Amid apprehension of global climate change, crop plants are inevitably confronted with a
myriad of abiotic stress factors during their growth that inflicts a serious threat to their …

Recent achievements in plant microRNA (miRNA), a large class of small and non-coding
RNAs, are very exciting. A wide array of techniques involving forward genetic, molecular …

We applied 15N labeling approaches to leaves of the Arabidopsis thaliana rosette to
characterize their protein degradation rate and understand its determinants. The progressive …

Mitochondrial respiration in plants provides energy for biosynthesis, and its balance with
photosynthesis determines the rate of plant biomass accumulation. We describe recent …

The function of PsBRC1, the pea (Pisum sativum) homolog of the maize (Zea mays)
TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 and the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) BRANCHED1 …

Sophisticated regulation of gene expression, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and their
target genes, is required for leaf differentiation, growth, and senescence. The impact of …

Transcriptional reprogramming forms a major part of a plant's response to pathogen
infection. Many individual components and pathways operating during plant defense have …

The TCP family of transcription factors is named after the first 4 characterized members,
namely TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 (TB1) from maize (Zea mays), CYCLOIDEA (CYC) from …

Leaf development has been extensively studied on a genetic level. However, little is known
about the interplay between the developmental regulators and the cell cycle machinery—a …

Synchronization of circadian clocks to the day-night cycle ensures the correct timing of
biological events. This entrainment process is essential to ensure that the phase of the …