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Nicolaus von Wirén

Nicolaus von Wirén

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
22708
World Ranking
4310
National Ranking
322

Overview

Nicolaus von Wirén is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a primary focus on Plant Science. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science, and Ecology. The research topics addressed revolve mostly around Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Reproductive Biology, and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals.

They have published extensively on the interactions between plants and nutrients, especially nitrogen, as well as on molecular pathways influencing root architecture and plant stress tolerance. Their selected recent publications include:

  • Plant flavones enrich rhizosphere Oxalobacteraceae to improve maize performance under nitrogen deprivation, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Auxin-mediated root branching is determined by the form of available nitrogen, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Nutrient-hormone relations: Driving root plasticity in plants, 2021, Molecular Plant
  • Signaling pathways underlying nitrogen-dependent changes in root system architecture: from model to crop species, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Differential Contribution of P5CS Isoforms to Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science

Nicolaus von Wirén frequently publishes in several key scientific journals including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nature Plants
  • Molecular Plant

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, among them:

  • Ricardo Fabiano Hettwer Giehl
  • Yudelsy Antonia Tandrón Moya
  • Diana Heuermann
  • Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei
  • Zhongtao Jia

These collaborations and the consistent focus on detailed plant nutrient and molecular studies demonstrate a broad engagement with topics central to crop performance and stress resistance. The integration of hormone signaling and nutrient-dependent root architecture changes underscores the multidisciplinary approach taken in their research.

Best Publications

  • Plasticity of the Arabidopsis Root System under Nutrient Deficiencies

    Benjamin D. Gruber;Ricardo F.H. Giehl;Swetlana Friedel;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • The Arabidopsis Major Intrinsic Protein NIP5;1 Is Essential for Efficient Boron Uptake and Plant Development under Boron Limitation

    Junpei Takano;Motoko Wada;Uwe Ludewig;Gabriel Schaaf

  • Root exudation of sugars, amino acids, and organic acids by maize as affected by nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and iron deficiency

    Lilia C. Carvalhais;Lilia C. Carvalhais;Paul G. Dennis;Paul G. Dennis;Dmitri Fedoseyenko;Dmitri Fedoseyenko;Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei

  • Nicotianamine chelates both FeIII and FeII. Implications for metal transport in plants

    Nicolaus von Wirén;Sukhbinder Klair;Suhkibar Bansal;Jean-Francois Briat

  • Three Functional Transporters for Constitutive, Diurnally Regulated, and Starvation-Induced Uptake of Ammonium into Arabidopsis Roots

    Sonia Gazzarrini;Laurence Lejay;Alain Gojon;Olaf Ninnemann

  • Plant flavones enrich rhizosphere Oxalobacteraceae to improve maize performance under nitrogen deprivation

    Peng Yu;Peng Yu;Xiaoming He;Xiaoming He;Marcel Baer;Stien Beirinckx

  • Endocytosis and degradation of BOR1, a boron transporter of Arabidopsis thaliana, regulated by boron availability.

    Junpei Takano;Kyoko Miwa;Lixing Yuan;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • ZmYS1 functions as a proton-coupled symporter for phytosiderophore- and nicotianamine-chelated metals.

    Gabriel Schaaf;Uwe Ludewig;Bülent E. Erenoglu;Satoshi Mori

  • The Organization of High-Affinity Ammonium Uptake in Arabidopsis Roots Depends on the Spatial Arrangement and Biochemical Properties of AMT1-Type Transporters

    Lixing Yuan;Dominique Loqué;Soichi Kojima;Sabine Rauch

  • Tonoplast intrinsic proteins AtTIP2;1 and AtTIP2;3 facilitate NH3 transport into the vacuole.

    Dominique Loqué;Uwe Ludewig;Lixing Yuan;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • Root Nutrient Foraging

    Ricardo F.H. Giehl;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • Regulatory levels for the transport of ammonium in plant roots.

    Dominique Loqué;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • Feruloyl-CoA 6′-Hydroxylase1-Dependent Coumarins Mediate Iron Acquisition from Alkaline Substrates in Arabidopsis

    Nicole B. Schmid;Ricardo F H Giehl;Stefanie Döll;Hans Peter Mock

  • Ammonium as a signal for physiological and morphological responses in plants

    Ying Liu;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • Ammonium Triggers Lateral Root Branching in Arabidopsis in an AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER1;3-Dependent Manner

    Joni E. Lima;Soichi Kojima;Soichi Kojima;Hideki Takahashi;Nicolaus von Wirén;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • Distinct expression and function of three ammonium transporter genes (OsAMT1;1-1;3) in rice.

    Yutaka Sonoda;Akira Ikeda;Satomi Saiki;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • Regulation of root ion transporters by photosynthesis: functional importance and relation with hexokinase.

    Laurence Lejay;Xavier Gansel;Miguel Cerezo;Pascal Tillard

  • PIC1, an ancient permease in Arabidopsis chloroplasts, mediates iron transport.

    Daniela Duy;Gerhard Wanner;Anderson R. Meda;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • Urea transport by nitrogen-regulated tonoplast intrinsic proteins in Arabidopsis.

    Lai-Hua Liu;Uwe Ludewig;Brigitte Gassert;Wolf B. Frommer

  • Differential regulation of three functional ammonium transporter genes by nitrogen in root hairs and by light in leaves of tomato.

    N. von Wirén;F. R. Lauter;O. Ninnemann;B. Gillissen

Frequent Co-Authors

Lixing Yuan
Lixing Yuan China Agricultural University
Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei
Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Wolf B. Frommer
Wolf B. Frommer Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Hideki Takahashi
Hideki Takahashi Michigan State University
Dominique Loqué
Dominique Loqué Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Uwe Ludewig
Uwe Ludewig University of Hohenheim
Nese Sreenivasulu
Nese Sreenivasulu International Rice Research Institute
Toru Fujiwara
Toru Fujiwara University of Tokyo
Klaus Pillen
Klaus Pillen Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Gerd Patrick Bienert
Gerd Patrick Bienert Technical University of Munich

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