[HTML][HTML] Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation: biology and applications

HH Hwang, M Yu, EM Lai - The arabidopsis book, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Plant genetic transformation heavily relies on the bacterial pathogen Agrobacterium
tumefaciens as a powerful tool to deliver genes of interest into a host plant. Inside the plant …

Gene silencing in plants using artificial microRNAs and other small RNAs

S Ossowski, R Schwab, D Weigel - The Plant Journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive analysis of gene function requires the detailed examination of mutant
alleles. In Arabidopsis thaliana, large collections of sequence‐indexed insertion and …

Genome-wide analysis of Arabidopsis pentatricopeptide repeat proteins reveals their essential role in organelle biogenesis

C Lurin, C Andreés, S Aubourg, M Bellaoui… - The Plant …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The complete sequence of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome revealed thousands of
previously unsuspected genes, many of which cannot be ascribed even putative functions …

NINJA connects the co-repressor TOPLESS to jasmonate signalling

L Pauwels, GF Barbero, J Geerinck, S Tilleman… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract Jasmonoyl-isoleucine (JA-Ile) is a plant hormone that regulates a broad array of
plant defence and developmental processes,,,,. JA-Ile-responsive gene expression is …

Carotenoid oxidation products are stress signals that mediate gene responses to singlet oxygen in plants

F Ramel, S Birtic, C Ginies… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
1O2 (singlet oxygen) is a reactive O2 species produced from triplet excited chlorophylls in
the chloroplasts, especially when plants are exposed to excess light energy. Similarly to …

A downstream mediator in the growth repression limb of the jasmonate pathway

Y Yan, S Stolz, A Chetelat, P Reymond, M Pagni… - The Plant …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Wounding plant tissues initiates large-scale changes in transcription coupled to growth
arrest, allowing resource diversion for defense. These processes are mediated in large part …

Disruption of LACCASE4 and 17 Results in Tissue-Specific Alterations to Lignification of Arabidopsis thaliana Stems

S Berthet, N Demont-Caulet, B Pollet, P Bidzinski… - The Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Peroxidases have been shown to be involved in the polymerization of lignin precursors, but
it remains unclear whether laccases (EC 1.10. 3.2) participate in constitutive lignification. We …

Facile means for quantifying microRNA expression by real-time PCR

R Shi, VL Chiang - Biotechniques, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 20–24 nucleotide RNAs that are predicted to play regulatory roles
in animals and plants. Here we report a simple and sensitive real-time PCR method for …

[HTML][HTML] A novel aux/IAA28 signaling cascade activates GATA23-dependent specification of lateral root founder cell identity

B De Rybel, V Vassileva, B Parizot, M Demeulenaere… - Current Biology, 2010 - cell.com
Background Lateral roots are formed at regular intervals along the main root by recurrent
specification of founder cells. To date, the mechanism by which branching of the root system …

Modular cloning in plant cells

M Karimi, B De Meyer, P Hilson - Trends in plant science, 2005 - cell.com
New plant genes are being discovered at a rapid pace. Yet, in most cases, their precise
function remains elusive. The recent advent of recombinational cloning techniques has …