C. Robertson McClung

Selected Publications

• Wang, S., D. Feng, P. Lou, Y. Zheng, Y. Lu, K. Shi, R. Yang, W. Ma, N. Li, M. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Hong, C.R. McClung & J. Zhao. 2025. EARLY FLOWERING 3 alleles affect the temperature responsiveness of the circadian clock in Chinese cabbage. Plant Physiol. 197, kiae505. doi 10.1093/plphys/kiae505

  Paeng, S.K., S.D. Wi, H.B. Chae, S.B. Bae, K.A.T. Phan, M.G. Kim, D.-J. Yun, W.-Y. Kim, C.R. McClung & S.Y. Lee. 2025. NTRCmediates the coupling of chloroplast redox rhythm with nuclear circadian clock in plant cells.  Mol. Plant, 18, 468–484, doi 10.1016/j.molp.2025.01.014.

  Anton-Sales, C., E. Van den Bergh, A. Thérèse-Navarro , Alejandro, E. Severing, D. Moñino-López, J. Di Palma, M.  Proveniers, C.R. McClung, M. Jeuken & G. Bonnema. 2025. Breeding for delayed bolting decelerated the circadian clock in cultivated lettuce. New Phytol. doi: 10.1111/nph.70489.

  Lou, P., Greenham, K., McClung, C.R. (2022) Rhythmic Leaf and Cotyledon Movement Analysis. Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2494:125-134. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2297-1_9. PMID: 35467204

  Deng. L., Gao, B., Zhao, L., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Q., Guo, M., Yang, Y., Wang, S., Xie, L., Lou, H., Ma, M., Zhang, W., Cao, Z., Zhang, Q., McClung, C.R, Li, G., Li, X. (2022) Diurnal RNAPII-tethered chromatin interactions are associated with rhythmic gene expression in rice. Genome Biol. Jan 6;23(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02594-7. PMID: 34991658
   
  McClung, C.R. (2021) Circadian Clock Components Offer Targets for Crop Domestication and Improvement. Genes (Basel). 2021 Mar 6;12(3):374. doi: 10.3390/genes12030374. PMID: 33800720

• Lou, P., S. Woody, K. Greenham, R.VanBuren, M. Colle, P.P. Edger, R. Sartor, Y. Zheng, N. Levendoski, J. Lim, C.So, B. Stoveken, T. Woody, J. Zhao, S. Shen, R.M. Amasino & C.R. McClung. 2020. Genetic and genomic resources to study natural variation in Brassica rapa. Plant Direct. Dec 22;4(12):e00285. doi: 10.1002/pld3.285.

  Deng. L., Gao, B., Zhao, L., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Q., Guo, M., Yang, Y., Wang, S., Xie, L., Lou, H., Ma, M., Zhang, W., Cao, Z., Zhang, Q., McClung, C.R, Li, G., Li, X. (2022) Diurnal RNAPII-tethered chromatin interactions are associated with rhythmic gene expression in rice. Genome Biol. Jan 6;23(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02594-7. PMID: 34991658

  McClung, C.R. (2021) Circadian Clock Components Offer Targets for Crop Domestication and Improvement. Genes (Basel). Mar 6;12(3):374. doi: 10.3390/genes12030374. PMID: 33800720

• Greenham, K., R.C. Sartor, S. Zorich, P. Lou, T.C. Mockler, & C.R. McClung. 2020. Expansion of the circadian transcriptome in Brassica rapa and genome wide diversification of paralog expression patterns.  Elife. Sep 30;9:e58993. doi: 10.7554/eLife.58993

• Leinonen, P.H., M.J. Salmela, K. Greenham, C.R. McClung, & J.H. Willis. 2020. Populations are differentiated in biological rhythms without explicit elevational clines in the plant Mimulus laciniatus. J. Biol. Rhythms 35: 452-464. doi: 10.1177/0748730420936408.

• Guadagno, C.R., D. Millar, R. Lai, D.S. Mackay, J.R. Pleban, C.R. McClung, C. Weinig D.R. Wang & B.E. Ewers. 2020. Use of transcriptomic data to inform biophysical models via Bayesian networks.  Ecol. Modelling 429: 109086. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109086.

• Zhang, C., M. Gao, N.C. Seitz, W. Angel, A. Hallworth, L. Wiratan, O. Darwish, N. Alkharouf, T. Dawit, D. Lin, R. Egoshi, X. Wang, C.R. McClung, & H. Lu. 2019. LUX ARRHYTHMO mediates crosstalk between the circadian clock and defense in Arabidopsis. Nature Commun. 10:2543. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10485-6.

• Park, H.J., D. Baek, J.-Y. Cha, X. Liao, S.-H. Kang, C.R. McClung, S.Y. Lee, D.-J. Yun & W.-Y. Kim.. 2019. HOS15 interacts with the histone deacetylase HDA9 and the Evening Complex to epigenetically regulate the floral activator GIGANTEA.  Plant Cell 31:37-51. doi: 10.1105/tpc.18.00721.

• McClung, C.R. 2019. The plant circadian oscillator. Biology 8, 14. doi:10.3390/biology8010014

• Kim, H., H.J. Kim, Q.T. Vu, S. Jung, C.R. McClung, S. Hong & H.G. Nam. 2018. Circadian control of ORE1 by PRR9 positively regulates leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115: 8448-8453. doi 10.1073/pnas.1722407115.

• Greenham, K., P. Lou, J.R. Puzey, G. Kumar, C. Arnevik, H. Farid, J.H. Willis & C.R. McClung. 2017. Geographic variation of plant circadian clock function in natural and agricultural settings.  J. Biol. Rhythms. 32: 26-34

• Greenham, K., C.R. Guadagno, M.A. Gehan, T.C. Mockler, C. Weinig, B.E. Ewers & C.R. McClung. 2017. Temporal network analysis identifies early physiological and transcriptomic indicators of mild drought in Brassica rapa. eLIFE 6: e29655

• Lu, H., C.R. McClung, & C. Zhang. 2017. Tick Tock: Circadian regulation of plant innate immunity. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 55:  287–311. doi: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080516-035451.Lu, H., C.R. McClung, & C. Zhang. 2017. Tick Tock: Circadian regulation of plant innate immunity. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 55:  287–311. doi: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080516-035451.

• Salmela, M.J., K. Greenham, P. Lou, C.R. McClung, B.E. Ewers & C. Weinig. 2016. Variation in circadian rhythms is maintained among and within populations in Boechera stricta in Wyoming. Plant Cell Environ. 39: 1293-1303.

• Yarkhunova,, Y., C.E. Edwards, B.E. Ewers, R.L. Baker, T.L. Aston, C.R. McClung, P. Lou & C. Weinig. 2016. Selection during crop diversification involves correlated evolution of the circadian clock and ecophysiological traits in Brassica rapa. New. Phytol. 210:133-144.

• Kim, J.A., H.-e. Jung, J.K. Hong, V. Hermand, C.R. McClung, Y.-H. Lee, J.Y. Kim, S.I. Lee, M.-J. Jeong, J. Kim, D.J. Yun & W.-Y. Kim. 2016. Reduction of GIGANTEA expression in transgenic Brassica rapa enhances salt tolerance. Plant Cell Rep. 35:1943-1954. doi: 10.1007/s00299-016-2008-9.

• Greenham, K., P. Lou, H. Farid, S.E. Remsen & C.R. McClung. 2015.  TRiP: Tracking Rhythms in Plants, an automated leaf movement analysis program for circadian period estimation.  Plant Methods 11:33.

• Gehan, M.A., K. Greenham, T.C. Mockler & C.R. McClung. 2015. Transcriptional networks – crops, clocks, and abiotic stress. Curr. Op. Plant Biol. 24: 39-46.

• Greenham, K. & C.R. McClung. 2015. Integrating circadian dynamics with physiological processes in plants. Nature Rev. Genet. 16: 598-610.

• Xie, Q., P. Lou, V. Hermand, R. Aman, H.J. Park, D.-J Yun, W.Y. Kim, M.J. Salmela, B.E. Ewers, C. Weinig, S.L. Khan*, D.L.P. Schaible*, & C.R. McClung. 2015. Allelic polymorphism of GIGANTEA is responsible for naturally occurring variation in circadian period in Brassica rapa. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112:3829-3834.