Trichostatin A and 5-azacytidine both cause an increase in global histone H4 acetylation and a decrease in global DNA and H3K9 methylation during mitosis in maize.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flower development and sufficient fruit set are important parameters with respect to walnut yield. Knowledge about flowering genes of fruit trees can help to conduct better molecular breeding programs. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the expression pattern of some flowering genes (FT, SO...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hassankhah A,Rahemi M,Ramshini H,Sarikhani S,Vahdati K

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nucleosome positioning regulates the gene expression and many other DNA-related processes in eukaryotes. Genome-wide mapping of nucleosome positions and correlation of genome-wide nucleosomal remodeling with the changes in the gene expression can help us understanding gene regulation on genome level. RE...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Singh M,Bag SK,Bhardwaj A,Ranjan A,Mantri S,Nigam D,Sharma YK,Sawant SV

更新日期：2015-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dendrobium moniliforme (Linnaeus) Swartz is a well-known plant used in traditional Chinese medicine due to bioactive constituents. Polysaccharides are the main medicinal ingredients, yet no studies have been published on polysaccharide biosynthesis in D. moniliforme. To comprehensively investigate the polysa...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yuan Y,Zhang J,Kallman J,Liu X,Meng M,Lin J

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cold stress is one of the primary environmental factors that affect plant growth and productivity, especially for crops like Brassica napus that live through cold seasons. Till recently, although a number of genes and pathways involved in B. napus cold response have been revealed by independent studies, a ge...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ke L,Lei W,Yang W,Wang J,Gao J,Cheng J,Sun Y,Fan Z,Yu D

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a critical enzyme catalyzing the β-carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to oxaloacetate, a tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediate. PEPC typically exists as a Class-1 PEPC homotetramer composed of plant-type PEPC (PTPC) polypeptides, and two of the subunits...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Igawa T,Fujiwara M,Tanaka I,Fukao Y,Yanagawa Y

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genus Citrus encompasses major cultivated plants such as sweet orange, mandarin, lemon and grapefruit, among the world's most economically important fruit crops. With increasing volumes of transcriptomics data available for these species, Gene Co-expression Network (GCN) analysis is a viable option for p...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wong DC,Sweetman C,Ford CM

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant-endophyte symbioses often revolve around nitrogen metabolism, and involve varying degrees of intimacy. Although evidence for vertical inheritance of nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacteria is increasing, it is confined mostly to crop plants, and to date no such system has been reported for geophytes. METH...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Jooste M,Roets F,Midgley GF,Oberlander KC,Dreyer LL

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Zinc (Zn) deficiency is one of the most widespread mineral nutritional problems that affect normal development in plants. Because Zn cannot passively diffuse across cell membranes, it must be transported into intracellular compartments for all biological processes where Zn is required. Several members of the...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Gainza-Cortés F,Pérez-Dïaz R,Pérez-Castro R,Tapia J,Casaretto JA,González S,Peña-Cortés H,Ruiz-Lara S,González E

更新日期：2012-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repetitive DNA is a major fraction of eukaryotic genomes and occurs particularly often in plants. Currently, the sequencing of the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) genome is under way and knowledge of repetitive DNA sequences is critical for the genome annotation. We generated a c0t-1 library, representing highly ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zakrzewski F,Wenke T,Holtgräwe D,Weisshaar B,Schmidt T

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among the various biochemical markers, fatty acids or lipid profiles represent a chemically relatively inert class of compounds that is easy to isolate from biological material. Fatty acid (FA) profiles are considered as chemotaxonomic markers to define groups of various taxonomic ranks in flowering plants, ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Lang I,Hodac L,Friedl T,Feussner I

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crop quality and yield are affected by abiotic and biotic stresses, and heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs) are considered to play important roles in regulating plant tolerance under various stresses. To investigate the response of Cucurbita moschata to abiotic stress, we analyzed the genome of C. moscha...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Shen C,Yuan J

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are clear differences in embryo development between angiosperm and gymnosperm species. Most of the current knowledge on gene expression and regulation during plant embryo development has derived from studies on angiosperms species, in particular from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The few publis...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Rodrigues AS,De Vega JJ,Miguel CM

更新日期：2018-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Characterization of the expression and function of genes regulating embryo development in conifers is interesting from an evolutionary point of view. However, our knowledge about the regulation of embryo development in conifers is limited. During early embryo development in Pinus species the proembyo goes th...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Merino I,Abrahamsson M,Sterck L,Craven-Bartle B,Canovas F,von Arnold S

更新日期：2016-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In plants, eIF4E translation initiation factors and their eIFiso4E isoforms are essential susceptibility factors for many RNA viruses, including potyviruses. Mutations altering these factors are a major source of resistance to the viruses. The eIF4E allelic series is associated with specific resistance spect...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Estevan J,Maréna A,Callot C,Lacombe S,Moretti A,Caranta C,Gallois JL

更新日期：2014-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fruit quality depends on a series of biochemical events that modify appearance, flavour and texture throughout fruit development and ripening. Cell wall polysaccharide remodelling largely contributes to the elaboration of fleshy fruit texture. Although several genes and enzymes involved in cell wall polysacc...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Dheilly E,Gall SL,Guillou MC,Renou JP,Bonnin E,Orsel M,Lahaye M

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of transgenic plants as a production platform for biomass-degrading enzymes is a promising tool for an economically feasible allocation of enzymes processing lignocellulose. Previous research has already identified a major limitation of in planta production such as interference with the struc...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Klose H,Günl M,Usadel B,Fischer R,Commandeur U

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bread wheat is one of the most important crops for the human diet, but the increasing soil salinization is causing yield reductions worldwide. Improving salt stress tolerance in wheat requires the elucidation of the mechanistic basis of plant response to this abiotic stress factor. Although several studies h...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Duarte-Delgado D,Dadshani S,Schoof H,Oyiga BC,Schneider M,Mathew B,Léon J,Ballvora A

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants encode a large number of leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases. Legumes encode several LRR-RLK linked to the process of root nodule formation, the ligands of which are unknown. To identify ligands for these receptors, we used a combination of profile hidden Markov models and position-specific iter...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Oelkers K,Goffard N,Weiller GF,Gresshoff PM,Mathesius U,Frickey T

更新日期：2008-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Xylogen, a chimeric arabinogalactan protein containing a non-specific lipid transfer protein domain, can promote xylem cell differentiation. No comprehensive study has been carried out on the XYLP gene family in rice. As a first step in research on this gene family and as a useful strategy in general, a geno...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ma T,Ma H,Zhao H,Qi H,Zhao J

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs play important roles in the adaptive responses of plants to nutrient deficiencies. Most research, however, has focused on nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), copper (Cu) and iron (Fe) deficiencies, limited data are available on the differential expression of miRNAs and their target genes in r...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Lu YB,Qi YP,Yang LT,Guo P,Li Y,Chen LS

更新日期：2015-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromatin dynamics and stability are both required to control normal development of multicellular organisms. Chromatin assembly factor CAF-1 is a histone chaperone that facilitates chromatin formation and the maintenance of specific chromatin states. In plants and animals CAF-1 is essential for normal develo...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Exner V,Gruissem W,Hennig L

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abscisic acid (ABA) and proline play important roles in rice acclimation to different stress conditions. To study whether cross-talk exists between ABA and proline, their roles in rice acclimation to hypoxia, rice growth, root oxidative damage and endogenous ABA and proline accumulation were investigated in ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Cao X,Wu L,Wu M,Zhu C,Jin Q,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is an economically important fiber and oil crop that has been grown for thousands of years. The genome has been recently sequenced and transcriptomics are providing information on candidate genes potentially related to agronomically-important traits. In order to accelerate funct...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Chantreau M,Grec S,Gutierrez L,Dalmais M,Pineau C,Demailly H,Paysant-Leroux C,Tavernier R,Trouvé JP,Chatterjee M,Guillot X,Brunaud V,Chabbert B,van Wuytswinkel O,Bendahmane A,Thomasset B,Hawkins S

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PsbS is a 22-kDa Photosystem (PS) II protein involved in non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) of chlorophyll fluorescence. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) has two PsbS genes, PsbS1 and PsbS2. However, only inactivation of PsbS1, through a knockout (PsbS1-KO) or in RNAi transgenic plants, results in plants deficient in q...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zulfugarov IS,Tovuu A,Eu YJ,Dogsom B,Poudyal RS,Nath K,Hall M,Banerjee M,Yoon UC,Moon YH,An G,Jansson S,Lee CH

更新日期：2014-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sorghum is an important C4 crop which relies on applied Nitrogen fertilizers (N) for optimal yields, of which substantial amounts are lost into the atmosphere. Understanding the genetic variation of sorghum in response to limited nitrogen supply is important for elucidating the underlying genetic mechanisms ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Gelli M,Mitchell SE,Liu K,Clemente TE,Weeks DP,Zhang C,Holding DR,Dweikat IM

更新日期：2016-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The improvement of fruit aroma is currently one of the most sought-after objectives in peach breeding programs. To better characterize and assess the genetic potential for increasing aroma quality by breeding, a quantity trait locus (QTL) analysis approach was carried out in an F1 population segregating larg...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Sánchez G,Martínez J,Romeu J,García J,Monforte AJ,Badenes ML,Granell A

更新日期：2014-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are conserved proteolytic enzymes found in a wide range of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plant species. Acting on the plant extracellular matrix, they play crucial roles in many aspects of plant physiology including growth, development and the response to stresses ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Schiermeyer A,Hartenstein H,Mandal MK,Otte B,Wahner V,Schillberg S

更新日期：2009-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Botrytis cinerea, a necrotrophic pathogenic fungus, attacks many crops including potato and tomato. Major genes for complete resistance to B. cinerea are not known in plants, but a few quantitative trait loci have been described in tomato. Loss of function of particular susceptibility (S) genes appears to pr...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Sun K,van Tuinen A,van Kan JAL,Wolters AA,Jacobsen E,Visser RGF,Bai Y

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants of the genus Taxus have attracted much attention owing to the natural product taxol, a successful anti-cancer drug. T. fuana and T. yunnanensis are two endangered Taxus species mainly distributed in the Himalayas. In our study, an untargeted metabolomics approach integrated with a targeted UPLC-MS/MS ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yu C,Luo X,Zhan X,Hao J,Zhang L,L Song YB,Shen C,Dong M

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chrysanthemum, a leading ornamental species, does not tolerate salinity stress, although some of its related species do. The current level of understanding regarding the mechanisms underlying salinity tolerance in this botanical group is still limited. RESULTS:A comparison of the physiological responses to ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Gao J,Sun J,Cao P,Ren L,Liu C,Chen S,Chen F,Jiang J

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00