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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1981 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Diter von Wettstein is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Plant Science and Molecular Biology. Their work also touches on Gastroenterology, Oncology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Plants
  • Journal of Plant Registrations

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Diter von Wettstein include:

  • Sachin Rustgi
  • Steffen Reinbothe
  • Christiane Reinbothe
  • Claudia Osorio
  • Nuan Wen

Recent publications by Diter von Wettstein include:

  • Directed-Mutagenesis of Flavobacterium meningosepticum Prolyl-Oligopeptidase and a Glutamine-Specific Endopeptidase From Barley, 2020, Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Use of Microspore-Derived Calli as Explants for Biolistic Transformation of Common Wheat, 2020, Methods in molecular biology
  • tRNA-Dependent Import of a Transit Sequence-Less Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase (LeuRS2) into the Mitochondria of Arabidopsis, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Targeting Induced Local Lesions in the Wheat DEMETER and DRE2 Genes, Responsible for Transcriptional Derepression of Wheat Gluten Proteins in the Developing Endosperm, 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition
  • PRAT Proteins Operate in Organellar Protein Import and Export in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2021, Plants

Throughout their career, Diter von Wettstein has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1989 and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1981.

Best Publications

  • The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica reprograms barley to salt-stress tolerance, disease resistance, and higher yield

    Frank Waller;Beate Achatz;Beate Achatz;Helmut Baltruschat;József Fodor

  • Infection patterns in barley and wheat spikes inoculated with wild-type and trichodiene synthase gene disrupted Fusarium graminearum

    Carin Jansen;Diter von Wettstein;Wilhelm Schäfer;Karl-Heinz Kogel

  • The production of recombinant proteins in transgenic barley grains.

    Henriette Horvath;Jintai Huang;Oi Wong;Elizabeth Kohl

  • tRNAGlu as a cofactor in δ-aminolevulinate biosynthesis: steps that regulate chlorophyll synthesis

    C. Gamini Kannangara;Simon P. Gough;Philippe Bruyant;J. Kenneth Hoober

  • Transgenerational inheritance of modified DNA methylation patterns and enhanced tolerance induced by heavy metal stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.).

    Xiufang Ou;Yunhong Zhang;Chunming Xu;Xiuyun Lin

  • Persistent whole-chromosome aneuploidy is generally associated with nascent allohexaploid wheat.

    Huakun Zhang;Yao Bian;Xiaowan Gou;Bo Zhu;Bo Zhu

  • Evolution of physiological responses to salt stress in hexaploid wheat

    Chunwu Yang;Long Zhao;Huakun Zhang;Zongze Yang

  • The role of the barley testa layer and its flavonoid content in resistance to Fusarium infections

    Birgitte Skadhauge;Karl Kristian Thomsen;Diter Von Wettstein

  • Mutation of a major CG methylase in rice causes genome-wide hypomethylation, dysregulated genome expression, and seedling lethality

    Lanjuan Hu;Ning Li;Chunming Xu;Silin Zhong;Silin Zhong

  • Genetically engineered stem rust resistance in barley using the Rpg1 gene.

    Henriette Horvath;Nils Rostoks;Robert Brueggeman;Brian J Steffenson

  • Transcriptome and metabolome profiling of field-grown transgenic barley lack induced differences but show cultivar-specific variances

    Karl-Heinz Kogel;Lars M. Voll;Patrick Schäfer;Carin Jansen

  • Three separate proteins constitute the magnesium chelatase of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

    Robert D. Willows;Lucien C. D. Gibson;C. Gamini Kanangara;C. Neil Hunter

  • Xantha-l encodes a membrane subunit of the aerobic Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester cyclase involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis

    Kamila Rzeznicka;Caroline J. Walker;Tomas Westergren;C. Gamini Kannangara

  • Macromolecular physiology of plastids. XIV. Viridis mutants in barley: genetic, fluoroscopic and ultrastructural characterisation.

    David J. Simpson;Diter von Wettstein

  • Three thioredoxin targets in the inner envelope membrane of chloroplasts function in protein import and chlorophyll metabolism

    Sandra Bartsch;Julie Monnet;Kristina Selbach;Françoise Quigley

  • Molecular basis for semidominance of missense mutations in the XANTHA-H (42-kDa) subunit of magnesium chelatase

    Andreas Hansson;C. Gamini Kannangara;Diter von Wettstein;Mats Hansson

  • From Analysis of Mutants to Genetic Engineering

    Diter von Wettstein

  • Barley glutamyl tRNAGlu reductase: Mutations affecting haem inhibition and enzyme activity

    Ute C. Vothknecht;C.Gamini Kannangara;Diter von Wettstein

  • Structural genes of wheat and barley 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylases and their potential applications for human health

    Shanshan Wen;Nuan Wen;Jinsong Pang;Gregor Langen

  • Ethylene Supports Colonization of Plant Roots by the Mutualistic Fungus Piriformospora indica

    Behnam Khatabi;Alexandra Molitor;Christian Lindermayr;Stefanie Pfiffi

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffen Reinbothe
Steffen Reinbothe Grenoble Alpes University
Stephan Pollmann
Stephan Pollmann Technical University of Madrid
Bao Liu
Bao Liu Northeast Normal University
Andris Kleinhofs
Andris Kleinhofs Washington State University
Karl-Heinz Kogel
Karl-Heinz Kogel University of Giessen
Christiane Reinbothe
Christiane Reinbothe University of Bayreuth
Brian J. Steffenson
Brian J. Steffenson University of Minnesota
Kulvinder S. Gill
Kulvinder S. Gill Washington State University
Xiuyun Lin
Xiuyun Lin Beijing Normal University
Robert M. Smillie
Robert M. Smillie University of Queensland

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