Associate Professor Remko Offringa

Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics
Institute of Biology
Leiden University
2333 AL Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel:+31-71-5275097; Fax:+31 71 5274999
Email: r.offringa@biology.leidenuniv.nl
http://www.onderzoekinformatie.nl/en/oi/nod/onderzoeker/PRS1241336/
Area of expertise: Cell polarity, plant development, Plant hormones, polar auxin transport, protein ubiquitination and degradation
Co-editor until: May 31, 2012

• Huang F, Zago MK, Abas L, van Marion A, Galvan-Ampudia CS, Offringa R (2010) Phosphorylation of conserved PIN motifs directs Arabidopsis PIN1 Polarity and auxin transport. Plant Cell in press
• Kleine-Vehn J, Huang F, Naramoto S, Zhang J, Michniewicz M, Offringa R, Friml J (2009) PIN auxin efflux carrier polarity is regulated by PINOID kinase-mediated recruitment into GNOM-independent trafficking in Arabidopsis . Plant Cell 21, 3839-3849.
• Dos Santos Maraschin F, Memelink J, Offringa R (2009) Auxin-induced, SCF(TIR1)-mediated poly-ubiquitination marks AUX/IAA proteins for degradation. Plant J. 59, 100-109
• Robert HS, Quint A, Brand D, Vivian-Smith A, Offringa R (2008) BTB AND TAZ DOMAIN scaffold proteins perform a crucial function in Arabidopsis development. Plant J. 48, 109-121.
• Michniewicz M, Zago MK, Abas L, Weijers D, Schweighofer A, Meskiene I, Heisler MG, Ohno C, Zhang J, Huang F, Schwab R, Weigel D, Meyerowitz EM, Luschnig C, Offringa R, Friml J (2007) Antagonistic regulation of PIN phosphorylation by PP 2A and PID directs auxin flux. Cell 130, 1044-1056
• Galvan-Ampudia C, Offringa R (2007) Plant evolution: AGC kinases tell the auxin tale. Trends in Plant Science 12 , 541-547
• Weijers D, Sauer M, Meurette O, FrimlJ, LjungK, Sandberg G, HooykaasP, Offringa R (2005) Maintenance of embryonic auxin distribution for apical-basal patterning by PIN-FORMED-dependent auxin transport in Arabidopsis . Plant Cell 17, 2517-2526.
• Friml J, Xiong Y, Quint A, Tietz O, Michniewicz M, Weijers D, Benjamins R, Ljung K, Sandberg G, Ouwerkerk, PBF, Hooykaas PJJ, Palme K, Offringa R (2004) PINOID-dependent binary switch of subcellular apical-basal PIN polarity. Science 306, 862-865.
• Friml J, Vieten A, Sauer M, Weijers D, Schwarz H, Hamann T, Offringa R, Jurgens G (2003) Efflux-dependent auxin gradients establish the apical-basal axis of Arabidopsis . Nature 426, 147-53.
• Benjamins R, Galvan Ampudia C, Hooykaas P, Offringa R (2003) PINOID mediated signalling involves calcium binding proteins. Plant Physiol. 128, 4057-4067 .
• Weijers D, Geldner N, Offringa R, Jürgens G (2001) Seed development: Early paternal gene activity in Arabidopsi s. Nature 414, 709-710.
• Benjamins R, Quint A., Weijers D, Hooykaas P, Offringa R (2001) The PINOID protein kinase regulates organ development in Arabidopsis by enhancing polar auxin transport. Development 128, 4057-4067.