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  1. Alamethicin is a membrane-active peptide isolated from the beneficial root-colonising fungus Trichoderma viride. This peptide can insert into membranes to form voltage-dependent pores. We have previously shown th...

    Authors: Mari Aidemark, Henrik Tjellström, Anna Stina Sandelius, Henrik Stålbrand, Erik Andreasson, Allan G Rasmusson and Susanne Widell
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:274
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  2. Class III Homeodomain Leucine Zipper (HD-Zip III) proteins have been implicated in the regulation of cambium identity, as well as primary and secondary vascular differentiation and patterning in herbaceous pla...

    Authors: Caroline L Côté, Francis Boileau, Vicky Roy, Mario Ouellet, Caroline Levasseur, Marie-Josée Morency, Janice EK Cooke, Armand Séguin and John J MacKay
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:273
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  3. Thaxtomin A (TA), a phytotoxin produced by the phytopathogen Streptomyces scabies, is essential for the development of potato common scab disease. TA inhibits cellulose synthesis but its actual mode of action is ...

    Authors: Viviane Brochu, Marie Girard-Martel, Isabelle Duval, Sylvain Lerat, Gilles Grondin, Olivier Domingue, Carole Beaulieu and Nathalie Beaudoin
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:272
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  4. Invertases are ubiquitous enzymes that irreversibly cleave sucrose into fructose and glucose. Plant invertases play important roles in carbohydrate metabolism, plant development, and biotic and abiotic stress ...

    Authors: Astrid M Draffehn, Sebastian Meller, Li Li and Christiane Gebhardt
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:271
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  5. Plant growth depends on both cell division and cell expansion. Plant hormones, including brassinosteroids (BRs), are central to the control of these two cellular processes. Despite clear evidence that BRs regu...

    Authors: Jinyeong Cheon, So-Young Park, Burkhard Schulz and Sunghwa Choe
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:270
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  6. The nuclear envelope that separates the contents of the nucleus from the cytoplasm provides a surface for chromatin attachment and organization of the cortical nucleoplasm. Proteins associated with it have bee...

    Authors: Shaun P Murphy, Carl R Simmons and Hank W Bass
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:269
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  7. Iron deficiency induces in Strategy I plants physiological, biochemical and molecular modifications capable to increase iron uptake from the rhizosphere. This effort needs a reorganization of metabolic pathway...

    Authors: Silvia Donnini, Bhakti Prinsi, Alfredo S Negri, Gianpiero Vigani, Luca Espen and Graziano Zocchi
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:268
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  8. Pre-harvest infection of peanuts by Aspergillus flavus and subsequent aflatoxin contamination is one of the food safety factors that most severely impair peanut productivity and human and animal health, especiall...

    Authors: Tong Wang, Erhua Zhang, Xiaoping Chen, Ling Li and Xuanqiang Liang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:267
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  9. Multi-allelic microsatellite markers have become the markers of choice for the determination of genetic structure in plants. Synteny across cereals has allowed the cross-species and cross-genera transferabilit...

    Authors: Almudena Castillo, Gabriel Dorado, Catherine Feuillet, Pierre Sourdille and Pilar Hernandez
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:266
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  10. Transposable elements (TEs) are considered to be an important source of genome size variation and genetic and phenotypic plasticity in eukaryotes. Most of our knowledge about TEs comes from large genomic proje...

    Authors: František Zedek, Jakub Šmerda, Petr Šmarda and Petr Bureš
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:265
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  11. Mutational inactivation of plant genes is an essential tool in gene function studies. Plants with inactivated or deleted genes may also be exploited for crop improvement if such mutations/deletions produce a d...

    Authors: Timothy L Fitzgerald, Kemal Kazan, Zhongyi Li, Matthew K Morell and John M Manners
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:264
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  12. The yellow colour of pasta products is one of the main criteria used by consumers to assess pasta quality. This character is due to the presence of carotenoid pigments in semolina. During pasta processing, oxi...

    Authors: Angelo Verlotta, Vanessa De Simone, Anna M Mastrangelo, Luigi Cattivelli, Roberto Papa and Daniela Trono
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:263
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  13. Arabidopsis thaliana is clearly established as the model plant species. Given the ever-growing demand for food, there is a need to translate the knowledge learned in Arabidopsis to agronomically important species...

    Authors: Reena Narsai, Ian Castleden and James Whelan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:262
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  14. Thellungiella halophila (also known as T. salsuginea) is a model halophyte with a small size, short life cycle, and small genome. Thellungiella genes exhibit a high degree of sequence identity with Arabidopsis ge...

    Authors: Teruaki Taji, Kenji Komatsu, Taku Katori, Yoshikazu Kawasaki, Yoichi Sakata, Shigeo Tanaka, Masatomo Kobayashi, Atsushi Toyoda, Motoaki Seki and Kazuo Shinozaki
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:261
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  15. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs, some of which are conserved in diverse plant genomes. Therefore, computational identification and further experimental validation of miRNAs from non-model organism...

    Authors: Almir S Zanca, Renato Vicentini, Fausto A Ortiz-Morea, Luiz EV Del Bem, Marcio J da Silva, Michel Vincentz and Fabio TS Nogueira
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:260
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  16. There is a growing interest in Jatropha curcas L. (jatropha) as a biodiesel feedstock plant. Variations in its morphology and seed productivity have been well documented. However, there is the lack of systematic ...

    Authors: Chengxin Yi, Shilu Zhang, Xiaokun Liu, Ha TN Bui and Yan Hong
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:259
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  17. The Hawaiian red algal flora is diverse, isolated, and well studied from a morphological and anatomical perspective, making it an excellent candidate for assessment using a combination of traditional taxonomic...

    Authors: Alison R Sherwood, Akira Kurihara, Kimberly Y Conklin, Thomas Sauvage and Gernot G Presting
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:258
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  18. The ripening of grape berry is generally regulated by abscisic acid (ABA), and has no relationship with ethylene function. However, functional interaction and synergism between ABA and ethylene during the begi...

    Authors: Liang Sun, Mei Zhang, Jie Ren, Jianxun Qi, Guojun Zhang and Ping Leng
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:257
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  20. The genus Arachis comprises 80 species and it is subdivided into nine taxonomic sections (Arachis, Caulorrhizae, Erectoides, Extranervosae, Heteranthae, Procumbentes, Rhizomatosae, Trierectoides, and Triseminatae

    Authors: Marcelo D Bechara, Márcio C Moretzsohn, Darío A Palmieri, Jomar P Monteiro, Maurício Bacci Jr, Joaquim Martins Jr, José FM Valls, Catalina R Lopes and Marcos A Gimenes
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:255
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  21. The orderly progression through mitosis is regulated by the Anaphase-Promoting Complex (APC), a large multiprotein E3 ubiquitin ligase that targets key cell-cycle regulators for destruction by the 26 S proteasome...

    Authors: Marcelo deF Lima, Núbia B Eloy, Camila Pegoraro, Rauan Sagit, Cristian Rojas, Thiago Bretz, Lívia Vargas, Arne Elofsson, Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Adriana S Hemerly and Paulo CG Ferreira
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:254
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  22. FK506 binding proteins (FKBPs) and cyclophilins (CYPs) are abundant and ubiquitous proteins belonging to the peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIase) superfamily, which regulate much of metabolism through a c...

    Authors: Jun Cheul Ahn, Dae-Won Kim, Young Nim You, Min Sook Seok, Jeong Mee Park, Hyunsik Hwang, Beom-Gi Kim, Sheng Luan, Hong-Seog Park and Hye Sun Cho
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:253
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  23. Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is the source for several pharmaceutical benzylisoquinoline alkaloids including morphine, the codeine and sanguinarine. In response to treatment with a fungal elicitor, the biosyn...

    Authors: Isabel Desgagné-Penix, Morgan F Khan, David C Schriemer, Dustin Cram, Jacek Nowak and Peter J Facchini
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:252
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  24. Unigene sequences constitute a rich source of functionally relevant microsatellites. The present study was undertaken to mine the microsatellites in the available unigene sequences of sugarcane for understandi...

    Authors: Swarup K Parida, Awadhesh Pandit, Kishor Gaikwad, Tilak R Sharma, Prem Shankar Srivastava, Nagendra K Singh and Trilochan Mohapatra
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:251
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  25. Seeds of Momordica charantia (bitter melon) produce high levels of eleostearic acid, an unusual conjugated fatty acid with industrial value. Deep sequencing of non-normalized and normalized cDNAs from developing ...

    Authors: Peizhen Yang, Xiangjun Li, Matthew J Shipp, Jay M Shockey and Edgar B Cahoon
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:250
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  27. The Arabidopsis thaliana NPR1 gene encodes a transcription coactivator (NPR1) that plays a major role in the mechanisms regulating plant defense response. After pathogen infection and in response to salicylic aci...

    Authors: Zi Shi, Siela N Maximova, Yi Liu, Joseph Verica and Mark J Guiltinan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:248
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  28. Volatiles emitted by herbivore-infested plants are highly attractive to parasitoids and therefore have been proposed to be part of an indirect plant defense strategy. However, this proposed function of the pla...

    Authors: Matthias Erb, Nicolas Foresti and Ted CJ Turlings
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:247
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  29. Cucumis melo (melon) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, whose economic importance among horticulture crops is second only to Solanaceae. Melon has a high intra-specific genetic variation, morphologic diversity ...

    Authors: Víctor M González, Andrej Benjak, Elizabeth Marie Hénaff, Gisela Mir, Josep M Casacuberta, Jordi Garcia-Mas and Pere Puigdomènech
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:246
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  30. In higher plants, sugars are not only nutrients but also important signal molecules. They are distributed through the plant via sugar transporters, which are involved not only in sugar long-distance transport via

    Authors: Damien Afoufa-Bastien, Anna Medici, Julien Jeauffre, Pierre Coutos-Thévenot, Rémi Lemoine, Rossitza Atanassova and Maryse Laloi
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:245
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  31. Dryas octopetala is a widespread dwarf shrub in alpine and arctic regions that forms ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiotic relationships with fungi. In this study we investigated the fungal communities associated with ...

    Authors: Marit Frederikke Markussen Bjorbækmo, Tor Carlsen, Anne Brysting, Trude Vrålstad, Klaus Høiland, Karl Inne Ugland, Jozsef Geml, Trond Schumacher and Håvard Kauserud
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:244
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  32. Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) catalyze oxidation of various substrates using oxygen and NAD(P)H. Plant P450s are involved in the biosynthesis of primary and secondary metabolites performing diverse bi...

    Authors: Satish K Guttikonda, Joshi Trupti, Naveen C Bisht, Hui Chen, Yong-Qiang C An, Sona Pandey, Dong Xu and Oliver Yu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:243
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  33. Rates of molecular evolution vary widely among species. While significant deviations from molecular clock have been found in many taxa, effects of life histories on molecular evolution are not fully understood...

    Authors: Jia-Xing Yue, Jinpeng Li, Dan Wang, Hitoshi Araki, Dacheng Tian and Sihai Yang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:242
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  34. The sweet, floral flavor typical of Muscat varieties (Muscats), due to high levels of monoterpenoids (geraniol, linalool and nerol), is highly distinct and has been greatly appreciated both in table grapes and...

    Authors: Francesco Emanuelli, Juri Battilana, Laura Costantini, Loïc Le Cunff, Jean-Michel Boursiquot, Patrice This and Maria S Grando
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:241
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  35. The economic importance of Solanaceae plant species is well documented and tomato has become a model for functional genomics studies. In plants, important processes are regulated by microRNAs (miRNA).

    Authors: Ariel A Bazzini, Ramón Asís, Virginia González, Sebastián Bassi, Mariana Conte, Marcelo Soria, Alisdair R Fernie, Sebastián Asurmendi and Fernando Carrari
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:240
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  36. The overall research objective was to develop single cell plant cultures as a model system to facilitate functional genomics of monocots, in particular wheat and barley. The essential first step towards achiev...

    Authors: Jing Dong, Steve Bowra and Eva Vincze
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:239
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  37. The molecular mechanisms of genome reprogramming during transcriptional responses to stress are associated with specific chromatin modifications. Available data, however, describe histone modifications only at...

    Authors: Karin van Dijk, Yong Ding, Sridhar Malkaram, Jean-Jack M Riethoven, Rong Liu, Jingyi Yang, Peter Laczko, Han Chen, Yuannan Xia, Istvan Ladunga, Zoya Avramova and Michael Fromm
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:238
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  38. Although numerous factors can influence gene expression, promoters are perhaps the most important component of the regulatory control process. Promoter regions are often defined as a region upstream of the tra...

    Authors: Carlos M Hernandez-Garcia, Robert A Bouchard, Paul J Rushton, Michelle L Jones, Xianfeng Chen, Michael P Timko and John J Finer
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:237
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  39. Smoke released from burning vegetation functions as an important environmental signal promoting the germination of many plant species following a fire. It not only promotes the germination of species from fire...

    Authors: Vilmos Soós, Endre Sebestyén, Angéla Juhász, Marnie E Light, Ladislav Kohout, Gabriella Szalai, Júlia Tandori, Johannes Van Staden and Ervin Balázs
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:236
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  41. Downy mildew (DM), caused by pathogen Plasmopara viticola (PV) is the single most damaging disease of grapes (Vitis L.) worldwide. However, the mechanisms of the disease development in grapes are poorly understoo...

    Authors: Jiao Wu, Yali Zhang, Huiqin Zhang, Hong Huang, Kevin M Folta and Jiang Lu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:234
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  42. Camelina sativa, an oilseed crop in the Brassicaceae family, has inspired renewed interest due to its potential for biofuels applications. Little is understood of the nature of the C. sativa genome, however. A st...

    Authors: Carolyn Hutcheon, Renata F Ditt, Mark Beilstein, Luca Comai, Jesara Schroeder, Elianna Goldstein, Christine K Shewmaker, Thu Nguyen, Jay De Rocher and Jack Kiser
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:233
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  43. Verticillium dahliae is a fungal pathogen that infects a wide range of hosts. The only known genes for resistance to Verticillium in the Solanaceae are found in the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Ve locus, formed ...

    Authors: Carmen Gayoso, Federico Pomar, Esther Novo-Uzal, Fuencisla Merino and Óskar Martínez de Ilárduya
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:232
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  44. The novel chimeric open reading frame (orf) resulting from the rearrangement of a mitochondrial genome is generally thought to be a causal factor in the occurrence of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS). Both positi...

    Authors: Jinghua Yang, Xunyan Liu, Xiaodong Yang and Mingfang Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:231
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  45. Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses affecting plant growth, development and crop productivity. ABA responsive element binding factor (ABF) plays an important role in stress responses via regulating th...

    Authors: Xiao-San Huang, Ji-Hong Liu and Xue-Jun Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:230
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  46. Fruit development, maturation and ripening consists of a complex series of biochemical and physiological changes that in climacteric fruits, including apple and tomato, are coordinated by the gaseous hormone e...

    Authors: Fabrizio Costa, Rob Alba, Henk Schouten, Valeria Soglio, Luca Gianfranceschi, Sara Serra, Stefano Musacchi, Silviero Sansavini, Guglielmo Costa, Zhangjun Fei and James Giovannoni
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:229
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  47. Lipoxygenase (LOXs) is a large family of plant enzymes that catalyse the hydroperoxidation of free polyunsaturated fatty acids into diverse biologically active compounds, collectively named phyto-oxylipins. Al...

    Authors: Shouan Liu and Baoyu Han
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:228
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  48. Plant infestation with parasitic weeds like Cuscuta reflexa induces morphological as well as biochemical changes in the host and the parasite. These modifications could be caused by a change in protein or gene ac...

    Authors: Marc Bleischwitz, Markus Albert, Hans-Lothar Fuchsbauer and Ralf Kaldenhoff
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:227
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  49. Terpenoids are among the most important constituents of grape flavour and wine bouquet, and serve as useful metabolite markers in viticulture and enology. Based on the initial 8-fold sequencing of a nearly hom...

    Authors: Diane M Martin, Sébastien Aubourg, Marina B Schouwey, Laurent Daviet, Michel Schalk, Omid Toub, Steven T Lund and Jörg Bohlmann
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:226
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  50. Increased Al concentration causes reduction of mitotic activity, induction of nucleolar alteration, increase of the production of ROS and alteration of several antioxidant enzyme activities in plant cells. Allium...

    Authors: Rong Qin, Yunqiu Jiao, Shanshan Zhang, Wusheng Jiang and Donghua Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:225
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