abstract：BACKGROUND:Many flowering plants produce bicellular pollen. The two cells of the pollen grain are destined for separate fates in the male gametophyte, which provides a unique opportunity to study genetic interactions that govern guided single-cell polar expansion of the growing pollen tube and the coordinated control o...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hafidh S,Breznenová K,Růžička P,Feciková J,Capková V,Honys D

更新日期：2012-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) based on linkage disequilibrium (LD) provide a promising tool for the detection and fine mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying complex agronomic traits. In this study we explored the genetic basis of variation for the traits heading date, plant height, tho...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Pasam RK,Sharma R,Malosetti M,van Eeuwijk FA,Haseneyer G,Kilian B,Graner A

更新日期：2012-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The polyphenolic products of the phenylpropanoid pathway, including proanthocyanidins, anthocyanins and flavonols, possess antioxidant properties that may provide health benefits. To investigate the genetic architecture of control of their biosynthesis in apple fruit, various polyphenolic compounds were quan...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Chagné D,Krieger C,Rassam M,Sullivan M,Fraser J,André C,Pindo M,Troggio M,Gardiner SE,Henry RA,Allan AC,McGhie TK,Laing WA

更新日期：2012-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eukaryotic cilia are complex, highly conserved microtubule-based organelles with a broad phylogenetic distribution. Cilia were present in the last eukaryotic common ancestor and many proteins involved in cilia function have been conserved through eukaryotic diversification. However, cilia have also been lost...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hodges ME,Wickstead B,Gull K,Langdale JA

更新日期：2011-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Association studies are of great interest to identify genes explaining trait variation since they deal with more than just a few alleles like classical QTL analyses. They are usually performed using collections representing a wide range of variability but which could present a genetic substructure. The aim o...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Auzanneau J,Huyghe C,Escobar-Gutiérrez AJ,Julier B,Gastal F,Barre P

更新日期：2011-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) are economically the most important fruit crop worldwide. However, the complexity of molecular and biochemical events that lead to the onset of ripening of nonclimacteric fruits is not fully understood which is further complicated in grapes due to seasonal and cultivar specific var...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Fortes AM,Agudelo-Romero P,Silva MS,Ali K,Sousa L,Maltese F,Choi YH,Grimplet J,Martinez-Zapater JM,Verpoorte R,Pais MS

更新日期：2011-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:miRNAs are known to play important regulatory roles throughout plant development. Until recently, nearly all the miRNAs in maize were identified by comparative analysis to miRNAs sequences of other plant species, such as rice and Arabidopsis. RESULTS:To find new miRNA in this important crop, small RNAs from...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Jiao Y,Song W,Zhang M,Lai J

更新日期：2011-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paphiopedilum is a horticulturally and ecologically important genus of ca. 80 species of lady's slipper orchids native to Southeast Asia. These plants have long been of interest regarding their chromosomal evolution, which involves a progressive aneuploid series based on either fission or fusion of centromer...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Lan T,Albert VA

更新日期：2011-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among the various biochemical markers, fatty acids or lipid profiles represent a chemically relatively inert class of compounds that is easy to isolate from biological material. Fatty acid (FA) profiles are considered as chemotaxonomic markers to define groups of various taxonomic ranks in flowering plants, ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Lang I,Hodac L,Friedl T,Feussner I

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO), previously known as the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), is important for many cellular functions in mammals and bacteria, such as steroid biosynthesis, cellular respiration, cell proliferation, apoptosis, immunomodulation, transport of porphyrins and ani...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Balsemão-Pires E,Jaillais Y,Olson BJ,Andrade LR,Umen JG,Chory J,Sachetto-Martins G

更新日期：2011-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In plants, nitrate (NO3-) nutrition gives rise to a natural N isotopic signature (δ15N), which correlates with the δ15N of the N source. However, little is known about the relationship between the δ15N of the N source and the 14N/15N fractionation in plants under ammonium (NH4+) nutrition. When NH4+ is the m...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ariz I,Cruz C,Moran JF,González-Moro MB,García-Olaverri C,González-Murua C,Martins-Loução MA,Aparicio-Tejo PM

更新日期：2011-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases form a large superfamily of enzymes that catalyze diverse reactions. The P450 SU1 gene from the soil bacteria Streptomyces griseolus encodes CYP105A1 which acts on various substrates including sulfonylurea herbicides, vitamin D, coumarins, and based on the work presented here, ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Dasgupta K,Ganesan S,Manivasagam S,Ayre BG

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brassinosteroids (BRs) are signaling molecules that play essential roles in the spatial regulation of plant growth and development. In contrast to other plant hormones BRs act locally, close to the sites of their synthesis, and thus homeostatic mechanisms must operate at the cellular level to equilibrate BR ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Husar S,Berthiller F,Fujioka S,Rozhon W,Khan M,Kalaivanan F,Elias L,Higgins GS,Li Y,Schuhmacher R,Krska R,Seto H,Vaistij FE,Bowles D,Poppenberger B

更新日期：2011-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydroxyproline rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) are implicated to have a role in many aspects of plant growth and development but there is limited knowledge about their localization and function during somatic embryogenesis of higher plants. In this study, the localization and function of hydroxyproline rich glyco...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Xu C,Takáč T,Burbach C,Menzel D,Samaj J

更新日期：2011-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple hybridization events gave rise to pentaploid dogroses which can reproduce sexually despite their uneven ploidy level by the unique canina meiosis. Two homologous chromosome sets are involved in bivalent formation and are transmitted by the haploid pollen grains and the tetraploid egg cells. In addit...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ritz CM,Köhnen I,Groth M,Theissen G,Wissemann V

更新日期：2011-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During ripening, climacteric fruits increase their ethylene level and subsequently undergo various physiological changes, such as softening, pigmentation and development of aroma and flavor. These changes occur simultaneously and are caused by the highly synchronized expression of numerous genes at the onset...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Fujisawa M,Nakano T,Ito Y

更新日期：2011-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rab GTPases are important regulators of endomembrane trafficking, regulating exocytosis, endocytosis and membrane recycling. Many Rab-like proteins exist in plants, but only a subset have been functionally characterized. RESULTS:Here we report that AtRabD2b and AtRabD2c play important roles in pollen develo...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Peng J,Ilarslan H,Wurtele ES,Bassham DC

更新日期：2011-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phalaenopsis orchids are popular floral crops, and development of new cultivars is economically important to floricultural industries worldwide. Analysis of orchid genes could facilitate orchid improvement. Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) end sequences (BESs) can provide the first glimpses into the seq...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hsu CC,Chung YL,Chen TC,Lee YL,Kuo YT,Tsai WC,Hsiao YY,Chen YW,Wu WL,Chen HH

更新日期：2011-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In plants, HIR (Hypersensitive Induced Reaction) proteins, members of the PID (Proliferation, Ion and Death) superfamily, have been shown to play a part in the development of spontaneous hypersensitive response lesions in leaves, in reaction to pathogen attacks. The levels of HIR proteins were shown to corre...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhou L,Cheung MY,Li MW,Fu Y,Sun Z,Sun SM,Lam HM

更新日期：2010-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genes of plants can be up- or down-regulated during viral infection to influence the replication of viruses. Identification of these differentially expressed genes could shed light on the defense systems employed by plants and the mechanisms involved in the adaption of viruses to plant cells. Differentia...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Cheng SF,Huang YP,Wu ZR,Hu CC,Hsu YH,Tsai CH

更新日期：2010-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When photosynthetic organisms are exposed to harsh environmental conditions such as high light intensities or cold stress, the production of reactive oxygen species like singlet oxygen is stimulated in the chloroplast. In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii singlet oxygen was shown to act as a specific signal inducing...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Fischer BB,Eggen RI,Niyogi KK

更新日期：2010-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invertases are ubiquitous enzymes that irreversibly cleave sucrose into fructose and glucose. Plant invertases play important roles in carbohydrate metabolism, plant development, and biotic and abiotic stress responses. In potato (Solanum tuberosum), invertases are involved in 'cold-induced sweetening' of tu...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Draffehn AM,Meller S,Li L,Gebhardt C

更新日期：2010-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ripening of grape berry is generally regulated by abscisic acid (ABA), and has no relationship with ethylene function. However, functional interaction and synergism between ABA and ethylene during the beginning of grape berry ripening (véraison) has been found recently. RESULTS:The expressions of VvNCED...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Sun L,Zhang M,Ren J,Qi J,Zhang G,Leng P

更新日期：2010-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is the source for several pharmaceutical benzylisoquinoline alkaloids including morphine, the codeine and sanguinarine. In response to treatment with a fungal elicitor, the biosynthesis and accumulation of sanguinarine is induced along with other plant defense responses in op...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Desgagné-Penix I,Khan MF,Schriemer DC,Cram D,Nowak J,Facchini PJ

更新日期：2010-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sweet, floral flavor typical of Muscat varieties (Muscats), due to high levels of monoterpenoids (geraniol, linalool and nerol), is highly distinct and has been greatly appreciated both in table grapes and in wine since ancient times. Muscat flavor determination in grape (Vitis vinifera L.) has up to now...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Emanuelli F,Battilana J,Costantini L,Le Cunff L,Boursiquot JM,This P,Grando MS

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The molecular mechanisms of genome reprogramming during transcriptional responses to stress are associated with specific chromatin modifications. Available data, however, describe histone modifications only at individual plant genes induced by stress. We have no knowledge of chromatin modifications taking pl...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： van Dijk K,Ding Y,Malkaram S,Riethoven JJ,Liu R,Yang J,Laczko P,Chen H,Xia Y,Ladunga I,Avramova Z,Fromm M

更新日期：2010-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Verticillium spp. are major pathogens of dicotyledonous plants such as cotton, tomato, olive or oilseed rape. Verticillium symptoms are often ambiguous and influenced by development and environment. The aim of the present study was to define disease and resistance traits of the complex Verticillium longispor...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Häffner E,Karlovsky P,Diederichsen E

更新日期：2010-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The phloem of dicotyledonous plants contains specialized P-proteins (phloem proteins) that accumulate during sieve element differentiation and remain parietally associated with the cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum in mature sieve elements. Wounding causes P-protein filaments to accumulate at the sieve ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Rüping B,Ernst AM,Jekat SB,Nordzieke S,Reineke AR,Müller B,Bornberg-Bauer E,Prüfer D,Noll GA

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oil palm is the world's most productive oil-food crop despite yielding well below its theoretical maximum. This maximum could be approached with the introduction of elite F1 varieties. The development of such elite lines has thus far been prevented by difficulties in generating homozygous parental types for ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Dunwell JM,Wilkinson MJ,Nelson S,Wening S,Sitorus AC,Mienanti D,Alfiko Y,Croxford AE,Ford CS,Forster BP,Caligari PD

更新日期：2010-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isoprenylcysteine methylesterases (ICME) demethylate prenylated protein in eukaryotic cell. Until now, knowledge about their molecular information, localization and expression pattern is largely unavailable in plant species. One ICME in Arabidopsis, encoded by At5g15860, has been identified recently. Over-ex...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Lan P,Li W,Wang H,Ma W

更新日期：2010-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a critical enzyme catalyzing the β-carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to oxaloacetate, a tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediate. PEPC typically exists as a Class-1 PEPC homotetramer composed of plant-type PEPC (PTPC) polypeptides, and two of the subunits...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Igawa T,Fujiwara M,Tanaka I,Fukao Y,Yanagawa Y

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two thaumatin-like proteins (TLPs) were previously identified in phloem exudate of hybrid poplar (Populus trichocarpa x P. deltoides) using proteomics methods, and their sieve element localization confirmed by immunofluorescence. In the current study, we analyzed different tissues to further understand TLP e...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Dafoe NJ,Gowen BE,Constabel CP

更新日期：2010-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms of grapevine leafroll disease (GLRD) in red-fruited wine grape (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars consist of green veins and red and reddish-purple discoloration of inter-veinal areas of leaves. The reddish-purple color of symptomatic leaves may be due to the accumulation of anthocyanins and could reflec...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Gutha LR,Casassa LF,Harbertson JF,Naidu RA

更新日期：2010-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modifications of DNA and histones in various combinations are correlated with many cellular processes. In this study, we investigated the possible relationship between histone H4 tetraacetylation, DNA methylation and histone H3 dimethylation at lysine 9 during mitosis in maize root meristems. RESULTS:Treatm...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yang F,Zhang L,Li J,Huang J,Wen R,Ma L,Zhou D,Li L

更新日期：2010-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic markers and linkage mapping are basic prerequisites for marker-assisted selection and map-based cloning. In the case of the key grassland species Lolium spp., numerous mapping populations have been developed and characterised for various traits. Although some genetic linkage maps of these populations...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Studer B,Kölliker R,Muylle H,Asp T,Frei U,Roldán-Ruiz I,Barre P,Tomaszewski C,Meally H,Barth S,Skøt L,Armstead IP,Dolstra O,Lübberstedt T

更新日期：2010-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small, non-coding RNAs that play an important role in development and environmental responses. Hundreds of plant miRNAs have been identified to date, mainly from the model species for which there are available genome sequences. The current challenge is to characterise ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Varkonyi-Gasic E,Gould N,Sandanayaka M,Sutherland P,MacDiarmid RM

更新日期：2010-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Natural disease resistance is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way of controlling plant disease. Breeding programmes need to make sure that the resistance deployed is effective and durable. Grapevine downy mildew, caused by the Oomycete Plasmopara viticola, affects viticulture and it is controll...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Peressotti E,Wiedemann-Merdinoglu S,Delmotte F,Bellin D,Di Gaspero G,Testolin R,Merdinoglu D,Mestre P

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant genomes have been transformed with full-length cDNA copies of viral genomes, giving rise to what has been called 'amplicon' systems, trying to combine the genetic stability of transgenic plants with the elevated replication rate of plant viruses. However, amplicons' performance has been very variable r...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Calvo M,Dujovny G,Lucini C,Ortuño J,Alamillo JM,Simón-Mateo C,López-Moya JJ,García JA

更新日期：2010-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the availability of rice and sorghum genome sequences and ongoing efforts to sequence genomes of other cereal and energy crops, the grass family (Poaceae) has become a model system for comparative genomics and for better understanding gene and genome evolution that underlies phenotypic and ecological di...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Peng Z,Lu T,Li L,Liu X,Gao Z,Hu T,Yang X,Feng Q,Guan J,Weng Q,Fan D,Zhu C,Lu Y,Han B,Jiang Z

更新日期：2010-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines, SCN) is the most economically damaging pathogen of soybean (Glycine max) in the U.S. The Rhg1 locus is repeatedly observed as the quantitative trait locus with the greatest impact on SCN resistance. The Glyma18g02680.1 gene at the Rhg1 locus that encodes an apparen...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Melito S,Heuberger AL,Cook D,Diers BW,MacGuidwin AE,Bent AF

更新日期：2010-06-09 00:00:00