Selected Publications:

 Nardmann J, Reisewitz P, Werr W. (2009) Discrete shoot and root stem cell-promoting WUS/WOX5 functions are an evolutionary innovation of angiosperms. Mol Biol Evol. Apr 22. [Epub ahead of print]

 Cole M, Chandler J, Weijers D, Jacobs B, Comelli P, Werr W. (2009) DORNROSCHEN is a direct target of the auxin response factor MONOPTEROS in the Arabidopsis embryo.Development. ;136(10):1643-51. Epub 2009 Apr 15.

 Chandler JW, Cole M, Flier A, Werr W. (2009) BIM1, a bHLH protein involved in brassinosteroid signalling, controls Arabidopsis embryonic patterning via interaction with DORNROSCHEN and DORNROSCHEN-LIKE. Plant Mol Biol. 69(1-2):57-68. Epub 2008 Oct 2.

 Chandler J, Nardmann J, Werr W. (2008) Plant development revolves around axes. Trends Plant Sci. 2008 Feb;13(2):78-84.

 Nardmann, J. & Werr, W. (2007) The evolution of plant regulatory networks: what Arabidopsis cannot say for itself. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 10:653-659.

 Nardmann, J., Zimmermann, R., Durantini, D., Kranz, E, & Werr, W. (2007) WOX gene phylogeny in Poaceae: a comparative approach addressing leaf and embryo development. Mol. Biol. Evol. 24: 2474-2484.

 Chandler, J.W., Cole, M., Flier. A, Grewe B. &Werr, W (2007) The AP2 transcription factors DORNRÖSCHEN and DORNRÖSCHEN-LIKE redundantly control Arabidopsis embryo patterning via interaction with PHAVOLUTA Development 134:1653-62.

 Chiu W.H. , Chandler, J., Cnops. G., Van Lijsebettens, M., & Werr, W. (2007) Mutations in the TORNADO2 gene affect cellular decisions in the peripheral zone of the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana Plant Mol. Biology :731-744. Epub 2007 Feb 16.

 Nardmann J. & Werr, W. (2006) The shoot stem cell niche in angiosperms: expression patterns of WUS orthologues in maize and rice imply major modifications in the course of mono- and dicot evolution Mol. Biol. Evol. 23: 2492-504 [Epub 2006 Sep 20].

 Cole M, Nolte C & Werr W (2006) Nuclear import of the transcription factor SHOOT MERISTEMLESS depends on heterodimerization with BLH proteins expressed in discrete sub-domains of the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Res. 34:1281-92.

 Zimmermann, R. & Werr. W (2005) Pattern formation in the monocot embryo as revealed by NAM and CUC3 orthologues from Zea mays L. Plant Mol. Biology 58: 669-685.

 Bommert, P., Lunde, Ch., Nardmann, J., Vollbrecht, E., Running, M., Jackson, D., Hake, S. & Werr, W. (2005). The thick tassel dwarf1 locus encodes a leucine rich repeat receptor kinase: a maize orthologue of CLAVATA1 in Arabidopsis. Development 132: 1235-1245.

 Nardmann, J., Ji, J., Werr, W. & Scanlon, M. (2004). The maize duplicate loci narrow sheath1 and narrow sheath 2 encode a conserved homeobox gene function in a lateral domain of shoot apical meristems. Development, 132: 2827-2839, joint first and last authors.

 Chandler JW & Werr W. (2003) When negative is positive in functional genomics. Trends Plant Sci. 8:279-285.

 Kirch, T., Simon, R., Grünewald M. & Werr, W. (2003)The DORNRÖSCHEN/ENHANCER OF SHOOT REGENERATION1 gene of Arabidopsis acts in the control of meristem cell fate and lateral organ development Plant Cell 15: 694-705.

 Markel H, Chandler J, & Werr W (2002) Translational fusions with the engrailed repressor domain efficiently convert plant transcription factors into dominant-negative functions. Nucleic Acids Res. 30, 4709-4719.


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