Dr Margi Butler
Position | Research Fellow |
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Department | Department of Biochemistry |
Qualifications | BScHons PhD |
Research summary | Genetics of yeasts and plants |
Research
I work in the laboratory of Professor Russell Poulter. My research focuses on the use of comparative genomic approaches to discover mobile genetic elements in fungal genomes.Publications
Kim, G. H., Lee, Y.-S., Jung, J. S., Koh, Y.-J., Poulter, R. T. M., & Butler, M. (2020). Genomic analyses of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae isolated in Korea suggest the transfer of the bacterial pathogen via kiwifruit pollen. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 69, 132-138. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001115
Ho, J., Zhao, M., Wojcik, S., Taiaroa, G., Butler, M., & Poulter, R. (2020). The application of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 69, 478-486. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001124
Handley, T. N. G., Tan, H.-X., Rutledge, M. T., Brewitz, H. H., Tyndall, J. D. A., Kleffmann, T., Butler, M. I., Poulter, R. T. M., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2020). Engineered biosynthesis of cyclotides. New Zealand Journal of Botany. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2020.1791914
Ho, J., Taiaroa, G., Butler, M. I., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2019). The genome sequence of M228, a Chinese isolate of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, illustrates insertion sequence element mobility. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(1), e01427-18. doi: 10.1128/mra.01427-18
Poulter, R. T. M., Ho, J., Handley, T., Taiaroa, G., & Butler, M. I. (2018). Comparison between complete genomes of an isolate of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae from Japan and a New Zealand isolate of the pandemic lineage. Scientific Reports, 8, 10915. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29261-5
Chapter in Book - Research
Poulter, R. T. M., & Butler, M. I. (2015). Tyrosine recombinase retrotransposons and transposons. In N. L. Craig, M. Chandler, M. Gellert, A. M. Lambowitz, P. A. Rice & S. B. Sandmeyer (Eds.), Mobile DNA III. (pp. 1271-1291). Washington, DC: ASM Press.
Journal - Research Article
Kim, G. H., Lee, Y.-S., Jung, J. S., Koh, Y.-J., Poulter, R. T. M., & Butler, M. (2020). Genomic analyses of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae isolated in Korea suggest the transfer of the bacterial pathogen via kiwifruit pollen. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 69, 132-138. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001115
Handley, T. N. G., Tan, H.-X., Rutledge, M. T., Brewitz, H. H., Tyndall, J. D. A., Kleffmann, T., Butler, M. I., Poulter, R. T. M., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2020). Engineered biosynthesis of cyclotides. New Zealand Journal of Botany. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2020.1791914
Ho, J., Zhao, M., Wojcik, S., Taiaroa, G., Butler, M., & Poulter, R. (2020). The application of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 69, 478-486. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001124
Poulter, R. T. M., Ho, J., Handley, T., Taiaroa, G., & Butler, M. I. (2018). Comparison between complete genomes of an isolate of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae from Japan and a New Zealand isolate of the pandemic lineage. Scientific Reports, 8, 10915. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29261-5
Poulter, R., Taiaroa, G., Sumpter, N., Stockwell, P., & Butler, M. (2017). Complete genome sequence of the kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae biovar 5, originating from Japan. Genome Announcements, 5(50), e01409-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01409-17
Poulter, R. T. M., & Butler, M. I. (2015). Tyrosine recombinase retrotransposons and transposons. Microbiology Spectrum, 3(2), MDNA3-0036-2014. doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MDNA3-0036-2014
Ciarroni, S., Gallipoli, L., Taratufolo, M. C., Butler, M. I., Poulter, R. T., Pourcel, C., … Mazzaglia, A. (2015). Development of a Multiple Loci Variable number of tandem repeats Analysis (MLVA) to unravel the intra-pathovar structure of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae populations worldwide. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0135310. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135310
Butler, M. I., Stockwell, P. A., Black, M. A., Day, R. C., Lamont, I. L., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2013). Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae from recent outbreaks of kiwifruit bacterial canker belong to different clones that originated in China. PLoS ONE, 8(2), e57464. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057464
Ma, L.-J., Ibrahim, A. S., Skory, C., Grabherr, M. G., Burger, G., Butler, M., … Poulter, R., … Wickes, B. L. (2009). Genomic analysis of the basal lineage fungus Rhizopus oryzae reveals a whole-genome duplication. PLoS Genetics, 5(7), e1000549. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000549
Bishop, P. J., Speare, R., Poulter, R., Butler, M., Speare, B. J., Hyatt, A., … Haigh, A. (2009). Elimination of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis by Archey's frog Leiopelma archeyi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 84(1), 9-15. doi: 10.3354/dao02028
Poulter, R. T. M., Goodwin, T. J. D., & Butler, M. I. (2007). The nuclear-encoded inteins of fungi. Fungal Genetics & Biology, 44(3), 153-179.
Pearl, E. J., Bokor, A. A. M., Butler, M. I., Poulter, R. T. M., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2007). Preceding hydrophobic and β-branched amino acids attenuate splicing by the CnePRP8 intein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: General Subjects, 1774, 995-1001. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.05.015
Butler, M. I., Gray, J., Goodwin, T. J. D., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2006). The distribution and evolutionary history of the PRP8 intein. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 6, 42. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-42
Goodwin, T. J. D., Butler, M. I., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2006). Multiple, non-allelic, intein-coding sequences in eukaryotic RNA polymerase genes. BMC Biology, 4, 38. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-4-38
Butler, M. I., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2005). The PRP8 inteins in Cryptococcus are a source of phylogenetic and epidemiological information. Fungal Genetics & Biology, 42, 452-463.
Butler, M. I., Goodwin, T. J. D., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2005). Two new fungal inteins. Yeast, 22, 493-501.
Goodwin, T. J. D., Dalle Nogare, D. E., Butler, M. I., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2003). Ty3/gypsy-like retrotransposons in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis: Tca3 and Tcd3. Yeast, 20, 493-508. doi: 10.1002/yea.980
Goodwin, T. J. D., Butler, M. I., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2003). Cryptons: A group of tyrosine-recombinase-encoding DNA transposons from pathogenic fungi. Microbiology, 149, 3099-3109. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.26529-0
Poulter, R. T. M., Goodwin, T., & Butler, M. I. (2003). Vertebrate helentrons and other novel Helitrons. Gene, 313, 201-212.
Butler, M. I., Goodwin, T. J. D., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2001). A nuclear-encoded intein in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Yeast, 18(15), 1365-1370.
Holton, N. J., Goodwin, T. J. D., Butler, M. I., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2001). An active retrotransposon in Candida albicans. Nucleic Acids Research, 29(19), 4014-4024.
Butler, M. I., Goodwin, T. J. D., Simpson, M., Singh, M., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2001). Vertebrate LTR retrotransposons of the Tf1/sushi group. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 52(3), 260-274.
Butler, M., Goodwin, T., & Poulter, R. (2001). An unusual vertebrate LTR retrotransposon from the cod Gadus morhua. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 18(3), 443-447.
Poulter, R. T. M., Butler, M. I., & Ormandy, J. E. E. (1999). A LINE element from the pufferfish (fugu) Fugu rubripes which shows similarity to the CR1 family of non-LTR retrotransposons. Gene, 227(2), 169-179.
Poulter, R. T., & Butler, M. I. (1998). A retrotransposon family from the pufferfish (fugu) Fugu rubripes. Gene, 215, 241-249.
Matthews, G. D., Goodwin, T. J. D., Butler, M. I., Berryman, T. A., & Poulter, R. T. (1997). pCal, a highly unusual Ty1/copia Retrotransposon from the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. Journal of Bacteriology, 179(22), 7118-7128.
Butler, M. I., & Burns, C. (1995). Effects of temperature and food level on growth and development of a planktonic water mite. Hydrobiologia, 308, 153-165.
Journal - Research Other
Ho, J., Taiaroa, G., Butler, M. I., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2019). The genome sequence of M228, a Chinese isolate of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, illustrates insertion sequence element mobility. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(1), e01427-18. doi: 10.1128/mra.01427-18
Sumpter, N., Butler, M., & Poulter, R. (2018). Single-phase PacBio de novo assembly of the genome of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a pathogen of amphibia. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 7(21), e01348. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01348-18