Professor Dr Lutz Nover
- Section Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
- Location Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Election year 1995
Research
Starting 1980, Lutz Nover and his coworkers/students in Halle and Frankfurt/Main respectively made seminative contributions to our knowledge about heat stress proteins as molecular chaperones and the control of the plant heat stress response. In 2000-2006 our projects on plant genomics were part of the Arabidopsis Functional Genomics Network (AFGN, coordinated by LN). Despite the high structural conservation between its members, the family of 21 heat stress transcription factors (Hsf) shows examples of a remarkable functional diversification and highly selective cooperation. Each of the so far well characterized 9 Hsfs has its own functional characteristics in the stress response and development of plants.
References:
1. von Koskull-Döring, P., Scharf, K.-D. and Nover, L. (2007) The diversity of plant heat stress transcription factors. Trends Plant Sci. 12: 452-457
2. Scharf, K. D., Berberich, T., Ebersberger, I. and Nover, L. (2012) The plant heat stress transcription factor (Hsf) family: structure, function and evolution. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1819: 104-119
3. Weiler, E. and Nover L. (2008) Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik. Lehrbuch, 900 Seiten, Thieme Verlag Stuttgart
References:
1. von Koskull-Döring, P., Scharf, K.-D. and Nover, L. (2007) The diversity of plant heat stress transcription factors. Trends Plant Sci. 12: 452-457
2. Scharf, K. D., Berberich, T., Ebersberger, I. and Nover, L. (2012) The plant heat stress transcription factor (Hsf) family: structure, function and evolution. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1819: 104-119
3. Weiler, E. and Nover L. (2008) Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik. Lehrbuch, 900 Seiten, Thieme Verlag Stuttgart