Background Model organisms are at the core of life science research. Notable examples
include the mouse as a model for humans, baker's yeast for eukaryotic unicellular life and …

Millets constitute a significant proportion of underutilized grasses and are well known for
their climate resilience as well as excellent nutritional profiles. Among millets, foxtail millet …

Feruloylation of arabinoxylan (AX) in grass cell walls is a key determinant of recalcitrance to
enzyme attack, making it a target for improvement of grass crops, and of interest in grass …

The global incidence of obesity has led to an increasing need for understanding the
molecular mechanisms that drive this epidemic and its comorbidities. Quantitative real-time …

Grass cell walls have hydroxycinnamic acids attached to arabinosyl residues of
arabinoxylan (AX), and certain BAHD acyltransferases are involved in their addition. In this …

Treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
(MDS) is difficult in older patients with comorbidities and high-risk disease factors …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is an essential phytohormone that regulates growth, development and
adaptation of plants to environmental stresses. In Arabidopsis and other higher plants, ABA …

Main conclusion Five laccase genes are potentially involved in developmental lignification
in the model C4 grass Setaria viridis and their different tissue specificities suggest …

Key message A combined transcriptomic and metabolic analysis of Setaria viridis leaves
responding to aphid infestation was used to identify genes related to serotonin biosynthesis …

Real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR is a sensitive and widely used technique to
quantify gene expression. To achieve a reliable result, appropriate reference genes are …