The availability of complete plant genomes has greatly influenced the identification and
analysis of phylogenetically related gene clusters. In Arabidopsis, this has revealed the …

The hydrolysis of sucrose by cell‐wall invertases (cwINV) and the subsequent import of
hexoses into target cells appears to be crucial for appropriate metabolism, growth and …

Little is known about molecular responses in plants to phloem feeding by insects. The
induction of genes associated with wound and pathogen response pathways was …

This review deals with aspects of the cellular and molecular biology of the sieve
element/companion cell complex, the functional unit of sieve tubes in angiosperms. It …

Powdery mildew fungi are biotrophic pathogens that form a complex interface, the
haustorium, between the host plant and the parasite. The pathogen acts as an additional …

Phloem feeding involves unique biological interactions between the herbivore and its host
plant. The economic importance of aphids, whiteflies, and other phloem‐feeding insects as …

Abstract The Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) is ubiquitous in living organisms and
represents the largest group of secondary active membrane transporters. In plants …

Botrytis cinerea is the causing agent of the grey mold disease in more than 200 crop
species. While signaling pathways leading to the basal resistance against this fungus are …

Aphids, which are phloem-feeding insects, cause extensive loss of plant productivity and are
vectors of plant viruses. Aphid feeding causes changes in resource allocation in the host …

In order to assess the functional roles of heat stress-induced class B-heat shock factors in
Arabidopsis, we investigated T-DNA knockout mutants of AtHsfB1 and AtHsfB2b. Micorarray …