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Gunter Reuter is affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work spans subfields including molecular biology and plant science.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications in journals such as Chromosoma and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Notable recent papers by Gunter Reuter are:

  • Heterochromatin formation in Drosophila requires genome-wide histone deacetylation in cleavage chromatin before mid-blastula transition in early embryogenesis, 2020, Chromosoma
  • Heterochromatin-based silencing of a foreign tandem repeat in Drosophila melanogaster shows unusual biochemistry and temperature sensitivity, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their research topics cover a range of biological mechanisms and phenomena. These main topics include:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Gunter Reuter collaborates with several frequent coauthors, reflecting interdisciplinary and collaborative research efforts. The most frequent collaborators include:

  • Matthias Walther
  • Sandy Schrahn
  • Veiko Krauß
  • Sandro Lein
  • Jeannette Kessler

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in specialized publication venues like Chromosoma and the bioRxiv preprint server at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Best Publications

  • A silencing pathway to induce H3-K9 and H4-K20 trimethylation at constitutive heterochromatin

    Gunnar Schotta;Monika Lachner;Kavitha Sarma;Anja Ebert

  • Central role of Drosophila SU(VAR)3-9 in histone H3-K9 methylation and heterochromatic gene silencing.

    Gunnar Schotta;Anja Ebert;Veiko Krauss;Andreas Fischer

  • The protein encoded by the Drosophila position-effect variegation suppressor gene Su(var)3-9 combines domains of antagonistic regulators of homeotic gene complexes.

    B Tschiersch;A Hofmann;V Krauss;R Dorn

  • Functional mammalian homologues of the Drosophila PEV‐modifier Su(var)3‐9 encode centromere‐associated proteins which complex with the heterochromatin component M31

    Louise Aagaard;Götz Laible;Philipp Selenko;Manfred Schmid

  • SET domain proteins modulate chromatin domains in eu- and heterochromatin.

    Jenuwein T;Laible G;Dorn R;Reuter G

  • Position-Effect Variegation, Heterochromatin Formation, and Gene Silencing in Drosophila

    Sarah C.R. Elgin;Gunter Reuter

  • Deciphering the cryptic genome : genome-wide analyses of the rice pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi reveal complex regulation of secondary metabolism and novel metabolites

    Philipp Wiemann;Christian M.K. Sieber;Katharina W. von Bargen;Lena Studt

  • The Trithorax-like gene encodes the Drosophila GAGA factor

    Gabriella Farkas;Janos Gausz;Mireille Galloni;Mireille Galloni;Günter Reuter

  • The DrosDel Collection: A Set of P-Element Insertions for Generating Custom Chromosomal Aberrations in Drosophila melanogaster

    Edward Ryder;Fiona Blows;Michael Ashburner;Rosa Bautista-Llacer

  • Paternal Diet Defines Offspring Chromatin State and Intergenerational Obesity

    Anita Öst;Anita Öst;Adelheid Lempradl;Eduard Casas;Melanie Weigert

  • The ribosomal protein genes and Minute loci of Drosophila melanogaster

    Steven J Marygold;John Roote;Gunter Reuter;Andrew Lambertsson

  • Glutaminyl cyclase inhibition attenuates pyroglutamate Abeta and Alzheimer's disease-like pathology.

    Stephan Schilling;Ulrike Zeitschel;Torsten Hoffmann;Ulrich Heiser

  • The Arabidopsis thaliana genome contains at least 29 active genes encoding SET domain proteins that can be assigned to four evolutionarily conserved classes

    Lars Oliver Baumbusch;Tage Thorstensen;Veiko Krauss;Veiko Krauss;Andreas Fischer

  • The heterochromatin-associated protein HP-1 is an essential protein in Drosophila with dosage-dependent effects on position-effect variegation.

    J C Eissenberg;G D Morris;G Reuter;T Hartnett

  • Mammalian homologues of the Polycomb-group gene Enhancer of zeste mediate gene silencing in Drosophila heterochromatin and at S. cerevisiae telomeres

    Götz Laible;Andrea Wolf;Rainer Dorn;Gunter Reuter

  • Su(var) genes regulate the balance between euchromatin and heterochromatin in Drosophila

    Anja Ebert;Gunnar Schotta;Sandro Lein;Stefan Kubicek

  • Heterochromatin Formation in Drosophila Is Initiated through Active Removal of H3K4 Methylation by the LSD1 Homolog SU(VAR)3-3

    Thomas Rudolph;Masato Yonezawa;Sandro Lein;Kathleen Heidrich

  • Position-effect variegation and the genetic dissection of chromatin regulation in Drosophila

    Gunnar Schotta;Anja Ebert;Rainer Dorn;Gunter Reuter

  • The histone deacetylase RPD3 counteracts genomic silencing in Drosophila and yeast

    Francesco De Rubertis;David Kadosh;Sandra Henchoz;Daniel Pauli

  • Dependence of position-effect variegation in Drosophila on dose of a gene encoding an unusual zinc-finger protein.

    Gunter Reuter;Marianna Giarre;Joseph Farah;Janos Gausz

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunnar Schotta
Gunnar Schotta Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas Jenuwein
Thomas Jenuwein Max Planck Society
Hans-Ulrich Demuth
Hans-Ulrich Demuth Fraunhofer Society
Mark Helm
Mark Helm Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Michael Ashburner
Michael Ashburner University of Cambridge
Albert Jeltsch
Albert Jeltsch University of Stuttgart
Jörg Fuchs
Jörg Fuchs Leibniz Association
Dirk Montag
Dirk Montag Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Joel C. Eissenberg
Joel C. Eissenberg Saint Louis University
Igor F. Zhimulev
Igor F. Zhimulev Russian Academy of Sciences

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