Publications

Beyaert, I.; Köpke, D.; Stiller, J.; Hammerbacher, A.; Yoneya, K.; Schmidt, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Hilker, M.: Can insect egg deposition 'warn' a plant of future feeding damage by herbivorous larvae? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1726), pp. 101 - 108 (2012)

Büchel, K.; McDowell, E.; Nelson, W.; Descour, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Hilker, M.; Soderlund, C.; Gang, D. R.; Fenning, T.; Meiners, T.: An elm EST database for identifying leaf beetle egg-induced defense genes. BMC Genomics 13, 242 (2012)

Clavijo McCormick, A. L.; Unsicker, S.; Gershenzon, J.: The specificity of herbivore-induced plant volatiles in attracting herbivore enemies. Trends in Plant Science 17 (5), pp. 303 - 310 (2012)

Docimo, T.; Reichelt, M.; Schneider, B.; Kai, M.; Kunert, G.; Gershenzon, J.; D'Auria, J.: The first step in the biosynthesis of cocaine in Erythroxylum coca: the characterization of arginine and ornithine decarboxylases. Plant Molecular Biology 78 (6), pp. 599 - 615 (2012)

Fang, J.; Reichelt, M.; Hidalgo, W.; Agnolet, S.; Schneider, B.: Tissue-specific distribution of secondary metabolites in rapeseed (Brassica napus). PLoS One 7 (10), e48006 (2012)

Fang, J.; Reichelt, M.; Kai, M.; Schneider, B.: Metabolic profiling of lignans and other secondary metabolites from rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 60, pp. 10523 - 10529 (2012)

Garms, S.; Chen, F.; Boland, W.; Gershenzon, J.; Köllner, T.: A single amino acid determines the site of deprotonation in the active center of sesquiterpene synthases SbTPS1 and SbTPS2 from Sorghum bicolor. Phytochemistry 75, pp. 6 - 13 (2012)

Hatano, E.; Baverstock, J.; Kunert, G.; Pell, J. K.; Weisser, W. W.: Entomopathogenic fungi stimulate transgenerational wing induction in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Ecological Entomology 37 (1), pp. 75 - 82 (2012)

Huang, M.; Sanchez-Moreiras, A.; Abel, C.; Sohrabi, R.; Lee, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Tholl, D.: The major volatile organic compound emitted from Arabidopsis thaliana flowers, the sesquiterpene (E)-ß-caryophyllene, is a defense against a bacterial pathogen. New Phytologist 193 (3), pp. 997 - 1008 (2012)

Irmisch, S.; Krause, S. T.; Kunert, G.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.; Köllner, T.: The organ-specific expression of terpene synthase genes contributes to the terpene hydrocarbon composition of chamomile essential oils. BMC Plant Biology 12, 84 (2012)

Jirschitzka, J.; Schmidt, G.; Reichelt, M.; Schneider, B.; Gershenzon, J.; D'Auria, J.: Plant tropane alkaloid biosynthesis evolved independently in the Solanaceae and Erythroxylaceae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 (26), pp. 10304 - 10309 (2012)

Klempien, A.; Kaminaga, Y.; Qualley, A.; Nagegowda, D. A.; Widhalm, J. R.; Orlova, I.; Shasany, A. K.; Taguchi, G.; Kish, C. M.; Cooper, B. R. et al.; D'Auria, J.; Rhodes, D.; Pichersky, E.; Dudareva, N.: Contribution of CoA ligases to benzenoid biosynthesis in Petunia flowers. The Plant Cell 24 (5), pp. 2015 - 2030 (2012)

Kruse, C.; Haas, F. H.; Jost, R.; Reiser, B.; Reichelt, M.; Wirtz, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Schnug, E.; Hell, R.: Improved sulfur nutrition provides the basis for enhanced production of sulfur-containing defense compounds in Arabidopsis thaliana upon inoculation with Alternaria brassicicola. Journal of Plant Physiology 169, pp. 740 - 743 (2012)

Lenk, C.; Köllner, T.; Erb, M.; Degenhardt, J.: Two enzymes responsible for the formation of herbivore-induced volatiles of maize, the methyltransferase AAMT1 and the terpene synthase TPS23, are regulated by a similar signal transduction pathway. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 144 (1), pp. 86 - 92 (2012)

Li, G.; Köllner, T.; Yin Jiang Y., Y.; Chen, H.; Xu, Y.; Gershenzon, J.; Pichersky, E.; Chen, F.: Nonseed plant Selaginella moellendorfii has both seed plant and microbial types of terpene synthases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 (36), pp. 14711 - 14715 (2012)

Li, S.-H.; Nagy, N. E.; Hammerbacher, A.; Krokene, P.; Niu, X.-M.; Gershenzon, J.; Schneider, B.: Localization of phenolics in phloem parenchyma cells of Norway spruce (Picea abies). ChemBioChem: A European Journal of Chemical Biology 13, pp. 2707 - 2713 (2012)

Luo, S.-H.; Liu, Y.; Hua, J.; Niu, X.-M.; Jing, S.-X.; Zhao, X.; Schneider, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Li, S.-H.: Unique proline-benzoquinone pigment from the colored nectar of “Bird’s Coca Cola Tree” functions in bird attractions. Organic Letters 14 (16), pp. 4146 - 4149 (2012)

Nagel, R.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmidt, A.: Nonradioactive assay for detecting isoprenyl diphosphate synthase activity in crude plant extracts using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical Biochemistry 422, pp. 33 - 38 (2012)

Prasad, K. V. S. K.; Song, B.-H.; Olson-Manning, C.; Anderson, J. T.; Lee, C. R.; Schranz, M. E.; Windsor, A. J.; Clauss, M. J.; Manzaneda, A. J.; Naqvi, I. et al.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Rupasinghe, S. G.; Schuler, M. A.; Mitchell-Olds, T.: A gain-of-function polymorphism controlling complex traits and fitness in nature. Science 337, pp. 1081 - 1084 (2012)

Redovnikovic, I. R.; Textor, S.; Lisnic, B.; Gershenzon, J.: Expression pattern of the glucosinolate side chain biosynthetic genes MAM1 and MAM3 of Arabidopsis thaliana in different organs and developmental stages. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 53, pp. 77 - 83 (2012)