Publications of R. Bock

Zhou, F., Karcher, D. & Bock, R. Identification of a plastid intercistronic expression element (IEE) facilitating the expression of stable translatable monocistronic mRNAs from operons. Plant Journal 52, 961–972 (2007).

Ahlert, D., Piepenburg, K., Kudla, J. & Bock, R. Evolutionary origin of a plant mitochondrial group II intron from a reverse transcriptase/maturase-encoding ancestor. Journal of Plant Research 119, 363–371 (2006).

D'Angelo, C., Weinl, S., Batistic, O., Pandey, G. K., Cheong, Y. H., Schultke, S., Albrecht, V., Ehlert, B., Schulz, B., Harter, K., Luan, S., Bock, R. & Kudla, J. Alternative complex formation of the Ca2+-regulated protein kinase CIPK1 controls abscisic acid-dependent and independent stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 48, 857–872 (2006).

Kahlau, S., Aspinall, S., Gray, J. C. & Bock, R. Sequence of the tomato chloroplast DNA and evolutionary comparison of solanaceous plastid genomes. Journal of Molecular Evolution 63, 194–207 (2006).

Khakhlova, O. & Bock, R. Elimination of deleterious mutations in plastid genomes by gene conversion. Plant Journal 46, 85–94 (2006).

Li, W. M., Ruf, S. & Bock, R. Constancy of organellar genome copy numbers during leaf development and senescence in higher plants. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 275, 185–192 (2006).

Lohmann, A., Schöttler, M. A., Brehelin, C., Kessler, F., Bock, R., Cahoon, E. B. & Doermann, P. Deficiency in Phylloquinone (Vitamin K1) Methylation Affects Prenyl Quinone Distribution, Photosystem I Abundance, and Anthocyanin Accumulation in the Arabidopsis AtmenG Mutant. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281, 40461–40472 (2006).

Lung, B., Zemann, A., Madej, M. J., Schuelke, M., Techritz, S., Ruf, S., Bock, R. & Huttenhofer, A. Identification of small non-coding RNAs from mitochondria and chloroplasts. Nucleic Acids Research 34, 3842–3852 (2006).

Rogalski, M., Ruf, S. & Bock, R. Tobacco plastid ribosomal protein S18 is essential for cell survival. Nucleic Acids Research 34, 4537–4545 (2006).

Stegemann, S. & Bock, R. Experimental reconstruction of functional gene transfer from the tobacco plastid genome to the nucleus. Plant Cell 18, 2869–2878 (2006).

Bellucci, M., De Marchis, F., Mannucci, R., Bock, R. & Arcioni, S. Cytoplasm and chloroplasts are not suitable subcellular locations for beta-zein accumulation in transgenic plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 56, 1205–1212 (2005).

Berger, I. J., Carraro, D. M., Bock, R., Azevedo, R. A. & Carrer, H. Cloning and sequence analysis of tomato cpDNA fragments: towards developing homologous chloroplast transformation vectors. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology 17, 239–246 (2005).

Sharma, R. K., Bock, R. & Bansal, K. C. (kailashbansal@hotmail.com). Plastid transformation: Safer alternative to transgenic plants. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 11, 179–185 (2005).

Fiebig, A., Stegemann, S. & Bock, R. Rapid evolution of RNA editing sites in a small non-essential plastid gene. Nucleic Acids Research 32, 3615–3622 (2004).

Zandueta-Criado, A. & Bock, R. Surprising features of plastid ndhD transcripts: addition of non-encoded nucleotides and polysome association of mRNAs with an unedited start codon. Nucleic Acids Research 32, 542–550 (2004).

Ahlert, D., Ruf, S. & Bock, R. Plastid protein synthesis is required for plant development in tobacco. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100, 15730–15735 (2003).

Albrecht, V., Weinl, S., Blazevic, D., D'Angelo, C., Batistic, O., Kolukisaoglu, U., Bock, R., Schulz, B., Harter, K. & Kudla, J. The calcium sensor CBL1 integrates plant responses to abiotic stresses. Plant Journal 36, 457–470 (2003).

Bondarava, N., De Pascalis, L., Al-Babili, S., Goussias, C., Golecki, J. R., Beyer, P., Bock, R. & Krieger-Liszkay, A. Evidence that cytochrome b(559) mediates the oxidation of reduced plastoquinone in the dark. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278, 13554–13560 (2003).

Stegemann, S., Hartmann, S., Ruf, S. & Bock, R. High-frequency gene transfer from the chloroplast genome to the nucleus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100, 8828–8833 (2003).

Hager, M., Hermann, M., Biehler, A., Krieger-Liszkay, A. & Bock, R. Lack of the small plastid-encoded PsbJ polypeptide results in a defective water-splitting apparatus of photosystem II, reduced photosystem I levels, and hypersensitivity to light. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277, 14031–14039 (2002).