Phosphorylation by protein kinase CKII modulates the DNA-binding activity of a chloroplast nucleoid-associated protein.

abstract：:Dark-grown radish seedlings (Raphanus sativus L.) were sprayed with 10(-3) mol·l(-1) 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and then were exposed to a 14:10 light: dark cycle. Cotyledon samples from these seedlings and unsprayed controls were taken for electron microscopy, chlorophyll determinations, and photosynthetic rate m...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Nadakavukaren MJ,McCracken DA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purified protein which constitutes the membranes of the gas vacuoles of the the blue-green alga, Microcystis aeruginosa, was partially characterized. Gel electrophoresis and end-group analysis indicate that the protein is a single species. Strongly protic solvents such as formic acid are the only reagents causing ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Jones DD,Jost M

更新日期：1971-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PROTEIN L-ISOASPARTYL METHYLTRANSFERASE (PIMT) repairs deleterious L-isoaspartyl residues synthesized spontaneously in proteins due to aging or stressful environments and is widespread in living organisms including plants. Even though PIMT activity has been detected from various plant sources, detailed studies are lim...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Verma P,Singh A,Kaur H,Majee M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies reported here reveal a low nitrate reductase activity in the shoots of MTU 9 rice plants while in roots high enzyme activity has been recorded.Under pathogenesis, a low nitrate reductase activity in the roots and a high enzyme activity in the shoots have been recorded in susceptible rice plants. In the resista...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Singh TK,Subramanian S

更新日期：1966-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In roots of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), extranumerary root hairs and transfer cell-like wall ingrowth depositions in the rhizodermis were developed in response to P and Fe deficiency. Immunocytolocalization of the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase in roots of P-deficient plants revealed no appreciable increase ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Schikora A,Schmidt W

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten-cell-long filaments of the caulonema of Funaria hygrometrica were isolated and labeled with (3)H-thymidine. During the process of regeneration this precursor is incorporated into the nucleus and the chloroplasts. The nuclei of aged cells are preferentially labeled, even the nuclei of such cells which probably will...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Knoop B,Hahn H,Bopp M

更新日期：1969-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:The present study documented the action of a potential allelochemical, narciclasine, on auxin transport in Arabidopsis by mainly affecting subcellular trafficking of PIN and AUX1 proteins and through interfering actin cytoskeletal organization. Narciclasine (NCS), an Amaryllidaceae alkaloid isolated fro...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Hu Y,Na X,Li J,Yang L,You J,Liang X,Wang J,Peng L,Bi Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of their silent and sessile life, plants are dynamic organisms that have developed advanced defence strategies in their adaptation to the pressure of herbivores and pathogens. Natural plant products play an important role as chemical weapons in this warfare. Characteristic of cruciferous plants is the synthes...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Hansen BG,Halkier BA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epicotyl and primary leaves of pea seedlings (Pisum sativum L., var. Alaska) were found to contain soluble and microsomal enzymes catalyzing the addition of glutathione to the olefinic double bond of cinnamic acid. Glutathione S-cinnamoyl transfer was also obtained with enzyme preparations from potato slices and cell ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Diesperger H,Sandermann H Jr

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of the intracellular redistribution of phytochrome (sequestering) in Avena sativa L. coleoptiles following a brief, saturating actinic pulse of red (R) light have been determined. Immunocytochemical labelling of phytochrome with monoclonal antibodies showed that at 22°C sequestering can occur within 1-2 s...

journal_title：Planta

authors： McCurdy DW,Pratt LH

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Mitogen-activated protein kinases seem to mark genes which are set up to be activated in daughter cells and thus they may play a direct role in cellular patterning during embryogenesis. Embryonic patterning starts very early and after the first division of zygote different genes are expressed in apical ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Winnicki K,Żabka A,Polit JT,Maszewski J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative contributions made by the L-arginine/agmatine/N-carbamoylputrescine/putrescine and the L-ornithine/putrescine pathways to hyoscyamine formation have been investigated in a transformed root culture of Datura stramonium. The activity of either arginine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.19) or ornithine decarboxylase ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Robins RJ,Parr AJ,Walton NJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Density-dependent pollen germination and tube growth in vitro is a well-documented phenomenon, termed the pollen population effect, but far less is known about its molecular basis. We present evidence to support phytosulfokine-alpha [Y(SO3H)IY(SO3H)TQ; PSK-alpha] as a native bioactive factor contributing to this effec...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Chen YF,Matsubayashi Y,Sakagami Y

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Arabidopsis, damage to the superficial acropetal polar auxin transport (PAT) inhibits generative but not vegetative organ initiation. In order to verify whether in a vegetative phase auxin can be transported to the meristem in a different way, the research on wild-type and plants with defective PAT was performed. D...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Banasiak A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficiency of novel fiber formation was much improved in protoplast culture of embryogenic cells (ECs) of a conifer, Larix leptolepis (Sieb. et Zucc.) Gord., by pre-culturing ECs in a medium containing a high concentration of glutamine (13.7 mM). The fibrillar substructures of large and elongated fibers of protoplasts...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Fukumoto T,Hayashi N,Sasamoto H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isotopic composition of the carbon (δ(13)C values) of leaf tissue from 10 species and hybrids of orchids grown in Singapore fell into two groups, one having a mean value of-15.4‰, the other-26.6‰. The least negative of these values was associated with thick-leaved plants (0.2-0.4 mm). This is consistent with the v...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Neales TF,Hew CS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influx of L-[(14)C]valine was measured over a wide concentration range (1 μM to 100 mM) in immature, isolated pea (Pisum sativum L. cv. Marzia) cotyledons at two developmental stages, both in the absence and in the presence of 0.4 M mannitol. At an early developmental stage (water content of the cotyledons ≈80%) t...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Lanfermeijer FC,Koerselman-Kooij JW,Borstlap AC

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiency of photosystem II antenna complexes (LHCs) in higher plants must be regulated to avoid potentially damaging overexcitation of the reaction centre in excess light. Regulation is achieved via a feedback mechanism known as non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), triggered the proton gradient (ΔpH) causing heat ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Zia A,Johnson MP,Ruban AV

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

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：:The transcription activity of the pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductase (PLR) gene of Linum usitatissimum (so-called LuPLR), a key gene in lignan synthesis, was studied by RT-PCR and promoter-reporter transgenesis. The promoter was found to drive transcription of a GUSint reporter gene in the seed coats during the flax ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Hano C,Martin I,Fliniaux O,Legrand B,Gutierrez L,Arroo RR,Mesnard F,Lamblin F,Lainé E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preharvest aflatoxin contamination has been identified by the peanut industry as a serious issue in food safety and human health because of the carcinogenic toxicity. Drought stress is the most important environmental factor exacerbating Aspergillus infection and aflatoxin contamination in peanut. The development of d...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Guo BZ,Xu G,Cao YG,Holbrook CC,Lynch RE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Infection by apple latent spherical virus (ALSV) vectors that promote the expression of Arabidopsis thaliana FLOWERING LOCUS T ( AtFT ) or Gentiana triflora GtFT s accelerates flowering in gentian and lisianthus plants. Apple latent spherical virus (ALSV) has isometric virus particles (25 nm in diameter...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Fekih R,Yamagishi N,Yoshikawa N

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scanning electron-microscope was used to obtain a more adequate view of the separation surfaces exposed when the stem was pulled from the fruit of Valencia orange. Separations were made at 0, 24 and 48 h after ethylene treatment of the fruit. The most noticeable differences are the lessened amount of tearing in pr...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Rogers BJ

更新日期：1971-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control by phytochrome of hypocotyl elongation of light-grown Cucumis sativus L. after a white-light period was examined. The farred-absorbing form of phytochrome inhibits hypocotyl elongation. The response to phytochrome photostationary state (ϕ) is not linear; all values of ϕ from 0.004 to 0.13 promote growth ma...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Gaba V,Black M

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetin induces an increase in the caffeine content of Coffea leaves of up to 40% of the normal level. The effect is most pronounced in young leaves; it is, however, transient. After six days in old leaves and after 12 days in young leaves, the caffeine content has decreased to its normal level.The results are discuss...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Wanner H,Hagemann P

更新日期：1969-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature and light are important environmental factors that affect flavonoid biosynthesis in grape berry skin. However, the interrelationships between temperature and light effects on flavonoid biosynthesis have not been fully elucidated at the molecular level. Here, we investigated the effects of temperature and l...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Azuma A,Yakushiji H,Koshita Y,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid compositions of leaves from Festuca pratensis cv. Rossa (yellowing) were compared with those from a non-yellowing mutant, Bf 993. The leaves of Bf 993 contained a higher level of acyl lipids on both a fresh-weight and a dry-weight basis. Diacylgalactosylglycerol, diacylgalabiosylglycerol and phosphatidylinos...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Harwood JL,Jones AV,Thomas H

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:74 phytocyanin genes were identified in the Populus trichocarpa genome. Phylogenetic analysis grouped the PC proteins into four subfamilies (UCs, PLCs, SCs, and ENODLs). Closely related PC proteins share similar motifs, implying similar functions. Expression profiles of PtPC genes were analyzed in respo...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Luo S,Hu W,Wang Y,Liu B,Yan H,Xiang Y

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portulaca oleracea L. has some features common to C4 species but it has been suggested from other studies that a substantial proportion of assimilated carbon dioxide is incorporated into pyruvate and alanine by routes not involving C4 acids or 3-phosphoglycerate. The present paper reports that enzyme activities in P. ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Hatch MD

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloride ions are necessary to compensate for the positively charged potassium ions imported into guard cells of Allium cepa L. during stomatal opening. Therefore an external Cl(-) supply of intact Allium plants is important. But high levels of chloride have been found to reduce the sensitivity of the starch-lacking s...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Schnabl H

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00