf cell patterns in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 14: 2707-2722. doi: 10.1105/tpc.005884. PMCID: PMC152722