Publications

Arndt, L.C., Heine S., Wendt, L., Wegele, E., Schomerus, J.T., Schulze, J., Hehl. R. (2022) Genomic distribution and context dependent functionality of novel WRKY transcription factor binding sites. BMC Genomics, 23: 673

Hammadeh, H.H., Serrano, A., Wernet, V., Stomberg, N., Hellmeier, D., Weichert, M., Brandt, U., Sieg, B., Kanofsky, K., Hehl, R., Fischer, R., Fleißner, A. (2022) A dialog-like cell communication mechanism is conserved in filamentous ascomycete fungi and mediates interspecies interactions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.119 (12):e2112518119 

Kanofsky, K., J. Rusche, L. Eilert, F. Machens, R. Hehl. (2021) Unusual DNA binding properties of the Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY50 transcription factor at target gene promoters.  Plant Cell Reports, 40:69-83 

Kanofsky, K., J. Riggers, M. Staar, C. J. Strauch, L. C. Arndt, R. Hehl. (2019) A strong NF-kB p65 reponsive cis-regulatory sequence from Arabidopsis thaliana interacts with WRKY40. Plant Cell Reports, 38:1139-1150

Kanofsky, K., C. J. Strauch, A. Sandmann, A. Möller, R. Hehl. (2018) Transcription factors involved in basal immunity in mammals and plants interact with the same MAMP-responsive cis-sequence from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology, 98:565-578.

Hehl, R. (2017) From experiment-driven database analyses to database-driven experiments in Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factor research. Plant Science, 262:141-147.

Kanofsky, K., A.-K. Bahlmann, R. Hehl, D. X. Dong. (2017) Combinatorial requirement of W- and WT-boxes in microbe-associated molecular pattern-responsive synthetic promoters. Plant Cell Reports, 36:971-986

Hehl, R. ed. (2016) Plant Synthetic Promoters. In: Methods in Molecular Biology. Vol. 1482. 325 pages. Springer Science+Business Media, New York.

Kanofsky, K., M. Lehmeyer, J. Schulze, R. Hehl. (2016) Analysis of microbe-associated molecular pattern-responsive synthetic promoters with the parsley protoplast system. In: Plant Synthetic Promoters. Hehl R. ed. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1482:163-174

Bülow, L., R. Hehl. (2016) Bioinformatic identification of conserved cis-sequences in coregulated genes. In: Plant Synthetic Promoters. Hehl R. ed. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1482:233-245

Bolívar, J., R. Hehl, L. Bülow. (2016) In Silico expression analysis. In: Plant Synthetic Promoters. Hehl R. ed. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1482:247-257

Lehmeyer, M., E. K. R. Hanko, L. Roling, L. Gonzalez, M. Wehrs, R. Hehl. (2016) A cis-regulatory sequence from a short intergenic region gives rise to a strong microbe-associated molecular pattern-responsive synthetic promoter. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 291:1155-1165

Hehl, R., L. Norval, A. Romanov, L. Bülow. (2016) Boosting AthaMap database content with data from protein binding microarrays. Plant and Cell Physiology, 57:e4

Lehmeyer, M., K. Kanofsky, E. K. R. Hanko, S. Ahrendt, M. Wehrs, F. Machens, R. Hehl. (2016) Functional dissection of a strong and specific microbe-associated molecular pattern-responsive synthetic promoter. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 14:61-71

Hehl, R., L. Bülow (2014) Athamap web tools for the analysis of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. In: Plant Circadian Networks. Staiger D. ed. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1158:139-156

Dubos, C., Z. Kelemen, A. Sebastian, L. Bülow, G. Huep, W. Xu, D. Grain, F. Salsac, C. Brousse, L. Lepiniec, B. Weisshaar, B. Contreras-Moreira, R. Hehl (2014) Integrating bioinformatic resources to predict transcription factors interacting with cis-sequences conserved in co-regulated genes. BMC Genomics, 15:317

Bolívar, J. C., F. Machens, Y. Brill, A. Romanov, L. Bülow, R. Hehl (2014) 'In silico expression analysis', a novel PathoPlant web-tool to identify abiotic and biotic stress conditions associated with specific cis-regulatory sequences. Database (Oxford), 2014:bau030

Machens, F., M. Becker, F. Umrath, R. Hehl. (2014) Identification of a novel type of WRKY transcription factor binding site in elicitor-responsive cis-sequences from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology, 84:371-385

Niemeyer, J., J. Ruhe, F. Machens, D. J. Stahl, R. Hehl. (2014) Inducible expression of p50 from TMV for increased resistance to bacterial crown gall disease in tobacco. Plant Molecular Biology, 84:111-123

Hehl, R., J. C. Bolívar, J. Koschmann, Y. Brill, L. Bülow. (2013) Databases and web-tools for gene expression analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana. In: Advances in Genome Science: Probing intracellular regulation (Volume 2). Neri C, ed. Bentham eBooks.

Niemeyer, J., J. Ruhe, F. Machens, R. Hehl. (2013) Differential expression of the TMV resistance gene N prevents a hypersensitive response in seeds and during germination. Planta, 237:909-915

Koschmann, J., F. Machens, M. Becker, J. Niemeyer, J. Schulze, L. Bülow, D. J. Stahl, R. Hehl (2012) Integration of bioinformatics and synthetic promoters leads to the discovery of novel elicitor-responsive cis-regulatory sequences in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 160:178-191

Bülow, L., J. C. Bolívar, J. Ruhe, Y. Brill, R. Hehl (2012) 'MicroRNA Targets', A new AthaMap web-tool for genome-wide identification of miRNA targets in Arabidopsis thaliana. BioData Mining, 5:7

Niemeyer, J., F. Machens, E. Fornefeld, J. Keller-Hüschemenger, R. Hehl (2011) Factors required for the high CO2 specificity of the anaerobically induced maize GapC4 promoter in transgenic tobacco. Plant Cell & Environment, 34:220-229

Bülow, L., Y. Brill, R. Hehl (2010) AthaMap-assisted transcription factor target gene identification in Arabidopsis thaliana. Database (Oxford), 2010:baq034

Lisson, R., J. Hellert, M. Ringleb, F. Machens, J. Kraus, R. Hehl (2010) Alternative splicing of the maize Ac transposase transcript in transgenic sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). Plant Molecular Biology, 74:19-32

Bülow, L., S. Engelmann, M. Schindler, R. Hehl (2009) AthaMap, integrating transcriptional and post-transcriptional data. Nucleic Acids Research, 37:D983-986

Hehl, R., L. Bülow (2008) Internet resources for gene expression analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Genomics, 9:375-380

Rotthues, A., J. Kappler, A. Lichtfuß, D. U. Kloos, D. J. Stahl, R. Hehl (2008) Post-harvest regulated gene expression and splicing efficiency in storage roots of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). Planta, 227:1321-1332

Hehl, R. (2008) AthaMap, a Database for the Identification and Analysis of Transcription Factor Binding Sites in the Arabidopsis thaliana Genome. In: The Handbook of Plant Functional Genomics: Concepts and Protocols. Kahl G, and Meksem K, eds., (Wiley and Sons Ltd.) pp 337-346

Galuschka, C., M. Schindler, L. Bülow, R. Hehl (2007) AthaMap web tools for the analysis and identification of co-regulated genes. Nucleic Acids Research, 35:D857-D862

Bülow, L., M. Schindler, R. Hehl (2007) PathoPlant: a platform for microarray expression data to analyze co-regulated genes involved in plant defense responses. Nucleic Acids Research, 35:D841-D845

Oltmanns, H., D. U. Kloos, W. Brieß, M. Pflugmacher, D. J. Stahl, R. Hehl (2006) Taproot promoters cause tissue specific gene expression within the storage root of sugar beet. Planta, 224:485-495

Bülow L., N. O. Steffens, C., Galuschka, M. Schindler, R. Hehl (2006) AthaMap: from in silico data to real transcription factor binding sites. In Silico Biology, 6:243-252

Hehl, R., J. Grohmann, S. Fuljahn, R.R. Mendel, R. Cerff, R. Hänsch (2005) Genetic approaches to investigate the high CO2 response of plants during soil flooding. Recent Research Developments in Soil Science, 1:37-49

Steffens, N. O., C. Galuschka, M. Schindler, L. Bülow, R. Hehl (2005) AthaMap web tools for database-assisted identification of combinatorial cis-regulatory elements and the display of highly conserved transcription factor binding sites in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Research, 33:W397-W402

Sell, S., R. Hehl (2005) A fifth member of the tomato 1-aminocyclopropane- 1-carboxylic acid (ACC) oxidase gene family harbours a leucine zipper and is anaerobically induced. DNA Sequence, 16:80-82

Stahl, D. J., D. U. Kloos, R. Hehl (2004) A sugar beet chlorophyll a/b binding protein promoter void of G-box like elements confers strong and leaf specific reporter gene expression in transgenic sugar beet. BMC Biotechnology, 4:31

Sell, S., R. Hehl (2004) Functional dissection of a small anaerobically induced bZIP transcription factor from tomato. European Journal of Biochemistry, 271:4534-4544

Bülow, L., M. Schindler, C. Choi, R. Hehl (2004) PathoPlant: A database on plant-pathogen interactions. In Silico Biology, 4:529-536

Hehl, R., N. O. Steffens, E. Wingender (2004) Isolation and analysis of gene regulatory sequences. In: Handbook of Plant Biotechnology, Klee H, and Christou P, eds., (Wiley and Sons Ltd.), pp. 81-102.

Steffens, N. O., C. Galuschka, M. Schindler, L. Bülow, R. Hehl (2004) AthaMap, an online resource for in silico transcription factor binding sites in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Nucleic Acids Research, 32:D368-372

Hänsch, R., T. Kurz, J. Schulze, R. R. Mendel, R. Cerff, R. Hehl (2003) Anaerobic induction of the maize GapC4 promoter in poplar leaves requires light and high CO2. Planta, 218:79-88

Matys, V., E. Fricke, R. Geffers, E. Gößling, M. Haubrock, R. Hehl, K. Hornischer, D. Karas, A. E. Kel, O. V. Kel-Margoulis, D.-U. Kloos, S. Land, B. Lewicki-Potapov, H. Michael, R. Münch, I. Reuter, S. Rotert, H. Saxel, M. Scheer, S. Thiele, E. Wingender (2003) TRANSFAC®: transcriptional regulation, from patterns to profiles. Nucleic Acids Research, 31:374-378

Hänsch, R., R. R. Mendel, R. Cerff, R. Hehl (2003) Light dependent anaerobic induction of the maize GapC4 promoter in Arabidopsis thaliana and tobacco. Annals of Botany, 91:149-154

Kaiser, A., S. Sell, R. Hehl (2002) Heterologous expression of a bacterial homospermidine synthase gene in transgenic tobacco: effects on the polyamine pathway. Archiv der Pharmazie, 335:143-151

Kloos, D. U., H. Oltmanns, C. Dock, D. Stahl, R. Hehl (2002) Isolation and molecular analysis of six taproot expressed genes from sugar beet. Journal of Experimental Botany, 53:1533-1534

Geffers, R., S. Sell, R. Cerff, R. Hehl (2001) The TATA box and a Myb binding site are essential for anaerobic expression of a maize GapC4 minimal promoter in tobacco. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1521:120-125

Hehl, R., E. Wingender (2001) Database-assisted promoter analysis. Trends in Plant Science, 6:251-255

Wingender E., X. Chen, E. Fricke, R. Geffers, R. Hehl, I. Liebich, M. Krull, V. Matys, H. Michael, R. Ohnhäuser, M. Prüß, F. Schacherer, S. Thiele, S. Urbach (2001) The TRANSFAC system on gene expression regulation. Nucleic Acids Research, 29:281-283

Schiemann, J., A. Weber, U. Commandeur, M. Knoblauch, A. van Bel, R. Fischer, D. Prüfer, L. Hausmann, R. Töpfer, R. Hehl, R. Luehrs, M. Reichmann, E. Tacke (2000). Minimizing transgenic DNA while maximizing function. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on The Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms, Fairbairn C, Scoles G, and McHughen A, eds. (Saskatoon, Canada, University Extension Press, University of Saskatchewan), pp. 131-145.

Geffers, R., R. Cerff, R. Hehl (2000) Anaerobiosis-specific interaction of tobacco nuclear factors with cis-regulatory sequences in the maize GapC4 promoter. Plant Molecular Biology, 43:11-21

Wingender E., Chen X., Hehl R., Karas H., Liebich I., Matys V., Meinhardt T., Prüß M., Reuter I., F. Schacherer (2000) TRANSFAC: an integrated system for gene expression regulation. Nucleic Acids Research, 28:316-319

Bülow, L., U. Köhler, R. Cerff, R. Hehl, K. Düring (1999) Induction of the maize GapC4 promoter in transgenic potato under anaerobiosis and in Erwinia carotovora - inoculated tuber tissue. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 12:182-188

Hehl, R., E. Faurie, J. Hesselbach, F. Salamini, S. Whitham, B. Baker, C. Gebhardt (1999) TMV resistance gene N homologs are linked to Synchytrium endobioticum resistance in potato. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 98:379-386

Köhler, U., R. R. Mendel, R. Cerff, R. Hehl (1996) A promoter for strong and ubiquitous anaerobic gene expression in tobacco. The Plant Journal, 10:175-183

Köhler, U., M. Donath, R. R. Mendel, R. Cerff, R. Hehl (1996) Intron specific stimulation of anaerobic gene expression and splicing efficiency in maize cells. Molecular and General Genetics, 251:252-258

Röver, M., A. Matzk, B. Baker, J. Schiemann, R. Hehl (1996) Inhibition of CAT enzyme activity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Tissue & Organ Culture, 45:31-36

Köhler, U., M.-F. Liaud, R. R. Mendel, R. Cerff, R. Hehl (1995) The maize GapC4 promoter confers anaerobic reporter gene expression and shows homology to the maize anthocyanin regulatory locus C1. Plant Molecular Biology, 29:1293-1298

Dinesh-Kumar, S. P., S. Whitham, D. Choi, R. Hehl, C. Corr, B. Baker (1995) Transposon tagging of tobacco mosaic virus resistance gene N: Its possible role in the TMV-N-mediated signal transduction pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 92:4175-4180

Baker, B., S. P. Dinesh-Kumar, D. Choi, R. Hehl, C. Corr, S. Whitham (1994) Isolation of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Resistance Gene N. In: Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions (M. Daniels, J. Downie, A. Osbourn eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vol. 3, pp. 297-302.

Hehl, R. (1994) Transposon tagging in heterologous host plants. Trends in Genetics, 10:385-386

Whitham S., S.P. Dinesh-Kumar, D. Choi, R. Hehl, C. Corr, B. Baker (1994) The product of the tobacco mosaic virus resistance gene N: Similarity to Toll and the Interleukin 1 receptor. Cell, 78:1101 -1115

Osborne B. I., C. A. Corr, J. P. Prince, R. Hehl, S.D. Tanksley, S. McCormick, B. Baker (1991) Ac transposition from a T-DNA can generate linked and unlinked clusters of insertions in the tomato genome. Genetics, 129:833-844

Hehl R., W. K. F. Nacken, A. Krause, H. Saedler, H. Sommer (1991) Structural analysis of Tam3, a transposable element from Antirrhinum majus, reveals homologies to the Ac element from maize. Plant Molecular Biology, 16:369-371

Hehl R., B. Baker (1990) Towards transposon tagging of the TMV resistance gene N using Activator in transgenic tobacco. Maize Genet. Coop. News Lett., 64:3

Hehl R., B. Baker (1990) Properties of the maize transposable element Activator in transgenic tobacco: a versatile inter-species genetic tool. The Plant Cell, 2:709-721

Hehl R., B. Baker (1989) Continuous transposition of the maize Ac element in four generations of transgenic tobacco. Maize Genet. Coop. News Lett., 63:3

Hehl R., B. Baker (1989) Induced transposition of Ds by a stable Ac in crosses of transgenic tobacco plants. Molecular and General Genetics, 217:53-59

Baker B., R. Hehl (1989) A novel strategy using Ac and Ds for transposon tagging in heterologous plants. In: Lamb, C., Beachy, R. (eds) Plant Gene Transfer. UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, 129. Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY.

Sommer H., R. Hehl, E. Krebbers, R. Piotrowiak, W.-E. Lönnig, H. Saedler (1988) Transposable elements of Antirrhinum majus. In: Nelson O. (ed) Plant transposable elements, pp 227-235 Plenum Press. New York and London

Baker B., G. Coupland, R. Hehl, N. Fedoroff, H. Lörz, P. Czernilofsky, P. Starlinger, J. Schell (1988) Transposition of Ac in tobacco. In: Nelson O. (ed) Plant transposable elements, pp 161-174. Plenum Press. New York and London

Krebbers E., R. Hehl, R. Piotrowiak, W.-E. Lönnig, H. Sommer, H. Saedler (1987) Molecular analysis of paramutant plants of Antirrhinum majus and the involvement of transposable elements. Molecular and General Genetics, 209:499-507

Hehl R., H. Sommer, H. Saedler (1987) Interaction between the Tam1 and Tam2 transposable elements of Antirrhinum majus. Molecular and General Genetics, 207:47-53

Sommer H., E. Krebbers, R. Piotrowiak, U. Bonas, R. Hehl, H. Saedler (1985) Transposable elements of Antirrhinum majus. In: M Freeling (ed) Plant Genetics, pp 433-444. Alan R. Liss, Inc. New York, NY

Hehl R., N. S. Shepherd, H. Saedler (1985) DNA sequence homology among members of the Cin1 repetitive DNA family in maize and teosinte. Maydica, XXX: 199-207