Publications

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

• 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 (2017). 7(1) 11647–11647.
• 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 (2017). 114(18) 4822–4827.
• 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 (2017). 214(2) 597–606.

• Electrical Wiring and Long-Distance Plant Communication Hedrich, Rainer; Salvador-Recatalà, Vicenta; Dreyer, Ingo in Trends in Plant Science (2016). 12(2) 1360–1385.
• 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 (2016). 26(3) 286–295.
• 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 (2016). 9(3) 428–436.
• 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 (2016). 26(6) 812–825.

• 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 (2015). 205(3) 1320–1329.
• 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 (2015). 112(23) 7309–7314.
• Carnivorous plants Hedrich, Rainer in Current Biology (2015). 25(3) R99 - R100.

• 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 (2014). 65(2) 755–766.
• 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 (2014). 1844(2) 374–383.
• 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 (2014). 174(3) 839–851.
• 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 (2014). 7(4) 744–746.
• 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. (2014). 65(2) 755–766.

• 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. (2013). 23(17) 1649–1657.

• 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 (2012). 11(11) 1306–1319.

• 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. (2011). 108(37) 15492–15497.