Plants, Genetically Modified

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Lin28 homologue reprograms differentiated cells to stem cells in the moss Physcomitrella patens. 
  • A Pseudomonas syringae type III effector suppresses cell wall-based extracellular defense in susceptible Arabidopsis plants. 
  • A bacterial kinase phosphorylates OSK1 to suppress stomatal immunity in rice. 
  • A bacterial virulence protein suppresses host innate immunity to cause plant disease. 
  • A critical role of two positively charged amino acids in the Jas motif of Arabidopsis JAZ proteins in mediating coronatine- and jasmonoyl isoleucine-dependent interactions with the COI1 F-box protein. 
  • A gain-of-function polymorphism controlling complex traits and fitness in nature. 
  • A mutation in Arabidopsis that leads to constitutive expression of systemic acquired resistance. 
  • A survey of crop-derived transgenes in activated and digester sludges in wastewater treatment plants in the United States. 
  • Adsorption capacity of multiple DNA sources to clay minerals and environmental soil matrices less than previously estimated. 
  • Alteration of the alkaloid profile in genetically modified tobacco reveals a role of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in nicotine N-demethylation. 
  • Alternative Splicing of Rice WRKY62 and WRKY76 Transcription Factor Genes in Pathogen Defense. 
  • An evolutionarily conserved mechanism delimiting SHR movement defines a single layer of endodermis in plants. 
  • Analysis of SCARECROW expression using a rapid system for assessing transgene expression in Arabidopsis roots. 
  • Arabidopsis CAND1, an unmodified CUL1-interacting protein, is involved in multiple developmental pathways controlled by ubiquitin/proteasome-mediated protein Degradation. 
  • Arabidopsis DDB1-CUL4 ASSOCIATED FACTOR1 forms a nuclear E3 ubiquitin ligase with DDB1 and CUL4 that is involved in multiple plant developmental processes. 
  • Arabidopsis Small Rubber Particle Protein Homolog SRPs Play Dual Roles as Positive Factors for Tissue Growth and Development and in Drought Stress Responses. 
  • Arabidopsis calcium-dependent protein kinase 3 regulates actin cytoskeleton organization and immunity. 
  • AtDSEL, an Arabidopsis cytosolic DAD1-like acylhydrolase, is involved in negative regulation of storage oil mobilization during seedling establishment. 
  • Bimodular auxin response controls organogenesis in Arabidopsis. 
  • Both the conserved GRAS domain and nuclear localization are required for SHORT-ROOT movement. 
  • Broad-spectrum defense against plant pathogens. 
  • Broad-spectrum virus resistance in transgenic plants expressing pokeweed antiviral protein. 
  • Characterization of cis-regulatory regions responsible for developmental regulation of the gibberellin biosynthetic gene GA1 in Arabidopsis thaliana 
  • Citrus CsACD2 Is a Target of Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus in Huanglongbing Disease. 
  • Cloning of the Arabidopsis clock gene TOC1, an autoregulatory response regulator homolog 
  • 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 rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication. 
  • Conversion of compatible plant-pathogen interactions into incompatible interactions by expression of the Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae 61 hrmA gene in transgenic tobacco plants. 
  • DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE1 Contributes to Freezing Tolerance. 
  • Daily humidity oscillation regulates the circadian clock to influence plant physiology. 
  • Direct photoresponsive inhibition of a p53-like transcription activation domain in PIF3 by Arabidopsis phytochrome B. 
  • Dual impact of elevated temperature on plant defence and bacterial virulence in Arabidopsis. 
  • E3 Ligase AtAIRP5/GARU Regulates Drought Stress Response by Stimulating SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-LIKE1 Turnover 
  • Establishment of Expression in the SHORTROOT-SCARECROW Transcriptional Cascade through Opposing Activities of Both Activators and Repressors. 
  • Evidence for a disease-resistance pathway in rice similar to the NPR1-mediated signaling pathway in Arabidopsis. 
  • Examining the behavior of crop-derived antibiotic resistance genes in anaerobic sludge batch reactors under thermophilic conditions. 
  • Expression of a Cs(+)-resistant guard cell K+ channel confers Cs(+)-resistant, light-induced stomatal opening in transgenic arabidopsis. 
  • Expression of a functional antizearalenone single-chain Fv antibody in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. 
  • Expression of the Pseudomonas syringae avirulence protein AvrB in plant cells alleviates its dependence on the hypersensitive response and pathogenicity (Hrp) secretion system in eliciting genotype-specific hypersensitive cell death. 
  • Expression, subcellular localization, and enzyme activity of a recombinant human extra-cellular superoxide dismutase in tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana L.). 
  • FKF1 F-box protein mediates cyclic degradation of a repressor of CONSTANS in Arabidopsis 
  • Fitness benefits of systemic acquired resistance during Hyaloperonospora parasitica infection in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Fitness costs of mutations affecting the systemic acquired resistance pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Folate fortification of rice by metabolic engineering. 
  • Framework for gradual progression of cell ontogeny in the Arabidopsis root meristem. 
  • GTL1 and DF1 regulate root hair growth through transcriptional repression of ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 6-LIKE 4 in Arabidopsis. 
  • Genetic changes contributing to the parallel evolution of red floral pigmentation among Ipomoea species. 
  • Genome-wide high-resolution mapping of exosome substrates reveals hidden features in the Arabidopsis transcriptome. 
  • Gibberellin Signaling Requires Chromatin Remodeler PICKLE to Promote Vegetative Growth and Phase Transitions. 
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Modification Serves as a Primary Plasmodesmal Sorting Signal. 
  • Heterologous expression, and biochemical and cellular characterization of CaPLA1 encoding a hot pepper phospholipase A1 homolog. 
  • High-resolution metabolic mapping of cell types in plant roots. 
  • Histone Deacetylase HDA19 Affects Root Cortical Cell Fate by Interacting with SCARECROW. 
  • Identification and cloning of a negative regulator of systemic acquired resistance, SNI1, through a screen for suppressors of npr1-1 
  • Impaired Chloroplast Biogenesis in Immutans, an Arabidopsis Variegation Mutant, Modifies Developmental Programming, Cell Wall Composition and Resistance to Pseudomonas syringae. 
  • In vivo interaction between NPR1 and transcription factor TGA2 leads to salicylic acid-mediated gene activation in Arabidopsis. 
  • Induction of protein secretory pathway is required for systemic acquired resistance. 
  • Intercellular movement of the putative transcription factor SHR in root patterning. 
  • Interplay between SCARECROW, GA and LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1 in ground tissue patterning in the Arabidopsis root. 
  • Is the ABA concentration in the sap collected by pressurizing leaves relevant for analysing drought effects on stomata? Evidence from ABA-fed leaves of transgenic plants with modified capacities to synthesize ABA. 
  • Isolation and characterization of the CYP71D16 trichome-specific promoter from Nicotiana tabacum L. 
  • Large Cellular Inclusions Accumulate in Arabidopsis Roots Exposed to Low-Sulfur Conditions. 
  • Localization of DIR1 at the tissue, cellular and subcellular levels during Systemic Acquired Resistance in Arabidopsis using DIR1:GUS and DIR1:EGFP reporters. 
  • Mechanism of Dual Targeting of the Phytochrome Signaling Component HEMERA/pTAC12 to Plastids and the Nucleus. 
  • MicroRNA miR396 Regulates the Switch between Stem Cells and Transit-Amplifying Cells in Arabidopsis Roots. 
  • Modeling seed dispersal distances: implications for transgenic Pinus taeda. 
  • Molecular analyses of the Arabidopsis TUBBY-like protein gene family. 
  • N. plumbaginifolia zeaxanthin epoxidase transgenic lines have unaltered baseline ABA accumulations in roots and xylem sap, but contrasting sensitivities of ABA accumulation to water deficit. 
  • NCP activates chloroplast transcription by controlling phytochrome-dependent dual nuclear and plastidial switches. 
  • Negative feedback control of jasmonate signaling by an alternative splice variant of JAZ10. 
  • Overexpression of Arabidopsis MAP kinase kinase 7 leads to activation of plant basal and systemic acquired resistance. 
  • 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. 
  • PLANT NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE A and Its Putative Receptor PNP-R2 Antagonize Salicylic Acid-Mediated Signaling and Cell Death. 
  • Pathway for lipid A biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana resembling that of Escherichia coli. 
  • Phytochemical Shift from Condensed Tannins to Flavonoids in Transgenic Betula pendula Decreases Consumption and Growth but Improves Growth Efficiency of Epirrita autumnata Larvae. 
  • Plant stomata function in innate immunity against bacterial invasion. 
  • Potential sites of bioactive gibberellin production during reproductive growth in Arabidopsis. 
  • Proteolysis-independent downregulation of DELLA repression in Arabidopsis by the gibberellin receptor GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1. 
  • Pseudomonas syringae Effector Avirulence Protein E Localizes to the Host Plasma Membrane and Down-Regulates the Expression of the NONRACE-SPECIFIC DISEASE RESISTANCE1/HARPIN-INDUCED1-LIKE13 Gene Required for Antibacterial Immunity in Arabidopsis. 
  • RD26 mediates crosstalk between drought and brassinosteroid signalling pathways. 
  • Rapid high-level production of functional HIV broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies in transient plant expression systems. 
  • Recessive-interfering mutations in the gibberellin signaling gene SLEEPY1 are rescued by overexpression of its homologue, SNEEZY. 
  • Regulation of plant stem cell quiescence by a brassinosteroid signaling module. 
  • Repressing a repressor: gibberellin-induced rapid reduction of the RGA protein in Arabidopsis. 
  • Role of farnesyltransferase in ABA regulation of guard cell anion channels and plant water loss. 
  • Role of inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate signalling in gravitropic and phototropic gene expression. 
  • Root development in Arabidopsis: four mutants with dramatically altered root morphogenesis. 
  • Salicylic acid inhibits pathogen growth in plants through repression of the auxin signaling pathway. 
  • Science in Africa: The wheat stalker. 
  • Structure-Function Analysis of Interallelic Complementation in ROOTY Transheterozygotes. 
  • Subcellular Localization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Effector Proteins in Plants. 
  • Subcellular localization and functional analysis of the Arabidopsis GTPase RabE. 
  • Suppression of the microRNA pathway by bacterial effector proteins. 
  • The AP2/ERF Transcription Factor TINY Modulates Brassinosteroid-Regulated Plant Growth and Drought Responses in Arabidopsis. 
  • The Arabidopsis PLEIOTROPIC DRUG RESISTANCE8/ABCG36 ATP binding cassette transporter modulates sensitivity to the auxin precursor indole-3-butyric acid. 
  • The DELLA motif is essential for gibberellin-induced degradation of RGA. 
  • The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector tyrosine phosphatase HopAO1 suppresses innate immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • The calmodulin-binding transcription factor SIGNAL RESPONSIVE1 is a novel regulator of glucosinolate metabolism and herbivory tolerance in Arabidopsis. 
  • The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus) 
  • The economics of managing evolution. 
  • The protein expression landscape of the Arabidopsis root. 
  • The role of cell differentiation state and HMG-I/Y in the expression of transgenes flanked by matrix attachment regions. 
  • Transcriptome landscape of a bacterial pathogen under plant immunity. 
  • Transgenic manipulation of the metabolism of polyamines in poplar cells. 
  • Transgenic plants expressing potato virus X ORF2 protein (p24) are resistant to tobacco mosaic virus and Ob tobamoviruses. 
  • Use of bacterial quorum-sensing components to regulate gene expression in plants. 
  • n-3 Canola oil effectively replaces fish oil as a new safe dietary source of DHA in feed for juvenile Atlantic salmon. 
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  • He, Sheng-Yang, Benjamin E. Powell Distinguished Professor of Biology, Biology