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Richard G. H. Immink is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main areas of study in their work include plant science, molecular biology, and insect science, with additional research interests in agronomy and crop science as well as cancer research. Key topics emphasized across their publications cover plant molecular biology research, plant reproductive biology, plant gene expression analysis, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, phytoplasmas and hemiptera pathogens, and insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Richard G. H. Immink has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most prominent among these are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • The Plant Journal
  • Plant Reproduction
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Among their recent papers are:

  • Parasitic modulation of host development by ubiquitin-independent protein degradation, 2021, Cell
  • The intervening domain is required for DNA-binding and functional identity of plant MADS transcription factors, 2021, Nature Communications
  • PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE-BINDING PROTEINS: the conductors of dual reproduction in plants with vegetative storage organs, 2021, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • The Seed Development Factors TT2 and MYB5 Regulate Heat Stress Response in Arabidopsis, 2021, Genes
  • LncRNAs: the art of being influential without protein, 2024, Trends in Plant Science

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Froukje van der Wal, Gerco C. Angenent, G. Wilma van Esse, Aalt D. J. van Dijk, and Sam W. van Es.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive Interaction Map of the Arabidopsis MADS Box Transcription Factors

    Stefan de Folter;Richard G.H. Immink;Martin Kieffer;Lucie Pařenicová

  • Developmental and evolutionary diversity of plant MADS-domain factors: insights from recent studies

    Cezary Smaczniak;Cezary Smaczniak;Richard G. H. Immink;Gerco C. Angenent;Kerstin Kaufmann;Kerstin Kaufmann

  • Characterization of MADS-domain transcription factor complexes in Arabidopsis flower development

    Cezary Smaczniak;Richard G. H. Immink;Jose M. Muiño;Robert Blanvillain

  • Temperature-dependent regulation of flowering by antagonistic FLM variants

    David Posé;Leonie Verhage;Felix Ott;Levi Yant;Levi Yant

  • Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factors bZIP19 and bZIP23 regulate the adaptation to zinc deficiency

    Ana G. L. Assunção;Eva Herrero;Ya-Fen Lin;Bruno Huettel

  • Arabidopsis Class I and Class II TCP Transcription Factors Regulate Jasmonic Acid Metabolism and Leaf Development Antagonistically

    Selahattin Danisman;Froukje van der Wal;Stijn Dhondt;Stijn Dhondt;Richard Waites

  • SEPALLATA3: the 'glue' for MADS box transcription factor complex formation

    Richard G H Immink;Isabella A N Tonaco;Stefan de Folter;Stefan de Folter;Anna Shchennikova

  • Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit asymmetric cell division and stabilize tissue boundaries by restricting SHORT-ROOT action

    David Welch;Hala Hassan;Ikram Blilou;Richard Immink

  • Abscisic acid signaling is controlled by a BRANCHED1/HD-ZIP I cascade in Arabidopsis axillary buds.

    Eduardo González-Grandío;Alice Pajoro;José M. Franco-Zorrilla;Carlos Tarancón

  • High Throughput Identification of Potential Arabidopsis Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases Substrates

    Tanja Feilner;Claus Hultschig;Justin Lee;Svenja Meyer

  • Analysis of MADS box protein-protein interactions in living plant cells.

    Richard G. H. Immink;Theodorus W. J. Gadella;Silvia Ferrario;Marco Busscher

  • The MADS box gene FBP2 is required for SEPALLATA function in petunia.

    Silvia Ferrario;Richard G. H. Immink;Anna Shchennikova;Jacqueline Busscher-Lange

  • Characterization of SOC1’s Central Role in Flowering by the Identification of Its Upstream and Downstream Regulators

    Richard G.H. Immink;Richard G.H. Immink;David Posé;David Posé;Silvia Ferrario;Felix Ott

  • Phytoplasma effector SAP54 hijacks plant reproduction by degrading MADS-box proteins and promotes insect colonization in a RAD23-dependent manner.

    Allyson M. MacLean;Zigmunds Orlovskis;Krissana Kowitwanich;Anna M. Zdziarska

  • Conservation and diversity in flower land.

    Silvia Ferrario;Richard G H Immink;Gerco C Angenent

  • Unequally redundant RCD1 and SRO1 mediate stress and developmental responses and interact with transcription factors

    Pinja Jaspers;Tiina Blomster;Mikael Brosché;Jarkko Salojärvi;Jarkko Salojärvi

  • Analysis of the petunia MADS-box transcription factor family

    R.G.H. Immink;S.I.T. Ferrario;J. Busscher-Lange;M. Kooiker

  • The 'ABC' of MADS domain protein behaviour and interactions.

    Richard G.H. Immink;Kerstin Kaufmann;Gerco C. Angenent

  • Analysis of functional redundancies within the Arabidopsis TCP transcription factor family

    Selahattin Danisman;Aalt D. J. van Dijk;Andrea Bimbo;Froukje van der Wal

  • Histone H3 lysine 36 methylation affects temperature-induced alternative splicing and flowering in plants.

    A. Pajoro;A. Pajoro;E. Severing;E. Severing;G. C. Angenent;G. C. Angenent;R. G. H. Immink;R. G. H. Immink

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerco C. Angenent
Gerco C. Angenent Wageningen University & Research
Kerstin Kaufmann
Kerstin Kaufmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Markus Schmid
Markus Schmid Umeå University
Saskia A. Hogenhout
Saskia A. Hogenhout Norwich Research Park
Henk W. M. Hilhorst
Henk W. M. Hilhorst University of Cape Town
Jan Willem Borst
Jan Willem Borst Wageningen University & Research
Hans Lehrach
Hans Lehrach Max Planck Society
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University

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