Publications of Natalie Wielsch

Vogel, H.; Rügen, N.; Wielsch, N.; Twyman, R. M.; Tonk-Rügen, M.; Vilcinskas, A.: Molecular basis of the explosive defence response in the bombardier beetle Brachinus crepitans. Royal Society Open Science 12 (5), 241823 (2025)

Fischer, M. L.; Schmidtberg, H.; Tidswell, O.; Weiss, B.; Dersch, L.; Lüddecke, T.; Wielsch, N.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: Divergent venom effectors correlate with ecological niche in neuropteran predators. Communications Biology 7, 981 (2024)

Fischer, M. L.; Fabian, B.; Pauchet, Y.; Wielsch, N.; Sachse, S.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: An assassin’s secret: multifunctional cytotoxic compounds in the predation venom of the assassin bug Psytalla horrida (Reduviidae, Hemiptera). Toxins 15 (4), 302 (2023)

Fischer, M. L.; Yepes Vivas, S. A.; Wielsch, N.; Kirsch, R.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: You are what you eat—ecological niche and microhabitat influence venom activity and composition in aquatic bugs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (1995), 20222064 (2023)

Ingham, C. S.; Engl, T.; Matarrita-Carranza, B.; Vogler, P.; Huettel, B.; Wielsch, N.; Svatoš, A.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Host hydrocarbons protect symbiont transmission from a radical host defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (31), e2302721120 (2023)

Ávalos‑Flores, E.; López‑Castillo, L. M.; Wielsch, N.; Hupfer, Y.; Winkler, R.; Magaña‑Ortiz, D.: Protein extract of Bromelia karatas L. rich in cysteine proteases (ananain- and bromelain-like) has antibacterial activity against foodborne pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella Typhimurium. Folia Microbiologica 67, pp. 1 - 13 (2022)

Díaz-Gómez, J. L.; López-Castillo, L.-M.; Garcia-Lara, S.; Castorena-Torres, F.; Winkler, R.; Wielsch, N.; Aguilar, O.: Novel alpha-zein peptide fractions with in vitro cytotoxic activity against hepatocarcinoma. Food and Bioproducts Processing 135, pp. 48 - 59 (2022)

Israni, B.; Luck, K.; Römhild, S.; Raguschke, B.; Wielsch, N.; Hupfer, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Svatoš, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Alternative transcript splicing regulates UDP-glucosyltransferase-catalyzed detoxification of DIMBOA in the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Scientific Reports 12, 10343 (2022)

Thürmer, M.; Gollowitzer, A.; Pein, H.; Neukirch, K.; Gelmez, E.; Waltl, L.; Wielsch, N.; Winkler, R.; Löser, K.; Grander, J. et al.; Hotze, M.; Harder, S.; Döding, A.; Meßner, M.; Troisi, F.; Ardelt, M.; Schlüter, H.; Pachmayr, J.; Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Ó.; Rudolph, K. L.; Thedieck, K.; Schulze-Späte, U.; González-Estévez, C.; Kosan, C.; Svatoš, A.; Koeberle, M. K. A.: PI(18:1/18:1) is a SCD1-derived lipokine that limits stress signaling. Nature Communications 13, 2982 (2022)

Dudek, B.; Warskulat, A.-C.; Vogel, H.; Wielsch, N.; Menezes, R. C.; Hupfer, Y.; Paetz, C.; Gebauer-Jung, S.; Svatoš, A.; Schneider, B.: An integrated—omics/chemistry approach unravels enzymatic and spontaneous steps to form flavoalkaloidal nudicaulin pigments in flowers of Papaver nudicaule L. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (8), 4129 (2021)

Häger, W.; Wielsch, N.; Shin, N. R.; Gebauer-Jung, S.; Pauchet, Y.; Kirsch, R.: New players in the interaction between beetle polygalacturonases and plant polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins: Insights from proteomics and gene expression analyses. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 660430 (2021)

Nechitaylo, T. Y.; Sandoval-Calderón, M.; Engl, T.; Wielsch, N.; Dunn, D. M.; Goesmann, A.; Strohm, E.; Svatoš, A.; Dale, C.; Weiss, R. B. et al.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (17), e2023047118 (2021)

Rügen, N.; Jenkins, T. P.; Wielsch, N.; Vogel, H.; Hempel, B.-F.; Süssmuth, R. D.; Ainsworth, S.; Cabezas-Cruz, A.; Vilcinskas, A.; Tonk, M.: Hexapod assassins’ potion: Venom composition and bioactivity from the Eurasian assassin bug Rhynocoris iracundus. Biomedicines 9 (7), 819 (2021)

Sporer, T.; Körnig, J.; Wielsch, N.; Gebauer-Jung, S.; Reichelt, M.; Hupfer, Y.; Beran, F.: Hijacking the mustard-oil bomb: How a glucosinolate-sequestering flea beetle copes with plant myrosinases. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 645030 (2021)

Egorova, A. M.; Wielsch, N.; Tarchevsky, I. A.: Salicylate-induced chitinases in pea roots. Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics 494, pp. 240 - 243 (2020)

Fischer, M. L.; Wielsch, N.; Heckel, D. G.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: Context‐dependent venom deployment and protein composition in two assassin bugs. Ecology and Evolution 10 (18), pp. 9932 - 9947 (2020)

López-Castillo, L. M.; González-Leyzaola, A.; Diaz-Flores-Rivera, M. F.; Winkler, R.; Wielsch, N.; García-Lara, S.: Modulation of aleurone peroxidases in kernels of insect-resistant maize (Zea mays L.; Pob84-C3R) after mechanical and insect damage. Frontiers in Plant Science 11, 781 (2020)

Vilcinskas, A.; Schwabe, M.; Brinkrolf, K.; Plarre, R.; Wielsch, N.; Vogel, H.: Larvae of the clothing moth Tineola bisselliella maintain gut bacteria that secrete enzyme cocktails to facilitate the digestion of keratin. Microorganisms 8 (9), 1415 (2020)

Guo, H.; Halitschke, R.; Wielsch, N.; Gase, K.; Baldwin, I. T.: Mate selection in self-compatible wild tobacco results from coordinated variation in homologous self-incompatibility genes. Current Biology 27 (12), pp. 2020 - 2030 (2019)

Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Kirsch, R.; Reichelt, M.; Ahn, S.-J.; Wielsch, N.; Baxter, S. W.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.; Kroymann, J.: An insect counteradaptation against host plant defenses evolved through concerted neofunctionalization. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 (5), pp. 930 - 941 (2019)