abstract：:Vernalization, the requirement of a period of low temperature to induce transition from the vegetative to reproductive state, is an evolutionarily and economically important trait in the Triticeae. The genetic basis of vernalization in cultivated barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare) can be defined using the two-loc...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： von Zitzewitz J,Szucs P,Dubcovsky J,Yan L,Francia E,Pecchioni N,Casas A,Chen TH,Hayes PM,Skinner JS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid reductases (OPRs) are enzymes that catalyze the reduction of double bonds adjacent to an oxo group in alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes or ketones. Some of them have very high substrate specificity and are part of the octadecanoid pathway which convert linolenic acid to the phytohormone jas...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Zhang J,Simmons C,Yalpani N,Crane V,Wilkinson H,Kolomiets M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tremendous efforts have been taken worldwide to develop genome-wide genetic stocks for rice functional genomic (FG) research since the rice genome was completely sequenced. To facilitate FG research of complex polygenic phenotypes in rice, we report the development of over 20,000 introgression lines (ILs) in three eli...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Li ZK,Fu BY,Gao YM,Xu JL,Ali J,Lafitte HR,Jiang YZ,Rey JD,Vijayakumar CH,Maghirang R,Zheng TQ,Zhu LH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice provides a staple source of energy, protein and other nutrients to half of the world population. Over 90 of the rice seeds consists of starch and protein by dry weight. The quantity and property of starch and protein thus play a dominant role in the yield and quality of rice. The amylase content of starch is a de...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Duan M,Sun SS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex signal transduction pathways underlie the myriad plant responses to attack by pathogens. Ca(2+) is a universal second messenger in eukaryotes that modulates various signal transduction pathways through stimulus-specific changes in its intracellular concentration. Ca(2+)-binding proteins such as calmodulin (CaM...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Chiasson D,Ekengren SK,Martin GB,Dobney SL,Snedden WA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA silencing is a sequence-specific RNA degradation mechanism found in most eukaryotes, where small cleavage products (siRNAs) of double stranded RNA (dsRNA) mediate silencing of genes with sequence identity to the dsRNA inducer. In several systems, silencing has been found to spread from the dsRNA inducer sequence i...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Petersen BO,Albrechtsen M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants, algae, cyanobacteria and many other bacteria synthesize the tetrapyrrole precursor, delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), from glutamate by means of a tRNAGlu-mediated pathway. The enzyme glutamyl-tRNA reductase (GTR) catalyzes the first committed step in this pathway, which is the reduction of tRNA-bound glutamate...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Srivastava A,Lake V,Nogaj LA,Mayer SM,Willows RD,Beale SI

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the presence in nature of many functional gene families that contain several to many highly similar sequences, the presence of identical DNA sequence repeats is widely thought to predispose transgene inserts to homology dependent gene silencing (HDGS). The induction of transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) by R...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Yang G,Lee YH,Jiang Y,Kumpatla SP,Hall TC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Golgins are a family of coiled-coil proteins that are associated with the Golgi apparatus. They are necessary for tethering events in membrane fusion and may act as structural support for Golgi cisternae. Here we report on the identification of an Arabidopsis golgin which is a homologue of CASP, a known transmembrane ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Renna L,Hanton SL,Stefano G,Bortolotti L,Misra V,Brandizzi F

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CaaX-prenyltransferases (CaaX-PTases) catalyse the covalent attachment of isoprenyl groups to conserved cysteine residues located at the C-terminal CaaX motif of a protein substrate. This post-translational modification is required for the function and/or subcellular localization of some transcription factors and comp...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Courdavault V,Thiersault M,Courtois M,Gantet P,Oudin A,Doireau P,St-Pierre B,Giglioli-Guivarc'h N

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation and the development of the floral organs require an intercalate expression of organ-specific genes. At the same time, meristem-specific genes are repressed to complete the differentiation of the organs in the floral whorls. In an Arabidopsis activation tagging population, a mutant affected in inflorescen...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Chalfun-Junior A,Franken J,Mes JJ,Marsch-Martinez N,Pereira A,Angenent GC

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the expression of SmCP which encodes Solanum melongena cysteine proteinase is ethylene-inducible and is under circadian control. To understand the regulation of SmCP, a 1.34-kb SmCP 5'-flanking region and its deletion derivatives were analyzed for cis-elements using GUS and luc fusions an...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Rawat R,Xu ZF,Yao KM,Chye ML

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to modify plant traits is of great commercial potential in agricultural biotechnology. To this end we have engineered plant-based zinc finger protein transcription factors (ZFP TFs) that minimize the use of non-plant DNA sequences. This novel architecture supports the use of tandem arrays of zinc-finger DN...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Holmes-Davis R,Li G,Jamieson AC,Rebar EJ,Liu Q,Kong Y,Case CC,Gregory PD

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is emerging that the E2F family of transcription factors plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression at the G1/S transition in plants. Here, we show that in the tobacco proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), whose transcript is specifically expressed at G1/S phase, the two E2F binding sit...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Uemukai K,Iwakawa H,Kosugi S,de Uemukai S,Kato K,Kondorosi E,Murray JA,Ito M,Shinmyo A,Sekine M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants are capable to de novo synthesize the essential amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine. Studies in recent years, however, also revealed that plants have the potential to degrade leucine or may be all of the branched-chain amino acids. One of the enzymes participating in both biosynthesis and degradation is ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Schuster J,Binder S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The LfKCS45 gene with a high sequence similarity to known 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthases of the membrane-bound fatty acid elongase was isolated from Lesquerella fendleri. The LfKCS45 gene has a 1464 bp open reading frame without introns, and is predicted to encode a polypeptide of 487 amino acids with an estimated molecular...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Moon H,Chowrira G,Rowland O,Blacklock BJ,Smith MA,Kunst L

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is a viral disease of the important tropical staple crop cassava (Manihot esculenta) and preferred management involves use of host-plant resistance. The best available resistance is controlled by a single dominant gene. Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) was used to analyze the gene...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Fregene M,Matsumura H,Akano A,Dixon A,Terauchi R

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PR-like proteins, class I beta-1,3-glucanase (GLU I) and chitinase (CHN I), are induced as part of a stereotypic response that can provide protection against viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens. We have identified two Nicotiana plumbaginifolia ankyrin-repeat proteins, designated Glucanohydrolase Binding Protein...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Wirdnam C,Motoyama A,Arn-Bouldoires E,van Eeden S,Iglesias A,Meins F Jr

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth in the apical elongation zone of plant roots is central to the development of functional root systems. Rates of root segmental elongation change from accelerating to decelerating as cell development proceeds from newly formed to fully elongated status. One of the primary variables regulating these changes in el...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Bassani M,Neumann PM,Gepstein S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The constitutive cytosolic expression of a yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) invertase within potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) tubers has previously been documented to produce a dramatic metabolic phenotype in which glycolysis, respiration and amino acid synthesis are markedly enhanced at the cost of starch synthesis. Th...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Junker BH,Wuttke R,Tiessen A,Geigenberger P,Sonnewald U,Willmitzer L,Fernie AR

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a novel nucleoplasm localized protein in Arabidopsis called AT-hook motif nuclear localized protein 1 (AHL1), which was isolated by visual screening of transformants using random GFP::cDNA fusions. AHL1 contains an AT-hook motif and unknown conserved PPC (plants and prokaryotes conserved) domain that inc...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Fujimoto S,Matsunaga S,Yonemura M,Uchiyama S,Azuma T,Fukui K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suppression of plant defence reactions plays a crucial role in causing plant diseases. In this report, we show that inducible plant defences are repressed during the development of Cercospora leaf spot disease. In the early phase of infection of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) leaves with the phytopathogenic fungus ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Schmidt K,Heberle B,Kurrasch J,Nehls R,Stahl DJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suppressive subtractive hybridisation was applied to the analysis of late stage arbuscular mycorrhizal development in pea. 96 cDNA clones were amplified and 81, which carried fragments more than 200 nt in size, were sequence analysed. Among 67 unique fragments, 10 showed no homology and 10 were similar to sequences wi...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Grunwald U,Nyamsuren O,Tamasloukht M,Lapopin L,Becker A,Mann P,Gianinazzi-Pearson V,Krajinski F,Franken P

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gibberellin (GA) 20-oxidase (GA20ox) is a key enzyme that normally catalyzes the penultimate steps in GA biosynthesis. One of the GA20ox genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.), OsGA20ox2 ( SD1 ), is well known as the "Green Revolution gene", and loss-of function mutation in this locus causes semi-dwarfism. Another GA20ox gen...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Oikawa T,Koshioka M,Kojima K,Yoshida H,Kawata M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beyond the rewards of plant genome analysis and gene identification, characterisation of protein activities, post-translational modifications and protein complex composition remains a challenge for plant biologists. Ideally, methods should allow rapid isolation of proteins from plant material achieving a high degree o...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Witte CP,Noël LD,Gielbert J,Parker JE,Romeis T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wood is the most abundant biological resource on earth and it is also an important raw material for a major global industry with rapidly increasing demand. The genus Eucalyptus includes the most widely used tree species for industrial plantation, mainly for making pulp and paper. With the aim of identifying major gene...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Paux E,Tamasloukht M,Ladouce N,Sivadon P,Grima-Pettenati J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the plant-specific GRAS family of putative transcription factors are involved in various aspects of plant development. SCARECROW (SCR) is a member of this protein family and plays a significant role in the radial patterning of both roots and shoots. However, little is known about the regulation of SCR expre...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Gao MJ,Parkin I,Lydiate D,Hannoufa A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The caffeine biosynthetic pathway in coffee plants has been proposed to involve three distinct N -methyltransferases, xanthosine methyltransferase (XMT), 7- N -methylxanthine methyltransferase (MXMT; theobromine synthase), and 3,7-dimethylxanthine methyltransferase (DXMT; caffeine synthase). We previously isolated all...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Ogita S,Uefuji H,Morimoto M,Sano H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that insertion of foreign DNA into mammalian genome can profoundly alter the patterns of DNA methylation and transcription of the host genome. Introgression of alien DNA into plant genomes through sexual crossing and genetic engineering are commonly used in breeding, but it is not known if pla...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Liu Z,Wang Y,Shen Y,Guo W,Hao S,Liu B

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin belongs to a highly conserved group of membrane proteins called major intrinsic proteins that facilitate water transport across biological membranes. The genome of Arabidopsis encodes 35 aquaporin genes with 13 homologs in the plasma membrane intrinsic protein (PIP) subgroup. However, the function of each in...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Jang JY,Kim DG,Kim YO,Kim JS,Kang H

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the completion of genomic sequencing of rice, rice has been firmly established as a model organism for both basic and applied research. The next challenge is to uncover the functions of genes predicted by sequence analysis. Considering the amount of effort and the diversity of disciplines required for functional ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Hirochika H,Guiderdoni E,An G,Hsing YI,Eun MY,Han CD,Upadhyaya N,Ramachandran S,Zhang Q,Pereira A,Sundaresan V,Leung H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA silencing is a collective term that encompasses the sequence of events that leads to the targeted degradation of cellular mRNA and thus to the silencing of corresponding gene expression. RNA silencing is initiated after introduction into the host genome of a gene that is homologous to an endogenous gene. Transcrip...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Susi P,Hohkuri M,Wahlroos T,Kilby NJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed dormancy is an important developmental process that prevents pre-harvest sprouting in many grains and other seeds. Abscisic acid (ABA), a plant hormone, plays a crucial role in regulating dormancy but the underlying molecular regulatory mechanisms are not fully understood. An Arabidopsis zinc-finger gene, MEDIATO...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： He Y,Gan S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotiana tabacum Togt encodes a scopoletin glucosyltransferase (UDPglucose:scopoletin O -beta-D-glucosyltrans- ferase, EC 2.4.1.128) known to act in vitro on many different substrates including the 6-methoxy-7-hydroxy- coumarin scopoletin. This phenolic compound accumulates in vast amounts, essentially in its glucosy...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Gachon C,Baltz R,Saindrenan P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated changes in gene expression in Iris hollandica flowers by microarray technology. Flag tepals were sampled daily, from three days prior to flower opening to the onset of visible senescence symptoms. Gene expression profiles were compared with biochemical data including lipid and protein degradation and D...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： van Doorn WG,Balk PA,van Houwelingen AM,Hoeberichts FA,Hall RD,Vorst O,van der Schoot C,van Wordragen MF

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant cell suspension cultures are invaluable models for the study of cellular processes. Here we develop the recently described Arabidopsis suspension culture MM2d as a transcript profiling platform by means of Affymetrix ATH1 microarrays. Analysis of gene expression profiles during normal culture growth, during sync...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Menges M,Hennig L,Gruissem W,Murray JA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordinated cell growth and differentiation is crucial for the development of higher plants. Using the elongation defective 1-1 (eld1-1) mutant, we cloned the ELD1 gene, which encodes a serine-rich protein. Genes homologous to ELD1 can be found in plants, including Arabidopsis, rice, and tobacco, but not in other orga...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Lertpiriyapong K,Sung ZR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized 4 of the 16 members of the family of dynamin-related proteins (DRP) in Arabidopsis. Three members, DRP1A (previously referred as ADL1), DRP1C and DRP1E, belong to the largest group of phragmoplastin-like proteins. DRP2A (ADL6) is one of the two members that contain a pleckstrin homology (PH) doma...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Hong Z,Geisler-Lee CJ,Zhang Z,Verma DP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant exhibiting conditional male sterility, in which fertility was restored under conditions of high humidity, was identified in T-DNA tagged lines of Arabidopsis thaliana. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) demonstrated that the pollen surface was almost smooth and the reticulate pattern not prominent. Thus, the ...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Ariizumi T,Hatakeyama K,Hinata K,Sato S,Kato T,Tabata S,Toriyama K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant R2R3-MYB transcription factors are encoded by more than 100 copies of genes. In this study, we attempted to isolate some members of the R2R3-MYB superfamily involved in regulation of nitrogen fixation in legumes. A library of 300 recombinant plasmid clones containing the R2R3-MYB fragments of the superfamily was...

journal_title：Plant molecular biology

authors： Miyake K,Ito T,Senda M,Ishikawa R,Harada T,Niizeki M,Akada S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00