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Margret Sauter

Margret Sauter

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
9678
World Ranking
14582
National Ranking
1043

Overview

Margret Sauter is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output spans several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Biochemistry, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls

Margret Sauter has published extensively, with key papers reflecting their focus on plant adaptive responses and physiological processes under stress conditions. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Regulation of root adaptive anatomical and morphological traits during low soil oxygen" (2020, New Phytologist)
  • "Phytosulfokine (PSK) precursor processing by subtilase SBT3.8 and PSK signaling improve drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis" (2021, Journal of Experimental Botany)
  • "Try or Die: Dynamics of Plant Respiration and How to Survive Low Oxygen Conditions" (2022, Plants)
  • "Endoplasmic reticulum-bound ANAC013 factor is cleaved by RHOMBOID-LIKE 2 during the initial response to hypoxia in Arabidopsis thaliana" (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Mitochondrial alternative NADH dehydrogenases NDA1 and NDA2 promote survival of reoxygenation stress in Arabidopsis by safeguarding photosynthesis and limiting ROS generation" (2022, New Phytologist)

The frequent venues where Margret Sauter's work appears are:

  • New Phytologist
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plants
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaboration is a notable feature of Sauter's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Ole Pedersen
  • Nils Stührwohldt
  • Romy Schmidt
  • Chen Lin
  • Lucas León Peralta Ogorek

The body of work by Margret Sauter reflects a focus on plant physiological responses to abiotic stressors such as drought and hypoxia, encompassing molecular biology mechanisms and anatomical adaptations. Their research combines experimental approaches to clarify biochemical and cellular processes that enable plants to tolerate adverse environmental conditions.

Best Publications

  • Arabidopsis RAP2.2: An ethylene response transcription factor that is important for hypoxia survival

    Manuela Hinz;Iain W. Wilson;Jun Yang;Katharina Buerstenbinder

  • Root responses to flooding.

    Margret Sauter

  • Adventitious Root Growth and Cell-Cycle Induction in Deepwater Rice

    René Lorbiecke;Margret Sauter

  • Methionine salvage and S-adenosylmethionine: essential links between sulfur, ethylene and polyamine biosynthesis

    Margret Sauter;Barbara Moffatt;Maye Chin Saechao;Rüdiger Hell

  • Plant cyclins: a unified nomenclature for plant A-, B- and D-type cyclins based on sequence organization.

    Jean Pierre Renaudin;John H. Doonan;Donna Freeman;Junji Hashimoto

  • Ethylene induces epidermal cell death at the site of adventitious root emergence in rice.

    Heidi Mergemann;Margret Sauter

  • Interactions between ethylene, gibberellin and abscisic acid regulate emergence and growth rate of adventitious roots in deepwater rice

    Bianka Steffens;Jinxiang Wang;Margret Sauter

  • Regulation of root adaptive anatomical and morphological traits during low soil oxygen.

    Ole Pedersen;Ole Pedersen;Margret Sauter;Timothy David Colmer;Mikio Nakazono;Mikio Nakazono

  • Aerenchyma formation in the rice stem and its promotion by H2O2.

    Bianka Steffens;Thomas Geske;Margret Sauter

  • Phytosulfokine Regulates Growth in Arabidopsis through a Response Module at the Plasma Membrane That Includes CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNEL17, H+-ATPase, and BAK1

    Friederike Ladwig;Renate I. Dahlke;Nils Stührwohldt;Jens Hartmann

  • Epidermal cell death in rice is confined to cells with a distinct molecular identity and is mediated by ethylene and H2O2 through an autoamplified signal pathway.

    Bianka Steffens;Margret Sauter

  • Community recommendations on terminology and procedures used in flooding and low oxygen stress research

    Rashmi Sasidharan;Julia Bailey-Serres;Julia Bailey-Serres;Motoyuki Ashikari;Brian J. Atwell

  • A stress recovery signaling network for enhanced flooding tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Elaine Yeung;Hans van Veen;Divya Vashisht;Ana Luiza Sobral Paiva

  • Gibberellin promotes histone H1 kinase activity and the expression of cdc2 and cyclin genes during the induction of rapid growth in deepwater rice internodes

    Margret Sauter;Sergei L. Mekhedov;Hans Kende

  • Phytosulfokine peptide signalling

    Margret Sauter

  • PSK-α promotes root growth in Arabidopsis

    Anke Kutschmar;Guillaume Rzewuski;Nils Stührwohldt;Gerrit T. S. Beemster;Gerrit T. S. Beemster

  • Epidermal Cell Death in Rice Is Regulated by Ethylene, Gibberellin, and Abscisic Acid

    Bianka Steffens;Margret Sauter

  • Emerging Roots Alter Epidermal Cell Fate through Mechanical and Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling

    Bianka Steffens;Alexander Kovalev;Stanislav N. Gorb;Margret Sauter

  • Differential expression of a CAK (cdc2-activating kinase)-like protein kinase, cyclins and cdc2 genes from rice during the cell cycle and in response to gibberellin.

    Margret Sauter

  • Gibberellin-induced growth and regulation of the cell division cycle in deepwater rice.

    Margret Sauter;Hans Kende

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Wirtz
Markus Wirtz Heidelberg University
Hans Kende
Hans Kende Michigan State University
Julia Bailey-Serres
Julia Bailey-Serres University of California, Riverside
Rüdiger Hell
Rüdiger Hell Heidelberg University
Masaaki Umeda
Masaaki Umeda Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Ole Pedersen
Ole Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Mikio Nakazono
Mikio Nakazono Nagoya University
Hirofumi Uchimiya
Hirofumi Uchimiya Saitama University

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