Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Pelayo M.A., Wellmer F., Breaking boundaries: a novel role for CUC genes in sex determination in cucurbits, Journal of Experimental Botany, 75, (7), 2024, p1796 - 1799, p1796-1799
Goslin K, Finocchio A, Wellmer F., Floral Homeotic Factors: A Question of Specificity., Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 12, (5), 2023, p1128
Maika JE, Krämer B, Strotmann VI, Wellmer F, Weidtkamp-Peters S, Stahl Y, Simon R., One pattern analysis (OPA) for the quantitative determination of protein interactions in plant cells., Plant Methods, 19, (1), 2023, p73
Miricescu A., Brazel A.J., Beegan J., Wellmer F., Graciet E., Transcriptional analysis in multiple barley varieties identifies signatures of waterlogging response, Plant Direct, 7, (8), 2023
Ó'Maoiléidigh D, Thomson B, Wellmer F., Floral Induction Systems for the Study of Arabidopsis Flower Development., Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2686, 2023, p285-292
Kwa"niewska K, Breathnach C, Fitzsimons C, Goslin K, Thomson B, Beegan J, Finocchio A, Prunet N, Ó'Maoiléidigh DS, Wellmer F., Expression of KNUCKLES in the Stem Cell Domain Is Required for Its Function in the Control of Floral Meristem Activity in Arabidopsis., Frontiers in plant science, 12, 2021, p704351
Velanis CN, Perera P, Thomson B, de Leau E, Liang SC, Hartwig B, Förderer A, Thornton H, Arede P, Chen J, Webb KM, Gümüs S, De Jaeger G, Page CA, Hancock CN, Spanos C, Rappsilber J, Voigt P, Turck F, Wellmer F, Goodrich J., The domesticated transposase ALP2 mediates formation of a novel Polycomb protein complex by direct interaction with MSI1, a core subunit of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2)., PLoS genetics, 16, (5), 2020, pe1008681
Ma, X. and Su, Z. and Ma, H. and Wellmer, F., Molecular genetic analyses of abiotic stress responses during plant reproductive development, Journal of Experimental Botany, 71, (10), 2020, p2870-2885
Prunet, N. and Duncan, K. and Wellmer, F., Imaging flowers: A guide to current microscopy and tomography techniques to study flower development, Journal of Experimental Botany, 71, (10), 2020, p2898-2909
Vadde, B.V.L. and Roeder, A.H.K. and Wellmer, F., Can the French flag and reaction-diffusion models explain flower patterning? Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the French flag model, Journal of Experimental Botany, 71, (10), 2020, p2886-2897
Harrop, T.W.R. and Mantegazza, O. and Luong, A.M. and Béthune, K. and Lorieux, M. and Jouannic, S. and Adam, H. and Wellmer, F., A set of AP2-like genes is associated with inflorescence branching and architecture in domesticated rice, Journal of Experimental Botany, 70, (20), 2019, p5617-5629
Molecular control of flower develpment in, Current Topics in Developmental Biology: Plant Development and Evolution, 2019, [Thomson, B. and Wellmer, F.]
A specific knockdown of transcription factor activities in Arabidopsis in, Plant Transcription factors, 2018, pp81-92 , [Zheng, B. and Thomson, B. and Wellmer, F.]
Xu, Y. and Prunet, N. and Gan, E.-S. and Wang, Y. and Stewart, D. and Wellmer, F. and Huang, J. and Yamaguchi, N. and Tatsumi, Y. and Kojima, M. and Kiba, T. and Sakakibara, H. and Jack, T.P. and Meyerowitz, E.M. and Ito, T., SUPERMAN regulates floral whorl boundaries through control of auxin biosynthesis, EMBO Journal, 37, (11), 2018, pe97499-
*O'Maoileidigh, D.S., *Stewart, D., Zheng, B., and Coupland, G. and Wellmer, F., Floral homeotic proteins modulate the genetic program for leaf development to suppress trichome formation in flowers, Development, 145, (3), 2018
Profiling histone modifications in synchronized floral tissues for quantitative resolution of chromatin and transcriptome dynamics in, Plant Chromatin Dynamics, 2018, 271-296 , [Engelhorn, J., Wellmer, F., Carles, C.C.]
Thomson, B., Zheng, B., and Wellmer, F. , Floral organogenesis: when knowing your ABCs is not enough., Plant Physiology, 173, (1), 2017, p56-64
*Goslin, K., *Zheng, B., Serrano-Mislata, A., Rae, L., Ryan, P.T., Kwasniewska, K., Thomson, B., O Maoileidigh, D.S., Madueno, F., *Wellmer, F., and *Graciet, E., Transcription factor interplay between LEAFY and APETALA1/CAULIFLOWER during floral initiation., Plant Physiology, 174, 2017, p1097 - 1109
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Preface, Irish Journal of European Law, 20, 2017
Thomson, B., Graciet, E., and Wellmer, F. , Inducible promoter systems for gene perturbation experiments in Arabidopsis., Methods in Molecular Biology, 1629, 2017, p15 - 25
Serrano-Mislata, A., Goslin, K., Zheng, B., Rae, L., Wellmer, F., Graciet, E., and Madueno, F., Regulatory interplay between LEAFY, APETALA1/CAULIFLOWER and TERMINAL FLOWER1: new insights into an old relationship, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 12, 2017, e1370164
Stewart, D., Graciet, E., and Wellmer, F., Molecular and regulatory mechanisms controlling floral organ development. , The FEBS Journal, 283, 2016, p1823-1830
O Maoileidigh, D.S., Graciet, E., and Wellmer, F., Strategies for performing dynamic gene perturbation experiments in flowers., Bio-protocol, 6, 2016, pe1774
Drost, H.-G., Bellstaedt, J., O Maoileidigh, D.S., Silva, A.T., Gabel, A., Weinholdt, C., Ryan, P.T., Dekkers, B.J.W., Bentsink, L., Hilhorst, H., Ligterink, W., Wellmer, F., Grosse, I., and Quint, M., Post-embryonic hourglass patterns mark ontogenetic transitions in plant development, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33, 2016, 1158-1163
de Marchi, R., Sorel, M., Mooney, B., Fudal, I., Goslin, K., Kwasniewska, K., Ryan, P.T., Pfalz, M., Kroymann, J, Pollmann, S., Feechan, A., Wellmer, F., Rivas, S., and Graciet, E. , The N-end rule pathway regulates pathogen responses in plants., Scientific Reports, 6, 2016, p26020
Ryan P.T, Ó'Maoiléidigh D.S, Drost H.-G, Kwasniewska K, Gabel A, Grosse I, Graciet E, Quint M, Wellmer F, Patterns of gene expression during Arabidopsis flower development from the time of initiation to maturation, BMC Genomics, 16, 2015, p488-
O Maoileidigh, D.S., *Thomson, B., *Raganelli, A., Wuest, S.E., Ryan, P.T., Kwasniewska, K., Carles, C.C., Graciet, E., and Wellmer, F., Gene network analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana flower development through dynamic gene perturbations, The Plant Journal, 83, 2015, p344 - 358
Yamaguchi N, Winter C.M, Wellmer F, Wagner D, Identification of direct targets of plant transcription factors using the GR fusion technique, Methods in molecular biology, 1284, 2015, p123-138
Wellmer, F., Stewart, D., and O Maoileidigh, D.S., My favourite flowering image: floral organs with trichomes., Journal of Experimental Botany, 66, 2015, p9 - 10
Wellmer F, Bowman JL, Davies B, Ferrándiz C, Fletcher JC, Franks RG, Graciet E, Gregis V, Ito T, Jack TP, Jiao Y, Kater MM, Ma H, Meyerowitz EM, Prunet N, Riechmann JL, Flower development: open questions and future directions., Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1110, 2014, p103-24
Graciet E, O'Maoiléidigh DS, Wellmer F, Next-Generation Sequencing Applied to Flower Development: ChIP-Seq., Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1110, 2014, p413-29
O'Maoiléidigh DS, Wellmer F, A floral induction system for the study of early Arabidopsis flower development., Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1110, 2014, p307-14
Pajoro, A., Madrigal, P., Muino, J.M., Matus, T., Jin, J., Mecchia, M.A., Debernardi, J.M., Palatnik, J.F., Balazadeh, S., Arif, M., O Maoileidigh, D.S., Wellmer, F., Krajewski, P., Riechmann, J.L., Angenent, G.C., and Kaufmann, K., Dynamics of chromatin accessibility and gene regulation by MADS-domain transcription factors in flower development., Genome Biology, 15, 2014, pR41-
O'Maoileidigh, D.S. Graciet, E. Wellmer, F., Genetic Control of Arabidopsis Flower Development, Advances in Botanical Research, 72, 2014, p159 - 190
O Maoileidigh, D.S., Graciet, E., and Wellmer, F., Gene networks controlling Arabidopsis flower development, New Phytologist, 201, 2014, p16 - 30
Wellmer, F. Graciet, E. Riechmann, J.L., Specification of floral organs in Arabidopsis, Journal of Experimental Botany, 65, (1), 2014, p1 - 9
*O Maoileidigh, D.S., *Wuest, S.E., Rae, L., Raganelli, A., Ryan, P.T., Kwasniewska, K., Das, P., Lohan, A.J., Loftus, B., Graciet, E., and Wellmer, F., Control of reproductive floral organ identity specification in Arabidopsis by the C function regulator AGAMOUS, The Plant Cell, 25, 2013, p2482 - 2503
*Wuest, S.E., *O Maoileidigh, D.S., Rae, L., Kwasniewska, K., Raganelli, A., Hanczaryk, K., Lohan, A.J., Loftus, B., Graciet, E., and Wellmer, F. , Molecular basis for the specification of floral organs by APETALA3 and PISTILLATA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 109, 2012, p13452 - 13457
Wuest, S.E., Vijverberg, K., Schmidt, A., Weiss, M., Gheyselinck, J., Lohr, M., Wellmer, F., Rahnenführer, J., von Mering, C., and Grossniklaus, U. , Arabidopsis female gametophyte gene expression map reveals similarities between plant and animal gametes. , Current Biology, 20, (6), 2010, p506 - 512
Graciet, E. and Wellmer, F., The plant N-end rule pathway: structure and functions, Trends in Plant Science, 15, (8), 2010, p447 - 453
Wellmer, F. and Riechmann, J.L, Gene networks controlling the initiation of flower development, Trends in Genetics, 26, (12), 2010, p519 - 527
Graciet, E., Mesiti, F., and Wellmer, F., Structure and evolutionary conservation of the plant N-end rule pathway., Plant Journal, 61, 2010, p741 - 751
*Kaufmann, K., *Wellmer, F., Muiño, J.M., Ferrier, T., Wuest, S.E., Kumar, V., Serrano-Mislata, A., Madueño, F., Krajewski, P., Meyerowitz, E.M., Angenent, G.C., and Riechmann, J.L. , Orchestration of floral initiation by APETALA1, Science, 328, (5974), 2010, p85 - 89
Das, P., Ito, T., Wellmer, F., Vernoux, T., Dedieu, T., Traas, J., and Meyerowitz, E.M., Floral stem cell termination involves the direct regulation of AGAMOUS by PERIANTHIA., Development, 136, (10), 2009, p1605 - 1611
Graciet, E., Walter, F., O Maoileidigh, D., Pollmann, S., Meyerowitz, E.M., Varshavsky, A., and Wellmer, F. , The N-end rule pathway controls multiple functions during Arabidopsis shoot and leaf development, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA , 106, (32), 2009, p13618 - 1362
Carlsson, J., Lagercrantz, U., Sundström, J., Teixeira, R., Wellmer, F., Meyerowitz, E.M., and Glimelius, K. , Microarray analysis reveals altered expression of a large number of nuclear genes in developing cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica napus flowers, Plant Journal, 49, (3), 2007, p452 - 462
Sieber, P., Wellmer, F., Gheyselinck, J., Riechmann, J.L., and Meyerowitz, E.M. , Redundancy and specialization among plant microRNAs: role of the miR164 family in developmental robustness., Development, 134, (6), 2007, p1051 - 1060
Alves-Ferreira, M., Wellmer, F., Banhara, A., Kumar, V., Riechmann, J.L., and Meyerowitz, E.M. , Global expression profiling applied to the analysis of Arabidopsis stamen development, Plant Physiology, 145, (3), 2007, p747 - 762
Wellmer, F. , Alves-Ferreira, M. , Dubois, A. , Riechmann, J.L. , Meyerowitz, E.M., Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during early Arabidopsis flower development, PLoS Genetics , 2, (7), 2006, p1012-1024
Baker, C.C., Sieber, P., Wellmer, F., and Meyerowitz, E.M., The early extra petals1 mutant uncovers a role for microRNA miR164c in regulating petal number in Arabidopsis. , Current Biology, 15, (4), 2005, p303 - 315
Wellmer, F. and Riechmann, J.L. , Gene network analysis in plant development by genomic technologies., International Journal of Developmental Biology , 49, (5-6), 2005, p745 - 759
Yu, H., Ito, T., Wellmer, F., and Meyerowitz, E.M. , Repression of AGAMOUS-LIKE 24: a critical step in promoting flower development. , Nature Genetics, 36, (2), 2004, p157 - 161
Wellmer, F., Riechmann, J.L., Alves-Ferreira, M., and Meyerowitz, E.M., Genome-wide analysis of spatial gene expression in Arabidopsis flowers., Plant Cell, 16, (5), 2004, p1314 - 1326
Ito, T., Wellmer, F., Yu, H., Das, P., Ito, N., Alves-Ferreira, M., Riechmann, J.L., and Meyerowitz, E.M., The homeotic protein AGAMOUS controls microsporogenesis by regulation of SPOROCYTELESS., Nature, 430, (6997), 2004, p356 - 360
*Wagner, D., *Wellmer, F., Dilks, K., William, D., Smith, M.R., Kumar, P.P., Riechmann, J.L., Greenland, A.J., and Meyerowitz, E.M., Floral induction in tissue culture: a system for the analysis of LEAFY-dependent gene regulation., Plant Journal, 39, (2), 2004, p273 - 282
Wellmer, F., Schäfer, E., and Harter, K., The DNA binding properties of the parsley bZIP transcription factor CPRF4a are regulated by light., Journal of Biological Chemistry , 276, (9), 2001, p6274 - 6279
Rügner, A., Frohnmeyer, H., Naeke, C., Wellmer, F., Kircher, S., Schäfer, E., and Harter, K. , Isolation and characterization of four novel parsley proteins that interact with the transcriptional regulators CPRF1 and CPRF2. , Molecular Genetics and Genomics , 265, (6), 2001, p964 - 976
*Kircher, S., *Wellmer, F., Nick, P., Rügner, A., Schäfer, E., and Harter, K., Nuclear import of the parsley bZIP transcription factor CPRF2 is regulated by phytochrome photoreceptors., Journal of Cell Biology, 144, (2), 1999, p201 - 211
Wellmer, F., Kircher, S., Rügner, A., Frohnmeyer, H., Schäfer, E., and Harter, K. , Phosphorylation of the parsley bZIP transcription factor CPRF2 is regulated by light., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 274, (41), 1999, p29476 - 2948
Schulenberg, B., Wellmer, F., Lill, H., Junge, W., and Engelbrecht, S., Cross-linking of the chloroplast F0F1-ATPase subunit epsilon to gamma without effects on activity. Epsilon and gamma are parts of the rotor., European Journal of Biochemistry, 249, (1), 1997, p134 - 141
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Goslin, K., Finocchio, A., and Wellmer, F. , A Golden Gate-based plasmid library for the rapid assembly of biotin ligase constructs for proximity labelling. , BioRxiv, 2021
Flower development in, Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Academic Press, 2017, pp269 - 274, [Wellmer, F.]
Genome structure and organization in, B. Buchanan, W. Gruissem, R. Jones , Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants, New York, Wiley, 2015, [Town, C.D. and Wellmer, F.]
José Luis Riechmann, Frank Wellmer , Flower Development: Methods and Protocols., Methods in Molecular Biology, Springer, 2014, 1-469pp