Green macroalgae, mostly represented by the Ulvophyceae, the main multicellular branch of
the Chlorophyceae, constitute important primary producers of marine and brackish coastal …

Rice is an important crop and major model plant for monocot functional genomics studies.
With the establishment of various genetic resources for rice genomics, the next challenge is …

Tissue-specific promoters play an important role in plant molecular farming. Here, we
describe a strategy to modify the tissue specificity of a maize embryo-specific bidirectional …

Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis is one of the most essential metabolic pathways in almost all
organisms. Coproporphyrinogen III oxidase (CPO) catalyzes the conversion of …

Plant growth, development and adaptation are regulated by gene expression, in which
promoters, the cis-acting elements that initiate transcription, play a pivotal role. This chapter …

The Arabidopsis thaliana promoter trap mutant Bitrap-112 expressing green fluorescent
protein (GFP) gene in the ovules was found to carry transferred DNA (T-DNA) insertion at …

Bidirectional promoters are identified in diverse organisms with widely varied genome sizes,
including bacteria, yeast, mammals, and plants. However, little research has been done on …

Arabidopsis lines with loss-of-function mutation in Embryo sac-specific Pectin
MethylEsterase Inhibitor (Atepmei) gene showed seed sterility with embryo sac …

In plants, the role of TRAF-like proteins with meprin and the TRAF homology (MATH) domain
is far from clear. In animals, these proteins serve as adapter molecules to mediate signal …

The plant defense responses to pests results in the synchronized change of a complex
network of interconnected genes and signaling pathways. An essential part of this process is …