Publications (2000-2009)

97. Hühns, M., Neumann, K., Hausmann, T., Klemke, F., Lockaus, W., Kahmann, U., Kopertekh, L., Staiger, D., Pistorius, E.K., Reuther, J., Waldvogel, E., Wohlleben, W., Effmert, M., Junghans, H., Neubauer, K., Kragl, U., Schmidt, K., Schmidtke, J. & Broer, I.:
Tuber-specific cphA expression to enhance cyanophycin production in potatoes.
Plant Biotechnology J. 7: 883-898 (2009).

96. Michel, K.-P., Schröder, A.-K., Zimmermann, M., Brandt S., Pistorius, E.K., Frankenberg-Dinkel, N. & Staiger, D.:
The hybrid histidine kinase Slr1759 of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 contains FAD at its PAS domain.
Arch. Microbiol. 191: 553-559 (2009).

95. Schriek, S., Kahmann, U., Staiger, D. Pistorius, E.K. & Michel, K.-P.:
Detection o fan L-amino acid dehydrogenase in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
J. Exp. Botany 60: 1035-1046 (2009).

94. Hühns, M., Neumann, K., Hausmann, T., Ziegler, K., Klemke, F., Kahmann, U., Staiger, D., Lockau, W., Pistorius, E.K. & Broer, I.:
Plastid targeting strategies for cyanophycin synthetase to achieve high-level polymer accumulation in Nicotiana tabacum.
Plant Biotechnol. J. 6: 321-336 (2008).

93. Schriek, S., Aguirre-von-Wobeser, E. Nodop A., Becker, A., Ibelings, B.W., Bok, J., Staiger, D., Matthijs, H.C.P., Pistorius, E.K. & Michel, K.P.:
Transcript profiling indicates that the absence of PsbO affects the coordination of C and N metabolism in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
Physiologia Plant. 133: 525-543 (2008).

92. Nodop, A., Pietsch, D., Höcker, R., Becker, A., Pistorius, E.K., Forchhammer, K. & Michel, K.-P.:
Transcript profiling reveals new insights into the acclimation of the mesophilic fresh-water cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 to iron starvation.
Plant Physiol. 147: 747-763 (2008).

91. Schriek, S., Rückert, C., Staiger, D., Pistorius, E.K. & Michel, K.-P.:
Bioinformatic evaluation of L-arginine catabolic pathways in 24 cyanobacteria and transcriptional analysis of genes encoding enzymes of L-arginine catabolism in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
BMC Genomics 8: 437 (2007).

90. Pietsch, D. Staiger, D., Pistorius, E.K. & Michel, K.-P.:
Characterization of the putative iron sulfur protein IdiC (ORG5) in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942.
Photosynth. Res. 94: 91-108 (2007).

89. Bagchi, S.N., Bitz, T., Pistorius, E.K. & Michel, K.-P.:
A Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 mutant with a higher tolerance toward the herbicide bentazone also confers resistance to sodium chloride stress.
Photosynth. Res. 92: 87-101 (2007).

88. Lax J.E.-M., Arteni, A.A., Boekema, E.J., Pistorius, E.K., Michel K.P. & Rögner, M.:
Structural response of Photosystem 2 to iron deficiency: Characterization of a new Photosystem 2-IdiA complex from the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1767: 528-534 (2007).

87. Gau, A.E., Heindl, A., Nodop, A., Kahmann, U.& Pistorius, E.K.:
L-Amino acid oxidases with specificity for basic L-amino acids in cyanobacteria.
Z. Naturforsch. 62c: 273-284 (2006).

86. Nodop, A. Suzuki, I., Barsch, A. Schröder A.K., Niehaus, K., Staiger, D., Pistorius, E.K. & Michel, K.-P.:
Physiological and molecular characterization of a Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 mutant lacking histidine kinase Slr1759 and response regulator Srl1760.
Z. Naturforsch. 61c: 865-878 (2006).

85. Dietz, K.-J., Stork, T., Finkemeier, I., Lamkemeyer, P., Li, W.-X., El-Tayeb, M.A., Michel, K.-P., Pistorius, E. & Baier, M.:
The role of peroxiredoxins in oxygenic photosynthesis of cyanobacteria and higher plants: Peroxide detoxification or redox sensing.
In Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation, and Environment (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Vol. 21), pp. 303-319. Edited by B. Demming-Adams, W.W. Adams III and A.K. Mattoo. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer (2006).

84. Stork, T., Michel, K.-P., Pistorius, E.K. & Dietz, K.-J.:
Bioinformatic analysis of the genomes of the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 for the presence of peroxiredoxins and their regulation under stress.
J. Experimental Botany 56: 3193-3206 (2005).

83. Neumann, K., Stephan D.P., Ziegler, K., Hühns, M., Broer, I., Lockau, W. & Pistorius, E.K.:
Production of cyanophycin, a suitable source for the biodegradable polymer polyaspartete, in transgenic plants.
Plant Biotechnology J. 3: 249-258 (2005).

82. Neufeld, S., Zinchenko, V., Stephan, D.P., Bader, K.P. & Pistorius, E.K.:
On the functional significance of the polypeptide PsbY for photosynthetic water oxidation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.
Mol. Gen. Genomics 271: 458-467 (2004).

81. Michel, K.-P. & Pistorius, E.K.:
Adaptation of the photosynthetic electron transport chain in cyanobacteria to iron deficiency: The function of IdiA and IsiA
Physiologica Plantarum 120:36-50 (2004).

80. Yousef, N., Pistorius, E.-K. & Michel, K.-P.:
Comparative analysis of idiA and isiA transcription under iron starvation and oxidative stress in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 wild type and selected mutants.
Arch. Microbiol. 180: 471-483 (2003).

79. Bagchi, S.N., Pistorius, E.K. & Michel, K.P.:
A Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 mutant with a higher tolerance towards bentazone.
Photosynth. Res. 75: 171-182 (2003).

78. Michel, K.P., Berry, S., Hifney, A., Kruip, J. & Pistorius, E.K.:
Adaptation to iron deficiency: A comparison between the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 wild-type and a DpsA-free mutant.
Photosynth. Res. 75: 71-84 (2003).

77. Tölle, J., Michel, K.-P., Kruip, J., Kahmann, U., Preisfeld, A. & Pistorius, E.K.:
Localisation and function of the IdiA homologue protein Slr1295 in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.
Microbiol. 148, 3293-3305 (2002).

76. Dietz, K.-J., Link, G., Pistorius, E.K. & Scheibe, R.:
Redox regulation in oxigenic photosynthesis.
Progress in Botany 63, 207-245 (2002).

75. Boekema, E.J., Hifney, A., Yakushevska, A.E., Piotrowski, M., Keegstra, W., Berry, S., Michel, K.-P., Pistorius, E.K. & Kruip, J.:
A giant chlorophyll-protein complex induced by iron-deficiency in cyanobacteria.
Nature 412, 745-748 (2001).

74. Schwabe, T.M.E., Boekema, E.J., Berry, S. Chitnis, P.R., Pistorius, E. & Kruip, J.:
Dynamics of photosystem I: Ca²⁺-based oligomerization and response to iron deficiency by induction of a new antenna built by IsiA.
PS 2001 Proceedings: 12th International Congress on Photosynthes S6-003, 1-6 (2001).

73. Michel, K.-P., Pistorius, E.K. & Golden , S.S.:
Unusual regulatory elements for iron deficiency induction of the idiA gene of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942.
J. Bacteriol. 183, 5015-5024 (2001).

72. Ziegler, K., Stephan, D.P., Pistorius, K.K., Ruppel, H.G. & Lockau, W.:
A mutant of the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis aTCC 29413 lacking cyanophycin Synthetase: growth properties and ultrastructural aspects.
FEMB Microbiol. Lett. 196, 13-18 (2001).

71. Stephan, D.P., Ruppel, H.G. & Pistorius, E.K.:
Interrelation between cyanophycin synthesis, L-arginine catabolism and photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.
Z. Naturforsch. 55c, 927-942 (2000).

70. Exss-Sonne, P., Tölle, J., Bader, K.P., Pistorius, E.K. & Michel, K.-P.:
The IdiA protein of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 functions in protecting the acceptor side of photosystem II under oxidative stress.
Photosynth. Res. 63, 145-157 (2000).