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21 e Vordiplom 1a (Plant Biology) c
3d Universität München, Weihenstephan, 1988.
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3d University of California at Berkeley, 1995.
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3d Universität München, Weihenstephan, 1988.
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3d University of California at Berkeley, 1995.
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75 Molecular mechanisms controlling developmental transitions in response to environmental and endogenous cues.
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58 Key words: Transcriptional Regulation, Development, Chromatin Remodeling
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26 Description of Research
2c7 My lab is interested in understanding how the accessibility of genomes compacted into chromatin is altered in response to developmental or environmental signals. We study one of the two known mechanisms that can alter access to the genetic information in the context of chromatin, ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling. A second focus of the lab is elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that underlie the vital transition to reproductive development in the plant model system Arabidopsis thaliana. Specifically, we investigate how the master transcription regulator LEAFY (LFY) direct primordium formation and program the primordium founder cells to adopt a floral fate during the onset of reproduction.
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33 Role of chromatin remodeling in development
406 My lab studies the role of chromatin remodeling in multicellular eukaryote growth, response to stress and development. We use Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system. Plants are an ideal system for studying chromatin mechanisms, as sessile organisms they have evolved adaptive mechanisms for altering cell function and even their body plan in response to different environments. In addition, in contrast to metazoan SWI/SNF ATPases, single null mutations in plant SWI/SNF ATPases cause severe development and growth aberrations, but are not embryonic lethal; facilitating their genetic investigation. Our combined genetic, molecular and genomic studies have revealed that these chromatin remodeling ATPases regulate many distinct processes. In each process they control expression of one or very few key regulators. This surprising functional specificity is in contrast to their previous classification as ‘general’ transcriptional co-regulators. Our current research aims to elucidate how this specificity is achieved.
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45 Developmental reprogramming by the LEAFY transcription factor
1b7 LEAFY (LFY) is a helix-turn-helix transcription factor and master regulator that controls the onset of reproduction. Using both global expression and binding studies, we have identified the direct LFY targets at two developmental stages. LFY has stage-specific roles that are in part mediated by interactions with chromatin regulators. We are now studying the roles of the LFY targets in the transition to reproductive development.
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57 Molecular biology; (Epi)Genomics; Developmental biology; Genetics; Biochemistry
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74 1. Genetic and genomic investigation of the role of chromatin remodeling in pluripotency and differentiation
3d 2. Recruitment of chromatin complexes to target genes
43 3. Function of LEAFY targets in the reproductive transition
4c 4. Induction of LEAFY mRNA expression and regulation of LFY activity
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33 Dr. Kostas Vlachonasios; sabbatical visitor
21 Dr. Miin-Feng Wu; postdoc
28 Dr. Nobutoshi Yamaguchi; postdoc
26 Soon-Ki Han; graduate student
28 Gleb Bazilevsky; rotation student
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2a Research Interests75 Molecular mechanisms controlling developmental transitions in response to environmental and endogenous cues.
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58 Key words: Transcriptional Regulation, Development, Chromatin Remodeling
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2c7 My lab is interested in understanding how the accessibility of genomes compacted into chromatin is altered in response to developmental or environmental signals. We study one of the two known mechanisms that can alter access to the genetic information in the context of chromatin, ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling. A second focus of the lab is elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that underlie the vital transition to reproductive development in the plant model system Arabidopsis thaliana. Specifically, we investigate how the master transcription regulator LEAFY (LFY) direct primordium formation and program the primordium founder cells to adopt a floral fate during the onset of reproduction.
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33 Role of chromatin remodeling in development
406 My lab studies the role of chromatin remodeling in multicellular eukaryote growth, response to stress and development. We use Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system. Plants are an ideal system for studying chromatin mechanisms, as sessile organisms they have evolved adaptive mechanisms for altering cell function and even their body plan in response to different environments. In addition, in contrast to metazoan SWI/SNF ATPases, single null mutations in plant SWI/SNF ATPases cause severe development and growth aberrations, but are not embryonic lethal; facilitating their genetic investigation. Our combined genetic, molecular and genomic studies have revealed that these chromatin remodeling ATPases regulate many distinct processes. In each process they control expression of one or very few key regulators. This surprising functional specificity is in contrast to their previous classification as ‘general’ transcriptional co-regulators. Our current research aims to elucidate how this specificity is achieved.
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45 Developmental reprogramming by the LEAFY transcription factor
1b7 LEAFY (LFY) is a helix-turn-helix transcription factor and master regulator that controls the onset of reproduction. Using both global expression and binding studies, we have identified the direct LFY targets at two developmental stages. LFY has stage-specific roles that are in part mediated by interactions with chromatin regulators. We are now studying the roles of the LFY targets in the transition to reproductive development.
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57 Molecular biology; (Epi)Genomics; Developmental biology; Genetics; Biochemistry
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74 1. Genetic and genomic investigation of the role of chromatin remodeling in pluripotency and differentiation
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33 Dr. Kostas Vlachonasios; sabbatical visitor
21 Dr. Miin-Feng Wu; postdoc
28 Dr. Nobutoshi Yamaguchi; postdoc
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136 Efroni, I., Han, S. K., Kim, H. J., Wu, M. F., Steiner, E., Birnbaum, K. D., Hong, J. C., Eshed, Y., Wagner, D.: Regulation of leaf maturation by chromatin-mediated modulation of cytokinin responses. Dev Cell 24(4): 438-45, 2013.
137 Yamaguchi, N., Wu, M. F., Winter, C. M., Berns, M. C., Nole-Wilson, S., Yamaguchi, A., Coupland, G., Krizek, B. A., Wagner, D.: A molecular framework for auxin-mediated initiation of flower primordia. Dev Cell 24(3): 271-82, 2013.
bd Han, S. K., Wagner, D.: Role of chromatin in water stress responses in plants. Journal of experimental botany 2013.
14b Han, S. K., Sang, Y., Rodrigues, A., Wu, M. F., Rodriguez, P. L., Wagner, D.: The SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling ATPase BRAHMA represses abscisic acid responses in the absence of the stress stimulus in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 24(12): 4892-906, 2012.
115 Yamaguchi, N., Yamaguchi, A., Abe, M., Wagner, D., Komeda, Y.: LEAFY controls Arabidopsis pedicel length and orientation by affecting adaxial-abaxial cell fate. The Plant journal. 69(5): 844-56, 2012.
b9 Wu, M. F., Wagner, D.: RNA in situ hybridization in Arabidopsis. Methods in molecular biology 883: 75-86, 2012.
1bd Wu, M. F., Sang, Y., Bezhani, S., Yamaguchi, N., Han, S. K., Li, Z., Su, Y., Slewinski, T. L., Wagner, D.: SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling ATPases overcome polycomb repression and control floral organ identity with the LEAFY and SEPALLATA3 transcription factors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(9): 3576-81, 2012.
16d Sang, Y., Silva-Ortega, C. O., Wu, S., Yamaguchi, N., Wu, M. F., Pfluger, J., Gillmor, C. S., Gallagher, K. L., Wagner, D.: Mutations in two non-canonical Arabidopsis SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling ATPases cause embryogenesis and stem cell maintenance defects. The Plant journal 2012.
148 Pastore, J. J., Limpuangthip, A., Yamaguchi, N., Wu, M. F., Sang, Y., Han, S. K., Malaspina, L., Chavdaroff, N., Yamaguchi, A., Wagner, D.: LATE MERISTEM IDENTITY2 acts together with LEAFY to activate APETALA1. Development 138(15): 3189-98, 2011.
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3b Vercruyssen, L. d Verkest, A. e Gonzalez, N. 13 Heyndrickx, K. S. e Eeckhout, D. c Han, S. K. a Jegu, T. e Archacki, R. f Van Leene, J. 11 Andriankaja, M. d De Bodt, S. b Abeel, T. d Coppens, F. c Dhondt, S. e De Milde, L. 10 Vermeersch, M. c Maleux, K. d Gevaert, K. 12 Jerzmanowski, A. e Benhamed, M. c Wagner, D. 10 Vandepoele, K. f De Jaeger, G. c9 Inze, D.: ANGUSTIFOLIA3 Binds to SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes to Regulate Transcription during Arabidopsis Leaf Development. The Plant Cell 26(1): 210-29, 2014.136 Efroni, I., Han, S. K., Kim, H. J., Wu, M. F., Steiner, E., Birnbaum, K. D., Hong, J. C., Eshed, Y., Wagner, D.: Regulation of leaf maturation by chromatin-mediated modulation of cytokinin responses. Dev Cell 24(4): 438-45, 2013.
137 Yamaguchi, N., Wu, M. F., Winter, C. M., Berns, M. C., Nole-Wilson, S., Yamaguchi, A., Coupland, G., Krizek, B. A., Wagner, D.: A molecular framework for auxin-mediated initiation of flower primordia. Dev Cell 24(3): 271-82, 2013.
bd Han, S. K., Wagner, D.: Role of chromatin in water stress responses in plants. Journal of experimental botany 2013.
14b Han, S. K., Sang, Y., Rodrigues, A., Wu, M. F., Rodriguez, P. L., Wagner, D.: The SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling ATPase BRAHMA represses abscisic acid responses in the absence of the stress stimulus in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 24(12): 4892-906, 2012.
115 Yamaguchi, N., Yamaguchi, A., Abe, M., Wagner, D., Komeda, Y.: LEAFY controls Arabidopsis pedicel length and orientation by affecting adaxial-abaxial cell fate. The Plant journal. 69(5): 844-56, 2012.
b9 Wu, M. F., Wagner, D.: RNA in situ hybridization in Arabidopsis. Methods in molecular biology 883: 75-86, 2012.
1bd Wu, M. F., Sang, Y., Bezhani, S., Yamaguchi, N., Han, S. K., Li, Z., Su, Y., Slewinski, T. L., Wagner, D.: SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling ATPases overcome polycomb repression and control floral organ identity with the LEAFY and SEPALLATA3 transcription factors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(9): 3576-81, 2012.
16d Sang, Y., Silva-Ortega, C. O., Wu, S., Yamaguchi, N., Wu, M. F., Pfluger, J., Gillmor, C. S., Gallagher, K. L., Wagner, D.: Mutations in two non-canonical Arabidopsis SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling ATPases cause embryogenesis and stem cell maintenance defects. The Plant journal 2012.
148 Pastore, J. J., Limpuangthip, A., Yamaguchi, N., Wu, M. F., Sang, Y., Han, S. K., Malaspina, L., Chavdaroff, N., Yamaguchi, A., Wagner, D.: LATE MERISTEM IDENTITY2 acts together with LEAFY to activate APETALA1. Development 138(15): 3189-98, 2011.
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