Phytochrome-interacting factors trigger environmentally responsive chromatin dynamics
Willige B.C.*, Zander M.*, Yoo C. Y., Phan A., Garza R.M., Trigg S.A., He Y., Nery R.J., Chen H., Chen M. Ecker J.R., Chory J., (2021) Phytochrome-interacting factors trigger environmentally responsive chromatin dynamics. Nature Genetics 53, 955–961

Many ways to repress! JAZ’s agony of choices
Zander M. (2021) Many ways to repress! JAZ’s agony of choices. Molecular Plant 14 (5), 714-716

Integrated Multi-omic Framework of the Plant Response to Jasmonic Acid
Zander M.*, Lewsey M.G.*, Clark N.M, Yin L., Bartlett A., Saldierna Guzmán J.P., Hann E., Langford A.E., Jow B., Wise A., Nery J.R., Chen H., Bar-Joseph Z., Walley J.W., Solano., R. Ecker J.R. (2020) Integrated Multi-omic Framework of the Plant Response to Jasmonic Acid. Nature Plants 6 (3), 290-302 *co-first authors

Chimeric activators and repressors define HY5 activity and reveal a light-regulated feedback mechanism.
Burko Y., Seluzicki A., Zander M., Pedmale U., Ecker J.R. Chory J. (2020) Chimeric activators and repressors define HY5 activity and reveal a light-regulated feedback mechanism. Plant Cell 32 (4), 967-983.

The JA-pathway MYC transcription factors regulate photomorphogenic responses by targeting HY5 gene expression
Ortigosa A., Fonseca S., Franco-Zorrilla J., Fernandez Calvo P., Zander M., Lewsey M.G. Garcia-Casado G., Fernandez-Barbero G., Ecker J.R., Solano R. (2020) The JA-pathway MYC transcription factors regulate photomorphogenic responses by targeting HY5 gene expression. The Plant Journal 102 (1), 138-152

Epigenetic silencing of a multifunctional stress regulator
Zander M., Willige B.C., He Y., Nguyen T.A., Langford A.E., Nehring R., Howell E., McGrath R., Bartlett A., Castanon R., Nery J.R., Chen H., Zhang Z., Jupe F., Stepanova A.N., Schmitz R.J, Lewsey M.G., Chory J., Ecker J.R. (2019) Epigenetic silencing of a multifunctional stress regulator. eLIFE 8:e47835

A MYC2/MYC3/MYC4-dependent transcription factor network regulates water spray-responsive gene expression and jasmonate levels
Van Moerkercke A., Duncan O., Zander M., Lama S., Bai Y., Broda M., Lewsey M.G., Vanden Bossche R., Šimura J., Lung K., Goossens A., Ecker J.R., Millar A.H., Van Aken O. (2019) A MYC2/MYC3/MYC4-dependent transcription factor network regulates water spray-responsive gene expression and jasmonate levels. PNAS, 116(46):23345-23356

The complex architecture and epigenomic impact of plant T-DNA insertions
Jupe F.*, Michael T.P.*, Rivkin A.C.*, Zander M.*, Motley S.P., Sandoval J.P., Slotkin R.K., Chen H., Castanon R., Nery J.R., Ecker J.R. (2019) The complex architecture and epigenomic impact of plant T-DNA insertions. PLoS Genetics 15 (1) *co-first authors

Multiple pathways of epigenetic repression support robust neuronal maturation after loss of DNA methylation
Li J., Pinto-Duarte A., Zander M., Lai C.Y., Osteen J., Fang J., Luo C., Lucero J., Gomez-Castanon R., Nery J.R., Silva-Garcia I., Pang Y., Sejnowski T.J., Powell S.B., Ecker J.R., Mukamel E.A., Behrens M.M., (2019) Multiple pathways of epigenetic repression support robust neuronal maturation after loss of DNA methylation. bioRxiv preprint

TGA2 signaling in response to reactive electrophile species is not dependent on cysteine modification of TGA2
Findling S., Stotz H.U., Zoeller M., Krischke M., Zander M., Gatz C., Berger S., Mueller M.J. (2018). TGA2 signaling in response to reactive electrophile species is not dependent on cysteine modification of TGA2. PLoS One 13 (4)

Cryptochromes interact directly with PIFs to control plant growth in limiting blue light
Pedmale U.V., Huang S.S., Zander M., Cole B.J., Hetzel J., Ljung K., Reis P.A., Sridevi P., Nito K., Nery J.R., Ecker J.R., Chory J. (2016). Cryptochromes interact directly with PIFs to control plant growth in limiting blue light. Cell 164 (1-2), 233-45

TGA Transcription Factors Activate the Salicylic Acid-Suppressible Branch of the Ethylene-Induced Defense Program by Regulating ORA59 Expression
Zander M.*, Thurow C.*, Gatz C. (2014). TGA Transcription Factors Activate the Salicylic Acid-Suppressible Branch of the Ethylene-Induced Defense Program by Regulating ORA59 Expression. Plant Physiology 165 (4), 1671-1683 *co-first authors

Arabidopsis basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors MYC2, MYC3, and MYC4 regulate glucosinolate biosynthesis, insect performance, and feeding behavior
Schweizer F., Fernández-Calvo P., Zander M., Diez-Diaz M., Fonseca, S., Glauser G., Lewsey M.G., Ecker J.R., Solano R., Reymond P. (2013). Arabidopsis basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors MYC2, MYC3, and MYC4 regulate glucosinolate biosynthesis, insect performance, and feeding behavior. Plant Cell 25 (8), 3117-3132

Repression of the Arabidopsis thaliana jasmonic acid/ethylene-induced defense pathway by TGA-interacting glutaredoxins depends on their C-terminal ALWL motif.
Zander M.*, Shuxia C.*, Imkampe J., Thurow C., Gatz C. (2012). Repression of the Arabidopsis thaliana jasmonic acid/ethylene-induced defense pathway by TGA-interacting glutaredoxins depends on their C-terminal ALWL motif. Molecular Plant 5 (4), 831-840 *co-first authors

The glutaredoxin ATGRXS13 is required to facilitate Botrytis cinerea infection of Arabidopsis thaliana plants
La Camera S., L’haridon F., Astier J., Zander M., Abou-Mansour E., Page G., Thurow C., Wendehenne D., Gatz C., Metraux J.P., Lamotte O. (2011). The glutaredoxin ATGRXS13 is required to facilitate Botrytis cinerea infection of Arabidopsis thaliana plants. The Plant Journal 68 (3), 507-519

Arabidopsis thaliana class-II TGA transcription factors are essential activators of jasmonic acid/ethylene-induced defense responses
Zander M., La Camera S., Lamotte O., Metraux J.P., Gatz C. (2010). Arabidopsis thaliana class-II TGA transcription factors are essential activators of jasmonic acid/ethylene-induced defense responses. The Plant Journal 61 (2), 200-210

SA-inducible Arabidopsis glutaredoxin interacts with TGA factors and suppresses JA-responsive PDF1.2 transcription
Ndamukong I., Abdallat A.A., Thurow C., Fode B., Zander M., Weigel R., Gatz C. (2007). SA-inducible Arabidopsis glutaredoxin interacts with TGA factors and suppresses JA-responsive PDF1.2 transcription. The Plant Journal 50 (1), 128-139