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Viczian A., Adam E., Wolf I., Bindics J., Kircher S., Heijde M., Ulm R., Schafer E. & Nagy F.: A Short Amino-Terminal Part of Arabidopsis Phytochrome A Induces Constitutive Photomorphogenic Response.
Molecular plant 2012. PMID: 22498774.

Mirouze M., Lieberman-Lazarovich M., Aversano R., Bucher E., Nicolet J., Reinders J. & Paszkowski J.: Loss of DNA methylation affects the recombination landscape in Arabidopsis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012, 109(15):5880-5885. PMID: 22451936.

Fitzpatrick T.B., Basset G.J., Borel P., Carrari F., Dellapenna D., Fraser P.D., Hellmann H., Osorio S., Rothan C., Valpuesta V., Caris-Veyrat C. & Fernie A.R.: Vitamin deficiencies in humans: can plant science help?
Plant Cell 2012, 24(2):395-414. PMID: 22374394.

Oukarroum A., Strasser R.J. & Schansker G.: Heat stress and the photosynthetic electron transport chain of the lichen Parmelina tiliacea (Hoffm.) Ach. in the dry and the wet state: differences and similarities with the heat stress response of higher plants.
Photosynth Res 2012, 111(3):303-314. PMID: 22373736.

Nishimura T., Molinard G., Petty T.J., Broger L., Gabus C., Halazonetis T.D., Thore S. & Paszkowski J.: Structural Basis of Transcriptional Gene Silencing Mediated by Arabidopsis MOM1.
PLoS Genet 2012, 8(2):e1002484. PMID: 22346760.

Heijde M. & Ulm R.: UV-B photoreceptor-mediated signalling in plants.
Trends Plant Sci 2012. PMID: 22326562.

Thevenon F., Regier N., Benagli C., Tonolla M., Adatte T., Wildi W. & Pote J.: Characterization of fecal indicator bacteria in sediments cores from the largest freshwater lake of Western Europe (Lake Geneva, Switzerland).
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2011. PMID: 22209635.

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