abstract：:Plants show varied cellular responses to salinity that are partly associated with maintaining low cytosolic Na(+) levels and a high K(+)/Na(+) ratio. Plant metabolites change with elevated Na(+), some changes are likely to help restore osmotic balance while others protect Na(+)-sensitive proteins. Metabolic responses ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Widodo,Patterson JH,Newbigin E,Tester M,Bacic A,Roessner U

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In grapevine, stimulation of defence responses was evidenced in response to various types of abiotic stresses in both leaves and berries, as revealed by the increasing expression of genes encoding defence-related proteins or the stimulation of their corresponding activities. However, the capability of inflorescences t...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Petit AN,Baillieul F,Vaillant-Gaveau N,Jacquens L,Conreux A,Jeandet P,Clément C,Fontaine F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthocyanins are important plant pigments that fulfil many physiological and ecological functions. Anthocyanin biosynthesis is controlled by numerous regulatory factors at the transcriptional level. Jasmonates (JAs) has been shown to induce anthocyanin accumulation in several plant species, however, the molecular mech...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Shan X,Zhang Y,Peng W,Wang Z,Xie D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G-proteins have been implicated in having a role in many plant signalling pathways. To understand further the role of G-proteins, a preliminary experiment was performed to assess the impact of the G alpha subunit loss-of-function mutation gpa1-1 on the Arabidopsis transcriptome. The analysis indicated t...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Okamoto H,Göbel C,Capper RG,Saunders N,Feussner I,Knight MR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least seven isoforms (PsABI3-1 to PsABI3-7) of a putative, pea ABI3-like factor, originated by alternative splicing, have been identified after cDNA cloning. A similar variability had previously only been described for monocot genes. The full-length isoform, PsABI3-1, contains the typical N-terminal acidic domains ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Gagete AP,Riera M,Franco L,Rodrigo MI

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the importance of respiration in forest carbon budgets, the mechanisms by which physiological factors control stem respiration are unclear. An experiment was set up in a Eucalyptus globulus plantation in central Portugal with monoculture stands of 5-year-old and 10-year-old trees. CO(2) efflux from stems u...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Cerasoli S,McGuire MA,Faria J,Mourato M,Schmidt M,Pereira JS,Chaves MM,Teskey RO

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to understand the parameters regulating calcium ion distribution in leaves. Accumulation of ions in leaf tissue is in part dependent on import from the xylem. This import via the transpiration stream is more important for ions such as calcium that are xylem but not phloem mobile and cannot the...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Kerton M,Newbury HJ,Hand D,Pritchard J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, also known as qRT-PCR or real-time RT-PCR) has been used in large proportions of transcriptome analyses published to date. The accuracy of the results obtained by this method strongly depends on accurate transcript normalization using stably express...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Guénin S,Mauriat M,Pelloux J,Van Wuytswinkel O,Bellini C,Gutierrez L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice (Oryza sativa) varieties that are arsenate-tolerant (Bala) and -sensitive (Azucena) were used to conduct a transcriptome analysis of the response of rice seedlings to sodium arsenate (AsV) in hydroponic solution. RNA extracted from the roots of three replicate experiments of plants grown for 1 week in phosphate-f...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Norton GJ,Lou-Hing DE,Meharg AA,Price AH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a first step to investigate whether Rab GTPases are involved in grape berry development, the Vitis vinifera EST and gene databases were searched for members of the VvRab family. The grapevine genome was found to contain 26 VvRabs that could be distributed into all of the eight groups described in the literature for...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Abbal P,Pradal M,Muniz L,Sauvage FX,Chatelet P,Ueda T,Tesniere C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Woolliness is a physiological disorder of peaches and nectarines that becomes apparent when fruit are ripened after prolonged periods of cold storage. This disorder is of commercial importance since shipping of peaches to distant markets and storage before selling require low temperature. However, knowledge about the ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： González-Agüero M,Pavez L,Ibáñez F,Pacheco I,Campos-Vargas R,Meisel LA,Orellana A,Retamales J,Silva H,González M,Cambiazo V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations affecting the Arabidopsis SWC6 gene encoding a putative orthologue of a component of the SWR1 chromatin remodelling complex in plants have been characterized. swc6 mutations cause early flowering, shortened inflorescence internodes, and altered leaf and flower development. These phenotypic defects resemble t...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Lázaro A,Gómez-Zambrano A,López-González L,Piñeiro M,Jarillo JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual reproduction in higher plants uses pollination, involving interactions between pollen and pistil. Self-incompatibility (SI) prevents self-fertilization, providing an important mechanism to promote outbreeding. SI is controlled by the S-locus; discrimination occurs between incompatible pollen, which is rejected,...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Bosch M,Franklin-Tong VE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diurnal rates of leaf elongation vary in maize (Zea mays L.) and are characterized by a decline each afternoon. The cause of the afternoon decline was investigated. When the atmospheric environment was held constant in a controlled environment, and water and nutrients were adequately supplied to the soil or the roots ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Tang AC,Boyer JS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brassinosteroids (BRs) are essential for many biological processes in plants, however, little is known about their roles in early fruit development. To address this, BR levels were manipulated through the application of exogenous BRs (24-epibrassinolide, EBR) or a BR biosynthesis inhibitor (brassinazole, Brz) and thei...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Fu FQ,Mao WH,Shi K,Zhou YH,Asami T,Yu JQ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wounding of plants leads to endogenous rise of jasmonic acid (JA) accompanied with the expression of a distinct set of genes. Among them are those coding for the allene oxide cyclase (AOC) that catalyses a regulatory step in JA biosynthesis, and for 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase 2 (DXS2), an enzyme involved ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Tretner C,Huth U,Hause B

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil salinity and drought compromise water uptake and lead to osmotic adjustment in xero-halophyte plant species. These important environmental constraints may also have specific effects on plant physiology. Stress-induced accumulation of osmocompatible solutes was analysed in two Tunisian populations of the Mediteran...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Ben Hassine A,Ghanem ME,Bouzid S,Lutts S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cotyledon represents one of the bases of classification within the plant kingdom, providing the name-giving difference between dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants. It is also a fundamental organ and there have been many reports of cotyledon mutants in many species. The use of these mutants where they have a...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Chandler JW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tripeptide glutathione is a major antioxidant and redox buffer with multiple roles in plant metabolism. Glutathione biosynthesis is restricted to the cytosol and the plastids and the product is distributed to the various organelles by unknown mechanisms. In the present study immunogold cytochemistry based on anti-...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Zechmann B,Mauch F,Sticher L,Müller M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Futile plasma membrane cycling of ammonium (NH4+) is characteristic of low-affinity NH4+ transport, and has been proposed to be a critical factor in NH4+ toxicity. Using unidirectional flux analysis with the positron-emitting tracer 13N in intact seedlings of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), it is shown that rapid, futile...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Szczerba MW,Britto DT,Balkos KD,Kronzucker HJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the ddd genes that are involved in the production of the gas dimethyl sulphide from the substrate dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP), an abundant molecule that is a stress protectant in many marine algae and a few genera of angiosperms. What is known of the arrangement of the ddd genes in differen...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Johnston AW,Todd JD,Sun L,Nikolaidou-Katsaridou MN,Curson AR,Rogers R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To shed light on the specific contribution of HDA101 in modulating metabolic pathways in the maize seed, changes in the metabolic profiles of kernels obtained from hda101 mutant plants have been investigated by a metabonomic approach. Dynamic properties of chromatin folding can be mediated by enzymes that modify DNA a...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Castro C,Motto M,Rossi V,Manetti C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria from plants, yeast, and animals each contain at least one peroxiredoxin (Prx) that is involved in peroxide detoxification and redox signalling. The supramolecular dynamics of atypical type II Prx targeted to the mitochondrion was addressed in pea. Microcalorimetric (ITC) titrations identified an extremely...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Barranco-Medina S,Krell T,Bernier-Villamor L,Sevilla F,Lázaro JJ,Dietz KJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that the substantial reductions in xylemic water flow occurring at veraison are due to physical disruption (breaking) of the xylem as a result of renewed berry growth. In a companion paper, evidence was presented that the vast majority of xylem tracheary elements remained intact despite the gr...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Chatelet DS,Rost TL,Matthews MA,Shackel KA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring transcriptional reorganization triggered in response to a particular stress is an essential first step for the functional analysis of genes involved in the process. To characterize Cicer arietinum L. defence responses against Helicoverpa armigera feeding, transcript patterns elicited by both herbivore and m...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Singh A,Singh IK,Verma PK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) is the key enzyme in the fixation of CO(2) in the Calvin cycle of plants. Many genome projects have revealed that bacteria, including Bacillus subtilis, possess genes for proteins that are similar to the large subunit of RuBisCO. These RuBisCO homologues are ca...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Ashida H,Saito Y,Nakano T,Tandeau de Marsac N,Sekowska A,Danchin A,Yokota A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructans are water-soluble fructose oligomers and polymers that are based on sucrose, and have been implicated in protecting plants against water stress. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is highly sensitive to chilling temperatures, and is not able to synthesize fructans. Two wheat fructan-synthesizing enzymes, sucrose:sucrose ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Kawakami A,Sato Y,Yoshida M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disruption of K(+) transport and accumulation is symptomatic of NH(4)(+) toxicity in plants. In this study, the influence of K(+) supply (0.02-40 mM) and nitrogen source (10 mM NH(4)(+) or NO(3)(-)) on root plasma membrane K(+) fluxes and cytosolic K(+) pools, plant growth, and whole-plant K(+) distribution in the...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Szczerba MW,Britto DT,Ali SA,Balkos KD,Kronzucker HJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of heavy metals on the modification of plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase (EC 3.6.3.14) activity in cucumber roots was studied. In plants stressed for 2 h with 10 microM or 100 microM Cd, Cu or Ni the hydrolytic as well as the transporting activity of H(+)-ATPase in the plasma membranes of root cells was decreased...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Janicka-Russak M,Kabała K,Burzyński M,Kłobus G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoot branching is the process by which axillary buds, located on the axil of a leaf, develop and form new flowers or branches. The process by which a dormant bud activates and becomes an actively growing branch is complex and very finely tuned. Bud outgrowth is regulated by the interaction of environmental signals an...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Ongaro V,Leyser O

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant annexins are ubiquitous, soluble proteins capable of Ca(2+)-dependent and Ca(2+)-independent binding to endomembranes and the plasma membrane. Some members of this multigene family are capable of binding to F-actin, hydrolysing ATP and GTP, acting as peroxidases or cation channels. These multifunctional proteins...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Mortimer JC,Laohavisit A,Macpherson N,Webb A,Brownlee C,Battey NH,Davies JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among dicotyledon families, Chenopodiaceae has the most C(4) species and the greatest diversity in structural forms of C(4). In subfamily Salicornioideae, C(4) photosynthesis has, so far, only been found in the genus Halosarcia which is now included in the broadly circumscribed Tecticornia. Comparative anatomical, cyt...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Voznesenskaya EV,Akhani H,Koteyeva NK,Chuong SD,Roalson EH,Kiirats O,Franceschi VR,Edwards GE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell wall disassembly in softening fruits is a complex process involving the cumulative action of many families of wall-modifying proteins on interconnected polysaccharide matrices. One strategy to elucidate the in vivo substrates of specific enzymes and their relative importance and contribution to wall modification ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Santiago-Doménech N,Jiménez-Bemúdez S,Matas AJ,Rose JK,Muñoz-Blanco J,Mercado JA,Quesada MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C(4) photosynthesis involves cell-to-cell exchange of photosynthetic intermediates between the Kranz mesophyll (KMS) and bundle sheath (BS) cells. This was believed to occur by simple diffusion through plentiful plasmodesmatal (PD) connections between these cell types. The model of C(4) intermediates' transport was el...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Sowiński P,Szczepanik J,Minchin PE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In photosynthetic tissues of the CAM plant pineapple (Ananas comosus), storage of soluble sugars in the central vacuole during the daytime and their remobilization at night is required to provide carbon skeletons for nocturnal CO(2) fixation. However, soluble sugars produced photosynthetically must also be exported to...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Antony E,Taybi T,Courbot M,Mugford ST,Smith JA,Borland AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflorescence stalks produced the highest amount of ethylene in response to IAA as compared with other plant parts tested. Leaf age had an effect on IAA-induced ethylene with the youngest leaves showing the greatest stimulation. The highest amount of IAA-induced ethylene was produced in the root or inflorescence tip w...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Arteca RN,Arteca JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of synchronous photo (16 h daylength) and thermo (2 degrees C daily fluctuation) cycles on flowering time were compared with constant light and temperature treatments using two barley mapping populations derived from the facultative cultivar 'Dicktoo'. The 'Dicktoo'x'Morex' (spring) population (DM) segrega...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Karsai I,Szucs P,Koszegi B,Hayes PM,Casas A,Bedo Z,Veisz O

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugars play an important role in grapevine flowering. This complex process from inflorescence initiation to fruit maturity takes two growing seasons. Currently, most of the available data concern the involvement of sugars as energy sources during the formation of reproductive structures from initiation of inflorescenc...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Lebon G,Wojnarowiez G,Holzapfel B,Fontaine F,Vaillant-Gaveau N,Clément C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) sulfurea mutation displays trans-inactivation of wild-type alleles in heterozygous plants, a phenomenon referred to as paramutation. Homozygous mutant plants and paramutated leaf tissue of heterozygous plants show a pigment-deficient phenotype. The molecular basis of this phenotype an...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Ehlert B,Schöttler MA,Tischendorf G,Ludwig-Müller J,Bock R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inaccessibility of the zygote and proembryos of angiosperms within the surrounding maternal and filial tissues has hampered studies on early plant embryogenesis. Somatic and gametophytic embryo cultures are often used as alternative systems for molecular and biochemical studies on early embryogenesis, but are not ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Supena ED,Winarto B,Riksen T,Dubas E,van Lammeren A,Offringa R,Boutilier K,Custers J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00