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The Function of Like Heterochromatin Protein 1 (LHP1) as an Epigenetic Regulator of Plant Development
Plants have the fascinating ability to regulate their genetic expression through epigenetic mechanisms. Polycomb group (PcG) proteins in Polycomb repressive complexes (PRC1 and PRC2) especially regulate cellul...
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Overexpression of R2R3-MYB IbMYB1a induces anthocyanin pigmentation in soybean cotyledon
This is the first report showing anthocyanin accumulation in the soybean cotyledon via genetic transformation of a single gene.
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Fatty acid composition and oil content of seeds from perilla (Perilla frutescens (L.) var. frutescens) germplasm of Republic of Korea
Perilla (Perilla frutescens (L.) var. frutescens) is an oilseed crop that produces a large amount of α-linolenic acid (ALA, 18:3), an ω-3 fatty acid in seeds. Perilla is also a fragrant leafy herb with great heal...
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Overexpression of Constitutively Active OsRab11 in Plants Enhances Tolerance to High Salinity Levels
Rab proteins are key regulators of intracellular trafficking between specific compartments in a cell. Among them, Rab11, a widely conserved sub-group, mainly regulates plasma membrane (PM) trafficking. Previou...
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Disorder of trafficking system of plasma membrane and vacuole antiporter proteins causes hypersensitive response to salinity stress in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Rab GTPases play an important role in regulating intracellular vesicular trafficking in eukaryotic cells. Previously, we found that Oryza sativa rice Rab11 (OsRab11) is required for the regulation of vesicular tr...
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Rice small GTPase Rab11 is required for intracellular trafficking from the trans-Golgi-network to the plasma membrane and/or prevacuolar compartments
Members of the Rab family of small GTPases play important roles in membrane trafficking along the exocytic and endocytic pathways, their function being dependent on their localization. Here, we show the vital ...
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Molecular functions of long noncoding transcripts in plants
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcribed from the genomes of various eukaryotes. LncRNAs are potent regulators of various developmental processes and respond to external stimuli. Recent studies have shown...
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Calcium potentiates post-invasive resistance to Golovinomyces orontii fungus in Arabidopsis
Ca2+ as in other cellular signaling pathways plays a key signal-mediating function in plant immune responses. However, a negative immune activity of some Ca2+-binding calmodulins implicates a rather confusing fun...
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Epigenetic regulation by long noncoding RNAs in plants
Many eukaryotes, including plants, produce a large number of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). Growing number of lncRNAs are being reported to have regulatory roles in various developmental processes. Emerging me...
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OsPRA1 plays a significant role in targeting of OsRab7 into the tonoplast via the prevacuolar compartment during vacuolar trafficking in plant cells
In yeast and mammals, the Yip/PRA1 family of proteins has been reported to facilitate the delivery of Rab GTPases to the membrane by dissociating the Rab–GDI complex during vesicle trafficking. Recently, we id...
