Main conclusion Physiological and molecular studies support the view that xylogenesis can
largely be determined as a specific form of vacuolar programmed cell death (PCD). The …

Although the use of cell culture systems in Plant Biology and Biotechnology has been limited
compared to other areas of Life Sciences, plant cell cultures capable of lignifying on demand …

Key message The fusion gene 4CL-CCR promotes lignification and activates lignin-related
MYB expression in tobacco but inhibits auxin-related gene expression and hinders the auxin …

Dehydrogenative polymerization of coniferyl alcohol (CA) and sinapyl alcohol (SA) was
conducted using commercial laccases, fungal laccase from Trametes versicolor (LacT) and …

ATP-binding cassette subfamily G (ABCG) proteins play important roles in plant growth and
development by transporting metabolites across cell membranes. To date, the genetic …

The synthetic biology-driven production of high-value plant secondary metabolites in
microbial hosts has attracted extensive attention despite various challenges, including …

Significant advances in plant cell, tissue and organ culture (PCTOC) have been made in the
last five decades. PCTOC is now thought to be the underlying technique for understanding …

Wood represents one of the most important renewable commodities for humanity and plays
a crucial role in terrestrial ecosystem carbon-cycling. Wood formation is the result of a …

Inducing the differentiation of specific cell type (s) synchronously and on-demand is a great
experimental system to understand the sequential progression of the cellular processes …

Plants have evolved a diverse array of secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways.
Undifferentiated plant cells, however, tend to biosynthesize secondary metabolites to a …