Park JJ, Jin P, Yoon J, Yang JI, Jeong HJ, Ranathunge K, Schreiber L, Franke R, Lee IJ, An G (2010) Mutation in Wilted Dwarf and Lethal 1 (WDL1) causes abnormal cuticle formation and rapid water loss in rice. Plant Molecular Biology DOI 10.1007/s11103-010-9656-x Abstract

Li H, Pinot F, Sauveplane V, Werck-Reichhart D, Diehl P, Schreiber L, Franke R, Zhang P, Chen L, Gao Y, Liang W, Zhang D (2010) Cytochrome P450 family member CYP704B2 catalyzes the ω-hydroxylation of fatty acids and is required for anther cutin biosynthesis and pollen exine formation in rice. The Plant Cell (in press) Abstract

Panikashvili D, Shi JX, Bocobza S, Franke R, Schreiber L, Aharoni A (2010) The Arabidopsis DSO/ABCG11 transporter affects cutin metabolism in reproductive organs and suberin in roots. Molecular Plant, doi:10.1093/mp/ssp103 Abstract

Voisin D, Nawrath C, Kurdyukov S, Franke R, Reina-Pinto J, Efremova N, Will I, Schreiber L, Yephremov A (2009) Dissection of the complex phenotype in cuticular mutants of Arabidopsis reveals a role of SERRATE as a mediator. Public Library of Science Genetics 5: e1000703 Abstract

Compagnon V, Diehl P, Benveniste I, Meyer D, Schaller H, Schreiber L, Franke R, Pinot F (2009) CYP86B1 is required for very long chain ω-hydroxyacids and α,ω,-dicarboxylic acid synthesis in root and seed suberin polyester. Plant Physiology 150: 1831-1843 Abstract

Baxter I, Hosmani PS, Rus A, Lahner B, Borevitz JO, Muthukumar B, Mickelbart MV, Schreiber L, Franke RB, Salt DE (2009) Root suberin forms an extracellular barrier that affects water relations and mineral nutrition in Arabidopsis. Public Library of Science Genetics 5: e1000492 Abstract

Krishnamurthy P, Ranathunge K, Franke R, Prakash HS, Schreiber L, Mathew MK (2009) The role of root apoplastic transport barriers in salt tolerance of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Planta 230: 119-134 Abstract

Reina-Pinto J, Voisin D, Kurdyukov S, Faust A, Haslam R, Michaelson LV, Efremova N, Franke R, Schreiber L, Napier J, Yephremov A (2009) Misexpression of FATTY ACID ELONGATION1 (FAE1) in the Arabidopsis epidermis induces cell death and suggests a critical role for phospholipase A2 in this process. The Plant Cell 21: 1252–1272 Abstract

Serra O, Soler M, Hohn C, Franke R, Schreiber L, Prat S, Molinas M, Figueras M (2009) Silencing of StKCS6 in potato periderm leads to reduced chain lengths of suberin and wax compounds and increased peridermal transpiration. Journal of Experimental Botany 60: 697-707 Abstract

Serra O, Soler M, Hohn C, Sauveplane V, Pinot F, Franke R, Schreiber L, Prat S, Molinas M, Figueras M (2009) CYP86A33-targeted gene silencing in potato tuber alters suberin composition, distorts suberin lamellae and impairs the periderm's water barrier function. Plant Physiology 149: 1050-1060 Abstract

Franke R, Höfer R, Briesen I, Emsermann M, Efremova N, Yephremov A, Schreiber L (2009) The DAISY gene from Arabidopsis encodes a fatty acid elongase condensing enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of aliphatic suberin in roots and the chalaza micropyle region of seeds. The Plant Journal 57: 80-95 Abstract

Yu D, Ranathunge K, Huang H, Pei Z, Franke R, Schreiber L, He C (2008) Wax Crystal-Sparse Leaf1 encodes a beta-ketoacyl CoA synthase involved in biosynthesis of cuticular waxes on rice leaf. Planta 228: 675-685 Abstract

Höfer R, Briesen I, Beck M, Pinot F, Schreiber L, Franke R (2008) The Arabidopsis cytochrome P450 CYP86A1 encodes a fatty acid omega-hydroxylase involved in suberin monomer biosynthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany 59: 2347-2360 Abstract

Panikashvili D, Savaldi-Goldstein S, Mandel T, Yifhar T, Franke RB, Höfer R, Schreiber L, Chory J, Aharoni A (2007) The Arabidopsis DESPERADO/AtWBC11 transporter is required for cutin and wax secretion. Plant Physiology 145: 1345-1360 Abstract

Kandel S, Sauveplane V, Compagnon V, Franke R, Millet Y, Schreiber L, Werck-Reichhart D, Pinot F (2007) Characterization of a methyl jasmonate and wounding-responsive cytochrome P450 of Arabidopsis thaliana catalyzing dicarboxylic fatty acid formation in vitro. FEBS Journal 274: 5116-5127 Abstract

Rowland O, Lee R, Franke R, Schreiber L, Kunst L (2007) The CER3 wax biosynthetic gene from Arabidopsis thaliana is allelic to WAX2/YRE/FLP1. FEBS Letters 581:3538-3544 Abstract

Franke R, Schreiber L (2007) Suberin - a biopolyester forming apoplastic plant interfaces. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10:252-259 Abstract

Peschel S, Franke R, Schreiber L, Knoche M (2007) Composition of the cuticle of developing sweet cherry fruit. Phytochemistry 68:1017-1025 Abstract

Schreiber L, Franke R, Hartmann K (2007) Chemical composition of apoplastic transport barriers in roots: quantification of suberin depositions in endodermal and hypodermal root cell walls. In Sattelmacher B, Horst WJ (eds) The apoplast of higher plants: compartment of storage, transport and reactions. The significance of the apoplast for the mineral nutrition of higher plants. Springer, Heidelberg, 109-117 Abstract

Richardson A, Wojciechowski T, Franke R, Schreiber L, Kerstiens G, Jarvis M, Fricke W (2007) Cuticular permeance in relation to wax and cutin development along the growing barley (Hordeum vulgare) leaf. Planta 225:1471-1481 Abstract

Soukup A, Armstrong W, Schreiber L, Franke R, Votrubova O (2007) Apoplastic barriers to radial oxygen loss and solute penetration: a chemical and functional comparison of the exodermis of two wetland species, Phragmites australis and Glyceria maxima. New Phytologist 173:264-278 Abstract

Jung KH, Han MJ, Lee DY, Lee YS, Schreiber L, Franke R, Faust A, Yephremov A, Saedler H, Kim YW, Hwang I, An GH (2006) Wax-deficient anther 1 is involved in cuticle and wax production in rice anther walls and is required for pollen development. The Plant Cell 18:3015-3032 Abstract

Kurdyukov S, Faust A, Trenkamp S, Bär S, Franke R, Efremova N, Tietjen K, Schreiber L, Saedler H, Yephremov A (2006) Genetic and biochemical evidence for involvement of HOTHEAD (HTH) in the biosynthesis of long chain alpha-,omega-dicarboxylic fatty acids and formation of extracellular matrix. Planta 224:315-329 Abstract

Kurdyukov S, Faust A, Nawrath C, Bär S, Voisin D, Efremova N, Franke R, Schreiber L, Saedler H, Métraux JP, Yephremov A (2006) The epidermis-specific extracellular BODYGUARD controls cuticle development and morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 18:321-339 Abstract

Franke R, Briesen I, Wojciechowski T, Faust A, Yephremov A, Nawrath C, Schreiber L (2005) Apoplastic polyesters in Arabidopsis surface tissues - a typical suberin and a particular cutin. Phytochemistry 66:2643-2658 Abstract

Richardson A, Franke R, Kerstiens G, Jarvis M, Schreiber L, Fricke W (2005) Cuticular wax deposition in growing barley (Hordeum vulgare) leaves commences in relation to the point of emergence of epidermal cells from the sheaths of older leaves. Planta 222:472-483 Abstract

Schreiber L, Franke R, Hartmann K (2005) Effects of NO3 deficiency and NaCl stress on suberin deposition in rhizo- and hypodermal (RHCW) and endodermal cell walls (ECW) of castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) roots. Plant and Soil 269:333-339 Abstract

Schreiber L, Franke R, Hartmann K, Ranathunge K, Steudle E (2005) The chemical composition of suberin in apoplastic barriers affects radial hydraulic conductivity differently in the roots of rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. IR64) and corn (Zea mays L. cv. Helix). Journal of Experimental Botany 56:1427-1436 Abstract

Schreiber L, Franke R, Hartmann K (2005) Wax and suberin development of native and wound periderm of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and its relation to peridermal transpiration. Planta 220:520-530 Abstract

Schreiber L, Franke R, Lessire R (2005) Biochemical characterization of elongase activity in corn (Zea mays L.) roots. Phytochemistry 66:131-138 Abstract

Kauss H, Seehaus K, Franke R, Gilbert S, Dietrich RA, Kröger N (2003) Silica deposition by a strongly cationic proline-rich protein from systemically resistant cucumber plants. The Plant Journal 33:87-59 Abstract

Franke R, Hemm MR, Denault JW, Ruegger MO, Humphreys JM, Chapple C (2002) Changes in secondary metabolism and deposition of an unusual lignin in the ref8 mutant of Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 30:47-59 Abstract

Franke R, Humphreys JM, Hemm MR, Denault JW, Ruegger MO, Cusumano JC, Chapple C (2002) The Arabidopsis REF8 gene encodes the 3-hydroxylase of phenylpropanoid metabolism. The Plant Journal 30:33-45 Abstract

Ralph J, Lapierre C, Marita JM, Kim H, Lu F, Hatfield RD, Ralph S, Chapple C, Franke R, Hemm M, Van Doorsselaere J, Sederoff RR, O'Malley DM, Scott JT, MacKay JJ, Yahiaoui N, Boudet A-M, Pean M, Pilate G, Jouanin L, Boerjan W (2001) Elucidation of new structures in lignins of CAD- and COMT-deficient plants by NMR. Phytochemistry 57:993-1003 Abstract

Franke R, McMichael CM, Shirley AM, Meyer K, Cusumano JC, Chapple C (2000) Modified lignin in tobacco and poplar plants over-expressing the Arabidopsis gene encoding ferulate 5-hydroxylase. The Plant Journal 22:223-234 Abstract

Franke R, Fry SC, Kauss H (1998) Low-molecular-weight precursors for defense-related cell wall hydroxycinnamoyl esters in elicited parsley suspension cultures. Plant Cell Reports 17:379-383 Abstract

Kauss H, Franke R, Krause K, Conrath U, Jeblick W, Grimmig B Matern U (1993) Conditioning of parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) suspension cells increases elicitor-induced incorporation of cell wall phenolics. Plant Physiology 102:459-466 Abstract