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  1. Dimethylated Thioarsenates: A Potentially Dangerous Blind Spot in Current Worldwide Regulatory Limits for Arsenic in Rice

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, July 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  2. Dimethylmonothioarsenate Is Highly Toxic for Plants and Readily Translocated to Shoots

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  3. Micronutrient homeostasis in plants for more sustainable agriculture and healthier human nutrition

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  4. The cell biology of zinc

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  5. (Not) an elementary question: How to mobilize the iron in the wall?

    Article • Molecular Plant, October 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  6. Europe’s Farm to Fork Strategy and Its Commitment to Biotechnology and Organic Farming: Conflicting or Complementary Goals?

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, June 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  7. Stealing sugar from the honey fungus

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, October 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  8. Casting a wide cross‐species transcriptomics net: convergent evolution of nickel hyperaccumulation

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  9. A curated list of genes that affect the plant ionome

    Article • Plant Direct, October 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  10. The two copies of the zinc and cadmium ZIP6 transporter of Arabidopsis halleri have distinct effects on cadmium tolerance

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, July 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  11. A mutation in the essential and widely conserved DAMAGED DNA BINDING1‐Cullin4 ASSOCIATED FACTOR gene OZS3 causes hypersensitivity to zinc excess, cold and UV stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • The Plant Journal, May 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  12. Arabidopsis halleri shows hyperbioindicator behaviour for Pb and leaf Pb accumulation spatially separated from Zn

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  13. Safer food through plant science: reducing toxic element accumulation in crops

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  14. Metal ligands in micronutrient acquisition and homeostasis

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, August 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  15. The search for candidate genes associated with natural variation of grain Zn accumulation in barley

    Article • Biochemical Journal, July 2019, Portland Press Ltd.

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  16. Methylated Thioarsenates and Monothioarsenate Differ in Uptake, Transformation, and Contribution to Total Arsenic Translocation in Rice Plants

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  17. Invasion windows for a global legume invader are revealed after joint examination of abiotic and biotic filters

    Article • Plant Biology, April 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  18. Elevated root nicotianamine concentrations are critical for Zn hyperaccumulation across diverse edaphic environments

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, March 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  19. A curated list of genes that control elemental accumulation in plants

    Article • October 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  20. Interference between arsenic-induced toxicity and hypoxia

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, September 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  21. Monothioarsenate Uptake, Transformation, and Translocation in Rice Plants

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, July 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  22. CAX1 suppresses Cd-induced generation of reactive oxygen species in Arabidopsis halleri

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, July 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  23. Identification of C-terminal Regions in Arabidopsis thaliana Phytochelatin Synthase 1 Specifically Involved in Activation by Arsenite

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, December 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  24. Phytochelatin Synthase has Contrasting Effects on Cadmium and Arsenic Accumulation in Rice Grains

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  25. Effects of Cd and Zn on physiological and anatomical properties of hydroponically grown Brassica napus plants

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  26. Natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana Cd responses and the detection of quantitative trait loci affecting Cd tolerance

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  27. Thioarsenate Toxicity and Tolerance in the Model System Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  28. Between-species differences in gene copy number are enriched among functions critical for adaptive evolution in Arabidopsis halleri

    Article • BMC Genomics, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  29. Relationships between soil and leaf mineral composition are element‐specific, environment‐dependent and geographically structured in the emerging model Arabidopsis halleri

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  30. How metal hyperaccumulating plants can advance Zn biofortification

    Article • Plant and Soil, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  31. Clonal integration and heavy-metal stress: responses of plants with contrasting evolutionary backgrounds

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  32. Toxic Heavy Metal and Metalloid Accumulation in Crop Plants and Foods

    Article • Annual Review of Plant Biology, April 2016, Annual Reviews

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  33. Spatially resolved analysis of variation in barley ( Hordeum vulgare ) grain micronutrient accumulation

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  34. Silicon-induced reversibility of cadmium toxicity in rice

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, April 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  35. The essential role of coumarin secretion for Fe acquisition from alkaline soil

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  36. Expression ofCaenorhabditis elegans PCSin the AtPCS1-deficientArabidopsis thaliana cad1-3mutant separates the metal tolerance and non-host resistance functions of phytochelatin synthases

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, May 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  37. Contrasting effects of nicotianamine synthase knockdown on zinc and nickel tolerance and accumulation in the zinc/cadmium hyperaccumulator A rabidopsis halleri

    Article • New Phytologist, December 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  38. Zn and Fe biofortification: The right chemical environment for human bioavailability

    Article • Plant Science, August 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  39. Metabolome Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Roots Identifies a Key Metabolic Pathway for Iron Acquisition

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2014, PLOS

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  40. Analysis of Plant Pb Tolerance at Realistic Submicromolar Concentrations Demonstrates the Role of Phytochelatin Synthesis for Pb Detoxification

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  41. Arabidopsis thaliana phytochelatin synthase 2 is constitutively active in vivo and can rescue the growth defect of the PCS1-deficient cad1-3 mutant on Cd-contaminated soil

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, May 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  42. Characterization of OsLCT1, a cadmium transporter fromindicarice (Oryza sativa)

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, April 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  43. Gene Expression Differences between Noccaea caerulescens Ecotypes Help to Identify Candidate Genes for Metal Phytoremediation

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, March 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  44. MYB10 and MYB72 Are Required for Growth under Iron-Limiting Conditions

    Article • PLoS Genetics, November 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  45. Hard Selective Sweep and Ectopic Gene Conversion in a Gene Cluster Affording Environmental Adaptation

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  46. A mutation in theArabidopsis thalianacell wall biosynthesis genepectin methylesterase 3as well as its aberrant expression cause hypersensitivity specifically to Zn

    Article • The Plant Journal, July 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  47. Plant science: the key to preventing slow cadmium poisoning

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, February 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  48. A more complete picture of metal hyperaccumulation through next-generation sequencing technologies

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2013, Frontiers

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  49. Elevated Nicotianamine Levels in Arabidopsis halleri Roots Play a Key Role in Zinc Hyperaccumulation

    Article • The Plant Cell, February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  50. Isolation and characterization of Arabidopsis halleri and Thlaspi caerulescens phytochelatin synthases

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

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  51. Identification of an Arabidopsis solute carrier critical for intracellular transport and inter-organ allocation of molybdate

    Article • Plant Biology, February 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  52. Use of recombinantly produced 15N3-labelled nicotianamine for fast and sensitive stable isotope dilution ultra-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  53. Calcium promotes cadmium elimination as vaterite grains by tobacco trichomes

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, October 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  54. Expression Profiling of Tobacco Leaf Trichomes Identifies Genes for Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  55. The role of subcellular distribution of cadmium and phytochelatins in the generation of distinct phenotypes of AtPCS1- and CePCS3-expressing tobacco

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  56. Arsenic response of AtPCS1- and CePCS-expressing plants – Effects of external As(V) concentration on As-accumulation pattern and NPT metabolism

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  57. Nicotianamine forms complexes with Zn(ii)in vivo

    Article • Metallomics, January 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  58. Multi-tasking phytochelatin synthases

    Article • Plant Science, October 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  59. Singlet oxygen-dependent translational control in the tigrina-d.12 mutant of barley

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  60. Arabidopsis IRT3 is a zinc‐regulated and plasma membrane localized zinc/iron transporter

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2009, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens

  61. Analysis of phenolic choline esters from seeds ofArabidopsis thalianaandBrassica napusby capillary liquid chromatography/electrospray- tandem mass spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Mass Spectrometry, November 2008, Wiley

    Prof. Stephan Clemens