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Andreas Houben

Andreas Houben

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Genetics

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67
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16242
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National Ranking
181

Overview

Andreas Houben is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including plant science, molecular biology, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and cell biology.

The scientist's research topics encompass chromosomal and genetic variations, plant virus research studies, CRISPR and genetic engineering, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant disease resistance and genetics, genomics and chromatin dynamics, as well as plant tissue culture and regeneration.

Several recent publications by Andreas Houben illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Chromosome-scale genome assembly provides insights into rye biology, evolution and agronomic potential (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • CRISPR-Cas9-mediated induction of heritable chromosomal translocations in Arabidopsis (2020, Nature Plants)
  • Supernumerary B chromosomes of Aegilops speltoides undergo precise elimination in roots early in embryo development (2020, Nature Communications)
  • European maize genomes highlight intraspecies variation in repeat and gene content (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Changing local recombination patterns in Arabidopsis by CRISPR/Cas mediated chromosome engineering (2020, Nature Communications)

Andreas Houben frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Chromosome Research, Frontiers in Plant Science, and New Phytologist.

Collaborations play a significant role in their research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Veit Schubert
  • Jörg Fuchs
  • Martin Mascher
  • Yi-Tzu Kuo
  • Andrea Pedrosa-Harand

Best Publications

  • A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome

    Martin Mascher;Heidrun Gundlach;Axel Himmelbach;Sebastian Beier

  • DNA methylation controls histone H3 lysine 9 methylation and heterochromatin assembly in Arabidopsis

    Wim J.J. Soppe;Zuzana Jasencakova;Andreas Houben;Tetsuji Kakutani

  • Chromosomal histone modification patterns--from conservation to diversity.

    Jörg Fuchs;Dmitri Demidov;Andreas Houben;Ingo Schubert

  • Loss of centromeric histone H3 (CENH3) from centromeres precedes uniparental chromosome elimination in interspecific barley hybrids

    Maryam Sanei;Richard Pickering;Katrin Kumke;Shuhei Nasuda

  • B chromosomes in plants: escapees from the A chromosome genome?

    R. Neil Jones;Andreas Houben

  • Uniparental Chromosome Elimination at Mitosis and Interphase in Wheat and Pearl Millet Crosses Involves Micronucleus Formation, Progressive Heterochromatinization, and DNA Fragmentation

    Dorota Gernand;Twan Rutten;Alok Varshney;Myroslava Rubtsova

  • Chromosome-scale genome assembly provides insights into rye biology, evolution and agronomic potential

    M. Timothy Rabanus-Wallace;Bernd Hackauf;Martin Mascher;Thomas Lux

  • Genetics of sex determination in flowering plants

    Sarah Grant;Andreas Houben;Boris Vyskot;Jiri Siroky

  • Selfish supernumerary chromosome reveals its origin as a mosaic of host genome and organellar sequences

    Mihaela Maria Martis;Sonja Klemme;Ali Mohammad Banaei-Moghaddam;Frank R. Blattner

  • Stable barley chromosomes without centromeric repeats

    S. Nasuda;S. Hudakova;I. Schubert;A. Houben

  • Methylation of histone H3 in euchromatin of plant chromosomes depends on basic nuclear DNA content.

    Andreas Houben;Dmitri Demidov;Dorota Gernand;Armin Meister

  • Point mutation impairs centromeric CENH3 loading and induces haploid plants

    Raheleh Karimi-Ashtiyani;Takayoshi Ishii;Markus Niessen;Nils Stein

  • A whole-genome snapshot of 454 sequences exposes the composition of the barley genome and provides evidence for parallel evolution of genome size in wheat and barley.

    Thomas Wicker;Stefan Taudien;Andreas Houben;Beat Keller

  • A Century of B Chromosomes in Plants: So What?

    R. Neil Jones;Wanda Viegas;Andreas Houben

  • Identification and Dynamics of Two Classes of Aurora-Like Kinases in Arabidopsis and Other Plants

    Dmitri Demidov;Daniël Van Damme;Danny Geelen;Frank R. Blattner

  • Evolution and biology of supernumerary B chromosomes.

    Andreas Houben;Ali Mohammad Banaei-Moghaddam;Sonja Klemme;Jeremy N. Timmis

  • Phosphorylation of histone H3 in plants--a dynamic affair.

    Andreas Houben;Dmitri Demidov;Ana D. Caperta;Raheleh Karimi

  • The transcript elongation factor FACT affects Arabidopsis vegetative and reproductive development and genetically interacts with HUB1/2

    Ihab B. Lolas;Kristiina Himanen;Jesper T. Grønlund;Carina Lynggaard

  • Supernumerary B chromosomes of Aegilops speltoides undergo precise elimination in roots early in embryo development

    Alevtina S. Ruban;Thomas Schmutzer;Thomas Schmutzer;Dan D. Wu;Dan D. Wu;Joerg Fuchs

  • The chromosomal distribution of phosphorylated histone H3 differs between plants and animals at meiosis

    Silvia Manzanero;Pilar Arana;María J. Puertas;Andreas Houben

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingo Schubert
Ingo Schubert Leibniz Association
Jörg Fuchs
Jörg Fuchs Leibniz Association
Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Twan Rutten
Twan Rutten Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Axel Himmelbach
Axel Himmelbach Leibniz Association
Uwe Scholz
Uwe Scholz Leibniz Association
Gerhard Wanner
Gerhard Wanner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jaroslav Doležel
Jaroslav Doležel Czech Academy of Sciences
Jiří Macas
Jiří Macas Czech Academy of Sciences
Martin Mascher
Martin Mascher Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research

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