Nuclear, Virescent Mutants of Zea mays L. with High Levels of Chlorophyll (a/b) Light-Harvesting Complex during Thylakoid Assembly.

abstract：:Lipase (triacylglycerol acylhydrolase [EC 3.1.1.3.]) was extracted from the microsomal fraction of cotyledons of dark grown seedlings of Canola (Brassica napus L. cv Westar) by treatment with Triton X-100. The enzyme was partially purified by chromatography on Sephacryl S-300 and DEAE Bio-Gel and was stable when store...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Weselake RJ,Thomson LW,Tenaschuk D,Mackenzie SL

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Greenhouse and field studies examined the effect of flower or seedhead removal on leaf senescence and associated changes in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) plants. At intervals during seed development, selected leaves (leaves 6 through 8 from the top in the greenhouse and leaf 7 from the top in the field) were harves...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Ho I,Below FE,Hageman RH

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatographic analysis of organelle-associated citrate synthase activity revealed distinct mitochondrial and glyoxysomal forms of the enzyme. The chromatographic elution patterns on hydroxylapatite, carboxymethylcellulose and DEAE-cellulose of citrate synthase from the endosperm of 4.5-day-old castor bean seedlings ...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Kagawa T

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:procera (pro) is a tall tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) mutant carrying a point mutation in the GRAS region of the gene encoding SlDELLA, a repressor in the gibberellin (GA) signaling pathway. Consistent with the SlDELLA loss of function, pro plants display a GA-constitutive response phenotype, mimicking wild-type plant...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Carrera E,Ruiz-Rivero O,Peres LE,Atares A,Garcia-Martinez JL

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In green plants, the large bioelectric changes that photosynthetically active light stimulates make it difficult to observe electrical potential changes related to phytochrome photoconversion. As a first step towards distinguishing between photosynthetic and phytochrome effects, we showed that red light enhances far-r...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Montavon M,Horwitz BA,Greppin H

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoperiodic control of flowering in the short day plant Perilla involves the transmission of a floral stimulus from induced leaves to the shoot apex. We have studied the basipetal movement of this stimulus and of (14)C-labeled assimilates in plants with an induced leaf (donor) grafted into the uppermost internode of...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： King RW,Zeevaart JA

更新日期：1973-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient required for plant growth and development. A number of genes respond to nitrogen starvation conditions. However, the functions of most of these nitrogen starvation-responsive genes are unclear. Our recent survey suggested that many microRNAs (miRNAs) are responsive to nitrogen st...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： He H,Liang G,Li Y,Wang F,Yu D

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bundle sheath strands and mesophyll cell extracts have been isolated from maize (Zea mays L.) leaves using a mechanical disruption-filtration technique. Northern blot analysis showed that phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase; EC 4.1.1.31) mRNA accumulates only in mesophyll cells. The mechanisms regulating the cell...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Martineau B,Taylor WC

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus (P) remobilization in plants is required for continuous growth and development. The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) inorganic phosphate (Pi) transporter Pht1;5 has been implicated in mobilizing stored Pi out of older leaves. In this study, we used a reverse genetics approach to study the role of Pht1;5 i...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Nagarajan VK,Jain A,Poling MD,Lewis AJ,Raghothama KG,Smith AP

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of expression for genes encoding several C4 photosynthetic enzymes were examined in light-grown and dark-grown (etiolated) cotyledons of amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus), a dicotyledonous C4 plant. The large subunit and small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPCase), phosphoenolpyr...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Wang JL,Long JJ,Hotchkiss T,Berry JO

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury vapor induces ethylene formation and abscission in Citrus and Coleus explants. Both responses are markedly greater in the absence of CO(2). The stimulation of these metabolically complex processes indicates that the action of mercury vapor is not consistent with the more popular conception of mercury toxicity....

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Goren R,Siegel SM

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arabidopsis type II peroxiredoxin (PRXII) family is composed of six different genes, five of which are expressed. On the basis of the nucleotide and protein sequences, we were able to define three subgroups among the PRXII family. The first subgroup is composed of AtPRXII-B, -C, and -D, which are highly similar an...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Bréhélin C,Meyer EH,de Souris JP,Bonnard G,Meyer Y

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auxin precursors retard abscission when applied to debladed petioles of Coleus blumei Benth. The d and l forms of tryptophan are equally effective in retarding abscission. Tryptamine is more effective than is tryptophan. Both compounds apparently are converted to auxin through an aldehyde intermediate. The evidence pr...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Valdovinos JG,Perley JE

更新日期：1966-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of endoproteolytic activities occurring during wheat (Triticum aestivum, cultivar Chinese Spring) grain development was investigated. Total endoprotease activity, assayed in solution with azocasein as a substrate, increased during the early stages of grain development to reach a maximum at 15 d postanthesi...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Dominguez F,Cejudo FJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary results from differential centrifugation experiments, washing treatments, and enrichment in linear sucrose gradients at a density of 1.09 grams per cubic centimeter all indicated that beta-glucosidase activity in corn root homogenates was associated with a membrane such as tonoplast. A subsequent sucrose d...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Nagahashi G,Baker AF

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we monitor the effects of ectopic overexpression of genes for pea asparagine synthetase (AS1) in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). The AS genes of pea and tobacco are normally expressed only during the dark phase of the diurnal growth cycle and specifically in phloem cells. A hybrid gene was constructed in...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Brears T,Liu C,Knight TJ,Coruzzi GM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolate and glyoxylate stimulated 100% to 300% the rate of oxygen evolution by Scenedesmus in the light in the absence of added carbon dioxide. This stimulation occurred either aerobically or anaerobically, and was sensitive to CMU. Aerobic dark respiration was stimulated 25% to 100% by glycolate. This phenomenon wa...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Nelson EB,Tolbert NE,Hess JL

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the levels of [(14)C]indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and [(14)C]indole-acetylaspartic acid (IAAsp) were examined during adventitious root formation in mung bean (Vigna radiata [L.] R. Wilcz. ;Berken') stem cuttings. IAAsp was identified by GC-MS as the primary conjugate in IAA-treated cuttings. During root forma...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Norcini JG,Heuser CW

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher plants, blue light (BL) phototropism is primarily controlled by the phototropins, which are also involved in stomatal movement and chloroplast relocation. These photoresponses are mediated by two phototropins, phot1 and phot2. Phot1 mediates responses with higher sensitivity than phot2, and phot2 specificall...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Sharma S,Kharshiing E,Srinivas A,Zikihara K,Tokutomi S,Nagatani A,Fukayama H,Bodanapu R,Behera RK,Sreelakshmi Y,Sharma R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyunsaturated fatty acid content is one of the major factors influencing the quality of vegetable oils. Edible oils rich in monounsaturated fatty acid provide improved oil stability, flavor, and nutrition for human and animal consumption. In plants, the microsomal omega-6 desaturase-catalyzed pathway is the prim...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Heppard EP,Kinney AJ,Stecca KL,Miao GH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale phenotypic screening presents challenges and opportunities not encountered in typical forward or reverse genetics projects. We describe a modular database and laboratory information management system that was implemented in support of the Chloroplast 2010 Project, an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) reve...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Lu Y,Savage LJ,Larson MD,Wilkerson CG,Last RL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase energizes the secondary uptake of nutrients and may facilitate cell expansion by acidifying the cell wall. In yeast, Glc stimulates the accumulation of H(+)-ATPase mRNA, and the growth rate supported by various sugars is correlated with H(+)-ATPase protein abundance. Expression of...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Mito N,Wimmers LE,Bennett AB

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthers of Nicotiana tabacum cultivar Wisconsin 38 were treated with the mutagen ethyl methane sulfonate and cultured to obtain populations of haploid plants of high genetic variability. The selection of these populations by their photosynthetic efficiency was carried out in a hydroponic culture chamber with a CO(2) a...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Medrano H,Primo-Millo E

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stationary volume fluxes through living and denatured parenchyma slices of the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) storage organ were studied to estimate the hydraulic conductivity of the cell wall and to evaluate the significance of water transport through protoplasts, cell walls, and intercellular spaces. Slices were plac...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Michael W,Schultz A,Meshcheryakov AB,Ehwald R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C4 photosynthesis evolved more than 60 times independently in different plant lineages. Each time, multiple genes were recruited into C4 metabolism. The corresponding promoters acquired new regulatory features such as high expression, light induction, or cell type-specific expression in mesophyll or bundle sheath cell...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Heimann L,Horst I,Perduns R,Dreesen B,Offermann S,Peterhansel C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane fractions from mature silver beet (Beta vulgaris) deveined leaf and leaf stem homogenates have associated Ca(2+) -dependent protein kinase. The Ca(2+) -dependent protein kinase activity is associated with plasma membranes (density 1.14-1.18 grams per cubic centimeter) as determined from copurification on isop...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Klucis E,Polya GM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the basic concepts dealing with soil and plant water relationships were in existence 50 years ago, but were inadequately presented in the textbooks of that time. There has been a marked increase in the amount of work done in this field during recent decades, but much of it involves advances in understanding th...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Kramer PJ

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starch biosynthetic enzymes from maize (Zea mays) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) amyloplasts exist in cell extracts in high molecular weight complexes; however, the nature of those assemblies remains to be defined. This study tested the interdependence of the maize enzymes starch synthase IIa (SSIIa), SSIII, starch bra...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Hennen-Bierwagen TA,Lin Q,Grimaud F,Planchot V,Keeling PL,James MG,Myers AM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two isoforms of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase are present in the green alga Selenastrum minutum. The isoenzymes can be separated with ionexchange chromatography or acid precipitation. The stability of the two isoenzymes differ largely. The acid insoluble enzyme exhibits properties similar to that of the enzyme from the ...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Botha FC,Turpin DH

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosynthesis of malate dehydrogenase isoenzymes was studied in cotyledons of watermelons (Citrullus vulgaris Schrad., var. Stone Mountain). The glyoxysomal and mitochondrial isoenzymes are synthesized as higher molecular weight precursors which can be immunoprecipitated by mono-specific antibodies from the products of...

journal_title：Plant physiology

authors： Gietl C,Hock B

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00