Planta - 234 (2-6), 2011

Planta - 234 (2), 2011



Contents:

Review


Pollen vacuoles and their significance

Ettore Pacini, Cédric Jacquard and Christophe Clément


Original Article


PdERECTA, a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase of poplar, confers enhanced water use efficiency in Arabidopsis

Hai Tao Xing, Peng Guo, Xin Li Xia and Wei Lun Yin


Crystal structure of tarocystatin–papain complex: implications for the inhibition property of group-2 phytocystatins

Ming-Hung Chu, Kai-Lun Liu, Hsin-Yi Wu, Kai-Wun Yeh and Yi-Sheng Cheng


Gene expression changes in Arabidopsis seedlings during short- to long-term exposure to 3-D clinorotation

Hyuncheol Soh, Chungkyun Auh, Woong-Young Soh, Kyeongsik Han and Donggiun Kim, et al.


Anoxia-induced elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ concentration depends on different Ca2+ sources in rice and wheat protoplasts

Vladislav V. Yemelyanov, Maria F. Shishova, Tamara V. Chirkova and Sylvia M. Lindberg


Aluminum regulates oxalate secretion and plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity independently in tomato roots

Jian Li Yang, Xiao Fang Zhu, You Xiang Peng, Cheng Zheng and Feng Ming, et al.


Biochemical characterization, cDNA cloning, and molecular modeling of araujiain aII, a papain-like cysteine protease from Araujia angustifolia latex

Walter D. Obregón, Daniela Lufrano, Constanza S. Liggieri, Sebastián A. Trejo and Sandra E. Vairo-Cavalli, et al.


Substrate promiscuity of a rosmarinic acid synthase from lavender (Lavandula angustifolia L.)

Christian Landmann, Stefanie Hücherig, Barbara Fink, Thomas Hoffmann and Daniela Dittlein, et al.


Flowering and expression of flowering-related genes under long-day conditions with light-emitting diodes

Yoshimi Hori, Koji Nishidate, Manabu Nishiyama, Koki Kanahama and Yoshinori Kanayama


Physiological mechanisms underlying OsNAC5-dependent tolerance of rice plants to abiotic stress

Shi-Yong Song, Ying Chen, Jie Chen, Xiao-Yan Dai and Wen-Hao Zhang


Mapping QTLs for improving grain yield using the USDA rice mini-core collection

Xiaobai Li, Wengui Yan, Hesham Agrama, Limeng Jia and Xihong Shen, et al.


Flavonoid-related basic helix-loop-helix regulators, NtAn1a and NtAn1b, of tobacco have originated from two ancestors and are functionally active

Yanhong Bai, Sitakanta Pattanaik, Barunava Patra, Joshua R. Werkman and Claire H. Xie, et al.


Validation of reference genes for RT-qPCR studies of gene expression in banana fruit under different experimental conditions

Lei Chen, Hai-ying Zhong, Jian-fei Kuang, Jian-guo Li and Wang-jin Lu, et al.


Structure, expression profile and subcellular localisation of four different sucrose synthase genes from barley

Cristina Barrero-Sicilia, Sara Hernando-Amado, Pablo González-Melendi and Pilar Carbonero



Vitis vinifera VvNPR1.1 is the functional ortholog of AtNPR1 and its overexpression in grapevine triggers constitutive activation of PR genes and enhanced resistance to powdery mildew

Gaëlle Le Henanff, Sibylle Farine, Flore Kieffer-Mazet, Anne-Sophie Miclot and Thierry Heitz, et al.


Rapid Communication


The synthetic strigolactone GR24 influences the growth pattern of phytopathogenic fungi

Evgenia Dor, Daniel M. Joel, Yoram Kapulnik, Hinanit Koltai and Joseph Hershenhorn



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Planta - 234 (3), 2011



Contents:

Original Article

Regulation of multiple aquaporin genes in Arabidopsis by a pair of recently duplicated DREB transcription factors

Liina Rae, Nga T. Lao and Tony A. Kavanagh


Comparative studies on tolerance of Medicago truncatula and Medicago falcata to freezing

Li-Li Zhang, Min-Gui Zhao, Qiu-Ying Tian and Wen-Hao Zhang


A nodulin/glutamine synthetase-like fusion protein is implicated in the regulation of root morphogenesis and in signalling triggered by flagellin

Anna Doskočilová, Ondřej Plíhal, Jindřich Volc, Jana Chumová and Hana Kourová, et al.


Evidence for a role of raffinose in stabilizing photosystem II during freeze–thaw cycles

Markus Knaupp, Kumud B. Mishra, Ladislav Nedbal and Arnd G. Heyer


Ginseng root water-extracted pectic polysaccharides originate from secretory cavities

Li Yu, Yifa Zhou and J. Paul Knox


Inhibition of aconitase in citrus fruit callus results in a metabolic shift towards amino acid biosynthesis

Asfaw Degu, Bayissa Hatew, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Ludmila Shlizerman and Naftali Zur, et al.


Deep sequencing of voodoo lily (Amorphophallus konjac): an approach to identify relevant genes involved in the synthesis of the hemicellulose glucomannan

Sascha Gille, Kun Cheng, Mary E. Skinner, Aaron H. Liepman and Curtis G. Wilkerson, et al.


Embryogenic potential and expression of embryogenesis-related genes in conifers are affected by treatment with a histone deacetylase inhibitor

Daniel Uddenberg, Silvia Valladares, Malin Abrahamsson, Jens Fredrik Sundström and Annika Sundas-Larsson, et al.


The WRKY transcription factor OsWRKY78 regulates stem elongation and seed development in rice

Chang-Quan Zhang, Yong Xu, Yan Lu, Heng-Xiu Yu and Ming-Hong Gu, et al.


Environmental regulation of stomatal response in the Arabidopsis Cvi-0 ecotype

Keina Monda, Juntaro Negi, Atsuhiro Iio, Kensuke Kusumi and Mikiko Kojima, et al.


The HyPRP gene EARLI1 has an auxiliary role for germinability and early seedling development under low temperature and salt stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana

Dan Xu, Xuan Huang, Zi-Qin Xu and Michael Schläppi


Dehydration-mediated activation of the xanthophyll cycle in darkness: is it related to desiccation tolerance?

B. Fernández-Marín, F. Míguez, J. M. Becerril and J. I. García-Plazaola


Functional analysis in Arabidopsis of FsPTP1, a tyrosine phosphatase from beechnuts, reveals its role as a negative regulator of ABA signaling and seed dormancy and suggests its involvement in ethylene signaling modulation

Ana Alonso-Ramírez, Dolores Rodríguez, David Reyes, Jesús A. Jiménez and Gregorio Nicolás, et al.


Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: duration of its cell cycle and phases at growth rates affected by temperature

Milada Vítová, Kateřina Bišová, Monika Hlavová, Shigeyuki Kawano and Vilém Zachleder, et al.


Cyanamide mode of action during inhibition of onion (Allium cepa L.) root growth involves disturbances in cell division and cytoskeleton formation

Dorota Soltys, Anna Rudzińska-Langwald, Wojciech Kurek, Agnieszka Gniazdowska and Elwira Sliwinska, et al.


The sucrose synthase-1 promoter from Citrus sinensis directs expression of the ß-glucuronidase reporter gene in phloem tissue and in response to wounding in transgenic plants

Stacy D. Singer, Jean-Michel Hily and Kerik D. Cox


Rapid Communication


Root starch accumulation in response to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization differs among Lotus japonicus starch mutants

Caroline Gutjahr, Mara Novero, Tracey Welham, Trevor Wang and Paola Bonfante



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Planta - 234 (4), 2011



Contents:

Review


Piecing together the puzzle of parasitic plant plastome evolution

Kirsten Krause


Mitochondria-localized NAD biosynthesis by nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase in Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) heterotrophic tissues

Catello Di Martino and Maria Luigia Pallotta


Quantitative genetic analysis of salicylic acid perception in Arabidopsis

Albor Dobón, Juan Vicente Canet, Lorena Perales and Pablo Tornero


Characterization of development and artemisinin biosynthesis in self-pollinated Artemisia annua plants

Fatima Alejos-Gonzalez, Guosheng Qu, Li-Li Zhou, Carole H. Saravitz and Janet L. Shurtleff, et al.


Diverse spontaneous silencing of a transgene among two Nicotiana species

Athanasios Dalakouras, Mirko Moser, Kajohn Boonrod, Gabi Krczal and Michael Wassenegger


cGMP regulates hydrogen peroxide accumulation in calcium-dependent salt resistance pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana roots

Jisheng Li, Xiaomin Wang, Yanli Zhang, Honglei Jia and Yurong Bi


WCI, a novel wheat chymotrypsin inhibitor: purification, primary structure, inhibitory properties and heterologous expression

Antimo Di Maro, Francesca Farisei, Daniela Panichi, Valeria Severino and Natalia Bruni, et al.


Expression, subcellular localization, and cis-regulatory structure of duplicated phytoene synthase genes in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

Xiaoqiong Qin, Ardian Coku, Kentaro Inoue and Li Tian


High resolution scanning electron microscopy of plasmodesmata

Sarah Brecknock, Teresa P. Dibbayawan, Maret Vesk, Peter A. Vesk and Christine Faulkner, et al.


Bellis perennis: a useful tool for protein localization studies

Katharina Jaedicke, Jutta Rösler, Tanja Gans and Jon Hughes


Automated motion estimation of root responses to sucrose in two Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes using confocal microscopy

Nathalie Wuyts, A. Glyn Bengough, Timothy J. Roberts, Chengjin Du and M. Fraser Bransby, et al.


Structure and regulation of the Asr gene family in banana

Isabelle M. Henry, Sebastien C. Carpentier, Suzana Pampurova, Anais Van Hoylandt and Bart Panis, et al.


The polyphenol oxidase gene family in poplar: phylogeny, differential expression and identification of a novel, vacuolar isoform

Lan T. Tran and C. Peter Constabel


GmFtsH9 expression correlates with in vivo photosystem II function: chlorophyll a fluorescence transient analysis and eQTL mapping in soybean

Zhitong Yin, Fanfan Meng, Haina Song, Xiaolin Wang and Maoni Chao, et al.


Evolutionary significance of an algal gene encoding an [FeFe]-hydrogenase with F-domain homology and hydrogenase activity in Chlorella variabilis NC64A

Jonathan E. Meuser, Eric S. Boyd, Gennady Ananyev, Devin Karns and Randor Radakovits, et al.


Mechanisms of xylanase-induced nitric oxide and phosphatidic acid production in tomato cells

M. Luciana Lanteri, Lorenzo Lamattina and Ana M. Laxalt


Rapid Communication


Up-regulation of leucine aminopeptidase-A in cadmium-treated tomato roots

Latifa Boulila-Zoghlami, Philippe Gallusci, Frances M. Holzer, Gilles J. Basset and Whabi Djebali, et al.



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Planta - 234 (5), 2011



Contents:

Original Articles


A pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) WD40-repeat gene is a functional homologue of Arabidopsis TTG1 and is involved in the regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis during pomegranate fruit development

Zohar Ben-Simhon, Sylvie Judeinstein, Talia Nadler-Hassar, Taly Trainin and Irit Bar-Ya’akov, et al.


Characterization of PSI recovery after chilling-induced photoinhibition in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) leaves

Zishan Zhang, Yujiao Jia, Huiyuan Gao, Litao Zhang and Haidong Li, et al.


Association mapping of dynamic developmental plant height in common wheat

Jianan Zhang, Chenyang Hao, Qian Ren, Xiaoping Chang and Guiru Liu, et al.


Peroxisomal localisation of the final steps of the mevalonic acid pathway in planta

Andrew J. Simkin, Grégory Guirimand, Nicolas Papon, Vincent Courdavault and Insaf Thabet, et al.


MusaDHN-1, a novel multiple stress-inducible SK3-type dehydrin gene, contributes affirmatively to drought- and salt-stress tolerance in banana

Upendra K. Singh Shekhawat, Lingam Srinivas and Thumballi R. Ganapathi


The alleles at the E1 locus impact the expression pattern of two soybean FT-like genes shown to induce flowering in Arabidopsis

Dhiraj Thakare, Saratha Kumudini and Randy D. Dinkins


Simultaneous post-transcriptional gene silencing of two different chalcone synthase genes resulting in pure white flowers in the octoploid dahlia

Sho Ohno, Munetaka Hosokawa, Misa Kojima, Yoshikuni Kitamura and Atsushi Hoshino, et al.


EST analysis of functional genes associated with cell wall biosynthesis and modification in the secondary xylem of the yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) stem during early stage of tension wood formation

Hyunjung Jin, Jihye Do, Dahyun Moon, Eun Woon Noh and Wook Kim, et al.


Histological and molecular studies of the non-host interaction between wheat and Uromyces fabae

Hongchang Zhang, Chenfang Wang, Yulin Cheng, Xiaojie Wang and Feng Li, et al.


Unique cell wall abnormalities in the putative phosphoinositide phosphatase mutant AtSAC9

Almut H. Vollmer, Nabil N. Youssef and Daryll B. DeWald


Overexpression of the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene OsTPS1 enhances abiotic stress tolerance in rice

Hao-Wen Li, Bai-Sheng Zang, Xing-Wang Deng and Xi-Ping Wang


Development of the Casparian strip is delayed by blue light in pea stems

Ichirou Karahara, Eliko Takaya, Shigetaka Fujibayashi, Hiroshi Inoue and James L. Weller, et al.


Characterization of chromoplasts and carotenoids of red- and yellow-fleshed papaya (Carica papaya L.)

Ralf M. Schweiggert, Christof B. Steingass, Annerose Heller, Patricia Esquivel and Reinhold Carle


Shifts in xylem vessel diameter and embolisms in grafted apple trees of differing rootstock growth potential in response to drought

Taryn L. Bauerle, Michela Centinari and William L. Bauerle


Genome-wide gene expression profiles in response to plastid division perturbations

Jodi Maple, Per Winge, Astrid Elisabeth Tveitaskog, Daniela Gargano and Atle M. Bones, et al.


Host-dependent suppression of RNA silencing mediated by the viral suppressor p19 in potato

Joon-Woo Ahn, Jong Suk Lee, Seyed Javad Davarpanah, Jae-Heung Jeon and Youn-Il Park, et al.


Rapid Communication


Strigolactones promote nodulation in pea

Eloise Foo and Noel W. Davies


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Planta - 234 (6), 2011



Contents:


Original Articles


Rare sugar d-allose suppresses gibberellin signaling through hexokinase-dependent pathway in Oryza sativa L.

Takeshi Fukumoto, Akihito Kano, Kouhei Ohtani, Yumiko Yamasaki-Kokudo and Bong-Gyu Kim, et al.


Defence responses in Rpv3-dependent resistance to grapevine downy mildew

Karen Casagrande, Luigi Falginella, Simone Diego Castellarin, Raffaele Testolin and Gabriele Di Gaspero


Overexpression of the pepper antimicrobial protein CaAMP1 gene regulates the oxidative stress- and disease-related proteome in Arabidopsis

Sung Chul Lee, In Sun Hwang and Byung Kook Hwang


Isolation and characterization of the fragrant cyclamen O-methyltransferase involved in flower coloration

Yusuke Akita, Satoshi Kitamura, Yoshihiro Hase, Issay Narumi and Hiroshi Ishizaka, et al.


Biochemical characterization of laccase from hairy root culture of Brassica juncea L. and role of redox mediators to enhance its potential for the decolorization of textile dyes

Amar A. Telke, Anuradha N. Kagalkar, Umesh B. Jagtap, Neetin S. Desai and Vishwas A. Bapat, et al.


Rice CYP734A cytochrome P450s inactivate brassinosteroids in Arabidopsis

Leeann E. Thornton, Hao Peng and Michael M. Neff


Apical meristem exhaustion during determinate primary root growth in the moots koom 1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana

Alejandra Hernández-Barrera, Yamel Ugartechea-Chirino, Svetlana Shishkova, Selene Napsucialy-Mendivil and Aleš Soukup, et al.


Analysis of the expression of BohLOL1, which encodes an LSD1-like zinc finger protein in Bambusa oldhamii

Sheng-Hsiung Yeh, Choun-Sea Lin, Fu-Hui Wu and Ai-Yu Wang


Increased tolerance to salt stress in the phosphate-accumulating Arabidopsis mutants siz1 and pho2

Kenji Miura, Aiko Sato, Masaru Ohta and Jun Furukawa


Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of three Concord grape (Vitis labrusca) flavonol 7-O-glucosyltransferases

Dawn Hall, Kyung Hee Kim and Vincenzo De Luca


Isolation and characterization of a novel peroxisomal choline monooxygenase in barley

Shiro Mitsuya, Junko Kuwahara, Keiko Ozaki, Eiji Saeki and Takashi Fujiwara, et al.


CaBLIND regulates axillary meristem initiation and transition to flowering in pepper

Dar Jeifetz, Rakefet David-Schwartz, Yelena Borovsky and Ilan Paran


Identification of regulators required for the reactivation of FLOWERING LOCUS C during Arabidopsis reproduction

Hyein Yun, Youbong Hyun, Min-Jeong Kang, Yoo-Sun Noh and Bosl Noh, et al.


Distinct fluctuations in nucleotide metabolism accompany the enhanced in vitro embryogenic capacity of Brassica cells over-expressing SHOOTMERISTEMLESS

Mohamed Elhiti, Hiroshi Ashihara and Claudio Stasolla


Passive water control at the surface of a superhydrophobic lichen

Christopher A. E. Hamlett, Neil James Shirtcliffe, F. Brian Pyatt, Michael I. Newton and Glen McHale, et al.


Characterization of As efflux from the roots of As hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L.

Yi Huang, Masayoshi Hatayama and Chihiro Inoue


Repression of gibberellin biosynthesis or signaling produces striking alterations in poplar growth, morphology, and flowering

Christine Zawaski, Mahita Kadmiel, Jim Pickens, Cathleen Ma and Steven Strauss, et al.


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