Michiel Vandenbussche

Present position: Laboratoire RDP at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France.

Rijpkema AS, Vandenbussche M, Koes R, Heijmans K, Gerats T:
Variations on a theme: Changes in the floral ABCs in angiosperms.
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 2010, 21(1): 100-107.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.11.002

Rijpkema AS, Zethof J, Gerats T, Vandenbussche M:
Evolution and Development of the Flower.
In: Petunia - Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics.
Gerats T, Strommer J (eds.).
Springer Life Sciences 2009, 2nd. ed., XXII: 450 pp.
www.petuniaplatform.net

Rijpkema AS, Zethof J, Gerats T, Vandenbussche M:
The petunia AGL6 gene has a SEPALLATA-like function in floral patterning.
Plant Journal 2009, 60(1): 1-9.
Key words: MADS-box, Petunia, AGL6, SEPALLATA, E-function.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03917.x

Vandenbussche M, Horstman A, Zethof J, Koes R, Rijpkema AS, Gerats T:
Differential Recruitment of WOX Transcription Factors for Lateral Development and Organ Fusion in Petunia and Arabidopsis.
The Plant Cell 2009 21(8): 2269-2283.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.109.065862

Vandenbussche M, Janssen A, Zethof J, van Orsouw N, Peters J, van Eijk MJT, Rijpkema AS, Schneiders H, Santhanam P, de Been M, van Tunen A, Gerats T:
Generation of a 3D indexed Petunia insertion database for reverse genetics.
Plant Journal 2008, 54(6)): 1105-1114.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03482.x

Cartolano M, Castillo R, Efremova N, Kuckenberg M, Zethof J, Gerats T, Schwarz-Sommer Z, Vandenbussche M:
A conserved microRNA module exerts homeotic control over Petunia hybrida and Antirrhinum majus floral organ identity.
Nature Genetics Published online 24 June 2007.
pdf | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng2056

Rijpkema AS, Gerats T, Vandenbussche M:
Evolutionary complexity of MADS complexes.
Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2007, 10(1): 32-38.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2006.11.010

Rijpkema S, Royaert S, Zethof J, Van der Weerden G, Gerats T, Vandenbussche M:
Analysis of the Petunia TM6 MADS box gene reveals functional divergence within the DEF/AP3 lineage.
The Plant Cell 2006, 18(8): 1819-1832.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.106.042937

Rijpkema A, Gerats T, Vandenbussche M:
Genetics of floral development in Petunia.
Advances in Botanical Research 2006, 44: 237-278.
Academic Press, ISBN-10: 0120059444.

Gerats T, Vandenbussche M:
A model system for comparative biology: Petunia.
Trends in Plant Science 2005, 10(5): 251-256.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2005.03.005
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Ferrario S, Busscher J, Franken J, Gerats T, Vandenbussche M, Angenent GC, Immink RGH:
Ectopic expression of the petunia MADS box gene UNSHAVEN accelerates flowering and confers leaf-like characteristics to floral organs in a dominant-negative manner.
The Plant Cell 2004, 16 (6): 1490-1505.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.019679

Vandenbussche M, Zethof J, Royaert S, Weterings K, Gerats T:
The duplicated B-class heterodimer model: whorl-specific effects and complex genetic interactions in Petunia hybrida flower development.
The Plant Cell 2004, 16 (3): 741-754.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.019166

Vandenbussche M, Zethof J, Souer E, Koes R, Tornielli GB, Pezzotti M, Ferrario S, Angenent GC, Gerats T:
Towards the analysis of the Petunia MADS box gene family by reverse and forward transposon insertion mutagenesis approaches: B, C and D floral organ identity functions require SEPALLATA-like MADS box genes in Petunia.
The Plant Cell 2003, 15: 2680-2693.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.017376

Vandenbussche M, Theissen G, Van de Peer Y, Gerats T:
Structural diversification and neo-functionalization during floral MADS-box gene evolution by C-terminal frameshift mutations.
Nucleic Acids Research 2003, 31 (15): 4401-4409.
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