Publications of J. Kossmann

Cronje, C.; George, G. M.; Fernie, A. R.; Bekker, J.; Kossmann, J.; Bauer, R.: Manipulation of L: -ascorbic acid biosynthesis pathways in Solanum lycopersicum: elevated GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase activity enhances L: -ascorbate levels in red fruit. Planta 235 (3), pp. 553 - 564 (2012)

Gouws, L. M.; Botes, E.; Wiese, A. J.; Trenkamp, S.; Torres-Jerez, I.; Tang, Y.; Hills, P. N.; Usadel, B.; Lloyd, J. R.; Fernie, A. R. et al.; Kossmann, J.; van der Merwe, M. J.: The plant growth promoting substance, lumichrome, mimics starch, and ethylene-associated symbiotic responses in lotus and tomato roots. Frontiers in Plant Science 3, p. 120 (2012)

George, G. M.; van der Merwe, M. J.; Nunes-Nesi, A.; Bauer, R.; Fernie, A. R.; Kossmann, J.; Lloyd, J. R.: Virus-Induced Gene Silencing of Plastidial Soluble Inorganic Pyrophosphatase Impairs Essential Leaf Anabolic Pathways and Reduces Drought Stress Tolerance in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Physiology 154 (1), pp. 55 - 66 (2010)

van der Merwe, M. J.; Groenewald, J. H.; Stitt, M.; Kossmann, J.; Botha, F. C.: Downregulation of pyrophosphate: d-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase activity in sugarcane culms enhances sucrose accumulation due to elevated hexose-phosphate levels. Planta 231 (3), pp. 595 - 608 (2010)

Geigenberger, P.; Regierer, B.; Nunes-Nesi, A.; Leisse, A.; Urbanczyk-Wochniak, E.; Springer, F.; van Dongen, J. T.; Kossmann, J.; Fernie, A. R.: Inhibition of de novo pyrimidine synthesis in growing potato tubers leads to a compensatory stimulation of the pyrimidine salvage pathway and a subsequent increase in biosynthetic performance. Plant Cell 17 (7), pp. 2077 - 2088 (2005)

Geigenberger, P.; Regierer, B.; Lytovchenko, A.; Leisse, A.; Schauer, N.; Springer, F.; Kossmann, J.; Fernie, A. R.: Heterologous expression of a ketohexokinase in potato plants leads to inhibited rates of photosynthesis, severe growth retardation and abnormal leaf development. Planta 218 (4), pp. 569 - 578 (2004)

Obiadalla-Ali, H.; Fernie, A. R.; Kossmann, J.; Lloyd, J. R.: Developmental analysis of carbohydrate metabolism in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Micro-Tom) fruits. Physiologia Plantarum 120 (2), pp. 196 - 204 (2004)

Obiadalla-Ali, H.; Fernie, A. R.; Lytovchenko, A.; Kossmann, J.; Lloyd, J. R.: Inhibition of chloroplastic fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase in tomato fruits leads to decreased fruit size, but only small changes in carbohydrate metabolism. Planta 219 (3), pp. 533 - 540 (2004)

Usadel, B.; Schluter, U.; Molhoj, M.; Gipmans, M.; Verma, R.; Kossmann, J.; Reiter, W. D.; Pauly, M.: Identification and characterization of a UDP-D-glucuronate 4-epimerase in Arabidopsis. FEBS Letters 569 (1-3), pp. 327 - 331 (2004)

Regierer, B.; Fernie, A. R.; Springer, F.; Perez-Melis, A.; Leisse, A.; Koehl, K. I.; Willmitzer, L.; Geigenberger, P.; Kossmann, J.: Starch content and yield increase as a result of altering adenylate pools in transgenic plants. Nature Biotechnology 20 (12), pp. 1256 - 1260 (2002)

Yu, T. S.; Kofler, H.; Hausler, R. E.; Hille, D.; Flugge, U. I.; Zeeman, S. C.; Smith, A. M.; Kossmann, J.; Lloyd, J.; Ritte, G. et al.; Steup, M.; Lue, W. L.; Chen, J. C.; Weber, A.: The Arabidopsis sex1 mutant is defective in the R1 protein, a general regulator of starch degradation in plants, and not in the chloroplast hexose transporter. Plant Cell 13 (8), pp. 1907 - 1918 (2001)

Aksenova, N. P.; Konstantinova, T. N.; Golyanovskaya, S. A.; Kossmann, J.; Willmitzer, L.; Romanov, G. A.: Transformed potato plants as a model for studying the hormonal and carbohydrate regulation of tuberization. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 47 (3), pp. 370 - 379 (2000)

Romanov, G. A.; Aksenova, N. P.; Konstantinova, T. N.; Golyanovskaya, S. A.; Kossmann, J.; Willmitzer, L.: Effect of indole-3-acetic acid and kinetin on tuberisation parameters of different cultivars and transgenic lines of potato in vitro. Plant Growth Regulation 32 (2-3), pp. 245 - 251 (2000)

Tauberger, E.; Fernie, A. R.; Emmermann, M.; Renz, A.; Kossmann, J.; Willmitzer, L.; Trethewey, R. N.: Antisense inhibition of plastidial phosphoglucomutase provides compelling evidence that potato tuber amyloplasts import carbon from the cytosol in the form of glucose-6-phosphate. Plant Journal 23 (1), pp. 43 - 53 (2000)

van Voorthuysen, T.; Regierer, B.; Springer, F.; Dijkema, C.; Vreugdenhil, D.; Kossmann, J.: Introduction of polyphosphate as a novel phosphate pool in the chloroplast of transgenic potato plants modifies carbohydrate partitioning. Journal of Biotechnology 77 (1), pp. 65 - 80 (2000)

Aksenova, N. P.; Konstantinova, T. N.; Golyanovskaya, S. A.; Schmuelling, T.; Kossmann, J.; Willmitzer, L.; Romanov, G. A.: In vitro growth and tuber formation by transgenic potato plants harboring rolC or rolB genes under control of the patatin promoter. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 46 (4), pp. 513 - 519 (1999)

Keller, R.; Springer, F.; Renz, A.; Kossmann, J.: Antisense inhibition of the GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase reduces the ascorbate content in transgenic plants leading to developmental changes during senescence. Plant Journal 19 (2), pp. 131 - 141 (1999)

Kossmann, J.; Abel, G. J. W.; Springer, F.; Lloyd, J. R.; Willmitzer, L.: Cloning and functional analysis of a cDNA encoding a starch synthase from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) that is predominantly expressed in leaf tissue. Planta 208 (4), pp. 503 - 511 (1999)

Lloyd, J. R.; Landschutze, V.; Kossmann, J.: Simultaneous antisense inhibition of two starch-synthase isoforms in potato tubers leads to accumulation of grossly modified amylopectin. Biochemical Journal 338, pp. 515 - 521 (1999)

Lloyd, J. R.; Springer, F.; Buleon, A.; Mueller-Roeber, B.; Willmitzer, L.; Kossmann, J.: The influence of alterations in ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activities on starch structure and composition in potato tubers. Planta 209 (2), pp. 230 - 238 (1999)