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• Wolters SM, Laibach N, Riekötter J, Roelfs KU, Müller B, Eirich J, Twyman RM, Finkemeyer I, Prüfer D & Schulze Gronover, C. (2024) The interaction networks of small rubber particle proteins in the latex of Taraxacum koksaghyz reveal diverse functions in stress responses and secondary metabolism. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1498737. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1498737

• Roelfs KU, Känel A, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2024) Epigenetic variation in early and late flowering plants of the rubber-producing Russian dandelion Taraxacum koksaghyz provides insights into the regulation of flowering time. Scientific Reports, 14, 4283. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54862-8

• Mäckelmann S, Känel A, Kösters, L M, Lyko P, Prüfer D, Noll G A, Wicke S (2024) Gene complementation analysis indicates that parasitic dodder plants do not depend on the host FT protein for flowering. Plant Communications, 100826. DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100826

• Becker J, Speldrich S, Wittstock G, Noll GA, Brand I (2023) Controlled Mechanical Actuation of Adsorbed Forisome Mechanoproteins: A Step Toward Biomolecular Devices. Advanced Functional Materials, 2312159.

• Schmidt F, Grundmann L, Lahme M, Seidemann M, Schwarze A, Lichtenauer S, Twyman R, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2023) COL2-dependent photoperiodic floral induction in Nicotiana sylvestris seems to be lost in the N. sylvestris × N. tomentosiformis hybrid N. tabacum, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 14 – 2023, DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1249879

• Wolters SM, Benninghaus VA, Roelfs KU, van Deenen N, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2023) Overexpression of a pseudo-etiolated-in-light-like protein in Taraxacum koksaghyz leads to a pale green phenotype and enables transcriptome-based network analysis of photomorphogenesis and isoprenoid biosynthesis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1228961. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1228961

• Riekötter J, Oklestkova J, Muth J, Twyman RM and Epping J (2023) Transcriptomic analysis of Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.) variants indicates brassinosteroid involvement in tuber development. Frontiers in Nutrition, 10, 1112793. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1112793

• Böttner, L, Malacrinò, A, Schulze Gronover, C, van Deenen, N, Müller, B, Xu, S, Gershenzon, J, Prüfer, D and Huber, M (2023) Natural rubber reduces herbivory and alters the microbiome below ground, New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.18709

• Noll GA, Furch AC, Rose J, Visser F, Prüfer D (2022) Guardians of the phloem–forisomes and beyond, New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.18476

• Kalischuk M, Müller B, Fusaro AF, Wijekoon CP, Waterhouse PM, Prüfer D & Kawchuk L (2022) Amplification of cell signaling and disease resistance by an immunity receptor Ve1Ve2 heterocomplex in plants, Communications Biology, 5:497. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03439-0

• Steinmaßl M, Boudaden J, Edgue G, Freund LJ, Meyer S, Mordehay N, Soto M, Endres H-E, Muth J, Prüfer D, Lerch W, Kutter C (2022) Passivated Impedimetric Sensors for Immobilization-Free Pathogen Detection by Isothermal Amplification and Melt Curve Analysis, Biosensors, 12(5):261. DOI: 10.3390/bios12050261

• Känel P, Noll GA, Schroedter K, Naffin E, Kronenberg J, Busswinkel F, Twyman RM, Klämbt C, Prüfer D (2022) The tobacco phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein NtFT4 increases the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster by interacting with the proteostasis network, Aging (Albany NY), April 2022, DOI: 10.18632/aging.204005

• Schnieder S, Känel A, Zimmermann M, Kriebs K, Witte A, Wrobel LS, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Furch ACU, Noll GA (2022) So similar yet so different: The distinct contributions of extrafascicular and fascicular phloem to transport and exudation in cucumber plants, Journal of Plant Physiology, 153643, DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2022.153643

• Wieghaus A, Roelfs K-U, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2022), Comparative transcriptome analysis in Taraxacum koksaghyz to identify genes that determine root volume and root length, Frontiers in Genetics, DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.784883

• Rose J, Brand I, Bilstein-Schloemer M, Jachimska B, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2021) The Ca2+ response of a smart forisome protein is dependent on polymerization, Protein Science, December 2021, DOI: 10.1002/pro.4256
• Grundmann L, Känel A, Muth J, Beinecke F, Jekat M, Shen Y, Kudithipudi C, Xu D, Yang J, Warek U, Strickland J, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2021), Tissue-specific expression of barnase in tobacco delays axillary shoot development after topping, Plant Biotechnology Journal, December 2021, DOI:10.1111/pbi.13759
• Rose J, Müller B, Groscurth S, Giese J, Eirich J, Finkemeier I, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2021), The functionality of plant mechanoproteins (forisomes) is dependent on the dual role of conserved cysteine residues, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.10.192
• Solís JL, Muth J, Canales J, Lizana C, Prüfer D, Riegel R & Behn A (2021), Allelic diversity of three anthocyanin synthesis genes in accessions of native Solanum tuberosum L. ssp. tuberosum at the Potato Genebank of the Universidad Austral de Chile, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, June 2021, DOI:10.1007/s10722-021-01230-4
• Kronenberg J, Schrödter K, Noll G, Twyman R M, Prüfer D, Känel P (2021), The tobacco phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein NtFT4 simultaneously improves vitality, growth, and protein yield in human cells, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Volume 118, Issue 10, DOI: 10.1002/bit.27853
• Laibach N, Müller B, Pleissner D, Raber W, Smetana S (2021), An integrated, modular biorefinery for the treatment of food waste in urban areas, Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Volume 4, DOI: 10.1016/j.cscee.2021.100118
• Wollenweber T, van Deenen N, Roelfs K-U, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2021), Microscopic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Pollination Processes in Self-Incompatible Taraxacum koksaghyz, Plants 2021, special issue "Self-Incompatibility in Plants", March 2021, DOI: 10.3390/plants10030555

• Edgü G, Freund L J, Hartje S, Tacke E, Hofferbert H-R, Twyman R M, Noll G, Muth J, Prüfer D (2020), Fast, Precise, and Reliable Multiplex Detection of Potato Viruses by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, International journal of molecular sciences, November 2020, DOI: 10.3390/ijms21228741

• Vasilev H, Šmejkal K, Schulze Gronover C, Choi Y H, Prüfer D, Jankovská D, Ionkova I (2020), Flavonol glycosides from aerial parts of Astragalus thracicus Griseb, Phytochemistry Letters, Volume 41, February 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2020.11.012
• Bröker J N, Müller B, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2020), Combinatorial Metabolic Engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the Enhanced Production of the FPP-Derived Sesquiterpene Germacrene, Bioengineering 2020, DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering7040135
• Rose J, Visser F, Müller B, Senft M, Groscurth S, Sicking KF, Twyman RM, Prüfer D and Noll GA (2020) Identification and molecular analysis of interaction sites in the MtSEO-F1 protein involved in forisome assembly, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 144, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.12.092
• Benninghaus V, van Deenen N, Müller B, Roelfs K.-U., Lassowskat I, Finkemeier I, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2019), Comparative proteome and metabolome analyses of latex-exuding and non-exuding Taraxacum koksaghyz roots provide insights into laticifer biology, Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 71, Issue 4, February 2020, DOI:10.1093/jxb/erz512
• Schmidt F, Zimmermann M, Lichtenauer S, Wiedmann D, Grundmann L, Muth J, Twyman R, Prüfer D and Noll G (2019) The Major Floral Promoter NtFT5 in Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is a Promising Target for Crop Improvement, Front. Plant Sci., November 2019, DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01666
• van Deenen N, Unland K, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2019) Oxidosqualene Cyclase Knock-Down in Latex of Taraxacum koksaghyz Reduces Triterpenes in Roots and Separated Natural Rubber, molecules,  July 2019, DOI: 10.3390/molecules24152703
• Niephaus E, Müller B, van Deenen N, Lassowskat I, Bonin M, Finkemeier I, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2019) Uncovering mechanisms of rubber biosynthesis in Taraxacum koksaghyz – role of cis‐prenyltransferase‐like 1 protein, The Plant Journal, July 2019, DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14471
• Wieghaus A, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2019) Loss of function mutation of the Rapid Alkalinization Factor (RALF1)-like peptide in the dandelion Taraxacum koksaghyz entails a high-biomass taproot phenotype, Plos One, May 2019, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217454
• Pütter K, van Deenen N, Müller B, Fuchs L, Vorwerk K, Unland K, Bröker J N, Scherer E, Huber C, Eisenreich W, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2019) The enzymes OSC1 and CYP716A263 produce a high variety of triterpenoids in the latex of Taraxacum koksaghyz, Scientific Reports, April 2019, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42381-w
• Bröker J N, Laibach N, Müller B, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2018) Taraxacum brevicorniculatum rubber elongation factor TbREF associates with lipid droplets and affects lipid turn-over in yeast, Biotechnology Reports, Volume 20, December 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2018.e00290
• Martinez M E, Poirrier P, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C, Jorquera L, Ferrer P, Diaz K, Chamy R (2018) Kinetics and modeling of cell growth for potential anthocyanin induction in cultures of Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers (Dandelion) in vitro, Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Volume 36, November 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbt.2018.08.006
• Beinecke F, Grundmann L, Wiedmann D, Schmidt F, Caesar A, Zimmermann M, Lahme M, Twyman R, Prüfer D and Noll G (2018) The FT/FD‐dependent initiation of flowering under long‐day conditions in the day‐neutral species Nicotiana tabacum originates from the facultative short‐day ancestor Nicotiana tomentosiformis, The Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14033
• Bröker J N, Müller B, van Deenen N, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2018)Upregulating the mevalonate pathway and repressing sterol synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae enhances the production of triterpenes, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9154-7
• Unland K, Pütter K, Vorwerk K, van Deenen N, Twyman R, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2018) Functional characterization of squalene synthase and squalene epoxidase in Taraxacum koksaghyz, Plant Direct. DOI: 10.1002/pld3.63
• Laibach N, Schmidl S, Müller B, Bergmann M, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2018) Small rubber particle proteins from Taraxacum brevicorniculatum promote stress tolerance and influence the size and distribution of lipid droplets and artificial poly(cis-1,4-isoprene) bodies. The Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13829
• Pütter K, van Deenen N, Unland K, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2017) Isoprenoid biosynthesis in dandelion latex is enhanced by the overexpression of three key enzymes involved in the mevalonate pathway. BMC Plant Biology DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-1036-0
• Huber M, Epping J, Schulze Gronover C, Fricke J, Aziz Z, Brillatz T, Swyers M, Köllner TG, Vogel H, Hammerbacher A, Triebwasser-Freese D, Robert CAM, Verhoeven K, Preite V, Gershenzon J, Erb M. (2016) A Latex Metabolite Benefits Plant Fitness under Root Herbivore Attack. PLoS Biology 14(1), DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002332
• Stolze A, Wanke A, van Deenen N, Geyer R, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2016) Development of rubber-enriched dandelion varieties by metabolic engineering of the inulin pathway. Plant Biotechnology Journal doi: 10.1111/pbi.12672
• Visser F, Müller B, Rose J, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2016)
  Forizymes - functionalised artificial forisomes as a platform for the production and immobilisation of single enzymes and multi-enzyme complexes. Sci Rep. 2016 Aug 9;6:30839. doi: 10.1038/srep30839

• Martinez M, Poirrier P, Chamy R, Prüfer D, Schulze-Gronover C, Jorquera L, Ruiz G (2015). Taraxacum officinale and related species-An ethnopharmacological review and its potential as a commercial medicinal plant. J Ethnopharmacol. 2015 Jul 1;169:244-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.03.067

• Epping J, van Deenen N, Niephaus E, Stolze A, Fricke J, Huber C, Eisenreich W, Twyman RM, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2015): A rubber transferase activator is necessary for natural rubber biosynthesis in dandelion. Nature Plants, Advance Online Publication. DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.48

• Laibach N, Hillebrand A, Twyman RM, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2015): Identification of a Taraxacum brevicorniculatum rubber elongation factor protein that is localized on rubber particles and promotes rubber biosynthesis. The Plant Journal, Advance Online Publication; DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12836

• Laibach N, Post J, Twyman RM, Schulze Gronover C, Prüfer D (2014) The characteristics and potential applications of structural lipid droplet proteins in plants. Journal of Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.08.020

•  Hwang YT,  Wijekoon C, Kalischuk M, Johnson D, Howard R, Prüfer D, Lawrence Kawchuk (2014) Evolution and Management of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Phytophthora Infestans in Canada and the United States. American Journal of Potato Research
  DOI: 10.1007/s12230-014-9401-0

• Zielonka S, Ernst AM, Hawat S, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2014) Characterization of five subgroups of the sieve element occlusion gene family in Glycine max reveals genes encoding non-forisome P-proteins, forisomes and forisome tails. Plant Molecular Biology DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0211-z

• Groscurth S, Müller B, Visser F, Blob B, Menzel M, Rüping BA, Twyman RM, Prüfer D*, Noll GA (2014) Uncertain role of MtSEO-F3 in assembly of Medicago truncatula forisomes. Plant Signaling & Behavior DOI: 10.4161/psb.29581

• Xing S, van Deenen N, Magliano P, Frahm L, Forestier E, Nawrath C, Schaller H, Schulze Gronover C, Prüfer D, Poirier Y  (2014) ATP citrate lyase activity is post-translationally regulated by sink strength and impacts the wax, cutin and rubber biosynthetic pathways. Plant Journal DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12559

• Müller B, Groscurth S, Menzel M, Rüping BA, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2014) Molecular and ultrastructural analysis of forisome subunits reveals the principles of forisome assembly. Annals of Botany

• Masani MY, Gundula GA, Ghulam Kadir Ahmad Parveez, Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi, Prüfer D (2014) Efficient Transformation of Oil Palm Protoplasts by PEG-Mediated Transfection and DNA Microinjection. PLoS ONE 9(5):e96831. DOI:doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096831

• Bozdag GO, Kaya A, Koc A, Noll GA, Prüfer D, Karakaya HC (2014) Characterization of a cDNA from Beta maritima that confers nickel tolerance in yeast. Gene. 2014 doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.01.052

• Masani MY, Noll G, Parveez GK, Sambanthamurthi R, Prüfer D (2013) Regeneration of viable oil palm plants from protoplasts by optimizing media components, growth regulators and cultivation procedures. Plant Science 210:118-27. doi: 10.1016

• Post JJ, Eisenreich W, Huber C, Twyman RM, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2013) Establishment of an ex vivo laticifer cell suspension culture from Taraxacum brevicorniculatum as a production system for cis-isoprene. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic doi.org/10.1016/ j.molcatb.2013.07.013
• Jekat SB, Ernst AM, von Bohl A, Zielonka S, Twyman RM, Noll GA and Prüfer D (2013) P-proteins in Arabidopsis are heteromeric structures involved in rapid sieve tube sealing. Frontiers Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00225
• Fricke J, Hillebrand A, Twyman RM, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2013) Abscisic Acid-Dependent Regulation Of Small Rubber Particle Protein Gene Expression In Taraxacum brevicorniculatum Is Mediated By TbbZIP1.1. Plant and Cell Physiology doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcs182

• Munt O, Prüfer D and Schulze Gronover C (2013) A novel C–S lyase from the latex-producing plant Taraxacum brevicorniculatum displays alanine aminotransferase and l-cystine lyase activity. Journal of Plant Physiology 170:33-40

• Jekat S, Ernst A, Zielonka S, Noll G, Prüfer D (2012) Interactions among tobacco sieve element occlusion (SEO) proteins. Plant Signaling & Behavior DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202999109

• Groscurth S, Müller B, Schwan S, Menzel M, Diekstall F, Senft M, Kendall A, Kommor BA, Neumann U, Kalischuk M, Kawchuk LM, Krzyzanek V, Heilmann A, Stubbs G, Twyman RM, Pruefer D, Noll GA (2012) Artificial forisomes are ideal models of forisome assembly and activity that allow the development of technical devices. Biomacromolecules 13:3076-3086
• Harig L, Beinecke FA, Oltmanns J, Muth J, Müller O, Rüping B, Twyman RM, Fischer R, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2012) Proteins from the FLOWERING LOCUS T -like subclade of the PEBP family act antagonistically to regulate floral initiation in tobacco. The Plant Journal DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05125.x
• Hillebrand A, Post JJ, Wurbs D, Wahler D, Lenders M, Krzyzanek V, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2012) Down-Regulation of Small Rubber Particle Protein Expression Affects Integrity of Rubber Particles and Rubber Content in Taraxacum brevicorniculatum. PLoS ONE 7(7): e41874. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041874

• Ernst AM, Jekat SB, Zielonka S, Müller B, Neumann U, Rüping B, Twyman RM, Krzyzanek V, Prüfer D and Noll GA (2012) Sieve element occlusion (SEO) genes encode structural phloem proteins involved in wound sealing of the phloem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi/10.1073/pnas.1202999

• Wahler D, Colby T, Kowalski NA, Harzen A, Wotzka SY, Hillebrand A, Fischer R, Helsper J, Schmidt J, Schulze Gronover C, Prüfer D (2012) Proteomic analysis of latex from the rubber-producing
  plant Taraxacum brevicorniculatum. Proteomics 12:901–905.

• Bucsenez M, Rüping B, Behrens S, Twyman RM, Noll GA, Prüfer D (2012) Multiple cis-regulatory elements are involved in the complex regulation of the sieve element-specific MtSEO-F1 promoter from Medicago truncatula. Plant Biology 14:714-724

• Post JJ, van Deenen N, Fricke J, Kowalski N, Wurbs D, Schaller H, Eisenreich W, Huber C, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2012) Laticifer specific cis-prenyltransferase silencing affects the rubber, triterpene and inulin content of Taraxacum brevicorniculatum. Plant Physiology 158:1406-1417​.

• Munt O, Arias M, Hernandez M, Ritter E, Schulze Gronover C, Prüfer D (2012) Fertilizer and planting strategies to increase biomass and improve root morphology in the natural rubber producer Taraxacum brevicorniculatum. Industrial Crops and Products 36:289–293.

• Richter C, Dirks ME, Schulze Gronover C, Prüfer D, Moerschbacher BM. (2012) Silencing and heterologous expression of Toppo-2 indicate a specific function of a single polyphenol oxidase isoform in resistance of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 25:200-210.

• van Deenen N, Bachmann A-L, Schmidt T, Schaller H, Sand J, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2012) Molecular cloning of mevalonate pathway genes from Taraxacum brevicorniculatum and functional characterisation of the key enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. Molecular Biology Reports 39:4337–4349.

• Noll GA, Müller B, Ernst AM, Rüping B, Twyman RM, Prüfer D (2011) Native and artificial forisomes: functions and applications. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 89:1675-1682.

• Noll GA, Müller B, Ernst AM, Rüping B, Groscurth S, Twyman RM, Kawchuk LM, Prüfer D (2011) Characteristics of artificial forisomes from plants and yeast. Bioengineered Bugs 2:111-114.

• van Deenen N, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2011) A latex lectin from Euphorbia trigona is a potent inhibitor of fungal growth. Biologia Plantarum 55:335-339.

• Ernst AM, Rüping B, Jekat SB, Nordzieke S, Reineke AR, Müller B, Bornberg-Bauer E, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2011) The sieve element occlusion gene family in dicotyledonous plants. Plant Signaling & Behavior 6:151-153.

• Rüping B, Ernst AM, Jekat SB, Nordzieke S, Reineke AR, Müller B, Bornberg-Bauer E, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2010) Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of the sieve element occlusion gene family in Fabaceae and non-Fabaceae plants. BMC Plant Biol 10:219.

• Müller B, Noll GA, Ernst AM, Rüping B, Groscurth S, Twyman RM, Kawchuk LM, Prüfer D (2010) Recombinant artificial forisomes provide ample quantities of smart biomaterials for use in technical devices. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 88:689-698.

• Schmidt T, Lenders M, Hillebrand A, van Deenen N, Munt O, Reichelt R, Eisenreich W, Fischer R, Prüfer D, Schulze Gronover C (2010) Characterization of rubber particles and rubber chain elongation in Taraxacum koksaghyz. BMC Biochem 11:11.

• Feller G, Kugel S, Moonshine D, Chalifa-Caspi V, Scholz M, Prüfer D, Rabinski T, Müller KJ, Ofir R (2010) African descents are more sensitive than European descents to anti-tumor compounds alpha-hederin and kalopanaxsaponin I. Planta Medica 76:1847-1851.

• Lepitre V, Nansot G, Grangeon R, Pomies V, Rivallan R, Risterucci AM, Valdés-Infante J, Rodríguez-Medina NN, Muth J, Boike J, Prüfer D, Becker D, Rohde W, Ritter E, Billotte N (2010) The Microsatellite (SSR)/AFLP Reference Linkage Map of Guava. Acta Hort 849:183-191.

• Ritter E, Herran A, Valdés-Infante J, Rodríguez-Medina NN, Briceño A, Fermin G, Sanchez-Teyer F, O’Connor-Sanchez A, Muth J, Boike J, Prüfer D, Santos CA, Nunes dos Santos IC, Rodrigues MA, Risterucci AM, Billotte N, Becker D, Rohde W (2010) Comparative Linkage Mapping in Three Guava Mapping Populations and Construction of an Integrated Reference Map in Guava. Acta Hort 849:175-182.

• Schmidt T, Hillebrand A, Wurbs D, Wahler D, Lenders M, Schulze Gronover C, Prüfer D (2009) Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Rubber Biosynthetic Genes from Taraxacum koksaghyz. Plant Molecular Biology Reports 28:277-284.

• Wahler D, Schulze Gronover C, Richter C, Foucu F, Twyman RM, Moerschbacher BM, Fischer R, Muth J, Prüfer D (2009) Polyphenoloxidase silencing affects latex coagulation in Taraxacum species. Plant Physiol 151:334-346.

• Noll GA, Rüping B, Ernst A, Bucsenez M, Twyman R, Fischer R, Prüfer D (2009) The Promoters of Forisome Genes MtSEO2 and MtSEO3 Direct Gene Expression to Immature Sieve Elements in Medicago truncatula and Nicotiana tabacum. Plant Mol Biol Rep 27:526-533.

• Scholz M, Lipinski M, Leupold M, Luftmann H, Harig L, Ofir R, Fischer R, Prüfer D, Müller KJ (2009) Methyl jasmonate induced accumulation of kalopanaxsaponin I in Nigella sativa. Phytochemistry 70:517-522.

• Lipinski M, Scholz M, Pieper K, Fischer R, Prüfer D, Müller KJ (2009) A squalene epoxidase from Nigella sativa participates in saponin biosynthesis and mediates terbinafine resistance in yeast. C Eur J Biol 4:163-169.

• Gatto P, Vrhovsek U, Muth J, Segala C, Romualdi C, Fontana P, Pruefer D, Stefanini M, Moser C, Mattivi F, Velasco R (2008) Ripening and genotype control stilbene accumulation in healthy grapes. J Agric Food Chem 24:11773-11785.

• Nickel H, Kawchuk L, Twyman RM, Zimmermann S, Junghans H, Winter S, Fischer R, Prüfer D (2008) Plantibody-mediated inhibition of the Potato leafroll virus P1 protein reduces virus accumulation. Virus Res 136:140-145.

• Muth J, Hartje S, Twyman RM, Hofferbert HR, Tacke E, Prüfer D (2008) Precision breeding for novel starch variants in potato. Plant Biotechnol J 6:576-584.

• Ashoub A, Mervat M, El-Far M, Prüfer D, Nasr El-Din T (2008) Comparison of Methods to Detect Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus (SPFMV) In Sweet Potatoes. Egypt J Genet Cytol 37:25-33.

• Noll GA, Fontanellaz M, Rüping B, Ashoub A, van Bal A, Fischer R, Knoblauch M, Prüfer D (2007) Spatial and temporal regulation of the forisome gene for1 in the phloem during plant development. Plant Mol Biol 65:285-294.

• Schwan S, Fritzsch M, Cismak A, Prüfer D, Noll G, Spohn U, Heilmann A (2007) Micromechanical measurements on chemo-mechanical protein aggregates. MRS Proceedings

• Müller KJ, He X, Fischer R, Prüfer D (2006) Constitutive knox1 gene expression in dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Web.) changes leaf morphology from simple to compound. Planta 224:1023-1027.

• Müller KJ, Lin J, Fischer R, Prüfer D (2006) How repeated epiphylly correlates with resident knox1 gene expression in leaves of tobacco epiphyllous shoots. C Eur J Biol 1:263-274.

• Prüfer D, Kawchuk LM, Rohde W (2006) Polerovirus ORF0 genes induce a host-specific response resembling viral infection. Can J Plant Pathol 28:302-309.

• Knoblauch M, Noll GA, Müller T, Prüfer D, Schneider-Hütter I, Scharner D, van Bel AJE, Peters WS (2003) ATP-independent contractile proteins from plants. Nature Mat 2:600-603.

• Jaag HM, Kawchuk L, Rohde W, Fischer R, Emans N, Prüfer D (2003) An unusual internal ribosomal entry site of inverted symmetry directs expression of a potato leafroll polerovirus replication-associated protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:8939-8944.

• Kawchuk L, Jaag HM, Toohey K, Martin R, Rohde W, Prüfer D (2002) In planta agroinfection by Canadian and German potato leafroll virus full-length cDNAs. Can J Plant Pathol 24:239-243.

• van Bel AJE, Hibberd J, Prüfer D, Knoblauch M (2001) Novel approach in plastid transformation. Curr Opin Biotechnol 12:144-149.

• Kawchuk ML, Hachey J, Lynch RD, Kulcsar F, van Rooijen G, Waterer RD, Robertson A, Kokko E, Byers R, Howard JR, Fischer R, Prüfer D (2001) Tomato Ve disease resistance genes encode cell surface-like receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 22:6511-6115.

Pre-prints

Zimmermann MM, Grundmann L, Känel A, Schwarze A, Wiedmann DR, Muth J, Twyman RM, Prüfer D, Noll GA (2022) Unraveling the mystery behind the short-day-specific flowering of tobacco cultivar Maryland Mammoth. bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2022.06.27.497884

Book chapters and other contributions

• Grundmann, L., Müller-Linow, M., Kuhn, A., He, F., Schlehuber, D., Keuter, V., Noll, G.A., Prüfer, D., (2023) Etablierung von Zell- und Gewebekulturen für Medizinalpflanzen am Beispiel von Arnica montana im Rahmen des Projekts „Circular PhytoREVIER“ – Integrierte Wertschöpfung mit Anbau und Verwertung von Medizinalpflanzen im Rheinischen Revier. 9. Tagung für Arznei- und Gewürzpflanzenforschung : Sicherheit vom Anbau bis zum Verbraucher – Spitzenklasse oder auf die Spitze getrieben?; Freising, 11. - 14. September 2023 ; Kurzfassungen der Vorträge und Poster. DOI: 10.5073/20230821-142037-0

• Masani MYA, Parveez GKA, Noll G, Fizree MD, Sambanthamurthi R, Prüfer D (2022). Protoplast Isolation and Transformation in Oil Palm, In: Wang K, Zhang F (eds) Protoplast Technology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2464. Humana, New York, NY, 187-202 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2164-6_14

• Müller B, Laibach N (2022) Chapter 5. Extraction of valuable components from waste biomass. In: Waste to Food, Eds: Smetana S, Pleissner D. and  Zeidler VZ

• Beiner M, Gupta G, Wötzel J, Malke M, Wendler U, Schulze Gronover C, Müller B, Prüfer D, Jaeger R, Stauch C (2021) Biomimetic synthetic rubber vs. natural rubber – Strain induced crystallization and abrasion resistance, RFP - Rubber Fibres Plastics International

• Rainer Fischer, Christian Schulze Gronover, Dirk Prüfer (2017) Naturkautschuk aus Russischem Löwenzahn – Grundlage für die Erschaffung eines neuen, biobasierten Industriezweigs. In: Ressourceneffizienz Schlüsseltechnologien für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. ISBN 978-3-662-52888-4 (Druck)
• Joachim Schiemann & Dirk Prüfer (2014) Die Kontroverse zur Grünen Gentechnologie - Eine unendliche Geschichte? In: wissen-leben-ethik, Themen und Positionen der Bioethik (Editors: J.S. Ach, B. Lüttenberg & M.Quante). Mentis Verlag, Münster, 259-268.

• Schulze Gronover C, Wahler D, Prüfer D (2011) Natural Rubber Biosynthesis and Physic-Chemical Studies on Plant Derived Latex. In: Biotechnology of Biopolymers, Ed: Elnashar M

• Schulze Gronover C, Prüfer D (2010) Rubber doesn’t (just) grow on trees. The Chemical Engineer 827:26-27.

• Schulze Gronover C, Prüfer D (2010) Kautschuk aus Löwenzahn. Dichtungstechnik. Jahrbuch: 46-50.

• Prüfer D (2010) Enzyme Discovery Boots Dandelion Latex. Polymers & Tyres Asia, February/March Issue: 32

• Prüfer D (2009) Serie „Nachwachsende Rohstoffe“ Gummi aus Kaninchenfutter: Forscher züchten Löwenzahn für die Kautschukproduktion. VDWF im Dialog 3:20-22.

• Kawchuk LM, Kalischuk ML, Bizimungu B, Leggett F, Prüfer D (2008) Advances in molecular assisted breeding for disease resistance in Solanaceous plants. Recent Res Devel Genet Breeding 3:1-8.

• Commandeur U, Rohde W, Fischer R, Prüfer D (2002) Gene expression strategies of plant RNA viruses. In: „Plant Viruses as Molecular Pathogens“(J. A. Khan and J. Dijkstra, eds.), Haworth Press Inc., pp. 175-202.