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Dautermann O., Lyska D., Andersen-Ranberg J., Becker M., Fröhlich-Nowoisky J., Gartmann H., Krämer L. C., Mayr K., Pieper D., Rij L. M., Wipf H. L., Niyogi K. K., Lohr M. (2020). An algal enzyme required for biosynthesis of the most abundant marine carotenoids. Sci. Adv. 6: eaaw9183
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Wittkopp T. M., Saroussi S., Yang W., Johnson X., Kim R. G., Heinnickel M. L., Russell J. J., Phuthong W., Dent R. M., Broeckling C. D., Peers G., Lohr M., Wollman F.-A., Niyogi K. K., Grossman A. R. (2018). GreenCut protein CPLD 49 of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii associates with thylakoid membranes and is required for cytochrome b6f complex accumulation. Plant J. 94: 1023-1037
Dautermann O., Lohr M. (2017). A functional zeaxanthin epoxidase from red algae shedding light on the evolution of light‐harvesting carotenoids and the xanthophyll cycle in photosynthetic eukaryotes. Plant J. 92: 879-891
Lohr M. (2017). Genomic insights into the biosynthesis of photoprotective pigments in Porphyra umbilicalis: carotenoids and mycosporine-like amino acids. Phycologia 56 (4): 121
Blatt A., Lohr M. (2017). Extraction and analysis of carotenoids from Escherichia coli in color complementation assays. Bioprotocol 7: e2179
Brawley S. H., Blouin N. A., Ficko-Blean E., Wheeler G. L., Lohr M., Goodson H. V., ... & Prochnik S. E. (2017). Insights into the red algae and eukaryotic evolution from the genome of Porphyra umbilicalis (Bangiophyceae, Rhodophyta). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114: E6361-E6370
Blatt A., Bauch M. E., Pörschke Y., Lohr M. (2015). A lycopene β‐cyclase/lycopene ε‐cyclase/light‐harvesting complex‐fusion protein from the green alga Ostreococcus lucimarinus can be modified to produce α‐carotene and β‐carotene at different ratios. Plant J. 82: 582-595.
Sasso S., Pohnert G., Lohr M., Mittag M., Hertweck C. (2012) Microalgae in the postgenomic era: a blooming reservoir for new natural products. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 36: 761-785
Lohr M., Schwender J., Polle J.E.W. (2012) Isoprenoid biosynthesis in eukaryotic phototrophs: a spotlight on algae. Plant Sci. 185-186: 9-22
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Frommolt R., Werner S., Paulsen H., Goss R., Wilhelm C., Zauner S., Maier U.G., Grossman A.R., Bhattacharya D., Lohr M. (2008) Ancient Recruitment by Chromists of Green Algal Genes Encoding Enzymes for Carotenoid Biosynthesis. Mol. Biol. Evol. 25: 2653-2667
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Vieler A., Scheidt H.A., Schmidt P., Montag C., Nowoisky J., Lohr M., Wilhelm C., Huster D., Goss R. (2008) The influence of phase transitions in phosphatidylethanolamine models on the activity of violaxanthin de-epoxidase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1778: 1027-1034
Rensing, S. A., Lang, D., Zimmer, A. D., Terry, A., Salamov, A., Shapiro, H., ..., Boore J. L. (2008). The Physcomitrella genome reveals evolutionary insights into the conquest of land by plants. Science 319: 64-69
Merchant S. S., Prochnik S. E., Vallon O., Harris E. H., Karpowicz S. J., Witman G. B., ..., Grossman A. R. (2007). The Chlamydomonas genome reveals the evolution of key animal and plant functions. Science 318: 245-250
Palenik B., Grimwood J., Aerts A., Rouzé P., Salamov A., Putnam N., ..., Grigoriev I. V. (2007). The tiny eukaryote Ostreococcus provides genomic insights into the paradox of plankton speciation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 7705-7710
Goss R., Latowski D., Grzyb J., Vieler A., Lohr M., Wilhelm C., Strzalka K. (2007). Lipid dependence of diadinoxanthin solubilization and de-epoxidation in artificial membrane systems resembling the lipid composition of the natural thylakoid membrane. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1768: 67-75
Wilhelm C., Büchel C., Fisahn J., Goss R., Jakob T., LaRoche J., Lavaud J., Lohr M., Riebesell U., Stehfest K., Valentin K., Kroth P.G. (2006) The regulation of carbon and nutrient assimilation in diatoms is significantly different from green algae. Protist 157: 91-124
Lohr M., Im C.S., Grossman A.R. (2005) Genome-based examination of chlorophyll and carotenoid biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Physiol. 138: 490-515
Goss R., Lohr M., Latowski D., Grzyb J., Vieler A., Wilhelm C., Strzalka K. (2005) Role of hexagonal structure-forming lipids in diadinoxanthin and violaxanthin solubilization and de-epoxidation. Biochemistry 44: 4028-4036
Anwaruzzaman M., Chin B.L., Li X.-P., Lohr M., Martinez D.A., Niyogi K.K. (2004) Genomic analysis of mutants affecting xanthophyll biosynthesis and regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Photosynth. Res. 82: 265-276
Grossman A.R., Lohr M., Im C.S. (2004) Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in the landscape of pigments. Annu. Rev. Genet. 38: 119-173
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Wilhelm C., Hilse C., Kaiser B., Lohr M., Müller A.M., Kesselmeier J. (1997) Interaction between global climate change and the physiological responses of algae. Photosynthetica 33: 491-503
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