Journal of Experimental Botany - 60 (12), 2009

Contents (Volume 60, Number 12, 2 August 2009):

Symbolism of plants: examples from European-Mediterranean culture presented with biology and history of art
Kandeler, Riklef; Ullrich, Wolfram R.

Chloroplast anchoring: its implications for the regulation of intracellular chloroplast distribution
Takagi, Shingo; Takamatsu, Hideyasu; Sakurai-Ozato, Nami

Recent advances in ethylene research
Lin, Zhefeng; Zhong, Silin; Grierson, Don

A bacterial signal peptide is functional in plants and directs proteins to the secretory pathway
Moeller, Lorena; Gan, Qinglei; Wang, Kan

A cytosolic invertase is required for normal growth and cell development in the model legume, Lotus japonicus
Welham, Tracey; Pike, Jodie; Horst, Irmtraud; Flemetakis, Emmanouil; Katinakis, Panagiotis; Kaneko, Takakazu; Sato, Shusei; Tabata, Satoshi; Perry, Jillian; Parniske, Martin; Wang, Trevor L.

The significance of bolting and floral transitions as indicators of reproductive phase change in Arabidopsis
Pouteau, Sylvie; Albertini, Catherine

Use of network analysis to capture key traits affecting tomato organoleptic quality
Carli, Paola; Arima, Serena; Fogliano, Vincenzo; Tardella, Luca; Frusciante, Luigi; Ercolano, Maria R.

ABA inhibits germination but not dormancy release in mature imbibed seeds of Lolium rigidum Gaud.
Goggin, Danica E.; Steadman, Kathryn J.; Emery, R. J. Neil; Farrow, Scott C.; Benech-Arnold, Roberto L.; Powles, Stephen B.

Quantitative description of the effect of stratification on dormancy release of grape seeds in response to various temperatures and water contents
Wang, W. Q.; Song, S. Q.; Li, S. H.; Gan, Y. Y.; Wu, J. H.; Cheng, H. Y.

Morphogenesis at the inflorescence shoot apex of Anagallis arvensis: surface geometry and growth in comparison with the vegetative shoot
Kwiatkowska, Dorota; Routier-Kierzkowska, Anne-Lise

Comparative biochemical and transcriptional profiling of two contrasting varieties of Brassica juncea L. in response to arsenic exposure reveals mechanisms of stress perception and tolerance
Srivastava, Sudhakar; Srivastava, Ashish Kumar; Suprasanna, P.; D'Souza, S. F.

Ripening-associated ethylene biosynthesis in tomato fruit is autocatalytically and developmentally regulated
Yokotani, Naoki; Nakano, Ryohei; Imanishi, Shunsuke; Nagata, Masayasu; Inaba, Akitsugu; Kubo, Yasutaka

A comparative analysis of phenylpropanoid metabolism, N utilization, and carbon partitioning in fast- and slow-growing Populus hybrid clones
Harding, Scott A.; Jarvie, Michelle M.; Lindroth, Richard L.; Tsai, Chung-Jui

Lipid and protein accumulation in developing seeds of three lupine species: Lupinus luteus L., Lupinus albus L., and Lupinus mutabilis Sweet
Borek, Sławomir; Pukacka, Stanisława; Michalski, Krzysztof; Ratajczak, Lech

Independent responses to ultraviolet radiation and herbivore attack in broccoli
Kuhlmann, Franziska; Mller, Caroline

Ca2 influx and phosphoinositide signalling are essential for the establishment and maintenance of cell polarity in monospores from the red alga Porphyra yezoensis
Li, Lin; Saga, Naotsune; Mikami, Koji

Cloning of a high-affinity K+ transporter gene PutHKT2;1 from Puccinellia tenuiflora and its functional comparison with OsHKT2;1 from rice in yeast and Arabidopsis
Ardie, Sintho Wahyuning; Xie, Lina; Takahashi, Ryuichi; Liu, Shenkui; Takano, Tetsuo

Expression of unprocessed glutelin precursor alters polymerization without affecting trafficking and accumulation
Wakasa, Yuhya; Yang, Lijun; Hirose, Sakiko; Takaiwa, Fumio

Further characterization of ferricphytosiderophore transporters ZmYS1 and HvYS1 in maize and barley
Ueno, Daisei; Yamaji, Naoki; Ma, Jian Feng

Dormancy-associated MADS genes from the EVG locus of peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] have distinct seasonal and photoperiodic expression patterns
Li, Zhigang; Reighard, Gregory Lynn; Abbott, Albert Glenn; Bielenberg, Douglas Gary

Differentially expressed genes between drought-tolerant and drought-sensitive barley genotypes in response to drought stress during the reproductive stage
Guo, Peiguo; Baum, Michael; Grando, Stefania; Ceccarelli, Salvatore; Bai, Guihua; Li, Ronghua; von Korff, Maria; Varshney, Rajeev K.; Graner, Andreas; Valkoun, Jan

Salt stress-induced alterations in the root proteome of barley genotypes with contrasting response towards salinity
Witzel, Katja; Weidner, Annette; Surabhi, Giridara-Kumar; Brner, Andreas; Mock, Hans-Peter

Environmental control of sepalness and petalness in perianth organs of waterlilies: a new Mosaic Theory for the evolutionary origin of a differentiated perianth
Warner, Kate A.; Rudall, Paula J.; Frohlich, Michael W.

Identification of genomic regions determining the phenological development leading to floral transition in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Bga, Monica; Fowler, D. Brian; Chibbar, Ravindra N.

Germination of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds is not completed as a result of elongation of the radicle but of the adjacent transition zone and lower hypocotyl
Śliwińska, Elwira; Bassel, George W.; Bewley, J. Derek

Identification of leaf proteins differentially accumulated during cold acclimation between Festuca pratensis plants with distinct levels of frost tolerance
Kosmala, Arkadiusz; Bocian, Aleksandra; Rapacz, Marcin; Jurczyk, Barbara; Zwierzykowski, Zbigniew

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