Transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls for tuning gene expression in plants

V Zhong, BN Archibald, JAN Brophy - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant biotechnologists seek to modify plants through genetic reprogramming, but our ability
to precisely control gene expression in plants is still limited. Here, we review transcription …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering Nicotiana benthamiana as a platform for natural product biosynthesis

D Golubova, C Tansley, H Su, NJ Patron - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Nicotiana benthamiana is a model plant, widely used for research. The susceptibility of
young plants to Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been utilised for transient gene expression …

Ecological realism and rigor in the study of plant-plant allelopathic interactions

JD Weidenhamer, D Cipollini, K Morris, S Gurusinghe… - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Progress in understanding allelopathic interactions among plants has long been hampered
by the complexity of the many direct and indirect interactions involved. Plant processes and …

Variation on a theme: the structures and biosynthesis of specialized fatty acid natural products in plants

S Scott, EB Cahoon, L Busta - The Plant Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plants are able to construct lineage‐specific natural products from a wide array of their core
metabolic pathways. Considerable progress has been made toward documenting and …

Getting back to the grass roots: harnessing specialized metabolites for improved crop stress resilience

Y Ding, TR Northen, A Khalil, A Huffaker… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Roots remain an understudied site of complex and important biological interactions
mediating plant productivity. In grain and bioenergy crops, grass root specialized …

Agricultural Research Service Weed Science Research: Past, Present, and Future

SL Young, JV Anderson, SR Baerson… - Weed Science, 2023 - cambridge.org
The US Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) has been a
leader in weed science research covering topics ranging from the development and use of …

In planta Female Flower Agroinfiltration Alters the Cannabinoid Composition in Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)

M Deguchi, S Dhir, S Potlakayala, S Dhir… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Industrial hemp is a diploid (2n= 20), dioecious plant, and an essential source of various
phytochemical productions. More than 540 phytochemicals have been described, some of …

Sorgoleone unveiled: exploring its biosynthesis, functional perspectives and applications

IF de Oliveira, TC Gomes, MLF Simeone… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Sorghum's ability to exhibit allelopathy is linked to the secretion of lipophilic exudates from
its roots. Sorgoleone, a member of the quinone class, constitutes a substantial part of these …

[HTML][HTML] De Novo Synthesis of Anticholinergic Hyoscyamine and Scopolamine in Nicotiana benthamiana Based on Elucidating Tropane Alkaloid Biosynthetic Pathway …

M Wen, J Zeng, F Qiu, F Zhang, Z Liao - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Anisodus luridus, a perennial herb belonging to the genus Anisodus of the Solanaceae
family, is an important Tibetan medicinal plant that produces pharmaceutical tropane …

Identification and Functional Characterization of Oxidosqualene Cyclases from Medicinal Plant Hoodia gordonii

I Parveen, M Wang, J Lee, J Zhao, Y Zhu… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs) are the key enzymes accountable for the cyclization of 2, 3-
oxidosqualene to varied triterpenoids and phytosterols. Hoodia gordonii (from the family …