Marc Somssich

Brassinosteroids Influence Arabidopsis Hypocotyl Graviresponses through Changes in Mannans and Cellulose.

Marc Somssich, Filip Vandenbussche, Alexander Ivakov, Norma Funke, Colin Ruprecht, Kris Vissenberg, Dominique VanDer Straeten, Staffan Persson, Dmitry Suslov

Journal article  |  2021  |  Plant Cell Physiol

The force of gravity is a constant environmental factor. Plant shoots respond to gravity through negative gravitropism and gravity..

How a Mangrove Tree Can Help to Improve the Salt Tolerance of Arabidopsis and Rice

Marc Somssich

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Lignification and Oxidative Enzymes: Localization, Localization, Localization!

Marc Somssich

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Plant science's next top models

Igor Cesarino, Raffaele Dello Ioio, Gwendolyn K Kirschner, Michael S Ogden, Kelsey L Picard, Madlen Rast-Somssich, Marc Somssich

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANNALS OF BOTANY

BACKGROUND: Model organisms are at the core of life science research. Notable examples include the mouse as a model for humans, ba..

Brassinosteroids Influence Arabidopsis Hypocotyl Graviresponses Through Changes In Mannans And Cellulose

Marc Somssich, Filip Vandenbussche, Alexander Ivakov, Norma Funke, Colin Ruprecht, Kris Vissenberg, Dominique Van Der Straeten, Staffan Persson, Dmitry Suslov

Journal article  |  2019

The force of gravity is a constant environmental factor. Plant shoots respond to gravity through negative gravitropism and gravity..

The effect of brassinosteroids on shoot gravitropism reveals a new function of cell wall mannans

DV Suslov, M Somssich, F Vandenbouche, A Ivakov, N Funke, K Ruprecht, K Wissenberg, D Van Der Straten, C Persson

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  IX Congress of society physiologists of plants of Russia "Plant physiology is the basis for creating plants of the future

Complete substitution of a secondary cell wall with a primary cell wall in Arabidopsis

Shingo Sakamoto, Marc Somssich, Miyuki T Nakata, Faride Unda, Kimie Atsuzawa, Yasuko Kaneko, Ting Wang, Anne-Maarit Bagman, Allison Gaudinier, Kouki Yoshida, Siobhan M Brady, Shawn D Mansfield, Staffan Persson, Nobutaka Mitsuda

Journal article  |  2018  |  NATURE PLANTS

The bulk of a plant's biomass, termed secondary cell walls, accumulates in woody xylem tissues and is largely recalcitrant to bioc..

The Toolbox to Study Protein-Protein Interactions in Plants

Edwin R Lampugnani, Rene H Wink, Staffan Persson, Marc Somssich

Journal article  |  2018  |  CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

The ability to detect the interaction partners of a protein and how those interactions occur are central to the study of biology. ..

Building a plant cell wall at a glance

Edwin R Lampugnani, Ghazanfar Abbas Khan, Marc Somssich, Staffan Persson

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Plant cells are surrounded by a strong polysaccharide-rich cell wall that aids in determining the overall form, growth and develop..

Antagonistic Transcription Factor Complexes Modulate the Floral Transition in Rice

Vittoria Brambilla, Damiano Martignago, Daniela Goretti, Martina Cerise, Marc Somssich, Matteo de Rosa, Francesca Galbiati, Roshi Shrestha, Federico Lazzaro, Ruediger Simon, Fabio Fornara

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLANT CELL

Plants measure day or night lengths to coordinate specific developmental changes with a favorable season. In rice (Oryza sativa), ..