Integrative analysis of DNA methylation, mRNAs, and small RNAs during maize embryo dedifferentiation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:An optimal seedling development of Brassica napus plants leads to a higher yield stability even under suboptimal growing conditions and has therefore a high importance for plant breeders. The objectives of our study were to (i) examine the expression levels of candidate genes in seedling leaves of B. napus a...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Körber N,Bus A,Li J,Higgins J,Bancroft I,Higgins EE,Parkin IA,Salazar-Colqui B,Snowdon RJ,Stich B

更新日期：2015-06-09 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:Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels predicted to occur before the end of the century will impact plant metabolism. In addition, nitrate availability will affect metabolism and levels of nitrogen-containing defense compounds, such as glucosinolates (GSLs). We compared Arabidopsis foliar metaboli...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Paudel JR,Amirizian A,Krosse S,Giddings J,Ismail SA,Xia J,Gloer JB,van Dam NM,Bede JC

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a commercially important crop that produces climacteric fruits with a soft and sweet pulp that contain a wide range of health promoting phytochemicals. Despite its importance, little is known about transcriptional modifications during papaya fruit ripening and their control. In t...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Fabi JP,Seymour GB,Graham NS,Broadley MR,May ST,Lajolo FM,Cordenunsi BR,Oliveira do Nascimento JR

更新日期：2012-12-21 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: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:Cotton fibre quality traits such as fibre length, strength, and degree of maturation are determined by genotype and environment during the sequential phases of cotton fibre development (cell elongation, transition to secondary cell wall construction and cellulose deposition). The cotton fibre middle lamella ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hernandez-Gomez MC,Runavot JL,Meulewaeter F,Knox JP

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phased small interfering RNA (phasiRNA) is primarily derived from the 22-nt miRNA targeting loci. GhMYB2, a gene with potential roles in cotton fiber cell fate determination, is a target gene of miR828 and miR858 in the generation of phasiRNAs. RESULTS:In the presented work, through the evaluation of phasin...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhao T,Tao X,Li M,Gao M,Chen J,Zhou N,Mei G,Fang L,Ding L,Zhou B,Zhang T,Guan X

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among eukaryotic organisms, alternative splicing is an important process that can generate multiple transcripts from one same precursor messenger RNA, which greatly increase transcriptome and proteome diversity. This process is carried out by a super-protein complex defined as the spliceosome. Specifically, ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhang KL,Feng Z,Yang JF,Yang F,Yuan T,Zhang D,Hao GF,Fang YM,Zhang J,Wu C,Chen MX,Zhu FY

更新日期：2020-08-18 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:Plant breeding has been proposed as one of the most effective and environmentally safe methods to control fungal infection and to reduce fumonisin accumulation. However, conventional breeding can be hampered by the complex genetic architecture of resistance to fumonisin accumulation and marker-assisted selec...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Samayoa LF,Cao A,Santiago R,Malvar RA,Butrón A

更新日期：2019-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flowering at an appropriate time is crucial for seed maturity and reproductive success in all flowering plants. Soybean (Glycine max) is a typical short day plant, and both photoperiod and autonomous pathway genes exist in soybean genome. However, little is known about the functions of soybean autonomous pat...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hu Q,Jin Y,Shi H,Yang W

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and their regulatory functions in anthocyanin, carotenoid, and chlorophyll accumulation have been extensively characterized in many plant species. However, the miRNA regulatory mechanism in betalain biosynthesis remains mostly unknown. RESULTS:In this study, 126 conserved miRNAs and 41 no...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Chen C,Xie F,Hua Q,Zur NT,Zhang L,Zhang Z,Zhang R,Zhao J,Hu G,Qin Y

更新日期：2020-09-22 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:Breeding for cold tolerance in maize promises to allow increasing growth area and production in temperate zones. The objective of this research was to conduct genome-wide association analyses (GWAS) in temperate maize inbred lines and to find strategies for pyramiding genes for cold tolerance. Two panels of ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Revilla P,Rodríguez VM,Ordás A,Rincent R,Charcosset A,Giauffret C,Melchinger AE,Schön CC,Bauer E,Altmann T,Brunel D,Moreno-González J,Campo L,Ouzunova M,Álvarez Á,Ruíz de Galarreta JI,Laborde J,Malvar RA

更新日期：2016-06-06 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: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:Rhododendron molle (Ericaceae) is a traditional Chinese medicinal plant, its flower and root have been widely used to treat rheumatism and relieve pain for thousands of years in China. Chemical studies have revealed that R. molle contains abundant secondary metabolites such as terpenoinds, flavonoids and lig...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhou GL,Zhu P

更新日期：2020-09-04 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:Until recently, only a small number of low- and mid-throughput methods have been used for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and genotyping in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). However, following completion of the sequence of the highly heterozygous genome of Pinot Noir, it has been possible to iden...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Pindo M,Vezzulli S,Coppola G,Cartwright DA,Zharkikh A,Velasco R,Troggio M

更新日期：2008-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The roles in photosystem I (PSI) assembly of the nucleus-encoded thylakoid protein Y3IP1 who interacts with the plastid-encoded Ycf3 protein that has been well-characterized in plants. However, its function and potential mechanisms in other aspects remain poorly understood. RESULTS:We identified the apple M...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yu JQ,Wang JH,Sun CH,Zhang QY,Hu DG,Hao YJ

更新日期：2018-01-20 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:Fruit maturation and ripening are genetically regulated processes that involve a complex interplay of plant hormones, growth regulators and multiple biological and environmental factors. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) has been used as a model of biological and genetic studies on the regulation of specific rip...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ma N,Feng H,Meng X,Li D,Yang D,Wu C,Meng Q

更新日期：2014-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brassica vegetables contain a class of secondary metabolites, the glucosinolates (GS), whose specific degradation products determine the characteristic flavor and smell. While some of the respective degradation products of particular GS are recognized as health promoting substances for humans, recent studies...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wiesner M,Schreiner M,Zrenner R

更新日期：2014-05-08 00:00:00

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: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:Plant stilbenes are a small group of phenylpropanoids, which have been detected in at least 72 unrelated plant species and accumulate in response to biotic and abiotic stresses such as infection, wounding, UV-C exposure and treatment with chemicals. Stilbenes are formed via the phenylalanine/polymalonate-rou...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Vannozzi A,Dry IB,Fasoli M,Zenoni S,Lucchin M

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a number of leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase-encoding genes (LRR-RLKs) have been identified in plants, a functional role has been determined for only a few. Recent studies have demonstrated that an LRR-RLK, PXY/TDR, is important for the process of secondary vascular development. Other studie...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wang J,Kucukoglu M,Zhang L,Chen P,Decker D,Nilsson O,Jones B,Sandberg G,Zheng B

更新日期：2013-07-01 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:Unilateral incompatibility (UI) is an asymmetric reproductive barrier that unidirectionally prevents gene flow between species and/or populations. UI is characterized by a compatible interaction between partners in one direction, but in the reciprocal cross fertilization fails, generally due to pollen tube r...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Broz AK,Guerrero RF,Randle AM,Baek YS,Hahn MW,Bedinger PA

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00