- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Lignin and Wood Chemistry
- Phytase and its Applications
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Biochemical and biochemical processes
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Selenium in Biological Systems
University of Copenhagen
2016-2025
Planta
2016
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2008-2015
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
2010-2012
Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
2010-2012
Lanzhou University
2008
In plants, cell proliferation and polarized differentiation along the adaxial–abaxial axis in primordium is critical for leaf morphogenesis, while temporal–spatial relationships between these two processes remain largely unexplored. Here, it reported that microRNA396 (miR396)-targeted Arabidopsis growth-regulating factors (AtGRFs) are required polarity Arabidopsis. Reduction of expression AtGRF genes by transgenic miR396 overexpression mutants asymmetric leaves1 (as1) as2 resulted plants...
Despite vast diversity in metabolites and the matching substrate specificity of their transporters, little is known about how evolution transporter specificities linked to emergence substrates via biosynthetic pathways. Transporter towards recently evolved glucosinolates characteristic Brassicales shown evolve prior glucosinolate biosynthesis. Furthermore, we show that transporters belonging ubiquitous NRT1/PTR FAMILY (NPF) likely from ancestral cyanogenic glucosides found across more than...
Abstract Even though Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporters (SWEETs) have been found in every sequenced plant genome, a comprehensive understanding of their functionality is lacking. In this study, we focused on the SWEET family barley (Hordeum vulgare). A radiotracer assay revealed that expressing HvSWEET11b African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) oocytes facilitated bidirectional transfer not only just sucrose and glucose, but also cytokinin. Barley plants harboring loss-of-function...
Environmental soils are natural reservoirs of unexplored microbes, including potentially beneficial microbes to improve plant performance. Here, we isolated 75 bacterial strains from surface-sterilized roots Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) grown in a soil derived an alder swamp. Culture-dependent isolation individual the followed by monoassociation-based screening identified seven bacteria that promoted seedling weight. Of those, new species Dyella genus which increased biomass tomato and...
Summary After initiation, leaves first undergo rapid cell proliferation. During subsequent development, leaf cells gradually exit the proliferation phase and enter expansion stage, following a basipetally ordered pattern starting at tip. The molecular mechanism directing this of development is as yet poorly understood. By genetic screening characterization Arabidopsis mutants defective in from proliferation, we show that product CINNAMOYL CoA REDUCTASE ( CCR 1 ) gene, which required for...
The mitotic cell cycle in higher eukaryotes is of pivotal importance for organ growth and development. Here, we report that Elongator, an evolutionarily conserved histone acetyltransferase complex, acts as important regulator to promote leaf patterning Arabidopsis. Mutations genes encoding Elongator subunits resulted aberrant progression, the altered division affects polarity formation. defective progression caused by DNA replication increased damage, which activate checkpoint arrest cycle....
Casparian strip-generated apoplastic barriers not only control the radial flow of both water and ions but may also constitute a hindrance for rhizosecretion stele-synthesized phytochemicals. Here, we establish root-synthesized glucosinolates (GLS) are in Arabidopsis as model to study transport routes plant-derived metabolites from site synthesis rhizosphere. Analysing expression GLS synthetic genes root indicate that stele is major aliphatic GLS, whereas indole can be synthesized cortex....
Environmental soils are natural reservoirs of unexplored microbes, including potentially beneficial microbes to improve plant performance. Here, we isolated 75 bacterial strains from surface-sterilized roots _Arabidopsis thaliana_ (Arabidopsis) grown in a soil derived an alder swamp. Culture-dependent isolation individual the followed by monoassociation-based screening identified seven bacteria that promoted Arabidopsis seedling weight. Of those, new species _Dyella_ genus which increased...
Plants are exposed to diverse pathogens and pests, yet most plants resistant plant pathogens. Non-host resistance describes the ability of all members a species successfully prevent colonization by any given member pathogen species. White blister rust caused Albugo can overcome non-host enable secondary infection reproduction usually non-virulent pathogens, including potato late blight Phytophthora infestans on Arabidopsis thaliana. However, molecular basis host defense suppression in this...
Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) is one economically important plant species that mainly distributes in West Africa. butter extracted from shea fruit kernels can be used as valuable products the food and cosmetic industries. The most composition was kind of triacylglycerol (TAG), 1,3-distearoyl-2-oleoyl-glycerol (SOS, C18:0-C18:1-C18:0). However, production limited little known about genetic information tree. In this study, we tried to reveal identified TAG biosynthetic genes for future yeast...
Abstract Microtubules are highly dynamic cytoskeletal polymers of α/β‐tubulin heterodimers that undergo multiple post‐translational modifications essential for various cellular functions in eukaryotes. The lysine 40 (K40) is largely conserved α‐tubulins many eukaryote species, and the modification by acetylation at K40 critical neuronal development vertebrates. However, biological function plants remains unexplored. In this study, we show Arabidopsis thaliana constitutive expression mutated...
Glucosinolates are key defense compounds of plants in Brassicales order, and their accumulation seeds is essential for the protection next generation. Recently, members Usually Multiple Amino acids Move In Out Transporter (UMAMIT) family were shown to be facilitating transport seed-bound glucosinolates from site synthesis within reproductive organ seeds. Here, we set out identify amino acid residues responsible glucosinolate activity main seed exporter UMAMIT29 Arabidopsis thaliana. Based on...
Diurnal patterns of gas exchange and chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence parameters photosystem 2 (PS2) as well Chl content were analyzed in Reaumuria soongorica (Pall.) Maxim., a perennial semi-shrub during dehydration rehydration. The net photosynthetic rate (P N), maximum photochemical efficiency PS2 (variable to ratio, Fv/Fm), quantum non-cyclic electron transport PS2, decreased, but non-photochemical quenching carotenoid increased stems with the increasing drought stress. 6 d after...
This protocol describes how to order and directly assemble uracil-containing non-clonal DNA fragments by uracil excision based cloning (USER cloning).The was generated with the goal of making synthesized compatible USER TM cloning.The is highly efficient would be obtained from any synthesizing company.The drastically reduces time handling between receiving transforming vector fragment(s).