Publications

Knight H, Mugford Nee Garton SG, Ülker B, Gao D, Thorlby G, Knight MR. Identification of SFR6, a key component in cold acclimation acting post-translationally on CBF function (2009). Plant Journal, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03763.x

Ülker B,  Li Y, Rosso M G, Somssich I E and Weisshaar B.  T-DNA-mediated transfer of Agrobacterium chromosomal DNA sequences into plants (2008). Nature Biotechnology 26:1015-1017.

Ülker B, Peiter E, Dixon DP, Moffat C, Capper R, Bouché N, Edwards R, Sanders D, Knight H and Knight MR. Getting the most out of publicly available T-DNA insertion lines (2008). Accepted to the Plant Journal 56: 665-677.

Shen, Q-H, Saijo, Y, Mauch, S, Biskup, C, Bieri, S, Keller, B, Seki, H, Ülker, B, Somssich, I E, and Schulze-Lefert, P (2007).  Nuclear activity of MLA immune receptors links isolate-specific and basal resistance responses. Science 315: 1098-103. 

Ülker B, Muktar S and Somssich I E (2007). The WRKY70 transcription factor of Arabidopsis influences both the plant senescence and defense signaling pathways. Planta 226:125-137.

Logemann E, Birkenbihl R P, Ülker B, Somssich I E (2006).  An improved method for preparing Agrobacterium cells that simplifies the Arabidopsis transformation protocol. Plant Methods 2:16.

Li Y, Rosso M G, Ülker B and Weisshaar B (2006).  Analysis of T-DNA insertion site distribution patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals special features of genes without insertions. Genomics 87: 645-652.

Berendzen K, Searle I, Ravenscroft D, Koncz C, Batschauer A, Coupland G, Somssich I E and Ülker B (2005).  A rapid and versatile combined DNA/RNA extraction protocol and its application to the analysis of a novel DNA marker set polymorphic between Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes Col-0 and Landsberg erecta. Plant Methods 1:4.

Ülker B and Somssich I E (2004).  WRKY transcription factors: from DNA binding towards biological function. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 7:491-8.

Ascenzi R, Ülker B, Todd J T, Sowinski D A, Schimeneck C F, Allen G C, Weissinger A K and Thompson W F (2003).  Analysis of trans-silencing interactions using transcriptional silencers of varying strength and targets with and without flanking nuclear matrix attachment regions.  Transgenic Research 12:305-318. 

Ülker B, Weissinger A K and Spiker S (2002).  E. coli chromosomal DNA in a transgene locus created by microprojectile bombardment in tobacco.  Transgenic Research 11 (3): 311-313.

Ülker B, Allen G C, Thompson W F, Spiker S, Weissinger A K (1999).  A tobacco matrix attachment region reduces the loss of transgene expression in the progeny of transgenic tobacco plants.  Plant Journal 18: 253-263.