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Helge Küster is affiliated with the University of Hannover in Germany, with a research focus centered predominantly in the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their academic contributions span various subfields including Plant Science, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Nutrition and Dietetics. The main topics of their research involve Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology, and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions.

The scientist's publication record includes work in several well-known journals. These publication venues are:

  • The Plant Journal
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • wt Werkstattstechnik online

Several recent papers illustrate the areas of Helge Küster's research activity. These include:

  • The gene space of European mistletoe (Viscum album), 2021, The Plant Journal
  • The Medicago truncatula Transcriptome Database MtExpress: Genome-Wide Expression Profiles at Your Fingertips, 2021, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • The Viscum album Gene Space database, 2023, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Hybride Bauteile aus dem Rotational-Moulding-Verfahren/Hybrid components from the rotational moulding process, 2025, wt Werkstattstechnik online

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Lucie Schröder
  • Natalija Hohnjec
  • Michael Senkler
  • Hans-Peter Braun
  • Jennifer Senkler

Helge Küster's work broadly covers aspects related to plant biology and agricultural science, exploring genetic, biochemical, and physiological facets of plant systems and their interactions with other organisms. Their publications suggest a focus on both fundamental and applied research areas such as parasitism in plants, symbiotic relationships in legumes, and the genetic resources available for these systems.

Best Publications

  • The transcriptome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices (DAOM 197198) reveals functional tradeoffs in an obligate symbiont

    E. Tisserant;A. Kohler;P. Dozolme-Seddas;R. Balestrini

  • Expression Profiling in Medicago truncatula Identifies More Than 750 Genes Differentially Expressed during Nodulation, Including Many Potential Regulators of the Symbiotic Program

    Fikri El Yahyaoui;Helge Küster;Besma Ben Amor;Natalija Hohnjec

  • Overlaps in the Transcriptional Profiles of Medicago truncatula Roots Inoculated with Two Different Glomus Fungi Provide Insights into the Genetic Program Activated during Arbuscular Mycorrhiza

    Natalija Hohnjec;Martin F. Vieweg;Alfred Pühler;Anke Becker

  • Global changes in gene expression in Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 under microoxic and symbiotic conditions.

    Anke Becker;Hélène Bergès;Elizaveta Krol;Claude Bruand

  • A Combined Proteome and Transcriptome Analysis of Developing Medicago truncatula Seeds Evidence for Metabolic Specialization of Maternal and Filial Tissues

    Karine Gallardo;Christian Firnhaber;Hélène Zuber;Delphine Héricher

  • Laser Microdissection Unravels Cell-Type-Specific Transcription in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Roots, Including CAAT-Box Transcription Factor Gene Expression Correlating with Fungal Contact and Spread

    Claudia Hogekamp;Damaris Arndt;Patrícia A. Pereira;Jörg D. Becker

  • Transcriptome profiling uncovers metabolic and regulatory processes occurring during the transition from desiccation-sensitive to desiccation-tolerant stages in Medicago truncatula seeds.

    Julia Buitink;Jean J. Leger;Isabelle Guisle;Benoit Ly Vu

  • Transcriptome Profiling in Root Nodules and Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Identifies a Collection of Novel Genes Induced During Medicago truncatula Root Endosymbioses

    Katja Manthey;Franziska Krajinski;Natalija Hohnjec;Christian Firnhaber

  • The promoter of the Vicia faba L. leghemoglobin gene VfLb29 is specifically activated in the infected cells of root nodules and in the arbuscule-containing cells of mycorrhizal roots from different legume and nonlegume plants.

    Martin F. Vieweg;Martin Frühling;Hans-Joachim Quandt;Ute Heim

  • Transcriptional responses toward diffusible signals from symbiotic microbes reveal MtNFP- and MtDMI3-dependent reprogramming of host gene expression by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal lipochitooligosaccharides.

    Lisa F. Czaja;Claudia Hogekamp;Patrick Lamm;Fabienne Maillet

  • Knock-down of the MEP pathway isogene 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase 2 inhibits formation of arbuscular mycorrhiza-induced apocarotenoids, and abolishes normal expression of mycorrhiza-specific plant marker genes

    Daniela S. Floß;Bettina Hause;Peter R. Lange;Helge Küster

  • Transcriptional Changes in Response to Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Development in the Model Plant Medicago truncatula

    Anne Wulf;Katja Manthey;Jasmin Doll;Andreas M. Perlick

  • The 32-kilobase exp gene cluster of Rhizobium meliloti directing the biosynthesis of galactoglucan: genetic organization and properties of the encoded gene products.

    Anke Becker;Silvia Rüberg;Helge Küster;A. Roxlau

  • Overlapping expression patterns and differential transcript levels of phosphate transporter genes in arbuscular mycorrhizal, Pi-fertilised and phytohormone-treated Medicago truncatula roots.

    Ulf Grunwald;Wenbing Guo;Wenbing Guo;Kerstin Fischer;Stanislav Isayenkov;Stanislav Isayenkov

  • A roadmap of cell-type specific gene expression during sequential stages of the arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

    Claudia Hogekamp;Helge Küster

  • The Lipopolysaccharide of Sinorhizobium meliloti Suppresses Defense-Associated Gene Expression in Cell Cultures of the Host Plant Medicago truncatula

    Verena Tellström;Björn Usadel;Oliver Thimm;Mark Stitt

  • Sugar for my honey: Carbohydrate partitioning in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis

    Uwe Nehls;Nina Grunze;Martin Willmann;Marlis Reich

  • The Medicago truncatula sucrose synthase gene MtSucS1 is activated both in the infected region of root nodules and in the cortex of roots colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Natalija Hohnjec;Andreas M. Perlick;Alfred Pühler;Helge Küster

  • Membrane steroid-binding protein 1 induced by a diffusible fungal signal is critical for mycorrhization in Medicago truncatula

    Hannah Kuhn;Helge Küster;Natalia Requena

  • TRUNCATULIX – a data warehouse for the legume community

    Kolja Henckel;Kai J Runte;Thomas Bekel;Michael Dondrup

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Pühler
Alfred Pühler Bielefeld University
Anke Becker
Anke Becker Philipp University of Marburg
Alexander Goesmann
Alexander Goesmann University of Giessen
Karsten Niehaus
Karsten Niehaus Bielefeld University
Hans Weber
Hans Weber Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Folker Meyer
Folker Meyer Argonne National Laboratory
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Jérôme Gouzy
Jérôme Gouzy Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Diego Rubiales
Diego Rubiales Spanish National Research Council

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