Professor Pieter B.F. Ouwerkerk

Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics
Institute of Biology, Leiden University
SYLVIUS LABORATORY
Sylviusweg 72
2333 BE Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-71-5275052; Fax: +31-71-5274999
E-mail: p.b.f.ouwerkerk@biology.leidenuniv.nl
http://www.biology.leidenuniv.nl/ibl/S2/S2peopleinfo.php?PeopleID=91
Area of expertise: Drought tolerance, inducible gene expression, yeast one hybrid, biotechnology, transcription factor
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Qu S, Jeon JS, Ouwerkerk PB, Bellizzi M, Leach J, Ronald P, Wang GL (2009) Construction and application of efficient Ac-Ds transposon tagging vectors in rice. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 51, 982-992.
• Staneloni RJ, Rodriguez-Batiller MJ, Legisa D, Scarpin MR, Agalou A, Cerd¨˘n PD, Meijer AH, Ouwerkerk PB, Casal JJ (2009) Bell-like homeodomain selectively regulates the high-irradiance response of phytochrome A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 13624-13629.
• Agalou A, Purwantomo S, Overn?s E, Johannesson H, Zhu X, Estiati A, de Kam RJ, Engstr?m P, Slamet-Loedin IH, Zhu Z, Wang M, Xiong L, Meijer AH, Ouwerkerk PB (2008) A genome-wide survey of HD-Zip genes in rice and analysis of drought-responsive family members. Plant Mol. Biol. 66, 87-103.
• Dreni L, Jacchia S, Fornara F, Fornari M, Ouwerkerk PB, An G, Colombo L, Kater MM (2007) The D-lineage MADS-box gene OsMADS13 controls ovule identity in rice. Plant J. 52, 690-699.
• Wang Y, Xu H, Wei X, Chai C, Xiao Y, Zhang Y, Chen B, Xiao G, Ouwerkerk PB, Wang M, Zhu Z (2007) Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a monosaccharide transporter gene OsMST4 from rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Mol. Biol. 65, 439-451.
• Deng X, Phillips J, Br?utigam A, Engstr?m P, Johannesson H, Ouwerkerk PB, Ruberti I, Salinas J, Vera P, Iannacone R, Meijer AH, Bartels D (2006) A homeodomain leucine zipper gene from Craterostigma plantagineum regulates abscisic acid responsive gene expression and physiological responses. Plant Mol. Biol. 61, 469-489.
• Greco R, Ouwerkerk PBF, Pereira A (2005) Suppression of an atypically spliced rice CACTA transposon transcript in transgenic plants. Genetics 169, 2383-2387.
• van Enckevort LJ, Droc G, Piffanelli P, Greco R, Gagneur C, Weber C, Gonz¨˘lez VM, Cabot P, Fornara F, Berri S, Miro B, Lan P, Rafel M, Capell T, Puigdom¨¨nech P, Ouwerkerk PB, Meijer AH, Pe' E, Colombo L, Christou P, Guiderdoni E, Pereira A (2005) EU-OSTID: A collection of transposon insertional mutants for functional genomics in rice. Plant Mol. Biol. 59, 99-110.
• Friml J, Yang X, Michniewicz M, Weijers D, Quint A, Tietz O, Benjamins R, Ouwerkerk PB, Ljung K, Sandberg G, Hooykaas PJ, Palme K, Offringa R (2004) A PINOID-dependent binary switch in apical-basal PIN polar targeting directs auxin efflux. Science 306, 862-865.
• Greco R, Ouwerkerk PB, Taal AJ, Sallaud C, Guiderdoni E, Meijer AH, Hoge JH, Pereira A (2004) Transcription and somatic transposition of the maize En/Spm transposon system in rice. Mol Genet.Genomics 270, 514-523.
• Kuijt SJ, Lamers GE, Rueb S, Scarpella E, Ouwerkerk PB, Spaink HP, Meijer AH (2004) Different subcellular localization and trafficking properties. Plant Mol. Biol. 55, 781-796.