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Alexander Erban

Alexander Erban

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10959
World Ranking
14460
National Ranking
1024

Overview

Alexander Erban is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and specializes in agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research is concentrated in the subfields of plant science, molecular biology, and food science, exploring topics related to photosynthetic processes, plant stress responses, horticultural and viticultural research, and metabolomics.

Erban's work covers various main topics, including:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Their frequent collaborators include Joachim Kopka, Ellen Zuther, Alisdair R. Fernie, Federico Martínez-Seidel, and Ines Fehrle.

Alexander Erban's recent publications span high-impact journals and diverse plant science topics. Notable recent papers include:

  • Carbon flux through photosynthesis and central carbon metabolism show distinct patterns between algae, C3 and C4 plants (2021, Nature Plants)
  • Cell wall modification by the xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase XTH19 influences freezing tolerance after cold and sub-zero acclimation (2020, Plant Cell & Environment)
  • Multi-omics reveals mechanisms of total resistance to extreme illumination of a desert alga (2020, Nature Plants)
  • Comparative Metabolomics and Molecular Phylogenetics of Melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) Biodiversity (2020, Metabolites)
  • Global mapping of protein-metabolite interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals that Ser-Leu dipeptide regulates phosphoglycerate kinase activity (2021, Communications Biology)

Erban frequently publishes research in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plant Cell & Environment, Frontiers in Plant Science, The Plant Cell, and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Mass appeal: metabolite identification in mass spectrometry-focused untargeted metabolomics

    Warwick B Dunn;Alexander Erban;Ralf J M Weber;Darren John Creek;Darren John Creek

  • TagFinder for the quantitative analysis of gas chromatography—mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-based metabolite profiling experiments

    Alexander Luedemann;Katrin Strassburg;Alexander Erban;Joachim Kopka

  • Downregulation of Cinnamoyl-Coenzyme A Reductase in Poplar: Multiple-Level Phenotyping Reveals Effects on Cell Wall Polymer Metabolism and Structure

    Jean-Charles Leplé;Jean-Charles Leplé;Jean-Charles Leplé;Rebecca Dauwe;Rebecca Dauwe;Kris Morreel;Kris Morreel;Véronique Storme;Véronique Storme

  • Phosphorus Stress in Common Bean: Root Transcript and Metabolic Responses

    Georgina Hernández;Mario Ramírez;Oswaldo Valdés-López;Mesfin Tesfaye

  • Comprehensive Dissection of Spatiotemporal Metabolic Shifts in Primary, Secondary, and Lipid Metabolism during Developmental Senescence in Arabidopsis

    Mutsumi Watanabe;Salma Balazadeh;Takayuki Tohge;Alexander Erban

  • Identification of primary and secondary metabolites with phosphorus status‐dependent abundance in Arabidopsis, and of the transcription factor PHR1 as a major regulator of metabolic changes during phosphorus limitation

    Bikram-Datt Pant;Pooja Pant;Alexander Erban;David Huhman

  • Transcript and metabolite profiling of the adaptive response to mild decreases in oxygen concentration in the roots of arabidopsis plants

    Joost T. van Dongen;Anja Fröhlich;Santiago J. Ramírez-Aguilar;Nicolas Schauer

  • Metabolic and transcriptomic signatures of rice floral organs reveal sugar starvation as a factor in reproductive failure under heat and drought stress.

    Xia Li;Lovely M. F. Lawas;Richard Malo;Ulrike Glaubitz

  • Integrative functional genomics of salt acclimatization in the model legume Lotus japonicus

    Diego H. Sanchez;Felix Lippold;Henning Redestig;Matthew A. Hannah

  • Metabolome analysis: the potential of in vivo labeling with stable isotopes for metabolite profiling

    Claudia Birkemeyer;Alexander Luedemann;Cornelia Wagner;Alexander Erban

  • A new synthetic biology approach allows transfer of an entire metabolic pathway from a medicinal plant to a biomass crop

    Paulina Fuentes;Fei Zhou;Alexander Erban;Daniel Karcher

  • Metabolic profiling reveals local and systemic responses of host plants to nematode parasitism

    Julia Hofmann;Abd El Naser El Ashry;Shahbaz Anwar;Alexander Erban

  • Comparative metabolomics of drought acclimation in model and forage legumes

    Diego H. Sanchez;Franziska Schwabe;Alexander Erban;Michael K. Udvardi

  • Metabolic profiling of 'Conference' pears under low oxygen stress.

    Romina Pedreschi;Christine Franck;Jeroen Lammertyn;Alexander Erban

  • Global Changes in the Transcript and Metabolic Profiles during Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Phosphorus-Stressed Common Bean Plants

    Georgina Hernández;Oswaldo Valdés-López;Mario Ramírez;Nicolas Goffard

  • Predicting Arabidopsis freezing tolerance and heterosis in freezing tolerance from metabolite composition.

    Marina Korn;Tanja Gärtner;Tanja Gärtner;Alexander Erban;Joachim Kopka

  • Transcriptome and metabolome reprogramming in Vitis vinifera cv. Trincadeira berries upon infection with Botrytis cinerea

    Patricia Agudelo-Romero;Alexander Erban;Cecília Rego;Pablo Carbonell-Bejerano

  • Retention index thresholds for compound matching in GC-MS metabolite profiling.

    Nadine Strehmel;Jan Hummel;Alexander Erban;Katrin Strassburg

  • Nonsupervised construction and application of mass spectral and retention time index libraries from time-of-flight gas chromatography-mass spectrometry metabolite profiles.

    Alexander Erban;Nicolas Schauer;Alisdair R. Fernie;Joachim Kopka

  • Increasing Sucrose Uptake Capacity of Wheat Grains Stimulates Storage Protein Synthesis

    Nicola Weichert;Isolde Saalbach;Heiko Weichert;Stefan Kohl

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Kopka
Joachim Kopka Max Planck Society
Dirk K. Hincha
Dirk K. Hincha Max Planck Society
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Rainer Hoefgen
Rainer Hoefgen Max Planck Society
Patrick Giavalisco
Patrick Giavalisco Max Planck Society
Lothar Willmitzer
Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Society
Michael K. Udvardi
Michael K. Udvardi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ralph Bock
Ralph Bock Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Royston Goodacre
Royston Goodacre University of Liverpool
Annick Moing
Annick Moing INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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