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Peter Westhoff is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, Westhoff's work focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Biochemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering.

Westhoff's research topics encompass Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, Algal biology and biofuel production, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and Plant tissue culture and regeneration.

The scientist has published in various academic venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Plant Direct
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Food and Energy Security
  • Industrial Crops and Products
  • The Plant Genome

Some recent publications include:

  • Improving crop yield potential: Underlying biological processes and future prospects (2022, Food and Energy Security)
  • Meadow hay, Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby and Silphium perfoliatum L. as potential non-wood raw materials for the pulp and paper industry (2021, Industrial Crops and Products)
  • Dynamic changes of genome sizes and gradual gain of cell-specific distribution of C 4 enzymes during C 4 evolution in genus Flaveria (2021, The Plant Genome)
  • The coordination of major events in C4 photosynthesis evolution in the genus Flaveria (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Embracing native diversity to enhance the maximum quantum efficiency of photosystem II in maize (2024, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)

Westhoff has collaborated frequently with other researchers such as Udo Gowik, Julian M. Hibberd, Martha Ludwig, Sebastian Urzinger, and Viktoriya Avramova.

Best Publications

  • The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses

    Andrew H. Paterson;John E. Bowers;Rémy Bruggmann;Inna Dubchak

  • VIPP1, a nuclear gene of Arabidopsis thaliana essential for thylakoid membrane formation.

    Daniela Kroll;Karin Meierhoff;Nicole Bechtold;Mikio Kinoshita

  • The Path from C3 to C4 Photosynthesis

    Udo Gowik;Peter Westhoff

  • An mRNA Blueprint for C4 Photosynthesis Derived from Comparative Transcriptomics of Closely Related C3 and C4 Species

    Andrea Bräutigam;Kaisa Kajala;Julia Wullenweber;Manuel Sommer

  • cis-Regulatory Elements for Mesophyll-Specific Gene Expression in the C4 Plant Flaveria trinervia, the Promoter of the C4 Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase Gene

    Udo Gowik;Janet Burscheidt;Meryem Akyildiz;Ute Schlue

  • Nucleotide sequence of the clustered genes for the 44 kd chlorophyll a apoprotein and the "32 kd"-like protein of the photosystem II reaction center in the spinach plastid chromosome.

    Juliane Alt;Julia Morris;Peter Westhoff;Reinhold G. Herrmann

  • A plastidial sodium-dependent pyruvate transporter

    Tsuyoshi Furumoto;Teppei Yamaguchi;Teppei Yamaguchi;Yumiko Ohshima-Ichie;Masayoshi Nakamura;Masayoshi Nakamura

  • A nuclear-encoded protein of prokaryotic origin is essential for the stability of photosystem II in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Jörg Meurer;Jörg Meurer;Henning Plücken;Klaus V. Kowallik;Peter Westhoff

  • Complex RNA maturation in chloroplasts. The psbB operon from spinach.

    Peter Westhoff;Reinhold G. Herrmann

  • Biogenesis and origin of thylakoid membranes.

    Ute C. Vothknecht;Peter Westhoff

  • Isolation of high-chlorophyll-fluorescence mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana and their characterisation by spectroscopy, immunoblotting and northern hybridisation

    Jörg Meurer;Karin Meierhoff;Peter Westhoff

  • Evolution of C4 photosynthesis in the genus Flaveria: how many and which genes does it take to make C4?

    Udo Gowik;Andrea Bräutigam;Katrin L. Weber;Andreas P.M. Weber

  • The role of photorespiration during the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in the genus Flaveria

    Julia Mallmann;David Heckmann;Andrea Bräutigam;Martin J. Lercher

  • HCF164 encodes a thioredoxin-like protein involved in the biogenesis of the cytochrome b(6)f complex in Arabidopsis.

    Katja Lennartz;Henning Plücken;Andreas Seidler;Peter Westhoff

  • Comparative genomic analysis of C4 photosynthetic pathway evolution in grasses

    Xiyin Wang;Xiyin Wang;Udo Gowik;Haibao Tang;Haibao Tang;John E Bowers

  • Predicting C4 Photosynthesis Evolution: Modular, Individually Adaptive Steps on a Mount Fuji Fitness Landscape

    David Heckmann;Stefanie Schulze;Alisandra Denton;Udo Gowik

  • Localization of genes for coupling factor subunits on the spinach plastid chromosome

    P. Westhoff;N. Nelson;H. Bünemann;R. G. Herrmann

  • The Arabidopsis mutant dct is deficient in the plastidic glutamate/malate translocator DiT2

    Petra Renné;Uta Dressen;Ulrike Hebbeker;Diana Hille

  • The HCF136 protein is essential for assembly of the photosystem II reaction center in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Henning Plücken;Bernd Müller;Dina Grohmann;Peter Westhoff

  • Evolution of C4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase.

    Per Svensson;Oliver E Bläsing;Peter Westhoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhold G. Herrmann
Reinhold G. Herrmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Andreas P. M. Weber
Andreas P. M. Weber Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Jörg Meurer
Jörg Meurer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Julian M. Hibberd
Julian M. Hibberd University of Cambridge
Nathan Nelson
Nathan Nelson Tel Aviv University
Xiyin Wang
Xiyin Wang North China University of Science and Technology
Martin J. Lercher
Martin J. Lercher Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Hermann Bauwe
Hermann Bauwe University of Rostock
Katsura Izui
Katsura Izui Kindai University
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia

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