Stem Cell Biology Publications

Key publications

2026 Fan P, Boumpas P, Wenzl C, Ma Y, Poschet G, Zhao J, Greb T, Lohmann JU. WUSCHEL modulates jasmonate signalling to control the balance between growth and defence in the shoot apical meristem. bioRxiv (preprint).

2023 Zeng J, Zhao X, Liang Z, Hidalgo I, Gebert M, Fan P, Wenzl C, Gornik SG, Lohmann JU. Nitric Oxide controls shoot meristem activity via regulation of DNA methylation. Nature Communications.

2020 Sloan J, Hakenjos JP, Gebert M, Gumiero A, Stier G, Wild K, Sinning I, Lohmann JU. Structural basis for the complex DNA-binding behavior of the plant stem-cell regulator WUSCHEL. Nature Communications.

2019 Ma Y, Miotk A, Šutiković Z, Ermakova O, Wenzl C, Medzihradszky A, Gaillochet C, Forner J, Utan G, Brackmann K, Galván-Ampudia CS, Vernoux T, Greb T, Lohmann JU. WUSCHEL acts as an auxin response rheostat to maintain apical stem cells in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications.

2016 Pfeiffer A, Janocha D, Dong Y, Medzihradszky A, Schöne S, Daum G, Suzaki T, Forner J, Langenecker T, Rempel E, Schmid M, Wirtz M, Hell R, Lohmann JU. Integration of light and metabolic signals for stem cell activation at the shoot apical meristem. eLife.

2010 Zhao Z, Andersen SU, Ljung K, Doležal K, Miotk A, Schultheiss SJ, Lohmann JU. Hormonal control of the shoot stem-cell niche. Nature.

2005 Leibfried A, To JPC, Busch W, Stehling S, Kehle A, Demar M, Kieber JJ, Lohmann JU. WUSCHEL controls meristem function by direct regulation of cytokinin-inducible response regulators. Nature.

2005  Schmid M, Davison TS, Henz SR, Pape UJ, Demar M, Vingron M, Schölkopf B, Weigel D, Lohmann JU. A gene expression map of Arabidopsis thaliana development. Nature Genetics.

2001 Lohmann JU, Hong RL, Hobe M, Busch MA, Parcy F, Simon R, Weigel D. A molecular link between stem cell regulation and floral patterning in Arabidopsis. Cell.