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Overview

Erwin Grill is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany and has made contributions primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Global and Planetary Change, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The main topics covered by Erwin Grill's work include:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Erwin Grill has contributed to several notable scientific publications over recent years. Key papers include:

  • "Mass-spectrometry-based draft of the Arabidopsis proteome," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Extensive signal integration by the phytohormone protein network," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress," 2022, published in The Plant Cell
  • "The temperature sensor TWA1 is required for thermotolerance in Arabidopsis," 2024, published in Nature
  • "Moonlighting Function of Phytochelatin Synthase1 in Extracellular Defense against Fungal Pathogens," 2020, published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The venues where Erwin Grill frequently publishes include:

  • Nature
  • The Plant Cell
  • The Plant Journal
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Collaborations with other researchers have been a recurring aspect of Erwin Grill's scientific output. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Pascal Falter-Braun
  • Zhenyu Yang
  • Stefan Altmann
  • Corinna Dawid
  • Klaus Mayer

Best Publications

  • Calcium channels activated by hydrogen peroxide mediate abscisic acid signalling in guard cells

    Zhen-Ming Pei;Yoshiyuki Murata;Gregor Benning;Sébastien Thomine

  • Regulators of PP2C Phosphatase Activity Function as Abscisic Acid Sensors

    Yue Ma;Izabela Szostkiewicz;Arthur Korte;Danièle Moes

  • Phytochelatins: The Principal Heavy-Metal Complexing Peptides of Higher Plants

    Erwin Grill;Ernst-L. Winnacker;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • ABA perception and signalling.

    Agepati S. Raghavendra;Vijay K. Gonugunta;Alexander Christmann;Erwin Grill

  • Phytochelatins, the heavy-metal-binding peptides of plants, are synthesized from glutathione by a specific γ-glutamylcysteine dipeptidyl transpeptidase (phytochelatin synthase)

    Erwin Grill;Susanne Löffler;Ernst-L. Winnacker;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Phytochelatins, a class of heavy-metal-binding peptides from plants, are functionally analogous to metallothioneins.

    Erwin Grill;Ernst-L. Winnacker;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Detoxification of arsenic by phytochelatins in plants.

    Marcus E.V. Schmöger;Matjaz Oven;Erwin Grill

  • A Hydraulic Signal in Root-To-Shoot Signalling of Water Shortage

    Alexander Christmann;Elmar W. Weiler;Ernst Steudle;Erwin Grill

  • A defined range of guard cell calcium oscillation parameters encodes stomatal movements

    Gethyn J. Allen;Sarah P. Chu;Carrie L. Harrington;Karin Schumacher

  • Guard cell anion channel SLAC1 is regulated by CDPK protein kinases with distinct Ca2+ affinities

    D. Geiger;S. Scherzer;P. Mumm;I. Marten

  • Advances and current challenges in calcium signaling

    Jörg Kudla;Dirk Becker;Erwin Grill;Rainer Hedrich

  • Relay and control of abscisic acid signaling.

    Axel Himmelbach;Yi Yang;Erwin Grill

  • ATP-dependent glutathione S-conjugate export pump in the vacuolar membrane of plants

    Enrico Martinoia;Erwin Grill;Roberto Tommasini;Klaus Kreuz

  • Mass-spectrometry-based draft of the Arabidopsis proteome.

    Julia Mergner;Martin Frejno;Markus List;Michael Papacek

  • Homeodomain protein ATHB6 is a target of the protein phosphatase ABI1 and regulates hormone responses in Arabidopsis

    Axel Himmelbach;Thomas Hoffmann;Martin Leube;Beat Höhener

  • Algae sequester heavy metals via synthesis of phytochelatin complexes

    Walter Gekeler;Erwin Grill;Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Stomatal Closure by Fast Abscisic Acid Signaling Is Mediated by the Guard Cell Anion Channel SLAH3 and the Receptor RCAR1

    Dietmar Geiger;Tobias Maierhofer;Khaled A. S. AL-Rasheid;Sönke Scherzer

  • ABI2, a second protein phosphatase 2C involved in abscisic acid signal transduction in Arabidopsis

    Pedro L Rodriguez;Gregor Benning;Erwin Grill

  • Generation of Active Pools of Abscisic Acid Revealed by In Vivo Imaging of Water-Stressed Arabidopsis

    Alexander Christmann;Thomas Hoffmann;Irina Teplova;Erwin Grill

  • Integration of Abscisic Acid Signalling into Plant Responses

    A. Christmann;D. Moes;A. Himmelbach;Y. Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel Himmelbach
Axel Himmelbach Leibniz Association
Jörg Kudla
Jörg Kudla University of Münster
Paweł Bednarek
Paweł Bednarek Polish Academy of Sciences
Pedro L. Rodriguez
Pedro L. Rodriguez Spanish National Research Council
Shauna Somerville
Shauna Somerville University of California, Berkeley
Karin Schumacher
Karin Schumacher Heidelberg University
Caroline Gutjahr
Caroline Gutjahr Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich University of Würzburg
Tina Romeis
Tina Romeis Freie Universität Berlin
Klaus F. X. Mayer
Klaus F. X. Mayer Technical University of Munich

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