Plant Proteins

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 14-3-3 proteins are part of an abscisic acid-VIVIPAROUS1 (VP1) response complex in the Em promoter and interact with VP1 and EmBP1. 
  • A 13-kilodalton maize mitochondrial protein in E. coli confers sensitivity to Bipolaris maydis toxin. 
  • A Lin28 homologue reprograms differentiated cells to stem cells in the moss Physcomitrella patens. 
  • A bacterial kinase phosphorylates OSK1 to suppress stomatal immunity in rice. 
  • A common switch used by plants and animals. 
  • A conserved domain of the viviparous-1 gene product enhances the DNA binding activity of the bZIP protein EmBP-1 and other transcription factors. 
  • A gain-of-function mutation in a plant disease resistance gene leads to constitutive activation of downstream signal transduction pathways in the snc1 mutant 
  • A generalized least-squares estimate for the origin of sporophytic self-incompatibility. 
  • A highway for war and peace: the secretory pathway in plant-microbe interactions. 
  • A mutation in Arabidopsis that leads to constitutive expression of systemic acquired resistance. 
  • A novel dwarfing mutation in a green revolution gene from Brassica rapa. 
  • A proteogenomic survey of the Medicago truncatula genome. 
  • A role for LKP2 in the circadian clock of arabidopsis 
  • A role for the root cap in root branching revealed by the non-auxin probe naxillin. 
  • A survey of plant and algal genomes and transcriptomes reveals new insights into the evolution and function of the cellulose synthase superfamily. 
  • A universal molecular method for identifying underground plant parts to species. 
  • ALSUntangled No. 26: lunasin. 
  • Activation of an EDS1-mediated R-gene pathway in the snc1 mutant leads to constitutive, NPR1-independent pathogen resistance. 
  • Allelic diversity and gene genealogy at the self-incompatibility locus in the Solanaceae. 
  • Alteration of the alkaloid profile in genetically modified tobacco reveals a role of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in nicotine N-demethylation. 
  • Altered trans-regulatory control of gene expression in multiple anthocyanin genes contributes to adaptive flower color evolution in Mimulus aurantiacus. 
  • Alternative Splicing of Rice WRKY62 and WRKY76 Transcription Factor Genes in Pathogen Defense. 
  • An Exploration of Fern Genome Space 
  • An auxin-dependent distal organizer of pattern and polarity in the Arabidopsis root. 
  • An evolutionarily conserved mechanism delimiting SHR movement defines a single layer of endodermis in plants. 
  • Analyses of transcriptome sequences reveal multiple ancient large-scale duplication events in the ancestor of Sphagnopsida (Bryophyta). 
  • Analysis of SCARECROW expression using a rapid system for assessing transgene expression in Arabidopsis roots. 
  • Ancient Gene Duplications, Rather Than Polyploidization, Facilitate Diversification of Petal Pigmentation Patterns in Clarkia gracilis (Onagraceae). 
  • Arabidopsis Small Rubber Particle Protein Homolog SRPs Play Dual Roles as Positive Factors for Tissue Growth and Development and in Drought Stress Responses. 
  • Auxin perception and downstream events. 
  • Bet v 1 and other birch allergens are more resistant to proteolysis and more abundant than other birch pollen proteins. 
  • Brassinosteroids: Multidimensional Regulators of Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses. 
  • Broad-spectrum virus resistance in transgenic plants expressing pokeweed antiviral protein. 
  • COI1 is a critical component of a receptor for jasmonate and the bacterial virulence factor coronatine. 
  • Characterization and expression of a rice RAD23 gene. 
  • Characterization of a zinc finger DNA-binding protein expressed specifically in Petunia petals and seedlings. 
  • Characterization of cis-regulatory regions responsible for developmental regulation of the gibberellin biosynthetic gene GA1 in Arabidopsis thaliana 
  • Characterization of sulfhydryl groups on chloroplast coupling factor 1 exposed by heat activation. 
  • Chemical cross-linking studies of chloroplast coupling factor 1. 
  • Cloning of the Arabidopsis clock gene TOC1, an autoregulatory response regulator homolog 
  • Combining expression and comparative evolutionary analysis. The COBRA gene family. 
  • Consensus Coexpression Network Analysis Identifies Key Regulators of Flower and Fruit Development in Wild Strawberry. 
  • Conservation and diversification of SCARECROW in maize. 
  • Constitutive expression of CaPLA1 conferred enhanced growth and grain yield in transgenic rice plants. 
  • Constitutive expression of CaSRP1, a hot pepper small rubber particle protein homolog, resulted in fast growth and improved drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. 
  • Control of meristem determinacy by trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatases is uncoupled from enzymatic activity. 
  • Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication. 
  • Coronatine promotes Pseudomonas syringae virulence in plants by activating a signaling cascade that inhibits salicylic acid accumulation. 
  • Cross-talk of Brassinosteroid signaling in controlling growth and stress responses. 
  • Crystal Structures of the Plant Phospholipase A1 Proteins Reveal a Unique Dimerization Domain 
  • Cystic fibrosis gene mutations and pancreatitis risk: relation to epithelial ion transport and trypsin inhibitor gene mutations. 
  • Cytosolic hydroxymethyldihydropterin pyrophosphokinase/dihydropteroate synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana: a specific role in early development and stress response. 
  • DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE1 Contributes to Freezing Tolerance. 
  • Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction with iscador M given in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy. 
  • Della proteins and gibberellin-regulated seed germination and floral development in Arabidopsis. 
  • Developing seeds of Arabidopsis store different minerals in two types of vacuoles and in the endoplasmic reticulum. 
  • Developmental regulation of the gibberellin biosynthetic gene GA1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Domain structure of phytochrome from Avena sativa visualized by electron microscopy. 
  • Drd1a-tdTomato BAC transgenic mice for simultaneous visualization of medium spiny neurons in the direct and indirect pathways of the basal ganglia. 
  • Effect of feeding plant proteins on plasma, liver, heart, aorta and brain lipids of rats. 
  • Effects of long-term UV-exposure and plant sex on the leaf phenoloxidase activities and phenolic concentrations of Salix myrsinifolia (Salisb.). 
  • Elimination of malignant clonogenic T cells from human bone marrow using chemoimmunoseparation with 2'-deoxycoformycin, deoxyadenosine and an immunotoxin. 
  • Elucidation of the functions of genes central to diterpene metabolism in tobacco trichomes using posttranscriptional gene silencing. 
  • Emerging Roles for Phase Separation in Plants. 
  • Epstein Barr virus binding induces internalization of the C3d receptor: a novel immunotoxin delivery system. 
  • Evidence for a disease-resistance pathway in rice similar to the NPR1-mediated signaling pathway in Arabidopsis. 
  • Evolutionary dynamics of dual-specificity self-incompatibility alleles. 
  • Exploring the mechanism of Physcomitrella patens desiccation tolerance through a proteomic strategy. 
  • Expression of genes involved in symbiotic carbon and nitrogen transport in Pinus taeda mycorrhizal roots exposed to CO2 enrichment and nitrogen fertilization. 
  • Expression profiling and local adaptation of Boechera holboellii populations for water use efficiency across a naturally occurring water stress gradient. 
  • F-actin homeostasis through transcriptional regulation and proteasome-mediated proteolysis. 
  • Five anthocyanin polymorphisms are associated with an R2R3-MYB cluster in Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae). 
  • Four class A AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORs promote tomato fruit growth despite suppressing fruit set. 
  • Functional characterization and developmental expression profiling of gibberellin signalling components in Vitis vinifera. 
  • Functional divergence in tandemly duplicated Arabidopsis thaliana trypsin inhibitor genes. 
  • Functional evolution of an anthocyanin pathway enzyme during a flower color transition. 
  • Gene duplication in the diversification of secondary metabolism: tandem 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases control glucosinolate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. 
  • Genetic dissection of systemic acquired resistance. 
  • Genetic interactions of TGA transcription factors in the regulation of pathogenesis-related genes and disease resistance in Arabidopsis. 
  • Genome Sequencing of Arabidopsis abp1-5 Reveals Second-Site Mutations That May Affect Phenotypes. 
  • Genome-scale transcriptomic insights into early-stage fruit development in woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca. 
  • Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the OSCA gene family in rice. 
  • Gibberellin signaling: biosynthesis, catabolism, and response pathways. 
  • Gibberellin-GID1-DELLA: a pivotal regulatory module for plant growth and development. 
  • Gibberellins and the Green Revolution. 
  • Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD34 assembles a novel signaling complex containing protein phosphatase 1 and inhibitor 1. 
  • Histone H1 enhances the DNA binding activity of the transcription factor EmBP-1. 
  • How do plants achieve immunity? Defence without specialized immune cells. 
  • How petals change their spots: cis-regulatory re-wiring in Clarkia (Onagraceae). 
  • Hypocotyl transcriptome reveals auxin regulation of growth-promoting genes through GA-dependent and -independent pathways. 
  • Identification and cloning of a negative regulator of systemic acquired resistance, SNI1, through a screen for suppressors of npr1-1 
  • Identification and functional study of a mild allele of SlDELLA gene conferring the potential for improved yield in tomato. 
  • Identification of a motif in the carboxyl terminus of beta -arrestin2 responsible for activation of JNK3. 
  • Identification of transcription factors that regulate ATG8 expression and autophagy in Arabidopsis . 
  • In vitro motility of AtKCBP, a calmodulin-binding kinesin protein of Arabidopsis. 
  • In vivo interaction between NPR1 and transcription factor TGA2 leads to salicylic acid-mediated gene activation in Arabidopsis. 
  • Incorporation of palmitate-1-14C into liver lipids of rats fed millet (Sorghum vulgarie) at different protein levels. 
  • Induction of Arabidopsis defense genes by virulent and avirulent Pseudomonas syringae strains and by a cloned avirulence gene. 
  • Induction of protein secretory pathway is required for systemic acquired resistance. 
  • Inference of Gene Regulatory Network Uncovers the Linkage between Circadian Clock and Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi. 
  • Innate immunity in plants: an arms race between pattern recognition receptors in plants and effectors in microbial pathogens. 
  • Integrated functional networks of process, tissue, and developmental stage specific interactions in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Interaction of NPR1 with basic leucine zipper protein transcription factors that bind sequences required for salicylic acid induction of the PR-1 gene. 
  • Investigation of quercetin binding sites on chloroplast coupling factor 1. 
  • Isolation and characterization of the CYP71D16 trichome-specific promoter from Nicotiana tabacum L. 
  • Large-scale phosphoprotein analysis in Medicago truncatula roots provides insight into in vivo kinase activity in legumes. 
  • Lessons from flower colour evolution on targets of selection. 
  • Life-or-death decisions in plant immunity. 
  • Manipulating large-scale Arabidopsis microarray expression data: identifying dominant expression patterns and biological process enrichment. 
  • Mechanism and function of root circumnutation. 
  • Mitochondrial FtsZ in a chromophyte alga 
  • Molecular analysis of SCARECROW function reveals a radial patterning mechanism common to root and shoot. 
  • Molecular analysis of the SCARECROW gene in maize reveals a common basis for radial patterning in diverse meristems. 
  • Molecular basis for AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR protein interaction and the control of auxin response repression. 
  • Molecular mechanism of gibberellin signaling in plants. 
  • NLR surveillance of pathogen interference with hormone receptors induces immunity. 
  • NPR1 modulates cross-talk between salicylate- and jasmonate-dependent defense pathways through a novel function in the cytosol. 
  • Not just another hole in the wall: understanding intercellular protein trafficking. 
  • Nuclear localization of NPR1 is required for activation of PR gene expression. 
  • Nucleotide bias of DCL and AGO in plant anti-virus gene silencing. 
  • Overexpression of AtCPS and AtKS in Arabidopsis confers increased ent-kaurene production but no increase in bioactive gibberellins. 
  • Overexpression of CaDSR6 increases tolerance to drought and salt stresses in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. 
  • Overexpression of a Brassica rapa NGATHA gene in Arabidopsis thaliana negatively affects cell proliferation during lateral organ and root growth. 
  • Overexpression of the apple MpNPR1 gene confers increased disease resistance in Malus x domestica. 
  • Patterns of nucleotide variation and reproductive isolation between a Mimulus allotetraploid and its progenitor species. 
  • Pepsinized cashew proteins are hypoallergenic and immunogenic and provide effective immunotherapy in mice with cashew allergy. 
  • Perception of the plant immune signal salicylic acid. 
  • Phase separation of chromatin and small RNA pathways in plants. 
  • Phylogenetic relationships of the liverworts (Hepaticae), a basal embryophyte lineage, inferred from nucleotide sequence data of the chloroplast gene rbcL. 
  • Phylogenomics reveals convergent evolution of red-violet coloration in land plants and the origins of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. 
  • Phytochemical Shift from Condensed Tannins to Flavonoids in Transgenic Betula pendula Decreases Consumption and Growth but Improves Growth Efficiency of Epirrita autumnata Larvae. 
  • Phytochrome control of maize leaf inorganic pyrophosphatase and adenylate kinase. 
  • Plant hormone jasmonate prioritizes defense over growth by interfering with gibberellin signaling cascade 
  • Plant protein intake is associated with fibroblast growth factor 23 and serum bicarbonate levels in patients with chronic kidney disease: the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort study. 
  • Population genetics of tandem trypsin inhibitor genes in Arabidopsis species with contrasting ecology and life history. 
  • Post-translational regulation of plant immunity. 
  • Potential arms race in the coevolution of primates and angiosperms: brazzein sweet proteins and gorilla taste receptors. 
  • Predictable patterns of constraint among anthocyanin-regulating transcription factors in Ipomoea. 
  • Preparation and Analysis of Peanut Flour Used in Oral Immunotherapy Clinical Trials. 
  • Prolonged Adaptive Evolution of a Defensive Gene in the Solanaceae. 
  • Proteomic analysis of proteins related to rice grain chalkiness using iTRAQ and a novel comparison system based on a notched-belly mutant with white-belly. 
  • Purification and activity study of the A- and B-chains of cinnamomin, a type II ribosome-inactivating protein. 
  • Quantum mechanics simulation of protein dynamics on long timescale. 
  • R2R3-MYB genes control petal pigmentation patterning in Clarkia gracilis ssp. sonomensis (Onagraceae). 
  • Rapid evolution of a pollen-specific oleosin-like gene family from Arabidopsis thaliana and closely related species. 
  • Rapid phosphoproteomic and transcriptomic changes in the rhizobia-legume symbiosis. 
  • Rationale for immunotoxin therapy of metastatic prostate carcinoma formatted as a multi-stage delivery system. 
  • Refining the nuclear auxin response pathway through structural biology. 
  • Regulation of systemic acquired resistance by NPR1 and its partners. 
  • RelB cellular regulation and transcriptional activity are regulated by p100. 
  • Relaxed constraint and evolutionary rate variation between basic helix-loop-helix floral anthocyanin regulators in Ipomoea. 
  • Repressing a repressor: gibberellin-induced rapid reduction of the RGA protein in Arabidopsis. 
  • Role of alternative oxidase gene in pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Roles for nucleotide phosphatases in sulfate assimilation and skeletal disease. 
  • Root development: signaling down and around. 
  • Selection favors loss of floral pigmentation in a highly selfing morning glory. 
  • Sensors Make Sense of Signaling. 
  • Signaling the tips: regulation of stem cell function in plants. 
  • Simultaneous comparison of three protein sequences. 
  • Solution structure of a sweet protein single-chain monellin determined by nuclear magnetic resonance and dynamical simulated annealing calculations. 
  • Spatial and temporal regulation of biosynthesis of the plant immune signal salicylic acid. 
  • Stem cells: A tale of two kingdoms. 
  • Structural basis of NPR1 in activating plant immunity. 
  • Structure of the major peanut allergen Ara h 1 may protect IgE-binding epitopes from degradation. 
  • Sucrose Nonfermenting 1-Related Protein Kinase 1 Phosphorylates a Geminivirus Rep Protein to Impair Viral Replication and Infection. 
  • Suppression of a P450 hydroxylase gene in plant trichome glands enhances natural-product-based aphid resistance. 
  • Sustained unresponsiveness to peanut in subjects who have completed peanut oral immunotherapy. 
  • Symmetry breaking in plants: molecular mechanisms regulating asymmetric cell divisions in Arabidopsis. 
  • Synergistic derepression of gibberellin signaling by removing RGA and GAI function in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Systematic Characterization of the OSCA Family Members in Soybean and Validation of Their Functions in Osmotic Stress. 
  • Testing morphological concepts of orders of pleurocarpous mosses (Bryophyta) using phylogenetic reconstructions based on TRNL-TRNF and RPS4 sequences. 
  • The AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN 1 is required for differential auxin responses mediating root growth. 
  • The Arabidopsis F-box protein SLEEPY1 targets gibberellin signaling repressors for gibberellin-induced degradation. 
  • The Arabidopsis GA1 locus encodes the cyclase ent-kaurene synthetase A of gibberellin biosynthesis. 
  • The Arabidopsis NPR1 gene that controls systemic acquired resistance encodes a novel protein containing ankyrin repeats. 
  • The Arabidopsis RGA gene encodes a transcriptional regulator repressing the gibberellin signal transduction pathway. 
  • The Arabidopsis SLEEPY1 gene encodes a putative F-box subunit of an SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase. 
  • The Arabidopsis epithiospecifier protein promotes the hydrolysis of glucosinolates to nitriles and influences Trichoplusia ni herbivory. 
  • The DELLA motif is essential for gibberellin-induced degradation of RGA. 
  • The HSF-like transcription factor TBF1 is a major molecular switch for plant growth-to-defense transition. 
  • The Interaction between DELLA and ARF/IAA Mediates Crosstalk between Gibberellin and Auxin Signaling to Control Fruit Initiation in Tomato. 
  • The LOV domain family: photoresponsive signaling modules coupled to diverse output domains. 
  • The LS locus of pea encodes the gibberellin biosynthesis enzyme ent-kaurene synthase A. 
  • The SABRE gene is required for normal cell expansion in Arabidopsis. 
  • The SCARECROW gene regulates an asymmetric cell division that is essential for generating the radial organization of the Arabidopsis root. 
  • The SHORT-ROOT gene controls radial patterning of the Arabidopsis root through radial signaling. 
  • The cpr5 mutant of Arabidopsis expresses both NPR1-dependent and NPR1-independent resistance. 
  • The draft genome of tropical fruit durian (Durio zibethinus). 
  • The new RGA locus encodes a negative regulator of gibberellin response in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • The standing pool of genomic structural variation in a natural population of Mimulus guttatus. 
  • The structural distribution of cooperative interactions in proteins: analysis of the native state ensemble. 
  • Transcriptome-mining for single-copy nuclear markers in ferns 
  • Transport and metabolism of the endogenous auxin precursor indole-3-butyric acid. 
  • Tree ferns: monophyletic groups and their relationships as revealed by four protein-coding plastid loci 
  • Two genetic changes in cis-regulatory elements caused evolution of petal spot position in Clarkia. 
  • Uncoupling PR-gene expression from NPR1 and bacterial resistance: Characterization of the dominant Arabidopsis cpr6 mutant. 
  • Unique cell-type-specific patterns of DNA methylation in the root meristem. 
  • Update on gibberellin signaling. A tale of the tall and the short. 
  • VAP-RELATED SUPPRESSORS OF TOO MANY MOUTHS (VST) family proteins are regulators of root system architecture. 
  • Virulence systems of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato promote bacterial speck disease in tomato by targeting the jasmonate signaling pathway. 
  • ZEITLUPE encodes a novel clock-associated PAS protein from Arabidopsis 
  • hrp gene-dependent induction of hin1: a plant gene activated rapidly by both harpins and the avrPto gene-mediated signal. 
  • rbcL and matK earn two thumbs up as the core DNA barcode for ferns 
  • uORF-mediated translation allows engineered plant disease resistance without fitness costs. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Bennett, Vann, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Bobay, Benjamin, Assistant Professor in Radiology, Radiology
  • Erickson, Harold Paul, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology