Brassinosteroids (BRs) affect a wide range of developmental processes in plants and
compromised production or signalling of BRs causes severe growth defects. To identify new …

Membrane trafficking plays pivotal roles in many cellular processes including plant
immunity. Here, we report the characterization of OsVAMP714, an intracellular SNARE …

A comprehensive collection of full-length cDNAs is essential for correct structural gene
annotation and functional analyses of genes. We constructed a mixed full-length cDNA …

High soil salinity is one of the most important environmental stressors, and is an increasing
concern under the alarmingly global climate uncertainties. Salinity affects the growth and …

Metabolomics plays a major role in the field of plant biology and its application is likely to
expand in crop biotechnology. In Arabidopsis, the prediction of new gene functions and …

Abstract Ferredoxin-NADP+-oxidoreductase (FNR) mediates electron transfer between
ferredoxin (Fd) and NADP+; therefore, it is a key enzyme that provides the reducing power …

The epitome of any genome research is to identify all the existing genes in a genome and
investigate their roles. Various techniques have been applied to unveil the functions either …

We applied the full-length cDNA overexpressor (FOX) gene-hunting system for systematic
and genome-wide functional analysis of rice genes. In this study, we constructed a novel …

Genomic sequencing of rice followed by curated genome annotation predicted that the rice
genome carries~ 32,000 genes. To reveal functions of all the predicted genes is the next …

Identification and elucidation of functions of plant genes is valuable for both basic and
applied research. In addition to natural variation in model plants, numerous loss-of-function …