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Günter Theißen is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans various subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Horticulture.

Theißen's work covers a range of topics, notably Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

The scientist has published papers in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, The Plant Journal, and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Frequent collaborators include Lydia Gramzow, Florian Rümpler, Stefan A. Rensing, Noé Fernández-Pozo, and Richard H. Ebright.

Significant recent publications by Theißen include:

  • Dynamic genome evolution in a model fern, 2022, Nature Plants
  • OsMADS14 and NF-YB1 cooperate in the direct activation of OsAGPL2 and Waxy during starch synthesis in rice endosperm, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Aethionema arabicum genome annotation using PacBio full-length transcripts provides a valuable resource for seed dormancy and Brassicaceae evolution research, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • Chromosome-level genomes of multicellular algal sisters to land plants illuminate signaling network evolution, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cracking the Floral Quartet Code: How Do Multimers of MIKCC-Type MADS-Domain Transcription Factors Recognize Their Target Genes?, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution.

    Björn Nystedt;Nathaniel Robert Street;Anna Wetterbom;Andrea Zuccolo

  • Plant biology: Floral quartets

    G Theissen;H Saedler

  • The major clades of MADS-box genes and their role in the development and evolution of flowering plants.

    Annette Becker;Günter Theissen

  • A short history of MADS-box genes in plants.

    Günter Theissen;Annette Becker;Alexandra Di Rosa;Akira Kanno

  • The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants.

    Jo Ann Banks;Tomoaki Nishiyama;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;John L. Bowman;John L. Bowman

  • MIKC-type MADS-domain proteins: structural modularity, protein interactions and network evolution in land plants.

    Kerstin Kaufmann;Rainer Melzer;Günter Theissen

  • Classification and phylogeny of the MADS-box multigene family suggest defined roles of MADS-box gene subfamilies in the morphological evolution of eukaryotes

    Günter Theißen;Jan T. Kim;Heinz Saedler

  • The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization.

    Tomoaki Nishiyama;Hidetoshi Sakayama;Jan de Vries;Jan de Vries;Henrik Buschmann

  • MADS-domain transcription factors and the floral quartet model of flower development: linking plant development and evolution.

    Günter Theißen;Rainer Melzer;Florian Rümpler

  • Two Ancient Classes of MIKC-type MADS-box Genes are Present in the Moss Physcomitrella patens

    Katrin Henschel;Rumiko Kofuji;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Heinz Saedler

  • Heterotopic expression of class B floral homeotic genes supports a modified ABC model for tulip (Tulipa gesneriana).

    Akira Kanno;Akira Kanno;Hiroshi Saeki;Toshiaki Kameya;Heinz Saedler

  • Structural diversification and neo‐functionalization during floral MADS‐box gene evolution by C‐terminal frameshift mutations

    Michiel Vandenbussche;Günter Theissen;Yves Van de Peer;Tom Gerats

  • And then there were many: MADS goes genomic.

    Stefanie De Bodt;Jeroen Raes;Yves Van de Peer;Günter Theißen

  • Functional conservation and diversification of class E floral homeotic genes in rice (Oryza sativa)

    Rongfeng Cui;Jiakun Han;Suzhen Zhao;Kunmei Su

  • Molecular mechanisms involved in convergent crop domestication

    Teresa Lenser;Günter Theißen

  • Evolution of Class B Floral Homeotic Proteins: Obligate Heterodimerization Originated from Homodimerization

    Kai-Uwe Winter;Christof Weiser;Kerstin Kaufmann;Arend Bohne

  • Missing links: the genetic architecture of flower and floral diversification

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Victor A. Albert;David G. Oppenheimer

  • MADS-Box Gene Diversity in Seed Plants 300 Million Years Ago

    Annette Becker;Kai-Uwe Winter;Britta Meyer;Heinz Saedler

  • Conservation and divergence in the AGAMOUS subfamily of MADS-box genes: Evidence of independent sub- and neofunctionalization events

    Laura M. Zahn;James H. Leebens-Mack;Jennifer M. Arrington;Jennifer M. Arrington;Yi Hu

  • MADS about the evolution of orchid flowers

    Mariana Mondragón-Palomino;Günter Theißen

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Saedler
Heinz Saedler Max Planck Society
Stefan A. Rensing
Stefan A. Rensing University of Freiburg
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University
Kerstin Kaufmann
Kerstin Kaufmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Gerhard Leubner-Metzger
Gerhard Leubner-Metzger Royal Holloway University of London
Klaus Mummenhoff
Klaus Mummenhoff Osnabrück University
Stefan Schuster
Stefan Schuster Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Kang Chong
Kang Chong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Erik Smets
Erik Smets Naturalis Biodiversity Center
John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University

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