Menghai Huangye, a novel albino tea germplasm with high theanine content and a high catechin index.

abstract：:In vitro assay indicated that the human lysozyme has lytic activity against phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria. A human lysozyme gene was placed under control of the constitutive CaMV 35S promoter and the resulting expression plasmid was introduced into two cultivars (cv.) of carrot, Kurodagosun (K5) and Nantes Scarle...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Takaichi M,Oeda K

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Two homologous genes of plastidic fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (AldP) isozymes were isolated from green leaves of a salt stress-tolerant Nicotiana species, Nicotiana paniculata, by differential screening. The products of the corresponding genes, NpAldP1 and NpAldP2, were 91% identical to each other and 70-85% id...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Yamada S,Komori T,Hashimoto A,Kuwata S,Imaseki H,Kubo T

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:NADP-dependent, non-phosphorylating glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.9) from celery leaves was purified over 1200-fold to a specific activity of 35 units/mg protein, and its kinetic, regulatory and structural properties were characterized. The purified enzyme exhibited a homotetrameric structure with...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Gómez Casati DF,Sesma JI,Iglesias AA

更新日期：2000-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the Mo-enzymes aldehyde oxidase (AO; EC 1.2.3.1) xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH; EC 1.2.1.37) and nitrate reductase (NAD(P)H NR; EC 1.6.6.1-2) was studied along the longitudinal and transversal axes of maize (Zea mays L. cv. Jubily) nodal roots as affected by nitrogen sources and salinity. Activities ...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Katalin Barabás N,Omarov RT,Erdei L,Herman Lips S

更新日期：2000-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of nitrogen deficiency on photosynthetic CO(2) assimilation, PSII photochemistry and photoinhibition were investigated in maize plants grown under natural illumination. Nitrogen-deficient plants had a significantly smaller CO(2) assimilatory capacity, but they showed little changes in the maximal efficiency of...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Lu C,Zhang J

更新日期：2000-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultivated sugarcane varieties (Saccharum spp) are derived from complex interspecific hybridisations between the species S. spontaneum (2n=40-128) and S. officinarum (2n=60 or 80). To analyse this complex genome, the potential of microsatellite repeats as genetic markers in sugarcane with respect to their abundance, v...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Cordeiro GM,Taylor GO,Henry RJ

更新日期：2000-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA repair synthesis assay monitoring nucleotide excision repair (NER) was established in cell-free extracts of unicellular alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa using cisplatin- or mitomycin C-damaged plasmid DNA as the repair substrate. The algal extracts promoted a damage-dependent increase in 32P-dATP incorporation after n...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Hsu T,Sheu R,Lai Y

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) and DNA methylation was examined using Nicotiana benthamiana transformed with the coat protein gene including the 3' non-translated region of sweet potato feathery mottle potyvirus. Line 4.28 showed a delayed activation of the transgene silencing in c...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Sonoda1 S,Nishiguchi M

更新日期：2000-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of polyamines on gynogenetic embryogenesis and regeneration of plantlets in onion were studied. Whole flowers from two onion genotypes, 'Valcatorce INTA' cultivar and 'Torrentina' population, were used as initial explants. Embryo induction was greatest with a combined treatment of 2 mM putrescine and 0.1 m...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Martínez LE,Agüero CB,López ME,Galmarini CR

更新日期：2000-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone H1, a key structural element of eukaryotic chromosomes can be perturbed in plants in vivo by overexpression or by a change in the proportion of native H1 variants (Prymakowska-Bosak M., Przewloka M., Iwkiewicz J., Egierszdorff S., Kuras M., Chaubert N., Gigot C., Spiker S., Jerzmanowski A., Histone H1 overexpr...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Calikowski T,Kozbial P,Kuras M,Jerzmanowski A

更新日期：2000-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were conducted to investigate the changes in lipid and fatty acid composition during the earliest stages of somatic embryogenesis in leaf tissues of the Cichorium hybrid '474'. The presence of glycerol in the culture medium during the induction step allowed to separate two phases in the embryogenic...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Blanckaert A,Belingheri L,Vasseur J,Hilbert J

更新日期：2000-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxalate oxidase activity was detected in the cell wall fraction isolated from maize roots (Zea mays L.). The enzyme was active at acidic pH with optimal activity at pH 3.2. It was thermally extremely stable and resistant to high salt concentration, SDS and pepsin. The enzyme activity was inhibited by sulphydryl reagen...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Vuletic M,Sukalovic VH

更新日期：2000-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:During a study of mitochondrial sequence conservation between the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and several Angiosperm species, as revealed by heterologous hybridization experiments, the trnS/pseudo-tRNA/nad3/rps12 gene cluster in Coix lacryma-jobi L., an Asian grass species from the Andropogoneae, was identified us...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Dias SM,Siqueira SF,Lejeune B,de Souza AP

更新日期：2000-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroptilium atropurpureum is a model legume with a broad symbiont range for nodulation. We have achieved the first in vitro plant regeneration of this species using cv. Siratro. Hypocotyl explants excised from dark-grown seedlings generated slimy, friable calli after three weeks' culture on B5 medium containing 1-2 m...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Ezura H,Nukui N,Yuhashi K,Minamisawa K

更新日期：2000-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cerium and lanthanum on the vegetative growth, floral initiation and reproductive growth of Arabidopsis thaliana were studied. Addition of cerium nitrate (0.5-10 µM) or lanthanum nitrate (0.5-50 µM) to the culture medium significantly increased the lengths of primary roots, but had no significant effect...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： He Y,Loh C

更新日期：2000-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cDNA fragments (pCMe-ACS2 and 3) encoding auxin-responsive 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase (ACS; EC.4.4.1.14) have been isolated from melon, and the expression patterns of the genes in etiolated melon seedlings and melon fruit have been determined by RT-PCR analysis. The deduced amino acid sequences of ...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Ishiki Y,Oda A,Yaegashi Y,Orihara Y,Arai T,Hirabayashi T,Nakagawa H,Sato T

更新日期：2000-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural isothiocyanates, derived from glucosinolates by myrosinase-catalyzed hydrolysis, are potent chemopreventive agents that favorably modify carcinogen metabolism in mammals by inhibiting metabolic activation of carcinogens and/or by inducing carcinogen-detoxifying enzymes. Methylsulfinylalkyl isothiocyanates are ...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Gross HB,Dalebout T,Grubb CD,Abel S

更新日期：2000-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of regulatory elements conferring high levels of expression in differentiating pine xylem will be valuable for genetic engineering of wood properties and will contribute to our understanding of gene regulation in this important group of forest trees. We examined the roles of both upstream and downst...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： No E,Zhou Y,Loopstra CA

更新日期：2000-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic hybrid plants were produced after protoplast electrofusion between a dihaploid potato, cv. BF15, and a wild tuber-bearing relative, Solanum phureja, with a view to transferring bacterial wilt resistance into potato lines. A total of ten putative hybrids were selected. DNA analysis using flow cytometry revealed...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Fock I I,Collonnier C,Purwito A,Luisetti J,Souvannavong V V,Vedel F,Servaes A,Ambroise A,Kodja H,Ducreux G,Sihachakr D

更新日期：2000-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The soybean binding protein (BiP) gene family consists of at least four members designated soyBiPA, soyBiPB, soyBiPC and soyBiPD. We have performed immunoblotting of two-dimensional (2D) gels and RT-PCR assays with gene-specific primers to analyze the differential expression of this gene family in various soybean orga...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Cascardo JC,Buzeli RA,Almeida RS,Otoni WC,Fontes EP

更新日期：2001-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the rooting ability, the dwarfing apple rootstock M.9/29 was transformed with the rolB gene by Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer. The use of sorbitol in the induction medium resulted in a successful transformation, while the use of sucrose failed to give any transformants. Totally 14 putative clones, nam...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Zhu L,Holefors A,Ahlman A,Xue Z,Welander M

更新日期：2001-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential risks of gene escape from transgenic crops through pollen and seed dispersal are being actively discussed and have slowed down full utilization of gene technology in crop improvement. To ban the transgene flow, barren zones and 'terminator' technology were developed as GMO risk management technologies in tra...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Kuvshinov V V,Koivu K,Kanerva A,Pehu E

更新日期：2001-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The study presents an analysis of genotypic diversity in the genus Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) on the level of Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequences and the attempt to correlate this diversity with previous findings on ecophysiological behavior, habitat preference, infrageneric taxonomic position of the species and...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Gehrig H,Gaußmann O,Marx H,Schwarzott D,Kluge M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defense responses of alfalfa roots to the pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani were reduced significantly in roots simultaneously infected with the vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Glomus intraradices. R. solani induced five- to tenfold increases in the steady-state levels of chalcone isomerase and isoflav...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Guenoune D,Galili S,Phillips DA,Volpin H,Chet I,Okon Y,Kapulnik Y

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved and cost effective protocol for in vitro mass propagation of cauliflower from fractionated and graded curd is presented. The protocol is optimised for the production of clones of 2000 plants from one mother curd. Microshoots are produced en masse in 12 days, selected by flotation on a sucrose pad and trans...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Kieffer M,Simkins N,Fuller MP,Jellings AJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an open-top chamber experiment performed in evergreen 'macchia' ecosystem, which was represented by the clumps of natural vegetation dominated by Quercus ilex trees, the trees were exposed to one of two CO(2) concentrations (ambient CO(2), AC-variant and elevated CO(2), i.e. ambient plus 350 &mgr;mol CO(2) mol(...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Marek MV,Sprtová M,De Angelis P,Scarascia-Mugnozza G

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protoplasts were isolated from cell suspension cultures of Primula malacoides cv. 'Lovely Tokyo' and P. obconica cv. 'Aalsmeer Giant White'. P. obconica protoplasts were embedded in 0.1% (w/v) gellan gum-solidified discs comprising MS medium supplemented with 3 mg/l of 2,4-D or picloram, 0.1 mg/l of zeatin, 0.2 M gluc...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Mizuhiro M,Kenichi Y,Ito K,Kadowaki S,Ohashi H,Mii M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase; EC 4.1.1.31), was studied in purified guard cell protoplasts (GCPs) of Vicia faba L. Incubation of GCPs with fusicoccin (FC) led to the rapid activation of PEPCase and reduced its sensitivity towards the feedback-inhibitor malate. This was accompanied...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Meinhard M,Schnabl H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two N-glycolylneuraminic acid-specific lectins, MLL 1 and 2, from leaves of Morus alba were studied for their anti-bacterial activity against P. syringae pv mori, which was a specific pathogenic bacterium of the mulberry leaf. MLL 1 but not MLL 2 was found to induce the agglutination of P. syringae pv mori. The MLL 1 ...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Ratanapo S,Ngamjunyaporn W,Chulavatnatol M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rice (Oryza sativa var. Jackson) at least three copies of hemoglobin (hb) gene exist. Rice hb1 and hb2 genes are differentially expressed in roots and leaves from mature plants. We used polyclonal antibodies raised to recombinant rice Hb1 and Western blotting to analyze the synthesis of Hbs in rice plants growing u...

journal_title：Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology

authors： Lira-Ruan V,Sarath G,Klucas RV,Arredondo-Peter R

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00