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Overview

Steffen Abel is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Cell Biology, and Physiology.

Their research topics cover diverse aspects of plant biology and molecular processes, such as:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism

Steffen Abel has contributed to scientific literature with a number of papers published between 2020 and 2022. These recent papers include:

  • "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)" (2021), published in Autophagy
  • "A cross-kingdom conserved ER-phagy receptor maintains endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis during stress" (2020), published in eLife
  • "IQ67 DOMAIN proteins facilitate preprophase band formation and division-plane orientation" (2021), published in Nature Plants
  • "Bacterial-type ferroxidase tunes iron-dependent phosphate sensing during Arabidopsis root development" (2022), published in Current Biology
  • "Root responses to aluminium and iron stresses require the SIZ1 SUMO ligase to modulate the STOP1 transcription factor" (2021), published in The Plant Journal

Frequent collaborators include Christin Naumann, Karl Mechtler, Yasin Dagdas, Carolin Alfs, and Madlen Stephani. Steffen Abel has multiple publications in high-profile venues, such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Journal, Autophagy, eLife, and Nature Plants.

Their publication distribution shows a strong focus on Plant Science-oriented journals and repositories, with a notable presence in bioRxiv, indicating active participation in preprint sharing alongside peer-reviewed outputs.

Best Publications

  • Early genes and auxin action.

    Abel S;Theologis A

  • Glucosinolate metabolism and its control

    C. Douglas Grubb;Steffen Abel

  • The PS-IAA4/5-like family of early auxin-inducible mRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Steffen Abel;Minh D. Nguyen;Athanasios Theologis

  • Early auxin-induced genes encode short-lived nuclear proteins.

    Steffen Abel;Paul W. Oeller;Athanasios Theologis

  • Transient transformation of Arabidopsis leaf protoplasts: a versatile experimental system to study gene expression.

    Steffen Abel;Athanasios Theologis

  • Phosphate sensing in higher plants.

    Steffen Abel;Carla A. Ticconi;Carla A. Delatorre

  • Short on phosphate: plant surveillance and countermeasures.

    Carla A. Ticconi;Steffen Abel

  • Arabidopsis pdr2 reveals a phosphate‐sensitive checkpoint in root development

    Carla A. Ticconi;Carla A. Delatorre;Brett Lahner;David E. Salt

  • Arabidopsis glucosyltransferase UGT74B1 functions in glucosinolate biosynthesis and auxin homeostasis

    C. Douglas Grubb;Brandon J. Zipp;Jutta Ludwig-Müller;Makoto N. Masuno

  • ASC4, a Primary Indoleacetic Acid-responsive Gene Encoding 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate Synthase in Arabidopsis thaliana STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION, EXPRESSION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI, AND EXPRESSION CHARACTERISTICS IN RESPONSE TO AUXIN

    Steffen Abel;Minh D. Nguyen;William Chow;Athanasios Theologis

  • Iron-dependent callose deposition adjusts root meristem maintenance to phosphate availability.

    Jens Müller;Theresa Toev;Marcus Heisters;Janine Teller

  • The 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase gene family of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Xiaowu Liang;Steffen Abel;Julie A. Keller;Nancy F. Shen

  • Aux/IAA Proteins Are Phosphorylated by Phytochrome in Vitro

    Adán Colón-Carmona;Donna L. Chen;Kuo-Chen Yeh;Steffen Abel

  • Attenuation of phosphate starvation responses by phosphite in Arabidopsis.

    Carla A. Ticconi;Carla A. Delatorre;Steffen Abel

  • ER-resident proteins PDR2 and LPR1 mediate the developmental response of root meristems to phosphate availability.

    Carla A. Ticconi;Rocco D. Lucero;Siriwat Sakhonwasee;Aaron W. Adamson

  • Arabidopsis IQD1, a novel calmodulin-binding nuclear protein, stimulates glucosinolate accumulation and plant defense.

    Maggie Levy;Qiaomei Wang;Roy Kaspi;Michael P. Parrella

  • ASC4, a primary indoleacetic acid-responsive gene encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Steffen Abel;Minh D. Nguyen;William Chow;Athanasios Theologis

  • The IQD Family of Calmodulin-Binding Proteins Links Calcium Signaling to Microtubules, Membrane Subdomains, and the Nucleus.

    Katharina Bürstenbinder;Birgit Möller;Romina Plötner;Gina Stamm

  • Induction of an Extracellular Ribonuclease in Cultured Tomato Cells upon Phosphate Starvation

    Thorsten Nürnberger;Steffen Abel;Wolfgang Jost;Konrad Glund

  • Genome-wide comparative analysis of the IQD gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa.

    Steffen Abel;Tatyana Savchenko;Maggie Levy

Frequent Co-Authors

Athanasios Theologis
Athanasios Theologis University of California, Berkeley
Thorsten Nürnberger
Thorsten Nürnberger University of Tübingen
Gerd Hause
Gerd Hause Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Karl Mechtler
Karl Mechtler Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Susan E. Ebeler
Susan E. Ebeler University of California, Davis
Dierk Scheel
Dierk Scheel Leibniz Association
Shimon Rachmilevitch
Shimon Rachmilevitch Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ewald Komor
Ewald Komor University of Bayreuth
Xing Wang Deng
Xing Wang Deng Peking University

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