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Overview

Gerhard Link is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Physics and Astronomy. The scientist's work touches on specialized subfields such as Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. There is also involvement in Artificial Intelligence, Plant Science, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics Gerhard Link has contributed to include:

  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena
  • Quantum Optics and Atomic Interactions
  • Light Effects on Plants
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Their recent publications illustrate their research focus and areas of expertise. These papers include:

  • Initializing 214 Pure 14-Qubit Entangled Nuclear Spin States in a Hyperpolarized Molecular Solid, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Plastid Gene Transcription: An Update on Promoters and RNA Polymerases, 2021, Methods in molecular biology
  • Stabilization of a flavoprotein for solid-state photo-CIDNP MAS NMR at room temperature by embedding in a glassy sugar matrix, 2023, Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Gerhard Link collaborates regularly with several researchers, reflecting a range of interdisciplinary partnerships. Frequent co-authors include:

  • G. Kothe
  • Michail Lukaschek
  • Tomoaki Yago
  • Konstantin L. Ivanov
  • Tien-Sung Lin

Their work has been published in established scientific venues, highlighting the scope of their contributions. These venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Journal of Magnetic Resonance
  • Methods in molecular biology

Best Publications

  • Maize plastid gene expressed during photoregulated development.

    John R. Bedbrook;Gerhard Link;Donald M. Coen;Lawrence Bogorad

  • The chloroplast tRNALys(UUU) gene from mustard (Sinapis alba) contains a class II intron potentially coding for a maturase-related polypeptide.

    Heike Neuhaus;Gerhard Link

  • Direct observation of a photoinduced radical pair in a cryptochrome blue-light photoreceptor.

    Till Biskup;Erik Schleicher;Asako Okafuji;Gerhard Link

  • Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation affect functional characteristics of chloroplast and etioplast transcription systems from mustard (Sinapis alba L.).

    K Tiller;G Link

  • Separation of two classes of plastid DNA-dependent RNA polymerases that are differentially expressed in mustard (Sinapis alba L.) seedlings.

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;Gerhard Link

  • Direct transcriptional control of the chloroplast genes psbA and psaAB adjusts photosynthesis to light energy distribution in plants

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;Anders Nilsson;Anna Tullberg;Gerhard Link

  • The multisubunit chloroplast RNA polymerase A from mustard (Sinapis alba L.). Integration of a prokaryotic core into a larger complex with organelle-specific functions.

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;Karsten Ogrzewalla;Sacha Baginsky;Albert Sickmann

  • DNA sequence requirements for the accurate transcription of a protein-coding plastid gene in a plastid in vitro system from mustard (Sinapis alba L.).

    Gerhard Link

  • PTK, the chloroplast RNA polymerase-associated protein kinase from mustard (Sinapis alba), mediates redox control of plastid in vitro transcription.

    Sacha Baginsky;Kai Tiller;Thomas Pfannschmidt;Gerhard Link

  • Photooxidative destruction of chloroplasts and its consequences for cytosolic enzyme levels and plant development.

    T. Reiß;R. Bergfeld;G. Link;W. Thien

  • Green life: Control of chloroplast gene transcription

    Gerhard Link

  • Differential expression of the gene for the large subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase in maize leaf cell types.

    Gerhard Link;Donald M. Coen;Lawrence Bogorad

  • Characterization of transcriptionally active DNA‐protein complexes from chloroplasts and etioplasts of mustard (Sinapis alba L.)

    Thomas Reiss;Gerhard Link

  • Transcription factor phosphorylation by a protein kinase associated with chloroplast RNA polymerase from mustard (Sinapis alba)

    Sacha Baginsky;Kai Tiller;Gerhard Link

  • Phytochrome control of plastid mRNA in mustard (Sinapis alba L.).

    Gerhard Link

  • The plastid transcription kinase from mustard (Sinapis alba L.). A nuclear-encoded CK2-type chloroplast enzyme with redox-sensitive function.

    Karsten Ogrzewalla;Markus Piotrowski;Steffen Reinbothe;Gerhard Link

  • The A and B forms of plastid DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from mustard (Sinapis alba L.) transcribe the same genes in a different developmental context

    T. Pfannschmidt;G. Link

  • In vitro transcription and Dna binding characteristics of chloroplast and etioplast extracts from mustard (Sinapis alba) indicate differential usage of the psbA promoter

    A. Eisermann;K. Tiller;G. Link

  • The chloroplast transcription apparatus from mustard (Sinapis alba L.)

    Kai Tiller;Andrea Eisermann;Gerhard Link

  • Role and regulation of plastid sigma factors and their functional interactors during chloroplast transcription – Recent lessons from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Jennifer Schweer;Hacer Türkeri;Andrea Kolpack;Gerhard Link

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Nickelsen
Jörg Nickelsen Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Sacha Baginsky
Sacha Baginsky Ruhr University Bochum
Lawrence Bogorad
Lawrence Bogorad Harvard University
Oleg G. Poluektov
Oleg G. Poluektov Argonne National Laboratory
Marion C. Thurnauer
Marion C. Thurnauer Argonne National Laboratory
Elizabeth D. Getzoff
Elizabeth D. Getzoff Scripps Research Institute
Donald M. Coen
Donald M. Coen Harvard University
Heinz Falk
Heinz Falk Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Peter Westhoff
Peter Westhoff Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Reinhold G. Herrmann
Reinhold G. Herrmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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