Our Publications
(including past publications relevant to our current research)
(including past publications relevant to our current research)
Underlined: members of the group *: corresponding authorship †: shared authorship
2026
[Review] Dipp-Álvarez M & Hernández-García J*. AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORs: from transcription factors to auxin effectors. New Phytol (2026) 10.1111/nph.71477. (link)
[Review] Hernández-García J* & Weijers D*. The origin and evolution of auxin as a plant signaling molecule. Curr Biol (2026) 36, R545–R552. (link)
Arfman K, Janssen BPJ, Romein R,..., Weijers D*, de Sprakel J*. Nanoclustering of a plant transcription factor enables strong yet specific DNA binding. Sci Adv (2026) 12(30):eaed7904 . (link)
[Preprint] Hernández-García J*, Dipp-Álvarez M, de Roij M, Guillem-Bernal M,..., Weijers D*. Subnuclear cofactor partitioning underlies auxin-dependent transcriptional regulation. bioRxiv (2026) 2026.04.29.721720v1. (link)
Ramos-Gonzalez M, Ramos-Gonzalez V,..., Romero-Campero FJ*. PharaohFUN: PHylogenomic Analysis foR plAnt prOtein History and FUNction elucidation. Mol Biol Evo (2026) msag011 . (link) - (Web app)
2025
[Perspectives] Carrillo-Carrasco VP†, Hernández-García J†,…, Delwiche CD*, Weijers D*, de Vries J*. A roadmap to developing unified streptophyte algal model systems. Curr Biol (2025) 35, R725-R738. (link)
Serrano-Mislata A*, Hernández-García J,…, Sawbloski R, Alabadi D, Blazquez MA*. Growth arrest is a DNA damage protection strategy in Arabidopsis. Nat Comms (2025) 16, 5635. (link)
Carrillo-Carrasco VP, van Galen M,…, Hernández-García J*, Weijers D*. Auxin and tryptophan trigger common responses in the streptophyte alga Penium margaritaceum. Curr Biol (2025) 15, 10909. (link)
de Roij M, Hernández-García J,…, Borst JW, Weijers D*. ARF degradation defines a deeply conserved step in auxin response. Nat Plants (2025) 11, 717–724. (link)
Rienstra J, Carrillo-Carrasco VP,…, Hernández-García J*, Weijers D*. A conserved ARF–DNA interface underlies auxin-triggered transcriptional response. PNAS (2025) 122(14), e2501915122. (link)
2024
Hernández-García J, Carrillo-Carrasco VP, Rienstra J,…, Weijers D*. Evolutionary Origins and Functional Diversification of Auxin Response Factors. Nat Comms (2024) 15, 10909. (link)
Hernández-García J*, Serrano-Mislata A, Lozano-Quiles M,…, Blázquez MA*. DELLA Proteins Recruit the Mediator Complex Subunit MED15 to Co-activate Transcription in Land Plants. PNAS (2024) 121(19), e2319163121. (link)
2023
[Review] Rienstra J, Hernández-García J*, Weijers D* (2023). To bind or not to bind: how Auxin Response Factors select their target genes. J Exp Bot (2023) 74(22), 6922-6932. (link)
Carrillo-Carrasco VP, Hernández-García J*, Weijers D*. Electroporation-based delivery of proteins in Penium margaritaceum and other zygnematophycean algae. Physiol Plant (2023) 175, e14121. (link)
[Review] Carrillo-Carrasco VP, Hernández-García J, Mutte SK, Weijers D*. The birth of a giant: evolutionary insights into the origin of auxin responses in plants. EMBO J (2023) 42(6) e113018. (link)
Briones-Moreno A, Hernández-García J, Vargas-Chávez C,…, Blázquez MA*. DELLA functions evolved by rewiring of associated transcriptional networks. Nat Plants (2023) 9, 535-543. (link)
Ancestral publications
Hernández-García J, Diego-Martin B, Kuo PH,…, Gallego-Bartolomé J*. Comprehensive identification of SWI/SNF complex subunits underpins deep eukaryotic ancestry and reveals new plant components. Comms Biol (2022) 5(1):549. (link)
Hernández-García J, Sun R, Serrano-Mislata A,…, Kohchi T*, Blázquez MA*. Coordination between growth and stress responses by DELLA in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Curr Biol (2021) 31, 3678-3686. (link)
Li FW*, Nishiyama T, Waller M,…, Sakakibara K*, Szövényi P*. Anthoceros genomes illuminate the origin of land plants and the unique biology of hornworts. Nat Plants (2020) 6(3), 259-272. (link)
Hernández-García J, Briones-Moreno A, Dumas R, Blázquez MA*. Origin of gibberellin-dependent transcriptional regulation by molecular exploitation of a transactivation domain in DELLA proteins. Mol Biol Evol (2019) 36(5), 908-918. (link)