Anja Branscheid

TL;DR: Measurements of the subcellular levels of each metabolite between Suc and starch established AGPase as the only step whose substrates increase and mass action ratio decreases after detachment of wild-type tubers, and led to inactivation of the enzyme.

TL;DR: Results show that both sucrose and glucose lead to post-translational redox activation of AGPase, and that they do this by two different pathways involving SnRK1 and an endogenous hexokinase, respectively.

TL;DR: The increased accumulation of specific miRNAs and the miRNA-mediated cleavage of symbiosis-relevant genes indicate that mi RNAs are an important part of the regulatory network leading to symbiosis development.

TL;DR: MiR399 overexpression in tobacco suggested that miR399 alone is not sufficient to improve mycorrhizal colonization supporting the assumption that, in mycor rhizal roots, increased miR401 and multiple pri-miR399 are necessary to keep the MtPho2 expression and activity low, which would otherwise increase in response to symbiotic Pi uptake.

TL;DR: A detailed analysis of the genomic structure of the MIR171h gene comprising the deep sequencing data suggests a feedback circuit between mature miR171h and its own primary transcript showing the ability of this miRNA regulating itself.