Beat Keller

A new role for the Arabidopsis AP2 transcription factor, LEAFY PETIOLE, in gibberellin-induced germination is revealed by the misexpression of a homologous gene, SOB2/DRN-LIKE.

Comparative genomics in the grass family: molecular characterization of grass genome structure and evolution.

Genetic mapping of the Lr20-Pm1 resistance locus reveals suppressed recombination on chromosome arm 7AL in hexaploid wheat.

ACTIN2 is essential for bulge site selection and tip growth during root hair development of Arabidopsis.

The tomato fer gene encoding a bHLH protein controls iron-uptake responses in roots.

The Arabidopsis male-sterile mutant dde2-2 is defective in the ALLENE OXIDE SYNTHASE gene encoding one of the key enzymes of the jasmonic acid biosynthesis pathway.

Activation tagging of the two closely linked genes LEP and VAS independently affects vascular cell number.

Whole-genome comparison of leucine-rich repeat extensins in Arabidopsis and rice. A conserved family of cell wall proteins form a vegetative and a reproductive clade.

Rapid genome divergence at orthologous low molecular weight glutenin loci of the A and Am genomes of wheat.

CACTA transposons in Triticeae. A diverse family of high-copy repetitive elements.

Cytological and molecular analysis of the Hordeum vulgare-Puccinia triticina nonhost interaction.

Map-based isolation of the leaf rust disease resistance gene Lr10 from the hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genome.

Genome analysis at different ploidy levels allows cloning of the powdery mildew resistance gene Pm3b from hexaploid wheat.

In silico comparative analysis reveals a mosaic conservation of genes within a novel colinear region in wheat chromosome 1AS and rice chromosome 5S.

A new structural element containing glycine-rich proteins and rhamnogalacturonan I in the protoxylem of seed plants.

Ancestral genome duplication in rice.

Identification and genetic characterization of an Aegilops tauschii ortholog of the wheat leaf rust disease resistance gene Lr1.

A workshop report on wheat genome sequencing: International Genome Research on Wheat Consortium.

Large intraspecific haplotype variability at the Rph7 locus results from rapid and recent divergence in the barley genome.

Direct targeting and rapid isolation of BAC clones spanning a defined chromosome region.

Ancient haplotypes resulting from extensive molecular rearrangements in the wheat A genome have been maintained in species of three different ploidy levels.

The Arabidopsis root hair mutants der2-der9 are affected at different stages of root hair development.

Specific patterns of changes in wheat gene expression after treatment with three antifungal compounds.

Complex organization and evolution of the tomato pericentromeric region at the FER gene locus.

Map-based isolation of disease resistance genes from bread wheat: cloning in a supersize genome.

Allelic series of four powdery mildew resistance genes at the Pm3 locus in hexaploid bread wheat.

Rapid generation of new powdery mildew resistance genes after wheat domestication.

RNA interference-based gene silencing as an efficient tool for functional genomics in hexaploid bread wheat.

Development of simple sequence repeat markers specific for the Lr34 resistance region of wheat using sequence information from rice and Aegilops tauschii.

Common and distinct gene expression patterns induced by the herbicides 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, cinidon-ethyl and tribenuron-methyl in wheat.

454 sequencing put to the test using the complex genome of barley.

Nuclear activity of MLA immune receptors links isolate-specific and basal disease-resistance responses.

Hypersensitivity reaction against patent blue during sentinel lymph node removal in three melanoma patients.

Comparison of orthologous loci from small grass genomes Brachypodium and rice: implications for wheat genomics and grass genome annotation.

Physical mapping and identification of a candidate for the leaf rust resistance gene Lr1 of wheat.

Genome-wide comparative analysis of copia retrotransposons in Triticeae, rice, and Arabidopsis reveals conserved ancient evolutionary lineages and distinct dynamics of individual copia families.

An integrated molecular linkage map of diploid wheat based on a Triticum boeoticum x T. monococcum RIL population.

Illegitimate recombination is a major evolutionary mechanism for initiating size variation in plant resistance genes.

Leaf rust resistance gene Lr1, isolated from bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a member of the large psr567 gene family.

Contrasting rates of evolution in Pm3 loci from three wheat species and rice.

Mapping of adult plant stripe rust resistance genes in diploid A genome wheat species and their transfer to bread wheat.

Exophytic ulcerated tumors in HIV patients: diagnostic and therapeutic problems.

Independent evolution of functional Pm3 resistance genes in wild tetraploid wheat and domesticated bread wheat.

Down-regulation of gene expression by RNA-induced gene silencing.

Analysis of intraspecies diversity in wheat and barley genomes identifies breakpoints of ancient haplotypes and provides insight into the structure of diploid and hexaploid triticeae gene pools.

A new family of Ty1-copia-like retrotransposons originated in the tomato genome by a recent horizontal transfer event.

The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses.

Formation of supported lipid bilayers on indium tin oxide for dynamically-patterned membrane-functionalized microelectrode arrays.

A putative ABC transporter confers durable resistance to multiple fungal pathogens in wheat.

A whole-genome snapshot of 454 sequences exposes the composition of the barley genome and provides evidence for parallel evolution of genome size in wheat and barley.

Unlocking wheat genetic resources for the molecular identification of previously undescribed functional alleles at the Pm3 resistance locus.

Mapping of quantitative trait Loci for grain iron and zinc concentration in diploid A genome wheat.

Gene-specific markers for the wheat gene Lr34/Yr18/Pm38 which confers resistance to multiple fungal pathogens.

Two different CC-NBS-LRR genes are required for Lr10-mediated leaf rust resistance in tetraploid and hexaploid wheat.

Identification and characterization of a novel host-toxin interaction in the wheat-Stagonospora nodorum pathosystem.

Diversity at the Mla powdery mildew resistance locus from cultivated barley reveals sites of positive selection.

Comparative gene expression analysis of susceptible and resistant near-isogenic lines in common wheat infected by Puccinia triticina.

Wheat gene bank accessions as a source of new alleles of the powdery mildew resistance gene Pm3: a large scale allele mining project.

Patching gaps in plant genomes results in gene movement and erosion of colinearity.

Megabase level sequencing reveals contrasted organization and evolution patterns of the wheat gene and transposable element spaces.

Transgene x environment interactions in genetically modified wheat.

Skin cancers in renal transplant recipients: a description of the renal transplant cohort in Bern.

Intragenic allele pyramiding combines different specificities of wheat Pm3 resistance alleles.

Rapid linkage disequilibrium decay in the Lr10 gene in wild emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides) populations.

Comparative sequence analysis of wheat and barley powdery mildew fungi reveals gene colinearity, dates divergence and indicates host-pathogen co-evolution.

Relationships among the A Genomes of Triticum L. species as evidenced by SSR markers, in Iran.

The wheat Mla homologue TmMla1 exhibits an evolutionarily conserved function against powdery mildew in both wheat and barley.

Lr34 multi-pathogen resistance ABC transporter: molecular analysis of homoeologous and orthologous genes in hexaploid wheat and other grass species.

Transgenic Pm3b wheat lines show resistance to powdery mildew in the field.

Frequent gene movement and pseudogene evolution is common to the large and complex genomes of wheat, barley, and their relatives.

A major invasion of transposable elements accounts for the large size of the Blumeria graminis f.sp. tritici genome.

Ancient diversity of splicing motifs and protein surfaces in the wild emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides) LR10 coiled coil (CC) and leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domains.

Transgenic Pm3 multilines of wheat show increased powdery mildew resistance in the field.

Identification and mapping of two powdery mildew resistance genes in Triticum boeoticum L.

Functional variability of the Lr34 durable resistance gene in transgenic wheat.

Comprehensive functional analyses of expressed sequence tags in common wheat (Triticum aestivum).

Inter-species sequence comparison of Brachypodium reveals how transposon activity corrodes genome colinearity.

Genotype-specific SNP map based on whole chromosome 3B sequence information from wheat cultivars Arina and Forno.

Comparative analysis of genome composition in Triticeae reveals strong variation in transposable element dynamics and nucleotide diversity.

Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry with principal component analysis of titania-blood plasma interfaces.

Recent emergence of the wheat Lr34 multi-pathogen resistance: insights from haplotype analysis in wheat, rice, sorghum and Aegilops tauschii.

Aegilops tauschii draft genome sequence reveals a gene repertoire for wheat adaptation.

The wheat Lr34 gene provides resistance against multiple fungal pathogens in barley.

The wheat powdery mildew genome shows the unique evolution of an obligate biotroph.

Rye Pm8 and wheat Pm3 are orthologous genes and show evolutionary conservation of resistance function against powdery mildew.

Wheat syntenome unveils new evidences of contrasted evolutionary plasticity between paleo- and neoduplicated subgenomes.

A physical map of the short arm of wheat chromosome 1A.

High-resolution analysis of a QTL for resistance to Stagonospora nodorum glume blotch in wheat reveals presence of two distinct resistance loci in the target interval.

Substitutions of two amino acids in the nucleotide-binding site domain of a resistance protein enhance the hypersensitive response and enlarge the PM3F resistance spectrum in wheat.

The physical map of wheat chromosome 1BS provides insights into its gene space organization and evolution.

Sequencing of chloroplast genomes from wheat, barley, rye and their relatives provides a detailed insight into the evolution of the Triticeae tribe.

Three-dimensional modeling and diversity analysis reveals distinct AVR recognition sites and evolutionary pathways in wild and domesticated wheat Pm3 R genes.

Molecular mapping of an adult plant stem rust resistance gene Sr56 in winter wheat cultivar Arina.

Suppression among alleles encoding nucleotide-binding-leucine-rich repeat resistance proteins interferes with resistance in F1 hybrid and allele-pyramided wheat plants.

The powdery mildew resistance gene Pm8 derived from rye is suppressed by its wheat ortholog Pm3.

The environment exerts a greater influence than the transgene on the transcriptome of field-grown wheat expressing the Pm3b allele.

Fine-mapping of a major QTL controlling angular leaf spot resistance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

Marker Assisted Transfer of Two Powdery Mildew Resistance Genes PmTb7A.1 and PmTb7A.2 from Triticum boeoticum (Boiss.) to Triticum aestivum (L.).

The maize disease resistance gene Htn1 against northern corn leaf blight encodes a wall-associated receptor-like kinase.

Fine mapping of powdery mildew resistance genes PmTb7A.1 and PmTb7A.2 in Triticum boeoticum (Boiss.) using the shotgun sequence assembly of chromosome 7AL.

Genetic and molecular characterization of a locus involved in avirulence of Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici on wheat Pm3 resistance alleles.

The wheat resistance gene Lr34 results in the constitutive induction of multiple defense pathways in transgenic barley.

Multiple Avirulence Loci and Allele-Specific Effector Recognition Control the Pm3 Race-Specific Resistance of Wheat to Powdery Mildew.

The wheat durable, multipathogen resistance gene Lr34 confers partial blast resistance in rice.

Hybridization of powdery mildew strains gives rise to pathogens on novel agricultural crop species.

Trapping the intruder - immune receptor domain fusions provide new molecular leads for improving disease resistance in plants.

Avirulence Genes in Cereal Powdery Mildews: The Gene-for-Gene Hypothesis 2.0.

Differentiation Among Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici Isolates Originating from Wild Versus Domesticated Triticum Species in Israel.

Molecular genetics and evolution of disease resistance in cereals.

Fusarium and mycotoxin spectra in Swiss barley are affected by various cropping techniques.

Characterization of Lr75: a partial, broad-spectrum leaf rust resistance gene in wheat.

Rice NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE 2 expression improves dietary iron and zinc levels in wheat.

The durable wheat disease resistance gene Lr34 confers common rust and northern corn leaf blight resistance in maize.

Rapid gene isolation in barley and wheat by mutant chromosome sequencing.

Fine mapping of the chromosome 5B region carrying closely linked rust resistance genes Yr47 and Lr52 in wheat.

AvrPm2 encodes an RNase-like avirulence effector which is conserved in the two different specialized forms of wheat and rye powdery mildew fungus.

Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Powdery Mildew Lineages (Blumeria graminis) at Different Evolutionary Time Scales with NGS Data.

Resistance: Double gain with one gene.

The wheat Lr34 multi-pathogen resistance gene confers resistance to anthracnose and rust in sorghum.