BMC Plant Biology - 12 (February), 2012

Contents:


Dissecting genetic architecture of grape proanthocyanidin composition through quantitative trait locus mapping

Yung-Fen Huang, Agnes Doligez, Alexandre Fournier-Level, Loic Le Cunff, Yves Bertrand, Aurélie Canaguier, Cécile Morel, Valérie Miralles, Frédéric Veran, Jean-Marc Souquet, Véronique Cheynier, Nancy Terrier, Patrice This


Bioinformatic identification of cassava miRNAs differentially expressed in response to infection by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis

Álvaro L. Pérez-Quintero, Andrés Quintero, Oscar Urrego, Pablo Vanegas, Camilo López


Identification of wounding and topping responsive small RNAs in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

She Tang, Yu Wang, Zefeng Li, Yijie Gui, Bingguang Xiao, Jiahua Xie, Qian-Hao Zhu, Longjiang Fan


Combinatorial analysis of lupulin gland transcription factors from R2R3Myb, bHLH and WDR families indicates a complex regulation of chs_H1 genes essential for prenylflavonoid biosynthesis in hop (Humulus Lupulus L.)

Jaroslav Matoušek, Tomáš Kocábek, Josef Patzak, Zoltán Füssy, Jitka Procházková, Arne Heyerick


Fostered and left behind alleles in peanut: interspecific QTL mapping reveals footprints of domestication and useful natural variation for breeding

Daniel Fonceka, Hodo-Abalo Tossim, Ronan Rivallan, Hélene Vignes, Issa Faye, Ousmane Ndoye, Márcio C. Moretzsohn, David J. Bertioli, Jean-Christophe Glaszmann, Brigitte Courtois, Jean-François Rami


Microsatellite allele dose and configuration establishment (MADCE): an integrated approach for genetic studies in allopolyploids

Thijs van Dijk, Yolanda Noordijk, Tiphaine Dubos, Marco C.A.M. Bink, Bert J. Meulenbroek, Richard G.F. Visser, Eric van de Weg 


Comprehensive analysis of tobacco pollen transcriptome unveils common pathways in polar cell expansion and underlying heterochronic shift during spermatogenesis

Said Hafidh, Katarína Breznenová, Petr Růžička, Jana Feciková, Věra Čapková, David Honys


AMS-dependent and independent regulation of anther transcriptome and comparison with those affected by other Arabidopsis anther genes

Xuan Ma, Baomin Feng, Hong Ma


The cold-induced basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene MdCIbHLH1 encodes an ICE-like protein in apple

Xiao-Ming Feng, Qiang Zhao, Ling-Ling Zhao, Yu Qiao, Xing-Bin Xie, Hui-Feng Li, Yu-Xin Yao, Chun-Xiang You, Yu-Jin Hao


Functional alleles of the flowering time regulator FRIGIDA in the Brassica oleracea genome

Judith A. Irwin, Clare Lister, Eleni Soumpourou, Yanwen Zhang, Elaine C. Howell, Graham Teakle, Caroline Dean


Comparative transcriptome analysis of stylar canal cells identifies novel candidate genes implicated in the self-incompatibility response of Citrus clementina

Marco Caruso, Paz Merelo, Gaetano Distefano, Stefano La Malfa, Angela Lo Piero, Francisco R. Tadeo, Manuel Talon, Alessandra Gentile


Characterization of a calcium/calmodulin-regulated SR/CAMTA gene family during tomato fruit development and ripening

Tianbao Yang, Hui Peng, Bruce D. Whitaker, William S. Conway


Identification of novel microRNAs in Hevea brasiliensis and computational prediction of their targets

Virginie Gébelin, Xavier Argout, Worrawat Engchuan, Bertrand Pitollat, Cuifang Duan, Pascal Montoro, Julie Leclercq


Organ specificity and transcriptional control of metabolic routes revealed by expression QTL profiling of source--sink tissues in a segregating potato population

Bjorn Kloosterman, A.M. Anithakumari, Pierre-Yves Chibon, Marian Oortwijn, Gerard C. van der Linden, Richard GF Visser, Christian W.B. Bachem