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Heavy metal signalling in plants: linking cellular and organismic responses
Heavy metals are required in plants as essential micronutrients or act as toxic compounds. How do plants perceive heavy metals and which signalling...
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Introduction
Everywhere in the world, environmental stresses represent the most limiting factors for agricultural productivity. Besides plant-specific endogenous...
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8 Biosynthesis and compartmentation of triacylglycerol in higher plants
The biosynthesis of storage lipids (triacylglycerols) in higher plants is now known to occur via a number of different routes. These include the...
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Lager brewing yeast
Lager brewing yeast is a group of closely related strains of Saccharomyces pastorianus/S. carlsbergensis used for lager beer production all over the...
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9 Mechanisms and mediators of neutral lipid biosynthesis in eukaryotic cells
The reactions leading to the biosynthesis of neutral lipids are excellent targets for therapeutic intervention in several disease states including...
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3 Biogenesis and cellular dynamics of glycerophospholipids in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as in other eukaryotes, glycerophospholipids are important cellular components required for growth and cell...
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4 Defects in cholesterol biosynthesis
Defects in eight different enzymes of cholesterol biosynthesis that result in serious clinical consequences have been identified. Most of these were...
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Molecular genetics of genotoxic stress signalling in plants
Cells are under constant threat by endogenous and exogenous factors affecting DNA integrity. In response, complex signalling networks are activated...
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Oxidative stress signalling
Oxidative stress arises from an imbalance in the generation and removal of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within cells. ROS are produced during...
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Duplication of genes and genomes in yeasts
The molecular evolution of the group of yeasts closely related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been profoundly affected by an ancient polyploidy...
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Somatic Embryogenesis in Chestnut
Somatic embryogenesis is an important biotechnological tool that demonstrates significant benefits when applied to forest tree species; clonal...
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Somatic Embryogenesis in Pinus nigra Arn.: Some Physiological, Structural and Molecular Aspects
In this chapter we summarize different aspects of Pinus nigra somatic embryogenesis including initiation, maintenance and maturation on both solid...
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Somatic Embryogenesis in Cryptomeria japonica D. Don: Gene for Phytosulfokine (PSK) Precursor
Genetic transformation requires a reproducible system for the regeneration of plants via somatic embryogenesis or organogenesis. We established...
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In Vitro Culture of Arabidopsis Embryos
Arabidopsis thaliana is currently the most important model organism for basic molecular plant research. It is also a favourable model for...
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Mode of Action of Plant Hormones and Plant Growth Regulators During Induction of Somatic Embryogenesis: Molecular Aspects
Plant hormones play critical roles in the establishment of somatic embryogenesis. During this process, somatic plant cells reverse their state of...
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Genome-Wide Expression Analysis of Genes Involved in Somatic Embryogenesis
Genome-wide expression analysis is an important tool for identifying and analysing genes involved in various biological processes, including cell...
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Employing protein size in the functional analysis of orthologous proteins, as illustrated with the yeast HOG pathway
Comparative genomics has provided us with a new handle on the interpretation of protein sequences. The sequencing of numerous fungal genomes has...
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Increasing the efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in the citrus postharvest pathogen Penicillium digitatum
BackgroundPenicillium digitatum is a fungal plant pathogen that causes the green mold disease in harvested citrus fruits. Due to its economical...
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The acyl-CoA-binding protein VdAcb1 is essential for carbon starvation response and contributes to virulence in Verticillium dahliae
In the face of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus starvation, microorganisms have evolved adaptive mechanisms to maintain growth. In a previous study,...
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Evaluation of heritability partitioning approaches in livestock populations
BackgroundHeritability partitioning approaches estimate the contribution of different functional classes, such as coding or regulatory variants, to...
