Plant Biotechnology Journal - 10 (1-2), 2012

Plant Biotechnology Journal - 10 (1), 2012



Contents:

Editorial


Editorial

Keith Edwards


Review article


WRKY transcription factors: key components in abscisic acid signalling (pages 2–11)

Deena L. Rushton, Prateek Tripathi, Roel C. Rabara, Jun Lin, Patricia Ringler, Ashley K. Boken, Tanner J. Langum, Lucas Smidt, Darius D. Boomsma, Nicholas J. Emme, Xianfeng Chen, John J. Finer, Qingxi J. Shen and Paul J. Rushton


Research articles


Metabolic engineering of soybean affords improved phytosterol seed traits (pages 12–19)

Anjanasree K. Neelakandan, Swetha Chamala, Babu Valliyodan, William David Nes and Henry T. Nguyen


Manipulating corn germplasm to increase recombinant protein accumulation (pages 20–30)

Elizabeth E. Hood, Shivakumar P. Devaiah, Gina Fake, Erin Egelkrout, Keat (Thomas) Teoh, Deborah Vicuna Requesens, Celine Hayden, Kendall R. Hood, Kameshwari M. Pappu, Jennifer Carroll and John A. Howard


Overexpression of Brassica juncea wild-type and mutant HMG-CoA synthase 1 in Arabidopsis up-regulates genes in sterol biosynthesis and enhances sterol production and stress tolerance (pages 31–42)

Hui Wang, Dinesh A. Nagegowda, Reetika Rawat, Pierrette Bouvier-Navé, Dianjing Guo, Thomas J. Bach and Mee-Len Chye


The scutellar vascular bundle–specific promoter of the wheat HD-Zip IV transcription factor shows similar spatial and temporal activity in transgenic wheat, barley and rice (pages 43–53)

Nataliya Kovalchuk, Wei Wu, Omid Eini, Natalia Bazanova, Margaret Pallotta, Neil Shirley, Rohan Singh, Ainur Ismagul, Serik Eliby, Alexander Johnson, Peter Langridge and Sergiy Lopato


A combined biochemical screen and TILLING approach identifies mutations in Sorghum bicolor L. Moench resulting in acyanogenic forage production (pages 54–66)

Cecilia K. Blomstedt, Roslyn M. Gleadow, Natalie O’Donnell, Peter Naur, Kenneth Jensen, Tomas Laursen, Carl Erik Olsen, Peter Stuart, John D. Hamill, Birger Lindberg Moller and Alan D. Neale


Molecular, phylogenetic and comparative genomic analysis of the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase gene family in the Poaceae (pages 67–82)

Sabine Mameaux, James Cockram, Thomas Thiel, Burkhard Steuernagel, Nils Stein, Stefan Taudien, Peter Jack, Peter Werner, John C. Gray, Andy J. Greenland and Wayne Powell


A protease activity–depleted environment for heterologous proteins migrating towards the leaf cell apoplast (pages 83–94)

Charles Goulet, Moustafa Khalf, Frank Sainsbury, Marc-André D’Aoust and Dominique Michaud


Robust production of virus-like particles and monoclonal antibodies with geminiviral replicon vectors in lettuce (pages 95–104)

Huafang Lai, Junyun He, Michael Engle, Michael S. Diamond and Qiang Chen


The Vitis vinifera C-repeat binding protein 4 (VvCBF4) transcriptional factor enhances freezing tolerance in wine grape (pages 105–124)

Richard L. Tillett, Matthew D. Wheatley, Elizabeth A. R. Tattersall, Karen A. Schlauch, Grant R. Cramer and John C. Cushman


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Plant Biotechnology Journal - 10 (2), 2012



Contents:

Review article


Identification, characterization and interpretation of single-nucleotide sequence variation in allopolyploid crop species (pages 125–138)

Sukhjiwan Kaur, Michael G. Francki and John W. Forster


Research articles


Over-expression of OsPIN2 leads to increased tiller numbers, angle and shorter plant height through suppression of OsLAZY1 (pages 139–149)

Yingnan Chen, Xiaorong Fan, Wenjing Song, Yali Zhang and Guohua Xu


Resistance to Wheat streak mosaic virus generated by expression of an artificial polycistronic microRNA in wheat (pages 150–163)

Muhammad Fahim, Anthony A. Millar, Craig C. Wood and Philip J. Larkin


Enhanced seed viability and lipid compositional changes during natural ageing by suppressing phospholipase D? in soybean seed (pages 164–173)

Junghoon Lee, Ruth Welti, Mary Roth, William T. Schapaugh, Jiarui Li and Harold N. Trick


Ultra-low gossypol cottonseed: generational stability of the seed-specific, RNAi-mediated phenotype and resumption of terpenoid profile following seed germination (pages 174–183)

Keerti S. Rathore, Sabarinath Sundaram, Ganesan Sunilkumar, LeAnne M. Campbell, Lorraine Puckhaber, Sylvain Marcel, Sreenath R. Palle, Robert D. Stipanovic and Thomas C. Wedegaertner


Glycoproteins are species-specific markers and major IgE reactants in grass pollens (pages 184–194)

Hélene Manduzio, Anne-Catherine Fitchette, Maud Hrabina, Henri Chabre, Thierry Batard, Emmanuel Nony, Loic Faye, Philippe Moingeon and Véronique Gomord


The role of ?6-desaturase acyl-carrier specificity in the efficient synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic plants (pages 195–206)

Olga Sayanova, Noemi Ruiz-Lopez, Richard P. Haslam and Johnathan A. Napier


Plant-based FRET biosensor discriminates environmental zinc levels (pages 207–216)

Joshua P. Adams, Ardeshir Adeli, Chuan-Yu Hsu, Richard L. Harkess, Grier P. Page, Claude W. dePamphilis, Emily B. Schultz and Cetin Yuceer


Field performance of transgenic sugarcane expressing isomaltulose synthase (pages 217–225)

Shiromani W. V. Basnayake, Terrance C. Morgan, Luguang Wu and Robert G. Birch


Gateway-compatible vectors for high-throughput gene functional analysis in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and other monocot species (pages 226–236)

David G.J. Mann, Peter R. LaFayette, Laura L. Abercrombie, Zachary R. King, Mitra Mazarei, Mathew C. Halter, Charleson R. Poovaiah, Holly Baxter, Hui Shen, Richard A. Dixon, Wayne A. Parrott and C. Neal Stewart Jr


Cisgenic barley with improved phytase activity (pages 237–247)

Inger B. Holme, Giuseppe Dionisio, Henrik Brinch-Pedersen, Toni Wendt, Claus K. Madsen, Eva Vincze and Preben B. Holm


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