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Paul Fransz is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular focus on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Biophysics as subfields.

The scientist's work covers several key topics including Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Virus Research Studies, Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration, and Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism.

Paul Fransz has published extensively, contributing to a variety of journals and research venues. Frequent publication venues include Journal of Experimental Botany and Chromosome Research, each with two publications, alongside Methods in Molecular Biology, Nature Communications, and PLoS Genetics.

Selected recent papers by Paul Fransz include:

  • Changing local recombination patterns in Arabidopsis by CRISPR/Cas mediated chromosome engineering, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Tidying-up the plant nuclear space: domains, functions, and dynamics, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • 2D morphometric analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana nuclei reveals characteristic profiles of different cell types and accessions, 2021, Chromosome Research
  • A catalogue of recombination coldspots in interspecific tomato hybrids, 2024, PLoS Genetics
  • Critical Steps in DAPI and FISH Imaging of Chromosome Spread Preparations, 2023, Methods in Molecular Biology

Coauthorship is a notable aspect of their publication record. Frequent collaborators include Hans de Jong, Ana Paula Santos, Valérie Gaudin, Iva Mozgová, and Frédéric Pontvianne.

Best Publications

  • DNA methylation controls histone H3 lysine 9 methylation and heterochromatin assembly in Arabidopsis

    Wim J.J. Soppe;Zuzana Jasencakova;Andreas Houben;Tetsuji Kakutani

  • Interphase chromosomes in Arabidopsis are organized as well defined chromocenters from which euchromatin loops emanate

    Paul Fransz;J. Hans de Jong;Martin Lysak;Monica Ruffini Castiglione

  • A light microscopic atlas of meiosis in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    K J Ross;P Fransz;G H Jones

  • Integrated Cytogenetic Map of Chromosome Arm 4S of A. thaliana: Structural Organization of Heterochromatic Knob and Centromere Region

    P.F. Fransz;S. Armstrong;J.H. de Jong;L.D. Parnell

  • Cytogenetics for the model system Arabidopsis thaliana

    Paul Fransz;Sue Armstrong;Carlos Alonso‐blanco;Thilo C. Fischer

  • LHP1, the Arabidopsis homologue of HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN1, is required for epigenetic silencing of FLC

    Joshua S. Mylne;Lynne Barrett;Federico Tessadori;Stéphane Mesnage

  • High-resolution physical mapping in Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato by fluorescence in situ hybridization to extended DNA fibres

    P.F. Fransz;C. Alonso-Blanco;T.B. Liharska;A.J.M. Peeters

  • The DIF1 gene of Arabidopsis is required for meiotic chromosome segregation and belongs to the REC8/RAD21 cohesin gene family.

    Anuj M. Bhatt;Clare Lister;Tania Page;Paul Fransz

  • The eukaryotic genome: a system regulated at different hierarchical levels.

    Roel van Driel;Paul F. Fransz;Pernette J. Verschure

  • Integration of the FISH pachytene and genetic maps of Medicago truncatula.

    O. Kulikova;G. Gualtieri;R. Geurts;D.J. Kim

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 5 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    S. Tabata;R.M. Klein Lankhorst

  • Chromosome painting in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Martin A Lysak;Paul F Fransz;Hoda B. M Ali;Ingo Schubert

  • Chromosome painting in plants.

    I. Schubert;P.F. Fransz;J. Fuchs;J.H. de Jong

  • Seed maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana is characterized by nuclear size reduction and increased chromatin condensation

    M. van Zanten;M. A. Koini;R. Geyer;Y. Liu

  • Cytological characterization of four meiotic mutants of Arabidopsis isolated from T-DNA-transformed lines.

    K.J. Ross;P. Fransz;S.J. Armstrong;I. Vizir

  • Endogenous Targets of Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Arabidopsis

    Andrea Steimer;Paolo Amedeo;Karin Afsar;Paul Fransz

  • Large-scale dissociation and sequential reassembly of pericentric heterochromatin in dedifferentiated Arabidopsis cells.

    Federico Tessadori;Marie-Christine Chupeau;Yves Chupeau;Marijn Knip

  • Two means of transcriptional reactivation within heterochromatin.

    Aline V. Probst;Paul F. Fransz;Jerzy Paszkowski;Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid

  • PHYTOCHROME B and HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 Control Light-Induced Chromatin Compaction in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Federico Tessadori;Martijn van Zanten;Penka Pavlova;Penka Pavlova;Rachel Clifton

  • The behaviour of the autonomous maize transposable element En/Spm in Arabidopsis thaliana allows efficient mutagenesis.

    Ellen Wisman;Guillermo H. Cardon;Paul Fransz;Heinz Saedler

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingo Schubert
Ingo Schubert Leibniz Association
Martijn van Zanten
Martijn van Zanten Utrecht University
Anton J. M. Peeters
Anton J. M. Peeters Utrecht University
Roel van Driel
Roel van Driel University of Amsterdam
Martin A. Lysak
Martin A. Lysak Masaryk University
Maarten Koornneef
Maarten Koornneef Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Chris Bowler
Chris Bowler École Normale Supérieure
Andreas Houben
Andreas Houben Leibniz Association
Paul J. J. Hooykaas
Paul J. J. Hooykaas Leiden University
Steven E. Jacobsen
Steven E. Jacobsen University of California, Los Angeles

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