Plant Cell and Developmental Physiology

Publications

Lothar Kalmbach’s full list of publications can also be found here.

Jacquier L, Fiorenza CA, Robe K, Han JP, Schmitt A, Cléard F, Fuchs C, Ramakrishna P, Loubéry S, Kalmbach L, Lefebvre-Legendre L, Barberon M. A developmental switch controls cell-to-cell transport in roots via pectin-linked plasmodesmata changes. Mol Plant. 2025 Jul 17;. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2025.07.004. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40682275.

Rößling AK, Dünser K, Liu C, Lauw S, Rodriguez-Franco M, Kalmbach L, Barbez E, Kleine-Vehn J. Pectin methylesterase activity is required for RALF1 peptide signalling output. Elife. 2024 Oct 3;13. doi: 10.7554/eLife.96943. PubMed PMID: 39360693; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11449480.

Bourdon M, Lyczakowski JJ, Cresswell R, Amsbury S, Vilaplana F, Le Guen MJ, Follain N, Wightman R, Su C, Alatorre-Cobos F, Ritter M, Liszka A, Terrett OM, Yadav SR, Vatén A, Nieminen K, Eswaran G, Alonso-Serra J, Müller KH, Iuga D, Miskolczi PC, Kalmbach L, Otero S, Mähönen AP, Bhalerao R, Bulone V, Mansfield SD, Hill S, Burgert I, Beaugrand J, Benitez-Alfonso Y, Dupree R, Dupree P, Helariutta Y. Ectopic callose deposition into woody biomass modulates the nano-architecture of macrofibrils. Nat Plants. 2023 Sep;9(9):1530-1546. doi: 10.1038/s41477-023-01459-0. Epub 2023 Sep 4. PubMed PMID: 37666966; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10505557.

Kalmbach L, Bourdon M, Belevich I, Safran J, Lemaire A, Heo JO, Otero S, Blob B, Pelloux J, Jokitalo E, Helariutta Y. Putative pectate lyase PLL12 and callose deposition through polar CALS7 are necessary for long-distance phloem transport in Arabidopsis. Curr Biol. 2023 Mar 13;33(5):926-939.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.038. Epub 2023 Feb 16. PubMed PMID: 36805125.

Otero S, Gildea I, Roszak P, Lu Y, Di Vittori V, Bourdon M, Kalmbach L, Blob B, Heo JO, Peruzzo F, Laux T, Fernie AR, Tavares H, Helariutta Y. A root phloem pole cell atlas reveals common transcriptional states in protophloem-adjacent cells. Nat Plants. 2022 Aug;8(8):954-970. doi: 10.1038/s41477-022-01178-y. Epub 2022 Aug 4. PubMed PMID: 35927456.

De Bellis D, Kalmbach L, Marhavy P, Daraspe J, Geldner N, Barberon M. Extracellular vesiculo-tubular structures associated with suberin deposition in plant cell walls. Nat Commun. 2022 Mar 18;13(1):1489. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29110-0. PubMed PMID: 35304458; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8933581.

Kolbeck A, Marhavý P, De Bellis D, Li B, Kamiya T, Fujiwara T, Kalmbach L, Geldner N. CASP microdomain formation requires cross cell wall stabilization of domains and non-cell autonomous action of LOTR1. Elife. 2022 Jan 14;11. doi: 10.7554/eLife.69602. PubMed PMID: 35029147; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8794472.

Kalmbach L, Helariutta Y. Sieve Plate Pores in the Phloem and the Unknowns of Their Formation. Plants (Basel). 2019 Jan 22;8(2). doi: 10.3390/plants8020025. Review. PubMed PMID: 30678196; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6409547.

Anne P, Amiguet-Vercher A, Brandt B, Kalmbach L, Geldner N, Hothorn M, Hardtke CS. CLERK is a novel receptor kinase required for sensing of root-active CLE peptides in Arabidopsis. Development. 2018 May 22;145(10). doi: 10.1242/dev.162354. PubMed PMID: 29789310; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6001375.

Bourdon M, Kalmbach L, Helariutta Y. Plant Vasculature: Selective Membrane-to-Microtubule Tethering Patterns the Xylem Cell Wall. Curr Biol.2017 Sep 11;27(17):R842-R844. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.044. PubMed PMID: 28898646.

Kalmbach L, Hématy K, De Bellis D, Barberon M, Fujita S, Ursache R, Daraspe J, Geldner N. Transient cell-specific EXO70A1 activity in the CASP domain and Casparian strip localization. Nat Plants. 2017 Apr 24;3:17058. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2017.58. PubMed PMID: 28436943.

Li B, Kamiya T, Kalmbach L, Yamagami M, Yamaguchi K, Shigenobu S, Sawa S, Danku JM, Salt DE, Geldner N, Fujiwara T. Role of LOTR1 in Nutrient Transport through Organization of Spatial Distribution of Root Endodermal Barriers. Curr Biol. 2017 Mar 6;27(5):758-765. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.030. Epub 2017 Feb 23. PubMed PMID: 28238658.

Alassimone J, Fujita S, Doblas VG, van Dop M, Barberon M, Kalmbach L, Vermeer JE, Rojas-Murcia N, Santuari L, Hardtke CS, Geldner N. Polarly localized kinase SGN1 is required for Casparian strip integrity and positioning. Nat Plants. 2016 Jul 25;2:16113. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2016.113. PubMed PMID: 27455051.

Kamiya T, Borghi M, Wang P, Danku JM, Kalmbach L, Hosmani PS, Naseer S, Fujiwara T, Geldner N, Salt DE. The MYB36 transcription factor orchestrates Casparian strip formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Aug 18;112(33):10533-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1507691112. Epub 2015 Jun 29. PubMed PMID: 26124109; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4547244.

Pfister A, Barberon M, Alassimone J, Kalmbach L, Lee Y, Vermeer JE, Yamazaki M, Li G, Maurel C, Takano J, Kamiya T, Salt DE, Roppolo D, Geldner N. A receptor-like kinase mutant with absent endodermal diffusion barrier displays selective nutrient homeostasis defects. Elife. 2014 Sep 16;3:e03115. doi: 10.7554/eLife.03115. PubMed PMID: 25233277; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4164916.

Pietra S, Gustavsson A, Kiefer C, Kalmbach L, Hörstedt P, Ikeda Y, Stepanova AN, Alonso JM, Grebe M. Arabidopsis SABRE and CLASP interact to stabilize cell division plane orientation and planar polarity. Nat Commun. 2013;4:2779. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3779. PubMed PMID: 24240534; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3868209.