BMC Plant Biology - 12 (August), 2012

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Identification of white campion (Silene latifolia) guaiacol O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of veratrole, a key volatile for pollinator attraction

Alok K. Gupta, Tariq A. Akhtar, Alex Widmer, Eran Pichersky, Florian P. Schiestl 


DNA binding specificity of ATAF2, a NAC domain transcription factor targeted for degradation by Tobacco mosaic virus

Xiao Wang, James N Culver 


Production of engineered long-life and male sterile Pelargonium plants

Begona García-Sogo, Benito Pineda, Edelín M Roque, Teresa Antón, Alejandro Atarés, Marisé Borja, José P. Beltrán, Vicente Moreno, Luis A. Canas 


Intraspecific sequence comparisons reveal similar rates of non-collinear gene insertion in the B and D genomes of bread wheat

Jan Bartoš, Čestmír Vlček, Frédéric Choulet, Mária Džunková, Kateřina Cviková, Jan Šafář, Hana Šimková, Jan Pačes, Hynek Strnad, Pierre Sourdille, Hélene Berges, Federica Cattonaro, Catherine Feuillet, Jaroslav Doležel 


A putative role for amino acid permeases in sink-source communication of barley tissues uncovered by RNA-seq

Stefan Kohl, Julien Hollmann, Frank R Blattner, Volodymyr Radchuk, Franka Andersch, Burkhard Steuernagel, Thomas Schmutzer, Uwe Scholz, Karin Krupinska, Hans Weber, Winfriede Weschke 


Comparative mapping in the Fagaceae and beyond with EST-SSRs

Catherine Bodénes, Emilie Chancerel, Oliver Gailing, Giovanni G. Vendramin, Francesca Bagnoli, Jerome Durand, Pablo G. Goicoechea, Carolina Soliani, Fiorella Villani, Claudia Mattioni, Hans Peter Koelewijn, Florent Murat, Jerome Salse, Guy Roussel, Christophe Boury, Florian Alberto, Antoine Kremer, Christophe Plomion


CYP98A22, a phenolic ester 3'-hydroxylase specialized in the synthesis of chlorogenic acid, as a new tool for enhancing the furanocoumarin concentration in Ruta graveolens

Fazeelat Karamat, Alexandre Olry, Sebastien Doerper, Guilhem Vialart, Frederic Bourgaud, Alain Hehn 


A naturally occurring InDel variation in BraA.FLC.b (BrFLC2) associated with flowering time variation in Brassica rapa

Jian Wu, Keyun Wei, Feng Cheng, Shikai Li, Qian Wang, Jianjun Zhao, Guusje Bonnema, Xiaowu Wang 


Temporal and spatial expression of polygalacturonase gene family members reveals divergent regulation during fleshy fruit ripening and abscission in the monocot species oil palm

Peerapat Roongsattham, Fabienne Morcillo, Chatchawan Jantasuriyarat, Maxime Pizot, Steven Moussu, Dasuni Jayaweera, Myriam Collin, Zinnia Gonzalez-Carranza, Philippe Amblard, James W Tregear, Somvong Tragoonrung, Jean-Luc Verdeil, Timothy J. Tranbarger


Unique expression, processing regulation, and regulatory network of peach (Prunus persica) miRNAs

Hong Zhu, Rui Xia, Bingyu Zhao, Yong-qiang An, Chris D. Dardick, Ann M. Callahan, Zongrang Liu 


Construction of a high-density genetic map for grape using next generation restriction-site associated DNA sequencing

Nian Wang, Linchuan Fang, Haiping Xin, Lijun Wang, Shaohua Li 


Proteome characterization of developing grains in bread wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.)

Guangfang Guo, Dongwen Lv, Xing Yan, Saminathan Subburaj, Pei Ge, Xiaohui Li, Yingkao Hu Hu, Yueming Yan 


Identification and characterization of small non-coding RNAs from Chinese fir by high throughput sequencing

Li-Chuan Wan, Feng Wang, Xiangqian Guo, Shanfa Lu, Zongbo Qiu, Yuanyuan Zhao, Haiyan Zhang, Jinxing Lin 


Histone acetyltransferases in rice (Oryza sativa L.): phylogenetic analysis, subcellular localization and expression

Xia Liu, Ming Luo, Wei Zhang, Jinhui Zhao, Jianxia Zhang, Keqiang Wu, Lining Tian, Jun Duan 


GhWRKY15, a member of the WRKY transcription factor family identified from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), is involved in disease resistance and plant development

Feifei Yu, Yifeng Huaxia, Wenjing Lu, Changai Wu, Xuecheng Cao, Xingqi Guo 


Loss of compatibility might explain resistance of the Arabidopsis thaliana accession Te-0 to Golovinomyces cichoracearum

Georgina Fabro, Maria E Alvarez BMC Plant Biology 2012, 12:143 


Non-canonical peroxisome targeting signals: identification of novel PTS1 tripeptides and characterization of enhancer elements by computational permutation analysis

Gopal Chowdhary, Amr RA Kataya, Thomas Lingner, Sigrun Reumann 


Virus-Induced Gene-Silencing in Wheat Spikes and Grains and Its Application in Functional Analysis of HMW-GS-encoding Genes

Meng Ma, Yan Yan, Li Huang, Mingshun Chen, Huixian Zhao 


Identification of the dehydrin gene family from grapevine species and analysis of their responsiveness to various forms of abiotic and biotic stress

Yazhou Yang, Mingyang He, Ziguo Zhu, Shuxiu Li, Yan Xu, Chaohong Zhang, Stacy D. Singer, Yuejin Wang 


Genome-wide mapping of NBS-LRR genes and their association with disease resistance in soybean

Yang Jae Kang, Kil Hyun Kim, Sangrea Shim, Min Young Yoon, Suli Sun, Moon Young Kim, Kyujung Van, Suk-Ha Lee 


Genome-scale identification of cell-wall related genes in Arabidopsis based on co-expression network analysis

Shan Wang, Yanbin Yin, Qin Ma, Xiaojia Tang, Dongyun Hao, Ying Xu 


QTL analysis of novel genomic regions associated with yield and yield related traits in new plant type based recombinant inbred lines of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Balram Marathi, Smriti Guleria, Trilochan Mohapatra, Rajender Parsad, Nagarajan Mariappan, Vinod Kurungara, Salwandir Atwal, Kumble Prabhu, Nagendra Singh, Ashok Singh


Marker-based linkage map of Andean common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and mapping of QTLs underlying popping ability traits

Fernando J Yuste-Lisbona, Marta Santalla, Carmen Capel, Manuel García-Alcázar, María De la Fuente, Juan Capel, Antonio M. De Ron, Rafael Lozano 


CCS52A2/FZR1, a cell cycle regulator, is an essential factor for shoot apical meristem maintenance in Arabidopsis thaliana

Yajie Liu, Wei Ye, Beibei Li, XiaoJing Zhou, Yuhai Cui, Mark P. Running, Kede Liu 


CrMPK3, a mitogen activated protein kinase from Catharanthus roseus and its possible role in stress induced biosynthesis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids

Susheel K. Raina, Dhammaprakash P. Wankhede, Monika Jaggi, Pallavi Singh, Sidhhi K. Jalmi, Badmi Raghiram, Arsheed H. Sheikh, Alok K. Sinha 


Evidence of cryptic introgression in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) based on wild tomato species alleles

Joanne A. Labate, Larry D. Robertson 


High throughput sequencing reveals novel and abiotic stress-regulated microRNAs in the inflorescences of rice

Blanca E Barrera-Figueroa, Lei Gao, Zhigang Wu, Xuefeng Zhou, Jianhua Zhu, Hailing Jin, Renyi Liu, Jian-Kang Zhu


Comparison of freezing tolerance, compatible solutes and polyamines in geographically diverse collections of Thellungiella sp. and Arabidopsis thaliana accessions

Yang Lee, Alexei Babakov, Bert de Boer, Ellen Zuther, Dirk K. Hincha 


Genome-wide analysis of the grapevine stilbene synthase multigenic family: genomic organization and expression profiles upon biotic and abiotic stresses

Alessandro Vannozzi, Ian B Dry, Marianna Fasoli, Sara Zenoni, Margherita Lucchin 


Down-regulation of POLYGALACTURONASE 1 alters firmness, tensile strength and water loss in apple (Malus x domestica) fruit

Ross G. Atkinson, Paul W. Sutherland, Sarah L. Johnston, Kularajathevan Gunaseelan, Ian C. Hallett, Deepali Mitra, David A .Brummell, Roswitha Schroder, Jason W. Johnston, Robert J. Schaffer 


Jasmonic acid is involved in the signaling pathway for fungal endophyte-induced volatile oil accumulation of Atractylodes lancea plantlets

Cheng-Gang Ren, Chuan-Chao Dai

A new microspore embryogenesis system under low temperature which mimics zygotic embryogenesis initials, expresses auxin and efficiently regenerates doubled-haploid plants in Brassica napus

Deepak Prem, María-Teresa Solís, Ivett Bárány, Héctor Rodríguez-Sanz, María C. Risueno, Pilar S. Testillano 


The cytological changes of tobacco zygote and proembryo cells induced by beta-glucosyl Yariv reagent suggest the involvement of arabinogalactan proteins in cell division and cell plate formation

Miao Yu, Jie Zhao 


Bioinformatic cis-element analyses performed in Arabidopsis and rice disclose bZIP- and MYB-related binding sites as potential AuxRE-coupling elements in auxin-mediated transcription

Kenneth W Berendzen, Christoph Weiste, Dierk Wanke, Joachim Kilian, Klaus Harter, Wolfgang Dröge-Laser 


Phenotypic and histochemical traits of the interaction between Plasmopara viticola and resistant or susceptible grapevine varieties

Silvia Laura Toffolatti, Giovanni Venturini, Dario Maffi, Annamaria Vercesi 


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