Functional identification of genes responsible for the biosynthesis of 1-methoxy-indol-3-ylmethyl-glucosinolate in Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcription factors GATAs are involved in plant developmental processes and respond to environmental stresses through binding DNA regulatory regions to regulate their downstream genes. However, little information on the GATA genes in Brassica napus is available. The release of the reference genome of B. na...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhu W,Guo Y,Chen Y,Wu D,Jiang L

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines, SCN) is the most economically damaging pathogen of soybean (Glycine max) in the U.S. The Rhg1 locus is repeatedly observed as the quantitative trait locus with the greatest impact on SCN resistance. The Glyma18g02680.1 gene at the Rhg1 locus that encodes an apparen...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Melito S,Heuberger AL,Cook D,Diers BW,MacGuidwin AE,Bent AF

更新日期：2010-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pilea is a genus of perennial herbs from the family Urticaceae, and some species are used as courtyard ornamentals or for medicinal purposes. At present, there is no information about the plastid genome of Pilea, which limits our understanding of this genus. Here, we report 4 plastid genomes of Pilea taxa (P...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Li J,Tang J,Zeng S,Han F,Yuan J,Yu J

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive soil salinity is an important problem for agriculture, however, salt tolerance is a complex trait that is not easily bred into plants. Exposure of cultivated tomato to salt stress has been reported to result in increased antioxidant content and activity. Salt tolerance of the related wild species, ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Frary A,Göl D,Keleş D,Okmen B,Pinar H,Siğva HO,Yemenicioğlu A,Doğanlar S

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin, is a very important disease of Brassica species. Management of clubroot relies heavily on genetic resistance. In a cross of Brassica nigra lines PI 219576 (highly resistant, R) × CR2748 (highly susceptible, S) to clubroot, all F1 plants were resistant to ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Chang A,Lamara M,Wei Y,Hu H,Parkin IAP,Gossen BD,Peng G,Yu F

更新日期：2019-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histone modifications and histone variants are of importance in many biological processes. To understand the biological functions of the global dynamics of histone modifications and histone variants in higher plants, we elucidated the variants and post-translational modifications of histones in soybean, a le...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wu T,Yuan T,Tsai SN,Wang C,Sun SM,Lam HM,Ngai SM

更新日期：2009-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With a cultivation area of 1.75 Mio ha and sugar yield of 16.7 Mio tons in 2006, sugar beet is a crop of great economic importance in Europe. The productivity of sugar beet is determined significantly by seed vigour and field emergence potential; however, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underl...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Pestsova E,Meinhard J,Menze A,Fischer U,Windhövel A,Westhoff P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two component systems (TCS) are phosphotransfer-based signal transduction pathways first discovered in bacteria, where they perform most of the sensing tasks. They present a highly modular structure, comprising a receptor with histidine kinase activity and a response regulator which regulates gene expression...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Muñiz LM,Royo J,Gómez E,Baudot G,Paul W,Hueros G

更新日期：2010-05-07 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:A molecular-level understanding of the loss of CURVY1 (CVY1) gene expression (which encodes a member of the receptor-like protein kinase family) was investigated to gain insights into the mechanisms controlling cell morphogenesis and development in Arabidopsis thaliana. RESULTS:Using a reverse genetic and c...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Gachomo EW,Jno Baptiste L,Kefela T,Saidel WM,Kotchoni SO

更新日期：2014-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Quercus suber, cork oak, a Mediterranean forest tree of economic and social interest, rapid production of isogenic lines and clonal propagation of elite genotypes have been achieved by developing in vitro embryogenesis from microspores and zygotic embryos respectively. Despite its high potential in tree b...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Rodríguez-Sanz H,Manzanera JA,Solís MT,Gómez-Garay A,Pintos B,Risueño MC,Testillano PS

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wheat straw is a rich resource worldwide. Straw return is an effective strategy to alleviate soil-borne diseases on monoculture watermelon. Previous studies focus on soil structure, physical and chemical properties; however, little is known about the molecular responses on host plant. RESULTS:No significant...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Tang L,Nie S,Li W,Fan C,Wang S,Wu F,Pan K

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sesame (Sesame indicum L.) is well-known as a versatile industrial crop having various usages and contains 50-55% oil, 20% protein, 14-20% carbohydrate and 2-3% fiber. Several environmental factors are known to adversely affect yield and productivity of sesame. Our overall aim was to improve the growth, yiel...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Nosheen A,Bano A,Naz R,Yasmin H,Hussain I,Ullah F,Keyani R,Hassan MN,Tahir AT

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trees belonging to the Casuarinaceae and Betulaceae families play an important ecological role and are useful tools in forestry for degraded land rehabilitation and reforestation. These functions are linked to their capacity to establish symbiotic relationships with a nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium of the ge...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Diédhiou I,Tromas A,Cissoko M,Gray K,Parizot B,Crabos A,Alloisio N,Fournier P,Carro L,Svistoonoff S,Gherbi H,Hocher V,Diouf D,Laplaze L,Champion A

更新日期：2014-12-10 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:The effective functional analysis of male gametophyte development requires new tools enabling the spatially and temporally controlled expression of both marker genes and modified genes of interest. In particular, promoters driving expression at earlier developmental stages including microspores are required....

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Honys D,Oh SA,Renák D,Donders M,Solcová B,Johnson JA,Boudová R,Twell D

更新日期：2006-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is known that hexaploid common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has stronger adaptability to many stressful environments than its tetraploid wheat progenitor. However, the physiological basis and evolutionary course to acquire these enhanced adaptabilities by common wheat remain understudied. Here, we aimed t...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yang C,Yang Z,Zhao L,Sun F,Liu B

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Olive (Olea europaea L.) is an emblematic oil tree crop in the Mediterranean basin. Currently, despite olive features as a moderately thermophilic species, its cultivation is worldwide spreading due to the health-related impact of olive products on human nutrition. A point of concern for the expanding olive ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Bruno L,Picardi E,Pacenza M,Chiappetta A,Muto A,Gagliardi O,Muzzalupo I,Pesole G,Bitonti MB

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meiosis of newly formed allopolyploids frequently encounter perturbations induced by the merging of divergent and hybridizable genomes. However, to date, the meiotic properties of allopolyploids with dysploid parental karyotypes have not been studied in detail. The allotetraploid Cucumis ×hytivus (HHCC, 2n =...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhao Q,Wang Y,Bi Y,Zhai Y,Yu X,Cheng C,Wang P,Li J,Lou Q,Chen J

更新日期：2019-11-06 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:In nature, orchid plants depend completely on symbiotic fungi for their nutrition at the germination and the subsequent seedling (protocorm) stages. However, only limited quantitative methods for evaluating the orchid-fungus interactions at the protocorm stage are currently available, which greatly constrain...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yamamoto T,Miura C,Fuji M,Nagata S,Otani Y,Yagame T,Yamato M,Kaminaka H

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding of gravity sensing and response is critical to long-term human habitation in space and can provide new advantages for terrestrial agriculture. To this end, the altered gene expression profile induced by microgravity has been repeatedly queried by microarray and RNA-seq experiments to understand...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Kruse CPS,Meyers AD,Basu P,Hutchinson S,Luesse DR,Wyatt SE

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) are economically the most important fruit crop worldwide. However, the complexity of molecular and biochemical events that lead to the onset of ripening of nonclimacteric fruits is not fully understood which is further complicated in grapes due to seasonal and cultivar specific var...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Fortes AM,Agudelo-Romero P,Silva MS,Ali K,Sousa L,Maltese F,Choi YH,Grimplet J,Martinez-Zapater JM,Verpoorte R,Pais MS

更新日期：2011-11-02 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:Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that move along actin filaments, and serve as calcium stores in plant cells. The positioning and dynamics of mitochondria depend on membrane-cytoskeleton interactions, but it is not clear whether microfilament cytoskeleton has a direct effect on mitochondrial function and ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wang Y,Zhu Y,Ling Y,Zhang H,Liu P,Baluska F,Samaj J,Lin J,Wang Q

更新日期：2010-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tocopherols are natural antioxidants with both in vivo (vitamin E) and in vitro activity. Sunflower seeds contain predominantly alpha-tocopherol (>90% of total tocopherols), with maximum vitamin E effect but lower in vitro antioxidant action than other tocopherol forms such as gamma-tocopherol. Sunflower ger...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： García-Moreno MJ,Fernández-Martínez JM,Velasco L,Pérez-Vich B

更新日期：2012-05-18 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:Arachis contains 80 species that carry many beneficial genes that can be utilized in the genetic improvement of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. 2n = 4x = 40, genome AABB). Chromosome engineering is a powerful technique by which these genes can be transferred and utilized in cultivated peanut. However, their smal...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Du P,Li L,Liu H,Fu L,Qin L,Zhang Z,Cui C,Sun Z,Han S,Xu J,Dai X,Huang B,Dong W,Tang F,Zhuang L,Han Y,Qi Z,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last two years, considerable advances have been made in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genomics, especially with the completion of the genome sequence and the availability of RNAseq data. However, as common bean is recalcitrant to stable genetic transformation, much work remains to be done for ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Pflieger S,Blanchet S,Meziadi C,Richard MM,Thareau V,Mary F,Mazoyer C,Geffroy V

更新日期：2014-08-29 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