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Herman B. Scholthof

Professor Emeritus
Focus Area:  Molecular plant virology
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Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S. Higher Agricultural School, Leeuwarden
Graduate Education
M.S., Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky
Post-doc: University of California - Berkeley
Courses Taught
PLPA 616: Methods in Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions
PLPA 620: Plant Virology
PLPA 665: Viral Vectors and Gene Therapy
PLPA 681: Seminar
BESC 484; Field Experience (team-taught)

Professional Summary

Herman Scholthof is a retired Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, TAMU, who specialized in plant virology.

Selected Publications

  1. Alvarado, V.Y., and Scholthof, H.B. (2012) AGO2: A new Argonaute compromising plant virus accumulation. Frontiers Plant-Microbe Interact. (in press).
  2. Seaberg, B., Hsieh, Y.-C., Scholthof, K.-B.G. and Scholthof, H.B. (2012) Host impact on stability of a plant virus gene vector as measured by a newly adapted fluorescent local lesion assay. J. Virol. Meth. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.11.004
  3. Scholthof, H.B., Alvarado, V.Y., Vega-Arreguin, J.C., Ciomperlik, J.J., Odokonyero, D., Brosseau, C., Jaubert, M., Zamora, A., and Moffett, P. (2011). Identification of an ARGONAUTE for antiviral RNA silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Physiol., 156:1548-1555.
  4. Ciomperlik, J., Omarov, R.T., and Scholthof, H.B. (2011). An antiviral RISC isolated from Tobacco rattle virus-infected plants. Virology 412:117-124
  5. Scholthof, K.-B.G., and Scholthof, H.B. (2011). Induction and suppression of RNA silencing: Insights from plant viral infections – A BARD Workshop Report. Plant Molec. Biol. 75:205-210
  6. Saxena, P., Hsieh, Y-C., (both share first co-authorship), Alvarado, V.Y., Sainsbury,, F., Saunders. K., Lomonossoff, G., and Scholthof, H.B. (2011).. Improved foreign gene expression in plants using a virus-encoded suppressor of RNA silencing modified to be developmentally harmless. Plant Biotech. J. 9:703-712.
  7. Everett, A, Scholthof, H.B., and Scholthof, K.-B. G. (2010) Satellite panicum mosaic virus coat protein enhances the performance of plant virus gene vectors. Virology 396:37-46.
  8. Alvarado, V., and Scholthof, H.B. (2009). Plant responses against invasive nucleic acids:  RNA silencing and its suppression by plant viral pathogens. Sem. Cell Develop. Biol. 20:1032–1040.
  9. Hsieh, Y.-C., Omarov, R.T., and Scholthof, H.B. (2008). Diverse and newly recognized effects associated with siRNA binding site modifications on the Tomato bushy stunt virus P19 silencing suppressor. J. Virol. 83:2188-2000.
  10. Qiu, W, and Scholthof, H.B. (2008).Tomato bushy stunt virus gene vectors. Curr. Protoc. Microbiol. 7:16I.4.1-16I.4.16
  11. Scholthof, H.B. Heterologous expression of viral RNAi suppressors: RISC management. (2007). Plant Physiol. 145:1110-1117
  12. Omarov, R., Ciomperlik, J., and Scholthof, H.B. (2007). RNAi-associated ssRNA-specific ribonucleases in Tombusvirus P19 mutant-infected plants and evidence for a discrete siRNA-containing effector complex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:1714-1719
  13. Scholthof, H.B. (2006). The Tombusvirus-encoded P19: from irrelevance to elegance. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 4:405-411
  14. Omarov, R., Sparks, K.,Smith, L., Zindovic, J., and Scholthof, H.B. (2006). Biological relevance of a stable biochemical interaction between the tombusvirus-encoded P19 and siRNAs. J. Virol. 80:3000-3008
  15. Skare, J.M., Wijkamp, I., Denham, I., Rezende, J.A.M., Kitajima, E.W., Park, J.W., Desvoyes, B., Rush, C.M., Michels, G., Scholthof, K.-B. G., and Scholthof, H.B. (2006). A new eriophyid mite-borne membrane-enveloped virus complex isolated from plants. Virology 347:343-353.