The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a pivotal role in a variety of developmental
processes and adaptive stress responses to environmental stimuli in plants. Cellular …

The tolerance responses of plants to many abiotic stresses are conjectured to be controlled
by complex gene networks. In the frame of the AtGenExpress project a comprehensive …

WRKY transcription factors have been shown to play a major role in regulating, both
positively and negatively, the plant defense transcriptome. Nearly all studied WRKY factors …

Background In plants, complex regulatory mechanisms are at the core of physiological and
developmental processes. The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) is involved in the …

Polycomb-repressive complexes (PRCs) play key roles in development by repressing a
large number of genes involved in various functions. Much, however, remains to be …

Algae have enormous potential as bio-factories for the efficient production of a wide array of
high-value products, and eventually as a source of renewable biofuels. However, tools for …

Root growth dynamics is an outcome of complex hormonal crosstalk. The primary root
meristem size, for example, is determined by antagonizing actions of cytokinin and auxin …

Our limited understanding of plant promoters does not allow us to recognize any core
promoter elements for the majority of plant promoters. To understand the promoter …

Plant transcription factors generally act in complex regulatory networks that function at
multiple levels to govern plant developmental programs. Dissection of the interconnections …

Background Transcription initiation is a key component in the regulation of gene expression.
mRNA 5'full-length sequencing techniques have enhanced our understanding of …