Publications

Recent Publications

2024

Reber AS, Miller WB Jr, Slijepcevic P, Baluška F (2024) The CBC theory and its entailments : Why current models of the origin of consciousness fail. EMBO Rep. 25(1) 8-12. Miller WB Jr, Baluška F, Reber AS, Slijepcevic P (2024) Why death and aging ? All memories are imperfect. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 187 21-35. Ball P (2024) In search of sentienceThe Sentient Cell: The Cellular Foundations of ConsciousnessArthur S. Reber, František Baluška, William B. Miller Jr. Oxford University Press, 2024. 288 pp. Science 383(6688) 1186.
2023

Li X, Ou M, Li L, Li Y, Feng Y, Huang X, Baluška F, Shabala S, Yu M, Shi W, Wu F (2023) The wall-associated kinase gene family in pea (Pisum sativum) and its function in response to B deficiency and Al toxicity. J. Plant Physiol. 287 154045. Reber AS, Miller WB, Baluška F (2023) Consciousness: unicellular organisms know the secret. Nature 620(7972) 37. Reber AS, Baluška F, Miller WB Jr (2023) The Sentient Cell: The Cellular Foundations of Consciousness. Oxford University Press Tao L, Zhu H, Huang Q, Xiao X, Luo Y, Wang H, Li Y, Li X, Liu J, JÃ¡sik J, Chen Y, Shabala S, Baluška F, Shi W, Shi L, Yu M (2023) PIN2/3/4 auxin carriers mediate root growth inhibition under conditions of boron deprivation in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 115 1357-1376. Miller WB Jr, Baluška F, Reber AS (2023) A revised central dogma for the 21st century: All biology is cognitive information processing. Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 182 34-48. Baluška F, Miller WB Jr, Reber AS (2023) Sentient cells as basic units of tissues, organs and organismal physiology. J. Physiol. In Press Tao L, Xiao X, Huang Q, Zhu H, Feng Y, Li Y, Li X, Guo Z, Liu J, Wu F, Pirayesh N, Mahmud S, Shen RF, Shabala S, Baluška F, Shi L, Yu M (2023) Boron supply restores aluminum-blocked auxin transport by the modulation of PIN2 trafficking in the root apical transition zone. Plant J 114 176-192. Reber AS, Baluška, F (2023) Where minds begin: a commentary on Joseph LeDouxâ€™s the deep history of ourselves. Phil Psychol, 36 745-755. Baluška F, Miller WB Jr, Reber AS (2023) Cellular and evolutionary perspectives on organismal cognition: from unicellular to multicellular organisms. Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 139 503-513. Baluška F, Miller WB Jr, Reber AS (2023) Cellular basis of cognition - from protists and fungi, up to animals, plants and root-fungal networks. In: Evolution ’On Purpose’: Teleonomy in Living Systems. Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology. Corning, P. et al. (Eds,). MIT Press
2022

Yamashita F, Baluška F (2022) Algal ocelloids and plant ocelli. Plants (Basel) 12: 61. Yan X, Yamashita F, Njimona I, Baluška F (2022) Root and hypocotyl growth of Arabidopsis seedlings grown under different light conditions and influence of TOR kinase inhibitor AZD. Int J Biotechnol Mol Biol Res 12: 22-30. Njimona I, Baluška F (2022) The role of N-terminal module of PhyB in modulating root and hypocotyl growth length in Arabidopsis. Afr J Biotechnol 21: 287-291. Reber AS, Baluška F, Miller WB (2022) UAL is a token, not a type. Biosemitics 15: 447-450. Reber AS, Baluška F, Miller WB Jr (2022) All living organisms are sentient. Animal Sentience 31(3) Baluška F, Miller WB Jr, Reber AS (2022) Cellular and evolutionary perspectives on organismal cognition: from unicellular to multicellular organisms. Biol. J. Linn. Soc., In Press. Baluška F, Reber AS, Miller WB Jr (2022) Cellular sentience as the primary source of biological order and evolution. Biosystems 218: 104694. Baluška F, Miller WB Jr, Reber AS (2022) Cellular basis of cognition - from protists and fungi, up to animals, plants and root-fungal networks. In: Evolution ’On Purpose’: Teleonomy in Living Systems. Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology. Corning, P. et al. (Eds,). MIT Press
2021

Bouteau F, Grésillon E, Chartier D, Arbelet-Bonnin D, Kawano T, Baluška F, Mancuso S, Calvo P, Laurenti P (2021) Our sisters the plants? notes from phylogenetics and botany on plant kinship blindness. Plant Signal Behav 16: 2004769. Baluška F, Reber AS (2021) Cellular and organismal agency - not based on genes: a comment on Baverstock. Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 167: 161-162 Baluška F, Reber AS (2021) CBC-Clock Theory of Life - Integration of cellular circadian clocks and cellular sentience is essential for cognitive basis of life. Bioessays 43, e2100121. Baluška F, Yamashita F, Mancuso S (2021) Root apex cognition: from neuronal molecules to root-fungal networks. In: Rhizobiology: Molecular Physiology of Plant Roots. Mukherjee S, Baluška F (ed), Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Part of Springer Nature. pp 1-23. Baluška F, Miller WB Jr, Reber AS (2021) Biomolecular basis of cellular consciousness via subcellular nanobrains. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22, 2545. Baluška F, Mancuso S, Van Volkenburgh E (2021) Barbara G. Pickard - queen of plant electrophysiology. Plant Signal Behav 16, 1911400. Yamashita F, Rodrigues AL, Rodrigues TM, Palermo FH, Baluška F, Almeida LFR (2021) Potential plant-plant communication induced by infochemical methyl jasmonate in sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor). Plants (Basel) 10, 485. Baluška F, Yokawa K (2021) Anaesthetics and plants: from sensory systems to cognition-based adaptive behaviour. Protoplasma, 258, 449-454. Baluška F, Mancuso S (2021) Individuality, self and sociality of vascular plants. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. Biol Sci. 376: 20190760. Baluška F, Lyons S (2021) Archaeal origins of eukaryotic cell and nucleus. Biosystems, 203, 104375. Baluška F, Reber AS (2021) Biomolecular basis for plant and animal sentience. Senomic and ephaptic principles of cellular consciousness. J. Consc. Stud. 28: 34-59. Reber AS, Baluška F (2021) Cognition in some surprising places. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.564: 150-157. Calvo P, Baluška F, Trewavas A (2021) Integrated information as a possible basis for plant consciousness. Biochim. Biophys. Res. Commun.564: 158-165. Su B, Zhang X, Li L, Abbas S, Yu M, Cui Y, Baluška F, Hwang I, Shan X, Lin J (2021) Dynamic spatial reorganization of BSK1 complexes in the plasma membrane underpins signal-specific activation for growth and immunity. Mol Plant, 14, 158-165.
2020

Liu et al. (2020) The Tetracentron genome provides insight into the early evolution of eudicots and the formation of vessel elements. Genome Biol. 21: 291. Li Y, Yuan W, Li L, Dai H, Dang X, Miao R, Baluška F, Kronzucker HJ, Lu C, Zhang J, Xu W (2020) Comparative analysis reveals gravity is involved in the MIZ1-regulated root hydrotropism. J Exp Bot. 71: 7316-7330. Siao W, Coskun D, Baluška F, Kronzucker HJ, Xu W (2020) Root-apex proton fluxes at the centre of soil-stress acclimation. Trends Plant Sci. 25: 794-804. Zerrouk IZ, Rahmoune B, Auer S, Rösler S, Lin T, Baluška F, Dobrev PI, Motyka V, Ludwig-Möller J (2020) Growth and aluminum tolerance of maize roots mediated by auxin- and cytokinin-producing Bacillus toyonensis requires polar auxin transport. Env Exp Bot, 176: 104064. Lešková A, Labajová M, Krausko M, Zahradníková A, Baluška F, Mičieta K, Turňa J, Jásik J (2020) Endosidin 2 accelerates PIN2 endocytosis and disturbs intracellular trafficking of PIN2, PIN3, and PIN4 but not of SYT1. PLoS ONE 15(8):e0237448. Miller WB Jr, Baluška F, Torday JS (2020) Cellular senomic measurements in cognition-based evolution. Prog Biophys Mol Biol.156: 20-33. Trewavas A, Baluška F, Mancuso S, Calvo P (2020) Consciousness facilitates plant behavior. Trends Plant Sci. 25: 216-217. Baluška F, Mancuso S (2020) Plants, Climate and Humans - Plant Intelligence Changes Everything. EMBO Reports, e50109. Miller WB Jr, Torday JS, Baluška F (2020) The N-space Episenome unifies cellular information space-time within cognition-based evolution. Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 150: 112-139.
2019

Pavlovic A, Libiaková M, Bokor B, Jakšová J, Petřík I, Novák O, Baluška F (2019) Anaesthesia with diethyl ether impairs jasmonate signalling in the carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). Ann Bot, 125: 173-183. Sánchez-Elordi E, Baluška F, Vicente C, Estrella Legaz M (2019) Sugarcane glycoproteins control dynamics of cytoskeleton during teliospore germination of Sporisorium scitamineum. Mycol Progr 18: 1121-1134. Torday JS, Baluška F (2019) Why control an experiment?: from empiricism, via consciousness, toward implicate order. EMBO Rep 20: e49110. Wan Y, Yokawa K, Baluška F (2019) Arabidopsis roots and light: complex interactions. Mol Plant, 12: 1428-1430. Xing J, Li X, Wang X, Lv X, Wang L, Zhang L, Zhu Y, Shen QH, Baluška F, Šamaj J, Lin J (2019) Secretion of phospholipase DÎ´ functions as a regulatory mechanism in plant innate immunity. Plant Cell, 31: 3015-3032. Zhang X, Cui Y, Yu M, Su B, Gong W, Baluška F, Komis G, Šamaj J, Shan X, Lin J (2019) Phosphorylation-mediated dynamics of nitrate transceptor NRT1.1 regulate auxin flux and nitrate signaling in lateral root growth. Plant Physiol 181: 480-498. Zerrouk IZ, Rahmoune B, Khelifi L, Mounir K, Baluška F, Ludwig-Müller J (2019) Algerian Sahara PGPR confers maize root tolerance to salt and aluminum toxicity via ACC deaminase and IAA. Acta Physiol Plant 41: 91. Yokawa K, Kagenishi T, Baluška F (2019) Anesthetics, Anesthesia and Plants. Trends Plant Sci, 24: 12-14. Chaffey N, Volkmann D, Baluška F (2019) The botanical multiverse of Peter Barlow. Commun Intrg Biol, 12: 14-30. Miller WB Jr, Torday JS, Baluška F (2019) Biological evolution as defense of 'self'. Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 142: 54-74. Reber A, Baluška F (2019) Sentience and consciousness in single cells: how the first minds emerged in unicellular species. BioEssays, 41: e1800229.
2018

Baluška F, Miller WB Jr (2018) Senomic view of the cell: Senome versus Genome. Commun Integr Biol, 11: 1-9. Yokawa K, Baluška F (2018) Fish and plant sentience: anesthetized plants and fishes cannot respond to stimuli. Animal Sentience, 21: 6. Xue Y, Xing J, Wan Y, Lv X, Fan L, Zhang Y, Song K, Wang L, Wang X, Deng X, Baluška F, Christie JM, Lin J (2018) Arabidopsis blue light receptor Phototropin 1 undergoes blue light-induced activation in membrane microdomains. Mol Plant, 11: 846-859. Yokawa K, Baluška F (2018) Sense of space: tactile sense for exploratory behavior of roots. Commun Integr Biol, 11: e1440881. *Yokawa K, Kagenishi T, Pavlovic A, Gall S, Weiland M, Mancuso S, Baluška F* (2018) Anesthetics stop diverse plant organ movements, affect endocytic vesicle recycling, ROS homeostasis, and block action potentials in Venus flytraps. (Equal contribution) Ann Bot, 122: 747-756. Nagpal A, Hassan A, Ndamukong I, Avramova Z, Baluška F* (2018) Myotubularins, PtdIns5P, and ROS in ABA-mediated stomatal movements in dehydrated Arabidopsis seedlings. Funct Plant Biol, 45: 259-266. Vallverdu J, Castro O, Mayne R, Talanov M, Levin M, Baluška F, Gunji Y, Dussutour A, Zenil H, Adamatzky A (2018) Slime mould: the fundamental mechanisms of biological cognition. Biosystems, 165: 57-70. Pratap Sahi V, Cifrová P, García-González J, Kotannal Baby I, Mouillé G, Gineau E, Müller K, Baluška F, Soukup A, Petrášek J, Schwarzerová K (2018) Arabidopsis thaliana plants lacking the ARP2/3 complex show defects in cell wall assembly and auxin distribution. Ann Bot, 122: 777-789. Baluška F, Lyons S (2018) Energide - cell body as smallest unit of eukaryotic life. Ann Bot, 122: 741-745. Baluška F, Strand M, Mancuso S (2018) Substantial evidence for auxin secretory vesicles. Plant Physiol, 176: 2586-2587. Yu X-L, Wu D-M, Fu Y-Q, Yang X-J, Baluška F, Shen H (2018) OsGLO4 is involved in the formation of iron plaques on surface of rice roots grown under alternative wetting and drying condition. Plant and Soil, 423: 111-123. Avin-Wittenberg T, Baluška F, Bozhkov PV, Elander PH, Fernie AR, Galili G, Hassan A, Hofius D, Isono E, Le Bars R, Masclaux-Daubresse C, Minina EA, Peled-Zehavi H, Sánchez-Coll N, Sandalio LM, Satiat-Jeunemaitre B, Sirko A, Testillano PS, Batoko H (2018) Autophagy-related approaches for improving nutrient use efficiency and crop yield protection. J Exp Bot, 69: 1335-1353.
2017

Batoko H, Dagdas Y, Baluška F, Sirko A (2017) Understanding and exploiting autophagy signaling in plants. Essays Biochem, 61: 675-685. Rodrigo-Moreno A, Bazihizina N, Azzarello E, Masi E, Tran D, Bouteau F, Baluška F, Mancuso S (2017) Root phonotropism: early signalling events following sound perception in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Sci, 264: 9-15. Smertenko A, Assaad F, Baluška F, Bezanilla M, Buschmann H, Drakakaki G, Hauser M-Th, Janson M, Mineyuki Y, Moore I, Müller S, Murata T, Otegui MS, Panteris E, Rasmussen C, Schmit A-C, Šamaj J, Samuels L, Staehelin A, Van Damme D, Wasteneys G, Žárský V (2017) Plant cytokinesis: terminology for structures and processes. Trends Cell Biol, 27: 885-894. Mettbach U, Strnad M, Mancuso S, Baluška F (2017) Immunogold-EM analysis reveal Brefeldin A-sensitive clusters of auxin in Arabidopsis root apex cells. Commun Integr Biol, 10: e1327105. Adamatzky A, Harding S, Erokhin V, Mayne R, Gizzie N, Baluška F, Mancuso S, Sirakoulis G (2017) Computers from plants we never made. Speculations. arXiv:1702.08889 Qu Y, Liu S, Bao W, Xue X, Ma Z, Yokawa K, Baluška F, Wan Y (2017) Expression of root genes in Arabidopsis seedlings grown by standard and improved growing methods. Int J Mol Sci, 18: pii: E951. Adamatzky A, Sirakoulis GC, Martínez GJ, Baluška F, Mancuso S (2017) On plant roots logical gates. Biosystems, 156-157: 40-45. Bao W, Wan Y, Baluška F (2017) Nanosheets for delivery of biomolecules into plant cells. Trends Plant Sci, 22: 445-447. Baluška F, Mancuso S (2017) Plant ocelli for visually guided plant behavior. Trends Plant Sci, 22: 5-6.
2016

Zhou X, Zhao H, Cao K, Hu L, Du T, Baluška F, Zou Z (2016) Beneficial roles of melatonin on redox regulation of photosynthetic electron transport and synthesis of D1 protein in tomato seedlings under salt stress. Front Plant Sci, 7: 1823. Cizsak M, Masi, E, Baluška F, Mancuso S (2016) Plant shoots exhibit synchronized oscillatory motions. Commun Integr Biol, 9: e1238117. Baluška F, Mancuso S (2016) Vision in plants via plant-specific ocelli? Trends Plant Sci, 21: 727-730. Baluška F, Yokawa K, Mancuso S, Baverstock K (2016) Understanding of anesthesia - Why consciousness is essential for life and not based on genes. Commun Integr Biol, 9: e1238118. Siao W, Wang P, Voigt B, Hussey PJ, Baluška F (2016) Arabidopsis SYT1 maintains stability of cortical ER networks and VAP27-1-enriched ER-PM contact sites. J Exp Bot, 67: 6161-6171. Calvo P, Baluška F, Sims A (2016) "Feature Detection" vs. "Predictive Coding" models of plant behavior. Front Psychol, 7: 1505. Nagpal A, Ndamukong I, Hassan A, Avramova Z, Baluška F (2016) Subcellular localizations of Arabidopsis myotubularins MTM1 and MTM2 suggest possible functions in vesicular trafficking between ER and cis-Golgi. J Plant Physiol, 200: 45-52. Baluška F, Levin M (2016) On having no head: cognition throughout biological systems. Front Psychol, 7: 902. *Suzuki H, Yokawa K, Nakano S, Yoshida Y, Fabrissin I, Okamoto T, Baluška F, Koshiba T* (2016) Root cap-dependent gravitropic U-turn of maize root requires light-induced de novo auxin biosynthesis via YUC-pathway in root apex. (Equal contribution) J Exp Bot, 67: 4581-4591. Sánchez-Elordi E, Baluška F, Echevarráa C, Vicente C, Estrella Legaz M* (2016) Defence sugarcane glycoproteins disorganize microtubules and prevent nuclear polarization and germination of Sporisorium scitamineum teliospores. J Plant Physiol, 200: 111-123. Yokawa K, Baluška F (2016) TOR complex: switch for emergency in root behavior. Plant Cell Physiol, 57: 14-18. Kagenishi T, Yokawa K, Baluška F (2016) MES buffer affects Arabidopsis root apex zonation and root growth by suppressing superoxide generation in root apex. Front Plant Sci, 7: 79. Kagenishi T, Yokawa K, Baluška F (2016) Dynamic regulation of endocytic vesicle recycling and PIN2 localization in Arabidopsis roots under varying light qualities. Environ Control Biol, 54: 51-55. Manoli A, Trevisan S, Voigt B, Yokawa K, Baluška F, Quaggiotti S (2016) Nitric oxide-mediated maize root apex responses to nitrate are regulated by auxin and strigolactones. Front Plant Sci, 6: 1269. Yokawa K, Kagenishi T, Baluška F (2016) UV-B induced generation of reactive oxygen species promotes formation of BFA-induced compartments in cells of Arabidopsis root apices. Front Plant Sci, 6: 1162. Kawano T, Kagenishi T, Kadono T, Bouteau F, Hiramatsu T, Lin C, Tanaka K, Tanaka L, Mancuso S, Uezu K, Okobira T, Furukawa H, Iwase J, Inokuchi R, Baluška F, Yokawa K (2016) Production and removal of superoxide anion radical by artificial metalloenzymes and redox- active metals. Commun Integr Biol, 8(6): e1000710. Weiland M, Mancuso S, Baluška F (2016) Signalling via glutamate and GLRs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Funct Plant Biol, 43: 1-25. Zerrouk ZI, Benchabane M, Khelifi L, Yokawa K, Ludwig-Müller J, Baluška F (2016) A Pseudomonas strain isolated from date-palm rhizospheres improves root growth and promotes root formation in maize exposed to salt and aluminum stress. J Plant Physiol, 191: 111-119. Baluška F (2016) Should fish feel pain - a plant perspective. Animal Sentience, 023.
2015

Zhao X, Zhang X, Qu Y, Li R, Baluška F, Wan Y (2015) Mapping of membrane lipid order in root apex zones of Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Plant Sci, 6 1151. Grémiaux A, Girard S, Guérin V, Lothier J, Baluška F, Davies E, Bonnet P, Vian A (2015) Low-amplitude, high-frequency electromagnetic field exposure causes delayed and reduced growth in Rosa hybrida. J Plant Physiol, 190: 44-53. Witzany G, Baluška F (2015) Can subcellular organization be explained only by physical principles? Commun Integr Biol 8: e1009796. Mo M, Yokawa K, Baluška F, Wan Y (2015) How and why do root apices sense light under the soil surface?. Front Plant Sci 6: 775 Wang H, Han S, Siao W, Song C, Xiang Y, Wu X, Cheng P, Li H, Jásik J, Mičieta K, Turňa J, Voigt B, Baluška F, Liu J, Wang Y, Zhao H (2015) Arabidopsis Synaptotagmin 2 participates in pollen germination and tube growth and is delivered to plasma membrane via conventional secretion. Mol Plant, 8: 1737-1750. Kutschera U, Baluška F (2015) Julius Sachs (1832-1897) and the Unity of Life. Plant Signal Behav, 10: e1079679. Calvo P, Baluška F (2015) Conditions for minimal intelligence across eukaryota: a cognitive science perspective. Front Psychol, 6: 1329. David A, Yadav S, Baluška F, Bhatla SC (2015) Nitric oxide accumulation and protein tyrosine nitration as a rapid and long distance signaling response to salt stress in sunflower seedlings. Nitric Oxide, 50: 28-37. Wu D, Shen H, Yokawa K, Baluška F (2015) Overexpressing OsPIN2 enhanced aluminium internalization by elevating vesicular trafficking in rice root apex. J Exp Bot, 66: 6791-6801. Zhang DP, Zhou Y, Yin JF, Yan XJ, Lin S, Xu WF, Baluška F, Wang YP, Xia YJ, Liang GH, Liang JS (2015) Rice G-protein subunits qPE9-1 and RGB1 play distinct roles in abscisic acid responses and drought adaptation. J Exp Bot, 66: 6371-6384. Ortiz-Matamoros MF, Islas-Flores T, Voigt B, Menzel D, Baluška F, Villanueva MA (2015) Heterologous DNA Uptake in Cultured Symbiodinium spp. Aided by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. PloS One, 10(7): e0132693. Yokawa K, Baluška F (2015) C. elegans and Arabidopsis thaliana Show Similar Behavior: ROS Induce Escape Tropisms Both in Illuminated Nematodes and Roots. Plant Signal Behav, 10(11): e1073870. Yokawa K, Baluška F (2015) Pectins, ROS Homeostasis and UV-B Responses in Plant Roots. Phytochem 112: 80-83. Wang L, Li H, Lv X, Chen T, Li R, Xue Y, Jiang J, Jin B, Baluška F, Šamaj J, Wang X, Lin J (2015) Spatiotemporal dynamics of BRI1 receptor and its regulation by membrane microdomains in living Arabidopsis cells. Mol Plant, 8(9): 1334-1349. He Y, Wu J, Lv B, Li J, Gao Z, Xu W, Baluška F, Shi W, Shaw PC, Zhang J (2015) Involvement of 14-3-3 protein GRF9 in root growth and response under PEG-induced water stress. J Exp Bot, 66(8): 2271-81. Masi E, Ciszak M, Comparini D, Monetti E, Pandolfi C, Azzarello E, Mugnai S, Baluška F, Mancuso S (2015) The Electrical network of maize root apex is gravity dependent. Sci Rep 5: 7730. Zhao X, Li R, Lu C, Baluška F, Wan Y (2015) Di-4-ANEPPDHQ, a fluorescent probe for the visualisation of membrane microdomains in living Arabidopsis thaliana cells. Plant Physiol Biochem 87: 53-60.
2014

Witzany G, Baluška F (2014) Evolution: viruses are key players. Nature 515(7527): 343. Baluška F, Witzany G (2014) Life is more than a computer running DNA software. World J Biol Chem 5(3): 275-8. Mugnai S, Pandolfi C, Masi E, Azzarello E, Monetti E, Comparini D, Voigt B, Volkmann D, Mancuso S (2014) Oxidative stress and NO signalling in the root apex as an early response to changes in gravity conditions. Biomed Res Int 2014: 834134. Pandolfi C, Masi E, Voigt B, Mugnai S, Volkmann D, Mancuso S (2014) Gravity affects the closure of the traps in Dionaea muscipula. Biomed Res Int 2014: 964203. Yokawa K, Fasano R, Kagenishi T, Baluška F (2014) Light as Stress Factor to Plant Roots - Case of Root Halotropism. Front Plant Sci 5: 718. Baluška F, Witzany G (2014) Life is more than a computer running DNA software. World J Biol Chem 5: 275-278. Wu D, Shen H, Yokawa K, Baluška F (2014) Alleviation of aluminium-induced cell rigidity by overexpression of OsPIN2 in transgenic rice roots. J Exp Bot 65(18): : 5305-5315. Ovečka M, Samajová O, Baluška F, Šamaj J (2014) Immunofluorescent localization of MAPKs in Steedman's wax sections. Methods Mol Biol 1171: 117-130. Yokawa K, Koshiba T, Baluška F (2014) Light-dependent control of redox balance and auxin biosynthesis in plants. Plant Signal Behav 9: e29522. Mukherjee S, David A, Yadav S, Baluška F, Bhatla SC (2014) Salt stress-induced seedling growth inhibition coincides with differential distribution of serotonin and melatonin in sunflower seedling roots and cotyledons. Physiol Plant In press. Ichikawa M, Hirano T, Enami K, Fuselier T, Kato N, Kwon C, Voigt B, Schulze-Lefert P, Baluška F, Sato MH (2014) Syntaxin of Plant Proteins SYP123 and SYP132 Mediate Root Hair Tip Growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol 55: 790-800. Li B, Li G, Kronzucker H, Baluška F, Shi W (2014) Ammonium stress in Arabidopsis: signaling, genetic loci, and physiological targets. Trend Plant Sci 19: 107-114. Grémiaux A, Yokawa K, Mancuso S, Baluška F (2014) Plant Anesthesia Supports Similarities between Animals and Plants: Claude Bernard's Forgotten Studies. Plant Signal Behav 9: e27886. Yokawa K, Derrien-Maze N, Mancuso S, Baluška F (2014) Binary decisions in maize root behavior: Y-maze system as tool for unconventional computation in plants. Int J Unconv Comput 10(5-6): 381-391.
2013

Xu W, Jia L, Shi W, Baluška F, Kronzucker H, Liang L, Zhang J (2013) The tomato 14-3-3 protein TFT4 modulates H+ efflux, basipetal auxin transport and the PKS5-J3 pathway in the root growth response to alkaline stress. Plant Physiol 163: 1817-1828. Baluška F, Mancuso S (2013) Synaptic concept in expansive mood. Int J General Systems, In press Baluška F, Mancuso S (2013) Root apex transition zone as oscillatory zone. Front Plant Sci 4: 354. Baluška F, Mancuso S (2013) Microorganism and filamentous fungi drive evolution of plant synapses. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 3: 44. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00044 Baluška F, Witzany G (2013) At the dawn of a new revolution in life sciences. World J Biol Chem 4(2): 13-15. Schlicht M, Ludwig-Müller J, Volkmann D, Baluška F (2013) Indole-3-butyric acid induces lateral roots via nitric oxide production in peroxisomes. New Phytol, 200(2): 473-82. Zou N, Li B, Chen H, Su Y, Kronzucker HJ, Xiong L, Baluška F, Shi W (2013). GSA-1/ARG1 protects root gravitropism in Arabidopsis under ammonium stress. New Phytol, 200(1): 97-111. Jásik J, Boggetti B, Baluška F, Volkmann D, Gensch Th, Rutten T, Altmann Th, Schmelzer E. (2013) PIN2 turnover in Arabidopsis root epidermal cells explored by the photoconvertible protein Dendra2. PloS ONE 8(4): e61403 Xu W, Ding G, Yokawa K, Baluška F, Li Q, Liu Y, Shi W, Liang J, Zhang J (2013) An improved agar-plate method for studying root growth and response of Arabidopsis thaliana. Sci Rep, 3: 1273 doi:10.1038/srep01273 Baluška F, Mancuso S (2013) Ion channels in plants: From bioelectricity, via signaling, to behavioral actions. Plant Signal Behav, 8: e23009 Yadav S, David A, Baluška F, Bhatla SC (2013) Rapid auxin-induced nitric oxide accumulation and subsequent tyrosine nitration of proteins during adventitious root formation in sunflower hypocotyls. Plant Signal Behav, 8: e23196 Yokawa K, Kagenishi T, Baluška F (2013). Root photomorphogenesis in laboratory-maintained Arabidopsis seedlings. Trends Plant Sci, 18: 117-119 Yokawa K, Baluška F (2013) UV-B Perception in Plant Roots. In: Climate Change and Abiotic Stress Tolerance. Tuteja N and Gill SS (ed), Wiley, Germany Chen R, Baluška F (2013) Signaling and Communication in Polar Auxin Transport. Springer Verlag Baluška F (2013) Long-Distance Systemic Signaling and Communication. Springer Verlag
2012

Jimenez-Lopez JC, Morales S, Castro AJ, Volkmann D, Rodríguez-García MI, Alché JD (2012). Characterization of profilin polymorphism in pollen with a focus on multifunctionality. PLoS One, 7(2): e30878. Pagnussat L, Burbach C, Baluška F, de la Canal L (2012). An extracellular lipid transfer protein is relocalized intracellularly during seed germination. J Exp Bot, 63: 6555-6563 Witzany G, Baluška F (2012) Turing machines and life: life's code script does not code itself. EMBO Reports, 13: 1054-1056 Baluška F (2012) Rethinking origins of multicellularity: convergent evolution of epithelia in plants. BioEssays, 34: 1085 Xu W, Jia L, Baluška F, Ding G, Shi W, Ye N, Zhang J (2012) PIN2 is required for the adaptation of Arabidopsis roots to alkaline stress by modulating proton secretion. J Exp Bot 63: 6105-6114 Burbach C, Markus K, Zhang Y, Schlicht M, Baluška F (2012) Photophobic behavior of maize roots. Plant Signal Behav 7: 876-880 Mugnai S, Azzarello E, Baluška F, Mancuso S (2012) Local root apex hypoxia induces NO-mediated hypoxic acclimation of the entire root. Plant Cell Physiol 53: 912-920 Li R, Liu P, Wan Y, Chen T, Mettbach U, Baluška F, Šamaj J, Fang X, Lucas WJ, Lin J (2009) A membrane microdomain-associated protein, AtFlot1, mediating a clathrin-independent endocytic pathway, is required for seedling development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 24: 2105-21 Wan Y-L, Jasik J, Wang L, Hao H, Volkmann D, Menzel D, Mancuso S, Baluška F, Lin J-X (2012) The signal transducer NPH3 integrates the Phototropin1 photosensor with PIN2-based polar auxin transport in Arabidopsis root phototropism. Plant Cell 24: 551-565 Baluška F, Volkmann D, Menzel D, Barlow PW (2012) Strasburger’s legacy to mitosis and cytokinesis and its relevance for the Cell Theory. Protoplasma 249: 1151-1162 Ciszak M, Comparini D, Mazzolai B, Baluška F, Arecchi TF, Vicsek T, Mancuso S (2012) Swarming behavior in the plant roots. PloS ONE 7(1):e29759 Pagnussat L, Burbach C, Baluška F, de la Canal L (2012) Endocytosis is required during early germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signal Behav 7: 417-422 Trewavas A, Baluška F (2012) Response to Olsson and Forkman. EMBO Rep 13: 289-290 Witzany G, Baluška F (2012) Turing: a formal clash of codes. Nature 483: 541 Volkmann D, Menzel D, Baluška F (2012) Eduard Strasburger (1844 – 1912) – Founder of modern plant cell biology. Protoplasma 249: 1163-1172 Baluška F, Wan Y (2012) Physical control over endocytosis. In: Endocytosis in Plants. Šamaj J (ed), Springer Verlag Baluška F (2012) Actin, myosin VIII and ABP1 as central organizers of auxin-secreting plant synapses. In: Plant Electrophysiology. Volkov AG (ed), Springer Verlag, ISBN 978-3-642-30676-1 Schulz M, Sicker D, Baluška F, Sablofski T, Scherer HW, Ritter FM (2012) Benzoxazolinone detoxification and degradation – a molecule’s journey. In: Herbicides – Properties, Synthesis and Control of Weeds. Naguib Abd El-Ghany Hasaneen M (ed), pp 17-42, InTech (ISBN 978-953-307-803-8) Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez, Sonia Morales, Dieter Volkmann, Juan D. Alché and María I. Rodriguez-Garcia (2012). Differential Immune-Reactivity and Subcellular Distribution Reveal the Multifunctional Character of Profilin in Pollen as Major Effect of Sequences Polymorphism, Current Insights in Pollen Allergens, Dr. Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0860-3, InTech, pp 71-102
2011

Yokawa K, Kagenishi T, Kawano T, Mancuso S, Baluška F (2011) Illumination of Arabidopsis roots induces immediate burst of ROS production. Plant Signal Behav 6: 1457-1461 Nishimura T, Toyooka K, Sato M, Matsumoto S, Lucas M, Strnad M, Baluška F Koshiba T (2011) Immunohistochemical observation of indole-3-acetic acid at the IAA synthetic maize coleoptile tips. Plant Signal Behav 6: 2012-2022 Trewavas A, Baluška F (2011) The ubiquity of conciosusness. The ubiquity of conciosusness, cognition and intelligence in life. EMBO Rep 12: 1221-1225 Baluška F (2011) Evolution in Revolution. Paradigm shift in our understanding of life and biological evolution. Commun Integr Biol 4: 521-523 Baluška F, Volkmann D (2011) Mechanical aspects of gravity-controlled growth, development and morphogenesis. In: Mechanical Integration of Plant Cells and Plants. Wojtaszek P (ed), Springer Verlag pp 195-222 Perotto S, Baluška F (2011) Signaling and Communication in Plant Symbiosis. Springer Verlag Vivanco J, Baluška F (2011) Secretions and Exudates in Biological Systems. Springer Verlag Witzany G, Baluška F (2011) Biocommunication of Plants. Springer Verlag
2010

Baluška F, Lev-Yadun S, Mancuso S (2010) Swarm intelligence in plant roots. Trends Ecol Evol 25: 682-683 Baskin TI , Baluška F, Benfey P, Bennett M, Forde BG, Gilroy S, Helariutta Y, Hepler PK, Leyser O, Masson PH, Muday GK, Peret B, Poethig S, Rahman A, Roberts K, Scheres B, Sharp RE, Somerville C (2010) Shootward and Rootward: Peak terminology for plant polarity. Trends Plant Sci 15: 593-594 Stefano G, Renna L, Azzarello E, Pollastri S, Baluška F, Mancuso S (2010) AGD5, an ARF-GAP, interacts with ARF1 GTPase at the trans-Golgi network. Plant J 64 : 790-799 Kriegs B, Jansen M, Hahn K, Peisker H, Šamajová O, Beck M, Braun S, Ulbrich A, Baluška F, Schulz M (2010) Cyclic monoterpene mediated modulations of Arabidopsis thaliana phenotype: Effects on the cytoskeleton and on the expression of selected genes. Plant Signal Behav 5: 832-838 Ninkovic V, Baluška F (2010) Plant Communication from Ecological Perspective. Springer Verlag Ovečka M, Berson T, Beck M, Derksen J, Šamaj J, Baluška F, Lichtscheidl IK (2010) Structural sterols are involved both in the initiation and in the tip growth of root hairs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 22: 2999-3019 Baskin TI , Baluška F, Benfey P, Bennett M, Forde BG, Gilroy S, Helariutta Y, Hepler PK, Leyser O, Masson PH, Muday GK, Peret B, Poethig S, Rahman A, Roberts K, Scheres B, Sharp RE, Somerville C (2010) Shootward and Rootward: Peak terminology for plant polarity. Trends Plant Sci 15: 593-594 Kriegs B, Jansen M, Hahn K, Peisker H, ŠamajovÃ¡ O, Beck M, Braun S, Ulbrich A, Baluška F, Schulz M (2010) Cyclic monoterpene mediated modulations of Arabidopsis thaliana phenotype: Effects on the cytoskeleton and on the expression of selected genes. Plant Signal Behav 5: 832-838 Baluška F, Mancuso S, Volkmann D, Barlow PW (2010) Root apex transition zone: a signalling â€“ response nexus in the root. Trends Plant Sci 15: 402-408 Baluška F (2010) Recent surprising similarities between plant cells and neurons. Plant Signal Behav 5: 87-89 Wang Y, Zhu Y, Ling Y, Zhang H, Liu P, Baluška F, Šamaj J, Lin J, Wang Q (2010) Disruption of actin filaments induces mitochondrial Ca2+ release to cytoplasm and [Ca2+]c changes in Arabidopsis root hairs. BMC Plant Biology 10: 53 Agnati LF, Guidolin D, Baluška F, Leo G, Barlow PW, Carone C, Genedani S (2010) A new hypothesis of pathogenesis based on the divorce between mitochondria and their host cells: possible relevance for Alzheimerâ€™s disease. Curr Alzh Res 7: 307-322 Ninkovic V, Baluška F (2010) Plant Communication from Ecological Perspective. Springer Verlag Yalovsky S, Baluška F, Jones A (2010) Integrated G Proteins Signaling in Plants. Springer Verlag Volkmann D, Johnsson A, Baluška F (2010) Im All Wurzeln schlagen. Spektrum der Wissenschaft Extra, Schwerelos, Europa forscht im Weltraum, Spektrum der Wissenschaft Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (ISBN 978-3-941205-48-2), pp 123-131
2009

Baluška F, Mancuso S, Volkmann D, Barlow PW (2009) The 'root-brain' hypothesis of Charles and Francis Darwin: Revival after more than 125 years. Plant Signal Behav 4: 14-21 Baluška F (2009) Plant-Environment Interactions: From Sensory Plant Biology to Active Plant Behavior. Springer Verlag Baluška F, Mancuso S (2009) Signalling in Plants. Springer Verlag Baluška F (2009) Cell-cell channels, viruses, and evolution: via infection, parasitism and symbiosis towards higher levels of biological complexity. Ann NY Acad Sci 1178: 106-119 Baluška F, Schlicht M, Wan Y-L, Burbach C, Volkmann D (2009) Intracellular domains and polarity in root apices: from synaptic domains to plant neurobiology. Nova Acta Leopoldina 96: 103-122 Agnati LF, Guidolin D, Baluška F, Fuxe K, Carone C, Genedani S (2009) A New Hypothesis of Pathogenesis Based on the Divorce between Mitochondria and their Host Cells: Possible Relevances for the Alzheimer's Disease. Curr Alzh Res 7: 307-322 Baluška F, Mancuso S (2009) Plant neurobiology: From stimulus perception to adaptive behavior of plants, via integrated chemical and electrical signaling. Plant Signal Behav 4: 475-476 Zheng M, Beck M, MÃ¼ller J, Chen T, Wang X, Wang F, Wang Q, Wang Y, Baluška F, Logan DC, Šamaj J, Lin J (2009) Actin turnover is required for myosin-dependent mitochondrial movements in Arabidopsis root hairs. PLoS ONE 4: e5961 Liu P, Zhang L, Li RL, Zhang L, Wang QL, Niehaus K, Baluška F, Šamaj J, Lin J (2009) Lipid microdomain polarization is required for NADPH oxidase-dependent ROS signaling in Picea meyeri pollen tube tip growth. Plant J 60: 303-313 Agnati LF, Fuxe K, Baluška F, Guidolin D (2009) Implications of the 'Energide' concept for communication and information handling in the central nervous system. J Neural Transm 116: 1037-52 Agnati LF, Barlow PW, Baldelli E, Baluška F (2009) Are maternal mitochondria the selfish entities that are masters of the cells of eukaryotic multicelullar organisms?. Commun Integr Biol 2: 194-200 Zhang Y, Baluška F, Menzel D, Ren H (2009) Dynamics and roles of phragmoplast actin filaments in cell plate formation during cytokinesis of tobacco BY-2 cells. Chinese Science Bulletin 54: 2051-2061 Amenós M, Corrales I, Poschenrieder C, Illéš P, Baluška F, Barceló J (2009) Different effects of aluminium on actin cytoskeleton and brefeldin A-sensitive vesicle recycling in root apex cells of two maize varieties differing in root elongation rate and Al tolerance. Plant Cell Physiol 50: 528-540 Kasprowicz A, Szuba A, Volkmann D, Baluška F, Wojtaszek F (2009) Nitric oxide modulates dynamic actin cytoskeleton and vesicle trafficking in a cell type-specific manner in root apices. J Exp Bot 60: 1605-1617 Wang Y, Chen T, Zhang C, Hao H, Liu P, Zheng M, Baluška F, Šamaj J, Lin J (2009) Nitric oxide modulates the influx of extracellular Ca²⁺ and actin filament organization during cell wall construction in Pinus bungeana pollen tubes. New Phytol 182: 851-862 Masi E, Ciszak M, Stefano G, Renna L, Azzarello E, Pandolfi C, Mugnai S, Baluška F, Arecchi FT, Mancuso S (2009) Spatio-temporal dynamics of the electrical network activity in the root apex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106: 4048-4053 Baluška F, Mancuso S (2009) Deep evolutionary origins of neurobiology: Turning the essence of 'neural' upside-down. Commun Integr Biol 2: 60-65 Baluška F, Mancuso S (2009) Plant neurobiology: from sensory biology, via plant communication, to social plant behavior. Cogn Process. 2008 Nov 8 10 (Suppl. 1): 3-7 Chen T, Wu X, Chen Y, Zheng M, Tang W, Baluška F, Šamaj J, Lin J (2009) Combined proteomic and cytological analysis of Ca²⁺â€“calmodulin regulation in Picea meyeri pollen tube growth. Plant Physiol 149: 1111-1126
2008

Schapire AL, Voigt B, Jasik J, Rosado A, Lopez-Cobollo R, Menzel D, Salinas J, Mancuso S, Valpuesta V, Baluška F, Botella MA (2008) Arabidopsis synaptotagmin-like protein 1 is essential for plasma membrane viability and survival under abiotic stress. Plant Cell 20, 3374-3388 Shen H, Hou NY, Schlicht M, Wan Y, Mancuso S, Baluška F (2008) Aluminium toxicity targets PIN2 in Arabidopsis root apices: Effects on PIN2 endocytosis, vesicular recycling, and polar auxin transport. Chinese Science Bulletin 53, 2480-2487 Schlicht M, Šamajová, Schachtschabel D, Mancuso S, Menzel D, Boland W, Baluška F (2008) Dorenone bocks polarized tip-growth of root hairs by interfering with the PIN2-mediated auxin transport network in the root apex. Plant J 55, 709-717 Chen KM, Wu GL, Wang YH, Tian CT, Šamaj J, Baluška F, Lin JX (2008) The block of intracellular calcium release affects the pollen tube development of Picea wilsonii by changing the deposition of cell wall components. Protoplasma 233, 39-49 Wu X, Chen T, Zhen M, Chen Y, Teng N, Šamaj J, Erban A, Baluška F, Lin J. (2008) Integrative proteomic and cytological analysis of inhibitory effects of nifedipine on calcium functions in Pinus bungeana pollen tube. J Proteom Res 7, 4299-4312 Ovecka M, Lichtscheidl IK, Baluška F, Šamaj J, Volkmann D, Hirt H (2008) Regulation of root hair tip growth: can mitogen-activated protein kinases be taken into account?. In: The Plant Cytoskeleton: a Key Tool for Agro-Biotechnology. Blume YB et al. (eds), Springer-Verlag , 91-128 Baluška F, Volkmann D (2008) Plant myosins: do they have roles in gravi- and mechanosensing?. In: The Plant Cytoskeleton: a Key Tool for Agro-Biotechnology. Blume YB et al. (eds), Springer-Verlag , 161-172 Ovecka M, Baluška F, Lichtscheidl I (2008) Non-invasive microscopy of tip-growing root hairs as a tool for study of dynamic and cytoskeleton-based vesicle trafficking. Cell Biol Int 32, 549-553 Wan Y, Eisinger W, Ehrhardt D, Baluška F, Briggs W (2008) The subcellular localization and blue-light-induced movement of phototropin 1-GFP in etiolated seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Plant 1, 103-117
2007

Baluška F, Schlicht M, Volkmann D, Mancuso S (2007) Vesicular secretion of auxin: Evidences and implications. Plant Signal Behav 3, 254-256 Volkmann D, Baluška F (2007) Physiological responses of higher plants. In: Biology in Space and Life on Earth, Brinckmann E (ed), WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH , 53-70 Šamaj J, Salaj J, Obert B, Baluška F, Menzel D, Volkmann D (2007) Calreticulin mRNA and protein are localized to protein bodies in storage maize callus cells. Plant Cell Rep 27, 231-239 Mancuso S, Marras AM, Mugnai S, Schlicht M, Zarsky V, Li G, Song L, Hue HW, Baluška F (2007) Phospholipase Dζ2 drives vesicular secretion of auxin for its polar cell-cell transport in the transition zone of the root apex. Plant Signal Behav 2, 240-244 Brenner ED, Stahlberg R, Mancuso S, Baluška F, Van Volkenburgh E (2007) Plant Neurobiology: The gain is more than the name. Trends Plant Sci 12, In Press Dhonukshe P, Šamaj J, Baluška F, Friml J (2007) A unifying new model of cytokinesis for the dividing plant and animal cells. BioEssays 29, 371-381 Wojtaszek P, Baluška F, Kasprowicz A, Luczak M, Volkmann D (2007) Mechanosensory transmission of cell wall disturbances to the actin cytoskeleton in maize root apex cells. Protoplasma 230, 217-230 Kempa S, Rozhon W, Šamaj J, Erban A, Baluška F, Becker Th, Haselmayer J, Schleiff E, Kopka J, Hirt H, Jonak C (2007) A plastid-localized glycogen synthase kinase 3 modulates stress tolerance and carbohydrate metabolism. Plant J 49, 1076-1090 Chen T, Tenq N, Wu X, Wang Y, Tang W, Šamaj J, Baluška F, Lin J (2007) Disruption of actin filaments by latrunculin B affects cell wall construction in Picea meyeri pollen tube by disturbing vesicle trafficking. Plant Cell Physiol 48, 19-30

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