A5028919853- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research
- Light effects on plants
- 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Plant and animal studies
- Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
- Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
- Biochemical and biochemical processes
- Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation
- Powdery Mildew Fungal Diseases
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Climate variability and models
Plant & Food Research
2011-2024
The Ohio State University
2019
University of Auckland
2018
The University of Adelaide
2015
Summary Anthocyanins are visual cues for pollination and seed dispersal. Fruit containing anthocyanins also appeals to consumers due its appearance health benefits. In kiwifruit ( Actinidia spp.) studies have identified at least two MYB activators of anthocyanin, but their functions in fruit the mechanisms by which they act not fully understood. Here, transcriptome small RNA high‐throughput sequencing were used comprehensively identify contributors anthocyanin accumulation kiwifruit. Stable...
Anthocyanins are flavonoid compounds responsible for red/purple colors in the leaves, fruit, and flowers of many plant species. They produced through a multistep pathway that is controlled by MYB transcription factors. VvMYBA1 VvMYBA2 activate anthocyanin biosynthesis grapevine (Vitis vinifera) nonfunctional white cultivars. In this study, transgenic grapevines with altered VvMYBA gene expression were developed, transcript analysis was carried out on berries using microarray technique. The...
FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and CENTRORADIALIS (CEN) homologs have been implicated in regulation of growth, determinacy flowering. The roles kiwifruit FT CEN were explored using a combination expression analysis, protein interactions, response to temperature high-chill low-chill cultivars ectopic Arabidopsis Actinidia. activity was opposite from that incorporated an interaction with D (FD)-like bZIP transcription factor. Accumulation transcript associated plant maturity particular stages leaf,...
Floral pigmentation patterning is important for pollinator attraction as well aesthetic appeal. Patterning of anthocyanin accumulation frequently associated with variation in activity the Myb, bHLH and WDR transcription factor complex (MBW) that regulates biosynthesis. Investigation two classic mutants Antirrhinum majus, mutabilis incolorata I, showed they affect a gene encoding protein belonging to subclade bHLH-2. The previously characterised gene, Delila, which encodes bHLH-1 protein, has...
Abstract Interactions between cells and their environment influence key physiologic processes such as propensity to migrate. However, directed migration controlled by extrinsically applied electrical signals is poorly understood. Using a novel microfluidic platform, we found that metastatic breast cancer sense respond the net direction of weak (∼100 µV cm −1 ), asymmetric, non-contact induced Electric Fields (iEFs). iEFs inhibited EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor) activation, prevented...
Flower development in kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) is initiated the first growing season, when undifferentiated primordia are established latent shoot buds. These can differentiate into flowers second after winter dormancy period and upon accumulation of adequate chilling. Kiwifruit an important horticultural crop, yet little known about molecular regulation flower development. To study development, nine MADS-box genes were identified functionally characterized. Protein sequence alignment,...
Summary In the early 1900s, Erwin Baur established Antirrhinum majus as a model system, identifying and characterising numerous flower colour variants. This included Picturatum / Eluta , which restricts accumulation of magenta anthocyanin pigments, forming bullseye markings on face. We identified gene underlying locus by transposon‐tagging, using an line that spontaneously lost nonsuppressive el phenotype. A candidate MYB repressor at this contained CACTA transposable element. subsequently...
Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) has three FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) genes, AcFT, AcFT1, and AcFT2, with differential expression potentially divergent roles. AcFT was previously shown to be expressed in source leaves induced dormant buds by winter chilling. Here, we show that promotes flowering A. chinensis, despite a short sequence insertion not present other FT-like genes. A 3.5-kb promoter region contained all the regulatory elements required mediate vascular transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana...