Kuhlmann, A. B., Martin, A., Sheikh, A. H. (2025). Cross-kingdom insights into the role of m⁶A RNA modifications in immune regulation. Discover Immunity, 2(1), 7.

Elhady, A., Alghanmi, L., Sheikh, A. H., Saad, M. M., Hirt, H. (2025). Coexistence ecology of pathogen-inhibiting microbes in the phytobiome. Trends in Plant Science.

#Shekhawat, K., #Sheikh, A. H., Nawaz, K., Fatima, A., Alzayed, W., Nagarajan, A. P., Hirt, H. (2025). m6A RNA methylation attenuates thermotolerance in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv.

Secco, N., Sheikh, A. H., Hirt, H. (2025). Insights into the role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in plant–virus interactions. Journal of Virology, 99(1), e01598-24.

Sheikh, A. H., Zacharia, I., Tabassum, N., Hirt, H., Ntoukakis, V. (2024). 14-3-3 proteins as a major hub for plant immunity. Trends in Plant Science, 29(11), 1245–1253.

Tabassum, N., Ahmed, H. I., Parween, S., Sheikh, A. H., Saad, M. M., Krattinger, S. G., Hirt, H. (2024). Host genotype, soil composition, and geo-climatic factors shape the fonio seed microbiome. Microbiome, 12(1), 11.

Sheikh, A. H., Tabassum, N., Rawat, A., Almeida-Trapp, M., Nawaz, K., Hirt, H. (2024). m6A RNA methylation counteracts dark-induced leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 194(4), 2663–2678.

#Alwutayd, K. M., #Rawat, A. A., #Sheikh, A. H., Almeida-Trapp, M., Veluchamy, A., Jalal, R., Karampelias, M., Froehlich, K., Alzaed, W., Tabassum, N. (2023). Microbe-induced drought tolerance by ABA-mediated root architecture and epigenetic reprogramming. EMBO Reports, 24(8), e56754.

Sheikh, A. H., Nawaz, K., Tabassum, N., Almeida-Trapp, M., Mariappan, K. G., Alhoraibi, H., Rayapuram, N., Aranda, M., Groth, M., Hirt, H. (2023). Linker histone H1 modulates defense priming and immunity in plants. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(9), 4252–4265.

Sheikh, A. H., Zacharia, I., Pardal, A. J., Dominguez-Ferreras, A., Sueldo, D. J., Kim, J.-G., Balmuth, A., Gutierrez, J. R., Conlan, B. F., Ullah, N. (2023). Dynamic changes of the Prf/Pto tomato resistance complex following effector recognition. Nature Communications, 14(1), 2568.

#Prall, W., #Sheikh, A. H., Bazin, J., Bigeard, J., Almeida-Trapp, M., Crespi, M., Hirt, H., Gregory, B. D. (2023). Pathogen-induced m6A dynamics affect plant immunity. The Plant Cell, 35(11), 4155–4172.

Rawat, A., Völz, R., Sheikh, A. H., Mariappan, K. G., Kim, S.-K., Rayapuram, N., Alwutayd, K. M., Alidrissi, L. K., Benhamed, M., Blilou, I. (2023). Salinity stress-induced phosphorylation of IDD4 by MPK6 regulates plant growth adaptation in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1265687.

Siodmak, A., Martinez-Seidel, F., Rayapuram, N., Bazin, J., Alhoraibi, H., Gentry-Torfer, D., Tabassum, N., Sheikh, A. H., Kise, J. K. G., Blilou, I. (2023). Dynamics of ribosome composition and ribosomal protein phosphorylation in immune signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(21), 11876–11892.

Sheikh, A. H., Nawaz, K., Tabassum, N., Trapp, M., Alhoraibi, H., Rayapuram, N., Hirt, H. (2022). Linker histone H1 regulates defense priming and immunity in plants. bioRxiv.

Sheikh, A. H., Hussain, R. M. F., Tabassum, N., Badmi, R., Marillonnet, S., Scheel, D., Lee, J., Sinha, A. K. (2021). Possible role of WRKY transcription factors in regulating immunity in Oryza sativa ssp. indica. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 114, 101623.

Almeida-Trapp, M., de Souza, G. D., Shekhawat, K., Sheikh, A. H., Mithöfer, A., Hirt, H., Rodrigues-Filho, E. (2021). Development, validation, and application of an HPLC–MS/MS method for quantification of oxidized fatty acids in plants. Journal of Chromatography B, 1186, 123006.

Shekhawat, K., Saad, M. M., Sheikh, A. H., Mariappan, K., Al-Mahmoudi, H., Abdulhakim, F., Eida, A. A., Jalal, R., Masmoudi, K., Hirt, H. (2021). Root endophyte-induced plant thermotolerance by constitutive chromatin modification at heat stress memory gene loci. EMBO Reports, 22(3).

Badmi, R., Sheikh, A. H. (2020). Comparative transcriptomics reveal conserved modules of plant defence against different pathogens in strawberry. bioRxiv.

Badmi, R., Sheikh, A. H., Bhagat, P. K., Verma, D., Noryang, S., Sinha, A. K. (2018). Possible role of plant MAP kinases in the biogenesis and transcription regulation of rice microRNA pathway factors. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 129, 238–243.

Hussain, R. M. F., Sheikh, A. H., Haider, I., Quareshy, M., Linthorst, H. J. M. (2018). Arabidopsis WRKY50 and TGA transcription factors synergistically activate PR1 expression. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 930.

Sheikh, A. H., Eschen-Lippold, L., Pecher, P., Hoehenwarter, W., Sinha, A. K., Scheel, D., Lee, J. (2016). Regulation of WRKY46 transcription factor function by mitogen-activated protein kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, 61.

Üstün, S., Sheikh, A. H., Gimenez-Ibanez, S., Jones, A., Ntoukakis, V., Börnke, F. (2016). The proteasome acts as a hub for plant immunity and is targeted by bacterial effectors. Plant Physiology, 172(3), 1941–1958.

Sheikh, A. H., Raghuram, B., Jalmi, S. K., Wankhede, D. P., Singh, P., Sinha, A. K. (2013). Interaction between two rice mitogen-activated protein kinases and its possible role in plant defense. BMC Plant Biology, 13(1), 121.

Sheikh, A. H., Ara, H., Sinha, A. K. (2012). Mitogen-activated protein kinases: A hunt for their physiological substrates in plants. Plant Stress, 6, 37–42.

Raina, S. K., Wankhede, D. P., Jaggi, M., Singh, P., Jalmi, S. K., Raghuram, B., Sheikh, A. H., Sinha, A. K. (2012). CrMPK3, a mitogen-activated protein kinase from Catharanthus roseus and its role in stress-induced biosynthesis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids. BMC Plant Biology, 12(1), 134.

Bhardwaj, D., Sheikh, A. H., Sinha, A. K., Tuteja, N. (2011). Stress-induced beta subunit of heterotrimeric G-proteins from Pisum sativum interacts with mitogen-activated protein kinase. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 6(2), 287–292.