• The Aureochrome Photoreceptor PtAUREO1a Is a Highly Effective Blue Light Switch in Diatoms 

      Mann, Marcus; Serif, Manuel; Wrobel, Thomas; Eisenhut, Marion; Madhuri, Shvaita; Flachbart, Samantha; Weber, Andreas P.M.; Lepetit, Bernard; Wilhelm, Christian; Kroth, Peter G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Aureochromes represent a unique type of blue light photoreceptors that possess a blue light sensing flavin-binding LOV-domain and a DNA-binding bZIP domain, thus being light-driven transcription factors. The diatom ...
    • Genome editing in diatoms: achievements and goals 

      Kroth, Peter G.; Bones, Atle M.; Daboussi, Fayza; Ferrante, Maria I.; Jaubert, Marianne; Kolot, Misha; Nymark, Marianne; Rio Bártulos, Carolina; Ritter, Andrés; Russo, Monia T.; Serif, Manuel; Winge, Per; Falciatore, Angela (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Diatoms are major components of phytoplankton and play a key role in the ecology of aquatic ecosystems. These algae are of great scientific importance for a wide variety of research areas, ranging from marine ecology and ...