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  • 2002 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Overview

Peter Schopfer is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany, where their research focuses primarily on the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their subfield expertise lies in Plant Science, with an emphasis on molecular biology and physiological processes in plants.

Their recent scholarly contributions include a publication titled Photosynthetic sucrose drives the lateral root clock in Arabidopsis seedlings, published in 2023 in the journal Current Biology. This work explores the influence of photosynthetically derived sucrose on the developmental timing mechanisms in Arabidopsis roots.

Peter Schopfer frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notably, they have worked with Stefan Kircher, whose collaboration is documented in their recent publication.

Their research interests encompass several main topics, including:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Light effects on plants
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Their scientific output has appeared in specific publication venues, with Current Biology serving as the primary platform for their recent articles.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Peter Schopfer was awarded membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2002, specifically noted in the field of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.

Best Publications

  • Release of Reactive Oxygen Intermediates (Superoxide Radicals, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Hydroxyl Radicals) and Peroxidase in Germinating Radish Seeds Controlled by Light, Gibberellin, and Abscisic Acid

    Peter Schopfer;Claudia Plachy;Gitta Frahry

  • Production of Reactive Oxygen Intermediates (O2·-, H2O2, and ·OH) by Maize Roots and Their Role in Wall Loosening and Elongation Growth

    Anja Liszkay;Esther van der Zalm;Peter Schopfer

  • Hydroxyl radical-induced cell-wall loosening in vitro and in vivo: implications for the control of elongation growth

    Peter Schopfer

  • Biomechanics of plant growth.

    Peter Schopfer

  • Evidence for the involvement of cell wall peroxidase in the generation of hydroxyl radicals mediating extension growth.

    Anja Liszkay;Barbara Kenk;Peter Schopfer

  • Cooperation of epidermis and inner tissues in auxin-mediated growth of maize coleoptiles.

    U. Kutschera;R. Bergfeld;P. Schopfer

  • Hydrogen peroxide-mediated cell-wall stiffening in vitro in maize coleoptiles

    P. Schopfer

  • Evidence against the acid-growth theory of auxin action.

    U. Kutschera;P. Schopfer

  • Control of Seed Germination by Abscisic Acid : III. Effect on Embryo Growth Potential (Minimum Turgor Pressure) and Growth Coefficient (Cell Wall Extensibility) in Brassica napus L.

    Peter Schopfer;Claudia Plachy

  • Arabinogalactan proteins in maize coleoptiles: developmental relationship to cell death during xylem differentiation but not to extension growth.

    T. Schindler;R. Bergfeld;P. Schopfer

  • Water Relations of Growing Maize Coleoptiles Comparison between Mannitol and Polyethylene Glycol 6000 as External Osmotica for Adjusting Turgor Pressure

    Michael Hohl;Peter Schopfer

  • Control of Seed Germination by Abscisic Acid : II. Effect on Embryo Water Uptake in Brassica napus L.

    Peter Schopfer;Claudia Plachy

  • Unilateral reorientation of microtubules at the outer epidermal wall during photo- and gravitropic curvature of maize coleoptiles and sunflower hypocotyls

    P. Nick;R. Bergfeld;E. Schäfer;P. Schopfer

  • Control of Seed Germination by Abscisic Acid: I. Time Course of Action in Sinapis alba L.

    P. Schopfer;D. Bajracharya;C. Plachy

  • OH) by Maize Roots and Their Role in Wall Loosening and Elongation Growth

    Anja Liszkay;Esther van der Zalm;Peter Schopfer

  • Effect of auxin and abscisic acid on cell wall extensibility in maize coleoptiles

    U. Kutschera;P. Schopfer

  • Histochemical Demonstration and Localization of H2O2 in Organs of Higher Plants by Tissue Printing on Nitrocellulose Paper.

    P. Schopfer

  • Inhibition of O2-reducing activity of horseradish peroxidase by diphenyleneiodonium

    Gitta Frahry;Peter Schopfer

  • Oxygen activation at the plasma membrane: relation between superoxide and hydroxyl radical production by isolated membranes

    Eiri Heyno;Eiri Heyno;Véronique Mary;Peter Schopfer;Anja Krieger-Liszkay

  • Inhibition of Golgi-apparatus function by brefeldin A in maize coleoptiles and its consequences on auxin-mediated growth, cell-wall extensibility and secretion of cell-wall proteins

    T. Schindler;R. Bergfeld;M. Hohl;P. Schopfer

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Mohr
Hans Mohr University of Freiburg
Axel Brennicke
Axel Brennicke University of Ulm
Ulrich Kutschera
Ulrich Kutschera University of Kassel
Heinz Falk
Heinz Falk Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Eberhard Schäfer
Eberhard Schäfer University of Freiburg
Anja Krieger-Liszkay
Anja Krieger-Liszkay University of Paris-Saclay
Peter Nick
Peter Nick Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Klaus Palme
Klaus Palme University of Freiburg

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