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  1. A combination of plasma membrane sterol biosynthesis and autophagy is required for shade-induced hypocotyl elongation

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  2. Abscisic acid modulates neighbor proximity-induced leaf hyponasty in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  3. Focus on circadian rhythms

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  4. Shade suppresses wound-induced leaf repositioning through a mechanism involving PHYTOCHROME KINASE SUBSTRATE (PKS) genes

    Article • PLoS Genetics, May 2022, PLOS

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  5. Architecture and plasticity: optimizing plant performance in dynamic environments

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  6. Phototropin-mediated perception of light direction in leaves regulates blade flattening

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, September 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  7. UVR8-mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves HFR1 stabilization in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLoS Genetics, May 2020, PLOS

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  8. A light-dependent molecular link between competition cues and defence responses in plants

    Article • Nature Plants, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  9. Molecular mechanisms underlying phytochrome-controlled morphogenesis in plants

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  10. PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 7 is important for early responses to elevated temperature in Arabidopsis seedlings

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2019, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  11. PIF transcription factors link a neighbor threat cue to accelerated reproduction in Arabidopsis

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  12. Changes in resource partitioning between and within organs support growth adjustment to neighbor proximity in Brassicaceae seedlings

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  13. Arabidopsis RUP2 represses UVR8-mediated flowering in noninductive photoperiods

    Article • Genes & Development, September 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  14. A phosphorylation switch turns a positive regulator of phototropism into an inhibitor of the process

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  15. Low number of fixed somatic mutations in a long-lived oak tree

    Article • Nature Plants, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  16. The influence of greenhouse-integrated photovoltaics on crop production

    Article • Solar Energy, October 2017, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  17. Plant Strategies for Enhancing Access to Sunlight

    Article • Current Biology, September 2017, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  18. BLADE-ON-PETIOLE proteins act in an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex to regulate PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 abundance

    Article • eLife, August 2017, eLife

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  19. Local auxin production underlies a spatially restricted neighbor-detection response in Arabidopsis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  20. UV-B Perceived by the UVR8 Photoreceptor Inhibits Plant Thermomorphogenesis

    Article • Current Biology, January 2017, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  21. Integration of Phytochrome and Cryptochrome Signals Determines Plant Growth during Competition for Light

    Article • Current Biology, December 2016, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  22. Neighbor Detection Induces Organ-Specific Transcriptomes, Revealing Patterns Underlying Hypocotyl-Specific Growth

    Article • The Plant Cell, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  23. Shade Promotes Phototropism through Phytochrome B-Controlled Auxin Production

    Article • Current Biology, December 2016, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  24. REPRESSOR OF ULTRAVIOLET-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS function allows efficient phototropin mediated ultraviolet-B phototropism in etiolated seedlings

    Article • Plant Science, November 2016, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  25. A photoreceptor's on-off switch

    Article • Science, October 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  26. Light-Mediated Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development

    Article • Annual Review of Plant Biology, April 2016, Annual Reviews

    Dr Vinicius VCG Galvão, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  27. Shadow on the Plant: A Strategy to Exit

    Article • Cell, January 2016, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  28. Sensing the light environment in plants: photoreceptors and early signaling steps

    Article • Current Opinion in Neurobiology, October 2015, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  29. Contrasting growth responses in lamina and petiole during neighbor detection depend on differential auxin responsiveness rather than different auxin levels

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2015, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  30. Plant Phototropic Growth

    Article • Current Biology, May 2015, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  31. Lipid anchoring of A rabidopsis phototropin 1 to assess the functional significance of receptor internalization: should I stay or should I go?

    Article • New Phytologist, February 2015, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  32. Differentially Phased Leaf Growth and Movements in Arabidopsis Depend on Coordinated Circadian and Light Regulation

    Article • The Plant Cell, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  33. Plasma membrane H+-ATPase regulation is required for auxin gradient formation preceding phototropic growth

    Article • Molecular Systems Biology, September 2014, EMBO

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  34. Light intensity modulates the regulatory network of the shade avoidance response in Arabidopsis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  35. Reduced phototropism inpksmutants may be due to altered auxin-regulated gene expression or reduced lateral auxin transport

    Article • The Plant Journal, December 2013, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  36. Auxin-mediated plant architectural changes in response to shade and high temperature

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, October 2013, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  37. Defining the Site of Light Perception and Initiation of Phototropism in Arabidopsis

    Article • Current Biology, October 2013, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  38. Phototropism: at the crossroads of light-signaling pathways

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, July 2013, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  39. D6PK AGCVIII Kinases Are Required for Auxin Transport and Phototropic Hypocotyl Bending in Arabidopsis    

    Article • The Plant Cell, May 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  40. Verification at the protein level of the PIF4-mediated external coincidence model for the temperature-adaptive photoperiodic control of plant growth inArabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  41. Conditional Involvement of CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 in the Degradation of Phytochrome A    

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  42. Phosphorylation of Phytochrome B Inhibits Light-Induced Signaling via Accelerated Dark Reversion in Arabidopsis    

    Article • The Plant Cell, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  43. Phototropism: Translating light into directional growth

    Article • American Journal of Botany, January 2013, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  44. Spatially and genetically distinct control of seed germination by phytochromes A and B

    Article • Genes & Development, September 2012, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  45. Atomic Force Microscopy Stiffness Tomography on Living Arabidopsis thaliana Cells Reveals the Mechanical Properties of Surface and Deep Cell-Wall Layers during Growth

    Article • Biophysical Journal, August 2012, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  46. Plant Development: Should I Stop or Should I Grow?

    Article • Current Biology, August 2012, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  47. Phytochrome Kinase Substrate 4 is phosphorylated by the phototropin 1 photoreceptor

    Article • The EMBO Journal, July 2012, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  48. Phytochrome interacting factors 4 and 5 control seedling growth in changing light conditions by directly controlling auxin signaling

    Article • The Plant Journal, June 2012, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  49. Nuclear Phytochrome A Signaling Promotes Phototropism in Arabidopsis

    Article • The Plant Cell, February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  50. Measuring the diurnal pattern of leaf hyponasty and growth in Arabidopsis - a novel phenotyping approach using laser scanning

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2012, CSIRO Publishing

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  51. A Hormonal Regulatory Module That Provides Flexibility to Tropic Responses    

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, August 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  52. Light-regulated interactions with SPA proteins underlie cryptochrome-mediated gene expression: Figure 1.

    Article • Genes & Development, May 2011, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  53. Light-mediated polarization of the PIN3 auxin transporter for the phototropic response in Arabidopsis

    Article • Nature Cell Biology, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  54. Light receptor action is critical for maintaining plant biomass at warm ambient temperatures

    Article • The Plant Journal, December 2010, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  55. Light-induced degradation of phyA is promoted by transfer of the photoreceptor into the nucleus

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  56. The Arabidopsis PHYTOCHROME KINASE SUBSTRATE2 Protein Is a Phototropin Signaling Element That Regulates Leaf Flattening and Leaf Positioning

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, January 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  57. Light-Regulated Plant Growth and Development

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  58. Phytochrome interacting factors 4 and 5 redundantly limit seedling de-etiolation in continuous far-red light

    Article • The Plant Journal, November 2009, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  59. Inhibition of the shade avoidance response by formation of non-DNA binding bHLH heterodimers

    Article • The EMBO Journal, October 2009, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  60. PIF3 is a repressor of chloroplast development

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  61. Higher plants use LOV to perceive blue light

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, February 2009, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  62. Transposing phytochrome into the nucleus

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, November 2008, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  63. FHY1 Mediates Nuclear Import of the Light-Activated Phytochrome A Photoreceptor

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2008, PLOS

    Professor Jorge J Casal, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  64. The Protein Phosphatase 7 Regulates Phytochrome Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2008, PLOS

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  65. PHYTOCHROME KINASE SUBSTRATE4 Modulates Phytochrome-Mediated Control of Hypocotyl Growth Orientation

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, April 2008, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Jorge J Casal, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  66. A molecular framework for light and gibberellin control of cell elongation

    Article • Nature, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  67. The evolutionary conserved BER1 gene is involved in microtubule stability in yeast

    Article • Current Genetics, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  68. PHYTOCHROME KINASE SUBSTRATE1 Regulates Root Phototropism and Gravitropism

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, November 2007, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Jorge J Casal, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  69. Phytochrome-mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves degradation of growth-promoting bHLH transcription factors

    Article • The Plant Journal, October 2007, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  70. Rhythmic growth explained by coincidence between internal and external cues

    Article • Nature, June 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  71. The serine-rich N-terminal region of Arabidopsis phytochrome A is required for protein stability

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorge J Casal, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  72. Let there be light in the nucleus!

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, October 2006, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  73. PHYTOCHROME KINASE SUBSTRATE 1 is a phototropin 1 binding protein required for phototropism

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Joseph R Ecker, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  74. Nuclear Accumulation of the Phytochrome A Photoreceptor Requires FHY1

    Article • Current Biology, December 2005, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  75. bHLH class transcription factors take centre stage in phytochrome signalling

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, February 2005, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  76. The Effect of Light and Gravity on Hypocotyl Growth Orientation

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  77. The Degradation of HFR1, a Putative bHLH Class Transcription Factor Involved in Light Signaling, Is Regulated by Phosphorylation and Requires COP1

    Article • Current Biology, December 2004, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  78. Light Signal Transduction in Higher Plants

    Article • Annual Review of Genetics, December 2004, Annual Reviews

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  79. Hypocotyl growth orientation in blue light is determined by phytochrome A inhibition of gravitropism and phototropin promotion of phototropism

    Article • The Plant Journal, November 2004, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  80. Phytochrome-mediated light signalling in Arabidopsis

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, October 2004, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  81. Phenotypic characterization of a photomorphogenic mutant

    Article • The Plant Journal, September 2004, Wiley

    Professor Jorge J Casal, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  82. PKS1 and PKS2 affect the phyA state in etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vitaly Alexey Sineshchekov, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  83. Signalling for developmental plasticity

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, June 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Jorge J Casal, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  84. A Growth Regulatory Loop That Provides Homeostasis to Phytochrome A Signaling

    Article • The Plant Cell, December 2003, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Jorge J Casal, Dr Joseph R Ecker, PhD Christian Fankhauser

  85. HFR1, a putative bHLH transcription factor, mediates both phytochrome A and cryptochrome signalling

    Article • The Plant Journal, June 2003, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  86. Phytochrome‐hormonal signalling networks

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2003, Wiley

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  87. TheArabidopsis SRR1gene mediates phyB signaling and is required for normal circadian clock function

    Article • Genes & Development, January 2003, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  88. Photoreceptors in Arabidopsis thaliana : light perception, signal transduction and entrainment of the endogenous clock

    Article • Planta, November 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  89. Light perception in plants: cytokinins and red light join forces to keep phytochrome B active

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, April 2002, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  90. ELF3 Encodes a Circadian Clock-Regulated Nuclear Protein That Functions in an Arabidopsis PHYB Signal Transduction Pathway

    Article • The Plant Cell, June 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  91. The Phytochromes, a Family of Red/Far-red Absorbing Photoreceptors

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2001, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  92. A Role for Flavin Monooxygenase-Like Enzymes in Auxin Biosynthesis

    Article • Science, January 2001, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  93. Photomorphogenesis in Plants, Genetics of

    Article • January 2001, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  94. Cloning of the Arabidopsis RSF1 Gene by Using a Mapping Strategy Based on High-Density DNA Arrays and Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

    Article • The Plant Cell, December 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  95. Phytochromes as light-modulated protein kinases

    Article • Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, December 2000, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  96. Periodic accumulation of cdc15 mRNA is not necessary for septation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, September 2000, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  97. RSF1, an Arabidopsis Locus Implicated in Phytochrome A Signaling

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, September 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  98. Activation Tagging in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, April 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  99. PKS1, a Substrate Phosphorylated by Phytochrome That Modulates Light Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Article • Science, May 1999, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  100. Photomorphogenesis: Light receptor kinases in plants!

    Article • Current Biology, February 1999, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  101. An Arabidopsis Mutant Defective in the Plastid General Protein Import Apparatus

    Article • Science, October 1998, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  102. LIGHT CONTROL OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT

    Article • Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, November 1997, Annual Reviews

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  103. The dmf1/mid1 gene is essential for correct positioning of the division septum in fission yeast.

    Article • Genes & Development, November 1996, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  104. From seed germination to flowering, light controls plant development via the pigment phytochrome.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 1996, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  105. The S. pombe cdc15 gene is a key element in the reorganization of F-actin at mitosis

    Article • Cell, August 1995, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  106. Cold fission: splitting the pombe cell at room temperature

    Article • Trends in Cell Biology, March 1994, Elsevier

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  107. The Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc14 gene is required for septum formation and can also inhibit nuclear division.

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, May 1993, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    PhD Christian Fankhauser

  108. Specific complex of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 rev and nucleolar B23 proteins: dissociation by the Rev response element.

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 1991, ASM Journals

    PhD Christian Fankhauser