• The plant vampire diaries: a historic perspective on Cuscuta research 

      Hartenstein, Maleen; Albert, Markus; Krause, Kirsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-08)
      The angiosperm genus <i>Cuscuta</i> lives as an almost achlorophyllous root- and leafless holoparasite and has therefore occupied scientists for more than a century. The ‘evolution’ of <i>Cuscuta</i> research started with early studies that established the phylogenetic framework for this unusual genus. It continued to produce groundbreaking cytological, morphological, and physiological insight ...
    • The tomato receptor CuRe1 senses a cell wall protein to identify Cuscuta as a pathogen 

      Hegenauer, Volker; Slaby, Peter; Körner, Max; Bruckmüller, Julien-Alexander; Burggraf, Ronja; Albert, Isabell; Kaiser, Bettina; Löffelhardt, Birgit; Droste-Borel, Irina; Sklenar, Jan; Menke, Frank L. H.; Macek, Boris; Ranjan, Aashish; Sinha, Neelima; Nurnberger, Thorsten; Felix, Georg; Krause, Kirsten; Stahl, Mark; Albert, Markus (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-20)
      Parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta penetrate shoots of host plants with haustoria and build a connection to the host vasculature to exhaust water, solutes and carbohydrates. Such infections usually stay unrecognized by the host and lead to harmful host plant damage. Here, we show a molecular mechanism of how plants can sense parasitic Cuscuta. We isolated an 11 kDa protein of the parasite cell ...