Prenyl lipid formation in spinach chloroplasts and in a cell-free system of Synechococcus (Cyanobacteria): polyprenols, chlorophylls, and fatty acid prenyl esters.

abstract：:Xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH, EC 1.2.1.37) was purified from root nodules of soybean (Glycine max) and used to prepare a polyclonal rabbit antiserum. Monospecificity of this antiserum was ascertained by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the immunoprecipate. During root nodule development of s...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Nguyen J,Machal L,Vidal J,Perrot-Rechenmann C,Gadal P

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a research programme focused on flavonoid biosynthesis in the seed coat of Brassica napus L. (oilseed rape), orthologs of the BANYULS gene that encoded anthocyanidin reductase were cloned in B. napus as well as in the related species Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea. B. napus genome contained four functi...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Auger B,Baron C,Lucas MO,Vautrin S,Bergès H,Chalhoub B,Fautrel A,Renard M,Nesi N

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphagnum magellanicum shows a remarkable variation in colour after the repeated application of cold shocks; mainly red wall pigments are synthesized. An attempt was made to find out in which way the gas exchange of Sphagnum magellanicum under defined conditions is altered after the application of cold shocks.The light...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Rudolph H

更新日期：1968-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoalcoholphosphotransferases (AAPT, EC 2.7.8.1 and EC 2.7.8.2) catalyze the transfer of CDP-aminoalcohols to sn-1, 2 diacylglycerol (DAG) to form phosphatidylaminoalcohols with the release of CMP. The Brassica napus L. AAPT1 gene (designated BnAAPT1) was identified from cDNA libraries of seedlings and developing se...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Qi Q,Huang YF,Cutler AJ,Abrams SR,Taylor DC

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-methyltryptophan(5-MT)-resistant cell line of wild carrot (Daucus carota L.), W001, that exhibited auxin-independent callus growth, was found to accumulate indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and tryptophan (trp). Anthranilate-synthetase activity in W001 cell extract was less sensitive to feedback inhibition by trp than in...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Sung ZR

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:For the first time, a plant (rice) translin was characterized. The rice translin protein, which was octameric in native state, bound efficiently to single-stranded DNA and RNA. Translin, a DNA-/RNA-binding protein, is expressed in brain, testis and in certain malignancies. It is involved in chromosomal ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Chittela RK,Gupta GD,Ballal A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum membranes were isolated from roots of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L. cv Krause) using differential and discontinuous sucrose gradient centrifugation. The endoplasmic reticulum fraction was 80% rough endoplasmic reticulum oriented with the cytoplasmic surface directed outward and contaminated w...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Buckhout TJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown the presence of abscisic acid (ABA) in abaxial epidermal strips taken from Tulipa gesneriana and Commelina communis and that the ABA level rises in the epidermis when leaves are water stressed. ABA levels had risen 50% in the abaxial epidermis of C. communis 30 min after the leaves lost 10% of their fres...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Singh BN,Galson E,Dashek W,Walton DC

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small RNAs (sRNAs) are emerging as essential regulators of biological processes. However, several studies have reported that gymnosperms do not express appreciable amounts of 24-nt sRNAs, and conifers in particular may have a unique sRNA-silencing signature. Here, we compared the sRNA transcriptomes of Japanese larch ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Zhang J,Wu T,Li L,Han S,Li X,Zhang S,Qi L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method has been devised to ensure capture of large numbers of live paramecia within a short period of time under controlled conditions by the bladders of Utricularia gibba. The method permits a direct evaluation of the role of entrapped animals in the nutrition of this carnivorous plant. Paramecia captured by the bl...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Sorenson DR,Jackson WT

更新日期：1968-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and amount of soluble and insoluble phenolics in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal roots of Picea abies (L.) Karst, were investigated, p-Hydroxybenzoic acid glucoside, picein, piceatannol and its glucoside, isorhapontin, catechin and ferulic acid could be identified by high-performance liquid chromatograp...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Münzenberger B,Heilemann J,Strack D,Kottke I,Oberwinkler F

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Expression of bHLH104 - GFP driven by the MYB72 promoter improves plants' tolerance to Fe deficiency and increases seed Fe concentrations. Iron (Fe) deficiency causes reduced crop yield and quality. In humans, Fe deficiency is directly associated with Fe-deficiency anemia. Therefore, breeding Fe-deficie...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Wang C,Yao X,Yu D,Liang G

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugar-beet plants, germinated in growth cabinets at 20°C and transplanted into the field after 3 weeks, developed much larger roots than plants grown from seed drilled directly into the soil. At the end of the season, the roots of transplants were 39% greater than from drilled seed-an increase of 14 m tons per hectare...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Humphries EC,French SA

更新日期：1969-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Site-specific changes of photosynthesis, a relatively new concept, can be used to improve the productivity of critical food crops to mitigate the foreseen food crisis. Global food security is threatened by an increasing population and the effects of climate change. Large yield improvements were achieved...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Dehigaspitiya P,Milham P,Ash GJ,Arun-Chinnappa K,Gamage D,Martin A,Nagasaka S,Seneweera S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Recent publications have increased our knowledge of how pectin composition and the degree of homogalacturonan methylesterification impact the biochemical and biomechanical properties of plant cell walls, plant development, and plants' interactions with their abiotic and biotic environments. Experimental...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Levesque-Tremblay G,Pelloux J,Braybrook SA,Müller K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grapevine bud fruitfulness is determined by the differentiation of uncommitted meristem (UCM) into either tendril or inflorescence. Since tendril and inflorescence differentiation have long been considered sequential steps in inflorescence development, factors that control the progression of floral meristem developmen...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Crane O,Halaly T,Pang X,Lavee S,Perl A,Vankova R,Or E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WRKY transcription factors are crucial regulatory components of plant responses to pathogen infection. In the present study, we report isolation and functional characterization of the pathogen-responsive rice WRKY30 gene, whose transcripts accumulate rapidly in response to salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) tr...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Peng X,Hu Y,Tang X,Zhou P,Deng X,Wang H,Guo Z

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathway of sucrose metabolism in cyanobacteria is just starting to be elucidated. The present study describes the first isolation and biochemical characterization of a prokaryotic sucrose synthase (SS, EC 2.4.1.13). Two SS forms (SS-I and SS-II) were detected in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7119. The isoform SS-II was ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Porchia AC,Curatti L,Salerno GL

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NADP-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase is a key cytosolic enzyme that links C and N metabolism by supplying C skeletons for primary N assimilation in plants. We report the characterization of the transcript Mc-ICDH1 encoding an NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP-ICDH, EC 1.1.1.42) from the facultative halop...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Popova OV,Ismailov SF,Popova TN,Dietz KJ,Golldack D

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pea plants grown under different conditions of cultivation, and eight different plant species with variegated leaves were used to study the intracellular localization of shikimate oxidoreductase (EC 1.1.1.25), the marker enzyme of the pre-chorismate pathway. The two series of experiments indicated an intra-and an extr...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Rothe GM,Hengst G,Mildenberger I,Scharer H,Utesch D

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During photomorphogenesis in higher plants, a coordinated increase occurs in the chlorophyll and carotenoid contents. The carotenoid level is under phytochrome control, as reflected by the light regulation of the mRNA level of phytoene synthase (PSY), the first enzyme in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. We investi...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Welsch R,Beyer P,Hugueney P,Kleinig H,von Lintig J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary roots of maize (Zea mays L.) and pea (Pisum sativum L.) exhibit strong positive gravitropism. In both species, gravistimulation induces polar movement of calcium across the root tip from the upper side to the lower side. Roots of onion (Allium cepa L.) are not responsive to gravity and gravistimulation induc...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Lee JS,Mulkey TJ,Evans ML

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some ionic relations of the filamentous green alga Mougeotia sp. have been analyzed under different light conditions. Data from influx and efflux measurements using (86)Rb(+) and (36)Cl(-) fit the model of three cellular compartments (cell wall, cytoplasm, vacuole) in series. This result is remarkable, since in a Moug...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Wagner G

更新日期：1974-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mature chromoplasts from daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) flowers, although devoid of thylakoid structures, contain immunologically detectable alpha-subunits of ATP-synthase (H(+)-transporting ATP phosphohydrolase; EC 3.6.3.14). To show the presence of the entire functional protein complex, chromoplast membrane pr...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Morstadt L,Gräber P,De Pascalis L,Kleinig H,Speth V,Beyer P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure-probe measurements and single-cell sampling and analysis techniques were used to determine the effect of photosynthetic production and accumulation of sugars on osmotic and turgor pressures of individual cells of barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) source leaves. In control plants, the changes in osmotic pressure in...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Koroleva OA,Tomos AD,Farrar J,Pollock CJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrogenic Cl(-)-pump in the plasmalemma of the marine alga Acetabularia acetabulum (L.) Silva has been suggested to be an unusual type of ATPase (Gradmann, 1989, Methods Enzymol. 174, 490). For a biochemical treatment of this issue, a plasmalemma-rich membrane fraction from Acetabularia has been prepared by pha...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Smahel M,Klieber HG,Gradmann D

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Overexpressing a heat shock factor gene (TaHsfA6bT) from wheat provides thermotolerance in barley by constitutive expression of heat and other abiotic stress-response genes. Temperature is one of the most crucial abiotic factors defining the yield potential of temperate cereal crops, such as barley. The...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Poonia AK,Mishra SK,Sirohi P,Chaudhary R,Kanwar M,Germain H,Chauhan H

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Acropetal movement of [2-(14)C] abscisic acid (ABA) in long root segments of P. coccineus is drastically reduced by destruction of the tissue, low temperature, anaerobic conditions and pretreatment with CCCP (carbonyl-cyanide-m-chloro-phenylhydrazone) at uncoupling concentrations. Basipetal transport is not affected b...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Hartung W

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breakdown of chlorophylls in attached senescing sycamore leaves held in darkness was significantly less over a 14-d period than that occurring in leaves exposed to natural light. Chlorophyll a declined more rapidly than chlorophyll b in both situations, the stability of the latter being particularly increased in darkn...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Maunders MJ,Brown SB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The profile of (14)C, that is the plot of log (radioactivity) against distance, down the stem of Helianthus seedlings was studied over the course of the first hour after feeding (14)C to a leaf. These seedlings are shown to accumulate a large proportion of the total (14)C present in the stem in an ethanol insoluble fo...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Whittle CM

更新日期：1970-09-01 00:00:00