Sigal Lechno-Yossef, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University-DOE
Kerfeld Lab East

PhD Biology, Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2002
MSc Plant Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel, 1994
Teaching Diploma for High School Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel, 1994
BSc Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel, 1992

Mail:
612 Wilson Road, Room 222
East Lansing, MI 48824

[email protected]
Research Interests
I'm interested in utilizing molecular techniques for studying the basic and applied biology of cyanobacteria.
Publications
  • Nieves-Morión, M., Lechno-Yossef, S., Lopez-Igual, R., Frias, J. E., Mariscal, V.,
    Nurnberg, D. J., Mullineaux, C. W., Wolk, C. P., and Flores, E. (2017) Specific Glucoside
    Transporters Influence Septal Structure and Function in the Filamentous, Heterocyst-
    Forming Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp Strain PCC 7120, J Bacteriol 199.
  • Lechno-Yossef, S., Melnicki, M. R., Bao, H., Montgomery, B. L., and Kerfeld, C. A. (2017)
    Synthetic OCP heterodimers are photoactive and recapitulate the fusion of two primitive
    carotenoproteins in the evolution of cyanobacterial photoprotection, Plant J 91, 646-656.
  • Bao, H., Melnicki, M. R., Pawlowski, E. G., Sutter, M., Agostoni, M., Lechno-Yossef, S.,
    Cai, F., Montgomery, B. L., and Kerfeld, C. A. (2017) Additional families of orange
    carotenoid proteins in the photoprotective system of cyanobacteria, Nat Plants 3.
  • Montgomery, B. L., Lechno-Yossef, S., and Kerfeld, C. A. (2016) Interrelated modules in
    cyanobacterial photosynthesis: the carbon-concentrating mechanism, photorespiration,
    and light perception, J Exp Bot 67, 2931-2940.
  • Park, J. J., Lechno-Yossef, S., Wolk, C. P., and Vieille, C. (2013) Cell-specific gene
    expression in Anabaena variabilis grown phototrophically, mixotrophically, and
    heterotrophically, Bmc Genomics 14.
  • Lopez-Igual, R., Lechno-Yossef, S., Fan, Q., Herrero, A., Flores, E., and Wolk, C. P.
    (2012) A Major Facilitator Superfamily Protein, HepP, Is Involved in Formation of the
    Heterocyst Envelope Polysaccharide in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp Strain PCC
    7120, J Bacteriol 194, 4677-4687.
  • Gartner, K., Lechno-Yossef, S., Cornish, A. J., Wolk, C. P., and Hegg, E. L. (2012)
    Expression of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Genes in Anabaena sp
    Strain PCC 7120, Appl Environ Microb 78, 8579-8586.
  • Lechno-Yossef, S., Fan, Q., Wojciuch, E., and Wolk, C. P. (2011) Identification of Ten
    Anabaena sp Genes That under Aerobic Conditions Are Required for Growth on
    Dinitrogen but Not for Growth on Fixed Nitrogen, J Bacteriol 193, 3482-3489.
  • Wolk, C. P., Lechno-Yossef, S., and Jager, K. M. (2010) The Insertion Sequences of
    Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 and Their Effects on Its Open Reading Frames, J
    Bacteriol 192, 5289-5303.
  • Wolk, C. P., Fan, Q., Zhou, R., Huang, G., Lechno-Yossef, S., Kuritz, T., and Wojciuch,
    E. (2007) Paired cloning vectors for complementation of mutations in the cyanobacterium
    Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120, Arch Microbiol 188, 551-563.
  • Wang, Y., Lechno-Yossef, S., Gong, Y. M., Fan, Q., Wolk, P., and Xu, X. D. (2007)
    Predicted glycosyl transferase genes located outside the HEP island are required for
    formation of heterocyst envelope polysaccharide in Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120, J
    Bacteriol 189, 5372-5378.
  • Flores, E., Pernil, R., Muro-Pastor, A. M., Mariscal, V., Maldener, I., Lechno-Yossef, S.,
    Fan, Q., Wolk, C. P., and Herrero, A. (2007) Septum-localized protein required for
    filament integrity and diazotrophy in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp
    strain PCC 7120, J Bacteriol 189, 3884-3890.
  • Lechno-Yossef, S., Fan, Q., Ehira, S., Sato, N., and Wolk, C. P. (2006) Mutations in four
    regulatory genes have interrelated effects on heterocyst maturation in Anabaena sp
    strain PCC 7120, J Bacteriol 188, 7387-7395.
  • Fan, Q., Lechno-Yossef, S., Ehira, S., Kaneko, T., Ohmori, M., Sato, N., Tabata, S., and
    Wolk, C. P. (2006) Signal transduction genes required for heterocyst maturation in
    Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120, J Bacteriol 188, 6688-6693.
  • Leganes, F., Blanco-Rivero, A., Fernandez-Pinas, F., Redondo, M., Fernandez-Valiente,
    E., Fan, Q., Lechno-Yossef, S., and Wolk, C. P. (2005) Wide variation in the
    cyanobacterial complement of presumptive penicillin-binding proteins, Arch Microbiol
    184, 234-248.
  • Huang, G., Qing, F., Lechno-Yossef, S., Wojciuch, E., Wolk, C. P., Kaneko, T., and
    Tabata, S. (2005) Clustered genes required for the synthesis of heterocyst envelope
    polysaccharide in Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120, J Bacteriol 187, 1114-1123.
  • Fan, Q., Huang, G. C., Lechno-Yossef, S., Wolk, C. P., Kaneko, T., and Tabata, S.
    (2005) Clustered genes required for synthesis and deposition of envelope glycolipids in
    Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120, Mol Microbiol 58, 227-243.
  • Lechno-yossef, S., and Nierzwicki-Bauer, S. (2002) Azolla-Anabaena symbiosis, In
    Cyanobacteria in Symbiosis (Rai, A., Bergman, B., and Rasmussen, U., Ed.), pp 153-
    178, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
  • Lechno, S., Zamski, E., and TelOr, E. (1997) Salt stress-induced responses in cucumber
    plants, J Plant Physiol 150, 206-211.