Publications of the Group

Wu, S.; Zhang, Y.; Luzarowska, U.; Yang, L.; Salem, M.A.; Thirumalaikumar , V. P.; Sade, N.; Galperin, V. E.; Fernie, A. R.; Sampathkumar, A. et al.; Bershtein, S.; Fusari, C. M.; Brotman, Y.: The homeostasis of β-alanine is key for Arabidopsis reproductive growth and development. The Plant Journal 122 (1), e70134 (2025)

Peng, M.; Jaeger, K. E.; Lu, Y.; Fan, Z.; Zeng, W.; Sampathkumar, A.; Wigge, P. A.: Activation and memory of the heatshock response is mediated by Prion-like domains of sensory HSFs in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant 18 (3), pp. 457 - 467 (2025)

Wang, Y.; Strauss, S.; Smith, R. S.; Sampathkumar, A.: Actin-mediated avoidance of tricellular junction influences global topology at the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem. Cell Reports 43 (11), 114844 (2024)

Lima, R. B.; Pankaj, R.; Ehlert, S. T.; Finger, P.; Fröhlich, A.; Bayle, V.; Landrein, B.; Sampathkumar, A.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Seed coat-derived brassinosteroid signaling regulates endosperm development. Nature Communications 15 (1), 9352 (2024)

Tran, T. C.; Mähl, K.; Kappel, C.; Dakhiya, Y.; Sampathkumar, A.; Sicard, A.; Lenhard, M.: Altered interactions between cis-regulatory elements partially resolve BLADE-ON-PETIOLE genetic redundancy in Capsella rubella. The Plant Cell 36 (10), pp. 4637 - 4657 (2024)

Li, R.; Rosado-Souza, L.; Sampathkumar, A.; Fernie, A. R.: The relationship between cell wall and postharvest physiological deterioration of fresh produce. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 210, 108568 (2024)

Fernie, A. R.; Sonnewald, U.; Sampathkumar, A.: Metabolism and development. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 295, 154208 (2024)

Takahashi, D.; Soga, K.; Kikuchi, T.; Kutsuno, T.; Hao, P.; Sasaki, K.; Nishiyama, Y.; Kidokoro, S.; Sampathkumar, A.; Bacic, A. et al.; Johnson, K. L.; Kotake, T.: Structural changes in cell wall pectic polymers contribute to freezing tolerance induced by cold acclimation in plants. Current Biology 34 (5), pp. 958 - 968 (2024)

Aarabi, F.; Ghigi, A.; Wijesingha Ahchige, M.; Bulut, M.; Geigenberger, P.; Neuhaus, H. E.; Sampathkumar, A.; Alseekh, S.; Fernie, A. R.: Genome-Wide Association Study unveils ascorbate regulation by PAS/LOV PROTEIN during high light acclimation. Plant Physiology 193 (3), pp. 2037 - 2054 (2023)

Figueroa, N. E.; Franz, P.; Luzarowski, M.; Martinez-Seidel, F.; Moreno, J.C.; Childs, D.; Ziemblicka, A.; Sampathkumar, A.; Andersen, T. G.; Tsiavaliaris, G. et al.; Kosmacz, M.; Skirycz, A.: Protein interactome of 3’,5’-cyclic adenosine monophosphate reveals its role in regulating the actin cytoskeleton. The Plant Journal 115 (5), pp. 1214 - 1230 (2023)

Caldana, C.; Carrari, F.; Fernie, A. R.; Sampathkumar, A.: How metabolism and development are intertwined in space and time. The Plant Journal 116 (2), pp. 347 - 359 (2023)

Novaković, L.; Yakubov, G.E.; Ma, Y.; Bacic, A.; Blank, K.G.; Sampathkumar, A.; Johnson, K.L.: DEFECTIVE KERNEL1 regulates cellulose synthesis and affects primary cell wall mechanics. Frontiers in Plant Science 14, 1150202 (2023)

van Spoordonk, R.; Schneider, R.; Sampathkumar, A.: Mechano-chemical regulation of complex cell shape formation: Epidermal pavement cells—A case study. Quantitative Plant Biology 4, e5 (2023)

Sampathkumar, A.; Meyerowitz, E.: Cellulose synthase complexes-microtubules interaction hinders mechano-response. Nature Plants 8, pp. 988 - 989 (2022)

Schneider, R.; Ehrhardt, D. W.; Meyerowitz, E. M.; Sampathkumar, A.: Tethering of cellulose synthase to microtubules dampens mechano-induced cytoskeletal organization in Arabidopsis pavement cells. Nature Plants 8, pp. 1064 - 1073 (2022)

Matz, T.; Wang, Y.; Kulshreshtha, R.; Sampathkumar, A.; Nikoloski, Z.: Topological properties accurately predict cell division events and organization of shoot apical meristem in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 149 (16), dev201024 (2022)

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)

Kosmacz, M.; Kerber, O.; Gorka, M.; Moreno, J.C.; Maruri-Lopez, I.; Minen, R.; Sampathkumar, A.; Nelson, A.; Skirycz, A.: 2 ',3 '-cAMP treatment mimics the stress molecular response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 188 (4), pp. 1966 - 1978 (2022)

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)

Ginsawaeng, O.; Heise, C.; Sangwan, R.; Karcher, D.; Hernández-Sánchez, I.E.; Sampathkumar, A.; Zuther, E.: Subcellular Localization of Seed-Expressed LEA_4 Proteins Reveals Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation for LEA9 and for LEA48 Homo- and LEA42-LEA48 Heterodimers. Biomolecules 11 (12), 1770 (2021)