Variegated plants typically have green‐and white‐sectored leaves. Cells in the green
sectors contain normal‐appearing chloroplasts, whereas cells in the white sectors lack …

▪ Abstract C4 plants, including maize, Flaveria, amaranth, sorghum, and an amphibious
sedge Eleocharis vivipara, have been employed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms …

In many organisms, including plants, nucleic acid bases and derivatives such as caffeine are
transported across the plasma membrane. Cytokinins, important hormones structurally …

Uric acid increased accumulation and/or reduced excretion in human bodies is closely
related to pathogenesis of gout and hyperuricemia. It is highly affected by the high intake of …

Large-scale cDNA analysis provides several great advantages for genome investigations in
rice. Isolated and partially characterized cDNA clones have contributed not only to the …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses plant transposable elements. Eukaryotic
transposable elements are divided into two groups, according to their transposition …

Purines and pyrimidines play a key role in nucleic acid and nucleotide metabolism of all
cells. In addition, they can be used as nitrogen sources in plants and many microorganisms …

The maize (Zea mays) transposable element Dissociation (Ds) was mobilized for large-scale
genome mutagenesis and to study its endogenous biology. Starting from a single donor …

Abstract Introduction Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most detrimental heavy metal pollutants,
seriously affecting crop production and human health. Nucleobase-ascorbic acid …

Plastid proteins are encoded in two genomes, one in the nucleus and the other in the
organelle. The expression of genes in these two compartments is coordinated during …