abstract：:The effects of desiccation on the early development stages of Mazzaella laminarioides, Scytosiphon lomentaria and Lessonia nigrescens, algal species with different patterns of distribution across the intertidal zone, were examined in the laboratory. In addition, the protective effect against desiccation was evaluated ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Contreras-Porcia L,Callejas S,Thomas D,Sordet C,Pohnert G,Contreras A,Lafuente A,Flores-Molina MR,Correa JA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenols are toxic, environmentally persistent products of the chemical industry that are capable of bioaccumulation and biomagnifications in the food chain. Little is known of how plants respond to this compound. To understand the transcriptional changes under phenol, microarray experiments on Arabidopsis thaliana wer...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Xu J,Su ZH,Chen C,Han HJ,Zhu B,Fu XY,Zhao W,Jin XF,Wu AZ,Yao QH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG), the main phytoestrogenic lignan of Linum usitatissimum, is accumulated in the seed coat of flax during its development and pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductase (PLR) is a key enzyme in flax for its synthesis. The promoter of LuPLR1, a flax gene encoding a pinoresinol lariciresino...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Renouard S,Corbin C,Lopez T,Montguillon J,Gutierrez L,Lamblin F,Lainé E,Hano C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biphenyls are unique phytoalexins produced by plants belonging to Pyrinae, a subtribe of the economically important Rosaceae family. The formation of aucuparin, a well-known biphenyl, is induced by yeast extract (YE) in cell cultures of Sorbus aucuparia. However, the molecular mechanism underlying YE-induced activatio...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Qiu X,Lei C,Huang L,Li X,Hao H,Du Z,Wang H,Ye H,Beerhues L,Liu B

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Soybeans provide an excellent source of protein in animal feed. Soybean protein quality can be enhanced by increasing the concentration of sulfur-containing amino acids. Previous attempts to increase the concentration of sulfur-containing amino acids through the expression of heterologous proteins have met with limite...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Kim WS,Chronis D,Juergens M,Schroeder AC,Hyun SW,Jez JM,Krishnan HB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) is a central floral repressor for the determination of flowering time in Arabidopsis. FLC expression is reactivated upon fertilization and regulated during seed development to ensure the appropriate floral behavior; however, the molecular mechanism for this process is largely unknown. Here, we ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Yun H,Hyun Y,Kang MJ,Noh YS,Noh B,Choi Y

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthocyanins are the major pigments responsible for the pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruit skin color. The high variability in fruit external color in pomegranate cultivars reflects variations in anthocyanin composition. To identify genes involved in the regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway in the pomegr...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Ben-Simhon Z,Judeinstein S,Nadler-Hassar T,Trainin T,Bar-Ya'akov I,Borochov-Neori H,Holland D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In plants, transgenes frequently become spontaneously silenced for unknown reasons. Typically, transgene silencing involves the generation of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that directly or indirectly target cognate DNA and mRNA sequences for methylation and degradation, respectively. In this report, we compared spon...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Dalakouras A,Moser M,Boonrod K,Krczal G,Wassenegger M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisia annua L. is the only natural resource that produces artemisinin (Qinghaosu), an endoperoxide sesquiterpene lactone used in the artemisinin-combination therapy of malaria. The cross-hybridization properties of A. annua do not favor studying artemisinin biosynthesis. To overcome this problem, in this study, we...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Alejos-Gonzalez F,Qu G,Zhou LL,Saravitz CH,Shurtleff JL,Xie DY

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symplastic transport occurs between neighbouring plant cells through functionally and structurally dynamic channels called plasmodesmata (PD). Relatively little is known about the composition of PD or the mechanisms that facilitate molecular transport into neighbouring cells. While transmission electron microscopy (TE...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Brecknock S,Dibbayawan TP,Vesk M,Vesk PA,Faulkner C,Barton DA,Overall RL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors (TFs) comprise one of the largest families of TFs involved in developmental and physiological processes in plants. Here, we describe the functional characterization of two bHLH TFs (NtAn1a and NtAn1b) isolated from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) flowers. NtAn1a and ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Bai Y,Pattanaik S,Patra B,Werkman JR,Xie CH,Yuan L

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yield is the most important and complex trait for genetic improvement in crops, and marker-assisted selection enhances the improvement efficiency. The USDA rice mini-core collection derived from over 18,000 accessions of global origins is an ideal panel for association mapping. We phenotyped 203 O. sativa accessions f...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Li X,Yan W,Agrama H,Jia L,Shen X,Jackson A,Moldenhauer K,Yeater K,McClung A,Wu D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strigolactones that are released by plant roots to the rhizosphere are involved in both plant symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and in plant infection by root parasitic plants. In this paper, we describe the response of various phytopathogenic fungi to the synthetic strigolactone GR24. When GR24 was embedded...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Dor E,Joel DM,Kapulnik Y,Koltai H,Hershenhorn J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The moss Fontinalis antipyretica, an aquatic bryophyte previously described as desiccation-intolerant, is known to survive intermittent desiccation events in Mediterranean rivers. To better understand the mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in this species and to reconcile the apparently conflicting evidence between d...

journal_title：Planta

authors： de Carvalho RC,Branquinho C,da Silva JM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal transporters play a key role in regulating metal accumulation and transport in plants. These are important candidate genes to study in metal tolerant and accumulator plants for their potential use in environmental clean up. We coupled a degenerate primer-based RT-PCR approach with a molecular fingerprintin...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Das S,Sen M,Saha C,Chakraborty D,Das A,Banerjee M,Seal A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symbiosis between legume plants and rhizobia causes the development of new organs, nodules which function as an apparatus for nitrogen fixation. In this study, the roles of auxin in nodule development in Lotus japonicus have been demonstrated using molecular genetic tools and auxin inhibitors. The expression of an...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Takanashi K,Sugiyama A,Yazaki K

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:Persimmon fruits accumulate a large amount of proanthocyanidin (PA). Fruits of the mutant non-astringent (NA) type lose their ability to accumulate PA at an early stage of fruit development, whereas fruits of the normal astringent (A) type sustain PA accumulation until ripening. This allelotype is determined by the ge...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Akagi T,Tsujimoto T,Ikegami A,Yonemori K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) β-amylase genes (Bmy1 and Bmy2) were studied during the late maturation phase of grain development in four genotypes. The Bmy1 and Bmy2 DNA and amino acid sequences are extremely similar. The largest sequence differences are in the introns, seventh exon, and 3' UTR. Accumulation of Bmy2...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Vinje MA,Willis DK,Duke SH,Henson CA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low, non-freezing temperatures and/or short daylength (SD) regulates cold acclimation and dormancy in fruit trees. Regarding cold acclimation, C-repeat binding factor (CBF/DREB) transcriptional activator genes have the well-documented ability to induce the expression of a suite of genes associated with increased cold ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Wisniewski M,Norelli J,Bassett C,Artlip T,Macarisin D

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tea seed is believed to be recalcitrant based on its sensitivity to chilling or drying stress. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and alterations in cytosolic redox status have been implicated in intolerance to desiccation by recalcitrant seed, but there is little information available regarding how ROS are regulated in se...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Chen Q,Yang L,Ahmad P,Wan X,Hu X

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic rice plants overexpressing a rice tyrosine decarboxylase (TyDC) exhibited a dwarf phenotype with a high level of tyramine accumulation. The height of transgenic rice was reduced on average to 35% of the wild-type height, whereas the number of tillers increased to 190% that of wild type. When judged by cellu...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Kim YS,Park S,Kang K,Lee K,Back K

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoskeleton dynamics during phototropin-dependent chloroplast photorelocation movement was analyzed in protonemal cells of actin- and microtubule-visualized lines of Physcomitrella patens expressing GFP- or tdTomato-talin and GFP-tubulin. Using newly developed epi- and trans-microbeam irradiation systems that permit ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Yamashita H,Sato Y,Kanegae T,Kagawa T,Wada M,Kadota A

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Mannans are hemicellulosic polysaccharides in the plant primary cell wall (CW). Mature seeds, specially their endosperm cells, have CWs rich in mannan-based polymers that confer a strong mechanical resistance for the radicle protrusion upon germination. The rupture of the seed coat and endosperm are two sequential eve...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Iglesias-Fernández R,Rodríguez-Gacio MC,Barrero-Sicilia C,Carbonero P,Matilla A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double B-box 1a (DBB1a) belongs to the zinc-finger family proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Transcriptional analysis uncovered that the DBB1a gene expression was blue light-dependently regulated, and the transcript level of DBB1a in cry1cry2 was decreased but not in phyAphyB compared to wild type under blue light cond...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Wang Q,Zeng J,Deng K,Tu X,Zhao X,Tang D,Liu X

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant root development is highly responsive both to changes in nitrate availability and beneficial microorganisms in the rhizosphere. We previously showed that Phyllobacterium brassicacearum STM196, a plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria strain isolated from rapeseed roots, alleviates the inhibition exerted by high ni...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Contesto C,Milesi S,Mantelin S,Zancarini A,Desbrosses G,Varoquaux F,Bellini C,Kowalczyk M,Touraine B

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to non-invasively measure metabolic oxygen flux is a very important tool for physiologists interested in a variety of questions ranging from basic metabolism, growth/development, and stress adaptation. Technologies for measuring oxygen concentration near the surface of cells/tissues include electrochemical...

journal_title：Planta

authors： McLamore ES,Jaroch D,Chatni MR,Porterfield DM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are interested in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying plant reactions to the toxic heavy metal cadmium (Cd). To this end, we devised a new screening strategy using agar plates with a gradient of Cd concentrations, termed Cd-gradient agar plates (CGAPs), to isolate Arabidopsis mutants that displayed alte...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Watanabe A,Ito H,Chiba M,Ito A,Shimizu H,Fuji S,Nakamura S,Hattori H,Chino M,Satoh-Nagasawa N,Takahashi H,Sakurai K,Akagi H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotenoids are converted by carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases that catalyze oxidative cleavage reactions leading to apocarotenoids. However, apocarotenoids can also be further truncated by some members of this enzyme family. The plant carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 (CCD1) subfamily is known to degrade both caroteno...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Ilg A,Yu Q,Schaub P,Beyer P,Al-Babili S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III (KAS III; EC 2.3.1.180) is a condensing enzyme catalyzing the initial step of fatty acid biosynthesis using acetyl-CoA as primer. To determine the mechanisms involved in the biosynthesis of fatty acids in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) developing seeds, a cDNA codi...

journal_title：Planta

authors： González-Mellado D,von Wettstein-Knowles P,Garcés R,Martínez-Force E

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carpel- and stamen-specific AtAGIP promoter derived from the Arabidopsis AGAMOUS (AG) second intron/enhancer is ideal for engineering complete sterility but it is highly host-specific. To ascertain whether a chimeric promoter with similar tissue specificity can be created for species other than Arabidopsis, we iso...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Yang Y,Singer SD,Liu Z

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely reported that some humic substances behave as exogenous auxins influencing root growth by mechanisms that are not yet completely understood. This study explores the hypothesis that the humic acids' effects on root development involve a nitric oxide signaling. Maize seedlings were treated with HA 20 mg C L...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Zandonadi DB,Santos MP,Dobbss LB,Olivares FL,Canellas LP,Binzel ML,Okorokova-Façanha AL,Façanha AR

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strategic control of mitochondrial movements and cellular distribution is essential for correct cell function and survival. However, despite being a vital process, mitochondrial movement in plant cells is a poorly documented phenomenon. To investigate the roles of actin filaments and microtubules on mitochondrial move...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Zheng M,Wang Q,Teng Y,Wang X,Wang F,Chen T,Samaj J,Lin J,Logan DC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters can provide qualitative and quantitative information about photosynthetic processes in chloroplasts. JIP-test and modulated fluorescence (MF) parameters are commonly used chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters. This study was conducted to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) ass...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Yin Z,Meng F,Song H,He X,Xu X,Yu D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that recombinant extra domain A from fibronectin (EDA) purified from Escherichia coli was able to bind to toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and stimulate production of proinflammatory cytokines by dendritic cells. Because EDA could be used as an adjuvant for vaccine development, we aimed to express it f...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Farran I,McCarthy-Suárez I,Río-Manterola F,Mansilla C,Lasarte JJ,Mingo-Castel AM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In plants, chlorophyll is actively synthesized from glutamate in the developmental phase and is degraded into non-fluorescent chlorophyll catabolites during senescence. The chlorophyll metabolism must be strictly regulated because chlorophylls and their intermediate molecules generate reactive oxygen species. Many mec...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Nagane T,Tanaka A,Tanaka R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some cultured plant cells are able to acquire tolerance to various stresses when they are cultured under suitably controlled conditions. Induction of a high level of desiccation tolerance in suspension-cultured cells of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha was examined for studying the mechanisms of desiccation toleran...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Hatanaka R,Sugawara Y

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium contamination is a serious environmental problem for modern agriculture and human health. Salinity affects plant growth and development, and interactions between salt and cadmium have been reported. However, the molecular mechanisms of salinity-cadmium interactions are not fully understood. Here, we show that ...

journal_title：Planta

authors： Xu J,Yin H,Liu X,Li X

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00