Entomology (Emeritus Group)

Publications of U. Wittstock

Journal Article (13)

2008
Journal Article
Burow, M.; Zhang, Z. Y.; Ober, J. A.; Lambrix, V. M.; Wittstock, U.; Gershenzon, J.; Kliebenstein, D. J.: ESP and ESM1 mediate indol-3-acetonitrile production from indol-3-ylmethyl glucosinolate in Arabidopsis. Phytochemistry 69 (3), pp. 663 - 671 (2008)
Journal Article
Mumm, R.; Burow, M.; Bukovinszkine'kiss, G.; Kazantzidou, E.; Wittstock, U.; Dicke, M.; Gershenzon, J.: Formation of simple nitriles upon glucosinolate hydrolysis affects direct and indirect defense against the specialist herbivore, pieris rapae. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34 (10), pp. 1311 - 1321 (2008)
2007
Journal Article
Burow, M.; Bergner, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Glucosinolate hydrolysis in Lepidium sativum - identification of the thiocyanate-forming protein. Plant Molecular Biology 63 (1), pp. 49 - 61 (2007)
Journal Article
Burow, M.; Rice, M.; Hause, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Cell- and tissue-specific localization and regulation of the epithiospecifier protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology 64 (1-2), pp. 173 - 185 (2007)
Journal Article
Wheat, C. W.; Vogel, H.; Wittstock, U.; Braby, M.; Underwood, D.; Mitchell Olds, T.: The genetic basis of a plant–insect coevolutionary key innovation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104 (51), pp. 20427 - 20431 (2007)
2006
Journal Article
Burow, M.; Markert, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Comparative biochemical characterization of nitrile-forming proteins from plants and insects that alter myrosinase-catalysed hydrolysis of glucosinolates. The FEBS Journal 273 (11), pp. 2432 - 2446 (2006)
Journal Article
Burow, M.; Muller, R.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Altered glucosinolate hydrolysis in genetically engineered Arabidopsis thaliana and its influence on the larval development of Spodoptera littoralis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32 (11), pp. 2333 - 2349 (2006)
Journal Article
Vergara, F.; Svatoš, A.; Schneider, B.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Glycine conjugates in a lepidopteran insect herbivore - The metabolism of benzylglucosinolate in the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. Chembiochem 7 (12), pp. 1982 - 1989 (2006)
2005
Journal Article
Müller, C.; Wittstock, U.: Uptake and turn-over of glucosinolates sequestered in the sawfly Athalia rosae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 35 (10), pp. 1189 - 1198 (2005)
2004
Journal Article
Wittstock, U.; Agerbirk, N.; Stauber, E. J.; Olsen, C. E.; Hippler, M.; Mitchell-Olds, T.; Gershenzon, J.; Vogel, H.: Successful herbivore attack due to metabolic diversion of a plant chemical defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101 (14), pp. 4859 - 4864 (2004)
2002
Journal Article
Wittstock, U.; Gershenzon, J.: Constitutive plant toxins and their role in defense against herbivores and pathogens. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 5 (4), pp. 300 - 307 (2002)
Journal Article
Wittstock, U.; Halkier, B. A.: Glucosinolate research in the Arabidopsis era. Trends in Plant Science 7 (6), pp. 263 - 270 (2002)
2001
Journal Article
Hansen, C. H.; Wittstock, U.; Olsen, C. E.; Hick, A. J.; Pickett, J. A.; Halkier, B. A.: Cytochrome P450 CYP79F1 from Arabidopsis catalyzes the conversion of dihomomethionine and trihomomethionine to the corresponding aldoximes in the biosynthesis of aliphatic glucosinolates. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 (14), pp. 11078 - 11085 (2001)

Book Chapter (2)

2003
Book Chapter
Wittstock, U.; Kliebenstein, D. J.; Lambrix, V.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.: Glucosinolate hydrolysis and its impact on generalist and specialist insect herbivores. In: Integrative Phytochemistry: from Ethnobotany to Molecular Ecology, pp. 101 - 126 (Ed. Romeo, J. T.). Elsevier, Amsterdam (2003)
2002
Book Chapter
Halkier, B. A.; Hansen, C. H.; Mikkelsen, M. D.; Naur, P.; Wittstock, U.: The role of cytochromes P450 in biosynthesis and evolution of glucosinolates. In: Phytochemistry in the Genomics and Post-Genomics Era, pp. 223 - 248 (Eds. Romeo, J. T.; Dixon, R. A.). Elsevier, Amsterdam (2002)
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