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78
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23818
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4510
National Ranking
333

Overview

Dierk Scheel is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Plant Science, with additional contributions in Molecular Biology, Soil Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics covered in Dierk Scheel's work include:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Recent publications by Dierk Scheel illustrate the breadth of their research. These include:

  • "Root exudate composition of grass and forb species in natural grasslands" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Phosphorylation of the CAMTA3 Transcription Factor Triggers Its Destabilization and Nuclear Export" (2020), published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Possible role of WRKY transcription factors in regulating immunity in Oryza sativa ssp. indica" (2021), published in Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
  • "A mutation in Asparagine-Linked Glycosylation 12 (ALG12) leads to receptor misglycosylation and attenuated responses to multiple microbial elicitors" (2020), published in FEBS Letters

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Dierk Scheel are:

  • Justin Lee
  • Sophie Dietz
  • Katharina Herz
  • Karin Gorzolka
  • Ute Jandt

Dierk Scheel has published in a number of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
  • FEBS Letters

Best Publications

  • Physiology and Molecular Biology of Phenylpropanoid Metabolism

    Klaus Hahlbrock;Dierk Scheel

  • Mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades in plants: a new nomenclature

    Kazuya Ichimura;Kazuo Shinozaki;Guillaume Tena

  • Pre- and postinvasion defenses both contribute to nonhost resistance in Arabidopsis

    Volker Lipka;Jan Dittgen;Pawel Bednarek;Riyaz Bhat

  • Elicitor-stimulated ion fluxes and O2− from the oxidative burst are essential components in triggering defense gene activation and phytoalexin synthesis in parsley

    Thorsten Jabs;Markus Tschöpe;Christiane Colling;Klaus Hahlbrock

  • High affinity binding of a fungal oligopeptide elicitor to parsley plasma membranes triggers multiple defense responses

    Thorsten Nürnberger;Dirk Nennstiel;Thorsten Jabs;Wendy R. Sacks

  • Ancient signals: comparative genomics of plant MAPK and MAPKK gene families

    Louis-Philippe Hamel;Marie-Claude Nicole;Somrudee Sritubtim;Marie-Josée Morency

  • Receptor-Mediated Increase in Cytoplasmic Free Calcium Required for Activation of Pathogen Defense in Parsley

    Beatrix Blume;Thorsten Nürnberger;Norbert Nass;Dierk Scheel

  • Receptor-Mediated Activation of a MAP Kinase in Pathogen Defense of Plants

    Wilco Ligterink;Thomas Kroj;Uta zur Nieden;Heribert Hirt

  • Signal transmission in the plant immune response

    Thorsten Nürnberger;Dierk Scheel

  • Interplay between calcium signalling and early signalling elements during defence responses to microbe‐ or damage‐associated molecular patterns

    Stefanie Ranf;Lennart Eschen-Lippold;Pascal Pecher;Justin Lee

  • Resistance response physiology and signal transduction.

    Dierk Scheel

  • Flg22 regulates the release of an ethylene response factor substrate from MAP kinase 6 in Arabidopsis thaliana via ethylene signaling

    Gerit Bethke;Tino Unthan;Joachim F. Uhrig;Yvonne Pöschl

  • Pep-13, a plant defense-inducing pathogen-associated pattern from Phytophthora transglutaminases.

    Frédéric Brunner;Sabine Rosahl;Justin Lee;Jason J. Rudd

  • Phytotoxicity and Innate Immune Responses Induced by Nep1-Like Proteins

    Dinah Qutob;Birgit Kemmerling;Frédéric Brunner;Isabell Küfner

  • A lectin S-domain receptor kinase mediates lipopolysaccharide sensing in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Stefanie Ranf;Nicolas Gisch;Milena Schäffer;Tina Illig

  • Feruloyl-CoA 6′-Hydroxylase1-Dependent Coumarins Mediate Iron Acquisition from Alkaline Substrates in Arabidopsis

    Nicole B. Schmid;Ricardo F H Giehl;Stefanie Döll;Hans Peter Mock

  • High Throughput Identification of Potential Arabidopsis Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases Substrates

    Tanja Feilner;Claus Hultschig;Justin Lee;Svenja Meyer

  • Oligopeptide elicitor-mediated defense gene activation in cultured parsley cells

    Klaus Hahlbrock;Dierk Scheel;Elke Logemann;Thorsten Nurnberger

  • Receptor-mediated activation of a plant Ca2+-permeable ion channel involved in pathogen defense

    Sabine Zimmermann;Thorsten Nürnberger;Jean-Marie Frachisse;Wolfgang Wirtz

  • Stress hormone-independent activation and nuclear translocation of mitogen-activated protein kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana during ozone exposure.

    Reetta Ahlfors;Violetta Macioszek;Jason Rudd;Mikael Brosché

Frequent Co-Authors

Justin Lee
Justin Lee Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Klaus Hahlbrock
Klaus Hahlbrock Max Planck Society
Thorsten Nürnberger
Thorsten Nürnberger University of Tübingen
Jane E. Parker
Jane E. Parker Max Planck Society
Stephan Clemens
Stephan Clemens University of Bayreuth
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Erich Kombrink
Erich Kombrink Max Planck Society
Gerd Hause
Gerd Hause Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society
Jeffery L. Dangl
Jeffery L. Dangl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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