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Claudia Köhler is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work focuses on several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Among recent scientific publications attributed to their collaborative efforts are the following papers:

  • "Genomic imprinting in plants-revisiting existing models," 2020, published in Genes & Development
  • "Polymerase IV Plays a Crucial Role in Pollen Development in Capsella," 2020, published in The Plant Cell
  • "Role of H1 and DNA methylation in selective regulation of transposable elements during heat stress," 2020, published in New Phytologist
  • "Endosperm Evolution by Duplicated and Neofunctionalized Type I MADS-Box Transcription Factors," 2021, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Mobility connects: transposable elements wire new transcriptional networks by transferring transcription factor binding motifs," 2020, published in Biochemical Society Transactions

Köhler's frequent co-authors include Juan Santos-González, Yichun Qiu, Nicolas Butel, Lars Hennig, and Katarzyna Dziasek. These collaborations have been an integral part of their research output.

Published work often appears in specialized venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Cell, New Phytologist, kleintier konkret, and Genome Biology. Among these, bioRxiv accounts for the highest number of their publications followed by The Plant Cell and New Phytologist.

Best Publications

  • Arabidopsis MSI1 is a component of the MEA/FIE Polycomb group complex and required for seed development

    Claudia Köhler;Lars Hennig;Romaric Bouveret;Jacqueline Gheyselinck

  • The Polycomb-group protein MEDEA regulates seed development by controlling expression of the MADS-box gene PHERES1.

    Claudia Köhler;Lars Hennig;Charles Spillane;Stephane Pien

  • HLM1, an Essential Signaling Component in the Hypersensitive Response, Is a Member of the Cyclic Nucleotide–Gated Channel Ion Channel Family

    Claudine Balagué;Baiqing Lin;Carine Alcon;Guylaine Flottes

  • The Arabidopsis thaliana MEDEA Polycomb group protein controls expression of PHERES1 by parental imprinting

    Claudia Köhler;Damian R Page;Damian R Page;Valeria Gagliardini;Ueli Grossniklaus

  • Different Polycomb group complexes regulate common target genes in Arabidopsis.

    Grigory Makarevich;Grigory Makarevich;Olivier Leroy;Olivier Leroy;Umut Akinci;Daniel Schubert

  • The impact of the triploid block on the origin and evolution of polyploid plants.

    Claudia Köhler;Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid;Aleksandra Erilova

  • Polycomb-group proteins repress the floral activator AGL19 in the FLC-independent vernalization pathway.

    Nicole Schönrock;Romaric Bouveret;Olivier Leroy;Lorenzo Borghi

  • High-resolution analysis of parent-of-origin allelic expression in the Arabidopsis Endosperm.

    Philip Wolff;Isabelle Weinhofer;Jonathan Seguin;Pawel Roszak

  • Endosperm cellularization defines an important developmental transition for embryo development

    Elisabeth Hehenberger;David Kradolfer;David Kradolfer;Claudia Köhler;Claudia Köhler

  • Silencing in sperm cells is directed by RNA movement from the surrounding nurse cell.

    Germán Martínez;Kaushik Panda;Claudia Köhler;R Keith Slotkin

  • H3K27me3 profiling of the endosperm implies exclusion of polycomb group protein targeting by DNA methylation.

    Isabelle Weinhofer;Elisabeth Hehenberger;Pawel Roszak;Lars Hennig;Lars Hennig

  • Characterisation of a novel gene family of putative cyclic nucleotide- and calmodulin-regulated ion channels in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Claudia Kohler;Thomas Merkle;Gunther Neuhaus

  • Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Genomic Imprinting in Plants

    Claudia Köhler;Philip Wolff;Charles Spillane

  • Auxin production in the endosperm drives seed coat development in Arabidopsis

    Duarte D Figueiredo;Rita A Batista;Pawel J Roszak;Lars Hennig

  • Nuclear export of proteins in plants: AtXPO1 is the export receptor for leucine-rich nuclear export signals in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Dorothea Haasen;Claudia Kohler;Gunther Neuhaus;Thomas Merkle

  • CHD3 Proteins and Polycomb Group Proteins Antagonistically Determine Cell Identity in Arabidopsis

    Ernst Aichinger;Corina B. R. Villar;Sara Farrona;José C. Reyes

  • Genomic imprinting and seed development: endosperm formation with and without sex

    Ueli Grossniklaus;Charles Spillane;Damian R Page;Claudia Köhler

  • Programming of gene expression by Polycomb group proteins

    Claudia Köhler;Corina B.R. Villar

  • Unreduced gamete formation in plants: mechanisms and prospects

    Lynette Brownfield;Claudia Köhler;Claudia Köhler

  • Keeping the gate closed: functions of the polycomb repressive complex PRC2 in development.

    Iva Mozgova;Claudia Köhler;Lars Hennig

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Hennig
Lars Hennig Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ueli Grossniklaus
Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich
Charles Spillane
Charles Spillane University of Galway
R. Keith Slotkin
R. Keith Slotkin Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Robert A. Martienssen
Robert A. Martienssen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Geert Smant
Geert Smant Wageningen University & Research
David Twell
David Twell University of Leicester
Sheila McCormick
Sheila McCormick University of California, Berkeley
Yuan Chen
Yuan Chen University of Sydney

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