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Günter Theissen is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany and has contributed to research primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Horticulture.

Theissen's research topics focus on various aspects of plant biology such as:

  • 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
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Theissen has published in several notable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Plant Journal
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Recent papers by Theissen demonstrate a focus on genomic evolution, gene regulation during starch synthesis in rice, and plant evolutionary biology:

  • "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)
  • "Extending the Toolkit for Beauty: Differential Co-Expression of DROOPING LEAF-Like and Class B MADS-Box Genes during Phalaenopsis Flower Development" (2021), International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent collaborators in Theissen's work include:

  • Lydia Gramzow
  • Florian Rümpler
  • Stefan A. Rensing
  • Noé Fernández-Pozo
  • Richard H. Ebright

Best Publications

  • The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution.

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

  • Development of floral organ identity: stories from the MADS house.

    Günter Theissen

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Günter Theißen;Rainer Melzer;Florian Rümpler

  • MADS-box genes reveal that gnetophytes are more closely related to conifers than to flowering plants

    Kai-Uwe Winter;Annette Becker;Thomas Münster;Jan T. Kim

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

    Katrin Henschel;Rumiko Kofuji;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Heinz Saedler

  • FLORAL HOMEOTIC GENES WERE RECRUITED FROM HOMOLOGOUS MADS-BOX GENES PREEXISTING IN THE COMMON ANCESTOR OF FERNS AND SEED PLANTS

    Thomas Münster;Jens Pahnke;Alexandra Di Rosa;Jan T. Kim

  • 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

  • Structural characterization, chromosomal localization and phylogenetic evaluation of two pairs of AGAMOUS-like MADS-box genes from maize.

    G Theissen;T Strater;A Fischer;H Saedler

  • 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

  • To B or Not to B a Flower: The Role of DEFICIENS and GLOBOSA Orthologs in the Evolution of the Angiosperms

    Laura M. Zahn;J. Leebens-Mack;C. W. DePamphilis;H. Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Saedler
Heinz Saedler Max Planck Society
Kerstin Kaufmann
Kerstin Kaufmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Klaus Mummenhoff
Klaus Mummenhoff Osnabrück University
Martin Zacharias
Martin Zacharias Technical University of Munich
Claude W. dePamphilis
Claude W. dePamphilis Pennsylvania State University
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Mitsuyasu Hasebe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Hong Ma
Hong Ma Pennsylvania State University
William Martin
William Martin Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University

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