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Axel Brennicke

Axel Brennicke

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Genetics

D-Index
72
Citations
15577
World Ranking
2134
National Ranking
157

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Axel Brennicke was affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany. Their research primarily focused on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specialization in Molecular Biology. Brennicke's work spanned several topics, including:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

The scientist published research in the journal Plant and Cell Physiology, with at least two papers appearing there. Notable publications by Brennicke included the following:

  • "Mitochondrial Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein, EMB2794, Plays a Pivotal Role in NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit nad2 mRNA Maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana" (2020, Plant and Cell Physiology)
  • "The Gating Domain of MEF28 Is Essential for Editing Two Contiguous Cytidines in nad2 mRNA in Arabidopsis thaliana" (2023, Plant and Cell Physiology)

Brennicke frequently collaborated with several researchers across multiple projects. Coauthors who often worked alongside them included:

  • Mizuki Takenaka
  • Fernanda Marchetti
  • Maximiliano Cainzos
  • Sofía Shevtsov
  • Juan Pablo Córdoba

During their career, Axel Brennicke was recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting a professional acknowledgment by this organization. Brennicke is deceased, and the research contributions remain part of the scientific record documenting advances in molecular biology and genetics.

Best Publications

  • The mitochondrial genome of Arabidopsis thaliana contains 57 genes in 366,924 nucleotides

    Michael Unseld;Joachim R. Marienfeld;Petra Brandt;Axel Brennicke

  • RNA Editing in Plant Mitochondria

    Rudolf Hiesel;Bernd Wissinger;Wolfgang Schuster;Axel Brennicke

  • RNA editing in Arabidopsis mitochondria effects 441 C to U changes in ORFs

    Philippe Giegé;Axel Brennicke

  • RNA editing in plants and its evolution.

    Mizuki Takenaka;Anja Zehrmann;Daniil Verbitskiy;Barbara Härtel

  • Multiple organellar RNA editing factor (MORF) family proteins are required for RNA editing in mitochondria and plastids of plants

    Mizuki Takenaka;Anja Zehrmann;Daniil Verbitskiy;Matthias Kugelmann

  • RNA editing in bryophytes and a molecular phylogeny of land plants.

    O. Malek;K. Lättig;R. Hiesel;A. Brennicke

  • Trans splicing in oenothera mitochondria: nad1 mRNAs are edited in exon and trans-splicing group II intron sequences

    Bernd Wissinger;Wolfgang Schuster;Axel Brennicke

  • The cytochrome oxidase subunit I and subunit III genes in Oenothera mitochondria are transcribed from identical promoter sequences

    Rudolf Hiesel;Werner Schobel;Wolfgang Schuster;Axel Brennicke

  • The Plant Mitochondrial Genome: Physical Structure, Information Content, RNA Editing, and Gene Migration to the Nucleus

    W. Schuster;A. Brennicke

  • Plastid, nuclear and reverse transcriptase sequences in the mitochondrial genome of Oenothera: is genetic information transferred between organelles via RNA?

    W. Schuster;A. Brennicke

  • Improved Computational Target Site Prediction for Pentatricopeptide Repeat RNA Editing Factors

    Mizuki Takenaka;Anja Zehrmann;Axel Brennicke;Knut Graichen

  • A DYW domain-containing pentatricopeptide repeat protein is required for RNA editing at multiple sites in mitochondria of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Anja Zehrmann;Daniil Verbitskiy;Johannes A. van der Merwe;Axel Brennicke

  • Arabidopsis genes encoding mitochondrial type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenases have different evolutionary origin and show distinct responses to light.

    Agnieszka M. Michalecka;Å. Staffan Svensson;Fredrik I. Johansson;Stephanie C. Agius

  • The mitochondrial genome on its way to the nucleus: different stages of gene transfer in higher plants.

    Axel Brennicke;Lutz Grohmann;Rudolf Hiesel;Volker Knoop

  • The response regulator ARR2: a pollen-specific transcription factor involved in the expression of nuclear genes for components of mitochondrial Complex I in Arabidopsis

    Lohrmann J;Sweere U;Zabaleta E;Bäurle I

  • The process of RNA editing in plant mitochondria

    Mizuki Takenaka;Daniil Verbitskiy;Johannes A. van der Merwe;Anja Zehrmann

  • Gene expression in plant mitochondria: transcriptional and post–transcriptional control

    Stefan Binder;Axel Brennicke

  • A member of a novel Arabidopsis thaliana gene family of candidate Mg2+ ion transporters complements a yeast mitochondrial group II intron-splicing mutant.

    Irene Schock;Juraj Gregan;Siegfried Steinhauser;Rudolf Schweyen

  • Transcripts of the NADH-dehydrogenase subunit 3 gene are differentially edited in Oenothera mitochondria.

    W. Schuster;B. Wissinger;M. Unseld;A. Brennicke

  • Evidence for RNA editing in mitochondria of all major groups of land plants except the Bryophyta.

    Rudolf Hiesel;Bruno Combettes;Axel Brennicke

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Schopfer
Peter Schopfer University of Freiburg
Volker Knoop
Volker Knoop University of Bonn
Bernd Wissinger
Bernd Wissinger University of Tübingen
Christopher J. Leaver
Christopher J. Leaver University of Oxford
Eduardo Zabaleta
Eduardo Zabaleta National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Hideya Fukuzawa
Hideya Fukuzawa Kyoto University
Hans-Peter Braun
Hans-Peter Braun University of Hannover
Cecilia Saccone
Cecilia Saccone University of Bari Aldo Moro
Thomas Börner
Thomas Börner Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
David A. Clayton
David A. Clayton Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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