Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology

BRAEUER S., VAN HELDEN T., VAN ACKER T., LEROUX O., VAN DER STRAETEN D., VEBEKEN A., BOROVICKA J., VANHAECKE F. (2022) Quantitative mapping of mercury and selenium in mushroom fruit bodies with laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Analystical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, doi: 10.1007/s00216-022-04240-y

MANNUCI A., SANTIN M., VANHAELEWYN L., SCIAMPAGNA MC., MIRAS-MORENO MB., ZHANG LL., LUCINI L., QUARTACCI MF., VAN DER STRAETEN D., CASTAGNA A., RANIERA A. (2022) Foliar and root comparative metaboliomics and phenolic profiling of micro-tom tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants associated with a gene expression analysis in response to short daily UV treatments. Plants-Basel, doi: 10.3390/plants11141829

VAN HELDEN T., BRAEUER S., VAN ACKER T., LEROUX O., VAN DER STRAETEN D., VANHAECKE F. (2022). High-Speed mapping of Hg and Se in biological tissue via laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, doi: 10.1039/d2ja00131d.

VAN DER STRAETEN D., STROBBE S. (2022). Tomatoes supply the 'sunshine vitamin'. Nature Plants, doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01158-2

VANDERSTRAETEN, L., SANCHEZ- MUNOZ, R., DEPAEPE, T., AUWELAERT, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2022). Mix-and-match: An improved, fast and accessible protocol for hypocotyl micrografting of Arabidopsis seedlings with systemic ACC responses as a case study. Plant Methods, 18(1), doi.org/10.1186/s13007-022-00859-1.

STROBBE, S., VERSTRAETE, J., FITZPATRICK, T., FAUSTINO, M., LOURENCO, T., OLIVEIRA, M., STOVE, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2022). A novel panel of yeast assays for the assessment of thiamin and its biosynthetic intermediates in plant tissues. The New Phytologist, doi.org/10.1111/nph.17974.

VASEVA, I., SIMOVA-STOILOVA, L., KIROVA, E., MISHEV, K., DEPAEPE, T., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VASSILEVA, V. (2021). Ethylene signaling in salt-stressed Arabidopsis thaliana ein2-1 and ctr1-1 mutants – a dissection of molecular mechanisms involved in acclimation. Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, 167:999-1010.

VAN LANGENHOVE, L., DEPAEPE, T., VERRYCKT, L.T., VALLICROSA, H., FUCHSLUEGER, L., LUGLI, L.F., BRECHET, L., OGAYA, R., LLUSIA, J., URBINA, I., GARGALLO-GARRIGA, A., GRAU, O., RICHTER, A., PEÑUELAS, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., JANSSENS, I.A. (2021). Impact of nutrient additions on free-living nitrogen fixation in litter and soil of two French-Guianese lowland tropical forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126: DOI10.1029/2020JG006023.

LI, W., LIANG, Q., MISHRA, R., SANCHEZ-MUNOZ, R., WANG, H., CHEN, X., VAN DER STRAETEN, D.*, ZHANG, C.*, XIAO, Y.* (2021). The 5-formyl-tetrahydrofolate proteome links folate with C/N metabolism and reveals a novel feedback regulation of folate biosynthesis. The Plant Cell, 33:3367-3385.

LEROUX, O., CLOSSON, T., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2021). Imaging Mass Cytometry: a promising multiplex detection tool for plant science research. Molecular Plant, 14: 1241-1243.

SERRANO, A.M., VANHAELEWYN, L., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., BOCCALANDRO, H.E., MALDONADO, B., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BALLARE, C.L., ARANA, M.V. (2021). Cryptochromes act as dominant photoreceptors in the promotion of bending responses of Arabidopsis inflorescences under full sunlight. Plant, Cell and Environment, 44:3246-3256.

STROBBE, S., VERSTRAETE, J., STOVE, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2021). Metabolic engineering of Arabidopsis thaliana provides insight into the regulation of thiamin biosynthesis. Plant Physiology, 186: 1832–1847.

VASEVA, I., MISHEV, K., DEPAEPE, T., VASSILEVA, V., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2021). The diverse salt stress response of Arabidopsis ctr1-1 and ein2-1 ethylene signaling mutants is linked to altered root auxin homeostasis. Plants, 10:452.

SOMSSICH, M., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., IVAKOV, A., FUNKE, N., RUPRECHT, C., VISSENBERG, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., PERSSON, S., SUSLOV, D. (2021). Brassinosteroids Influence Arabidopsis Hypocotyl Graviresponses Through Changes In Mannans And Cellulose. Plant and Cell Physiology, 62: 678–692.

VAN DE VELDE, K., THOMAS, S.G., HEYSE, F., KASPAR, R., VAN DER STRAETEN, D.*, ROHDE, A.* (2021). N-terminal truncated RHT-1 proteins generated by translational reinitiation cause semi-dwarfing of wheat Green Revolution alleles. Molecular Plant, 14: 679-687. *corresponding authors

DEPAEPE, T., HENDRICKX, S., JANSE-VAN RENSBURG, H.C., VAN DEN ENDE, W., CUYPERS, A., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2021). At the crossroads of survival and death: the ROS-ethylene-sugar triad and UPR. Trends in Plant Science, 26:338-351.

STROBBE, S., VERSTRAETE, J., STOVE, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2021). Metabolic engineering of rice endosperm towards higher vitamin B1 accumulation. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 19:1253-1267.

JIANG, L., STROBBE, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D.*, ZHANG, C.* (2021). Regulation of plant vitamin metabolism: backbone of biofortification for the alleviation of hidden hunger. Molecular Plant, 14:40-60. *corresponding authors

VANHAELEWYN, L., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., DE CONINCK, B., VANDENBUSSCHE, F. (2021). Ultraviolet radiation from a plant perspective: the plant-microorganism context. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 597642. 

VERSTRAETE, J., STROBBE, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., STOVE, C. (2020). An optimized LC-MS/MS method as a pivotal tool to steer thiamine biofortification strategies in rice. Talanta, doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121905

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BHULLAR, N., DE STEUR, H., GRUISSEM, W., MACKENZIE, D. PFEIFFER, W., QAIM, M., SLAMET-LOEDIN, I., STROBBE, S., TOHME, J., TRIJATMIKO, K.R., VANDERSCHUREN, H., VAN MONTAGU, M., ZHANG, C., BOUIS, H. (2020). Multiplying the efficiency and impact of biofortification through metabolic engineering. Nature Communications, doi 10.1038/s41467-020-19020-4.

VAN LANGENHOVE, L., DEPAEPE, T., VERRYCKT, L.T., FUCHSLUEGER, L., DONALD, J., LEROY, C., KRISHNA MOORTHY, R.M., GARGALLO-GARRIGA, A., ELLWOOD, F.M.D., VERBEECK, H., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., PEÑUELAS, J., JANSSENS, I.A. (2020). Comparable canopy and soil free-living nitrogen fixation rates in a lowland tropical forest. Science of the Total Environment, 754: Article Number: 142202.

SMET, D., DEPAEPE, T., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., CALLEBERT, P., NIJS, I., CEULEMANS, R., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2020). The involvement of the phytohormone ethylene in the adaptation of Arabidopsis rosettes to enhanced atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Environmental Experimental Botany, 177: Article Number: 104128

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., KANELLIS, A., KALAITZIS, P., BOUZAYEN, M., CHANG, C., MATTOO, A., ZHANG, J.-S. (2020). Ethylene biology and beyond: novel insights in the ethylene pathway and its interactions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11(248). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00248.

VERSTRAETE, J., STROBBE, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., STOVE, C. (2020). The first comprehensive LC-MS/MS method allowing dissection of the thiamine pathway in plants. Analytical Chemistry, 92(5): 4073-4081. 

VANDERSTRAETEN, L., DEPAEPE, T., BERTRAND, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2019). The ethylene precursor ACC affects vegetative development independently of ethylene signaling. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10:1591

DEPAEPE, T., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2019). Tools of the ethylene trade: A Chemical Kit to Influence Ethylene Responses in Plants and Its Use in Agriculture. Small Methods, Article Number: 1900267 https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.201900267

ŠIMPRAGA, M., GHIMIRE, R.P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BLANDE, J.D., KASURINEN, A., SORVARI, J., HOLOPAINEN, T., ADRIAENSSENS, D., HOLOPAINEN, J.K., KIVIMÄENPÄÄ, M. (2019). Unravelling the functions of biogenic volatiles in boreal and temperate forest ecosystems. European Journal of Forest Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-019-01213-2

LESPINATS, S., DE CLERCK, O., COLANGE, B., GORELOVA, V.,GRANDO, D., MARÉCHAL, E., VAN DER STRAETEN. D., RÉBEILLÉ, F., BASTIEN, O. (2019). Phylogeny and sequence space: a combined approach to analyze the evolutionary trajectories of homologous proteins. The case study of aminodeoxychorismate synthase. Acta biotheoretica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-019-09352-0

VANHAELEWYN, L., VICZIAN, A., PRINSEN, E., BERNULA, P., SERRANO, A.M., ARANA, M.V., BALLARE, C.L., NAGY, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VANDENBUSSCHE, F. (2019). Differential UVR8 signal across the stem controls UV-B-induced inflorescence phototropism. Plant Cell, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00929

GORELOVA, V., BASTIEN, O., DE CLERCK, O., LESPINATS, S., REBEILLE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2019). Evolution of folate biosynthesis and metabolism across algae and land plant lineages. Scientific Reports, 9, Article number: 5731.

VAN LANGENHOVE, L., DEPAEPE, T., VICCA, S., VAN DEN BERGE, J., STAHL, C., COURTOIS, E.A., WEEDON, J., URBINA, I., GRAU, O., ASENSIO, D., PEÑUELAS, J., BOECKX, P., RICHTER, A., VAN DER STRAETEN,D., JANSSENS, I.A. (2019). Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation from Free-Living Organisms in Soil and Leaf Litter of two tropical forests of the Guiana shield. Plant and Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04012-1

VANHAELEWYN, L., BERNULA, P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VICZIAN, A. (2019). UVR8-dependent reporters reveal spatial characteristics of signal spreading in plant tissues. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 18: 1030-1045.

VERSTRAETE, J., KIEKENS, F., STROBBE, S., DE STEUR, H., GELLYNCK, X., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., STOVE, C. (2019). Clinical determination of folates: recent analytical strategies and challenges. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 411: 4383-4399.

STROBBE, S., DE LEPELEIRE, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2018). From in planta function to vitamin-rich food crops: the ACE of biofortification. Front. Plant Sci. 9. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01862.

DE CLERCK, O., KAO, S.-M., BOGAERT, K.A., BLOMME, J., FOFLONKER, F., KWANTES, M., VANCAESTER, E., VANDERSTRAETEN, L., AYDOGDU, E., BOESGER, J., CALIFANO, G., CHARRIER, B., CLEWES, R., DEL CORTONA, A., DHONDT, S., FERNANDEZ-POZO, N., GACHON, C.M., HANIKENNE, M., LATTERMAN, L., LELIAERT, F., LIU, X., MAGGS, C.A., POPPER, Z.A., RAVEN, J.A., VAN BEL, M., WILHELMSSON, P.K.I., BHATTACHARYA, D., COATES, J.C., RENSING, S.A., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VARDI, A., STERCK, L., VANDEPOELE, K., VAN DE PEER, Y., WICHARD, T., BOTHWELL, J.H. (2018). Insights into the Evolution of Multicellularity from the Sea Lettuce Genome. Current Biology, 28(18): 2921-2933.

NISHIYAMA, T., SAKAYAMA, H., DE VRIES, J., BUSCHMANN, H., SAINT-MARCOUX, D., ULLRICH, K.K., HAAS, F.B., VANDERSTRAETEN, L., BECKER, D., LANG, D., VOSOLSOBE, D., ROMBAUTS, D., WILHELMSSON, P.K.I., JANITZA, P., KERN, R., HEYL, A., RUMPLER, F., CALDERON VILLALOBOS, L.I., CLAY, J.M., SKOKAN, R., TOYODA, A., SUZUKI, Y., KAGOSHIMA, H., SCHIJLEN, E., TAJESHWAR, N., CATARINO, B., HETHERINGTON, A.J., SALTYKOVA, A., BONNOT, C., BREUNINGER, H., SYMEONIDI, A., RADHAKRISHNAN, G.V., VAN NIEUWERBURGH, F., DEFORCE, D., CHANG, C., KAROL, K.G., HEDRICH, R., ULVSKOV, P., GLÖCKNER, G., DELWICHE, C.F., PETRASEK, J., VAN DE PEER, Y., FRIML, J., BEILBY, M., DOLAN, L., KOHARA, Y., SUGANO, S., FUJIYAMA, A., DELAUX, P.-M., QUINT, M., THEIßEN, G., HAGEMANN, M., HARHOLT, J., DUNAND, C., ZACHGO, S., LANGDALE, J., MAUMUS, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., GOULD, S.V., RENSING, S.A. (2018). The Chara genome: secondary complexity and implications for plant terrestrialization. Cell, 174: 448-464.

DIERCK, R., LEUS, L., DHOOGHE, E., VAN HUYLENBROECK, J., DE RIEK, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., DE KEYSER, E. (2018). Branching gene expression during chrysanthemum axillary bud outgrowth regulated by strigolactone and auxin transport. Plant Growth Regulation 86: 23-36

VASEVA, I., QUDEIMAT, E., POTUSCHAK, T., DU, Y., GENSCHIK, P., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2018). The plant hormone ethylene restricts Arabidopsis growth via the epidermis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 115: E4130-E4139STROBBE, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2018). Towards eradication of B-vitamin deficiencies: considerations for crop biofortification. Frontiers in Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00443.

KLIMA, P., LANKOVA, M., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., PETRASEK, J. (2018). Silver ions increase plasma membrane permeability through modulation of intracellular calcium levels in tobacco BY-2 cells. Plant Cell Reports , 37: 809-818

DE ZELICOURT, A., SYNEK, L., SAAD, M.M., ALZUBAIDY, H., JALAL, R., XIE, Y., ANDRES-BARRAO, C., ROLLI, E., GUERARD, F., MARIAPPAN, K.G., DAUR, I., COLCOMBET, J., BENHAMMED, M., DEPAEPE, T., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., HIRT, H. (2018). Ethylene induced plant stress tolerance by Enterobacter sp. SA187 is mediated by 2-keto-4-methylthiobutyric acid production. PLOS Genetics, 19;14(3):e1007273. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007273.

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., YU, N., LI, W., VANHAELEWYN, L., HAMSHOU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., SMAGGHE, G. (2018). An ultraviolet-B condition that affect growth and defense in Arabidopsis. Plant Science 268: 54-63.

DE LEPELEIRE, J., STROBBE, S., VERSTRAETE, J., BLANCQUAERT, D., AMBACH, L., VISSER, R.F., STOVE, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Folate biofortification of potato by tuber-specific expression of four folate biosynthesis genes (2018). Molecular Plant 11: 1-14.

SERRANO, A.J., ARANA, M.V., VANHAELEWYN, L., BALLARE, C.L., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VANDENBUSSCHE, F. (2018). Following the star: inflorescence heliotropism. Environmental Experimental Botany 147: 75-85.

ANDRÉS-COLAS, N., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). Optimization of non-denaturing protein extraction conditions for plant PPR proteins. PLOS One, e0187753.

GORELOVA, V., DE LEPELEIRE, J., VAN DAELE, J., PLUIM, D., MEÏ, C., CUYPERS, A., LEROUX, O., REBEILLE, F., SCHELLENS, J., BLANCQUAERT, D., STOVE, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). Dihydrofolate reductase/thymidylate synthase fine-tunes the folate status and controls redox homeostasis in plants. The Plant Cell 29: 2831-2853.

VANDEVELDE, K., REULENS, P., GEUTEN, K., ROHDE, A., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). Exploiting DELLA signaling in cereals. Trends in Plant Science, 22: 880-893.

WOLOSZYNSKA, M., GAGLIARDI, O., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., DE GROEVE, S., ALONSO BAEZ, L., NEYT, P., LEGALL, S., FUNG., J., MAS., P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VAN LIJSEBETTENS, M. (2017). Elongator regulates hypocotyl growth in darkness and during photomorphogenesis. Journal of Cell Science, 131:1-12

ANDRÉS-COLAS, N., ZHU, Q., TAKENAKA, M., DE RYBEL, B., WEIJERS, D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). Multiple PPR protein interactions are involved in the RNA editing system in Arabidopsis mitochondria and plastids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA ,114: 8883-8888.

HU, Y., DE PAEPE, T., SMET, D., HOYEROVA, K., KLIMA, P., CUYPERS, A., CUTLER, S., BUYST, D., MORREEL, K., BOERJAN, W., MARTINS, J., PETRASEK, J., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). ACCERBATIN, a small molecule at the intersection of auxin and ROS homeostasis, with herbicidal properties. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68: 4185-4203.

GENOT, B., LANG, J., BERRIRI, S., GARMIER, M.,GILARD, F., PATEYRON, S., HAUSTRAETE, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., HIRT, H., COLCOMBET, J. (2017). Constitutively active Arabidopsis MAP Kinase 3 triggers defense responses involving salicylic acid and SUMM2 resistant protein. Plant Physiology, 174(2):1238-1249.

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., FITZPATRICK, T., DE STEUR, H. Biofortification of crops: achievements, future challenges, socio-economic, health and ethical aspects. (2017). Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 44: 7-10.

GORELOVA, V., AMBACH, L., REBEILLE, F., STOVE, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Folates in plants: research advances and progress in crop biofortification. Frontiers in Chemistry, 5:21. doi:10.3389/fchem.2017.00021

RASMUSSEN, A., HU, Y., DE PAEPE, T., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., BOYER, F.-D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., GEELEN, D. Ethylene controls adventitious root initiation sites in Arabidopsis hypocotyls independently of strigolactones. (2017). Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 36:897-911.

STROBBE, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). Folate biofortification in food crops. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 44:202–211.

DIERCK, R., DHOOGHE, E., VAN HUYLENBROECK, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., DE KEYSER, E. Light quality regulates plant architecture in different genotypes of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat. (2017). Scientia Horticulturae, 218:202–211.

HU, Y., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). Regulation of seedling growth by ethylene and the ethylene-auxin crosstalk. Planta, 245(3): 467-489.

VANDERSTRAETEN, L., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). Accumulation and Transport of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid (ACC) in Plants: Current Status, Considerations for Future Research and Agronomic Applications. (2017). Frontiers in Plant Science, 8(38):1-18.

VAN DE VELDE, K., CHANDLER, P.M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., ROHDE, A. (2017). Differential coupling of GA responses in Rht-B1c suppressor alleles and Rht-B1b highlight a unique role of the DELLA N-terminal in dormancy. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68: 443-455.

GARCIA-CASAL, M.N., PENA-ROSAS, J.P., GIYOSE, B., the consultation working groups, DE STEUR, H., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). Staple crops biofortified with increased vitamins and minerals : considerations for a public health strategy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1390:3-13.

DE STEUR, H., WESANA, J., BLANCQUAERT, D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., GELLYNCK, X. (2017). Methods matter: a meta-regression on the determinants of willingness-to-pay studies on biofortified foods. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1390:34-46.

BLANCQUAERT, D., DE STEUR, H., GELLYNCK, X., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2017). Metabolic engineering of micronutrients in crop plants. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1390:59-73.

DE STEUR, H., WESANA, J., BLANCQUAERT, D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., GELLYNCK, X. (2017). The socio-economics of genetically modified biofortified crops: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1390:14-33.

ŽÁDNÍKOVÁ, P., WABNIK, K., ABUZEINEH, A., GALLEMI, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., SMITH R.S., INZE D., FRIML, J., PRUSINKIEWICZ, P. AND BENKOVÁ, E. (2016). A model of differential growth-guided apical hook formation in plants. The Plant Cell, 10: 2464-2477.

DIERCK, R., DHOOGHE, E., VAN HUYLENBROECK, J., DE KEYSER, E., DE RIEK, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2016). Response to strigolactone treatment in chrysanthemum axillary buds is influenced by auxin transport inhibition and sucrose availability. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 38: 271.

DIERCK, R. , DE KEYSER, E., DE RIEK, J., DHOOGHE, E., VAN HUYLENBROECK, J., PRINSEN, E., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2016). Change in auxin and cytokinin levels coincides with altered expression of branching genes during axillary bud outgrowth in chrysanthemum. PLOS One, 11 (8): 1-30 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161732.

VAN DE POEL, B., COOPER, E.D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., DELWICHE, C., CHANG, C. (2016). Transcriptome profiling of the alga Spirogyra pratensis reveals an ancestral role for ethylene in cell wall metabolism, photosynthesis and abiotic stress responses. Plant Physiology, 172: 533-545.

VAN HAELEWYN, L., SCHUMACHER, P., POELMAN, D., FANKHAUSER, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VANDENBUSSCHE, F. (2016). REPRESSOR OF ULTRAVIOLET-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS function allows efficient phototropin mediated ultraviolet-B phototropism in etiolated seedlings. Plant Science, 252: 215-221.

VAN HAELEWYN, L., PRINSEN, E., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VANDENBUSSCHE, F. (2016). Hormone controlled UV-B responses in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67: 4469-4482.

VASEVA, I., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., SIMON, D., VISSENBERG, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2016). Cell type specificity of plant hormonal signals: Case studies and reflections on ethylene. Russ.J.Plant Phys., 63:577-586.

VANDAELE, J., BLANCQUAERT, D., KIEKENS, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W., STOVE, C. (2016). Degradation and Interconversion of Plant Pteridines during Sample Preparation and Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Food Chemistry, 194: 1189-1198.

DE GERNIER, H., DE PESSEMIER, J., XU, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VERBRUGGEN, N., and HERMANS, C. (2016). A comparative study of ethylene emanation upon nitrogen deficiency in natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 1-12

BLANCQUAERT, D., VANDAELE, J., STROBBE, S., KIEKENS, F., STOROZHENKO, S., DE STEUR, H., GELLYNCK, X., LAMBERT, W., STOVE, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2015). Enhancing folate (vitamin B9) stability in biofortified rice through metabolic engineering. Nature Biotechnology, 33: 1076-1078.

KIEKENS, F., VANDAELE, J., BLANCQUAERT, D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W., STOVE, C. (2015). Determination of five folate monoglutamates in rodent diets. J. Agric. Food Chemistry, 63: 10089-10095.

SCHELLINGEN, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., REMANS, T., VANGRONSVELD, J., KEUNEN, E., CUYPERS, A. (2015). Ethylene signalling is mediating the early cadmium-induced oxidative challenge in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science, 239: 137-146.

VAN DE POEL, B., SMET, D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2015). Ethylene and hormonal cross-talk in vegetative growth and development. Plant Physiology, 160: 61-72.

SCHELLINGEN, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LOIX, C., REMANS, T., VANGRONSVELD, J., CUYPERS, A. (2015). Ethylene biosynthesis is involved in the early oxidative challenge induced by moderate Cd exposure in Arabidopsis thaliana. Environmental & Experimental Botany, 117: 1-11.

KEUNEN, E., SCHELLINGEN, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., REMANS, T., VANGRONSVELD, J., CUYPERS, A. (2015). ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE1a modulates the oxidative challenge during moderate cd exposure in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 66: 2967-2977.

ZADNIKOVA, P. , SMET, D. , ZHU, Q, VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BENKOVA, E. (2015). Life between light and darkness: auxin in control of plant mobility. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: 1-19.

FIERRO, A.C., LEROUX, O., DE CONINCK, B., CAMMUE, B., MARCHAL, K., PRINSEN, E., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VANDENBUSSCHE, F. (2015). Ultraviolet-B radiation stimulates downward leaf curling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 93: 9-17.

KIEKENS, F., BLANCQUAERT, D., DEVISSCHER, L., VAN DAELE, J., STOVE, V., DELANGHE, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W., STOVE, C. (2015). Folates from metabolically engineered rice: a long-term study in rats. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 59: 490-500.

DE STEUR, H., BLANCQUAERT, D., STROBBE, S., LAMBERT, W., GELLYNCK, X., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2015). Present status and market potential of transgenic biofortified crops. Nature Biotechnology, 33, 1: 25-29.

VAN DE POEL, B., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2014) 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) in plants: more than just the precursor of ethylene! Frontiers in Plant Science, 5: 640

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2014). Differential Accumulation of ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 Correlates with Hypocotyl Bending to Ultraviolet-B Light. Plant Physiology, 166: 40-43.

DE STEUR, H., BLANCQUAERT, D., LAMBERT, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., GELLYNCK, X. (2014). Conceptual framework for ex-ante evaluation at the micro/macro level of GM crops with health benefits. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 39: 116-134

SCHELLINGEN, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., PRINSEN, E., REMANS, T., VANGRONSVELD, J., CUYPERS, A. (2014). Cadmium-induced ethylene production and responses in Arabidopsis thaliana rely on ACS2 and ACS6 gene expression. BMC Plant Biology, 14: 214

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., TILBROOK, K., FIERRO, A.C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. and ULM, R. (2014). Photoreceptor-mediated bending towards UV-B in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 7: 1041-1052.

VANDAELE, J., BLANCQUAERT, D., KIEKENS, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W., STOVE, C. (2014). Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry based folate profiling in potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62: 3092-3100

VAN DAMME, T., BLANCQUAERT, D., COUTURON, P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., SANDRA, P., and LYNEN, F. (2014). Mechanical stress causes rapid increase in concentration of the naturally occurring 2\',3\'-isomers of cyclic guanosine- and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cGMP and cAMP) in plant tissues. Phytochemistry, 103: 59-66.

SMET, D., ZADNIKOVA, P.,VANDENBUSSCHE, F., BENKOVA, E., and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2014). Dynamic infrared imaging analysis of apical hook development in Arabidopsis: the case of brassinosteroids. New Phytologist, 202(4): 1398-411.

BLANCQUAERT, D., DE STEUR, H., GELLYNCK, X., and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2014). Present and future of folate biofortification of crop plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65 (4): 895-906.

FARRE, G., BLANCQUAERT, D., CAPELL, T., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., CHRISTOU, P., and ZHU, C. Engineering complex metabolic pathways in plants (2014). Annual Reviews of Plant Biology, 65: 187-223.

ZHU, Q., DUGARDEYN, J., ZHANG, C., MUHLENBOCK, P., VALCKE, R., DE CONINCK, B., ODEN, S., KARAMPELIAS, M., CAMMUE, B., PRINSEN, E., and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2014). The Arabidopsis PPR RNA editing factor SLO2 participates in multiple stress and hormone responses. Molecular Plant, 7:290-310.

HU, Y., CALLEBERT, P., VANDEMOORTEL, I., NGUYEN, L., AUDENAERT, D., VERSCHRAEGEN, L., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2014). TR-db: an open-access database of compounds affecting the ethylene-induced triple response in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, 75:128-137.

HEYMAN, J., COOLS, T., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., HEYNDRICKX, K., VAN LEENE, J., VERCAUTEREN, I., VANDERAUWERA, S., VANDEPOELE, K., DE JAEGER, G., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., and DE VEYLDER, L. (2013). ERF115 controls root quiescent center cell division and stem cell replenishment. Science, 342:860-863.

BLANCQUAERT, D., STOROZHENKO, S., VAN DAELE, J., STOVE, C., VISSER, R., LAMBERT, W., and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2013). Enhancing pterin and para-aminobenzoate content is not sufficient to successfully biofortify potato tubers and Arabidopsis thaliana plants with folate. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64:3899-3909

BLANCQUAERT, D., VAN DAELE, J., STOROZHENKO, S., STOVE, C., LAMBERT, W., and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2013). Rice folate enhancement through metabolic engineering has an impact on rice seed metabolism, but does not affect the expression of the endogenous folate biosynthesis genes. Plant Molecular Biology, 83:329-349

MIEDES, E., SUSLOV, D., KENOBI, K., VAKOV, I., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LORENCES, E.P., MELLEROWITZ, E., VERBELEN, J.P., and VISSENBERG, K. (2013). Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) overexpression induces growth and changes cell wall mechanics in dark-grown Arabidopsis hypocotyls. J. Exp. Bot. 64:2481-2497.

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., CALLEBERT, P., ZADNIKOVA, P., BENKOVA, E. and VAN DER STRAETEN, D.(2013). Brassinosteroid control of shoot gravitropism interacts with ethylene and depends on auxin signaling components. Am.J.Bot., 100:215-225.

NAVARRETE, O., VAN DAELE, J., STOVE, C., LAMBERT, W., STOROZHENKO, S. and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. (2013). Isolation and characterization of an anti-folate insensitive (afi1) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biology, 15:37-44

DE STEUR, H., BLANCQUAERT, D., GELLYNCK, X., LAMBERT, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Ex-ante evaluation of biotechnology innovations: the case of folate GM biofortified rice in China. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 13: 2751-2760 (2012)

DE VYLDER, J., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., HU, Y., PHILIPS, W., and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Rosette Tracker: an open source image analysis tool for automatic quantification of genotype effects. Plant Physiology, 160: 1149-1159 (2012)

CAMARA, D., BISANZ, C., BARETTE, C., VAN DAELE, J., HUMAN, E., BARNARD, B., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., STOVE, C.P., LAMBERT, W., DOUCE, R., MARECHAL, E., BIRKHOLTZ, L.-M., CESBRON-DELAUW, M.-F., DUMAS, R., and REBEILLE, F. Inhibition of p-aminobenzoate and folate syntheses in plants and apicomplexan parasites by the natural product rubreserine. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287: 22367-22376 (2012)

MACLEAN, H., DOCHAIN, D., WATERS, G., STASIAK, M., DIXON, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Development and Parameter Identification of a Simple Mass Balance Model for Photosynthesis and Respiration in Plant Growth. Ecological Modelling , 246:105-118 (2012)

ZHU, Q., DUGARDEYN, J., ZHANG, C., TAKENAKA, M., KUHN, K., CRADDOCK, C., SMALLE, J., KARAMPELIAS, M., DENECKE, J., PETERS, J., GERATS, A., BRENNICKE, A., EASTMOND, P., MEYER, E., and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. SLO2, a mitochondrial PPR protein affecting several RNA editing sites, is required for energy metabolism. The Plant Journal, 71: 836-849 (2012)

MOLDERS, K., QUINET, M., DECAT, J., SECCO, B., DULIERE, E., PIETERS, S., VAN DER KOOIJ, T., LUTTS, S., and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Selection and hydroponic growth of potato cultivars for Bioregenerative Life Support Systems. Advances in Space Research, 50: 156-165 (2012)

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VASEVA, I., VISSENBERG, K. and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Ethylene in vegetative development: a tale with a riddle. New Phytologist, 194: 895-909 (2012)

DE STEUR, H., GELLYNCK, X., BLANCQUAERT, D., LAMBERT, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., QAIM, M. Potential impact and cost-effectiveness of multi-biofortified rice in China. New biotechnology, 29: 432-442 (2012)

NAVARRETE, O., VAN DAELE, J., LAMBERT, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., STOROZHENKO, S. A folate independent role for cytosolic HPPK/DHPS upon stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry, 73:23-33 (2012)

HERMANS, C., PORCO, S., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., GILLE, S., DE PESSEMIER, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VERBRUGGEN, N., BUSH, D.R. Dissecting the role of CTL1 in nitrate-dependent changes in root architecture. Plant Physiology, 157: 1313-1326 (2011)

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., SUSLOV, D., DE GRAUWE L., LEROUX, O., VISSENBERG, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. The role of brassinosteroids in shoot gravitropism. Plant Physiology, 156: 1331-6 (2011)

GALLEGO-BARTOLOME, J., ARANA, M.V., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., ZADNIKOVA, P., MINGUET E.G., GUARDIOLA, V., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BENKOVA, E., ALABADI, D., BLAZQUEZ, M.A. Hierarchy of hormone action controlling apical hook development in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal, 4: 622-34 (2011)

GU, Q., DAVID, F., LYNEN, F., RUMPEL, K., DUGARDEYN, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., XU, G., SANDRA, P. Evaluation of Automated Sample Preparation, Retention Time Locked GC-MS and Data Analysis Methods for the Metabolomic Study of Arabidopsis Species. Journal of Chromatography A, 1218: 3247-54 (2011)

STAAL, M., DE CNODDERT, T., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VERBELEN, J.-P., ELZENGA, T., VISSENBERG, K. Apoplastic alkalinisation is instrumental for the inhibition of cell elongation in the Arabidopsis thaliana root by the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC). Plant Physiology, 155:2049-55(2011)

ELLISON, C.T., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., HARMER, S.L. XAP5 CIRCADIAN TIMEKEEPER regulates ethylene responses in aerial tissues of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 155: 988-999 (2011)

DE STEUR, H., GELLYNCK, X, STOROZHENKO, S., LIQUN, G., LAMBERT, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VIAENE, J. Health impact in China of folate-biofortified rice. Nature Biotechnology, 28: 554-556 (2010).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., PETRASEK, J., ZADNIKOVA, P., HOYEROVA, K., PESEK, B., RAZ, V., SWARUP, R., BENNETT, M., ZAZIMALOVA, E., BENKOVA, E., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Auxin influx carriers AUX1 and LAX3 are involved in auxin-ethylene interactions during apical hook development in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Development, 137: 597-606 (2010).

ZADNIKOVA, P., PETRASEK, J., MARHAVY, P., RAZ, V., HEJATKO, J., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., FRIML, J., BENKOVA, E. Role of PIN-mediated auxin efflux in apical hook development of Arabidopsis thaliana. Development, 137: 607-617 (2010).

NELISSEN, H., DE GROEVE, S., FLEURY, D., NEYT, P., BRUNO, L., BITONTI, B., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., YAMAGUCHI, T., TSUKAYA, H., DE JAEGER, G., HOUBEN, A., VAN LIJSEBETTENS, M. Plant Elongator regulates auxin biology-related genes during RNA polymerase II transcription elongation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107: 1678-1683 (2010).

DE BROUWER, V., STOROZHENKO, S., STOVE, C.P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) for the sensitive determination of folates in rice. Journal of Chromatography B-Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 878: 509-513 (2010).

BLANCQUAERT, D., STOROZHENKO, S., LOIZEAU, K., DE STEUR, H., VIAENE, J., RAVANEL, S., REBEILLE, F., LAMBERT, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Folates And Folic Acid: From Fundamental Research Towards Sustainable Health. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 29: 14-35 (2010).

DE STEUR, H., GELLYNCK, X., STOROZHENKO, S., LIQUN, G., LAMBERT, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VIAENE, J. Willingness to Accept and Purchase Genetically Modified Rice with High Folate Content in Shanxi Province, China. Appetite, 54: 118-125 (2010).

MCDONNELL, L., PLETT, J.M., ANDERSSON-GUNNERAS, S., KOZELA, C., DUGARDEYN, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., GLICK, B.R., SUNDBERG, B., REGAN, S. Ethylene levels are regulated by a plant encoded 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase. Physiologia Plantarum, 136: 94-109 (2009).

VAN WILDER, V., DE BROUWER, V., LOIZEAU, K., GAMBONNET, B., ALBRIEUX, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W.E., DOUCE, R., BLOCK, M., REBEILLE, F., RAVANEL, S. C1 metabolism and chlorophyll synthesis: the Mg protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase activity is dependent on the folate status. New Phytologist, 182: 137-145 (2009)

DE GRAUWE, L., CHAERLE, L., DUGARDEYN, J., DECAT, J., RIEU, I., VRIEZEN, W., MORITZ, T., BEEMSTER, G., PHILLIPS, A., HARBERD, N., HEDDEN, P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Reduced gibberellin response affects ethylene biosynthesis and responsiveness in the Arabidopsis gai eto2-1 double mutant. New Phytologist, 177:128-141 (2008).

BEKAERT, S., STOROZHENKO, S., MEHRSHAHI, P., BENNETT, M., LAMBERT, W., GREGORY, J.F. III, SCHUBERT, K., HUGENHOLTZ, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., HANSON, A. Folate biofortification in food plants. Trends in Plant Science, 13:28-35 (2008).

MERTENS, J., BELADJAL, L., ALCANTARA, A., FOUGNIES, L., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., CLEGG, J. Survival of dried eukaryotes (Anhydrobiotes) after exposure to very high temperatures. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 93:15-22 (2008).

DUGARDEYN, J., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. To grow or not to grow: what can we learn on ethylene-gibberellin cross-talk by in silico gene expression analysis? Journal of Experimental Botany, 59:1-16 (2008).

DUGARDEYN, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Ethylene: fine tuning plant growth and development by stimulation and inhibition of elongation. Plant Science, 175: 59-70 (2008).

LOIZEAU, K., DE BROUWER, V., GAMBONNET, B., YU, A., RENOU, J.P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W.E., REBEILLE, F., RAVANEL, S. A genome-wide and metabolic analysis determined the adaptive response of Arabidopsis cells to folate depletion Induced by Methotrexate. Plant Physiology, 148: 2083-2095 (2008).

DE BROUWER, V., STOROZHENKO, S., VAN DE STEENE, J.C., WILLE, S.M., STOVE, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. LAMBERT, W.E. Optimisation and validation of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for folates in rice. Journal of Chromatography A, 1215: 125-132 (2008).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., HABRICOT, Y., CONDIFF, A.S., MALDINEY, R., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., AHMAD, M. HY5 is a point of convergence between cryptochrome and cytokinin signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal, 49 (3): 428-441 (2007).

CHAERLE, L., LEINONEN, I., JONES, H., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Monitoring and screening plant populations with thermal and chlorophyll fluorescence imaging. Journal of Experimental Botany, 58 (4) 773-784 (2007).

LENK, S., CHAERLE, L., PFUNDEL, E., LANGSDORF, G., HAGENBEEK, D., LICHTENTHALER, H., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BUSCHMANN, C. Multispectral fluorescence and reflectance imaging at the leaf level and its possible applications. Journal of Experimental Botany, 58 (4) 807-814 (2007).

SAIBO, N.J.M., VRIEZEN, W., DE GRAUWE, L., AZMI, A., PRINSEN, E., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. A comparative analysis of the Arabidopsis mutant amp1-1and a novel weak amp1 allele reveals new functions of the AMP1 protein. Planta, 225 (4): 831-842 (2007).

STOROZHENKO, S., NAVARETTE, O., RAVANEL, S., CHAERLE, P., ZHANG, G.F., BASTIEN, O., LAMBERT, W., REBEILLE, F., and VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Cytosolic Hydroxymethyldihydropterin Pyrophosphokinase/Dihydropteroate Synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana: A Specific Role in Early Development and Stress Response. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282, 10749-10761 (2007).

BOULY, J.P., SCHLEICHER, E., DIONYSIO-SESE, M., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BAKRIM, N., MEIER, S., BATSCHAUER, A., GALLAND, P., BITTL, R., AHMAD, M. Cryptochrome Blue Light Photoreceptors Are Activated through Interconversion of Flavin Redox States. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282: 9383-9391 (2007).

CHAERLE, L., LENK, S., HAGENBEEK, D., BUSCHMANN, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Multi-color fluorescence imaging for early detection of the hypersensitive reaction to tobacco mosaic virus. Journal of Plant Physiology, S164 (3): 253-262 (2007).

PIMENTEL, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., PIRES, E., FARO, C., RODRIGUES-POUSADA, C. Characterization and expression analysis of the aspartic protease gene family of Cynara cardunculus L. FEBS Journal, 274: 2523-2539 (2007).

QUANTEN, L., CHAERLE, L., NOBEL, J.P., VAN ONCKELEN, H., PRINSEN, E., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VALCKE, R. Effects of Tetracycline on wild type and inducible P35S IPT-5/TETR transgenic tobacco plants. Physiologia Plantarum, 130:290-300 (2007).

ACHARD, P., BAGHOUR, M., CHAPPLE, A., HEDDEN, P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., GENSCHIK, P., MORITZ, T., HARBERD, N. The plant stress hormone ethylene controls floral transition via DELLA-dependent regulation of floral meristem-identity genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 104 (15): 6484-6489 (2007).

CHAERLE, L, HAGENBEEK, D., VANROBAEYS, X., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Early detection of nutrient and biotic stress in Phaseolus vulgaris. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28 (16): 3479-3492 (2007).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. One for all and all for one: cross-talk of multiple signals controlling the plant phenotype. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 26:178-187 (2007).

CHAERLE, L., HAGENBEEK, D., DE BRUYNE, E., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging for disease-resistance screening of sugar beet. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 91: 97-106 (2007).

DE GRAUWE, L., VRIEZEN, W., BERTRAND, S., PHILLIPS, A., VIDAL, A., HEDDEN, P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Reciprocal influence of ethylene and gibberellins on response-gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta, 226 (2): 485-498 (2007).

STOROZHENKO, S., DE BROUWER, V., VOLCKAERT, M., NAVARRETE, O., BLANQUAERT, D., ZHANG, G.F., LAMBERT, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Folate fortification of rice by metabolic engineering. Nature Biotechnology, 25: 1277-1279 (2007).

SWARUP, R., PERRY, P., HAGENBEEK, D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BEEMSTER, G., SANDBERG, G., BHALERAO, R., LJUNG, K., BENNETT, M. Ethylene upregulates auxin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis seedlings to enhance inhibition of root cell elongation. The Plant Cell, 19 (7): p. 2186-2196 (2007).

LOIZEAU, K., GAMBONNET, B., ZHANG, G.-F., CURIEN, G., JABRIN, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W.E., REBEILLE,F., RAVANEL, S. Regulation of one-carbon metabolism in arabidopsis: The N-terminal regulatory domain of cystathionine gamma-synthase is cleaved in response to folate starvation. Plant Physiology, 145: 491-503 (2007).

DE BROUWER, V., ZHANG, G.F., STOROZHENKO, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W. pH stability of individual folates during critical sample preparation steps in the analysis of plant folates. Phytochemical Analysis, 18: 496-508 (2007).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., FIERRO, A.C., WIEDEMANN, G., RESKI, R., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Evolutionary conservation of plant gibberellin signalling pathway components. BMC Plant Biology, 7: # 65 (2007).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VANCOMPERNOLLE, B., RIEU, I., AHMAD, M., PHILLIPS, A., MORITZ, T., HEDDEN, P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Ethylene-induced Arabidopsis hypocotyl elongation is dependent on but not mediated by gibberellins. Journal of Experimental Botany, 58: 4269-4281 (2007).

ACHARD, P., CHENG, H.#, DE GRAUWE, L.#, DECAT, J., SCHOUTTETEN, H., MORITZ, T., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., PENG, J., HARBERD, N. Integration of plant growth responses to environmentally activated phytohormonal signals. Science, 311, 91-94 (2006).

FINGLAS, P.M., DE MEER, K., MOLLOY, A., VERHOEF, P., PIETRZIK, K., POWERS, H.J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., JÄGERSTAD, M., VARELA-MOREIRAS, G., VAN VLIET, T., HAVENAAR, R., BUTTRISS, J., WRIGHT, A.J..A. Research goals for folate and related B-vitamins in Europe. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 60, 287-294 (2006).

FOYER, C., DELLA-PENNA, D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. A new era in plant metabolism research reveals a bright future for bio-fortification and human nutrition. Physiologia Plantarum, 126, 289-290 (2006).

REBEILLE, F., RAVANEL, S., DOUCE, R., STOROZHENKO, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Folates in plants: biosynthesis, distribution and enhancement. Physiologia Plantarum, 126, 330-342 (2006).

NINH THUAN, N.T., BIGIRIMANA, J., ROUMEN, E., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., HOFTE, M. Molecular and pathotype analysis of the rice blast fungus in North Vietnam. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 114, 381-396 (2006).

DEVOS, S., LAUKENS, K., DECKERS, P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BEECKMAN, T., INZE, D., VAN ONCKELEN, H., WITTERS, E., PRINSEN, E. A hormone and proteome approach to picturing the initial metabolic events during Plasmodiophora brassicae infection on Arabidopis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 19, 1431-1443 (2006).

CHAERLE, L., PINEDA, M., ROMERO-ARANDA, R., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BARON-AYALA, M. Robotized thermal and chlorophyll-fluorescence imaging of pepper mild mottle virus infection in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant and Cell Physiology, 47, 1323-1336 (2006).

BENNETT, M., BELLINI, C., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Integrative biology: dissecting cross talk between plant signalling pathways. Physiologia Plantarum, 123, 109-110 (2005).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VERBELEN, J.P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Of light and length: regulation of hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. BioEssays, 27, 275-284 (2005).

ZHANG, G.F., MORTIER, K.A., STOROZHENKO, S., VAN DE STEENE, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W. Free and total para-aminobenzoic acid analysis in plants with high performance liquid chromatography- tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 19, 963-969 (2005).

SHRESTHA, M., VOLKAERT, H., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Assessment of genetic diversity in Tectona grandis using amplified fragment length polymorphism markers? Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 35, 1017-1022 (2005).

CHAERLE, L., SAIBO, N, VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Tuning the pores: towards engineering plants for improved water use efficiency. Trends in Biotechnology, 23, 308-315 (2005).

ZHANG, G.F., STOROZHENKO, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W. Investigation of the extraction behavior of the main monoglutamate folates from spinach by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, 1078, 59-66 (2005).

STOROZHENKO, S., RAVANEL, S., ZHANG, G.F., REBEILLE, F., LAMBERT, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Folate enhancement in staple crops by metabolic engineering. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 16, 271-281 (2005).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., PIERIK, R., MILLENAAR, F., VOESENEK, L., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Reaching out of the shade. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 8, 462-468 (2005).

DE GRAUWE, L., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., TIETZ, O., PALME, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Auxin, ethylene and brassinosteroids: tripartite control of growth in the Arabidopsis hypocotyl. Plant and Cell Physiology, 46, 827-836 (2005).

DE PAEPE, A., DE GRAUWE, L., BERTRAND, S., SMALLE, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. The Arabidopsis mutant eer2 has enhanced ethylene responses in the light. Journal of Experimental Botany, 56, 2409-2420 (2005).

DELESSERT, C., KAZAN, K., WILSON, I., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., MANNERS, J., DENNIS, E., DOLFERUS, R. The transcription factor ATAF2 represses the expression of pathogenesis-related genes in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal, 43, 745-757 (2005).

DECNODDER, T., VISSENBERG, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VERBELEN, J.P. Regulation of cell length in the Arabidopsis thaliana root by the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid: a matter of apoplastic reactions. New Phytologist, 168, 541-550 (2005).

LE, J., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., DECNODDER, T., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VERBELEN, J.-P. Cell elongation and microtubule behavior in the Arabidopsis hypocotyl: responses to ethylene and auxin. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 24, 166-178 (2005).

BLANCO, F., GARRETON, V., FREY, N., DOMINGUEZ, C., PEREZ-ACLE, T., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., JORDANA, X., HOLUIGUE, L. Identification of salicylic acid-early responsive genes in Arabidopsis thaliana: role of NPR1 and analysis of their promoters. Plant Molecular Biology, 59, 929-946 (2005).

DE PAEPE, A., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Ethylene biosynthesis and signaling: an overview. Vitamins and Hormones. Advances in Research and Applications, 72, 399-430 (2005).

VRIEZEN, W., ACHARD, P., HARBERD, N., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Ethylene-mediated enhancement of apical hook formation in etiolated Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings is gibberellin dependent. Plant Journal, 37, 505-516 (2004).

SAIBO, N., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., RODRIGUES-POUSADA, C. Lupinus albus -tubulin: mRNA and protein accumulation during development and in response to darkness. Planta, 219, 201-211 (2004).

DE PAEPE, A., VUYLSTEKE, M., VAN HUMMELEN, P., ZABEAU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Transcriptional profiling by cDNA-AFLP and microarray analysis reveals novel insights into the early response to ethylene in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal, 39, 537-559 (2004).

LE, J., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VERBELEN, J.P. Position and cell type dependent microtubule reorientation characterizes the early response of the Arabidopsis root epidermis to ethylene. Physiologia Plantarum, 121, 513-519 (2004).

CHAERLE, L., HAGENBEEK, D., DE BRUYNE, E., VALCKE, R., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Thermal and chlorophyll-fluorescence imaging distinguish plant-pathogen interactions at an early stage. Plant and Cell Physiology, 45, 887-896 (2004).

DELESSERT, C., WILSON, I., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., DENNIS, E., DOLFERUS, R. Spatial and temporal analysis of the local response to wounding in Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Molecular Biology, 55, 165-181 (2004).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Shaping the shoot: a circuitry that integrates multiple signals. Trends in Plant Science, 9, 499-506 (2004).

THAIN, S., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., LAARHOVEN, L.J., DOWSON-DAY, M.J., WANG, Z.Y., TOBIN, E.M., HARREN, F.J., MILLAR, A.J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Circadian rhythms of ethylene emission in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 136, 3751-3761 (2004).

VRIEZEN, W., ZHOU, Z., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Regulation of submergence-induced enhanced shoot elongation in Oryza sativa L. Annals of Botany, 91, 263-270 (2003).

ZAMBRE, M., TERRYN, N., DE CLERCQ, J., DE BUCK, S., DILLEN, W., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., ANGENON, G. Light strongly promotes gene transfer from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to plant cells. Planta, 216(4), 580-586 (2003).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., SMALLE, J., LE, J., MADEIRA-SAIBO, N., DE PAEPE, A., CHAERLE, L., TIETZ, O., SMETS, R., LAARHOVEN, L.J.J., HARREN, F.J.M., VAN ONCKELEN, H., PALME, K., VERBELEN, J.P., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. The Arabidopsis thaliana mutant alh1 illustrates a cross-talk between ethylene and auxin. Plant Physiology, 131, 1228-1238 (2003).

CHAERLE, L., HULSEN, K., HERMANS, C., STRASSER, R., VALCKE, R., HOFTE, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Robotised time-lapse imaging to assess in planta-uptake of phenylurea herbicides and their microbial degradation. Physiology Plantarum, 118, 613-619 (2003).

SAIBO, N., VRIEZEN, W., BEEMSTER, G., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Growth and stomata formation of Arabidopsis hypocotyls is controlled by gibberellins and modulated by ethylene and auxin. Plant Journal, 33, 989-1000 (2003).

WERBROUCK, S., SAIBO, N., DHUYVETTER, H., DE SCHEPPER, S., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., DEBERGH, P. Physiological and morphological evidence of brassinosteroid-biosynthesis inhibition by the fungicide imazalil. Physiologia Plantarum, 119, 69-77 (2003).

VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VRIEZEN, W., SMALLE, J., LAARHOVEN, L.J., HARREN, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Ethylene and auxin control the Arabidopsis response to decreased light intensity. Plant Physiology, 133, 517-527 (2003).

ACHARD, P., VRIEZEN, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., HARBERD, N. Ethylene regulates Arabidopsis development via modulation of DELLA protein growth repressor function. The Plant Cell, 15, 2816-2825 (2003).

ALMEIDA, A.M., VRIEZEN, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Molecular and physiological mechanisms of flooding avoidance and tolerance in rice. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology, 50 (6): 743-751 (2003).

ZHANG, G.F., MAUDENS, K., STOROZHENKO, S., MORTIER, K., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., LAMBERT, W. Deterrmination of total folate in plant material by chemical conversion into para-aminobenzoic acid followed by high performance liquid chromatography combined with on-line post-column derivatization and fluorescence detection. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 51:7872-7878 (2003).

ZHOU, Z., de ALMEIDA-ENGLER, J., ROUAN, D., MICHIELS, F., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Tissue localization of a submergence-induced 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase in rice. Plant Physiology 129, 72-84 (2002).

CHAERLE, L., DE BOEVER, F., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Thermographic visualization of cell death in tobacco and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell and Environment, 24, 15-25 (2001).

LE, J., VANDENBUSSCHE, F., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VERBELEN, J. P. In the early response of Arabidopsis roots to ethylene, cell elongation is up and down regulated and uncoupled from differentiation. Plant Physiology, 125, 519-522 (2001).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., ZHOU, Z., PRINSEN, E., VAN ONCKELEN, H.A., VAN MONTAGU, M.C. A comparative molecular physiological study of submergence response in lowland and deepwater rice. Plant Physiology, 125, 955-968 (2001).

CHAERLE, L., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Seeing is believing: imaging techniques to monitor plant health. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expressio,n 1519, 153-166 (2001).

VERCAMMEN, J., PHAM TUAN, H., ARICKX, I., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., SANDRA, P. Monitoring of isothiocyanates emanating from Arabidopsis thaliana upon paraquat spraying. Journal of Chromatography A, 912, 127-134 (2001).

ZHOU, Z., VRIEZEN, W., VAN CAENEGHEM, W., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Rapid induction of a novel ACC synthase gene in deepwater rice seedlings upon complete submergence. Euphytica 121, 137-143 (2001).

CHAERLE, L., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Imaging techniques and the early detection of plant stress. Trends in Plant Science, 5, 495-501 (2000).

DE NEEF, V., VAN CAENEGHEM, W., MARICHAL, M., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. A polymerase chain reaction-based screening method for transgenic Arabidopsis. Genetic Analysis. Biomolecular Engineering, 15, 1-4 (1999).

RODRIGUES POUSADA, R., VAN CAENEGHEM, W., CHAUVAUX, N., VAN ONCKELEN, H., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Hormonal cross talk regulates the Arabidopsis thaliana 1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylate synthase gene 1 in a developmental and tissue dependent manner. Physiologia Plantarum, 105, 312-320 (1999).

CHAERLE, L., VAN CAENEGHEM, W., MESSENS, E., LAMBERS, H., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Presymptomatic visualization of plant virus interactions by thermography. Nature Biotechnology, 17, 813-816 (1999).

SMALLE, J., HAEGMAN, M., MERTENS, J., VANGRONSVELD, J., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. The expression pattern of the Arabidopsis ACC synthase gene 1 during rosette leaf development. Journal of Experimental Botany, 50, 1561-1566 (1999).

SMALLE, J., KUREPA, J., HAEGMAN, M., GIELEN, J., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. The trihelix DNA binding motif in higher plants is not restricted to the transcription factors GT1 and GT 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 95, 3318-3322 (1998).

SMALLE, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Ethylene and vegetative development. Physiologia Plantarum, 100, 593-605 (1997).

SMALLE, J., HAEGMAN, M., KUREPA, J., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Ethylene can stimulate Arabidopsis hypocotyl elongation in the light. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 94, 2756-2761 (1997).

MOONS, A., GIELEN, J., VANDEKERCKHOVE, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., GHEYSEN, G., VAN MONTAGU, M. An abscisic acid and salt stress responsive rice cDNA from a novel plant gene family. Planta, 202, 443 454 (1997).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., ANUNTALABHOCHAI, S., VAN CAENEGHEM, W., ZHOU, Z., GIELEN, J., VAN MONTAGU, M. Expression of three members of the ACC synthase gene family in deepwater rice by submergence, wounding and hormonal treatments. Plant Science, 124, 79-87 (1997).

PALMS, B., GOUPIL, P., de ALMEIDA ENGLER, J., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VAN MONTAGU, M. RAMBOUR, S. Evidence for the nitrate dependent spatial regulation of the nitrate reductase gene in chicory roots. Planta, 200, 20-27 (1996).

PETERSEN, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., BAUW, G. Full length cDNA clone from Coleus blumei (GenBank Z49150) with high similarity to cobalamine independent methionine synthase. Plant Physiology, 109, 338 (1995).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., CHAERLE, L., SHARKOV, G., LAMBERS, H., VAN MONTAGU, M. Salicylic acid enhances the activity of the alternative pathway of respiration in tobacco leaves and induces thermogenicity. Planta, 196, 412-419 (1995).

DESTEFANO BELTRAN, L.J.C., VAN CAENEGHEM, W., GIELEN, J., RICHARD, L., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Characterization of three members of the ACC synthase gene family in Solanum tuberosum L. Molecular and General Genetics, 246, 496-508 (1995).

MOONS, A., BAUW, G., PRINSEN, E., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. Molecular and physiological responses to abscisic acid and salts in roots of salt sensitive and salt tolerant Indica rice varieties. Plant Physiology, 107, 177-186 (1995).

VAN DEN BROECK, D., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VAN MONTAGU, M., CAPLAN, A. A group of chromosomal proteins is specifically released by spermine and loses DNA binding capacity (activity) upon phosphorylation. Plant Physiology, 106, 559-566 (1994).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., DJUDZMAN, A., VAN CAENEGHEM, W., SMALLE, J., VAN MONTAGU, M. Genetic and physiological analysis of a new locus in Arabidopsis that confers resistance to 1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid and ethylene and specifically affects the ethylene signal-transduction pathway. Plant Physiology, 102, 401-408 (1993).

RODRIGUES POUSADA, R.A., DE RYCKE, R., DEDONDER, A., VAN CAENEGHEM, W., ENGLER, G., VAN MONTAGU, M., VAN DER STRAETEN, D. The Arabidopsis 1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylate synthase gene-1 is expressed during early development. The Plant Cell, 5, 897-911 (1993).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., RODRIGUES POUSADA, R.A., VILLARROEL, R., HANLEY, S., GOODMAN, H.M., VAN MONTAGU, M. Cloning, genetic mapping, and expression analysis of an Arabidopsis thaliana gene that encodes 1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylate synthase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 89, 9969-9973 (1992).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., RODRIGUES POUSADA, R.A., GIELEN, J., VAN MONTAGU, M. Tomato alcohol dehydrogenase: expression during fruit ripening and under hypoxic conditions. FEBS Letters, 295, 39-42 (1991).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., RODRIGUES POUSADA, R.A., GOODMAN, H.M., VAN MONTAGU, M. Plant enolase: gene structure, expression and evolution. The Plant Cell, 3, 719-735 (1991).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VAN WIEMEERSCH, L., GOODMAN, H.M., VAN MONTAGU, M. Cloning and sequence of two (2) different cDNAs encoding 1 aminocyclo propane 1 carboxylate synthase in tomato. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 87, 4859-4863 (1990).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VAN WIEMEERSCH, L., GOODMAN, H.M., VAN MONTAGU, M. Purification and partial characterization of 1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylate synthase from tomato pericarp. European Journal of Biochemistry, 182, 639-647 (1989).

ZHU, J.D., KEMPENAERS, W., VAN DER STRAETEN, D., CONTRERAS, R., FIERS, W. A method for fast and pure DNA elution from agarose gel(s) by centrifugal filtration. Nature Biotechnology, 3, 1014-1016 (1985).

VAN DER STRAETEN, D., VAN LANGENHOVE, H., SCHAMP, N. Comparison between theoretical and experimental sampling efficiencies on Tenax GC. Journal of Chromatography A, 331, 207-218 (1985).

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