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Kück, U. (2022) Special Issue “Signal Transductions in Fungi”. J. Fungi 8, 528. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/jof8050528

Kück U, Bennett RJ, Wang L, Dyer PS (2022) Editorial: Sexual and Parasexual Reproduction of Human Fungal Pathogens Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 12:934267.; doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.934267

Lin X, Kück U (2022) Cephalosporins as key lead generation beta-lactam antibiotics. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 106(24):8007-8020. doi: 10.1007/s00253-022-12272-

Lin X, Lambertz J, Dahlmann TA, Nowaczyk MM, König B, Kück U (2022) A straightforward approach to synthesize 7-aminocephalosporanic acid In vivo in the cephalosporin C producer Acremonium chrysogenum. J Fungi (Basel). 26;8(5):450. doi: 10.3390/jof8050450

Pazen T, Ramsak B, Kück U, Krappmann S (2022) TomA, the target of MAT1-1 in Aspergillus fumigatus, is required for cleistothecia formation presumably in a mating-type-specific manner. Mycoses, 65: 28 Sup1, special issue S1, PI-14

Priest SJ, Yadav V, Roth C, Dahlmann TA, Kück U, Magwene PM, Heitman J (2021) Uncontrolled transposition following RNAi loss causes hypermutation and antifungal drug resistance in clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. Nat Microbiol. 7(8):1239-1251. doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01183-z.

Ramsak B, Kück U (2022) The Penicillium chrysogenum tom1 gene a major target of transcription factor MAT1-1-1 encodes a nuclear protein involved in sporulation. Front. Fungal Bio. 3:937023. doi: 10.3389/ffunb.2022.937023

Dahlmann T, Terfehr D, Becker K, Teichert I (2021) Golden Gate vectors for efficient gene fusion and gene deletion in diverse filamentous fungi. Curr Genet 67(2):317-330. doi: 10.1007/s00294-020-01143-2

Kück U, Dahlmann TA (2021) The confusion in renaming species: Penicillium chrysogenum and Penicillium rubens. Microbiology Resource Announcements (in press)

Kück U, Schmitt O (2021) The chloroplast trans-splicing RNA-protein supercomplex from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Cells 10 (2): 290. doi: 10.3390/cells10020290

Kück U, Stein V (2021) STRIPAK, a key regulator of fungal development, operates as a multifunctional signaling hub. J. Fungi 7, 443. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7060443

Ramšak B, Markau J, Pazen T, Dahlmann TA, Krappmann S, Kück U (2021) The master regulator MAT1-1-1 of fungal mating binds to its targets via a conserved motif in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. G3 (Bethesda) 11(2): jkaa012. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa012.

Stein V, Blank-Landeshammer B, Märker R, Sickmann A, Kück U (2021) Targeted quantification of phosphorylation sites identifies STRIPAK-dependent phosphorylation of the Hippo pathway-related kinase SmKIN3. mBio 12(3):e00658-21. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00658-21

Ianiri G, Fang YF, Dahlmann TA, Clancey SA, Janbon G, Kück U, Heitman J (2020) Mating-Type-Specific Ribosomal Proteins Control Aspects of Sexual Reproduction in Cryptococcus neoformans. Genetics. 214(3):635-649. doi: 10.1534/genetics.119.302740 Abstract

Märker R, Blank-Landeshammer B, Beier-Rosberger A, Sickmann A, Kück U (2020) Phosphoproteomic analysis of STRIPAK mutants identifies a conserved serine phosphorylation site in PAK kinase CLA4 to be important in fungal sexual development and polarized growth. Mol Microbiol 113(6):1053-1069. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14475 Open Access

Mahmoudjanlou Y, Dahlmann TA, Kück U (2020) Molecular analysis of mating type loci from the mycophenolic acid producer Penicillium brevicompactum: Phylogeny and MAT protein characterization suggest a cryptic sexual life cycle. Fungal Biol 124(9): 821-833 Abstract

Ramšak B, Markau J, Pazen T, Dahlmann TA, Krappmann S, Kück U (2020) The master regulator MAT1-1-1 of fungal mating binds to its targets via a conserved motif in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. G3 (Bethesda) in press

Schmidt S, Märker R, Ramšak B, Beier-Rosberger A, Teichert I, Kück U (2020) Crosstalk between pheromone signaling and NADPH oxidase complexes coordinates fungal developmental processes. Front Microbiol 11: 1722. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01722 Open Access

Stein V, Blank-Landeshammer B, Müntjes K, Märker R, Teichert I, Feldbrügge M, Sickmann A, Kück U (2020) The STRIPAK signaling complex regulates dephosphorylation of GUL1, an RNA-binding protein that shuttles on endosomes. PLoS Genet 16(9): e1008819. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008819 Open Access

Teichert I (2020) Fungal RNA editing: who, when, and why? Appl Microbiol Biotechnol https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10631-x Open Access

Teichert I (2020) Diversifizierung des Proteoms durch RNA-Editierung. BIOspektrum 26 (1), 110-110 Open Access

Teichert I, Pöggeler S, Nowrousian M (2020) Sordaria macrospora: 25 years as a model organism for studying the molecular mechanisms of fruiting body development. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 104(9):3691‐3704. doi:10.1007/s00253-020-10504-3 Open Access

Mahmoudjanlou Y, Hoff B, Kück U (2019) Construction of a codon-adapted nourseotricin-resistance marker gene for efficient targeted gene deletion in the mycophenolic acid producer Penicillium brevicompactum. J Fungi (Basel) 5(4). pii: E96. doi: 10.3390/jof5040096. Open Access

Blank-Landeshammer B, Teichert I, Märker R, Nowrousian M, Kück U, Sickmann A (2019) Combination of Proteogenomics with peptide de novo sequencing identifies new genes and hidden posttranscriptional modifications. MBio 10(5). pii: e02367-19. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02367-19. Open Access

Kück U, Radchenko D, Teichert I (2019) STRIPAK, a highly conserved signaling complex, controls multiple eukaryotic cellular and developmental processes and is linked with human diseases. Biol Chem 400(8): 1005-1022 doi: 10.1515/hsz-2019-0173 doi: 10.1515/hsz-2019-0173 Abstract

Schumacher D, Lütkenhaus R, Altegoer F, Teichert I, Kück U, Nowrousian M (2018) The transcription factor PRO44 and the histone chaperone ASF1 regulate distinct aspects of multicellular development in the filamentous fungus Sordaria macrospora. BMC Genet 19:112 Abstract

Kluge J, Terfehr D, Kück U (2018) Inducible promoters and functional genomic approaches for the genetic engineering of filamentous fungi. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 64: 713-727, doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-9115-1 Abstract

Teichert I (2018) Adenosine to inosine mRNA editing in fungi and how it may relate to fungal pathogenesis. PLoS Pathog 14(9):e1007231, doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007231 Open Access

Mark MD, Donner M, Eickelbeck D, Nowrousian M, Kück U, Paris F, Hellinger J, Stefan Herlitze S (2018) Visual tuning in the flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron to detect blue, bioluminescent light. PloS ONE 13: e0198765 Abstract

Radchenko D, Teichert I, Pöggeler S, Kück U (2018) A Hippo pathway related GCK controls both sexual and vegetative developmental processes in the fungus Sordaria macrospora. Genetics 210:137-153, doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.30126

Nowrousian M (2018) Genomics and transcriptomics to study fruiting body development: an update. Fungal Biol Rev Abstract

Kluge J, Kück U (2018) AcAxl2 and AcMst1 regulate arthrospore development and stress resistance in the cephalosporin C producer Acremonium chrysogenum. Current Genetics doi: 10.1007/s00294-017-0790-8 Abstract

Pöggeler S, Nowrousian M, Teichert I, Beier A, Kück U (2018) Fruiting-Body Development in Ascomycetes. In: Physiology and Genetics, 2nd Edition. The Mycota XV, T. Anke, A. Schüffler (Eds.) Springer International Publishing AG

Riquelme M, Aguirre J, Bartnicki-García S, Braus GH, Feldbrügge M, Fleig U, Hansberg W, Herrera-Estrella A, Kämper J, Kück U, Mouriño-Pérez RR, Takeshita N, Fischer R (2018) Fungal morphogenesis: From the polarized growth of hyphae to complex reproduction and infection structures. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (in press)

Senges CHR, Al-Dilaimi A, Marchbank DH, Wibberg D, Winkler A, Haltli B, Nowrousian M, Kalinowski J, Kerr RG, Bandow JE (2018) The secreted metabolome of Streptomyces chartreusis and implications for bacterial chemistry. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1715713115 Abstract

Sun S, Yadav V, Billmyre RB, Cuomo CA, Nowrousian M, Wang L, Souciet JL, Boekhout T, Porcel B, Wincker P, Granek JA, Sanyal K, Heitman J (2017) Fungal genome and mating system transitions facilitated by chromosomal translocations involving intercentromeric recombination. PLoS Biol. 2017 15: e2002527 Open Access

Teichert I, Lutomski M, Märker R, Nowrousian M, Kück U (2017) New insights from an old mutant: SPADIX4 governs fruiting body development but not hyphal fusion in Sordaria macrospora. Mol Genet Genom 292(1):93-104 Abstract

Ziemons S, Koutsantas K, Becker K, Dahlmann T, Kück U (2017) Penicillin production in industrial strain Penicillium chrysogenum P2niaD18 is not dependent on the copy number of biosynthesis genes. BMC Biotechnol 17:16 DOI 10.1186/s12896-017-0335-8 Open Access

Dyer P, Kück U (2017) Sex and the imperfect fungi. Microbiol Spectrum 5(2): FUNK-0043-2017. doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.FUNK-0043-2017 Abstract

Teichert I, Dahlmann TA, Kück U, Nowrousian M (2017) RNA editing during sexual development occurs in distantly related filamentous ascomycetes. Genome Biology and Evolution DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx052 Open Access

Sukul P, Schäkermann S, Bandow JE, Kusnezowa A, Nowrousian M, Leichert LI (2017) Simple discovery of bacterial biocatalysts from environmental samples through functional metaproteomics. Microbiome 5:28, doi: 10.1186/s40168-017-0247-9 Open Access

Terfehr D, Dahlmann TA, Kück U (2017) Transcriptome analysis of the two unrelated fungal β-lactam producers Acremonium chrysogenum and Penicillium chrysogenum: Velvet-regulated genes are major targets during conventional strain improvement programs. BMC Genomics. DOI : 10.1186/s12864-017-3663-0 Open Access

Terfehr D, Kück U (2017) Deactivation of the autotrophic sulfate assimilation pathway reduces substantially high level β-lactam antibiotic biosynthesis and arthrospore formation in a production strain from Acremonium chrysogenum. Microbiology 163(6):817-828. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000474 Abstract

Nguyen TA, Cissé OH, Wong JY, Zheng P, Hewitt D, Nowrousian M, Stajich JE, Jedd G (2017) Innovation and constraint leading to complex multicellularity in the Ascomycota. Nat Commun 8:14444, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14444 Open Access

Teichert I (2016) Nuclear dynamics during ascospore germination in Sordaria macrospora. Fungal Genet Biol 98: 20-22 Abstract

Nowrousian M (2016) Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the pezizomycete Pyronema confluens. Genome Announc 4: e00355-16 Open Access

Reifschneider O, Marx C, Jacobs J, Kollipara L, Sickmann A, Wolters D, Kück U (2016) A ribonucleoprotein supercomplex involved in trans-splicing of organelle group II introns. J Biol Chem 291: 23330-23342 Open Access

Steffens EK, Becker K, Krevet S, Teichert I, Kück U (2016) Transcription factor PRO1 targets genes encoding conserved components of fungal developmental signaling pathways. Mol Microbiol 102: 792-809  Open Access

Becker K, Ziemons S,  Lentz K, Freitag M, Kück U (2016) Genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing analysis of the Penicillium chrysogenum velvet protein VelA (PcVelA) identifies methyltransferase PcLlmA as a novel downstream regulator of fungal development. mSphere 1(4): 00149-16 Open Access

Zhang Y, Teichert I, Kück U, Fischer R (2016) Laser capture micro-dissection to identify septum-associated proteins in Aspergillus nidulans. Mycologia 108: 528-32  Abstract

Beier A, Teichert I, Krisp C, Wolters D, Kück U (2016) Catalytic subunit 1 of protein phosphatase 2A is a subunit of the STRIPAK complex and governs fungal sexual development. mBio 7: e00870-16 Open Access

Kück U, Beier A, Teichert I (2016) The composition and function of the striatin-interacting phosphatases and kinases (STRIPAK) complex in fungi. Fungal Genet Biol 90: 31–38. Abstract

Lefebvre-Legendre L, Reifschneider O, Kollipara L, Sickmann A, Wolters D, Kück U, Goldschmidt-Clermont M (2016) A pioneer protein is part of a large complex involved in trans-splicing of a group II intron in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant J 85: 57–69  Open Access

Kellner N, Schwarz J, Sturm M, Griesel S, Rout M, Fernandez-Martinez J, Zhang W, Chait B, Kück U, Hurt E (2016) Developing genetic tools to exploit Chaetomium thermophilum for biochemical analyses of eukaryotic macromolecular assemblies. Sci Rep 11: 20937 Open Access

Kück U, Beier A, Teichert I (2015) The composition and function of the striatin-interacting phosphatases and kinases (STRIPAK) complex in fungi. Fungal Genet Biol Open Access

Traeger S, Nowrousian M (2015) Analysis of circadian rhythms in the basal filamentous ascomycete Pyronema confluens. G3 (Bethesda) 5: 2061-2071 Open Access

Dahlmann TA, Böhm J, Becker K, Kück U (2015) Sexual recombination as a tool for engineering industrial Penicillium chrysogenum strains. Curr Genet 61:679–683 Open Access

Marx C, Wünsch C, Kück U (2015) The octatricopeptide repeat (OPR) protein Raa8 is required for chloroplast trans-splicing. Eukaryot Cell 14: 998-1005 Open Access

Kourist R, Bracharz F, Lorenzen J, Kracht ON, Chovatia M, Daum C, Deshpande S, Lipzen A, Nolan M, Ohm RA, Grigoriev IV, Sun S, Heitman J, Brück T, Nowrousian M (2015) Genomics and transcriptomics of the oil-accumulating basidiomycete yeast Trichosporon oleaginosus: insights into substrate utilization and alternative evolutionary trajectories of fungal mating systems. mBio 6(4):e00918-15 Open Access

Traeger S, Nowrousian M (2015) Functional analysis of developmentally regulated genes chs7 and sec22 in the ascomycete Sordaria macrospora. G3 (Bethesda) 5: 1233-1245  Open Access

Dahlmann TA, Kück U (2015) Dicer-dependent biogenesis of small RNAs and evidence for microRNA-like RNAs in the penicillin producing fungus Penicillium chrysogenum. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0125989. Open Access

Becker K, Böhm J, Dahlmann T, Kück U (2015) Sex und Penicillin-Biosynthese in Schimmelpilzen. Biospektrum 03.15 15: 270-272 Abstract

Becker K, Beer C, Freitag M, Kück U (2015) Genome-wide identification of target genes of a mating-type α domain transcription factor reveals functions beyond sexual development. Mol Microbiol 96:1002-1022 Open Access

Nordzieke S, Zobel Z, Fränzel B, Wolters DA, Kück U, Teichert I (2015) A fungal SLMAP homolog plays a fundamental role in development and localizes to the nuclear envelope, ER, and mitochondria. Eukaryot Cell 14: 345-358 Open Access

Böhm J, Dahlmann TA, Gümüşer H, Kück U (2015) A MAT1-2 wild-type strain from Penicillium chrysogenum: Functional mating-type locus characterization, genome sequencing, and mating with an industrial penicillin-producing strain. Mol Microbiol 95: 859-874 Open Access

Kück U, Nowrousian M (2015) Von Maxam-Gilbert und Sanger zur Next Generation-Sequenzierung. Biospektrum 1.15: 26-27 Open Access

Wolfers S, Kamerewerd J, Nowrousian M, Sigl C, Zadra I, Kürnsteiner H, Kück U, Bloemendal S (2015) Microarray hybridization analysis of light-dependent gene expression in Penicillium chrysogenum identifies bZIP transcription factor PcAtfA. J Basic Microbiol 54: 1-10 Open Access

Terfehr D, Dahlmann TA, Specht T, Zadra I, Kürnsteiner H, Kück U (2014) Genome sequence and annotation of Acremonium chrysogenum, the producer of the β-lactam antibiotic cephalosporin C. Genome Announc 2(5):e00948-14 Open Access

Bloemendal S, Kück U (2014) Cephalosporins, In: JF Martín, CG Estrada, S Zeilinger (eds.) Biosynthesis and Molecular Genetics of Fungal Secondary Metabolites, Vol I; Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo P. 43-64

Teichert I, Nowrousian M, Pöggeler S, Kück U (2014) The filamentous fungus Sordaria macrospora as a genetic model to study fruiting body development. Advances in Genetics 87: 202-246 Abstract

Teichert I, Steffens EK, Schnaß N, Fränzel B, Krisp C, Wolters DA, Kück U (2014) PRO40 is a scaffold protein of the cell wall integrity pathway, linking the MAP kinase module to the upstream activator protein kinase C. PLoS Genetics 10(9):e1004582 Open Access

Schwartze VU, Winter S, Shelest E, Marcet-Houben M, Horn F, Wehner S, Linde J, Valiante V, Sammeth M, Riege K, Nowrousian M, Kaerger K, Jacobsen ID, Marz M, Brakhage AA, Gabaldón T, Böcker S, Voigt K (2014) Gene expansion shapes genome architecture in the human pathogen Lichtheimia corymbifera: an evolutionary genomics analysis in the ancient terrestrial Mucorales (Mucoromycotina). PLoS Genet 10: e1004496 Link

Specht T, Dahlmann TA,  Zadra I, Kürnsteiner H, Kück U (2014) Complete Genome Sequence in chromosomal resolution of the industrial Penicillin Producer Strain P2niaD18 from Penicillium chrysogenum. Genome Announc. 24; 2

Schindler D, Nowrousian M (2014) The polyketide synthase gene pks4 is essential for sexual development and regulates fruiting body morphology in Sordaria macrospora. Fungal Genet Biol 68: 48-59., doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.04.008

Nowrousian M (2014) Laser-Mikrodissektion und RNA-seq zur Analyse der Genexpression in Pilzen. BIOspektrum (01/2014) 20: 30-32

Nowrousian M (ed) (2014) The Mycota XIII, Fungal Genomics, 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg

Nowrousian M (2014) Genomics and transcriptomics to analyze fruiting body development. In: Nowrousian M (ed) The Mycota XIII, Fungal Genomics, 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg, p. 149-172

Dirschnabel DE, Nowrousian M,  Cano-Domínguez N, Aguirre J, Teichert I, Kück U (2014) New insights into the roles of NADPH oxidases in sexual development and ascospore germination in Sordaria macrospora. Genetics 196: 729–744  

Kück U, Bloemendal S, Teichert I (2014) Putting fungi to work: harvesting a cornucopia of drugs, toxins, and antibiotics. PLoS Pathogens 10: e1003950. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003950

Bloemendal S, Löper D, Terfehr D, Kopke K, Kluge J, Teichert I, Kück U (2014) Tools for advanced and targeted genetic manipulation of the β-lactam antibiotic producer Acremonium chrysogenum. J Biotech 169: 51– 62

Nowrousian M (2013) Fungal gene expression levels do not display a common mode of distribution. BMC Res Notes 6: 559 Open Access

Kück U, Böhm J (2013) Mating type genes and cryptic sexuality as tools for genetically manipulating industrial molds. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 97: 9609–9620

Gesing S, Schindler D, Nowrousian M (2013) Suppression subtractive hybridization and comparative expression analysis to identify developmentally regulated genes in filamentous fungi. J Basic Microbiol 53: 742-751

Traeger S, Altegoer F, Freitag M, Gabaldon T, Kempken F, Kumar F, Marcet-Houben M, Pöggeler S, Stajich JE, Nowrousian M (2013) The genome and development-dependent transcriptomes of Pyronema confluens: a window into fungal evolution. PLoS Genet 9: e1003820

Jacobs J, Marx C, Kock V, Reifschneider O, Fränzel B, Krisp C, Wolters D, Kück U (2013) Identification of a Chloroplast Ribonucleoprotein Complex Containing Trans-splicing Factors, Intron RNA and Novel Components. Mol Cell Proteomics 12:1912 - 1925

Böhm J, Hoff B, O´Gorman CM, Wolfers S, Klix V, Binger D, Zadra I, Kürnsteiner H, Pöggeler S, Dyer PS, Kück U (2013) Sexual reproduction and mating-type-mediated strain development in the penicillin-producing fungus Penicillium chrysogenum. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110: 1476-1481 PDF

Kopke K, Hoff B, Bloemendal S, Katschorowski A, Kamerewerd J, Kück U (2013) Members of the Penicillium chrysogenum velvet complex play functionally opposing roles in the regulation of penicillin biosynthesis and conidiation. Eukaryot Cell  12: 299 - 310 PDF

Nowrousian M (2013) Genomsequenzierung zur Identifikation von Mutationen. BIOspektrum (01/2013) 19: 25-27

Bloemendal S, Kück U (2013) Cell-to-cell communication in plants, animals, and fungi: a comparative review. Naturwissenschaften 100: 3-19

Bloemendal S, Bernhards Y, Bartho K, Dettmann A, Voigt O, Teichert I, Seiler S, Wolters DA, Pöggeler S, Kück U (2012) A homolog of the human STRIPAK complex controls sexual development in fungi. Mol Microbiol 84: 310-323 Abstract

Gesing S, Schindler D, Fränzel B, Wolters D, Nowrousian M (2012) The histone chaperone ASF1 is essential for sexual development in the filamentous fungus Sordaria macrospora. Mol Microbiol 84: 748-765

Glanz S, Jacobs J, Kock V, Mishra A, Kück U (2012) Raa4 is a trans-splicing factor that specifically binds chloroplast tscA intron RNA. Plant J 69: 421-431 Abstract

Nowrousian M, Teichert I, Masloff S, Kück U (2012) Whole-genome sequencing of Sordaria macrospora mutants identifies developmental genes. G3 (Bethesda) 2: 261-270 PDF

Teichert I, Wolff G, Kück U*, Nowrousian M* (2012) Combining laser microdissection and RNA-seq to chart the transcriptional landscape of fungal development. BMC Genomics 13:511 (* corresponding authors) PDF

Wilms I, Overlöper A, Nowrousian M, Sharma CM, Narberhaus F (2012) Deep sequencing uncovers numerous small RNAs on all four replicons of the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. RNA Biol 9: 446-457 Abstract

Jacobs J, Kück U (2011) Function of chloroplast RNA-binding proteins. Cell Mol Life Sci 68: 735-748 "Cover"

Kamerewerd J, Zadra I, Kürnsteiner H, Kück U (2011) PcchiB1, encoding a class 1 V chitinase, is affected by PcVelA and PcLaeA and responsible for cell wall integrity in Penicillium chrysogenum. Microbiology 157: 3036-3048

Kück U (2011) Recombinant fungal biotechnology. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (in press)

Pöggeler S, O´Gorman C, Hoff B, Kück U (2011) Molecular organization of the mating-type loci in the homothallic ascomycete Eupenicillium crustaceum. Fungal Biology 115: 615-624

Teichert I, Nowrousian M (2011) Evolution of genes for secondary metabolism in fungi. In: Pöggeler S, Wöstemeyer J (eds) The Mycota XIV, Evolution of fungi and fungal-like organisms, Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg, p. 231-255

Bloemendal S, Lord KM, Rech C, Hoff B, Engh I, Read ND, Kück U (2010) A mutant defective in sexual development produces aseptate ascogonia. Eukaryot Cell 9: 1856-1866

Engh I, Nowrousian M, Kück U (2010) Sordaria macrospora, a model organism to study fungal cellular development. Eur J Cell Biol 89: 864-872

Hoff B, Kamerewerd J, Sigl C, Zadra I, Kück U (2010) Homologous recombination in the antibiotic producer Penicillium chrysogenum strain ΔPcku70 shows up-regulation of genes from the HOG pathway. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 85: 1081-1094

Hoff B, Kamerewerd J, Sigl C, Mitterbauer R, Zadra I, Kürnsteiner H, Kück U (2010) Two components of a velvet-like complex control hyphal morphogenesis, conidiophore development and penicillin biosynthesis in Penicillium chrysogenum. Eukaryot Cell 9: 1236-1250

Jacobs J, Glanz S, Bunse-Graßmann A, Kruse O, Kück U (2010) RNA trans-splicing: Identification of components of a putative chloroplast spliceosome. Eur J Cell Biol 89: 932-939

Klix V, Nowrousian M, Ringelberg C, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC, Pöggeler S (2010) Functional characterization of MAT1-1-specific mating-type genes in the homothallic ascomycete Sordaria macrospora provides new insights into essential and non-essential sexual regulators. Eukaryot Cell 9: 894-905

Kopke K, Hoff B, Kück U (2010) Application of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae FLP/FRT recombination system in filamentous fungi for marker recycling and construction of knockout strains devoid of heterologous genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 76: 4664-4674

Kück U (2010) Molecular biology of complex functions of botanical systems. Eur J Cell Biol 89: 863

Kück U, Hoff, B (2010) New tools for the genetic manipulation of filamentous fungi. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 86: 51-62

Nowrousian M, Stajich JE, Chu M, Engh I, Espagne E, Halliday K, Kamerewerd J, Kempken F, Knab B, Kuo HC, Osiewacz HD, Pöggeler S, Read ND, Seiler S,  Smith KM, Zickler D, Kück U, Freitag M (2010) De novo assembly of a 40 Mb eukaryotic genome from short sequence reads: Sordaria macrospora, a model organism for fungal morphogenesis. PLoS Genetics 6(4): e1000891. Paper at PLoS Genetics pdf-file companion perspective article pdf-file

Nowrousian M (2010) Next-generation sequencing techniques for eukaryotic microorganisms: sequencing-based solutions to biological problems. Eukaryot Cell 9: 1300-1310

Glanz S, Kück U (2009) Trans-splicing of organellar introns – a detour to continuous RNAs. BioEssays 31: 921-934

Janus D, Hoff B, Kück U (2009) Evidence for Dicer-dependent RNA interference in the industrial penicillin producer Penicillium chrysogenum. Microbiology 155: 3946-3956

Kück U (2009) Penicillium chrysogenum – der industrielle Produzent des β-Lactam-Antibiotikums Penicillin. Biospektrum 15: 41

Kück U, Pöggeler S (2009) Cryptic Sex in Fungi. Fungal Biol Rev 23: 55-90

Kück U, Pöggeler S, Nowrousian M, Nolting N, Engh I (2009) Sordaria macrospora, a model system for fungal development. In: Anke T (ed) THE MYCOTA XV, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, pp 17-39

Nowrousian M (2009) A novel polyketide biosynthesis gene cluster is involved in fruiting body morphogenesis in the filamentous fungi Sordaria macrospora and Neurospora crassa. Curr Genet 55: 185-198

Hoff B, Pöggeler S, Kück U (2008) Eighty years after its discovery Fleming's Penicillium strain discoloses the secret of its sex. Eukaryot Cell 7: 465-470

Janus D, Hoff B, Kück U (2008) RNA-Silencing. Knock-down-Systeme bei Hyphenpilzen. BIOspektrum 14: 169-170

Janus D, Hortschansky P, Kück U (2008) Identification of a minimal cre1 promoter sequence promoting glucose-dependent gene expression in the ß-lactam producer Acremonium chrysogenum. Curr Genet 53: 35-48

Kamerewerd J, Jansson M, Nowrousian M, Pöggeler S, Kück U (2008) Three alpha subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins and an adenylyl cyclase have distinct roles in fruiting body development in the homothallic fungus Sordaria macrospora. Genetics 180: 191-206

Pöggeler S, Hoff B, Kück U (2008) The asexual cephalosporin C producer Acremonium chrysogenum carries a functional mating-type locus. Appl Environ Microbiol 74: 6006-6016

Dreyer J, Eichhorn H, Friedlin E, Kürnsteiner H, Kück U (2007) A homologue of the Aspergillus velvet gene regulates in Acremonium chrysogenum both cephalosporin C biosynthesis and hyphal fragmentation. Appl Environ Microbiol 73: 3412-3422

Engh I, Nowrousian M, Kück U (2007) Regulation of melanin biosynthesis via the dihydroxynaphthalene pathway is dependent on sexual development in the ascomycete Sordaria macrospora. FEMS Microbiology Let 275: 62-70

Engh I, Würtz C, Witzel-Schlömp K, Yu Zhang H, Hoff H, Nowrousian M, Rottensteiner H, Kück U (2007) The WW domain protein PRO40 is required for fungal fertility and associates with Woronin bodies. Eukaryotic Cell 6: 831-843

Janus D, Hoff B, Hofmann E, Kück U (2007) An efficient fungal RNA-silencing system using the DsRed reporter gene. Appl Environ Microbiol 73: 962-970

Nowrousian M (2007) Of patterns and pathways: microarray technologies for the analysis of filamentous fungi. Fungal Biol Rev 21: 171-178

Nowrousian M (2007) Neurospora crassa als Modellorganismus im "postgenomischen" Zeitalter. BIOspektrum (07/2007) 13: 708-712

Nowrousian M, Frank S, Koers S, Strauch P, Weitner T, Ringelberg C, Dunlap JC, Loros JJ, Kück U (2007) The novel ER membrane protein PRO41 is essential for sexual development in the filamentous fungus Sordaria macrospora. Mol Microbiol 64: 923-937

Nowrousian M, Piotrowski M, Kück U (2007) Multiple layers of temporal and spatial control regulate accumulation of the fruiting body-specific protein APP in Sordaria macrospora and Neurospora crassa. Fungal Genet Biol 44: 602-614

Rech C, Engh I, Kück U (2007) Detection of hyphal fusion in filamentous fungi using differently fluorescence-labeled histones. Curr Genet 52: 259-266

Balczun C, Bunse A, Schwarz C, Piotrowski M, Kück U (2006) Chloroplast heat shock protein Cpn60 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exhibits a novel function as a group II intron-specific RNA-binding protein. FEBS Lett 580: 4527-4532

Glanz S, Bunse A, Wimbert A, Balczun C, Kück U (2006) A nucleosome assembly protein-like polypeptide binds to chloroplast group II intron RNA in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Nucl Acids Res 34: 5337-5351

Kück U, Hoff B (2006) Application of the nourseothricin acetytransferase gene (nat1) as dominant marker for the transformation of filamentous fungi. Fungal Genet Newslet 53: 9-11

Nowrousian M, Kück U (2006) Comparative gene expression analyses of fruiting body development in two filamentous fungi. FEMS Microbiol Lett 257: 328-335

Pöggeler S, Kück U (2006) Highly efficient generation of signal transduction knockout mutants using a fungal strain deficient in the mammalian ku70 ortholog. Gene 378: 1-10

Pöggeler S, Nowrousian M, Kück U (2006) Fruiting body development in ascomycetes. In: Kües U, Fischer R, THE MYCOTA I (2nd ed.) Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 325-355

Pöggeler S, Nowrousian M, Ringelberg C, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC, Kück U (2006) Microarray and real time PCR analyses reveal mating type dependent gene expression in a homothallic fungus. Mol Gen Genomics 275: 492-503

Balczun C, Bunse A, Hahn D, Bennoun P, Nickelsen J, Kück U (2005) Two adjacent nuclear genes are required for functional complementation of a chloroplast trans-splicing mutant from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The Plant J 43: 636-648

Balczun C, Bunse A, Nowrousian M, Korbel A, Glanz S, Kück U (2005) DNA macroarray and real-time PCR analysis of two nuclear photosystem I mutans from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveal downregulation of Lhcb genes but different regulation of Lhcb genes. Biochim Biophys Acta 30; 1732: 62-68

Hoff B, Kück U (2005) Use of bimolecular fluorescence complementation to demonstrate transcription factor interaction in nuclei of living cells from the filamentous fungus Acremonium chrysogenum. Curr Genet 47: 132-138

Hoff B, Schmitt E, Kück U (2005) CPCR1, but not its interacting transcription factor AcFKH1, controles fungal arthrospore formation in Acremonium chrysogenum. Molec Microbiol 56: 1220-1233

Kück U (2005) A Sordaria macrospora mutant, lacking the leu1 gene, shows a developmental arrest during fruiting body formation. Mol Gen Genomics 274: 307-315

Kück U, Pöggeler S (2005) Sordaria macrospora. In: Gellissen G (Ed) Production of Recombinant Proteins. Novel Microbial and Eukaryotic Expression Systems. WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co, KHaA, Weinheim, pp 215-231

Nowrousian M, Ringelberg C, Dunlap JC, Loros JJ, Kück, U (2005) Cross-species microarray hybridization to identify developmentally regulated genes in the filamentous fungus Sordaria macrospora. Mol Gen Genomics 273:  137-149

Nowrousian M, Cebula P (2005) The gene for a lectin-like protein is transcriptionally activated during sexual development, but is not essential for fruiting body formation in the filamentous fungus Sordaria macrospora. BMC Microbiology 5: 64

Kück U, Pöggeler S (2004) pZHK2, a bi-functional transformation vector, suitable for two step gene targeting. Fungal Genet Newslet 51: 4-6

Nowrousian M, Würtz C, Pöggeler S, Kück U(2004) Comparative sequence analysis of Sordaria macrospora and Neurospora crassa as a means to improve genome annotation. Fungal Genet Biol 41/3: 285-292

Pöggeler S, Kück U (2004) A WD40-repeat protein regulates fungal cell differentiation and can be replaced functionally by the mammalian homologue striatin. Eukaryotic Cell 3: 232-240

Schmitt EK, Bunse A, Janus D, Hoff B, Friedlin E, Kürnsteiner H, Kück U (2004) Winged helix transcription factor CPCR1 is involved in regulation of ß-lactam biosynthesis in the fungus Acremonium chrysogenum. Eukaryotic Cell 3: 121-134

Schmitt EK, Hoff B, Kück U (2004) AcFKH1, a novel member of the forkhead family, associates with the RFX transcription factor CPCR1 in the cephalosporin C producing fungus Acremonium chrysogenum. Gene 342: 269-281

Schmitt EK, Hoff B, Kück U (2004) Regulation of cephalosporin biosynthesis. Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol 88: 1-43

Pöggeler S, Masloff S, Hoff B, Mayrhofer S, Kück U (2003) Versatile EGFP reporter plasmids for cellular localization of recombinant gene products in filamentous fungi. Curr Genet 43: 54-61

Masloff S, Jacobsen S, Pöggeler S, Kück U (2002) Functional analysis of the C6 zinc finger gene pro1 involved in fungal sexual development. Fungal Genet Biol 36: 107-116

Schmitt EK, Eilinghoff B, Olliger R, Decker H, Kück U (2002) Development of molecular tools for the molundocandin producer Aspergillus sydowii: DNA-mediated transformation and reporter gene expression. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 58: 625-631

Schmitt E, Kück U (2002) Perspektiven zur Optimierung des pilzlichen Sekundärmetabolismus durch "Metabolic Engineering" am Beispiel der Cephalosporin C-Biosynthese. BIOspektrum 8: 22-27

Windhofer F, Hauck K, Catcheside D, Kück U, Kempken F (2002) Ds-like Restless deletion derivatives occur in Tolypocladium inflatum and two foreign hosts, Neurospora crassa and Penicillium chrysogenum. Fungal Genet Biol 35: 171-182

Bunse A, Nickelsen J, Kück U (2001) Intron-specific RNA binding proteins in the chloroplast of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochim Biophys Acta 1519: 46-54

Kürnsteiner H, Zinner M, Kück U (2001) Immunosupressants. In: HD Osiewacz (ed) THE MYCOTA X, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, pp 118-137

Pöggeler S, Kück U (2001) Identification of transcriptionally expressed pheromone receptor genes in filamentous ascomycetes. Gene 280: 9-17

Schmitt EK, Kempken R, Kück U (2001) Functional analysis of promoter sequences from Acremonium chrysogenum: specific DNA-protein interactions and characterization of the transcription factor PACC. Molec Gen Genomics 265: 508-518

Jekosch K, Kück U (2000) Glucose-dependent transcriptional expression of the cre1 gene in Acremonium chrysogenum strains showing different levels of cephalosporin C production. Curr Genet 37: 388-395

Jekosch K, Kück U (2000) Glucose repression is lost in an Acremonium chrysogenum ß-lactam producer strain and can be restored by multiple copies of the cre1 gene. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 54: 556-563

Kempken F, Kück U (2000) Tagging of a nitrogen pathway specific regulator gene in Tolypocladium inflatum by the transposon Restless. Molec Gen Genet: 263: 302-308

Kück U, Jekosch K, Holzamer P (2000) DNA sequence analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus: Evidence for UAG being a leucine and UCA being a non-sense codon. Gene 253: 13-18

Nickelsen J, Kück U (2000) The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, as an experimental system to study chloroplast RNA metabolism Naturwissenschaften 87: 97-107

Nowrousian M, Kück U, Loser K, Weltring KM (2000) The fungal acl1 and acl2 genes encode two polypeptides with homology to the N- and C-terminal parts of the animal ATP citrate lyase polypeptide. Curr Genet 37: 189-193

Pöggeler S, Kück U (2000) Comparative analysis of the mating-type loci from Neurospora crassa and Sordaria macrospora: identification of novel transcribed ORFs. Molec Gen Genet 263: 292-301

Pöggeler S, Masloff S, Jacobsen S, Kück U (2000) Karyotype polymorphism correlates with intraspecific infertility in the homothallic ascomycete Sordaria macrospora. J Evol Biol 13/2: 281-289

Schmitt EK, Kück U (2000) The fungal CPCR1 protein, which binds specifically to beta-lactam biosynthesis genes, is related to human regulatory factor X transcription factors. J Biol Chem 275/13: 9348-9357

Hahn D, Kück U (1999) Identification of DNA sequences controlling the light dependent expression of the lhcb gene from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Curr Genet 34: 459-466

Holländer V, Kück U (1999) Group II intron splicing in E. coli: phenotypes of cis-acting mutations resemble splicing defects observed in organelle RNA processing. Nucleic Acids Res 27: 2339-2344

Holländer V, Kück U (1999) Group II intron splicing in chloroplasts: identification of mutations determining intron stability and fate of exon RNA. Nucleic Acids Res 27: 2345-2353

Jekosch K, Kück U (1999) Codon bias in the ß-lactam producer Acremonium chrysogenum. Fungal Genetics Newsletters 46: 11-13

Kempken F (1999) Fungal transposons: from mobile elements towards molecular tools. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 52: 756-760

Kück U (1999) Filamentous fungi. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2000, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York p163-166

Masloff S, Pöggeler S, Kück U (1999) The pro1 gene from Sordaria macrospora encodes a C6 zinc finger transcription factor required for fruiting body development. Genetics 152: 191-199

Nowrousian M, Masloff S, Pöggeler S, Kück U (1999) Cell differentiation during sexual development of the fungus Sordaria macrospora requires ATP citrate lyase activity. Mol Cell Biol 19: 450-460

Hahn D, Kaltenbach C, Kück U (1998) The Calvin cycle enzyme sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase is encoded by a light-regulated gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Mol Biol 36: 929-934

Hahn D, Nickelsen J, Hackert A, Kück U (1998) A single nuclear locus is involved in both chloroplast mRNA trans-splicing and RNA processing. Plant J 15: 575-581

Holländer V, Kück U (1998) Splicing of the mitochondrial group II intron rI1: conserved intron-exon interactions diminish splicing efficiency. Curr Genet 33: 117-123

Kück U, Jacobsen S, Kempken F (1998) Activator-like transposons in Beauveria species. In: Bridge P, Couteaudier Y, Clarkson J (eds) Molecular variability of fungal pathogens. CAB International, pp 73-82

Kempken F, Jacobsen S, Kück U (1998) Distribution of the fungal transposon Restless: Full-length and truncated copies in closely related strains. Fungal Genet Biol 25: 110-118

Kempken F, Kück U (1998) Transposons in mycelial fungi - facts and perspec-tives. BioEssays 20/8: 652-659

Kempken F, Kück U (1998) Evidence for circular transposition intermediates from the fungal hAT transposon Restless. Curr Genet 34: 200-203

Nickelsen J (1998) Chloroplast RNA stability. In: The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas, Rochaix J-D, Goldschmidt-Clermont M, Merchant S (eds). Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, pp 152-163

Nickelsen J (1998) RNA stability in chloroplasts. In: Plant Molecular Biology Manual 2nd edition. Gelvin SB, Schilperoort RA (eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp D6/1-D6/18

 

Laser B, Mohr S, Odenbach W, Oettler G, Kück U (1997) Parental and novel copies of the mitochondrial orf25 gene in Triticale: predominant transcriptional expression of the maternal gene copy. Curr Genet 32: 337-347

Nosek J, Radzio R, Kück U (1997) Produktion von ß-Lactamantibiotika durch Mikroorganismen - Einsatzmöglichkeiten der Gentechnik bei der biotechnologischen Produktion neuer Antibiotika-Derivate. Chemie in unserer Zeit 4: 172-182

Pöggeler S, Nowrousian M, Jacobsen S, Kück U (1997) An efficient procedure to isolate fungal genes from an indexed cosmid library. J Microbiol Meth 29: 49-61

Pöggeler S, Risch S, Kück U, Osiewacz HD (1997) Mating type genes from the homothallic fungus Sordaria macrospora are functionally expressed in a heterothallic ascomycete. Genetics 147: 567-580

Radzio R, Kück U (1997) Synthesis of biotechnologically relevant heterologous proteins in filamentous fungi. Process Biochemistry 32: 529-539

Radzio R, Kück U (1997) Efficient synthesis of the blood-coagulation inhibitor hirudin in the filamentous fungus Acremonium chrysogenum. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 48: 58-65
Nowrousian M, Kück U (1998) Isolation and cloning of the Sordaria macrospora ura3 gene and its heterologous expression in Aspergillus niger.  Fungal Genetics Newsletters 45: 34-37

Hahn D, Bennoun P, Kück U (1996) Altered expression of nuclear genes encoding chloroplast polypeptides in non-photosynthetic mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: evidence for post-transcriptional regulation. Mol Gen Genet 252: 362-370

Kempken F, Kück U (1996) Restless, an active Ac-like transposon from the fungus Tolypocladium inflatum: structure, expression, and alternative RNA splicing. Mol Cell Biol 16: 6563-6572

Pöggeler S, Schwerk C, Kemper U, Kück U (1996) Efficient synthesis of a 72 kDa mitochondrial polypeptide using the yeast Ty expression system. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 219: 890-899

Wolff G, Kück U (1996) Transcript mapping and processing of mitochondrial RNA in the chlorophyte alga Prototheca wickerhamii. Plant Mol Biol 30: 577-595

Faßbender S, Kück U (1995) Reverse transcriptase activities in mycelial fungi. In: U. Kück (ed) THE MYCOTA II, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, pp 247- 259

Hahn D, Kück U (1995) cDNA nucleotide sequences and expression of genes encoding the cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins S18 and S27 from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Science 111: 73-79

Kempken F, Schreiner C, Schörgendorfer K, Kück U (1995) A unique repeated DNA sequence in the cyclosporin producing strain of Tolypocladium inflatum (ATCC 34921). Experimental Mycology 19: 305-313

Kück U, Laser B, Mohr S, Schulte-Kappert E, Nowak C, Oettler G, Pfeiffer-Schad B, Hesemann CU, Weigel R, Pfeil U, Stierle M, Stoesser T, van der Kuip H, Wolf M, Odenbach W (1995) CMS in wheat and Triticale. In: U Kück & G Wricke (eds) Genetic Mechanisms for Hybrid Breeding, Blackwell Science, Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin, pp 19-36

Laser B, Kück U (1995) The mitochondrial atpA/atp9 cotranscript in wheat and triticale: RNA processing depends on nuclear genotypes. Curr Genet 29: 50-57

Laser B, Oettler G, Kück U (1995) RNA editing of the mitochondrial atpA/atp9 cotranscript of triticale, carrying the timopheevi CMS cytoplasm from wheat. Plant Physiol 107: 663-664

Nowak C, Radzio R, Kück U (1995) DNA mediated transformation of a fungus employing a vector devoid of bacterial DNA sequences. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 43: 1077-1081

Walz M, Kück U (1995) Transformation of Sordaria macrospora to hygromycin B resistance: characterization of transgenic strains by electrophoretic karyotyping and tetrad analysis. Curr Genet 29: 88-95

Hahn D, Kück U (1994) Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding the chloroplast sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Physiol 104: 1101-1102

Hahn D, Kück U (1994) Biochemical and molecular genetic basis of hydrogenases. Process Biochemistry 29: 633-644

Herdenberger F, Holländer V, Kück U (1994) Correct in vivo splicing of a mitochondrial intron in algal chloroplasts. Nucleic Acids Res 22: 2869-2875

Faßbender S, Brühl D, Ciriazy M, Kück U (1994) Reverse transcriptase activity of an intron encoded polypeptide. EMBO J 13/9: 2075-2083

Menne S, Walz M, Kück U (1994) Expression studies with the bidirectional pcbAB-pcbC promoter region from Acremonium chrysogenum using reporter gene fusions. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 42: 57-66

Nowak C, Kück U (1994) Development of a homologous transformation system for Acremonium chrysogenum based on the ß-tubulin gene. Curr Genet 25: 34-40

Wolff G, Plante I, Lang BF, Kück U, Burger G (1994) Complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of the chlorophyte alga Prototheca wickerhamii: gene content and genome organization. J Mol Biol 237: 75-86

Kück U, Mohr S, Laser B, Schulte-Kappert E, Odenbach W, Oettler G (1993) Nuclear-mitochondrial interactions in Triticum and Triticale. In: A Brennicke & U Kück (eds) Plant Mitochondria. VCH-Publishers Inc; Weinheim, New York; pp 357-366

Mohr S, Schulte E, Oettler G, Odenbach H, Kück U (1993) Mitochondrial DNA from cytoplasmic male sterile Triticum timopheevi: rearranged upstream sequences of the atp6 and orf25 genes. Theor Appl Genet 86: 259-268

Walz M, Kück U (1993) Targeted integration into the Acremonium chrysogenum genome: Disruption of the pcbC gene. Curr Genet 24: 421-427

Wolff G, Burger G, Lang BF, Kück U (1993) Mitochondrial genes in the colourless alga Prototheca wickerhamii resemble plant genes in their exons but fungal genes in their introns. Nucleic Acids Res 21: 719-726

Wolff G, Kück U (1993) Organization and coding capacity of mitochondrial genomes of algae. In: A Brennicke & U Kück (eds) Plant Mitochondria. VCH-Publishers Inc; Weinheim, New York, pp 103-113

Wolff G, Kück U, Lang BF, Burger G (1993) The mitochondrial genome of Prototheca wickerhamii (strain 263-11). In: O'Brien, SJ (ed) Genetic Maps, 6th Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Lab. Press, 2. 172-2. 174

Bennoun P, Delosme M, Godehardt I, Kück U (1992) New tools for mitochondrial genetics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: manganese mutagenesis and cytoduction.  Molec Gen Genet 234: 147-154

Hahn D, Kück U (1992) Biochemische und molekulargenetische Grundlagen zur Struktur und Funktion von Hydrogenasen. In: Präve P, Schlingmann M, Esser K, Thauer R, Wagner F (eds.) Jahrbuch Biotechnologie, Bd. 4, Carl Hanser Verlag, München, Wien, pp 125-144

Kämper U, Kück U, Cherniak A, Lambowitz A (1992) The mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase of Podospora anserina is a bifunctional enzyme active in protein synthesis and RNA splicing. Molec Cell Biol 12: 499-511

Kück U, Faßbender S, Herdenberger F, Wolff G (1992) Mitochondrial genomes of eukaryotic algae. In: H Stabenau (ed), Phylogenetic Changes in Peroxisomes of Algae.  Phylogeny in Plant Peroxisomes, Univ. Oldenburg, Oldenburg, pp 283-309

Stimberg N, Walz M, Schörgendorfer K, Kück U (1992) Electrophoretic karyotyping from Tolypocladium inflatum and six related strains allows differentiation of morphologically similar species. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 37: 485-489

Bennoun P, Delosme M, Kück U (1991) Mitochondrial genetics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: resistance mutations marking the cytochrome b gene. Genetics 127: 335-343

Kück U, Faßbender S (1991) Zur Verwandtschaft mobiler Genelemente: Besitzen Retroviren, Transposonen und Intronen einen gemeinsamen evolutionären Ursprung? Biologie in unserer Zeit 21/1: 31-36

Kück U, Godehardt I, Faßbender S, Siedlaczck I, Walz M (1991) Nicht-radioaktive DNA-Hybridisierungsverfahren zur Analyse von transgenen Mikroorganismen. BioTec 5: 46-52

Kück U, Walz M (1991) Die CHEF-Gelelektrophorese zur Karyotypanalyse bei Pilzen. BioTec 1: 41-44

Walz M, Kück U (1991) Polymorphic karyotypes in related Acremonium strains.  Curr Genet 19: 73-76

Walz M, Kück U (1991) Optimizing TAFE and CHEF gel electrophoresis using FastLane agarose. Resolution 7/2: 5-6

Winkler M, Kück U (1991) The group IIB intron from the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrion: molecular characterization of the in vitro splicing products. Curr Genet 20: 495-502

Kück U, Godehardt I, Schmidt U (1990) A self-splicing group II intron in the mitochondrial large subunit rRNA (LSUrRNA) gene of the eukaryotic alga Scenedesmus obliquus. Nucleic Acids Res 18: 2691-2697

Nowak C, Kück U (1990) RNA editing of the mitochondrial atp9 transcript from wheat. Nucleic Acids Res 18: 7164

Wolff G, Kück U (1990) The structural analysis of the mitochondrial SSUrRNA implies a close phylogenetic relationship between mitochondria from plants and from the heterotrophic alga Prototheca wickerhamii. Curr Genet 17: 347-351

Kück U (1989) Mitochondrial DNA rearrangements in Podospora anserina. Experimental Mycology 13: 111-120

Kück U (1989) The intron of a plastid gene from a green alga contains an open reading frame for a reverse transcriptase-like enzyme. Molec Gen Genet 218: 257-265

Kück U, Walz M, Mohr G, Mracek M (1989) The 5' sequence of the isopenicillin N-synthetase gene (pcbC) from Cephalosporium acremonium directs the expression of the prokaryotic hygromycin B phosphotransferase gene (hph) in Aspergillus niger. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 31: 358-365

Kück U, Walz M (1989) The isopenicillin N synthetase gene (pcbC) from Cephalosporium acremonium: molecular characterization and use for construction of a transformation vector. In: Behrens D, Driesel AJ (eds) DECHEMA Biotechnology Conferences, Vol 3A, VCH-Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, pp 23-27

Reimann A, Kück U (1989) Nucleotide sequence of the plastid genes for apocytochrome b6 (petB) and subunit IV of the cytochrome b6-f complex (petD) from the green alga Chlorella protothecoides: Lack of introns. Plant Mol Biol 13: 255-256

Schulte, E, Kück, U, Esser K (1989) Multipartite structure of mitochondrial DNA in a fungal longlife mutant. Plasmid 21: 79-84

Schulte E, Staubach S, Laser B, Kück U (1989) Wheat mitochondrial DNA: organization and sequences of the atpA and atp9 genes. Nucleic Acids Res 17: 7531

Choquet Y, Goldschmidt-Clermont M, Girard-Bascou J, Kück U, Bennoun P, Rochaix JD (1988) Mutant phenotypes support a trans-splicing mechanism for the expression of the tripartite psaA gene in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast. Cell 52: 903-913

Kück U (1988) Evidence for trans-splicing of pre-mRNAs during expression of a chloroplast gene from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. In: Behrens D (ed) Dechema Biotechnology Conferences, Vol. 1 Technology of Biological Processes-Safety in Biotechnology- Applied Genetic Engineering, VCH-Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim pp 231-236

Kück U (1988) Putative nucleic acid binding 'fingers' at the carboxyl terminus of polypeptides encoded from introns of organellar genes. Nucleic Acids Res 16: 4729

Schulte E, Kück U, Esser K (1988) Structural rearrangements in the chondriomes of long-living extrachromosomal mutants of Podospora anserina. In: Behrens D (ed) Dechema Biotechnology Conferences, Vol 1. Technology of Biological Processes - Safety in Biotechnology - Applied Genetic Engineering, VCH-Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim pp 249-254

Schulte E, Kück U, Esser K (1988) Extrachromosomal mutants from Podospora anserina: permanent vegetative growth in spite of multiple recombination events in the mitochondrial genome. Molec Gen Genet 211: 342-349

Karsch T, Kück U, Esser K (1987) Mitochondrial group I introns from the filamentous fungus Podospora anserina code for polypeptides related to maturases. Nucleic Acids Res 15: 6743-674

Kück U, Choquet Y, Schneider M, Dron M, Bennoun P (1987) Structural and transcription analysis of two homologous genes for the P700 chlorophyll a-apoproteins in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Evidence for in vivo trans splicing. EMBO J 6: 2185-2195

Kück U, Neuhaus H (1986) Universal genetic code evidenced in mitochondria of Chlamydomonas reinhardii. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 23: 462-469

Fish L, Kück U, Bogorad L (1985) Two partially homologous adjacent light-inducible maize chloroplast genes encoding polypeptides of the P700 chlorophyll a-protein complex of photosystem I. J Biol Chem 260: 1413-1421

Fish L, Kück U, Bogorad L (1985) Analysis of the two partially homologous P700 chlorophyll a proteins of maize photosystem I: Predictions based on the primary sequences and features shared by other chlorophyll proteins. In: Steinback KE, Bonitz S, Arntzen CJ, Bogorad L (eds) Molecular biology of the photosynthetic apparatus. Cold Spring Harbor, New York, pp 111-120

Kück U, Osiewacz HD, Schmidt U, Kappelhoff B, Schulte E, Stahl U, Esser K (1985) The onset of senescence is affected by DNA rearrangements of a discontinuous mitochondrial gene in Podospora anserina. Curr Genet 9: 373-382

Kück U, Kappelhoff B, Esser K (1985) Despite mtDNA polymorphism the mobile intron (plDNA) of the COI gene is present in ten different races of Podospora anserina. Curr Genet 10: 59-67

Stirdivant SM, Crossland LD, Fish LE, Krebbers ET, Kück U, Larrinua IM, Muskavitch KMT, McIntosh L, Naslund L, Russel DR, Rodermel SR, Sheen J, Bogorad L (1985) Maize plastid transcription. In: VanVloten-Doting L, Groot GSP, Hall TC (eds) Molecular form and function of the plant genome. Plenum Press, New York, pp 347-358

Bogorad L, Crossland LD, Fish LE, Krebbers ET, Kück U, Larrinua IM, Muskavitch KMT, Orr EA, Rodermel SR, Schantz R, Steinmetz AA, Stirdivant SM, Zhu YS (1984) The organization of the maize plastid chromosome. Properties and expression of its genes. ICN-UCLA Symp Mol Cell Biol, pp 257-272

Esser K, Kück U, Stahl U, Tudzynski P (1984) Senescence in Podospora anserina and its implication for genetic engineering. In: Jenning DH (ed) The ecology and physiology of the fungal mycelium. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 343-352

Kück U, Mulligan BJ (1984) Recombination. DNA transformation in cyanobacteria, algae and fungi: Trends and perspectives. Prog Bot 46: 192-207

Esser K, Kück U, Stahl U, Tudzynski P (1983) Cloning vectors of mitochondrial origin for eukaryotes, a new concept in genetic engineering. Curr Genet 7: 239-243

Kück U, Esser K (1982) Genetic map of mitochondrial DNA in Podospora anserina. Curr Genet 5: 143-147

Kück U (1982) Recombination following DNA transfer. Prog Bot 44: 244-251

Stahl U, Tudzynski P, Kück U, Esser K (1982) Replication and expression of a bacterial-mitochondrial hybrid plasmid in the fungus Podospora anserina. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 79: 3641-3645

Kück U, Stahl U, Esser K (1981) Plasmid like DNA is part of mitochondrial DNA in Podospora anserina. Curr Genet 3: 151-156

Kück U (1981) Struktur und Funktion mitochondrialer DNA bei Pilzen. Bibliotheca Mycologica. Bd 84. Cramer, Vaduz

Esser K, Tudzynski P, Stahl U, Kück U (1980) A model to explain senescence in the filamentous fungus Podospora anserina. Molec Gen Genet 178: 213-216

Kück U, Stahl U, Lhermitte A, Esser K (1980) Isolation and characterization of mitochondrial DNA from the alkane yeast Saccharomycopsis lipolytica. Curr Genet 2: 97-101

Stahl U, Kück U, Tudzynski P, Esser K (1980) Characterization and cloning of plasmid like DNA of the ascomycete Podospora anserina. Molec Gen Genet 178: 639-646

Stahl U, Lemke PA, Tudzynski P, Kück U, Esser K (1978) Evidence for plasmid like DNA in a filamentous fungus, the ascomycete Podospora anserina. Molec Gen Genet 162: 341-343

Editions

Kück U (ed) The Mycota II, 2nd edition - Genetics and Biotechnology (in 'The Mycota' Series, K Esser & J Bennett (eds)), Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo Hong Kong Barcelona Budapest (2003)

Books

Kück U, Frankenberg-Dinkel N (eds.) Biotechnology, Textbook, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston (2015) Link zum Buch

Kück U und Wolff G: Botanisches Grundpraktikum (3. Auflage), Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg (2014) Link zum Buch

Kück U und Wolff G: Botanisches Grundpraktikum (2. Auflage), Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg (2009)

Kück U, Nowrousian M, Hoff B, Engh I (2009) Schimmelpilze. Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg Link zum Buch

Kück U (Hrsg.) in: Praktikum der Molekulargenetik, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg (2004) Link zum Buch

Kück U, Pöggeler S, Nowrousian M, Bunse A, Nickelsen J (Coautoren) in: W. Seyffert, Lehrbuch der Genetik, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag (2003) Link zum Buch

Kück U und Wolff G: Botanisches Grundpraktikum. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (2002) Link zum Buch