Evolution of gene structure in the conifer Picea glauca: a comparative analysis of the impact of intron size.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The molecular mechanisms of genome reprogramming during transcriptional responses to stress are associated with specific chromatin modifications. Available data, however, describe histone modifications only at individual plant genes induced by stress. We have no knowledge of chromatin modifications taking pl...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： van Dijk K,Ding Y,Malkaram S,Riethoven JJ,Liu R,Yang J,Laczko P,Chen H,Xia Y,Ladunga I,Avramova Z,Fromm M

更新日期：2010-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In mammals, nucleostemin (NS), a nucleolar GTPase, is involved in stem cell proliferation, embryogenesis and ribosome biogenesis. Arabidopsis NUCLEOSTEMIN-LIKE 1 (NSN1) has previously been shown to be essential for plant growth and development. However, the role of NSN1 in cell proliferation is largely unkno...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wang Z,Wang X,Xie B,Hong Z,Yang Q

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade is an evolutionarily ancient mechanism of signal transduction found in eukaryotic cells. In plants, MAPK cascades are associated with responses to various abiotic and biotic stresses such as plant pathogens. MAPK cascades function through sequential phospho...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hashimoto M,Komatsu K,Maejima K,Okano Y,Shiraishi T,Ishikawa K,Takinami Y,Yamaji Y,Namba S

更新日期：2012-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing the productivity of rapeseed as one of the widely cultivated oil crops in the world is of upmost importance. As flowering time and plant architecture play a key role in the regulation of rapeseed yield, understanding the genetic mechanism underlying these traits can boost the rapeseed breeding. Me...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Shah S,Karunarathna NL,Jung C,Emrani N

更新日期：2018-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While floral symmetry has traditionally been assessed qualitatively, recent advances in geometric morphometrics have opened up new avenues to specifically quantify flower shape and size using robust multivariate statistical methods. In this study, we examine, for the first time, the ability of geometric morp...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Berger BA,Ricigliano VA,Savriama Y,Lim A,Thompson V,Howarth DG

更新日期：2017-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-temperature stress (HTS) is one of the main environmental stresses that limit plant growth and crop production in agricultural systems. Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is an important high-altitude herbaceous plant adapted to a wide range of environmental stimuli such as cold, strong wind and UV-B exposure. How...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wang ZQ,Zhao QM,Zhong X,Xiao L,Ma LX,Wu CF,Zhang Z,Zhang LQ,Tian Y,Fan W

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rye, Secale cereale L., has historically been a crop of major importance and is still a key cereal in many parts of Europe. Single populations of cultivated rye have been shown to capture a large proportion of the genetic diversity present in the species, but the distribution of genetic diversity in subspeci...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hagenblad J,Oliveira HR,Forsberg NE,Leino MW

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dehydrins (DHNs) protect plant cells from desiccation damage during environmental stress, and also participate in host resistance to various pathogens. In this study, we aimed to identify and characterize the DHN gene families from Vitis vinifera and wild V. yeshanensis, which is tolerant to both drought and...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yang Y,He M,Zhu Z,Li S,Xu Y,Zhang C,Singer SD,Wang Y

更新日期：2012-08-10 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:Alternative splicing (AS) involving tandem acceptors that are separated by three nucleotides (NAGNAG) is an evolutionarily widespread class of AS, which is well studied in Homo sapiens (human) and Mus musculus (mouse). It has also been shown to be common in the model seed plants Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryz...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Sinha R,Zimmer AD,Bolte K,Lang D,Reski R,Platzer M,Rensing SA,Backofen R

更新日期：2010-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ubiquitous, non-proteinaceous amino acid GABA (γ-aminobutyrate) accumulates in plants subjected to abiotic stresses such as chilling, O2 deficiency and elevated CO2. Recent evidence indicates that controlled atmosphere storage causes the accumulation of GABA in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) fruit, and...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Trobacher CP,Zarei A,Liu J,Clark SM,Bozzo GG,Shelp BJ

更新日期：2013-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutamine synthetase (GS) acts as a key enzyme in plant nitrogen (N) metabolism. It is important to understand the regulation of GS expression in plant. Promoters can initiate the transcription of its downstream gene. Eichhornia crassipes is a most prominent aquatic invasive plant, which has negative effects...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhong Y,Lu X,Deng Z,Lu Z,Fu M

更新日期：2021-01-29 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:Pongamia (Millettia pinnata syn. Pongamia pinnata), an oilseed legume species, is emerging as potential feedstock for sustainable biodiesel production. Breeding Pongamia for favorable traits in commercial application will rely on a comprehensive understanding of molecular mechanism regulating oil accumulatio...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Huang J,Hao X,Jin Y,Guo X,Shao Q,Kumar KS,Ahlawat YK,Harry DE,Joshi CP,Zheng Y

更新日期：2018-07-09 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:Due to its biennual life cycle Brassica oleracea is especially exposed to seasonal changes in temperature that could limit its growth and fitness. Thermal stress could limit plant growth, leaf development and photosynthesis. We evaluated the performance of two local populations of B. oleracea: one population...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Rodríguez VM,Soengas P,Alonso-Villaverde V,Sotelo T,Cartea ME,Velasco P

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soil salinity and alkalinity present a serious threat to global agriculture. However, most of the studies have focused on neutral salt stress, and the information on the metabolic responses of plants to alkaline salt stress is limited. This investigation aimed at determining the influence of neutral salt and...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Guo R,Shi L,Yan C,Zhong X,Gu F,Liu Q,Xia X,Li H

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Salt stress is one of the major abiotic stresses affecting plant growth and productivity. Vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) genes play an important role in salt stress tolerance in multiple species. RESULTS:In this study, the promoter from the vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase from Thellungiella halophila (T...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Sun Q,Gao F,Zhao L,Li K,Zhang J

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants perceive UV-B through the UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) photoreceptor and UVR8 activation leads to changes in gene expression such as those associated with UV-B acclimation and stress tolerance. Albeit functionally unrelated, UVR8 shows some homology with RCC1 (Regulator of Chromatin Condensation 1) pr...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Binkert M,Crocco CD,Ekundayo B,Lau K,Raffelberg S,Tilbrook K,Yin R,Chappuis R,Schalch T,Ulm R

更新日期：2016-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genes of plants can be up- or down-regulated during viral infection to influence the replication of viruses. Identification of these differentially expressed genes could shed light on the defense systems employed by plants and the mechanisms involved in the adaption of viruses to plant cells. Differentia...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Cheng SF,Huang YP,Wu ZR,Hu CC,Hsu YH,Tsai CH

更新日期：2010-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the second most widely grown pulse and drought (limiting water) is one of the major constraints leading to about 40-50% yield losses annually. Dehydration responsive element binding proteins (DREBs) are important plant transcription factors that regulate the expression of man...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Das A,Basu PS,Kumar M,Ansari J,Shukla A,Thakur S,Singh P,Datta S,Chaturvedi SK,Sheshshayee MS,Bansal KC,Singh NP

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The production of heather (Calluna vulgaris) in Germany is highly dependent on cultivars with mutated flower morphology, the so-called diplocalyx bud bloomers. So far, this unique flower type of C. vulgaris has not been reported in any other plant species. The flowers are characterised by an extremely extend...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Behrend A,Borchert T,Hohe A

更新日期：2015-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The peanut (Arachis hypogaea) is an important crop cultivated worldwide for oil production and food sources. Its complex genetic architecture (e.g., the large and tetraploid genome possibly due to unique cross of wild diploid relatives and subsequent chromosome duplication: 2n = 4x = 40, AABB, 2800 Mb) prese...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Duan X,Schmidt E,Li P,Lenox D,Liu L,Shu C,Zhang J,Liang C

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Canola (Brassica napus L.) is one of the most important oil-producing crops in China and worldwide. The yield and quality of canola is frequently threatened by environmental stresses including drought, cold and high salinity. Calcium is a ubiquitous intracellular secondary messenger in plants. Calcineurin B-...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhang H,Yang B,Liu WZ,Li H,Wang L,Wang B,Deng M,Liang W,Deyholos MK,Jiang YQ

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two thaumatin-like proteins (TLPs) were previously identified in phloem exudate of hybrid poplar (Populus trichocarpa x P. deltoides) using proteomics methods, and their sieve element localization confirmed by immunofluorescence. In the current study, we analyzed different tissues to further understand TLP e...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Dafoe NJ,Gowen BE,Constabel CP

更新日期：2010-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epigenetic marks superimposed on the DNA sequence of eukaryote chromosomes provide agility and plasticity in terms of modulating gene expression, ontology, and response to the environment. Modulating the methylation status of cytosine can generate epialleles, which have been detected and characterised at spe...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Amoah S,Kurup S,Rodriguez Lopez CM,Welham SJ,Powers SJ,Hopkins CJ,Wilkinson MJ,King GJ

更新日期：2012-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in eukaryotes. In rice, MIR7695 expression is regulated by infection with the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae with subsequent down-regulation of an alternatively spliced transcript of natural res...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Sánchez-Sanuy F,Peris-Peris C,Tomiyama S,Okada K,Hsing YI,San Segundo B,Campo S

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ANGUSTIFOLIA (AN), one of the CtBP family proteins, plays a major role in microtubule-dependent cell morphogenesis. Microarray analysis of mammalian AN homologs suggests that AN might function as a transcriptional activator and regulator of a wide range of genes. Genetic characterization of AN mutants sugges...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Gachomo EW,Jimenez-Lopez JC,Smith SR,Cooksey AB,Oghoghomeh OM,Johnson N,Baba-Moussa L,Kotchoni SO

更新日期：2013-05-14 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:The tomato kinase Pto confers resistance to bacterial speck disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in a gene for gene manner. Upon recognition of specific avirulence factors the Pto kinase activates multiple signal transduction pathways culminating in induction of pathogen defense. The soluble cyt...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Herrmann MM,Pinto S,Kluth J,Wienand U,Lorbiecke R

更新日期：2006-10-06 00:00:00