Dr. Michaela Matthes

My research focuses on the molecular framework how the micronutrient boron shapes plant morphological processes.

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†Corresponding author

2024
Chu L, Shrestha V, Schäfer CC, Niedens J, Meyer GW, Darnell Z, Kling T, Dürr-Mayer T, Abramov A, Frey M, Jessen HJ, Schaaf G, Hochholdinger F, Nowak-Krol A, McSteen P, Angelovici R, Matthes MS (2024) Association of the benzoxazinoid pathway with boron homeostasis in maize. Plant Physiol, in press.

2023
Matthes MS†, Best NB, Robil JM, and McSteen P (2023) Enhancement of developmental defects in the boron-deficient maize mutant tassel-less1 by reduced auxin levels. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, doi:10.1002/jpln.202300155

2022
Matthes MS (2022) Molecular regulatory mechanisms in plants that underlie phenotypic adaptations to low boron levels. In: Boron in Plants and Agriculture: Exploring the Physiology of Boron and Its Impact on Plant Growth. Publisher:  Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-90857-3

Matthes MS†, Darnell Z, Best NB, Guthrie K, Robil JM, Amstutz J, Durbak A, and McSteen P (2022) Defects in meristem maintenance, cell division, and cytokinin signaling are early responses in the boron deficient maize mutant tassel-less1. Physiologia Plantarum, doi: 10.1111/ppl.13670. Online ahead of print.

Wilder SL, Scott S, Waller S, Powell A, Benoit M, Guthrie JM, Schueller MJ, Awale P, McSteen P, Matthes MS, Ferrieri RA (2022) Carbon-11 radiotracing reveals physiological and metabolic responses of maize grown under different regimes of boron treatment. Plants 11(3): 241.

2020
Housh A*, Matthes MS*, Gerheart A*, Wilder S, Kil K, Schueller M, Guthrie J, McSteen P, and Ferrieri R (2020) Assessment of a 18F-Phenylboronic Acid Radiotracer for Imaging Boron in Maize. Int J Mol Sci 21(3): 976.

Matthes MS†, Robil JM, and McSteen P (2020) From Element to Development: The power of the essential micronutrient boron to shape morphological processes in plants. Review, J Exp Bot 71(5): 1681–1693.

2019
Pike S, Matthes MS, McSteen P and Gassmann W (2019) Using Xenopus laevis oocytes to study functional aspects of plant transporters. Curr Protoc plant Biol 4(1): e20087.

Matthes MS*, Best NB*, Robil JM, Gallavotti A and McSteen P (2019) Auxin EvoDevo: Conservation and diversification of genes regulating auxin biosynthesis, transport, and signalling. Review, Mol Plant 12(3): 298-320.

Yao H, Skirpan A, Wardell B, Matthes MS, Best NB, Smith T, Malcomber S and McSteen P (2019) The barren stalk2 gene is required for axillary meristem development in maize. Mol Plant 12(3): 374-389.

2018
Matthes MS, Robil JM, Tran T, Kimble A and McSteen P (2018) Increased transpiration is correlated with reduced boron deficiency symptoms in the maize tassel-less1 mutant. Physiol Plant 163(3): 344-355.

2016
Matthes M and Torres-Ruiz RA (2016) Boronic acid treatment phenocopies monopteros by affecting PIN1 membrane stability and polar auxin transport in Arabidopsis thaliana embryos. Development 143(21): 4053-4062.

2015
Fiesselmann BS, Luichtl M, Yang X, Matthes M, Peis O, Torres-Ruiz RA (2015) Ectopic shoot meristem generation in monocotyledonous rpk1 mutants is linked to SAM loss and altered seedling morphology. BMC Plant Biol 15, 171.

2014
Matthes M*, Preusse M*, Zhang J*, Schechter J, Mayer D, Lentes B, Theis F, Prakash N, Wurst W, and Truembach D (2014) Mouse IDGenes: a reference database for genetic interactions in the developing mouse brain. DATABASE-OXFORD 2014, bau083. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/bau083

2013
Luichtl M*, Fiesselmann BS*, Matthes M*, Yang X, Peis O, Brunner A, Torres-Ruiz RA (2013) Mutations in the Arabidopsis RPK1 gene uncouple cotyledon anlagen and primordia by modulating epidermal cell shape and polarity. Open Biol J 2(11):1093-102.

2010
Yu Z, Haberer G, Matthes M, Rattei T, Mayer KF, Gierl A, Torres-Ruiz RA (2010) Impact of natural genetic variation on the transcriptome of autotetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107(41):17809-14.