Publications

• Venus Flytrap: How an Excitable, Carnivorous Plant Works. Hedrich, R; Neher, E. In Trends Plant Sci, 23(3), pp. 220–234. 2018.

• Coprophagous features in carnivorous Nepenthes plants: a task for ureases. Yilamujiang, A; Zhu, A; Ligabue-Braun, R; Bartram, S; Witte, C P; Hedrich, R; Hasabe, M; Schöner, C R; Schöner, M G; Kerth, G; Carlini, C R; Mithöfer, A. In Sci Rep, 7(1), pp. 11647–11647. 2017.
• Insect haptoelectrical stimulation of Venus flytrap triggers exocytosis in gland cells. Scherzer, S; Shabala, L; Hedrich, B; Fromm, J; Bauer, H; Munz, E; Jakob, P; Al-Rascheid, K A S; Kreuzer, I; Becker, D; Eiblmeier, M; Rennenberg, H; Shabala, S; Bennett, M; Neher, E; Hedrich, R. In Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 114(18), pp. 4822–4827. 2017.
• The carnivorous Venus flytrap uses prey-derived amino acid carbon to fuel respiration. Fasbender, L; Maurer, D; Kreuzwieser, J; Kreuzer, I; Schulze, W X; Kruse, J; Becker, D; Alfarraj, S; Hedrich, R; Werner, C; Rennenberg, H. In New Phytol, 214(2), pp. 597–606. 2017.

• Venus flytrap carnivorous lifestyle builds on herbivore defense strategies. Bemm, F; Becker, D; Larisch, C; Kreuzer, I; Escalante-Perez, M; Schulze, W X; Ankenbrand, M; Van de Weyer, A L; Krol, E; Al-Rasheid, K A; Mithöfer, A; Weber, A P; Schultz, J; Hedrich, R. In Genome Res, 26(6), pp. 812–825. 2016.
• Electrical Wiring and Long-Distance Plant Communication. Hedrich, Rainer; Salvador-Recatalà, Vicenta; Dreyer, Ingo. In Trends in Plant Science, 12(2), pp. 1360–1385. 2016.
• Venus Flytrap HKT1-Type Channel Provides for Prey Sodium Uptake into Carnivorous Plant Without Conflicting with Electrical Excitability. Böhm, J.; Scherzer, S.; Shabala, S.; Krol, E.; Neher, E.; Mueller, T.D.; Hedrich, R. In Molecular Plant, 9(3), pp. 428–436. 2016.
• The Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula Counts Prey-Induced Action Potentials to Induce Sodium Uptake. Böhm, Jennifer; Scherzer, Sönke; Krol, Elzbieta; Kreuzer, Ines; von Meyer, Katharina; Lorey, Christian; Mueller, Thomas D.; Shabala, Lana; Monte, Isabel; Solano, Roberto; Al-Rasheid, Khaled A.S.; Rennenberg, Heinz; Shabala, Sergey; Neher, Erwin; Hedrich, Rainer. In Current Biology, 26(3), pp. 286–295. 2016.

• Carnivorous plants. Hedrich, Rainer. In Current Biology, 25(3), pp. R99 - R100. 2015.
• Calcium sensor kinase activates potassium uptake systems in gland cells of Venus flytraps. Scherzer, Sönke; Böhm, Jennifer; Krol, Elzbieta; Shabala, Lana; Kreuzer, Ines; Larisch, Christina; Bemm, Felix; Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S.; Shabala, Sergey; Rennenberg, Heinz; Neher, Erwin; Hedrich, Rainer. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(23), pp. 7309–7314. 2015.
• Integration of trap- and root-derived nitrogen nutrition of carnivorous Dionaea muscipula. Gao, Peng; Loeffler, Theresa Sofi; Honsel, Anne; Kruse, Jörg; Krol, Elzbieta; Scherzer, Sönke; Kreuzer, Ines; Bemm, Felix; Buegger, Franz; Burzlaff, Tim; Hedrich, Rainer; Rennenberg, Heinz. In New Phytologist, 205(3), pp. 1320–1329. 2015.

• Mechano-stimulation triggers turgor changes associated with trap closure in the Darwin plant Dionaea muscipula. Escalante-Perez, M.; Scherzer, S.; Al-Rasheid, K. A.; Dottinger, C.; Neher, E.; Hedrich, R. In Mol Plant, 7(4), pp. 744–746. 2014.
• Strategy of nitrogen acquisition and utilization by carnivorous Dionaea muscipula. Kruse, J.; Gao, P.; Honsel, A.; Kreuzwieser, J.; Burzlaff, T.; Alfarraj, S.; Hedrich, R.; Rennenberg, H. In Oecologia, 174(3), pp. 839–851. 2014.
• Secreted major Venus flytrap chitinase enables digestion of Arthropod prey. Paszota, P.; Escalante-Perez, M.; Thomsen, L. R.; Risør, M. W.; Dembski, A.; Sanglas, L.; Nielsen, T. A.; Karring, H.; Thøgersen, I. B.; Hedrich, R.; Enghild, J. J.; Kreuzer, I.; Sanggaard, K. W. In Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1844(2), pp. 374–383. 2014.
• The Venus flytrap attracts insects by the release of volatile organic compounds. Kreuzwieser, J.; Scheerer, U.; Kruse, J.; Burzlaff, T.; Honsel, A.; Alfarraj, S.; Georgiev, P.; Schnitzler, J. P.; Ghirardo, A.; Kreuzer, I.; Hedrich, R.; Rennenberg, H. In J. Exp. Bot., 65(2), pp. 755–766. 2014.
• The Venus flytrap attracts insects by the release of volatile organic compounds. Kreuzwieser, Jürgen; Scheerer, Ursel; Kruse, Jörg; Burzlaff, Tim; Honsel, Anne; Alfarraj, Saleh; Georgiev, Plamen; Schnitzler, Jörg-Peter; Ghirardo, Andrea; Kreuzer, Ines; Hedrich, Rainer; Rennenberg, Heinz. In Journal of Experimental Botany, 65(2), pp. 755–766. 2014.

• The Dionaea muscipula ammonium channel DmAMT1 provides NH₄⁺ uptake associated with Venus flytrap’s prey digestion. Scherzer, S.; Krol, E.; Kreuzer, I.; Kruse, J.; Karl, F.; von Ruden, M.; Escalante-Perez, M.; Muller, T.; Rennenberg, H.; Al-Rasheid, K. A.; Neher, E.; Hedrich, R. In Curr. Biol., 23(17), pp. 1649–1657. 2013.

• The protein composition of the digestive fluid from the venus flytrap sheds light on prey digestion mechanisms. Schulze, W. X.; Sanggaard, K. W.; Kreuzer, I.; Knudsen, A. D.; Bemm, F.; Thøgersen, I. B.; Brautigam, A.; Thomsen, L. R.; Schliesky, S.; Dyrlund, T. F.; Escalante-Perez, M.; Becker, D.; Schultz, J.; Karring, H.; Weber, A.; Højrup, P.; Hedrich, R.; Enghild, J. J. In Mol. Cell Proteomics, 11(11), pp. 1306–1319. 2012.

• A special pair of phytohormones controls excitability, slow closure, and external stomach formation in the Venus flytrap. Escalante-Perez, M.; Krol, E.; Stange, A.; Geiger, D.; Al-Rasheid, K. A.; Hause, B.; Neher, E.; Hedrich, R. In Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 108(37), pp. 15492–15497. 2011.