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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology GmbH: Vienna, AT

2012-08-01 to present | postdoctoral scientist
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg: Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2009-06-20 to 2012-07-31 | postdoctoral scientist (Plant Biology 2)
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Agricultural Biotechnology Centre: Godollo, HU

2004-09-01 to 2009-05-31 | phd student (RNA Biology)
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Agricultural Biotechnology Centre: Godollo, HU

2003-09-01 to 2004-08-31 | research associate (RNA Biology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem Természettudományi Kar: Budapest, HU

2004-09-01 to 2007-08-31 | phd (Classical and Molecular Genetics)
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Kerteszettudomanyi Kar: Budapest, HU

1998-09-01 to 2003-05-31 | master degree (Plant Biotechnology)
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Funding (1)

PHYB—Identification and functional analyzis of the subnuclear protein complex of phytochrome B photoreceptor in Arabidopsis thaliana.

2010-08 to 2012-07 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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PIEF-GA-2009-253075
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Works (22)

LIP1 Regulates the Plant Circadian Oscillator by Modulating the Function of the Clock Component GIGANTEA

Cells
2024-09 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/cells13171503
Contributors: Anita Hajdu; Dóra Nyári; Kata Terecskei; Péter Gyula; Éva Ádám; Orsolya Dobos; Zsuzsanna Merai; Laszlo Kozma-Bognar
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

The dimorphic diaspore model Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae): Distinct molecular and morphological control of responses to parental and germination temperatures.

The Plant cell
2024-03-21 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae085
PMID: 38513609
Contributors: Jake Chandler; Per K. I. Wilhelmsson; Noe Fernandez-Pozo; Kai Graeber; Waheed Arshad; Marta Pérez; Tina Steinbrecher; Kristian Ullrich; Thu-Phuong Nguyen; Zsuzsanna Merai et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Aethionema arabicum dimorphic seed trait resetting during transition to seedlings.

Frontiers in plant science
2024-03-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1358312
PMID: 38525145
PMC: PMC10957558
Contributors: Arshad W; Steinbrecher T; Wilhelmsson PKI; Fernandez-Pozo N; Pérez M; Mérai Z; Rensing SA; Chandler JO; Leubner-Metzger G
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Salicylic acid and RNA interference mediate antiviral immunity of plant stem cells.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2023-10-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2302069120
PMID: 37824524
PMC: PMC10589665
Contributors: Marco Incarbone; Gabriele Bradamante; Florian Pruckner; Tobias Wegscheider; Wilfried Rozhon; Nguyen V; Ruben Gutzat; Zsuzsanna Merai; Lendl T; stuart macfarlane et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Phytochromes mediate germination inhibition under red, far-red, and white light in Aethionema arabicum.

Plant physiology
2023-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad138
PMID: 36861637
PMC: PMC10231562
Contributors: Mérai Z; Xu F; Musilek A; Ackerl F; sarhan khalil; Soto-Jiménez LM; Lalatović K; Cornelia Klose; Tarkowská D; Turečková V et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Aethionema arabicum genome annotation using PacBio full-length transcripts provides a valuable resource for seed dormancy and Brassicaceae evolution research.

The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
2021-02-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15161
PMID: 33453123
PMC: PMC8641386
Contributors: Noe Fernandez-Pozo; Timo Metz; Jake Chandler; Lydia Gramzow; Zsuzsanna Merai; Florian Maumus; Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid; Günter Theißen; M. Eric Schranz; Gerhard Leubner-Metzger et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai

A Blind and Independent Benchmark Study for Detecting Differentially Methylated Regions in Plants.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
2020-11-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa665
PMID: 33020813
Contributors: Clemens Kreutz; Can NS; Bruening RS; Meyberg R; Mérai Z; Fernandez-Pozo N; Rensing SA
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Zsuzsanna Merai

A blind and independent benchmark study for detecting differeally methylated regions in plants.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
2020-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa191
PMID: 32181821
Contributors: Clemens Kreutz; Can NS; Bruening RS; Meyberg R; Mérai Z; Noe Fernandez-Pozo; Rensing SA
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Aethionema arabicum: a novel model plant to study the light control of seed germination.

Journal of experimental botany
2019-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz146
PMID: 30949700
PMC: PMC6598081
Contributors: Mérai Z; Graeber K; Wilhelmsson P; Ullrich KK; Arshad W; Grosche C; Tarkowská D; Turečková V; Strnad M; Rensing SA et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai

Developmental control and plasticity of fruit and seed dimorphism in the brassica Aethionema.

2016-10 | Journal article
PMID: 27702842
Contributors: Lenser T; Graeber K; Cevik ÖS; Adigüzel N; Dönmez AA; Grosche C; Kettermann M; Mayland-Quellhorst S; Mérai Z; Mohammadin S et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

The AAA-ATPase molecular chaperone Cdc48/p97 disassembles sumoylated centromeres, decondenses heterochromatin, and activates ribosomal RNA genes.

2014-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418564111
PMID: 25344531
PMC: PMC4234600
Contributors: Mérai Z; Chumak N; García-Aguilar M; Hsieh TF; Nishimura T; Schoft VK; Bindics J; Slusarz L; Arnoux S; Opravil S et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Comparative functional analysis of full-length and N-terminal fragments of phytochrome C, D and E in red light-induced signaling.

2013-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12364
PMID: 23772959
Contributors: Ádám É; Kircher S; Liu P; Mérai Z; González-Schain N; Hörner M; Viczián A; Monte E; Sharrock RA; Schäfer E et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Plant nonsense-mediated mRNA decay is controlled by different autoregulatory circuits and can be induced by an EJC-like complex.

2013-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt366
PMID: 23666629
PMC: PMC3711448
Contributors: Nyikó T; Kerényi F; Szabadkai L; Benkovics AH; Major P; Sonkoly B; Mérai Z; Barta E; Niemiec E; Kufel J et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Phosphorylation of phytochrome B inhibits light-induced signaling via accelerated dark reversion in Arabidopsis.

2013-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.106898
PMID: 23378619
Contributors: Medzihradszky M; Bindics J; Ádám É; Viczián A; Klement É; Lorrain S; Gyula P; Mérai Z; Fankhauser C; Medzihradszky KF et al.
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

The late steps of plant nonsense-mediated mRNA decay.

2013-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12015
PMID: 22974464
Contributors: Mérai Z; Benkovics AH; Nyikó T; Debreczeny M; Hiripi L; Kerényi Z; Kondorosi É; Silhavy D
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Functional analysis of the grapevine paralogs of the SMG7 NMD factor using a heterolog VIGS-based gene depletion-complementation system.

2011-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9726-0
PMID: 21234790
Contributors: Benkovics AH; Nyikó T; Mérai Z; Silhavy D; Bisztray GD
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Functional analysis of amino-terminal domains of the photoreceptor phytochrome B.

2010-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.153031
PMID: 20530216
Contributors: Palágyi A; Terecskei K; Adám E; Kevei E; Kircher S; Mérai Z; Schäfer E; Nagy F; Kozma-Bognár L
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Plant upstream ORFs can trigger nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in a size-dependent manner.

2009-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-009-9528-4
PMID: 19653106
Contributors: Nyikó T; Sonkoly B; Mérai Z; Benkovics AH; Silhavy D
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Inter-kingdom conservation of mechanism of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay.

2008-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.88
PMID: 18451801
PMC: PMC2426726
Contributors: Kerényi Z; Mérai Z; Hiripi L; Benkovics A; Gyula P; Lacomme C; Barta E; Nagy F; Silhavy D
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Both introns and long 3'-UTRs operate as cis-acting elements to trigger nonsense-mediated decay in plants.

2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl737
PMID: 17088291
PMC: PMC1693880
Contributors: Kertész S; Kerényi Z; Mérai Z; Bartos I; Pálfy T; Barta E; Silhavy D
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Double-stranded RNA binding may be a general plant RNA viral strategy to suppress RNA silencing.

2006-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01963-05
PMID: 16731914
PMC: PMC1472586
Contributors: Mérai Z; Kerényi Z; Kertész S; Magna M; Lakatos L; Silhavy D
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

Aureusvirus P14 is an efficient RNA silencing suppressor that binds double-stranded RNAs without size specificity.

2005-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.11.7217-7226.2005
PMID: 15890960
PMC: PMC1112109
Contributors: Mérai Z; Kerényi Z; Molnár A; Barta E; Válóczi A; Bisztray G; Havelda Z; Burgyán J; Silhavy D
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Zsuzsanna Merai via Europe PubMed Central

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