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Overview

Ingo Dreyer is affiliated with the University of Talca in Chile and primarily works within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research focuses extensively on plant science, with significant contributions also in molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and law.

The core topics of their work include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant responses to water stress

Dreyer has published extensively in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Current Biology
  • New Phytologist
  • Quantitative Plant Biology

Among their recent publications are:

  • Antarctic root endophytes improve physiological performance and yield in crops under salt stress by enhanced energy production and Na+ sequestration, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Plant HKT Channels: An Updated View on Structure, Function and Gene Regulation, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Channelrhodopsin-mediated optogenetics highlights a central role of depolarization-dependent plant proton pumps, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Optogenetic control of the guard cell membrane potential and stomatal movement by the light-gated anion channel Gt ACR1, 2021, Science Advances
  • Acidosis-induced activation of anion channel SLAH3 in the flooding-related stress response of Arabidopsis, 2021, Current Biology

Their collaborative work often involves several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Rainer Hedrich
  • Erwan Michard
  • Janin Riedelsberger
  • Dirk Becker
  • Carlos Navarro-Retamal

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The Arabidopsis outward K+ channel GORK is involved in regulation of stomatal movements and plant transpiration

    Eric Hosy;Alain Vavasseur;Karine Mouline;Ingo Dreyer

  • NRT/PTR transporters are essential for translocation of glucosinolate defence compounds to seeds

    Hussam Hassan Nour-Eldin;Tonni Grube Andersen;Meike Burow;Svend Roesen Madsen

  • PlnTFDB: an integrative plant transcription factor database

    Diego Mauricio Riaño-Pachón;Diego Mauricio Riaño-Pachón;Slobodan Ruzicic;Slobodan Ruzicic;Ingo Dreyer;Ingo Dreyer;Bernd Mueller-Roeber;Bernd Mueller-Roeber

  • The twins K+ and Na+ in plants.

    Begoña Benito;Rosario Haro;Anna Amtmann;Tracey Ann Cuin

  • Calcium-dependent modulation and plasma membrane targeting of the AKT2 potassium channel by the CBL4/CIPK6 calcium sensor/protein kinase complex.

    Katrin Held;François Pascaud;Christian Eckert;Pawel Gajdanowicz

  • Potassium channels in plant cells

    Ingo Dreyer;Nobuyuki Uozumi

  • Electrical Wiring and Long-Distance Plant Communication

    Rainer Hedrich;Vicenta Salvador-Recatalà;Ingo Dreyer

  • Potassium (K+) gradients serve as a mobile energy source in plant vascular tissues

    Pawel Gajdanowicz;Erwan Michard;Michael Sandmann;Marcio Rocha

  • Genome-wide analysis of ABA-responsive elements ABRE and CE3 reveals divergent patterns in Arabidopsis and rice

    Judith L Gómez-Porras;Judith L Gómez-Porras;Diego Mauricio Riaño-Pachón;Diego Mauricio Riaño-Pachón;Ingo Dreyer;Ingo Dreyer;Jorge E Mayer

  • Heteromeric AtKC1/AKT1 channels in Arabidopsis roots facilitate growth under K+ limiting conditions

    Dietmar Geiger;Dirk Becker;Daniel Vosloh;Franco Gambale

  • Plant adaptation to fluctuating environment and biomass production are strongly dependent on guard cell potassium channels.

    Anne Lebaudy;Alain Vavasseur;Eric Hosy;Ingo Dreyer

  • Plant K+ channel alpha-subunits assemble indiscriminately.

    I. Dreyer;S. Antunes;T. Hoshi;B. Müller-Röber

  • The role of K(+) channels in uptake and redistribution of potassium in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Tripti Sharma;Tripti Sharma;Ingo Dreyer;Janin Riedelsberger;Janin Riedelsberger

  • External K+ modulates the activity of the Arabidopsis potassium channel SKOR via an unusual mechanism.

    Ingela Johansson;Klaas Wulfetange;Fabien Porée;Erwan Michard;Erwan Michard

  • Stomatal Guard Cells Co-opted an Ancient ABA-Dependent Desiccation Survival System to Regulate Stomatal Closure

    Christof Lind;Ingo Dreyer;Ingo Dreyer;Enrique J. López-Sanjurjo;Katharina von Meyer

  • The ALMT Family of Organic Acid Transporters in Plants and Their Involvement in Detoxification and Nutrient Security.

    Tripti Sharma;Ingo Dreyer;Leon Kochian;Miguel A. Piñeros

  • Changes in voltage activation, Cs+ sensitivity, and ion permeability in H5 mutants of the plant K+ channel KAT1

    Dirk Becker;Ingo Dreyer;Stefan Hoth;John D. Reid

  • Molecular basis of plant-specific acid activation of K+ uptake channels

    Stefan Hoth;Ingo Dreyer;Petra Dietrich;Dirk Becker

  • A minimal cysteine motif required to activate the SKOR K+ channel of Arabidopsis by the reactive oxygen species H2O2

    Carlos Garcia-Mata;Jianwen Wang;Pawel Gajdanowicz;Wendy Gonzalez

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich University of Würzburg
Bernd Mueller-Roeber
Bernd Mueller-Roeber University of Potsdam
Dirk Becker
Dirk Becker University of Würzburg
Hervé Sentenac
Hervé Sentenac INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Benoît Lacombe
Benoît Lacombe Montpellier SupAgro
Michael R. Blatt
Michael R. Blatt University of Glasgow
Klaus Palme
Klaus Palme University of Freiburg
Dietmar Geiger
Dietmar Geiger University of Würzburg
Nobuyuki Uozumi
Nobuyuki Uozumi Tohoku University
Miguel A. Piñeros
Miguel A. Piñeros Cornell University

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