Genetics

Publications by Johann de Vries

Research articles

  • de Vries, J., Wackernagel, W. (2005) Microbial horizontal gene transfer and the DNA release from transgenic crop plants. Plant Soil 266: 91-104.
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  • de Vries, J., Herzfeld, T., Wackernagel, W. (2004) Transfer of plastid DNA from tobacco to the soil bacterium Acinetobacter sp. by natural transformation. Mol Microbiol 53: 323-334.
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  • de Vries, J., Heine, M., Harms, K., Wackernagel, W. (2003) Spread of recombinant DNA by roots and pollen of transgenic potato plants, identified by highly specific biomonitoring using natural transformation of an Acinetobacter sp. Appl Environ Microbiol 69: 4455-4462.
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  • de Vries, J., Wackernagel, W. (2002) Integration of foreign DNA during natural transformation of Acinetobacter sp. by homology-facilitated illegitimate recombination. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99: 2094-2099.
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  • de Vries, J., Meier, P., Wackernagel, W. (2001) The natural transformation of the soil bacteria Pseudomonas stutzeri and Acinetobacter sp. by transgenic plant DNA strictly depends on homologous sequences in the recipient cells. FEMS Microbiol Lett 195: 211- 215.
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  • Wackernagel, W., de Vries, J. (2001) Transformation von Bakterien durch Antibiotikum-Resitenzgene aus transgenen Pflanzen und Nahrungsmitteln. Ernährungsforschung 46: 1-12.
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  • Ahrenholtz, I., Harms, K., de Vries, J., Wackernagel, W. (2000) Increased killing of Bacillus subtilis on the hair roots of transgenic T4 lysozyme producing potatoes. Appl Environ Microbiol 66: 1862- 1865.
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  • Lottmann, J., Heuer, H., de Vries, J., Mahn, A., Düring, K., Wackernagel, W., Smalla, K., Berg, G. (2000) Establishment of introduced antagonistic bacteria in the rhizosphere of transgenic potatoes and their effect on the bacterial community. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 33: 41-49.
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  • Ostendorf, T., Cherepanov, P., de Vries, J., Wackernagel, W. (1999) Characterization of a dam mutant of Serratia marcescens and the nucleotide sequence of the dam region. J Bacteriol 181: 3880-3885.
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  • de Vries, J., Harms, K., Broer, I., Kriete, G., Mahn, A., Düring, K., Wackernagel, W. (1999) The bacteriolytic activity in transgenic potatoes expressing a chimeric T4 lysozyme gene and the effect of T4 lysozyme on soil- and phytopathogenic bacteria. System Appl Microbiol 22: 280-286.
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  • de Vries, J., Wackernagel, W. (1998) Detection of nptII (kanamycin resistance) genes in genomes of transgenic plants by marker-rescue transformation. Mol Gen Genet 257: 606-613.
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  • de Vries, J., Genschel, J., Urbanke, C., Thole, H., Wackernagel, W. (1994) The single-stranded-DNA-binding proteins (SSB) of Proteus mirabilis and Serratia marcescens. Eur J Biochem 224: 613-622.
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  • de Vries, J., Wackernagel, W. (1994) Cloning and sequencing of the Proteus mirabilis gene for a single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) and complementation of Escherichia coli ssb point and deletion mutations. Microbiology 140: 889-895.
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  • de Vries, J., Wackernagel, W. (1993) Cloning and sequencing of the Serratia marcescens gene encoding a single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) and its promoter region. Gene 127: 39-45.
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  • de Vries, J., Wackernagel, W. (1992) Recombination and UV resistance of Escherichia coli with the cloned recA and recBCD genes of Serratia marcescens and Proteus mirabilis: evidence for an advantage of intraspecies combination of P. mirabilis RecA protein and RecBCD enzyme. J Gen Microbiol 138: 31-38.
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  • Rinken, R., de Vries, J., Weichenhan, D., Wackernagel, W. (1991) The recA-recBCD dependent recombination pathways of Serratia marcescens and Proteus mirabilis in Escherichia coli: functions of hybrid enzymes and hybrid pathways. Biochimie 73: 375- 384.
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Book articles

  • de Vries, J., Mahn, A., Düring, K., Broer, I., Lottmann, J., Berg, G., Heuer, H., Smalla, K., Ahrenholtz, I., Wackernagel, W. (2000) Prüfung von Resistenz und umweltrelevanten Auswirkungen beim Freilandanbau transgener T4-Lysozymkartoffeln. In J. Schiemann (ed.) Biologische Sicherheit. ISBN 3-89336- 257-6. Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 49-64.
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  • de Vries, J., Harms, K., Wackernagel, W. (1999) Untersuchungen zur Entlassung von T4-Lysozym und rekombinanter DNA aus transgenen, T4-Lysozym- produzierenden Kartoffeln. In J. Schiemann (ed.) Biologische Sicherheit. ISBN 3-89336-234-7. Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 45-57.
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  • Wackernagel, W., de Vries, J., Sikorski, J., Lorenz, M. (1998) Stability of recombinant DNA in soil and of its transforming potential for bacteria. In G.E. de Vries (ed.) Past, present and future considerations in risk assessment when using GMO´s. ISBN 90-804984-1633-39. Overschild, The Netherlands, pp. 33-39.
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