MADS-box genes and crop domestication: the jack of all traits

S Schilling, S Pan, A Kennedy… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
MADS-box genes are key regulators of virtually every aspect of plant reproductive
development. They play especially prominent roles in flowering time control, inflorescence …

The Chara genome: secondary complexity and implications for plant terrestrialization

T Nishiyama, H Sakayama, J De Vries, H Buschmann… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Land plants evolved from charophytic algae, among which Charophyceae possess the most
complex body plans. We present the genome of Chara braunii; comparison of the genome to …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-layered mechanistic modelling approach to understand how effector genes extend beyond phytoplasma to modulate plant hosts, insect vectors and …

M Tomkins, A Kliot, AFM Marée… - Current opinion in plant …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Phytoplasma effectors modulate plant host and insect vector processes.•Effector
SAP11 destabilizes plant TCPs inducing witch's broom and suppressing JA.•Effector SAP54 …

Tetramerization of MADS family transcription factors SEPALLATA3 and AGAMOUS is required for floral meristem determinacy in Arabidopsis

V Hugouvieux, CS Silva, A Jourdain… - Nucleic Acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The MADS transcription factors (TF) constitute an ancient family of TF found in all eukaryotes
that bind DNA as obligate dimers. Plants have dramatically expanded the functional diversity …

Array of MADS-box genes: facilitator for rapid adaptation?

G Theißen, F Rümpler, L Gramzow - Trends in plant science, 2018 - cell.com
In a world of global warming, the question emerges whether all plants have suitable
mechanisms to keep pace with the rapidly changing environment. Most previous studies …

Association genetics studies on frost tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) reveal new highly conserved amino acid substitutions in CBF-A3, CBF-A15, VRN3 and …

S Babben, E Schliephake, P Janitza, T Berner… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Understanding the genetic basis of frost tolerance (FT) in wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.) is essential for preventing yield losses caused by frost due to cellular damage …

Auxin sensing is a property of an unstructured domain in the Auxin Response Factor ETTIN of Arabidopsis thaliana

S Simonini, PJ Mas, CMVS Mas, L Østergaard… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
The plant hormone auxin regulates numerous aspects of the plant life cycle. Auxin signalling
is mediated by auxin response factors (ARFs) that dimerise with modulating Aux/IAA …

A conserved leucine zipper-like motif accounts for strong tetramerization capabilities of SEPALLATA-like MADS-domain transcription factors

F Rümpler, G Theißen, R Melzer - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The development of angiosperm flowers is regulated by homeotic MIKC-type MADS-domain
transcription factors that activate or repress target genes via the formation of DNA-bound …

[PDF][PDF] 被子植物花器官发育的模型演变和分子调控

景丹龙, 郭启高, 陈薇薇, 夏燕, 吴頔, 党江波… - 植物生理学 …, 2018 - plant-physiology.com
基于模式植物拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana) 和金鱼草(Antirrhinum majus)
花器官突变体研究提出的四聚体模型揭示了花同源异型蛋白的相互作用方式; …

MADS transcription factors cooperate: complexities of complex formation

V Hugouvieux, C Zubieta - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018 - academic.oup.com
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