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Open AccessTranscriptome analysis reveals cell cycle-related transcripts as key determinants of varietal differences in seed size of Brassica juncea
Brassica juncea is an important oilseed crop, widely grown as a source of edible oil. Seed size is a pivotal agricultural trait in oilseed Brassicas. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying seed size determ...
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Genome-wide in silico analysis of long intergenic non-coding RNAs from rice peduncles at the heading stage
Long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) belong to the category of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), originated from intergenic regions, which do not code for proteins. LincRNAs perform prominent role in regul...
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Open AccessGenomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass
Long-term climate change and periodic environmental extremes threaten food and fuel security1 and global crop productivity2–4. Although molecular and adaptive breeding strategies can buffer the effects of climati...
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No evidence for transient transformation via pollen magnetofection in several monocot species
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Influence of phase transformation on structure–property relationship in quaternary In10Sb10Ag10Se70 chalcogenide films
This work reports the effect of thermal annealing (353–413 K) on structure and physical properties of thermally evaporated In10Ag10Sb10Se70 chalcogenide films. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction,...
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Open AccessMicroscale thermophoresis as a powerful tool for screening glycosyltransferases involved in cell wall biosynthesis
Identification and characterization of key enzymes associated with cell wall biosynthesis and modification is fundamental to gain insights into cell wall dynamics. However, it is a challenge that activity assa...
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Open AccessAgrobacterium-mediated transient transformation of sorghum leaves for accelerating functional genomics and genome editing studies
Sorghum is one of the most recalcitrant species for transformation. Considering the time and effort required for stable transformation in sorghum, establishing a transient system to screen the efficiency and f...
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Comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of ERF genes in sorghum provides clues to the evolution of gene functions and redundancy among gene family members
APETALA2/Ethylene-Responsive transcription factors (AP2/ERF), with their multifunctional roles in plant development, hormone signaling and stress tolerance, are important candidates for engineering crop plants...
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Open AccessTranscriptional trajectories of anther development provide candidates for engineering male fertility in sorghum
Sorghum is a self-pollinated crop with multiple economic uses as cereal, forage, and biofuel feedstock. Hybrid breeding is a cornerstone for sorghum improvement strategies that currently relies on cytoplasmic ...
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Open AccessOrigin, evolution, and divergence of plant class C GH9 endoglucanases
Glycoside hydrolases of the GH9 family encode cellulases that predominantly function as endoglucanases and have wide applications in the food, paper, pharmaceutical, and biofuel industries. The partitioning of...
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Structural, optical and photoelectrical properties of thermally annealed amorphous In15Sb15Se70 chalcogenide films
In this work, the effect of annealing on the structure and photoelectrical properties of In15Sb15Se70 films has been investigated. The annealed films (333–453 K) were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, optical absor...
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MicroRNAs as targets for engineering biofuel feedstock Sorghum
Sorghum is a highly efficient C4 crop, with enormous potential as a biofuel feedstock. Fermentable sugars that accumulate in sorghum stalks, high biomass, drought tolerance and adaptability to diverse climates...
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Effect of composition on steady state and transient photoconductivity in isocoordinated InxSb30−xSe70 (0 ≤ x ≤ 25) chalcogenide films
The study of steady state and transient photocurrent measurement provide important information about carrier generation and recombination phenomena in various semiconducting systems for photo-sensor device app...
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Open AccessSweet sorghum as biofuel feedstock: recent advances and available resources
Sweet sorghum is a promising target for biofuel production. It is a C4 crop with low input requirements and accumulates high levels of sugars in its stalks. However, large-scale planting on marginal lands woul...
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Open AccessOverexpression of Rice Auxilin-Like Protein, XB21, Induces Necrotic Lesions, up-Regulates Endocytosis-Related Genes, and Confers Enhanced Resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
The rice immune receptor XA21 confers resistance to the bacterial pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). To elucidate the mechanism of XA21-mediated immunity, we previously performed a yeast two-hybrid sc...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Comparative phylogenomic analysis provides insights into TCP gene functions in Sorghum
Scientific Reports 6: Article number: srep38488; published online: 05 December 2016; updated: 06 April 2017 The Acknowledgments section of this Article is incomplete, where: “R.S. and M.K.S. acknowledge the Ra...
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Open AccessComparative phylogenomic analysis provides insights into TCP gene functions in Sorghum
Sorghum is a highly efficient C4 crop with potential to mitigate challenges associated with food, feed and fuel. TCP proteins are of particular interest for crop improvement programs due to their well-demonstrate...
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Open AccessUpdated Rice Kinase Database RKD 2.0: enabling transcriptome and functional analysis of rice kinase genes
Protein kinases catalyze the transfer of a phosphate moiety from a phosphate donor to the substrate molecule, thus playing critical roles in cell signaling and metabolism. Although plant genomes contain more t...
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Targeted Switchgrass BAC Library Screening and Sequence Analysis Identifies Predicted Biomass and Stress Response-Related Genes
To identify switchgrass homologs of rice genes, known/predicted to control biomass and stress response-related traits, we screened 96,000 clones from two switchgrass bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) libra...
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Open AccessPhylogenomics databases for facilitating functional genomics in rice
The completion of whole genome sequence of rice (Oryza sativa) has significantly accelerated functional genomics studies. Prior to the release of the sequence, only a few genes were assigned a function each year....
