Plant germline formation: common concepts and developmental flexibility in sexual and asexual reproduction

A Schmidt, MW Schmid, U Grossniklaus - Development, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
The life cycle of flowering plants alternates between two heteromorphic generations: a
diploid sporophytic generation and a haploid gametophytic generation. During the …

Peptide signalling during the pollen tube journey and double fertilization

LJ Qu, L Li, Z Lan, T Dresselhaus - Journal of experimental …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Flowering seed plants (angiosperms) have evolved unique ways to protect their gametes
from pathogen attack and from drying out. The female gametes (egg and central cell) are …

Fluorescent in situ sequencing (FISSEQ) of RNA for gene expression profiling in intact cells and tissues

JH Lee, ER Daugharthy, J Scheiman, R Kalhor… - Nature protocols, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) measures the quantitative change in gene expression
over the whole transcriptome, but it lacks spatial context. In contrast, in situ hybridization …

An integrated analysis of plant and bacterial gene expression in symbiotic root nodules using laser‐capture microdissection coupled to RNA sequencing

B Roux, N Rodde, MF Jardinaud, T Timmers… - The Plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Rhizobium‐induced root nodules are specialized organs for symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
Indeterminate‐type nodules are formed from an apical meristem and exhibit a spatial …

Single-cell RNA-seq analysis reveals ploidy-dependent and cell-specific transcriptome changes in Arabidopsis female gametophytes

Q Song, A Ando, N Jiang, Y Ikeda, ZJ Chen - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Polyploidy provides new genetic material that facilitates evolutionary novelty,
species adaptation, and crop domestication. Polyploidy often leads to an increase in cell or …

Abscisic acid is a substrate of the ABC transporter encoded by the durable wheat disease resistance gene Lr34

SG Krattinger, J Kang, S Bräunlich, R Boni… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The wheat Lr34res allele, coding for an ATP‐binding cassette transporter, confers durable
resistance against multiple fungal pathogens. The Lr34sus allele, differing from Lr34res by …

Transcriptome dynamics of the stomatal lineage: birth, amplification, and termination of a self-renewing population

J Adrian, J Chang, CE Ballenger, BOR Bargmann… - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
Developmental transitions can be described in terms of morphology and the roles of
individual genes, but also in terms of global transcriptional and epigenetic changes …

Controlling apomixis: shared features and distinct characteristics of gene regulation

A Schmidt - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
In higher plants, sexual and asexual reproduction through seeds (apomixis) have evolved
as alternative strategies. As apomixis leads to the formation of clonal offspring, its great …

Mechanisms regulating auxin action during fruit development

RJ Pattison, F Csukasi, C Catalá - Physiologia plantarum, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Auxin controls many aspects of fruit development, including fruit set and growth, ripening
and abscission. However, the mechanisms by which auxin regulates these processes are …

[HTML][HTML] Peptide/receptor-like kinase-mediated signaling involved in male–female interactions

S Zhong, LJ Qu - Current opinion in plant biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•In angiosperms, successful double fertilization requires extensive male–female
interactions between pollen tubes and female tissues.•Peptides, mainly cysteine-rich …