2026

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• Hu, Z., Stolze, S.C., Mhamdi, A., Van Breusegem, F., Nakagami, H., and Ulm, R. (2026) A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis. Nat. Commun. 17: 9807 (preprint: bioRxiv, doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.30.702735).

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• Liang, Y., Podolec, R., Chappuis, R., Defossez, E., Glauser, G., Rötzer, J., Stolze, S.C., Dolan, L., Nakagami, H., Demarsy, E., and Ulm, R. (2026) Conservation and divergence of UVR8 photoreceptor-mediated UV-B signaling in Marchantia polymorpha. Plant Physiol. 201: kiag218. (preprint: bioRxiv, doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.16.665153).

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2025

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• Belmonte, A., Tissot, N., Rabinovich, A., Ploschuk, E.L., Crocco, C.D., Ulm, R., and Casal, J.J. (2025) Sensory perception of fluctuating light in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Environ. 48: 6645-6661. (preprint: bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.21.581400).

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• Dannay, M., Bertin, C., Cavallari, E., Albanese, P., Tolleter, D., Giustini, C., Menneteau, M., Brugière, S., Couté, Y., Finazzi, G., Demarsy, E., Ulm, R., and Allorent, G. (2025) Photoreceptor-induced LHL4 protects the photosystem II monomer in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 122: e2418687122. (preprint: bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.23.581703).

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2024

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• Leonardelli, M., Tissot, N., Podolec, R., Ares-Orpel, F., Glauser, G., Ulm, R., and Demarsy, E. (2024) Photoreceptor–induced sinapate synthesis contributes to photoprotection in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 196: 1518-1533. (preprint: bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.26.582123).

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• Chen, S., Podolec, R., Arongaus, A.B., Fuchs, C., Loubéry, S., Demarsy, E., and Ulm, R. (2024) Functional divergence of Arabidopsis REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 and 2 in repression of flowering. Plant Physiol. 194: 1563-1576.

 

• Stockenhuber, R., Akiyama, R., Tissot, N., Milosavljevic, S., Yamazaki, M., Wyler, M., Arongaus, A.B., Podolec, R., Sato, Y., Widmer, A., Ulm, R., and Shimizu, K.K. (2024) UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8-mediated UV-B response is required alongside CRYPTOCHROME 1 for plant survival in sunlight under field conditions. Plant Cell Physiol. 65: 35-48. (preprint: bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.08.471623).

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2023

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• Medina-Fraga, A.L., Chinen, L.A., Demkura, P.V., Lichy, M.Z., Gershenzon, J., Ballaré, C.L., and Crocco, C.D. (2023) AtBBX29 integrates photomorphogenesis and defense responses in Arabidopsis. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 22: 1475-1489.

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2022

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• Fang, F., Lin, L., Zhang, Q., Lu, M., Skvortsova, M.Y., Podolec, R., Zhang, Q., Pi, J., Zhang, C., Ulm, R., and Yin, R. (2022) Mechanisms of UV-B light-induced photoreceptor UVR8 nuclear localization dynamics. New Phytol. 236: 1824-1837.

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• Podolec, R., Wagnon, T.B., Leonardelli, M., Johansson, H., and Ulm, R. (2022) Arabidopsis B-box transcription factors BBX20-22 promote UVR8 photoreceptor-mediated UV-B responses. Plant J. 111: 422-439. (preprint: bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.14.464399).

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• Ayatollahi, Z., Kazanaviciute, V., Shubchynskyy, V., Kvederaviciute, K., Schwanninger, M., Rozhon, W., Stumpe, M., Mauch, F., Bartels, S., Ulm, R., Balazadeh, S., Mueller-Roeber, B., Meskiene, I., and Schweighofer, A. (2022) Dual control of MAPK activities by AP2C1 and MKP1 MAPK phosphatases regulates defence responses in Arabidopsis. J. Exp. Bot. 73: 2369-2384. (preprint: bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.03.446911).

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2021

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• Podolec, R., Demarsy, E., and Ulm, R. (2021) Perception and signaling of ultraviolet-B radiation in plants. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 72: 793-822.

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• Podolec, R., Lau, K., Wagnon, T.B., Hothorn, M., and Ulm, R. (2021) A constitutively monomeric UVR8 photoreceptor confers enhanced UV-B photomorphogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118: e2017284118. (preprint: bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.02.233007).

      

2020

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• Bursch, K., Toledo-Ortiz, G., Pireyre, M., Lohr, M., Braatz, C., and Johansson, H. (2020) Identification of BBX proteins as rate-limiting cofactors of HY5. Nat. Plants 6: 921–928.

 

• Tavridou, E., Schmid-Siegert, E., Fankhauser, C., and Ulm, R. (2020) UVR8-mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves HFR1 stabilization in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet. 16: e1008797.

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• Tissot, N. and Ulm, R. (2020) Cryptochrome-mediated blue-light signalling modulates UVR8 photoreceptor activity and contributes to UV-B tolerance in Arabidopsis. Nat. Commun. 11: 1323.

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• Tavridou, E., Pireyre, M., and Ulm, R. (2020) Degradation of the transcription factors PIF4 and PIF5 under UV‐B promotes UVR8‐mediated inhibition of hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 101: 507-517. [Research Highlight]

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2019

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• Lau, K., Podolec, R., Chappuis, R., Ulm, R., and Hothorn, M. (2019) Plant photoreceptors and their signaling components compete for COP1 binding via VP peptide motifs. EMBO J. 38: e102140. (preprint: bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/568618). [Cover], [F1000], [News & Views]

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2018

 

• Arongaus, A.B., Chen, S., Pireyre, M., Glöckner, N., Galvão, V.C., Albert, A., Winkler, J.B., Fankhauser, C., Harter, K., and Ulm, R. (2018) Arabidopsis RUP2 represses UVR8-mediated flowering in noninductive photoperiods. Genes & Dev. 32: 1332-1343. 

 

• Podolec, R. and Ulm, R. (2018) Photoreceptor-mediated regulation of the COP1-SPA E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 45: 18-25. 

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• Moriconi, V., Binkert, M., Costigliolo, C., Sellaro, R., Ulm, R., and Casal, J.J. (2018) Perception of sunflecks by the UV-B photoreceptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8. Plant Physiol. 177: 75-81. 

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• Demarsy, E., Goldschmidt-Clermont, M., and Ulm, R. (2018) Coping with ‘dark sides of the sun’ through photoreceptor signaling. Trends Plant Sci. 23: 260-271.

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2017

 

• Jiang, L., Anderson, J., González Besteiro, M.A., and Peck, S.C. (2017) Phosphorylation of Arabidopsis MAP Kinase Phosphatase 1 (MKP1) is required for PAMP responses and resistance against bacteria. Plant Physiol. 175:1839-1852.

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• Yin, R. (2017) Cooling down thermomorphogenesis by UV-B signaling. Trends Plant Sci. 22: 447-449.

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• Yin, R. and Ulm, R. (2017) How plants cope with UV-B: from perception to response. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 37: 42-48. 

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• Bernula, P., Crocco, C.D., Arongaus, A.B., Ulm, R., Nagy, F., and Viczián, A. (2017) Expression of the UVR8 photoreceptor in different tissues reveals tissue-autonomous features of UV-B signalling. Plant Cell Environ. 40: 1104-1114.

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• Binkert, M. and Ulm, R. (2017) UV-B signal transduction from photoperception to response. In: UV-B radiation and Plant Life: Molecular Biology to Ecology, Jordan, B.R. (ed.) CABI press, Oxford, UK, pp. 130-143.

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• Hayes, S., Sharma, A., Fraser, D.P., Trevisan, M., Cragg-Barber, C.K., Tavridou, E., Fankhauser, C., Jenkins, G.I., Franklin, K.A. (2017) UV-B perceived by the UVR8 photoreceptor inhibits plant thermomorphogenesis. Curr. Biol. 27: 120-127.

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2016

 

• Allorent, G., Lefebvre-Legendre, L., Chappuis, R., Kuntz, M., Truong, T.B., Niyogi, K.K., Ulm, R., and Goldschmidt-Clermont, M. (2016) UV-B photoreceptor-mediated protection of the photosynthetic machinery in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113: 14864-14869.

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• Fankhauser, C. and Ulm, R. (2016) A photoreceptor's on-off switch. Science 354: 282-283. 

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• Yin, R., Skvortsova, M.Y., Loubéry, S., and Ulm, R. (2016) COP1 is required for UV-B–induced nuclear accumulation of the UVR8 photoreceptor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113: E4415-E4422.

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• Tilbrook, K., Dubois, M., Crocco, C.D., Yin, R., Chappuis, R., Allorent, G., Schmid-Siegert, E., Goldschmidt-Clermont, M., and Ulm, R. (2016) UV-B perception and acclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Cell 28: 966-983. [Plant Cell In Brief]

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• Binkert, M., Crocco, C.D., Ekundayo, B., Lau, K., Raffelberg, S., Tilbrook, K., Yin, R., Chappuis, R., Schalch, T., and Ulm, R. (2016) Revisiting chromatin binding of the Arabidopsis UV-B photoreceptor UVR8. BMC Plant Biol. 16: 42. [F1000]

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2015

 

• Ulm, R. and Jenkins, G.I. (2015) Q&A: How do plants sense and respond to UV-B radiation? BMC Biol. 13: 45. 

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• Yin, R., Arongaus, A.B., Binkert, M., and Ulm, R. (2015) Two distinct domains of the UVR8 photoreceptor interact with COP1 to initiate UV-B signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 27: 202-213.

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2014

 

• Binkert, M., Kozma-Bognár, L., Terecskei, K., de Veylder, L., Nagy, F., and Ulm, R. (2014) UV-B-responsive association of the Arabidopsis bZIP transcription factor ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 with target genes, including its own promoter. Plant Cell 26: 4200-4213. [Plant Cell In Brief]

 

• Vandenbussche, F., Tilbrook, K., Fierro, A.C., Marchal, K., Poelman, D., Van Der Straeten, D., and Ulm, R. (2014) Photoreceptor-mediated bending towards UV-B in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 7: 1041-1052. [F1000]

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2013

 

• Heijde, M., Binkert, M., Yin, R., Ares-Orpel, F., Rizzini, L., Van De Slijke, E., Persiau, G., Nolf, J., Gevaert, K., De Jaeger, G., and Ulm, R. (2013) Constitutively active UVR8 photoreceptor variant in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA110: 20326-20331.

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• Tilbrook, K., Arongaus, A.B., Binkert, M., Heijde, M., Yin, R., and Ulm, R. (2013) The UVR8 UV-B photoreceptor: perception, signaling and response. Arabidopsis Book 11: e0164.

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• Crefcoeur, R.P., Yin, R., Ulm, R., and Halazonetis, T.D. (2013) Ultraviolet-B-mediated induction of protein–protein interactions in mammalian cells. Nat. Commun. 4: 1779.

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• Müller, K., Engesser, R., Schulz, S., Steinberg, T., Tomakidi, P., Weber, C.C., Ulm, R., Timmer, J., Zurbriggen, M.D., and Weber, W. (2013) Multi-chromatic control of mammalian gene expression and signaling. Nucl. Acids Res. 41: e124.

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• Heijde, M. and Ulm, R. (2013) Reversion of the Arabidopsis UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 to the homodimeric ground state. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110: 1113-1118. [F1000]

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• González Besteiro, M.A. and Ulm, R. (2013) ATR and MKP1 play distinct roles in response to UV-B stress in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 73: 1034-1043.

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• González Besteiro, M.A. and Ulm, R. (2013) Phosphorylation and stabilization of Arabidopsis MAP Kinase Phosphatase 1 in response to UV-B stress. J. Biol. Chem. 288: 480-486.

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• González Besteiro, M.A. and Ulm, R. (2013) Plant MAP kinase phosphatases. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2013, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 286-288. 

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2012

 

• Lang-Mladek, C., Xie, L., Nigam, N., Chumak, N., Binkert, M., Neubert, S., Hauser, M.T. (2012) UV-B signaling pathways and fluence rate dependent transcriptional regulation of ARIADNE12. Physiol. Plant. 145: 527-539.

 

• Viczián, A., Ádám, É., Wolf, I., Bindics, J., Kircher, S., Heijde, M., Ulm, R., Schäfer, E., and Nagy, F. (2012) A short amino-terminal part of Arabidopsis phytochrome A induces constitutive photomorphogenic response. Mol. Plant 5: 629-641.

 

• Heijde, M. and Ulm, R. (2012) UV-B photoreceptor-mediated signalling in plants. Trends Plant Sci. 17: 230-237.

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2011

 

• González Besteiro, M.A., Bartels, S., Albert, A., and Ulm, R. (2011) Arabidopsis MAP kinase phosphatase 1 and its target MAP kinases 3 and 6 antagonistically determine UV-B stress tolerance, independent of the UVR8 photoreceptor pathway. Plant J. 68: 727-737.

 

• Fankhauser, C. and Ulm, R. (2011) Light-regulated interactions with SPA proteins underlie cryptochrome-mediated gene expression. Genes & Dev. 25: 1004-1009.

 

• Rizzini, L., Favory, J.J., Cloix, C., Faggionato, D., O’Hara, A., Kaiserli, E., Baumeister, R., Schäfer, E., Nagy, F., Jenkins, G.I., and Ulm, R. (2011) Perception of UV-B by the Arabidopsis UVR8 protein. Science 332: 103-106. [Editors' choice, Sci. Signal.] [F1000]

 

• Anderson, J.C., Bartels, S., González Besteiro, M.A., Shahollari, B., Ulm, R., and Peck, S.C. (2011) Arabidopsis MAP Kinase Phosphatase 1 (AtMKP1) negatively regulates MPK6-mediated PAMP responses and resistance against bacteria. Plant J. 67: 258-268. 

 

• Fehér, B., Kozma-Bognár, L., Kevei, E., Hajdu, A., Binkert, M., Davis, S.J., Schäfer, E., Ulm, R., and Nagy, F. (2011) Functional interaction of the circadian clock and UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8-controlled UV-B signaling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 67: 37-48.

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2010

 

• Gruber, H., Heijde, M., Heller, W., Albert, A., Seidlitz, H.K., and Ulm, R. (2010) Negative feedback regulation of UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis and stress acclimation in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107: 20132-20137. 

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• Bartels, S., González Besteiro, M.A., Lang, D., and Ulm, R. (2010) Emerging functions for plant MAP kinase phosphatases. Trends Plant Sci. 15: 322-329. 

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• Wolf, L., Rizzini, L., Stracke, R., Ulm, R., and Rensing, S. (2010) The molecular and physiological responses of Physcomitrella patens to ultraviolet-B radiation. Plant Physiol. 153: 1123-1134. [Cover]

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• Stracke, R., Favory, J.J., Gruber, H., Bartelniewoehner, L., Bartels, S., Binkert, M., Funk, M., Weisshaar, B., and Ulm, R. (2010) The Arabidopsis bZIP transcription factor HY5 regulates expression of the PFG1/MYB12 gene in response to light and ultraviolet-B radiation. Plant Cell Environ. 33: 88-103.

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2009 

 

• Bartels, S., Anderson, J.C., González Besteiro, M.A., Carreri, A., Hirt, H., Buchala, A., Métraux, J.P., Peck, S.C., and Ulm, R. (2009) MAP KINASE PHOSPHATASE1 and PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE1 are repressors of salicylic acid synthesis and SNC1-mediated responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21: 2884-2897. [Plant Cell In Brief] 

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• Favory, J.J., Stec, A., Gruber, H., Rizzini, L., Oravecz, A., Funk, M., Albert, A., Cloix, C., Jenkins, G.I., Oakeley, E.J., Seidlitz, H.K., Nagy, F., and Ulm, R. (2009) Interaction of COP1 and UVR8 regulates UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis and stress acclimation in Arabidopsis. EMBO J. 28: 591-601. 

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2008

 

• Safrany, J., Haasz, V., Mate, Z., Ciolfi, A., Feher, B., Oravecz, A., Stec, A., Dallmann, G., Morelli, G., Ulm, R., and Nagy, F. (2008) Identification of a novel cis-regulatory element for UV-B-induced transcription in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 54: 402-414.

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2006

 

• Oravecz, A., Baumann, A., Mate, Z., Brzezinska, A., Molinier, J., Oakeley, E.J., Adam, E., Schäfer, E., Nagy, F., and Ulm, R. (2006) CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 is required for the UV-B response in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell18: 1975-1990. [Sci. STKE Editors' Choice]

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• Ulm, R. (2006) UV-B perception and signalling in higher plants. In: Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria, 3rd ed., Schäfer, E. and Nagy, F. (eds.) Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 279-304.

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2005

 

• Ulm, R. and Nagy, F. (2005) Signalling and gene regulation in response to ultraviolet light. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 8: 477-482.

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2004

 

• Ulm, R., Baumann, A., Oravecz, A., Mate, Z., Adam, E., Oakeley, E.J., Schäfer, E., and Nagy, F. (2004) Genome-wide analysis of gene expression reveals function of the bZIP transcription factor HY5 in the UV-B response of Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 1397-1402. (ArrayExpress accession E-MEXP-550) 

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• Baumann, A. and Ulm, R. (2004) Wirkung von UV-B Strahlung auf Pflanzen. Freiburger Universitätsblätter 164: 79-96. [pdf]

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2003

 

• Ulm, R. (2003) Molecular genetics of genotoxic stress signalling in plants. Topics Curr. Genet. 4: 217-240.

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2002

 

• Ulm, R., Ichimura, K., Mizoguchi, T., Peck, S.C., Zhu, T., Wang, X., Shinozaki, K., and Paszkowski, J. (2002) Distinct regulation of salinity and genotoxic stress responses by Arabidopsis MAP kinase phosphatase 1. EMBO J. 21: 6483-6493.

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• Ulm, R. (2002) Revealing a savior of manly vigor in plants. Trends Plant Sci. 7: 482-483. [pdf]

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• Ulm, R. and Mittelsten Scheid, O. (2002) Tailor-made fungal toxin. Trends Plant Sci. 7: 196-197. [pdf]

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2001

 

• Ulm, R., Revenkova, E., di Sansebastiano, G-P., Bechtold, N., and Paszkowski, J. (2001) Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase is required for genotoxic stress relief in Arabidopsis. Genes & Dev. 15: 699-709.

 

• Ulm, R. and Mittelsten Scheid, O. (2001) A hairy tale: Glabrous meets Werewolf. Trends Plant Sci. 6: 343. [pdf]

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2000

 

• Ulm, R. and Mittelsten Scheid, O. (2000) A conduit for T-DNA through the plant cell membrane: dig it yourself! Trends Plant Sci. 5: 514. [pdf]

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