Planta - 235 (1-3), 2012

Planta - 235 (1), 2012



Contents:


Original Articles


Immunocytochemical determination of the subcellular distribution of ascorbate in plants

Bernd Zechmann, M. Stumpe and F. Mauch


DBB1a, involved in gibberellin homeostasis, functions as a negative regulator of blue light-mediated hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis

Qiming Wang, Jianxin Zeng, Keqin Deng, Xiaoju Tu and Xiaoying Zhao, et al.


Three endo-ß-mannanase genes expressed in the micropylar endosperm and in the radicle influence germination of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds

Raquel Iglesias-Fernández, María Carmen Rodríguez-Gacio, Cristina Barrero-Sicilia, Pilar Carbonero and Angel Matilla


Polyketide derivatives active against Botrytis cinerea in Gerbera hybrida

Satu Koskela, Päivi P. Söderholm, Miia Ainasoja, Tero Wennberg and Karel D. Klika, et al.


Putative dual pathway of auxin transport in organogenesis of Arabidopsis

Alicja Banasiak


Distinct roles for Arabidopsis SUMO protease ESD4 and its closest homolog ELS1

Rebecca Hermkes, Yong-Fu Fu, Kerstin Nürrenberg, Ruchika Budhiraja and Elmon Schmelzer, et al.


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

Milada Vítová, Kateřina Bišová, Dáša Umysová, Monika Hlavová and Shigeyuki Kawano, et al.


Involvement of root ABA and hydraulic conductivity in the control of water relations in wheat plants exposed to increased evaporative demand

Guzel Kudoyarova, Svetlana Veselova, Wolfram Hartung, Rashit Farhutdinov and Dmitry Veselov, et al.


Brassinolide-improved development of Brassica napus microspore-derived embryos is associated with increased activities of purine and pyrimidine salvage pathways

Mark Belmonte, Mohamed Elhiti, Hiroshi Ashihara and Claudio Stasolla


Temporal and spatial diversities of the immunolabeling of mannan and xylan polysaccharides in differentiating earlywood ray cells and pits of Cryptomeria japonica

Jong Sik Kim, Tatsuya Awano, Arata Yoshinaga and Keiji Takabe


Molecular characterization of a miraculin-like gene differentially expressed during coffee development and coffee leaf miner infestation

Jorge Maurício Costa Mondego, Melina Pasini Duarte, Eduardo Kiyota, Leandro Martínez and Sandra Rodrigues de Camargo, et al.


Plasmodesmata distribution and sugar partitioning in nitrogen-fixing root nodules of Datisca glomerata

Maria Schubert, Nouria K. Koteyeva, Philipp W. Wabnitz, Patricia Santos and Michael Büttner, et al.


Differential roles of alkaline/neutral invertases in Nostoc sp. PCC 7120: Inv-B isoform is essential for diazotrophic growth

Walter A. Vargas, Carolina N. Nishi, Laura E. Giarrocco and Graciela L. Salerno


Identification of suitable reference genes for normalization of qPCR data in comparative transcriptomics analyses in the Triticeae

María J. Giménez, Fernando Pistón and Sergio G. Atienza


Molecular and functional analyses of rice NHX-type Na+/H+ antiporter genes

Atsunori Fukuda, Atsuko Nakamura, Naho Hara, Seiichi Toki and Yoshiyuki Tanaka


An Arabidopsis senescence-associated protein SAG29 regulates cell viability under high salinity

Pil Joon Seo, Jung-Min Park, Seok Ki Kang, Sang-Gyu Kim and Chung-Mo Park


Rapid Communication


Genetic and environmental changes in SUMO homeostasis lead to nuclear mRNA retention in plants

Sivaramakrishnan Muthuswamy and Iris Meier


Strigolactones affect lateral root formation and root-hair elongation in Arabidopsis

Yoram Kapulnik, Pierre-Marc Delaux, Natalie Resnick, Einav Mayzlish-Gati and Smadar Wininger, et al.


Note added in proof


Note added in proof to: Over-expression of an FT-homologous gene of apple induces early flowering in annual and perennial plants

Conny Tränkner, Sandra Lehmann, Hans Hoenicka, Magda-Viola Hanke and Matthias Fladung, et al.


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Planta - 235 (2), 2012



Contents:


Original Articles


The reduction of reactive oxygen species formation by mitochondrial alternative respiration in tomato basal defense against TMV infection

Yang-Wen-Ke Liao, Kai Shi, Li-Jun Fu, Shuai Zhang and Xin Li, et al.


Isolation and characterization of a novel ammonium overly sensitive mutant, amos2, in Arabidopsis thaliana

Guangjie Li, Gangqiang Dong, Baohai Li, Qing Li and Herbert J. Kronzucker, et al.


Cloning and characterization of a maize bZIP transcription factor, ZmbZIP72, confers drought and salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis

Sheng Ying, Deng-Feng Zhang, Jing Fu, Yun-Su Shi and Yan-Chun Song, et al.


The PAL2 promoter activities in relation to structural development and adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Jeh Haur Wong, Parameswari Namasivayam and Mohd Puad Abdullah


High light stimulates Deg1-dependent cleavage of the minor LHCII antenna proteins CP26 and CP29 and the PsbS protein in Arabidopsis thaliana

Maksymilian Zienkiewicz, Aleksandra Ferenc, Wioleta Wasilewska and Elżbieta Romanowska


An unusual form of reaction wood in Koromiko [Hebe salicifolia G. Forst. (Pennell)], a southern hemisphere angiosperm

Miho Kojima, Verena K. Becker and Clemens M. Altaner


SlWRKY70 is required for Mi-1-mediated resistance to aphids and nematodes in tomato

Hagop S. Atamian, Thomas Eulgem and Isgouhi Kaloshian


AtPTR4 and AtPTR6 are differentially expressed, tonoplast-localized members of the peptide transporter/nitrate transporter 1 (PTR/NRT1) family

Annett Weichert, Christopher Brinkmann, Nataliya Y. Komarova, Daniela Dietrich and Kathrin Thor, et al.


Important photosynthetic contribution from the non-foliar green organs in cotton at the late growth stage

Yuan-Yuan Hu, Ya-Li Zhang, Hong-Hai Luo, Wei Li and Riichi Oguchi, et al.


Seaweeds early development: detrimental effects of desiccation and attenuation by algal extracts

Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Sebastián Callejas, Daniela Thomas, Camille Sordet and Georg Pohnert, et al.


Age and sex-related changes in cytokinins, auxins and abscisic acid in a centenarian relict herbaceous perennial

Marta Onate, Maria B. García and Sergi Munné-Bosch


Influence of over-expression of the FLOWERING PROMOTING FACTOR 1 gene (FPF1) from Arabidopsis on wood formation in hybrid poplar (Populus tremula L. × P. tremuloides Michx.)

Hans Hoenicka, Silke Lautner, Andreas Klingberg, Gerald Koch and Fadia El-Sherif, et al.


Identification of aluminum-responsive microRNAs in Medicago truncatula by genome-wide high-throughput sequencing

Lei Chen, Tianzuo Wang, Mingui Zhao, Qiuying Tian and Wen-Hao Zhang


Potential role of the rice OsCCS52A gene in endoreduplication

Mukhamad Su’udi, Joon-Yung Cha, Min Hee Jung, Netty Ermawati and Chang-deok Han, et al.


Stress responses to phenol in Arabidopsis and transcriptional changes revealed by microarray analysis

Jing Xu, Zhen-Hong Su, Chen Chen, Hong-Juan Han and Bo Zhu, et al.


Functional analysis of light-regulated promoter region of AtPol? gene

Sujit Roy, Swarup Roy Choudhury, Sanjay Kumar Singh and Kali Pada Das


Mutation of OsALDH7 causes a yellow-colored endosperm associated with accumulation of oryzamutaic acid A in rice

Yi Shen, Yan Zhang, Chao Yang, Ying Lan and Linglong Liu, et al.


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Planta - 235 (3), 2012



Contents:


Review


Root phototropism: from dogma to the mechanism of blue light perception

Ulrich Kutschera and Winslow R. Briggs


Original Article


Features of a unique intronless cluster of class I small heat shock protein genes in tandem with box C/D snoRNA genes on chromosome 6 in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Ravinder K. Goyal, Vinod Kumar, Vijaya Shukla, Rohini Mattoo and Yongsheng Liu, et al.


Genetic variation in strigolactone production and tillering in rice and its effect on Striga hermonthica infection

Muhammad Jamil, Tatsiana Charnikhova, Benyamin Houshyani, Aad van Ast and Harro J. Bouwmeester


DIMINUTO 1 affects the lignin profile and secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis

Zakir Hossain, Brian McGarvey, Lisa Amyot, Margaret Gruber and Jinwook Jung, et al.


Proteomic analysis of a model unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, during short-term exposure to irradiance stress reveals significant down regulation of several heat-shock proteins

Bancha Mahong, Suttiruk Roytrakul, Narumon Phaonaklop, Janewit Wongratana and Kittisak Yokthongwattana


Expression of the nucleocapsid protein of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus in soybean seed yields an immunogenic antigenic protein

Sornkanok Vimolmangkang, Ksenija Gasic, Ruth Soria-Guerra, Sergio Rosales-Mendoza and Leticia Moreno-Fierros, et al.


Overexpression of Nelumbo nucifera metallothioneins 2a and 3 enhances seed germination vigor in Arabidopsis

Yuliang Zhou, Pu Chu, Huhui Chen, Yin Li and Jun Liu, et al.


An ER-targeted calcium-binding peptide confers salt and drought tolerance mediated by CIPK6 in Arabidopsis

Pei-Lan Tsou, Sang Yoon Lee, Nina Stromgren Allen, Heike Winter-Sederoff and Dominique Robertson


Manipulation of l-ascorbic acid biosynthesis pathways in Solanum lycopersicum: elevated GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase activity enhances l-ascorbate levels in red fruit

Christelle Cronje, Gavin M. George, Alisdair R. Fernie, Jan Bekker and Jens Kossmann, et al.


Functional characterization of an acidic SK3 dehydrin isolated from an Opuntiastreptacantha cDNA library

A. E. Ochoa-Alfaro, M. Rodríguez-Kessler, M. B. Pérez-Morales, P. Delgado-Sánchez and C. L. Cuevas-Velazquez, et al.


pc8.1, a major QTL for pigment content in pepper fruit, is associated with variation in plastid compartment size

Arnon Brand, Yelena Borovsky, Sagit Meir, Ilana Rogachev and Asaph Aharoni, et al.


Comparative study of gene expression and major proteins’ function of laticifers in lignified and unlignified organs of mulberry

Sakihito Kitajima, Toki Taira, Kenji Oda, Katsuyuki T. Yamato and Yoshihiro Inukai, et al.


Respiratory complex I deficiency induces drought tolerance by impacting leaf stomatal and hydraulic conductances

Reda Djebbar, Touhami Rzigui, Pierre Pétriacq, Caroline Mauve and Pierrick Priault, et al.


Site-directed mutagenesis of the Arabidopsis heterotrimeric G protein ß subunit suggests divergent mechanisms of effector activation between plant and animal G proteins

David Chakravorty, Yuri Trusov and José Ramón Botella


Reduced expression of FatA thioesterases in Arabidopsis affects the oil content and fatty acid composition of the seeds

Antonio J. Moreno-Pérez, Mónica Venegas-Calerón, Fabián E. Vaistij, Joaquín J. Salas and Tony R. Larson, et al.


Emerging Technologies


Utilizing the genetic diversity within rice cultivars

Helen Belefant-Miller, Gordon H. Miller and Karen A. K. Moldenhauer


Rapid Communication


Proteomic analysis of salinity-stressed Chlamydomonas reinhardtii revealed differential suppression and induction of a large number of important housekeeping proteins

Chotika Yokthongwattana, Bancha Mahong, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Narumon Phaonaklop and Jarunya Narangajavana, et al.



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