Publications

^*, co-first authorship; ^†, corresponding author(s)

2026

Scherer, J. and B. Nelms^†. Constitutive and tissue-specific target site preferences of the maize Mutator transposon. bioRxiv, 2026.05.18.725947 (2026). doi: 10.64898/2026.05.18.725947

Scherer, J., Gaisie, M. A., Park, S., and B. Nelms^†. A distributive germline restricts the spread of new mutations. bioRxiv, 2026.02.05.704067 (2026). doi: 10.64898/2026.02.05.704067

2025

Ming, X., …, Marchant, B.^†, Nelms, B.^†, Walbot, V.^†, and J. Wang^†. FX-Cell: A method for single-cell RNA sequencing of difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples. Nature Methods, 22:2551-2562 (2025). doi: 10.1038/s41592-025-02900-2

Meyer, C.A., Nelms, B.^†, and B. Schmitz^†. Nanorate sequencing reveals the Arabidopsis somatic mutation landscape. PNAS, 122(48): e2514194122 (2025). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2514194122

Scherer, J., Hinczewski, M., and B. Nelms^†. Quantitative and sensitive sequencing of somatic mutations induced by a maize transposon. PNAS, 122(32): e2426650122 (2025). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2426650122

2024

Sugi, N., …, Nelms, B., … and T. Widiez^†. The peri-germ cell membrane: poorly characterized but key interface for plant reproduction. Nature Plants, 10(11): 1607-1609 (2024). doi: 10.1038/s41477-024-01818-5

Zeng, Y.^*, Somers, J.^*, Bell, H. S., Dawe, R. K., Fowler, J. E., Nelms, B.^†, and J. I. Gent^†. Potent pollen gene regulation by DNA glycosylases in maize. Nature Communications, 15(1):8352 (2024). doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52620-y

2023

Washburn, M., Alaniz-Fabián, J., Scroggs, T. and B. Nelms^†. Single-cell RNA-seq of maize meiocytes and pollen grains. Nature Protocols, 18: 3512-3533 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41596-023-00889-6

Somers, J. and B. Nelms^†. The sporophyte-to-gametophyte transition: The haploid generation comes of age. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 75:102416 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102416

2022

Nelms, B.^† and V. Walbot. Gametophyte genome activation occurs at pollen mitosis I in maize. Science , 375:424-429 (2022). doi: 10.1126/science.abl7392
data link: GEO

Before 2020

Nelms, B.^† and V. Walbot^†. Defining the developmental program leading to meiosis in maize. Science, 364:52-56 (2019). doi: 10.1126/science.aav6428
data link: GEO

Nelms, B.^†, N. Dalomba, and W. Lencer^†. A targeted RNAi screen identifies factors affecting diverse stages of receptor-mediated transcytosis. Journal of Cell Biology, 216:511-525 (2017). doi: 10.1083/jcb.201609035

Nelms, B.^†, L. Waldron, L. Barrera, A. Weflen, J. Goettel, G. Guo, R. Montgomery, M. Neutra, D. Breault, S. Snapper, S. Orkin, M. Bulyk, C. Huttenhower, and W. Lencer^†. CellMapper: rapid and accurate inference of gene expression in difficult-to-isolate cell types. Genome Biology, 17:201 (2016). doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1062-5
R package: Bioconductor

Rao, M.^†, B. Nelms, L. Dong, V. Salinas-Rios, M. Gershon, and G. Corfas^†. Enteric glia express Proteolipid Protein 1 and are a transcriptionally unique population of glia in the mammalian nervous system. Glia, 63:2040-2057 (2015). doi: 10.1002/glia.22876
data link: GEO