DIVISION OF PLANT PATHOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY
in The Department of Plant Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Forbes Building 303,
P.O. Box 210036, Tucson AZ 85721-0036
(520) 621-1977, FAX (520) 621-7186
 Dr. M. Alejandra Mandel, 
Assistant Research Scientist
Department of Plant Pathology 
College of Agriculture 
Ph.D. (1988), Universidad de Buenos Aires 

e-mail: mandel@ag.arizona.edu

Area of Interest:
Molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions using the plant pathogen Magnaporthe grisea and the mammalian pathogen Coccidioides immitis as models. 
Research Goals:
Characterize Avirulence genes in the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe grisea.  Determine the role of chitin synthases in progression through the infection cycle of the Valley Fever Fungus, Coccidioides immitis. 
Selected Publications:
Aboudeh, R.O., M.J. Orbach, M.A. Mandel, A. Das and J.N.Galgiani. 2000. Genetic Transformation of Coccidioides immitis Facilitated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Journal of Infection and Disease 181:2106-2110.

Mandel, M.A., M.F. Yanofsky. 1998. The Arabidopsis AGL9 MADS box gene is expressed in young flower primordia. Sexual Plant Reproduction. 11:22-28. 

Mandel, M.A., V.W. Crouch, U.P. Gunawardena, T.M. Harper, and M.J. Orbach. 1997. Physical mapping of the Magnaporthe grisea AVR1-MARA gene reveals the virulent allele contains two deletions. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 10:1102-1105. 

Hempel, F.D., D. Weigel, M.A. Mandel, G. Ditta, P.C. Zambryski, L.J. Feldman, M.F. Yanofsky. 1997. Floral determination and expression of floral regulatory genes in Arabidopsis. Development 124:3845-3853. 

Mandel, M,A., K.A. Feldmann, L. Herreraestrella, M. Rochasosa, P. Leon. 1995. CLA1, a novel gene required for chlorplast development, is highly conserved in evolution. Plant Journal. 9:649-658. 

Mena, M., M.A. Mandel, D.R. Lerner, M.F. Yanofsky, R.J. Schmidt. 1995. A characterization of the MADS-box gene family in Maize. Plant Journal. 8(6):845-854. 

Mandel, M.A., M.F. Yanofsky. 1995. The Arabidopsis AGL8 MADS-box gene is expressed in inflorescence meristems and is negatively regulated by APETALA1. Plant Cell 7:1763-1771.

For further information, contact:

Dr. Ale Mandel 
University of Arizona 
303 Forbes Building 
P.O. Box 210036 
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 

Phone: (520)621-9891 
Fax: (520)621-7186


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