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Open AccessChromatin attachment to the nuclear matrix represses hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana
The nuclear matrix is a nuclear compartment that has diverse functions in chromatin regulation and transcription. However, how this structure influences epigenetic modifications and gene expression in plants i...
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Open AccessMonitoring of drought stress and transpiration rate using proximal thermal and hyperspectral imaging in an indoor automated plant phenoty** platform
Thermography is a popular tool to assess plant water-use behavior, as plant temperature is influenced by transpiration rate, and is commonly used in field experiments to detect plant water deficit. Its applica...
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SIAMESE-RELATED1 imposes differentiation of stomatal lineage ground cells into pavement cells
The leaf epidermis represents a multifunctional tissue consisting of trichomes, pavement cells and stomata, the specialized cellular pores of the leaf. Pavement cells and stomata both originate from regulated ...
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Open AccessIMPLANT: a new technique for transgene copy number estimation in plants using a single end-point PCR reaction
Copy number determination is one of the first steps in the characterization of transgenic plant lines. The classical approach to this, Southern blotting, is time-consuming, expensive and requires massive amoun...
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Open AccessCorrection to: CIN‑like TCP13 is essential for plant growth regulation under dehydration stress
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Open AccessThe heat is on: a simple method to increase genome editing efficiency in plants
Precision genome mutagenesis using CRISPR/Cas has become the standard method to generate mutant plant lines. Several improvements have been made to increase mutagenesis efficiency, either through vector optimi...
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Open AccessCIN-like TCP13 is essential for plant growth regulation under dehydration stress
A dehydration-inducible Arabidopsis CIN-like TCP gene, TCP13, acts as a key regulator of plant growth in leaves and roots under dehydration stress conditions.
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Analysis of Plant Stress Response Using Hyperspectral Imaging and Kernel Ridge Regression
The optical signature of a plant is an essential tool in predicting vegetation water content for quantitative assessment of plant status under drought stress. Plant responses to water stress may involve optica...
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Open AccessRoot engineering in maize by increasing cytokinin degradation causes enhanced root growth and leaf mineral enrichment
Root-specific expression of a cytokinin-degrading CKX gene in maize roots causes formation of a larger root system leading to higher element content in shoot organs.
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Open AccessDevelopment of a novel and rapid phenotype-based screening method to assess rice seedling growth
Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important model crops in plant research. Despite its considerable advantages, (phenotypic) bioassays for rice are not as well developed as for Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we...
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Open AccessTap** into the maize root microbiome to identify bacteria that promote growth under chilling conditions
When maize (Zea mays L.) is grown in the Northern hemisphere, its development is heavily arrested by chilling temperatures, especially at the juvenile phase. As some endophytes are beneficial for plants under str...
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A genetics screen highlights emerging roles for CPL3, RST1 and URT1 in RNA metabolism and silencing
Post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) is a major mechanism regulating gene expression in higher eukaryotes. To identify novel players in PTGS, a forward genetics screen was performed on an Arabidopsis thalia...
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The role of HEXOKINASE1 in Arabidopsis leaf growth
Here, we used a hxk1 mutant in the Col-0 background. We demonstrated that HXK1 regulates cell proliferation and expansion early during leaf development, and that HXK1 is involved in sucrose-induced leaf growth st...
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Open AccessRobust increase of leaf size by Arabidopsis thaliana GRF3-like transcription factors under different growth conditions
An increase in crop yield is essential to reassure food security to meet the accelerating global demand. Several genetic modifications can increase organ size, which in turn might boost crop yield. Still, only...
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Open AccessCorrection: Author Correction: The transcriptional repressor complex FRS7-FRS12 regulates flowering time and growth in Arabidopsis
Nature Communications 8: Article number: 15235 (2017); Published online: 11 May 2017; Updated: 10 April 2018 The financial support for this Article was not correctly acknowledged. The Acknowledgements incorrec...
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Open AccessThe transcriptional repressor complex FRS7-FRS12 regulates flowering time and growth in Arabidopsis
Most living organisms developed systems to efficiently time environmental changes. The plant-clock acts in coordination with external signals to generate output responses determining seasonal growth and flower...
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Open AccessAltered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration
Maize is the highest yielding cereal crop grown worldwide for grain or silage. Here, we show that modulating the expression of the maize PLASTOCHRON1 (ZmPLA1) gene, encoding a cytochrome P450 (CYP78A1), results i...
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Open AccessSCFSAP controls organ size by targeting PPD proteins for degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Control of organ size by cell proliferation and growth is a fundamental process, but the mechanisms that determine the final size of organs are largely elusive in plants. We have previously revealed that the u...
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Open AccessDiffany: an ontology-driven framework to infer, visualise and analyse differential molecular networks
Differential networks have recently been introduced as a powerful way to study the dynamic rewiring capabilities of an interactome in response to changing environmental conditions or stimuli. Currently, such d...
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Open AccessAn integrated network of Arabidopsis growth regulators and its use for gene prioritization
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms that govern plant growth has been an important topic in plant research and current advances in large-scale data generation call for computational tools that efficiently com...
