Publications of Ralph Bock

Journal Article (248)

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Wu, X.-X.; Li, F.; Zhu, C.; Sun, S.-Y.; Mu, W.-H.; Ruf, S.; Bock, R.; Zhang, Y.; Zhou, F.: Protocol for the purification of the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase from transplastomic tobacco plants. STAR Protocols 6 (1), 103528 (2025)
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Li, B.; Armarego-Marriott, T.; Kowalewska, Ł.; Thiele, W.; Erban, A.; Ruf, S.; Kopka, J.; Schöttler, M. A.; Bock, R.: Membrane protein provision controls prothylakoid biogenesis in tobacco etioplasts. The Plant Cell 36 (12), pp. 4862 - 4880 (2024)
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Ebert, A.; Alseekh, S.; D´Andrea, L.; Roessner, U.; Bock, R.; Kopka, J.: Detailed Profiling of 17-Hydroxygeranyllinalool Diterpene Glycosides from Nicotiana Species Reveals Complex Reaction Networks of Conjugation Isomers. Metabolites 14 (10), 562 (2024)
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Rolo, D.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Thiele, W.; Schöttler, M. A.; Gerlach, I.; Zoschke, R.; Schwartzmann, J.; Meyer, E. H.; Bock, R.: CO-EXPRESSED WITH PSI ASSEMBLY1 (CEPA1) is a photosystem I assembly factor in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 36 (10), pp. 4179 - 4211 (2024)
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Chung, K. P.; Frieboese, D.; Waltz, F.; Engel, B.D.; Bock, R.: Identification and characterization of the COPII vesicle-forming GTPase Sar1 in Chlamydomonas. Plant Direct 8 (6), e614 (2024)
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Hammel, A.; Cucos, L.-M.; Caras, I.; Ionescu, I.; Tucureanu, C.; Tofan, V.; Costache, A.; Onu, A.; Hoepfner, L.; Hippler, M. et al.; Neupert, J.; Popescu, C.-I.; Stavaru, C.; Branza-Nichita, N.; Bock, R.: The red alga Porphyridium as a host for molecular farming: Efficient production of immunologically active hepatitis C virus glycoprotein. PNAS 121 (24), e2400145121 (2024)
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Jiang, C.; Fu, J.; Li, F.; Xia, K.; Li, S.; Chang, L.; Bock, R.; Zhang, J.: Plastid engineering with an efficient RNAi delivery system based on bacteriophage MS2 virus-like particles enhances plant resistance to cotton bollworm. Molecular Plant 17 (7), pp. 987 - 989 (2024)
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Dai, G.; Song, W.; Xu, H.; Tu, M.; Yu, C.; Li, Z.; Shang, J.; Jin, C.; Ding, C.; Zuo, L. et al.; Liu, Y.; Yan, W.; Zang, S.; Liu, K.; Zhang, Z.; Bock, R.; Qiu, B.: Hypothetical chloroplast reading frame 51 encodes a photosystem I assembly factor in cyanobacteria. Plant Cell 36 (5), pp. 1844 - 1867 (2024)
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Krämer, C.; Boehm, C.R.; Liu, J.; Ting, M. K. Y.; Hertle, A. P.; Forner, J.; Ruf, S.; Schöttler, M. A.; Zoschke, R.; Bock, R.: Removal of the large inverted repeat from the plastid genome reveals gene dosage effects and leads to increased genome copy number. Nature Plants 10, pp. 923 - 935 (2024)
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Xu, W.; Li, S.; Bock, R.; Zhang, J.: A heat-inducible expression system for external control of gene expression in plastids. Plant Biotechnology Journal 22 (4), pp. 960 - 969 (2024)
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Tóth, D.; Kuntam, S.; Ferenczi, Á.; Vidal-Meireles, A.; Kovács, L.; Wang, L.; Sarkadi, Z.; Migh, E.; Szentmihályi, K.; Tengölics, R. et al.; Neupert, J.; Bock, R.; Jonikas, M. C.; Molnar, A.; Tóth, S. Z.: Chloroplast phosphate transporter CrPHT4-7 regulates phosphate homeostasis and photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas. Plant Physiology 194 (3), pp. 1646 - 1661 (2024)
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Yan, M.; Li, M.; Wang, Y.; Wang, X.; Moeinzadeh, M.-H.; Quispe-Huamanquispe, D. G.; Fan, W.; Fang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Nie, H. et al.; Wang, Z.; Tanaka, A.; Heider, B.; Kreuze, J. F.; Gheysen, G.; Wang, H.; Vingron, M.; Bock, R.; Yang, J.: Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato. Molecular Plant 17 (2), pp. 277 - 296 (2024)
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Hammel, A.; Neupert, J.; Bock, R.: Optimized transgene expression in the red alga Porphyridium purpureum and efficient recombinant protein secretion into the culture medium. Plant Molecular Biology 114 (1), 18 (2024)
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Loiacono, F.V.; Bock, R.: An RNA polymerase that became a Swiss army knife. Cell 187 (5), pp. 1106 - 1108 (2024)
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Keller, J.-M.; Frieboes, M. J.; Jödecke, L.; Kappel, S.; Wulff, N.; Rindfleisch, T.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Gerlach, I.; Thiele, W.; Bock, R. et al.; Eirich, J.; Finkemeier, I.; Schünemann, D.; Zoschke, R.; Schöttler, M. A.; Armbruster, U.: Eukaryote-specific assembly factor DEAP2 mediates an early step of photosystem II assembly in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 193 (3), pp. 1970 - 1986 (2023)
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Chung, K. P.; Loiacono, F.V.; Neupert, J.; Wu, M.; Bock, R.: An RNA thermometer in the chloroplast genome of Chlamydomonas facilitates temperature-controlled gene expression. Nucleic Acids Research 51 (20), pp. 11386 - 11400 (2023)
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Forner, J.; Kleinschmidt, D.; Meyer, E. H.; Gremmels, J.; Morbitzer, R.; Lahaye, T.; Schöttler, M. A.; Bock, R.: Targeted knockout of a conserved plant mitochondrial gene by genome editing. Nature Plants 9, pp. 1818 - 1831 (2023)
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Geng, R.; Pang, X.; Li, X.; Shi, S.; Hedtke, B.; Grimm, B.; Bock, R.; Huang, J.; Zhou, W.: PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH8 interacts with tetrapyrrole biosynthesis enzymes and ClpC1 to maintain homeostasis of tetrapyrrole metabolites in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 238 (6), pp. 2545 - 2560 (2023)
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Smirnova, J.; Loerke, J.; Kleinau, G.; Schmidt, A.; Bürger, J.; Meyer, E. H.; Mielke, T.; Scheerer, P.; Bock, R.; Spahn, C. M. T. et al.; Zoschke, R.: Structure of the actively translating plant 80S ribosome at 2.2 Å resolution. Nature Plants 9, pp. 987 - 1000 (2023)
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Ghandour, R.; Gao, Y.; Laskowski, J.; Barahimipour, R.; Ruf, S.; Bock, R.; Zoschke, R.: Transgene insertion into the plastid genome alters expression of adjacent native chloroplast genes at the transcriptional and translational levels. Plant Biotechnology Journal 21 (4), pp. 711 - 725 (2023)
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Strand, D.; Karcher, D.; Ruf, S.; Schadach, A.; Schöttler, M. A.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Hall, D.; Kramer, D. M.; Bock, R.: Characterization of mutants deficient in N-terminal phosphorylation of the chloroplast ATP synthase subunit β. Plant Physiology 191 (3), pp. 1818 - 1835 (2023)
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Vidal-Meireles, A.; Kuntam, S.; Széles, E.; Tóth, D.; Neupert, J.; Bock, R.; Tóth, S. Z.: The lifetime of the oxygen-evolving complex subunit PSBO depends on light intensity and carbon availability in Chlamydomonas. Plant, Cell and Environment 46 (2), pp. 422 - 439 (2023)
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Wu, M.; Zhang, Q.; Dong, Y.; Wang, Z.; Zhan, W.; Ke, Z.; Li, S.; He, L.; Ruf, S.; Bock, R. et al.; Zhang, J.: Transplastomic tomatoes expressing double-stranded RNA against a conserved gene are efficiently protected from multiple spider mites. New Phytologist 237 (4), pp. 1363 - 1373 (2023)
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Chung, K. P.; Gonzalez-Duran, E.; Ruf, S.; Endries, P.; Bock, R.: Control of plastid inheritance by environmental and genetic factors. Nature Plants 9, pp. 68 - 80 (2023)
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Gonzalez-Duran, E.; Bock, R.: Chilling stress and loss of an exonuclease lead to biparental inheritance of plastids. Nature Plants 9, pp. 9 - 10 (2023)
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Loiacono, F.V.; Walther, D.; Seeger, S.; Thiele, W.; Gerlach, I.; Karcher, D.; Schöttler, M. A.; Zoschke, R.; Bock, R.: Emergence of novel RNA editing sites by changes in the binding affinity of a conserved PPR protein. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39 (12), msac222 (2022)
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Tan, J.; Forner, J.; Karcher, D.; Bock, R.: DNA base editing in nuclear and organellar genomes. Trends in Genetics 38 (11), pp. 1147 - 1169 (2022)
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Hölscher, M.; Forner, J.; Calderone, S.; Krämer, C.; Taylor, Z.; Loiacono, F.V.; Agrawal, S.; Karcher, D.; Moratti, F. G.; Kroop, X. et al.; Bock, R.: Expression strategies for the efficient synthesis of antimicrobial peptides in plastids. Nature Communications 13, 5856 (2022)
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Steinhorst, L.; He, G.; Moore, L. K.; Schültke, S.; Schmitz-Thom, I.; Cao, Y.; Hashimoto, K.; Andrés, Z.; Piepenburg, K.; Ragel, P. et al.; Behera, S.; Almutairi, B. O.; Batistič, O.; Wyganowski, T.; Köster, P.; Edel, K. H.; Zhang, C.; Krebs, M.; Jiang, C.; Guo, Y.; Quintero, F. J.; Bock, R.; Kudla, J.: A Ca2+-sensor switch for tolerance to elevated salt stress in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell 57 (17), pp. 2081 - 2094 (2022)
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Wei, S.; Li, X.; Lu, Z.; Zhang, H.; Ye, X.; Zhou, Y.; Li, J.; Yan, Y.; Pei, H.; Duan, F. et al.; Wang, D.; Chen, S.; Wang, P.; Zhang, C.; Shang, L.; Zhou, Y.; Yan, P.; Zhao, M.; Huang, J.; Bock, R.; Qian, Q.; Zhou, W.: A transcriptional regulator that boosts grain yields and shortens the growth duration of rice. Science 377, 6604 (2022)
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Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Rolo, D.; Ghandour, R.; Hertle, A. P.; Armarego-Marriott, T.; Sampathkumar, A.; Zoschke, R.; Bock, R.: De-etiolation-induced protein 1 (DEIP1) mediates assembly of the cytochrome b6f complex in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications 13 (1), 4045 (2022)
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Dong, Y.; Wu, M.; Zhang, Q.; Fu, J.; Loiacono, F.V.; Yang, Y.; Wang, Z.; Li, S.; Chang, L.; Bock, R. et al.; Zhang, J.: Control of a sap-sucking insect pest by plastid-mediated RNA interference. Molecular Plant 15 (7), pp. 1176 - 1191 (2022)
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Fu, J.; Xu, S.; Lu, H.; Li, F.; Li, S.; Chang, L.; Heckel, D. G.; Bock, R.; Zhang, J.: Resistance to RNA interference by plant-derived double-stranded RNAs but not plant-derived short interfering RNAs in Helicoverpa armigera. Plant, Cell and Environment 45 (6), pp. 1930 - 1941 (2022)
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Wu, M.; Dong, Y.; Zhang, Q.; Li, S.; Chang, L.; Loiacono, F.V.; Ruf, S.; Zhang, I.; Bock, R.: Efficient control of western flower thrips by plastid-mediated RNA interference. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (15), e2120081119 (2022)
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Bock, R.: Transplastomic approaches for metabolic engineering. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 66, 102185 (2022)
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Forner, J.; Kleinschmidt, D.; Meyer, E. H.; Fischer, A.; Morbitzer, R.; Lahaye, T.; Schöttler, M. A.; Bock, R.: Targeted introduction of heritable point mutations into the plant mitochondrial genome. Nature Plants 8, pp. 245 - 256 (2022)
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Chen, Q.; Shen, P.; Bock, R.; Li, S.; Zhang, J.: Comprehensive analysis of plastid gene expression during fruit development and ripening of kiwifruit. Plant Cell Reports 41, pp. 1103 - 1114 (2022)
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Gao, Y.; Thiele, W.; Saleh, O.; Scossa, F.; Aarabi, F.; Zhang, H.; Sampathkumar, A.; Kühn, K.; Fernie, A. R.; Bock, R. et al.; Schöttler, M. A.; Zoschke, R.: Chloroplast translational regulation uncovers nonessential photosynthesis genes as key players in plant cold acclimation. Plant Cell 34 (5), pp. 2056 - 2079 (2022)
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David, Z.; Swart, C.; Graf, A.; Arrivault, S.; Tillich, M.; Proost, S.; Nikoloski, Z.; Stitt, M.; Bock, R.; Mühlhaus, M. et al.; Boulouis, A.: Topology of the redox network during induction of photosynthesis as revealed by time-resolved proteomics in tobacco. Science Advances 7 (51), eabi8307 (2021)
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Frusciante, S.; Demurtas, O. C.; Sulli, M.; Mini, P.; Aprea, G.; Diretto, G.; Karcher, D.; Bock, R.; Giuliano, G.: Heterologous expression of Bixa orellana cleavage dioxygenase 4–3 drives crocin but not bixin biosynthesis. Plant Physiology 188 (3), pp. 1469 - 1482 (2021)
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Agrawal, S.; Karcher, D.; Ruf, S.; Erban, A.; Hertle, A. P.; Kopka, J.; Bock, R.: Riboswitch-mediated inducible expression of an astaxanthin biosynthetic operon in plastids. Plant Physiology 118 (1), pp. 637 - 652 (2021)
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He, W.; Baysal, C.; Lobato Gómez, M.; Huang, X.; Alvarez, D.; Zhu, C.; Armario-Najera, V.; Blanco Perera, A.; Cerda Bennaser, P.; Saba-Mayoral, A. et al.; Sobrino-Mengual, G.; Vargheese, A.; Abranches, R.; Abreu, I. A.; Balamurugan, S.; Bock, R.; Buyel, J. F.; Cunha, N. B. d.; Daniell, H.; Faller, R.; Folgado, A.; Gowtham, I.; Häkkinen, S. T.; Shashi, K.; Ramalingam, S. K.; Lacorte, C.; Lomonossoff, G. P.; Luís, I. M.; K.-C. Ma, J.; McDonald, K. A.; Murad, A.; Nandi, S.; O’Keef, B.; Parthiban, S.; Paul, M. J.; Ponndorf, D.; Rech, E.; Rodrigues, J. C.M.; Ruf, S.; Schillberg, S.; Schwestka, J.; Shah, P. S.; Singh, R.; Stoger, E.; Twyman, R. M.; Varghese, I. P.; Vianna, G. R.; Webster, G.; Wilbers, R. H.P.; Christou, P.; Oksman-Caldentey, K.-M.; Capell, T.: Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against infectious diseases in humans – part 2: affordable drugs in edible plants for endemic and re-emerging diseases. Plant Biotechnology Journal 19 (10), pp. 1921 - 1936 (2021)
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Lobato Gómez, M.; Huang, X.; Alvarez, D.; He, W.; Baysal, C.; Zhu, C.; Armario-Najera, V.; Blanco Perera, A.; Cerda Bennasser, P.; Saba-Mayoral, A. et al.; Sobrino-Mengual, G.; Vargheese, A.; Abranches, R.; Abreu, I. A.; Balamurugan, S.; Bock, R.; Buyel, J.F.; da Cunha; B, N.; Daniell, H.; Faller, R.; Folgado, A.; Gowtham, I.; Häkkinen, S.; Shashi, K.; Kumar Ramalingam, S.; Lacorte, C.; Lomonossoff, G. P.; Luís, I. M.; Ma, J. K.-C.; McDonald, K. A.; Murad, A.; Nandi, S.; O’Keef, B.; Oksman-Caldentey, K.-M.; Parthiban, S.; Paul, M.; Ponndorf, D.; Rech, E.; Rodrigues, J. C.M.; Ruf, S.; Schillberg, S.; Schwestka, J.; Shah, P. S.; Singh, R.; Stoger, E.; Twyman, R. M.; Varghese, I. P.; Vianna, G. R.; Webster, G.; Wilbers, R. H.P.; Capell, T.; Christou, P.: Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against human infectious diseases – part 1: epidemic and pandemic diseases. Plant Biotechnology Journal 19 (10), pp. 1901 - 1920 (2021)
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Zupok, A.; Kozul, D.; Schöttler, M. A.; Niehörster, J.; Garbsch, F.; Liere, K.; Fischer, A.; Zoschke, R.; Malinova, I.; Bock, R. et al.; Greiner, S.: A photosynthesis operon in the chloroplast genome drives speciation in evening primroses. The Plant Cell 33 (8), pp. 2583 - 2601 (2021)
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Dobrica, M.-O.; van Eerde, A.; Tucureanu, C.; Onu, A.; Paruch, L.; Caras, I.; Vlase, E.; Steen, H.; Haugslien, S.; Alonzi, D. et al.; Zitzmann, N.; Bock, R.; Dubuisson, J.; Popescu, C.-I.; Stavaru, C.; Liu Clarke, J.; Branza-Nichita, N.: Hepatitis C virus E2 envelope glycoprotein produced in Nicotiana benthamiana triggers humoral response with virus-neutralizing activity in vaccinated mice. Plant Biotechnology Journal 19 (10), pp. 2027 - 2039 (2021)
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Wu, G.; Bock, R.: GUN control in retrograde signaling: How GENOMES UNCOUPLED proteins adjust nuclear gene expression to plastid biogenesis. The Plant Cell 33 (3), pp. 457 - 574 (2021)
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Malinova, I.; Zupok, A.; Massouh, A.; Schöttler, M. A.; Meyer, E. H.; Yaneva-Roder, L.; Szymanski, W. G.; Rößner, M.; Ruf, S.; Bock, R. et al.; Greiner, S.: Correction of Frameshift Mutations in the atpB Gene by Translational Recoding in Chloroplasts of Oenothera and Tobacco. The Plant Cell 33 (5), pp. 1682 - 1705 (2021)
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Schulz, P.; Piepenburg, K.; Lintermann, R.; Herde, M.; Schöttler, M. A.; Schmidt, L. K.; Ruf, S.; Kudla, J.; Romeis, T.; Bock, R.: Improving plant drought tolerance and growth under water limitation through combinatorial engineering of signaling networks. Plant Biotechnology Journal 19 (1), pp. 74 - 86 (2021)
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Hertle, A. P.; Haberl, B.; Bock, R.: Horizontal genome transfer by cell-to-cell travel of whole organelles. Science Advances 7 (1), eabd8215 (2021)
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Caroca, R.; Howell, K. A.; Malinova, I.; Burgos, A.; Tiller, N.; Pellizzer, T.; Annunziata, M. G.; Hasse, C.; Ruf, S.; Karcher, D. et al.; Bock, R.: Knock-down of the plastid-encoded acetyl-CoA carboxylase gene uncovers functions in metabolism and development. Plant Physiology 185 (3), pp. 1091 - 1110 (2021)
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