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Thomas Dresselhaus

Thomas Dresselhaus

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
62
Citations
10875
World Ranking
1123
National Ranking
80

Overview

Thomas Dresselhaus is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work predominantly focuses on Molecular Biology and Plant Science, with further involvement in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Biotechnology.

The main topics of their research include Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Seed Germination and Physiology, and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Dresselhaus has authored several papers across notable journals. Recent publications include:

  • "RALF peptide signaling controls the polytubey block in Arabidopsis" (2022), published in Science
  • "Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals conserved programmes underpinning organogenesis and reproduction in land plants" (2021), published in Nature Plants
  • "Fertilized egg cells secrete endopeptidases to avoid polytubey" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Antagonistic RALF peptides control an intergeneric hybridization barrier on Brassicaceae stigmas" (2023), published in Cell
  • "Comparative Embryogenesis in Angiosperms: Activation and Patterning of Embryonic Cell Lineages" (2021), published in Annual Review of Plant Biology

Dresselhaus has frequently collaborated with other researchers, notably with Li-Jia Qu, Stefanie Sprunck, Liang-Zi Zhou, Andrea Bleckmann, and Sheng Zhong.

Their research has been published multiple times in journals such as:

  • The Plant Cell
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Nature Plants
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Best Publications

  • Defensin-like polypeptide LUREs are pollen tube attractants secreted from synergid cells

    Satohiro Okuda;Hiroki Tsutsui;Keiko Shiina;Stefanie Sprunck

  • Arabidopsis pollen tube integrity and sperm release are regulated by RALF-mediated signaling

    Zengxiang Ge;Tabata Bergonci;Tabata Bergonci;Yuling Zhao;Yanjiao Zou

  • Male-female crosstalk during pollen germination, tube growth and guidance, and double fertilization.

    Thomas Dresselhaus;Noni Franklin-Tong

  • Micropylar pollen tube guidance by egg apparatus 1 of maize.

    Mihaela L. Márton;Simone Cordts;Jean Broadhvest;Thomas Dresselhaus

  • Egg Cell-Secreted EC1 Triggers Sperm Cell Activation During Double Fertilization

    Stefanie Sprunck;Svenja Rademacher;Frank Vogler;Jacqueline Gheyselinck

  • Fertilization Mechanisms in Flowering Plants

    Thomas Dresselhaus;Stefanie Sprunck;Gary M. Wessel

  • Defensin-Like ZmES4 Mediates Pollen Tube Burst in Maize via Opening of the Potassium Channel KZM1

    Suseno Amien;Irina Kliwer;Mihaela L. Márton;Thomas Debener

  • Male Sterility in Maize after Transient Heat Stress during the Tetrad Stage of Pollen Development.

    Kevin Begcy;Kevin Begcy;Tetyana Nosenko;Liang-Zi Zhou;Lena Fragner

  • Molecular characterisation of two novel maize LRR receptor-like kinases, which belong to the SERK gene family

    Sylvie Baudino;Susanne Hansen;Reinhold Brettschneider;Valérie F. G. Hecht

  • Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses in Crop Plants

    Thomas Dresselhaus;Ralph Hückelhoven

  • Male-female communication triggers calcium signatures during fertilization in Arabidopsis.

    Philipp Denninger;Andrea Bleckmann;Andreas Lausser;Frank Vogler

  • RALF peptide signaling controls the polytubey block in Arabidopsis

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  • Tackling Drought Stress: RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASES Present New Approaches

    Alex Marshall;Reidunn B. Aalen;Dominique Audenaert;Tom Beeckman

  • Zygotic Genome Activation Occurs Shortly after Fertilization in Maize

    Junyi Chen;Nicholas Strieder;Nadia G. Krohn;Philippe Cyprys

  • Maternal auxin supply contributes to early embryo patterning in Arabidopsis

    Hélène S. Robert;Chulmin Park;Chulmin Park;Carla Loreto Gutièrrez;Barbara Wójcikowska;Barbara Wójcikowska

  • The transcript composition of egg cells changes significantly following fertilization in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

    Stefanie Sprunck;Ute Baumann;Keith Edwards;Peter Langridge

  • Representative cDNA libraries from few plant cells.

    Thomas Dresselhaus;Horst Lorz;Erhard Kranz

  • Peptide signalling during the pollen tube journey and double fertilization

    Li-Jia Qu;Ling Li;Zijun Lan;Thomas Dresselhaus

  • State-of-the-art and novel developments of in vivo haploid technologies

    Kamila Kalinowska;Sindy Chamas;Katharina Unkel;Dmitri Demidov

  • LLG2/3 Are Co-receptors in BUPS/ANX-RALF Signaling to Regulate Arabidopsis Pollen Tube Integrity

    Zengxiang Ge;Yuling Zhao;Ming Che Liu;Liang Zi Zhou

  • ISOLATION OF A FULL-LENGTH CDNA ENCODING CALRETICULIN FROM A PCR LIBRARY OF IN VITRO ZYGOTES OF MAIZE

    Thomas Dresselhaus;Christine Hagel;Horst Lörz;Erhard Kranz

  • Overcoming hybridization barriers by the secretion of the maize pollen tube attractant ZmEA1 from Arabidopsis ovules.

    Mihaela L. Márton;Astrid Fastner;Susanne Uebler;Thomas Dresselhaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Horst Lörz
Horst Lörz Universität Hamburg
Li-Jia Qu
Li-Jia Qu Peking University
Juan Dong
Juan Dong Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Hongya Gu
Hongya Gu Peking University
Alice Y. Cheung
Alice Y. Cheung University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ueli Grossniklaus
Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich
Uwe Scholz
Uwe Scholz Leibniz Association
Andreas Houben
Andreas Houben Leibniz Association
Frédéric Berger
Frédéric Berger Austrian Academy of Sciences
Jim Beynon
Jim Beynon University of Warwick

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