Eric J. Stockinger

Personal Background

My professional experience spans from the horticultural use of woody ornamental trees and
shrubs for the landscape to transcriptional regulation of environmental stress responsive genes in
the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. My long-term research goal is to understand the
molecular genetic basis of low temperature tolerance in plants.

Education

Professional Positions Held

Professional Society Membership

American Society of Plant Physiologists
American Society for Microbiology

Publications on Cold Acclimation

Skinner, J.S., Szűcs, P., von Zitzewitz, J., Marquez-Cedillo, L., Filichkin, T., Stockinger, E.J.,
Chen, T.H.H., and Hayes P.M. (2006) Mapping of barley homologs to genes that regulate low
temperature tolerance in Arabidopsis. Theor. Appl. Genet. 112:832-842.

Tondelli, A., Francia, E., Barabaschi, D., Aprile, A., Skinner, J.S., Stockinger, E.J., Stanca,
A.M., and Pecchioni, N. (2006) Mapping regulatory genes as candidates for cold and drought
stress tolerance in barley. Theor. Appl. Genet. 112:445-454.

Stockinger, E.J., Cheng, H., and Skinner, J.S. (2006) Structural organization of barley CBF
genes coincident with a QTL for cold hardiness. In, “Cold Hardiness in Plants,” THH Chen, M
Uemura and S Fujikawa, (eds.), CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK. pp. 53-63.

Skinner, J.S., von Zitzewitz, J., Marquez-Cedillo, L., Filichkin, T., Szűcs, P., Amundsen, K.,
Stockinger, E.J., Thomashow, M.F., Chen, T.H.H., and Hayes, P.M. (2006) Barley Contains a
Large CBF Gene Family Associated with Quantitative Cold Tolerance Traits. In, “Advances in
Plant Cold Hardiness: Molecular Genetics and Transgenics,” THH Chen, M Uemura, and S
Fujikawa, (eds.), CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK. pp. 30-52.

Wang, Z., Triezenberg, S.J., Thomashow, M.F., and E.J. Stockinger. (2005) Multiple
hydrophobic motifs in Arabidopsis CBF1 COOH-terminus provide functional redundancy in
trans-activation. Plant Mol. Biol. 58:543-559.

Skinner, J.S., von Zitzewitz, J., Szűcs, P., Marquez-Cedillo, L., Filichkin, T., Amundsen, K.,
Stockinger, E.J., Thomashow, M.F., Chen, T.H.H., and Hayes P.M. (2005) Structural,
functional and phylogenetic characterization of a large CBF gene family in barley. Plant Mol.
Biol. 59:533-551.

Zhang, X., Fowler, S.G., Cheng, H., Lou, Y., Rhee, S.Y., Stockinger, E.J. and Thomashow,
M.F. (2004) Freezing Sensitive Tomato has a Functional CBF Cold Response Pathway, but a
CBF Regulon that Differs from that of Freezing Tolerant Arabidopsis. Plant J. 39:905-919.

Stockinger, E.J., Mao, Y., Regier, M., Triezenberg, S.J. and Thomashow, M.F. (2001)
Transcriptional adaptor and histone acetyltransferase proteins in Arabidopsis and their
interactions with CBF1, a transcriptional activator involved in cold-regulated gene expression.
Nucleic Acids Res. 29:1524-1533.

Thomashow, M.F., Gilmour, S.J., Stockinger, E.J., Jaglo-Ottosen, K.R., Zarka, D. G. (2001)
Role of the Arabidopsis CBF transcriptional activators in cold acclimation. Physiol. Plant.
112:171-175

Gilmour, S.J., Zarka, D.G., Stockinger, E.J., Salazar, M.P., Houghton, J.M., and Thomashow,
M.F. (1998) Low temperature regulation of the Arabidopsis CBF family of AP2 transcriptional
activators as an early step in cold-induced COR gene expression. Plant J. 16:433-442.

Stockinger, E.J., Gilmour, S.J. and Thomashow, M.F. (1997) Arabidopsis thaliana CBF1
encodes an AP2 domain-containing transcriptional activator that binds to the C-repeat/DRE, a
cis-acting DNA regulatory element that stimulates transcription in response to low temperature
and water deficit. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 94:1035-1040.

Thomashow, M.F., Stockinger, E.J., Jaglo-Ottosen, K.R., Gilmour, S.J. and Zarka, D.G. (1997)
Function and regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana COR (cold-regulated) genes. ACTA Physiol.
Plant. 19:497-504.

Thomashow, M.F., Stockinger, E.J., and Gilmour, S.J. (1997) Regulation of plant gene
expression in response to low temperature. In, “Plant Cold Hardiness. Molecular Biology,
Biochemistry and Physiology,” PH Li and THH Chen (eds.), Plenum, New York. pp. 29-34.

Thomashow, M.F., Artus, N.N., Bloksberg, L.N., Gilmour, S.J., Stockinger, E.J., Wilhelm, K.,
Uemura, M., Webb, M.S., and Steponkus, P.L. (1996) Cold acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana:
function and regulation of COR genes. In, “Physical Stresses in Plants. Genes and their Products
for Tolerance,” S. Grillo and A. Leone (eds.) Springer, Berlin. pp. 71-81.

Publications on Tepary Beans, Phaseolus acutifolius

Garvin, D.F., Federici, C.V., Stockinger, E.J., and Waines, J.G. (1997) Genetic marker
transmission in early generation common x tepary bean hybrids. J. Hered. 88:537-540.
Wells, W.C., Stockinger, E.J., and Waines, J.G. (1988) Mass selection for seed weight within
tepary bean crosses. Annu. Rep. Bean Improv. Coop. 31:199.

Wells, W.C., Stockinger, E.J., and Waines, J.G. (1986) Variation for seed size in tepary beans.
Annu. Rep. Bean Improv. Coop. 29:113.

Stockinger, E.J., Waines, J.G., and Itulya, F.M. (1986) Interspecific hybridization between
common beans and tepary beans. Annu. Rep. Bean Improv. Coop. 29:93-94.

Publications on the Cherry Genome

Stockinger, E.J., Mulinix, C.A., Long, C.M., Brettin, T.S. and Iezzoni, A.F. (1996) A linkage
map of sweet cherry based on RAPD analysis of a microspore-derived callus culture population.
J. Hered. 87:214-218.

Publications on Disease Resistance

Coaker, G.L., Willard, B., Kinter, M., Stockinger, E.J., and Francis, D.M. (2004) Proteomic
analysis of resistance mediated by Rcm 2.0 and Rcm 5.1, two loci controlling resistance to
bacterial canker of tomato. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 17:1019-1028.

Stockinger, E.J., and Walling, L.L. (1994) Pto3 and Pto4: novel genes from Lycopersicon
hirsutum var. glabratum conferring resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. Theor. Appl.
Genet. 89:879-884.

Publications on the Lhcb Genes Encoding the Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Binding
Proteins

Stockinger, E.J., and Walling, L.L. (1994) A chlorophyll a/b-binding protein gene from soybean
(Glycine max. [L.] Merr). Plant Physiol. 104:1475-1476.

Demmin, D.S., Stockinger, E.J., Chang, Y.C., and Walling, L.L. (1989) Phylogenetic
relationships between chlorophyll a/b-binding protein (CAB) multigene family: An intra - and
interspecies study. J. Mol. Evol. 29:266-279.

Patents Awarded Resulting from the Molecular Identification of CBF1

Thomashow, M.F., Stockinger, E.J. (1999) DNA and encoded protein which regulates cold and
dehydration regulated genes. Patent No. 5,892,009.

Thomashow, M.F., Stockinger, E.J., Jaglo-Ottosen, K.R., Zarka, D.G., and Gilmour, S.J. (1999)
Method for regulating cold and dehydration regulatory genes in a plant. Patent No. 5,891,859.

Thomashow, M.F., Stockinger, E.J., Jaglo-Ottosen, K.R., and Zarka, D.G. (1999) Plant material
containing non-naturally introduced binding protein for regulating cold and dehydration
regulatory genes. Patent No. 5,929,305.

Thomashow, M.F., and Stockinger, E.J. (1999) DNA and encoded protein which regulates cold
and dehydration regulated genes. Patent No. 5,965,705.

Thomashow, M.F., Stockinger, E.J., Jaglo-Ottosen, K.R., Gilmour, S.J., Zarka, D.G., and Jiang,
C.-Z. (2002) Plant having altered environmental stress tolerance. Patent No. 6,417,428.

Thomashow, M.F., Gilmour, S.J., Cai-Zhong, J., Fromm, M., Zarka, D.G., Jaglo-Ottosen, K.R.,
Stockinger, E.J., Zhang, J., and Haake, V. (2004) Plant having altered environmental stress
tolerance. Patent No. 6,706,866.