Stengel, A., Gügel, I., Hilger, D., Rengstl, B., Jung, H. and Nickelsen, J. (2012) Initial steps in photosystem II assembly and preloading with manganese take place in biogenesis centers in Synechocystis. Plant Cell,in press.
Nickelsen, J. and Bohne, A.V. (2012) Plastid Transformation in Algae. In: Bock, R. and Knoop, V. (eds) Genomics of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria. Adv. in Photosyn. and Resp. 35, in press.
Komenda, J., Knoppova, J., Kopecna, J., Sobotka, J., Halada, P., Yu, J., Nickelsen, J., Boehm, M., and Nixon, P.J. (2012) The Psb27 assembly factor binds to the CP43 complex of Photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant Physiol. 158, 476-486.
Rengstl, B., Oster, U., Stengel, A. and Nickelsen, J. (2011) An intermediate membrane subfraction in cyanobacteria is involved in an assembly network for photosystem II biogenesis. J. Biol. Chem. 286, 21944-51.
Schwarz, C. and Nickelsen, J. (2010) Enrichment of native, high molecular weight ribonucleoprotein complexes from chloroplasts by consecutive gel filtration steps. Endocyt. Cell Res. 20, 89-94.
Armbruster, U., Zühlke, J., Rengstl, B., Kreller, R. Makarenko, E., Rühle, T., Schünemann, D., Jahns, P., Weisshaar, B., Nickelsen, J., Leister, D. (2010) The Arabidopsis thylakoid protein PAM68 is required for efficient D1 biogenesis and photosystem II assembly. Plant Cell, 22, 3439-3460
Nickelsen, J., Rengstl, B., Stengel, A., Schottkowski, M., Soll, J., Ankele, E. (2010) Biogenesis of the cyanobacterial thylakoid membrane system – an update. FEMS Microbiol.Lett., 315, 1-5
Dorn, K.V., Willmund, F., Schwarz, C., Henselmann, C., Pohl, T., Hess B., Veyel, D., Usadel, B., Friedrich, T., Nickelsen, J., Schroda, M. (2010) Chloroplast DnaJ-like proteins 3 and 4 (CDJ3/4) from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii contain redox-active Fe-S clusters and interact with stromal HSP70B. Biochem. J. 427, 205-215
Johnson, X., Wostrikoff, K., Finazzi, G., Kuras, R., Schwarz, C., Bujaldon, S., Nickelsen, J., Stern, D.B., Wollman, F.-A. und Vallon, O. (2010) MRL1, a conserved pentatricopeptide repeat protein, is required for stabilization of rbcL mRNA in Chlamydomonas and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 22, 234-248.
Schottkowski, M., Ratke, J., Oster, U., Nowaczyk, M., Nickelsen, J. (2009) Pitt, a novel tetratricopeptide repeat protein involved in light-dependent chlorophyll synthesis and thylakoid membrane biogenesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Mol. Plant 2, 1289-1297
Wobbe, L., Blifernez, O., Schwarz, C., L., Mussgnug, J., Nickelsen, J. und Kruse, O. (2009) Cysteine modification of a specific repressor protein controls the translational status of nucleus-encoded LHCII mRNAs in Chlamydomonas, Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci. USA 106, 13290-13295.
Bohne, A.-V., Schwarz, C., Jalal, A., Ossenbühl, F. und Nickelsen, J. (2009) Control of organellar gene expression in Chlamydomonas - future perspectives-. Endocyt. Cell Res. 19, 70-80.
Schottkowski, M., Gkalympoudis, S., Tzekova, N., Stelljes, C., Schuenemann, D., Ankele, E., Nickelsen, J. (2008) Interaction of the periplasmic PratA factor and the PsbA (D1) protein during biogenesis of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J. Biol. Chem. 284: 1813-1819.
Komenda, J., Nickelsen, J., Eichacker, L.A. and Nixon, P.J. (2008) The cyanobacterial homologue of HCF136/YCF48 is a component of an early photosystem II assembly complex and is important for both the efficient assembly and repair of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J. Biol. Chem. 283: 22390-22399.
Wobbe, L., Schwarz, C., Nickelsen, J., Kruse, O. (2008) Translational control of photosynthetic gene expression. Physiol. Plant. 133: 507-513.
Schwarz, C., Elles, I., Kortmann, J., Piotrowski, M. and Nickelsen, J. (2007) Synthesis of the D2 protein of photosystem II in Chlamydomonas is controlled by a high-molecular-weight complex containing the RNA stabilization factor Nac2 and the translational activator RBP40. Plant Cell 19, 3627-3639.
Koop, H.-U., Herz, S., Golds, T. J. and Nickelsen, J. (2007) The genetic transformation of plastids. In: Cell and Molecular Biology of Plastids, R. Rock (ed)Topics Curr. Genet. 20: 457-510.
Nickelsen, J., Nowaczyk, M. and Klinkert, B. (2006) Assembly factors of the photosynthetic machinery in cyanobacteria. Prog. Bot. 68: 57-79.
Klinkert, B., Elles, I. and Nickelsen, J. (2006) Translation of chloroplast psbD mRNA in Chlamydomonas depends on a structural RNA element blocking the AUG start codon. Nucleic Acids Res. 34: 386-394.
Klinkert, B., Schwarz, C., Pohlmann, S. and Nickelsen, J. (2005) Correlation of mRNA levels and protein accumulation in a psbD promotor mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Molec. Gen. Genom. 274: 637-643.
Mussgnug, J.H., Hamilton, M, Elles, I., Fink, A., Kapazoglou, A., Mullineaux, C.W., Hippler, M., Nickelsen, J., Nixon, P.J. and Kruse, O. (2005) Identification of Nab1, an RNA binding protein involved in fine-tuning the expression of the light-harvesting antenna of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Cell 17:3409-3421.
Pasch, J.C., Nickelsen, J. and Schünemann, D. (2005) The yeast split-ubiquitin system to study chloroplast membrane protein interactions. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 69:440-447.
Balczun, C., Bunse, A., Hahn, D., Bennoun, P., Nickelsen, J. and Kück, U. (2005) Two adjacent genes are required for functional complementation of a chloroplast trans-splicing mutant from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant J. 43: 636-648.
Nickelsen, J. (2005) Chlamydomonas as a genetic model system. Prog. Botany 66: 68-89.
Klinkert, B., Elles, I., Schwarz, C. and Nickelsen, J. (2004) Regulation of psbD and psbA gene expression in chloroplasts of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Endocyt. Cell Res. 15: 430-437.
Herrin, D. and Nickelsen, J. (2004) Chloroplast RNA metabolism. Photosyn. Res. 82: 301-304.
Klinkert, B., Sikorski, M., Ossenbühl, F., Berry, S., Eichacker, L. and Nickelsen, J. (2004) PratA, a periplasmic tetratricopeptide repeat protein involved in biogenesis of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 44639-44644.
Nickelsen, J. (2003) Chloroplast RNA binding proteins. Curr. Genet. 43: 392-399.
Nickelsen, J. (2003) Molecular genetics of chloroplast biogenesis. Prog. Botany 64: 53-73.
Ossenbühl, F., Hartmann, K. and Nickelsen, J. (2002) A chloroplast RNA binding protein from stromal thylakoid membranes specifically binds to the 5´ untranslated region of the psbA mRNA. Eur. J. Biochem.269: 3912-3919.
Liere, K., Nickelsen, J. and Link, G. (2001) Chloroplast p54 endoribonuclease. Meth. Enzymol. 342: 420-428.
Wilde, A., Lünser, K., Ossenbühl, F., Nickelsen, J. and Börner, T. (2001) Characterization of the cyanobacterial ycf37: mutation decreases the photosystem I content. Biochem. J. 357: 211-216.
Bunse, A., Nickelsen, J. and Kück, U. (2001) Intron-specific RNA binding proteins in the chloroplast of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1519: 46-54.
Rochaix, J.-D., Boudreau, E., Nickelsen, J., Lemaire, S., Vaistij, F., and Goldschmidt-Clermont, M. (2000) Analysis of nuclear mutants of Chlamydomonas deficient in the accumulation of specific chloroplast RNAs. J. Phycol. 36: 58-64.
Ossenbühl, F. and Nickelsen, J. (2000) Cis and trans-acting determinants for the translation of the psbD mRNA in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Mol. Cell. Biol. 20: 8134-8142.
Boudreau, E., Nickelsen, J., Lemaire S., Ossenbühl, F. and Rochaix, J.-D. (2000) The Nac2 gene of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii encodes a chloroplast TPR-like protein involved in psbD mRNA stability. EMBO J. 19: 3366-3376.
Nickelsen, J. and Kück, U. (2000) The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - An experimental system to study chloroplast RNA metabolism. Naturwiss. 87: 97-107.
Nickelsen, J. (2000) Mutations at three different nuclear loci of Chlamydomonas suppress a defect in chloroplast psbD mRNA accumulation. Curr. Genet. 37: 136-142.
Nickelsen, J. (1999) The plastid psbA and psbB 5´ untranslated regions from higher plants are unstable in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplasts. Molec. Gen. Genet. 262, 768-771.
Nickelsen, J., Fleischmann, M., Boudreau, E., Rahire, M. and Rochaix, J.-D. (1999) Identification of cis-acting RNA leader elements required for chloroplast psbD gene expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Cell 11, 957-970.
Nickelsen, J., Fleischmann, M., Ossenbühl, F., Tourne, H. and Rochaix, J.-D. (1998) Stabilization and translation of the psbD mRNA in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. In: Wagner, E., Normann, J., Hackstein, J.H.P., Herrmann, R.G., Kowallik, K.V., Schenk, H.E.A. und Seckbach, J., (Ed.) From Symbiosis to Eukaryotism - ENDOCYTOBIOLOGY VII. Geneva University Press, 407-418.
Hahn, D., Nickelsen, J., Hackert A. and Kück, U. (1998) A single nuclear locus is involved in both chloroplast RNA trans-splicing and 3´ end processing. Plant J. 15, 575-581.
Nickelsen, J. (1998) Chloroplast RNA stability. Rochaix, J.-D., Goldschmidt-Clermont, M. und Merchant, S. (Ed.) The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 151-163.
Nickelsen, J. (1998) RNA stability in chloroplasts. In: Gelvin, S.B. und Schilperoort, R.A. (Ed.), Plant Molecular Biology Manual 2nd Ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, D6, 1-18.
Goldschmidt-Clermont, M., Loroch, V., Nickelsen, J., Vaistij, F.E., Zerges, W. and Rochaix, J.-D. (1997) Nuclear genes required for chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas. In: Tewari, K.K. und Singhal, G.S. (Ed.), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 168-174.
Goldschmidt-Clermont, M., Nickelsen, J., Zerges, W. and Rochaix, J.-D. (1996) Nuclear genes involved in chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas. In: Möller, I.M. und Brodelius, P. (Ed.), Plant Membrane Biology. Oxford University Press, New York, 51-58.
Nickelsen, J., Dillewyn, J., Rahire, M. and Rochaix, J.-D. (1994) Determinants for stability of the chloroplast psbD mRNA are located within its short leader region in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. EMBO J. 13, 3182-3191.
Nickelsen, J. and Rochaix, J.-D. (1994) Regulation of the synthesis of D1 and D2 proteins of photosystem II. In: Baker, N.R. und Bowyer, J.R. (Ed.), Photoinhibition of photosynthesis: from molecular mechanisms to the field. BIOS Scientific Pub. Ltd., Oxford, 183-198.
Nickelsen, J. and Link, G. (1993) The 54-kDa RNA binding protein from mustard chloroplasts mediates endonucleolytic transcript 3´ end formation in vitro. Plant J. 3, 537-544.
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Nickelsen, J. and Link, G. (1991) RNA-protein interactions at transcript 3´ ends and evidence for trnK-psbA cotranscription in mustard chloroplasts. Molec. Gen. Genet. 228, 89-96.
Nickelsen, J. and Link, G. (1990) Nucleotide sequence of the mustard chloroplast genes trnH and rps19´. Nucleic Acids Res. 18, 1051.
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