By Professor Eleanor Beck

Journal articles

Fritzsche F; Abate A; Fetene M; Beck E; Weise S; Guggenberger G, 2006, 'Soil-plant hydrology of indigenous and exotic trees in an Ethiopian montane forest', TREE PHYSIOLOGY, 26, pp. 1043 - 1054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/26.8.1043

Reinbothe C; Pollmann S; Desvignes C; Weigele M; Beck E; Reinbothe S, 2004, 'LHPP, the light-harvesting NADPH:protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) oxidoreductase:Pchlide complex of etiolated plants, is developmentally expressed across the barley leaf gradient', PLANT SCIENCE, 167, pp. 1027 - 1041, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.05.044

Reinbothe C; Lepinat A; Deckers M; Beck E; Reinbothe S, 2003, 'The extra loop distinguishing POR from the structurally related short-chain alcohol dehydrogenases is dispensable for pigment binding but needed for the assembly of light-harvesting POR-protochlorophyllide complex', JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 278, pp. 816 - 822, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M209739200

Lüttge U; Berg A; Fetene M; Nauke P; Peter D; Beck E, 2003, 'Comparative characterization of photosynthetic performance and water relations of native trees and exotic plantation trees in an Ethiopian forest', TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 17, pp. 40 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-002-0201-7

Fountain MD; Beck E, 2003, 'Isolation of full-length cDNAs of two cell cycle control factors from proliferating Chenopodium rubrum cells:: A CDKB;1 and a transcription factor E2F', PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM, 119, pp. 40 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00141.x

Feyera S; Beck E; Lüttge U, 2002, 'Exotic trees as nurse-trees for the regeneration of natural tropical forests', TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 16, pp. 245 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-002-0161-y

Dolezal K; Åstot C; Hanus J; Holub J; Peters W; Beck E; Strnad M; Sandberg G, 2002, 'Identification of aromatic cytokinins in suspension cultured photoautotrophic cells of Chenopodium rubrum by capillary liquid chromatography/frit - fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry', PLANT GROWTH REGULATION, 36, pp. 181 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015027906046

Hemp A; Beck E, 2001, 'Erica excelsa as a fire-tolerating component of Mt. Kilimanjaro's forests', PHYTOCOENOLOGIA, 31, pp. 449 - 475

Lüttge U; Fetene M; Liebig M; Rascher U; Beck E, 2001, 'Ecophysiology of niche occupation by two giant rosette plants, Lobelia gibberoa Hemsl and Solanecio gigas (Vatke) C. Jeffrey, in an afromontane forest valley', ANNALS OF BOTANY, 88, pp. 267 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/anbo.2001.1450

Getenga ZM; Jondiko JIO; Wandiga SO; Beck E, 2000, 'Dissipation behavior of malathion and dimethoate residues from the soil and their uptake by garden pea (Pisum sativum)', BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 64, pp. 359 - 367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001280000008

Renz A; Schikora S; Schmid R; Kossmann J; Beck E, 1998, 'cDNA sequence and heterologous expression of monomeric spinach pullulanase: multiple isomeric forms arise from the same polypeptide', BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 331, pp. 937 - 945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj3310937

Henker A; Schindler I; Renz A; Beck E, 1998, 'Protein heterogeneity of spinach pullulanase results from the coexistence of interconvertible isomeric forms of the monomeric enzyme', BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 331, pp. 929 - 935, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj3310929

Hoft M; Verpoorte R; Beck E, 1998, 'Growth and alkaloid patterns of roots of Tabernaemontana pachysiphon and Rauvolfia mombasiana as influenced by environmental factors', BOTANICA ACTA, 111, pp. 222 - 230

Hoft M; Verpoorte R; Beck E, 1998, 'Leaf alkaloid contents of Tabernaemontana pachysiphon as influenced by endogenous and environmental factors in the natural habitat', PLANTA MEDICA, 64, pp. 148 - 152

Fetene M; Gashaw M; Nauke P; Beck E, 1998, 'Microclimate and ecophysiological significance of the tree-like life-form of Lobelia rhynchopetalum in a tropical alpine environment', OECOLOGIA, 113, pp. 332 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004420050384

Peters W; Beck E; Piepenbrock M; Lenz B; Schmitt JM, 1997, 'Cytokinin as a negative effector of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase induction in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum', JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 151, pp. 362 - 367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0176-1617(97)80266-0

Lange S; Bussmann RW; Beck E, 1997, 'Stand structure and regeneration of the subalpine Hagenia abyssinica forests of Mt. Kenya', BOTANICA ACTA, 110, pp. 473 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00665.x

Fowles LF; Beck E; Worrall S; Shanley BC; De Jersey J, 1996, 'The formation and stability of imidazolidinone adducts from acetaldehyde and model peptides: A kinetic study with implications for protein modification in alcohol abuse', Biochemical Pharmacology, 51, pp. 1259 - 1267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-2952(95)02408-5

Hansen J; Vogg G; Beck E, 1996, 'Assimilation, allocation and utilization of carbon by 3-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L) trees during winter and early spring', TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 11, pp. 83 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00009659

Hoft M; Verpoorte R; Beck E, 1996, 'Growth and alkaloid contents in leaves of Tabernaemontana pachysiphon Stapf (Apocynaceae) as influenced by light intensity, water and nutrient supply', OECOLOGIA, 107, pp. 160 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00327899

Hubel F; Beck E, 1996, 'Maize root phytase - Purification, characterization, and localization of enzyme activity and its putative substrate', PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 112, pp. 1429 - 1436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.112.4.1429

Bussmann RW; Beck E, 1995, 'The forests of Mt. Kenya (Kenya), a phytosociological synopsis', PHYTOCOENOLOGIA, 25, pp. 467 - 560

Peters W; Fuchtbauer B; Beck E, 1995, 'Nitrate reductase activity is endogenously induced by zeatin riboside in habituated suspension cultured Chenopodium rubrum cells', JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 147, pp. 401 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0176-1617(11)82175-9

BECK E, 1995, 'THE DEUTSCHE-BOTANISCHE-GESELLSCHAFT - STILL A SIGNPOST', BOTANICA ACTA, 108, pp. 1 - 1

STRNAD M; PETERS W; HANUS J; BECK E, 1994, 'ORTHO-TOPOLIN-9-GLUCOSIDE, AN AROMATIC CYTOKININ FROM POPULUS X CANADENSIS CV ROBUSTA LEAVES', PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 37, pp. 1059 - 1062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)89528-X

BECK E; WAGNER BM, 1994, 'QUANTIFICATION OF THE DAILY CYTOKININ TRANSPORT FROM THE ROOT TO THE SHOOT OF URTICA-DIOICA L', BOTANICA ACTA, 107, pp. 342 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.1994.tb00805.x

HANSEN J; BECK E, 1994, 'SEASONAL-CHANGES IN THE UTILIZATION AND TURNOVER OF ASSIMILATION PRODUCTS IN 8-YEAR-OLD SCOTS PINE (PINUS-SYLVESTRIS L) TREES', TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 8, pp. 172 - 182

WAGNER BM; BECK E, 1993, 'CYTOKININS IN THE PERENNIAL HERB URTICA-DIOICA L AS INFLUENCED BY ITS NITROGEN STATUS', PLANTA, 190, pp. 511 - 518

HUBEL F; BECK E, 1993, 'IN-SITU DETERMINATION OF THE P-RELATIONS AROUND THE PRIMARY ROOT OF MAIZE WITH RESPECT TO INORGANIC AND PHYTATE-P', PLANT AND SOIL, 157, pp. 1 - 9

BUNS R; ACKER G; BECK E, 1993, 'THE PLASTIDS OF THE YEW TREE (TAXUS-BACCATA L) - ULTRASTRUCTURE AND IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF CHLOROPLASTIC ENZYMES', BOTANICA ACTA, 106, pp. 32 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.1993.tb00335.x

STRNAD M; PETERS W; BECK E; KAMINEK M, 1992, 'IMMUNODETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF N(6)-(O-HYDROXYBENZYLAMINO)PURINE AS A NATURALLY-OCCURRING CYTOKININ IN POPULUS X CANADENSIS MOENCH CV ROBUSTA LEAVES', PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 99, pp. 74 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.99.1.74

BECK E; SCHEIBE R; SCHLUTTER I; SAUER W, 1992, 'SENECIO X SAUNDERSII SAUER AND BECK (ASTERACEAE), AN INTERMEDIATE HYBRID BETWEEN S-KENIODENDRON AND S-KENIENSIS OF MT KENYA', PHYTON-ANNALES REI BOTANICAE, 32, pp. 9 - &

MOLLER I; BECK E, 1992, 'THE FATE OF APOPLASTIC SUCROSE IN SINK AND SOURCE LEAVES OF URTICA-DIOICA', PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM, 85, pp. 618 - 624

LUZ N; BECK E, 1990, 'A CELLULAR 57-KDA PROTEIN BINDS TO 2 REGIONS OF THE INTERNAL TRANSLATION INITIATION SITE OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE VIRUS', FEBS LETTERS, 269, pp. 311 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(90)81182-N

FAHRENDORF T; BECK E, 1990, 'CYTOSOLIC AND CELL-WALL-BOUND ACID INVERTASES FROM LEAVES OF URTICA-DIOICA L - A COMPARISON', PLANTA, 180, pp. 237 - 244

Hansen J; Beck E, 1990, 'The fate and path of assimilation products in the stem of 8-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees', TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 4, pp. 16 - 21

BECK E; ZIEGLER P, 1989, 'BIOSYNTHESIS AND DEGRADATION OF STARCH IN HIGHER-PLANTS', ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 40, pp. 95 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.pp.40.060189.000523

SEYBOLD V; ROSNER H; GREIS C; BECK E; RAHMANN H, 1989, 'POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF POLYSIALOGANGLIOSIDES IN NERVE SPROUTING AND CELL CONTACT FORMATION - AN ULTRACYTOCHEMICAL INVITRO STUDY', JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, 52, pp. 1958 - 1961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1989.tb07286.x

BECK E; FUSSEDER A; KRAUS M, 1989, 'THE MAIZE ROOT-SYSTEM INSITU - EVALUATION OF STRUCTURE AND CAPABILITY OF UTILIZATION OF PHYTATE AND INORGANIC SOIL PHOSPHATES', ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PFLANZENERNAHRUNG UND BODENKUNDE, 152, pp. 159 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jpln.19891520205

FUSSEDER A; ZIEGLER P; PETERS W; BECK E, 1989, 'TURNOVER OF O-GLUCOSIDES OF DIHYDROZEATIN AND DIHYDROZEATIN-9-RIBOSIDE DURING THE CELL-GROWTH CYCLE OF PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC CELL-SUSPENSION CULTURES OF CHENOPODIUM-RUBRUM', BOTANICA ACTA, 102, pp. 335 - 340

RENNER U; BECK E, 1988, 'NITRATE REDUCTASE-ACTIVITY OF PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC SUSPENSION-CULTURE CELLS OF CHENOPODIUM-RUBRUM IS UNDER THE HIERARCHICAL REGIME OF NO3-, NH4+ AND LIGHT', PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 29, pp. 1123 - 1131

BECK E, 1988, 'PLANT LIFE ON TOP OF MT KILIMANJARO (TANZANIA)', FLORA, 181, pp. 379 - 381

FUSSEDER A; WAGNER B; BECK E, 1988, 'QUANTIFICATION BY ELISA OF CYTOKININS IN ROOT-PRESSURE EXUDATES OF URTICA-DIOICA PLANTS GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT NITROGEN LEVELS', BOTANICA ACTA, 101, pp. 214 - 219

FUSSEDER A; KRAUS M; BECK E, 1988, 'REASSESSMENT OF ROOT COMPETITION FOR P OF FIELD-GROWN MAIZE IN PURE AND MIXED CROPPING', PLANT AND SOIL, 106, pp. 299 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02371230

Kuhn U; Beck E, 1987, 'Conductance of needle and twig axis phloem of damaged and intact Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) as investigated by application of ¹⁴C in situ', TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 1, pp. 207 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01816817

KRAUS M; FUSSEDER A; BECK E, 1987, 'DEVELOPMENT AND REPLENISHMENT OF THE P-DEPLETION ZONE AROUND THE PRIMARY ROOT OF MAIZE DURING THE VEGETATION PERIOD', PLANT AND SOIL, 101, pp. 247 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02370652

BODNER M; BECK E, 1987, 'EFFECT OF SUPERCOOLING AND FREEZING ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN FREEZING TOLERANT LEAVES OF AFROALPINE GIANT ROSETTE PLANTS', OECOLOGIA, 72, pp. 366 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00377565

BECK E, 1987, 'FROST-RESISTANCE IN TROPICAL ALPINE GIANT-ROSETTE PLANTS', NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, 74, pp. 355 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00405462

KRAUS M; FUSSEDER A; BECK E, 1987, 'INSITU-DETERMINATION OF THE PHOSPHATE-GRADIENT AROUND A ROOT BY AUTORADIOGRAPHY OF FROZEN SOIL SECTIONS', PLANT AND SOIL, 97, pp. 407 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02383231

STREBEL K; BECK E, 1986, 'A 2ND PROTEASE OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE VIRUS', JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, 58, pp. 893 - 899, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.58.3.893-899.1986

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