Publications of Tobias Köllner

Li, G.; Köllner, T.; Yin Jiang Y., Y.; Chen, H.; Xu, Y.; Gershenzon, J.; Pichersky, E.; Chen, F.: Nonseed plant Selaginella moellendorfii has both seed plant and microbial types of terpene synthases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 (36), pp. 14711 - 14715 (2012)

Garms, S.; Chen, F.; Boland, W.; Gershenzon, J.; Köllner, T.: A single amino acid determines the site of deprotonation in the active center of sesquiterpene synthases SbTPS1 and SbTPS2 from Sorghum bicolor. Phytochemistry 75, pp. 6 - 13 (2012)

Irmisch, S.; Krause, S. T.; Kunert, G.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.; Köllner, T.: The organ-specific expression of terpene synthase genes contributes to the terpene hydrocarbon composition of chamomile essential oils. BMC Plant Biology 12, 84 (2012)

Lenk, C.; Köllner, T.; Erb, M.; Degenhardt, J.: Two enzymes responsible for the formation of herbivore-induced volatiles of maize, the methyltransferase AAMT1 and the terpene synthase TPS23, are regulated by a similar signal transduction pathway. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 144 (1), pp. 86 - 92 (2012)

Robert, C.; Veyrat, N.; Glauser, G.; Marti, G.; Doyen, G.; Villard, N.; Gaillard, M.; Köllner, T.; Giron, D.; Body, M. et al.; Babst, B.; Ferrieri, R.; Turlings, T.; Erb, M.: A specialist root herbivore exploits defensive metabolites to locate nutritious tissues. Ecology Letters 15 (1), pp. 55 - 64 (2012)

Zhuang, X.; Köllner, T.; Zhao, N.; Li, G.; Jiang, Y.; Zhu, L.; Ma, J.; Degenhardt, J.; Chen, F.: Dynamic evolution of herbivore-induced sesquiterpene biosynthesis in Sorghum and related grass crops. The Plant Journal 69 (1), pp. 70 - 80 (2012)

Danner, H.; Boeckler, A.; Irmisch, S.; Yuan, J. S.; Chen, F.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.; Köllner, T.: Four terpene synthases produce major compounds of the gypsy moth feeding-induced volatile blend of Populus trichocarpa. Phytochemistry 72 (9), pp. 897 - 908 (2011)

Erb, M.; Köllner, T.; Degenhardt, J.; Zwahlen, C.; Hibbard, B.; Turlings, T.: The role of abscisic acid and water stress in root herbivore-induced leaf resistance. New Phytologist 189 (1), pp. 308 - 320 (2011)

Garms, S.; Köllner, T. G.; Boland, W.: A multiproduct terpene synthase from Medicago truncatula generates cadalane sesquiterpenes via two different mechanisms. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 75 (16), pp. 5590 - 5600 (2010)

Keszei, A.; Brubaker, C. L.; Carter, R.; Köllner, T.; Degenhardt, J.; Foley, W. J.: Functional and evolutionary relationships between terpene synthases from Australian Myrtaceae. Phytochemistry 71 (8-9), pp. 844 - 852 (2010)

Köllner, T.; Lenk, C.; Zhao, N.; Seidl-Adams, N.; Gershenzon, J.; Chen, F.; Degenhardt, J.: Herbivore-inducted SABATH methyltransferases of maize that methylate anthranilic acid using S-adenosyl-L-methionine. Plant Physiology 153 (4), pp. 1795 - 1807 (2010)

Padovan, A.; Keszei, A.; Köllner, T.; Degenhardt, J.; Foley, W. J.: The molecular basis of host plant selection in Melaleuca quinquenervia by a successful biological control agent. Phytochemistry 71 (11-12), pp. 1237 - 1244 (2010)

Pandit, S. S.; Kulkarni, R. S.; Giri, A. P.; Köllner, T.; Degenhardt, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Gupta, V. S.: Expression profiling of various genes during the fruit development and ripening of mango. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 48 (6), pp. 426 - 433 (2010)

Chen, F.; Al-Ahmad, H.; Joyce, B.; Zhao, N.; Köllner, T. G.; Degenhardt, J.; Stewart Jr., C.N.: Within-plant distribution and emission of sesquiterpenes from Copaifera officinalis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 47 (11-12), pp. 1017 - 1023 (2009)

Degenhardt, J.; Hiltpold, I.; Köllner, T.; Frey, M.; Gierl, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Hibbard, B. E.; Ellersieck, M. R.; Turlings, T. C.J.: Restoring a maize root signal that attracts insect-killing nematodes to control a major pest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106 (32), pp. 13213 - 13218 (2009)

Degenhardt, J.; Köllner, T. G.; Gershenzon, J.: Monoterpene and sesquiterpene synthases and the origin of terpene skeletal diversity in plants. Phytochemistry 70 (15-16), pp. 1621 - 1637 (2009)

Köllner, T. G.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.: Molecular and biochemical evolution of maize terpene synthase 10, an enzyme of indirect defense. Phytochemistry 70 (9), pp. 1139 - 1145 (2009)

Pandit, S.S.; Kulkarni, R.S.; Chidley, H.G.; Giri, A.P.; Pujari, K.H.; Köllner, T.; Degenhardt, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Gupta, V.S.: Changes in volatile composition during fruit development and ripening of 'Alphonso' mango. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 89 (12), pp. 2071 - 2081 (2009)

Herde, M.; Gärtner, K.; Köllner, T.; Fode, B.; Boland, W.; Gershenzon, J.; Gatz, C.; Tholl, D.: Identification and regulation of TPS04/GES, an Arabidopsis geranyllinalool synthase catalyzing the first step in the formation of the insect-induced volatile C16-homoterpene TMTT. The Plant Cell 20 (4), pp. 1152 - 1168 (2008)

Köllner, T.G.; Held, M.; Lenk, C.; Hiltpold, I.; Turlings, T. C. J.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.: A maize (E)-beta-caryophyllene synthase implicated in indirect defense responses against herbivores is not expressed in most American maize varieties. The Plant Cell 20 (2), pp. 482 - 494 (2008)