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  1. Adaptation to a host-associated lifestyle drives convergent loss of flagellar motility in Pseudomonadota

    Article • November 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Caroline Gutjahr

  2. Regulation of arbuscular mycorrhiza development by environmental stimuli: Many roads lead to strigolactones

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, October 2025, PLOS

    Caroline Gutjahr, Caroline Gutjahr

  3. Comprehensive Quantification of (Poly)phenols in Lotus japonicus with and without Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, May 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Caroline Gutjahr

  4. The GRAS protein RAM1 interacts with WRI transcription factors to regulate plant genes required for arbuscule development and function

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Caroline Gutjahr, Caroline Gutjahr

  5. Untargeted metabolomics reveals novel metabolites in Lotus japonicus roots during arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2025, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  6. Outsmarted by fungi

    Article • Science, February 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Caroline Gutjahr

  7. Ethylene promotes SMAX1 accumulation to inhibit arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Caroline Gutjahr

  8. Evolution of small molecule-mediated regulation of arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Caroline Gutjahr

  9. KAI2 Can Do: Karrikin Receptor Function in Plant Development and Response to Abiotic and Biotic Factors

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, July 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Caroline Gutjahr

  10. C‐terminal conformational changes in SCF‐D3/MAX2 ubiquitin ligase are required for KAI2‐mediated signaling

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2023, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  11. The good, the bad, and the phosphate: regulation of beneficial and detrimental plant–microbe interactions by the plant phosphate status

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2023, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  12. C-terminal conformational changes in SCF-D3/MAX2 ubiquitin ligase are required for KAI2-mediated signaling

    Article • January 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Caroline Gutjahr

  13. Resolving the haplotypes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi highlights the role of two nuclear populations in host interactions

    Article • January 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Caroline Gutjahr

  14. Parental pericentromeric methylation status drives methylome remodelling and heterosis in epigenetic hybrids

    Article • September 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Caroline Gutjahr

  15. Functions of Lipids in Development and Reproduction of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Caroline Gutjahr

  16. KAI2 regulates seedling development by mediating light‐induced remodelling of auxin transport

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2022, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  17. KARRIKIN UP-REGULATED F-BOX 1 (KUF1) imposes negative feedback regulation of karrikin and KAI2 ligand metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Caroline Gutjahr

  18. PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE transcription factors enable arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Caroline Gutjahr

  19. Acidovorax pan-genome reveals specific functional traits for plant beneficial and pathogenic plant-associations

    Article • Microbial Genomics, December 2021, Society for General Microbiology

    Caroline Gutjahr

  20. Old dog, new trick: The PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE (PHR)-SPX system regulates arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

    Article • Molecular Plant, December 2021, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  21. PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE enables arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

    Article • November 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Caroline Gutjahr

  22. Sculpting the soil microbiota

    Article • The Plant Journal, November 2021, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  23. KAI2 promotes Arabidopsis root hair elongation at low external phosphate by controlling local accumulation of AUX1 and PIN2

    Article • Current Biology, November 2021, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  24. KAI2 regulates seedling development by mediating light-induced remodelling of auxin transport

    Article • May 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Caroline Gutjahr

  25. Factors affecting plant responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhiza

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, February 2021, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  26. Acidovorax pan-genome reveals specific functional traits for plant beneficial and pathogenic plant-associations

    Article • January 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Caroline Gutjahr

  27. Lotus japonicus karrikin receptors display divergent ligand-binding specificities and organ-dependent redundancy

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2020, PLOS

    Caroline Gutjahr

  28. MAX2-independent transcriptional responses to rac-GR24 in Lotus japonicus roots

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Caroline Gutjahr

  29. The karrikin signaling regulator SMAX1 controls Lotus japonicus root and root hair development by suppressing ethylene biosynthesis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Caroline Gutjahr

  30. Extensive signal integration by the phytohormone protein network

    Article • Nature, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Caroline Gutjahr

  31. A Flexible, Low-Cost Hydroponic Co-Cultivation System for Studying Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Symbiosis

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, February 2020, Frontiers

    Caroline Gutjahr

  32. Ramf: An Open-Source R Package for Statistical Analysis and Display of Quantitative Root Colonization by Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, September 2019, Frontiers

    Caroline Gutjahr

  33. Duplicated KAI2 receptors with divergent ligand-binding specificities control distinct developmental traits in Lotus japonicus

    Article • September 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Caroline Gutjahr

  34. SMAX1/SMXL2 regulate root and root hair development downstream of KAI2-mediated signalling in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2019, PLOS

    Caroline Gutjahr

  35. Systems Biology of Plant-Microbiome Interactions

    Article • Molecular Plant, June 2019, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  36. Symbiosis: Plasmodesmata Link Root-Nodule Organogenesis with Infection

    Article • Current Biology, December 2018, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  37. Editorial overview: Nothing in plant–biotic interactions makes sense…

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, August 2018, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  38. Cross-kingdom lipid transfer in arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis and beyond

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, August 2018, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  39. Partner communication and role of nutrients in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2018, Wiley

    Luisa Lanfranco, Caroline Gutjahr

  40. The Lotus japonicus acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase FatM is required for mycorrhiza formation and lipid accumulation of Rhizophagus irregularis

    Article • The Plant Journal, May 2018, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  41. Transcriptional Regulation of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Development

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, February 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Caroline Gutjahr

  42. Tracking Lipid Transfer by Fatty Acid Isotopolog Profiling from Host Plants to Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi

    Article • BIO-PROTOCOL, January 2018, Bio-Protocol, LLC

    Caroline Gutjahr

  43. Root type and soil phosphate determine the taxonomic landscape of colonizing fungi and the transcriptome of field‐grown maize roots

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2017, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  44. Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

    Article • eLife, July 2017, eLife

    Caroline Gutjahr

  45. Cell Biology: Control of Partner Lifetime in a Plant–Fungus Relationship

    Article • Current Biology, June 2017, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  46. An N-acetylglucosamine transporter required for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses in rice and maize

    Article • Nature Plants, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Caroline Gutjahr

  47. Strigolactone Signaling and Evolution

    Article • Annual Review of Plant Biology, April 2017, Annual Reviews

    Caroline Gutjahr

  48. Positive Gene Regulation by a Natural Protective miRNA Enables Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

    Article • Cell Host & Microbe, January 2017, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  49. Genetic Control of Lateral Root Formation in Cereals

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, November 2016, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  50. A CCaMK-CYCLOPS-DELLA Complex Activates Transcription of RAM1 to Regulate Arbuscule Branching

    Article • Current Biology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  51. Rice perception of symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi requires the karrikin receptor complex

    Article • Science, December 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Caroline Gutjahr

  52. Transcriptome diversity among rice root types during asymbiosis and interaction with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Caroline Gutjahr

  53. Full Establishment of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Rice Occurs Independently of Enzymatic Jasmonate Biosynthesis

    Article • PLOS One, April 2015, PLOS

    Caroline Gutjahr

  54. Calcium Signaling during Reproduction and Biotrophic Fungal Interactions in Plants

    Article • Molecular Plant, April 2015, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  55. Lipid Droplets of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Emerge in Concert with Arbuscule Collapse

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Caroline Gutjahr

  56. Control of arbuscular mycorrhiza development by nutrient signals

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, September 2014, Frontiers

    Caroline Gutjahr

  57. Auxin Perception Is Required for Arbuscule Development in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, August 2014, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Caroline Gutjahr

  58. Phytohormone signaling in arbuscular mycorhiza development

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Caroline Gutjahr

  59. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Mycorrhizal networks: common goods of plants shared under unequal terms of trade.

    Article • November 2013, F1000Research

    Caroline Gutjahr

  60. Cell and Developmental Biology of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Symbiosis

    Article • Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, October 2013, Annual Reviews

    Caroline Gutjahr

  61. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Nonlegumes respond to rhizobial Nod factors by suppressing the innate immune response.

    Article • September 2013, F1000Research

    Caroline Gutjahr

  62. Two L otus japonicus symbiosis mutants impaired at distinct steps of arbuscule development

    Article • The Plant Journal, June 2013, Wiley

    Andreas Brachmann, Caroline Gutjahr

  63. Faculty Opinions recommendation of A switch in Ca2+ spiking signature is concomitant with endosymbiotic microbe entry into cortical root cells of Medicago truncatula.

    Article • May 2013, F1000Research

    Caroline Gutjahr

  64. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Dynamics of periarbuscular membranes visualized with a fluorescent phosphate transporter in arbuscular mycorrhizal roots of rice.

    Article • March 2013, F1000Research

    Caroline Gutjahr

  65. Mutation identification by direct comparison of whole-genome sequencing data from mutant and wild-type individuals using k-mers

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Caroline Gutjahr

  66. Multiple control levels of root system remodeling in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2013, Frontiers

    Caroline Gutjahr

  67. The half‐size ABC transporters STR1 and STR2 are indispensable for mycorrhizal arbuscule formation in rice

    Article • The Plant Journal, December 2011, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  68. Root starch accumulation in response to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization differs among Lotus japonicus starch mutants

    Article • Planta, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Caroline Gutjahr

  69. Weights in the Balance: Jasmonic Acid and Salicylic Acid Signaling in Root-Biotroph Interactions

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, July 2009, Scientific Societies

    Caroline Gutjahr

  70. Presymbiotic factors released by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita induce starch accumulation in Lotus japonicus roots

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2009, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  71. Glomus intraradices induces changes in root system architecture of rice independently of common symbiosis signaling

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2009, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  72. Arbuscular Mycorrhiza–Specific Signaling in Rice Transcends the Common Symbiosis Signaling Pathway

    Article • The Plant Cell, November 2008, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Caroline Gutjahr

  73. Divergence of Evolutionary Ways Among Common sym Genes: CASTOR and CCaMK Show Functional Conservation Between Two Symbiosis Systems and Constitute the Root of a Common Signaling Pathway

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, October 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Caroline Gutjahr

  74. Cereal mycorrhiza: an ancient symbiosis in modern agriculture

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, February 2008, Elsevier

    Ruairidh Sawers, Caroline Gutjahr

  75. The Molecular Components of Nutrient Exchange in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Interactions

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ruairidh Sawers, Caroline Gutjahr

  76. Changes in soil chemistry associated with the establishment of forest gardens on eroded, acidified grassland soils in Sri Lanka

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Caroline Gutjahr

  77. GER1,a GDSL Motif-Encoding Gene from Rice is a Novel Early Light- and Jasmonate-Induced Gene

    Article • Plant Biology, January 2007, Wiley

    Caroline Gutjahr

  78. Acrylamide inhibits gravitropism and affects microtubules in rice coleoptiles

    Article • PROTOPLASMA, May 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Caroline Gutjahr

  79. Cholodny–Went revisited: a role for jasmonate in gravitropism of rice coleoptiles

    Article • Planta, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Caroline Gutjahr