Publications of R. Bock

Hölscher, M., Forner, J., Calderone, S., Krämer, C., Taylor, Z., Loiacono, F. V., Agrawal, S., Karcher, D., Moratti, F. G., Kroop, X. & Bock, R. Expression strategies for the efficient synthesis of antimicrobial peptides in plastids. Nature Communications 13, (2022).

Steinhorst, L., He, G., Moore, L. K., Schültke, S., Schmitz-Thom, I., Cao, Y., Hashimoto, K., Andrés, Z., Piepenburg, K., Ragel, P., 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, 2081–2094 (2022).

Wei, S., Li, X., Lu, Z., Zhang, H., Ye, X., Zhou, Y., Li, J., Yan, Y., Pei, H., Duan, F., 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, (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, (2022).

Dong, Y., Wu, M., Zhang, Q., Fu, J., Loiacono, F. V., Yang, Y., Wang, Z., Li, S., Chang, L., Bock, R. & Zhang, J. Control of a sap-sucking insect pest by plastid-mediated RNA interference. Molecular Plant 15, 1176–1191 (2022).

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, 1930–1941 (2022).

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, (2022).

Bock, R. Transplastomic approaches for metabolic engineering. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 66, (2022).

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, 245–256 (2022).

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, 1103–1114 (2022).

Gao, Y., Thiele, W., Saleh, O., Scossa, F., Aarabi, F., Zhang, H. M., Sampathkumar, A., Kühn, K., Fernie, A. R., Bock, R., Schöttler, M. A. & Zoschke, R. Chloroplast translational regulation uncovers nonessential photosynthesis genes as key players in plant cold acclimation. Plant Cell 34, 2056–2079 (2022).

David, Z., Swart, C., Graf, A., Arrivault, S., Tillich, M., Proost, S., Nikoloski, Z., Stitt, M., Bock, R., Mühlhaus, M. & Boulouis, A. Topology of the redox network during induction of photosynthesis as revealed by time-resolved proteomics in tobacco. Science Advances 7, (2021).

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, 1469–1482 (2021).

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, 637–652 (2021).

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., Sobrino-Mengual, G., Vargheese, A., Abranches, R., Abreu, I. A., Balamurugan, S., Bock, R., Buyel, J. F., Cunha, N. B. da, 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, 1921–1936 (2021).

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., 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. T., 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. 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., 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, 1901–1920 (2021).

Zupok, A., Kozul, D., Schöttler, M. A., Niehörster, J., Garbsch, F., Liere, K., Fischer, A., Zoschke, R., Malinova, I., Bock, R. & Greiner, S. A photosynthesis operon in the chloroplast genome drives speciation in evening primroses. The Plant Cell 33, 2583–2601 (2021).

Dobrica, M.-O., van Eerde, A., Tucureanu, C., Onu, A., Paruch, L., Caras, I., Vlase, E., Steen, H., Haugslien, S., Alonzi, D., 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, 2027–2039 (2021).

Wu, G. & Bock, R. GUN control in retrograde signaling: How GENOMES UNCOUPLED proteins adjust nuclear gene expression to plastid biogenesis. The Plant Cell 33, 457–574 (2021).

Malinova, I., Zupok, A., Massouh, A., Schöttler, M. A., Meyer, E. H., Yaneva-Roder, L., Szymanski, W. G., Rößner, M., Ruf, S., Bock, R. & Greiner, S. Correction of Frameshift Mutations in the atpB Gene by Translational Recoding in Chloroplasts of Oenothera and Tobacco. The Plant Cell 33, 1682–1705 (2021).