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：:MAIN CONCLUSION : [EtPy][Br] is more reactive toward lignin than toward the PSs in wood cell walls, and [EtPy][Br] treatment results in inhomogenous changes to the cell wall's ultrastructural and chemical components. The effects of the ionic liquid 1-ethylpyridinium bromide ([EtPy][Br]), which prefers to react with li...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Kanbayashi T,Miyafuji H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Phloem production and structural development were interlinked with seasonal variation in the primary and secondary metabolites of phloem. Novel microtechniques provided new perspectives on understanding phloem structure and chemistry. To gain new insights into phloem formation in Norway spruce (Picea ab...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Jyske TM,Suuronen JP,Pranovich AV,Laakso T,Watanabe U,Kuroda K,Abe H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:The HRA2pl peptide expressed by transient transformation in N. tabacum plants is capable of inhibiting the binding of the human metapneumovirus to HEp-2 cells at the fusion stage. Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is an agent responsible for acute respiratory infections that mainly affects children under 3 y...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Márquez-Escobar VA,Tirado-Mendoza R,Noyola DE,Gutiérrez-Ortega A,Alpuche-Solís ÁG

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Our work strongly suggests that microRNA858 regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in tomato by modulating the expression of two R2R3 MYB transcription factors, underscoring the importance of microRNAs in the gene regulatory network controlling specialized metabolism in plants. The biological functions of m...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Jia X,Shen J,Liu H,Li F,Ding N,Gao C,Pattanaik S,Patra B,Li R,Yuan L

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Provide an evolutionary and an empirical molecular genetic foundation of the Sus gene family in tobacco and will be beneficial for further investigations of Sus gene functions Sucrose synthase (Sus) has been well characterized as the key enzyme participating in sucrose metabolism, and the gene family en...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Wang Z,Wei P,Wu M,Xu Y,Li F,Luo Z,Zhang J,Chen A,Xie X,Cao P,Lin F,Yang J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Distribution of Conyza species is well correlated with human interference. Multiple herbicide resistance is caused by the attempt to overcome resistance to one mode of action by overuse of another. Conyza canadensis (CC) and Conyza bonariensis (CB) are troublesome weeds around the world. Extensive use o...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Matzrafi M,Lazar TW,Sibony M,Rubin B

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Drought-tolerant rice variety, Nagina 22 (N22), has a unique spikelet miRNome during anthesis stage drought as well as transition from heading to anthesis. Molecular characterization of genetic diversity of rice is essential to understand the evolution and molecular basis of various agronomically import...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Kansal S,Mutum RD,Balyan SC,Arora MK,Singh AK,Mathur S,Raghuvanshi S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSIONS:One hundred DDB1 (damaged DNA binding protein-1)-binding WD40-repeat domain (DWD) family genes were identified in the S. lycopersicum genome. The DWD genes encode proteins presumably functioning as the substrate recognition subunits of the cullin4-ring ubiquitin E3 ligase complex. These findings provid...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Zhu Y,Huang S,Miao M,Tang X,Yue J,Wang W,Liu Y

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Putative XyG xylosyltransferases from Tropaeolum majus (nasturtium) and Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) homologous to characterized Arabidopsis genes were identified and shown to functionally complement Arabidopsis mutants lacking xyloglucan demonstrating they represent xyloglucan xylosyltransferases. Xyl...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Mansoori N,Schultink A,Schubert J,Pauly M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Abscisic acid mediates the effect of post-anthesis soil drying on grain filling through regulating the activities of key enzymes and expressions of genes involved in sucrose-to-starch conversion in rice spikelets. This study investigated if abscisic acid (ABA) would mediate the effect of post-anthesis s...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Wang Z,Xu Y,Chen T,Zhang H,Yang J,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Identification and characterization of 5,446 mlncRNAs from Salvia miltiorrhiza showed that the majority of identified mlncRNAs were stress responsive, providing a framework for elucidating mlncRNA functions in S. miltiorrhiza. mRNA-like noncoding RNAs (mlncRNAs) are transcribed by RNA polymerase II and ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Li D,Shao F,Lu S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Specific α- l -arabinofuranosidases are involved in the realisation of elongation growth process in cells with type II cell walls. Elongation growth in a plant cell is largely based on modification of the cell wall. In type II cell walls, the Ara/Xyl ratio is known to decrease during elongation due to t...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Kozlova LV,Gorshkov OV,Mokshina NE,Gorshkova TA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:The JcUEP promoter is active constitutively in the bio-fuel plant Jatropha curcas , and is an alternative to the widely used CaMV35S promoter for driving constitutive overexpression of transgenes in Jatropha. Well-characterized promoters are required for transgenic breeding of Jatropha curcas, a biofuel...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Tao YB,He LL,Niu LJ,Xu ZF

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:The interaction between enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, endogenous levels of ABA and ABA-GE, the rapid recuperation of photosynthetic proteins under re-watering as well the high level of antioxidant proteins in previously drought-stressed plants under re-watering conditions, will contribute to...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Brossa R,Pintó-Marijuan M,Francisco R,López-Carbonell M,Chaves MM,Alegre L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:The research demonstrated that Arabidopsis can be used as a model system for studying plant-nematode-endophyte tripartite interactions; thus, opening new possibilities for further characterizing the molecular mechanisms behind these interactions. Arabidopsis has been established as an important model sy...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Martinuz A,Zewdu G,Ludwig N,Grundler F,Sikora RA,Schouten A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:The aim of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of down-regulating endogeneous prefoldin-2 root-knot nematode transcripts by expressing dsRNA with sequence identity to the nematode gene in tobacco roots under the influence of strong Arabidopsis ubiquitin (UBQ1) promoter. Root-knot nematodes (RKN...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Ajjappala H,Chung HY,Sim JS,Choi I,Hahn BS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phi thickenings, bands of secondary wall thickenings that reinforce the primary wall of root cortical cells in a wide range of species, are described for the first time in the epiphytic orchid Miltoniopsis. As with phi thickenings found in other plants, the phi thickenings in Miltoniopsis contain highly aligned cellul...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Idris NA,Collings DA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Physical properties of wheat coleoptile segments decreased after treatment with hemicellulose-degrading enzymes, indicating that hemicellulosic polysaccharides function to control the strength of primary cell walls. Changes in the physical properties of plant cell walls, a viscoelastic structure, are th...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Takahashi M,Yamamoto R,Sakurai N,Nakano Y,Takeda T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Differential palisade and spongy parenchyma structural changes in oilseed rape leaf were demonstrated. These dismantling processes were linked to early senescence events and associated to remobilization processes. During leaf senescence, an ordered cell dismantling process allows efficient nutrient remo...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Sorin C,Musse M,Mariette F,Bouchereau A,Leport L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous light induces a potentially lethal injury in domesticated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants. Recently, continuous-light tolerance was reported in several wild tomato species, yet the molecular mechanisms underpinning tolerance/sensitivity are still elusive. Here, we investigated from which part of the pl...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Velez-Ramirez AI,van Ieperen W,Vreugdenhil D,Millenaar FF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt stress is one of the most important abiotic stress factors affecting plant growth and productivity in natural ecosystems. In this study, we aimed at determining possible differences between salt tolerant and salt sensitive species in early (within 72 h) salt stress response in leaves and roots. To this purpose, w...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Ellouzi H,Ben Hamed K,Hernández I,Cela J,Müller M,Magné C,Abdelly C,Munné-Bosch S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important regulatory roles in plant development and stress responses. Tomato is an economically important vegetable crop in the world with publicly available genomic information database, but only a limited number of tomato miRNAs have been identified. In this study, two independent small RNA l...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Feng J,Liu S,Wang M,Lang Q,Jin C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:PAE8 and PAE9 have pectin acetylesterase activity and together remove one-third of the cell wall acetate associated with pectin formation in Arabidopsis leaves. In pae8 and pae9 mutants, substantial amounts of acetate accumulate in cell walls. In addition, the inflorescence stem height is decreased. Pec...

journal_title：Planta

authors： de Souza A,Hull PA,Gille S,Pauly M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different epidemiological and preclinical studies have demonstrated that regular consumption of anthocyanin-rich foods is associated to a reduced risk of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and obesity. However, assigning a health property to anthocyanins or other classes of flavonoids may be lim...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Petroni K,Pilu R,Tonelli C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Anthocyanins in upper (adaxial) leaf tissues provide greater photoprotection than in lower (abaxial) tissues, but also predispose tissues to increased shade acclimation and, consequently, reduced photosynthetic capacity. Abaxial anthocyanins may be a compromise between these costs/benefits. Plants adapt...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Hughes NM,Carpenter KL,Keidel TS,Miller CN,Waters MN,Smith WK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineral nutrients are distributed in a non-uniform manner in the soil. Plasticity in root responses to the availability of mineral nutrients is believed to be important for optimizing nutrient acquisition. The response of root architecture to heterogeneous nutrient availability has been documented in various plant spe...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Yu P,White PJ,Hochholdinger F,Li C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:Comprehensive subcellular localization analysis revealed that the subcellular distribution of carbohydrate metabolic pathways in the red alga Cyanidioschyzon is essentially identical with that in Arabidopsis , except the lack of transaldolase. In plants, the glycolysis and oxidative pentose phosphate pa...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Moriyama T,Sakurai K,Sekine K,Sato N

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN CONCLUSION:UV - B radiation exposure for upto 3 h did not cause direct damage to physiology, but adjusted secondary metabolism and metabolites accumulation as an effective acclimation mechanism to mitigate the adverse effects of radiation. Artemisia annua L. plants were irradiated with UV-B radiation (280-315 nm; ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Pandey N,Pandey-Rai S

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Bax inhibitor-1 (BI-1) is a widely conserved cell death suppressor localized in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Our previous results revealed that Arabidopsis BI-1 (AtBI-1) interacts with not only Arabidopsis cytochrome b 5 (Cb5), an electron transfer protein, but also a Cb5-like domain (Cb5LD)-containing protein,...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Nagano M,Ishikawa T,Ogawa Y,Iwabuchi M,Nakasone A,Shimamoto K,Uchimiya H,Kawai-Yamada M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In compound leaves, leaflet primordia are initiated directionally along the lateral sides. Our understanding of the molecular basis of leaflet initiation has improved, but the regulatory mechanisms underlying spatio-temporal patterns remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms of acropetal (from the ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Ikeuchi M,Igarashi H,Okada K,Tsukaya H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation of sterols, catalysed by sterol glycosyltransferases (SGTs), improves the sterol solubility, chemical stability and compartmentalization, and helps plants to adapt to environmental changes. The SGTs in medicinal plants are of particular interest for their role in the biosynthesis of pharmacologically act...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Pandey V,Niranjan A,Atri N,Chandrashekhar K,Mishra MK,Trivedi PK,Misra P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of acidic SK(n) dehydrins in stress tolerance of important crop and model species of the Solanaceae remains unknown. We have previously shown that the acidic SK₃ dehydrin DHN24 from Solanum sogarandinum is constitutively expressed and its expression is associated with cold acclimation. Here we found that DHN2...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Szabala BM,Fudali S,Rorat T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each plant genome contains a repertoire of β-mannanase genes belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 5 subfamily 7 (GH5_7), putatively involved in the degradation and modification of various plant mannan polysaccharides, but very few have been characterized at the gene product level. The current study presents recombi...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Wang Y,Vilaplana F,Brumer H,Aspeborg H

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past genetic studies have shown three independent loci designated O, R and M control spathe color in Anthurium andraeanum (Hort.). To evaluate the genetic model and to understand the control of anthocyanin biosynthesis at the molecular level, the expression of the anthocyanin biosynthetic genes, CHS, F3H, DFR, ANS and...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Gopaulchan D,Umaharan P,Lennon AM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abscisic acid (ABA) is an important stress phytohormone that plays an essential role in mediating the signaling networks associated with plant responses to various abiotic stresses. In the present study, we isolated a gene CrNCED1 encoding the rate-limiting enzyme of ABA synthesis, 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (N...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Xian L,Sun P,Hu S,Wu J,Liu JH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following tuber induction, potato tubers undergo a period of dormancy during which visible bud growth is inhibited. The length of the dormancy period is under environmental, physiological and hormonal control. Sucrose availability is one prerequisite for bud break. In the absence of sucrose, no bud break occurs. Thus,...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Sonnewald S,Sonnewald U

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to seed plants, the roots of most ferns have a single apical cell which is the ultimate source of all cells in the root. The apical cell has a tetrahedral shape and divides asymmetrically. The root cap derives from the distal division face, while merophytes derived from three proximal division faces contri...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Piekarska-Stachowiak A,Nakielski J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular system in plants is induced and controlled by streams of inductive hormonal signals. Auxin produced in young leaves is the primary controlling signal in vascular differentiation. Its polar and non-polar transport pathways and major controlling mechanisms are clarified. Ethylene produced in differentiating...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Aloni R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00