abstract：:Egy1 was isolated as an ethylene-dependent gravitropism-deficient Arabidopsis mutant. Molecular studies reveal that EGY1 gene encodes a 59-kDa plastid-targeted metalloprotease. It is actively expressed in hypocotyl tissue and targets to endodermal and cortex plastid. Its protein level is up-regulated by both ethylene ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Guo D,Gao X,Li H,Zhang T,Chen G,Huang P,An L,Li N

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypersensitive response (HR) involves programmed cell death (PCD) in response to pathogen infection. To investigate the pathogen resistance signaling pathway, we previously identified the Arabidopsis mutant cpr22, which displays constitutive activation of multiple defense responses including HR like cell death. Th...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Urquhart W,Gunawardena AH,Moeder W,Ali R,Berkowitz GA,Yoshioka K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) constitute one of the most critical signaling components in plants. A typical example is wound-induced protein kinase (WIPK), which functions during pathogen responses in tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum). Searching for direct down-stream components, we previously isolated a ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Chung KM,Sano H

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleiotropic effects are one of the main concerns regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This includes unintended side effects of the transgene or its genome insertion site on the regulation of other endogenous genes, which could potentially cause the accumulation of different secondary metabolites that may h...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Ioset JR,Urbaniak B,Ndjoko-Ioset K,Wirth J,Martin F,Gruissem W,Hostettmann K,Sautter C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conserved protein CBF5, initially regarded as a centromere binding protein in yeast and higher plants, was later found within nucleoli and in Cajal bodies of yeast and metazoa. There, it is assumed to be involved in posttranscriptional pseudouridinylation of various RNA species that might be important for RNA proc...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Lermontova I,Schubert V,Börnke F,Macas J,Schubert I

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogens induce the expression of many genes encoding plant transcription factors, though specific knowledge of the biological function of individual transcription factors remains scarce. NAC transcription factors are encoded in plants by a gene family with proposed functions in both abiotic and biotic stress adaptat...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Jensen MK,Rung JH,Gregersen PL,Gjetting T,Fuglsang AT,Hansen M,Joehnk N,Lyngkjaer MF,Collinge DB

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIAs) from Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) are secondary metabolites of high interest due to their therapeutical values. Secologanin, the monoterpenoid moiety incorporated into MIAs, is derived from the plastidial methyl-D: -erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway. Here, we h...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Oudin A,Mahroug S,Courdavault V,Hervouet N,Zelwer C,Rodríguez-Concepción M,St-Pierre B,Burlat V

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An approximately 247-kb genomic region from FF genome of wild rice Oryza brachyantha, possessing the smallest Oryza genome, was compared to the orthologous approximately 450-kb region from AA genome, O. sativa L. ssp. japonica. 37 of 38 genes in the orthologous regions are shared between japonica and O. brachyantha. A...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Zhang S,Gu YQ,Singh J,Coleman-Derr D,Brar DS,Jiang N,Lemaux PG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutral/Alkaline invertases are unique to plant and photosynthetic bacteria. The function of Neutral/Alkaline invertases in plant development is not clear so far. In this study, we isolated an Arabidopsis (Col-0) mutant insensitive to osmotic stress-induced inhibition on lateral root growth. Map-based cloning reveals ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Qi X,Wu Z,Li J,Mo X,Wu S,Chu J,Wu P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GSK3/Shaggy family of serine/threonine protein kinases is involved in a series of biological processes in animals, plants and yeast [Charrier et al. (2002) Plant Physiol 130:577-590; Jope and Johnson (2004) Trends Biochem Sci 29:95-102; Li and Nam (2002) Science 295:1299-1301; Piao et al. (2001) Plant J 27:305-314...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Claisse G,Charrier B,Kreis M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arabidopsis thaliana encodes four Dicer-like (DCL) proteins and five dsRNA-binding (DRB) proteins. We have previously demonstrated that DCL4 specifically interacts with DRB4 in vitro. Here we describe the interaction between DCL4 and DRB4 in vivo. The phenotype of a mutant with a defect in DCL4 (dcl4-2) was similar to...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Nakazawa Y,Hiraguri A,Moriyama H,Fukuhara T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugar is an important resource for energy generation and developmental regulation in plants, and sucrose starvation causes enormous changes in cellular morphology, enzyme activities and gene expression. Genome-wide gene expression profiling provides a comprehensive knowledge of gene expression under nutrient depletion...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Wang HJ,Wan AR,Hsu CM,Lee KW,Yu SM,Jauh GY

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies in both animal and plant systems have shown that matrix attachment regions (MARs) can increase the expression of flanking transgenes. However, our previous studies revealed no effect of the chicken lysozyme MARs (chiMARs) on transgene expression in the first generation transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plan...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： De Bolle MF,Butaye KM,Goderis IJ,Wouters PF,Jacobs A,Delauré SL,Depicker A,Cammue BP

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most plant cells retain the capacity to differentiate into all the other cell and organ types that constitute a plant. However, genome-wide transcriptional activities underlying the process of cell differentiation are poorly understood, especially in monocot plants. Here we used a rice (Oryza sativa) cell culture syst...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Su N,He K,Jiao Y,Chen C,Zhou J,Li L,Bai S,Li X,Deng XW

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gibberellins (GAs) are important plant growth regulators, regulating many plant developmental processes, including seed germination, root and stem elongation, rosette expansion, floral induction and anther development. The diverse effects of GAs on plant development make it critical to maintain an appropriate endogeno...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Zhang Y,Schwarz S,Saedler H,Huijser P

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation plays an important role in the gene-silencing network of higher eukaryotes. We have analyzed the 21.5-kb maintenance methyltransferase (M-MTase) gene, met1, of the multicellular green alga Volvox carteri. The met1 transcript was detected only during the period when DNA replication and cell division are...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Babinger P,Völkl R,Cakstina I,Maftei A,Schmitt R

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosinolates are a class of thioglycosides found predominantly in plants of the order Brassicales whose function in anti-herbivore defense has been attributed to the products formed by myrosinase-catalyzed hydrolysis upon plant tissue damage. The most common type of hydrolysis products, the isothiocyanates, are toxi...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Burow M,Bergner A,Gershenzon J,Wittstock U

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher plant microspores, when subjected to various stress treatments in vitro, are able to reprogram their regular gametophytic development towards the sporophytic pathway to form haploid embryos and plants. Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and metabolic profiling were used to characterize this development...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Hosp J,Tashpulatov A,Roessner U,Barsova E,Katholnigg H,Steinborn R,Melikant B,Lukyanov S,Heberle-Bors E,Touraev A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maize (Zea mays L.) caffeic acid O-methyl-transferase (COMT) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of lignin. In this work we have characterized the involvement of COMT in the lignification process through the study of the molecular mechanisms involved in its regulation. The examination of the maize COMT gene promot...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Fornalé S,Sonbol FM,Maes T,Capellades M,Puigdomènech P,Rigau J,Caparrós-Ruiz D

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free Air [CO(2)] Enrichment (FACE) allows for plant growth under fully open-air conditions of elevated [CO(2)] at concentrations expected to be reached by mid-century. We used Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes Col-0, Cvi-0, and WS to analyze changes in gene expression and metabolite profiles of plants grown in "SoyFACE" (...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Li P,Sioson A,Mane SP,Ulanov A,Grothaus G,Heath LS,Murali TM,Bohnert HJ,Grene R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tapetum-specific gene, RTS, has been isolated by differential screening of a cDNA library from rice panicles. RTS is a unique gene in the rice genome. RNA blot analysis and in situ hybridization indicates that this gene is predominantly expressed in the anther's tapetum during meiosis and disappears before anthesis....

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Luo H,Lee JY,Hu Q,Nelson-Vasilchik K,Eitas TK,Lickwar C,Kausch AP,Chandlee JM,Hodges TK

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) is a critical enzyme for C(4) photosynthesis, providing the primary acceptor for fixation of bicarbonate in mesophyll cells. Although first isolated in C(4) plants, it is also present in C(3) species. We report that the single gene encoding PPDK in Arabidopsis thaliana possesses...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Parsley K,Hibberd JM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abscisic acid (ABA) is one of the central plant hormones, responsible for controlling both maturation and germination in seeds, as well as mediating adaptive responses to desiccation, injury, and pathogen infection in vegetative tissues. Thorough analyses of two barley genes, HVA1 and HVA22, indicate that their respon...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Ross C,Shen QJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Target sequence cleavage is the essential step for intron invasion into an intronless allele. DNA cleavage at a specific site is performed by an endonuclease, termed a homing enzyme, which is encoded by an open reading frame within the intron. The recognition properties of them have only been analyzed in vitro, using ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Kurokawa S,Yamasaki T,Komatsu T,Watanabe KI,Ohama T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidating the regulatory mechanisms of plant organ formation is an important component of plant developmental biology and will be useful for crop improvement applications. Plant organ formation, or organogenesis, occurs when a group of primordial cells differentiates into an organ, through a well-orchestrated series...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Lu XC,Gong HQ,Huang ML,Bai SL,He YB,Mao X,Geng Z,Li SG,Wei L,Yuwen JS,Xu ZH,Bai SN

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacterial and animal coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis, pantothenate kinase (PANK) activity is critical in regulating intracellular CoA levels. Less is known about the role of PANK in plants, although a single plant isozyme from Arabidopsis, AtPANK1, was previously cloned and analyzed in vitro. We report here the chara...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Tilton GB,Wedemeyer WJ,Browse J,Ohlrogge J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcript level and in turn protein density of the K(+)-uptake channel ZMK1 in maize (Zea mays) coleoptiles is controlled by the phytohormone auxin. ZMK1 is involved in auxin-regulated coleoptile elongation as well as gravi- and phototropism. To provide unequivocal evidence for the role of ZMK1 in these elementar...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Philippar K,Büchsenschütz K,Edwards D,Löffler J,Lüthen H,Kranz E,Edwards KJ,Hedrich R

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subset of homeodomain leucine zipper proteins (HDZip) play a role in regulating adaptation responses including developmental adjustment to environmental cues in plants. Here we report the structural and functional characterisation of a dehydration responsive nuclear-targeted HDZip transcriptional regulator, CpHB-7. ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Deng X,Phillips J,Bräutigam A,Engström P,Johannesson H,Ouwerkerk PB,Ruberti I,Salinas J,Vera P,Iannacone R,Meijer AH,Bartels D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants cope with pathogens with distinct mechanisms. One example is a gene-for-gene system, in which plants recognize the pathogen molecule by specified protein(s), this being called the R factor. However, mechanisms of interaction between proteins from the host and the pathogen are not completely understood. Here, we...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Ueda H,Yamaguchi Y,Sano H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The embryo essential gene EMB506 plays a crucial role in the transition of the Arabidopsis embryo from radial symmetry to bilateral symmetry just prior to the early heart stage of development. In addition to influencing embryo development EMB506 also affects chloroplast biogenesis. To further investigate the role of E...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Latvala-Kilby SM,Kilby NJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two subtractive cDNA libraries were developed to study genes associated with bud dormancy (reverse library) and initiation of shoot growth (forward library) in leafy spurge. To identify unique sequences represented in each library, 15744 clones were screened to reduce the level of redundancy within both libraries. A t...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Jia Y,Anderson JV,Horvath DP,Gu YQ,Lym RG,Chao WS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shoot apical meristem of higher plants is characterized by a conserved pattern of cell division, the functional significance of which is unclear. Although a causal role for cell division frequency and orientation in morphogenesis has been suggested, supporting data are limited. An alternative interpretation laying...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Fleming AJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosine methylation provides an attractive epigenetic modification for the global maintenance of phases in plant development; however, there are few known examples of specific genes whose methylation status changes in a developmentally regulated manner. Pl-Blotched, an allele of purple plant1 (pl1), which encodes a m...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Irish EE,McMurray D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In yeast, Rad21/Scc1 and its meiotic variant Rec8 are key players in the establishment and subsequent dissolution of sister chromatid cohesion for mitosis and meiosis, respectively, which are essential for chromosome segregation. Unlike yeast, our identification revealed that the rice genome has 4 RAD21-like genes tha...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Zhang L,Tao J,Wang S,Chong K,Wang T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rice gene, OsAPT2, which encodes a putative adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (APRT), was cloned and characterized. Analysis of the cDNA and genomic sequences revealed seven exons and six introns in the OsAPT2. The deduced amino acid sequence of OsAPT2 is highly homologous to those of previously isolated APRTs. RT-...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Zhou CJ,Li J,Zou JC,Liang FS,Ye CJ,Jin DM,Weng ML,Wang B

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arabidopsis is currently the reference genome for higher plants. A new, more detailed statistical analysis of Arabidopsis gene structure is presented including intron and exon lengths, intergenic distances, features of promoters, and variant 5'-ends of mRNAs transcribed from the same transcription unit. We also provid...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Alexandrov NN,Troukhan ME,Brover VV,Tatarinova T,Flavell RB,Feldmann KA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial maturation during imbibition of rice embryos follows the transition of unstructured double membrane bound pro-mitochondria to the typical cristae-rich mitochondrial structures observed in mature plant cells. During the first 48 h following imbibition, an ordered increase in the abundance of transcripts e...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Howell KA,Millar AH,Whelan J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a yeast two-hybrid system, we identified a plant cellular factor that interacts with the proteins of the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Initially 14 candidate genes were isolated from Nicotiana tabacum, using a full-length CMV 1a gene as bait. Among the candidate genes, two were encoding thaumatin-like proteins (T...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Kim MJ,Ham BK,Kim HR,Lee IJ,Kim YJ,Ryu KH,Park YI,Paek KH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factors play an important role in regulating gene expression in response to stress and pathogen tolerance. We describe here that overexpression of an ERF/AP2 pepper transcription factor (CaPF1) in transgenic Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana Mill.) confers tolerance to heavy metals Cadmium, Copper, and Zin...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Tang W,Charles TM,Newton RJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the central importance of the TCA cycle in plant metabolism not all of the genes encoding its constituent enzymes have been functionally identified. In yeast, the heterodimeric protein succinyl CoA ligase is encoded for by two single-copy genes. Here we report the isolation of two tomato cDNAs coding for alpha...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Studart-Guimarães C,Gibon Y,Frankel N,Wood CC,Zanor MI,Fernie AR,Carrari F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00