• 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 ...
    • Light regulation of LHCX genes in the benthic diatom Seminavis robusta 

      Blommaert, Lander; Vancaester, Emmelien; Huysman, Marie J.J.; Osuna, Cristina; D'hondt, Sofie; Lavaud, Johann; Lepetit, Bernard; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.; Vandepoele, Klaas; Vyverman, Wim; Sabbe, Koen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Intertidal benthic diatoms experience a highly variable light regime, which especially challenges these organisms to cope with excess light energy during low tide. Non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence ...