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Christian Fankhauser

University of Lausanne, Center for Integrative Genomics
Verified email at unil.ch
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Light-regulated plant growth and development

…, S Lorrain, P Hornitschek, C Fankhauser - Current topics in …, 2010 - Elsevier
C stands for continuous light with Low corresponding to a fluence rate of 10 −2 … , a PHY
domain (related to PAS domains), and a C-terminus that is composed of two PAS domains and a …

Light signal transduction in higher plants

M Chen, J Chory, C Fankhauser - Annu. Rev. Genet., 2004 - annualreviews.org
… with a small temperature change from 23 o C to 16 o C. Null phyB mutants flower early at
23 o C but flower at the same time as wild type at 16 o C (65). Genetic studies further revealed …

Light: an indicator of time and place

MM Neff, C Fankhauser, J Chory - Genes & development, 2000 - genesdev.cshlp.org
To grow and develop optimally, all organisms need to perceive and process information from
both their biotic and abiotic surroundings. A particularly important environmental cue is light…

Activation tagging in Arabidopsis

…, SK Christensen, C Fankhauser, C Ferrándiz… - Plant …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
… After phenol-chloroform extraction, samples were ligated overnight at 14C in a total volume
of 250 μL. Ligated DNA was precipitated, and one-fifth was transformed by electroporation …

A role for flavin monooxygenase-like enzymes in auxin biosynthesis

Y Zhao, SK Christensen, C Fankhauser, JR Cashman… - Science, 2001 - science.org
… Six-day-old yucca and wild-type seedlings grown in 0.5X MS medium at 22C in white light
… dehydrogenase in 120-μL total volume at 37C for 3 hours. The reactions were stopped by …

A molecular framework for light and gibberellin control of cell elongation

…, JM Iglesias-Pedraz, S Lorrain, C Fankhauser… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
… Plates were cold-treated for 2 d at 4 C and germination was synchronized by 3 h of irradiation
… : 94 C for 2 min, 35 cycles of 94 C for 15 s, 55 C for 30 s and 72 C for 30 s, followed by 72 …

Phytochrome‐mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves degradation of growth‐promoting bHLH transcription factors

…, PD Duek, GC Whitelam, C Fankhauser - The Plant …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Plant growth and development are particularly sensitive to changes in the light environment
and especially to vegetational shading. The shade‐avoidance response is mainly controlled …

Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients

S Harbarth, C Fankhauser, J Schrenzel, J Christenson… - Jama, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Context Experts and policy makers have repeatedly called for universal screening at
hospital admission to reduce nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) …

Rhythmic growth explained by coincidence between internal and external cues

…, MF Covington, PD Duek, S Lorrain, C Fankhauser… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Most organisms use circadian oscillators to coordinate physiological and developmental
processes such as growth with predictable daily environmental changes like sunrise and sunset…

Light control of plant development

C Fankhauser, J Chory - Annual review of cell and …, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract To grow and develop optimally, all organisms need to perceive and process
information from both their biotic and abiotic surroundings. A particularly important environmental …