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Improved biomass and metabolite production in hairy root culture in various genotypes of Panax ginseng through genetic transformation
The economic important medicinal plant, Panax ginseng, encompasses a diverse array of pharmacologically beneficial ginsenosides governed by complex metabolic pathways. The cultivation of P. ginseng over an extend...
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Genes and Regulatory Mechanisms for Ginsenoside Biosynthesis
Panax ginseng is a medicinal plant belonging to the Araliaceae family. Ginseng is known as the king of oriental medicine, which has been practiced since ancient times in East Asian countries and globally in the m...
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Deconvoluting signals downstream of growth and immune receptor kinases by phosphocodes of the BSU1 family phosphatases
Hundreds of leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases (LRR-RKs) have evolved to control diverse processes of growth, development and immunity in plants, but the mechanisms that link LRR-RKs to distinct cellular res...
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Open AccessGenome structure and diversity among Cynanchum wilfordii accessions
Cynanchum wilfordii (Cw) and Cynanchum auriculatum (Ca) have long been used in traditional medicine and as functional food in Korea and China, respectively. They have diverse medicinal functions, and many studies...
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Cellulomonas aurantiaca sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample from a tangerine field
A Gram-stain positive, facultatively aerobic, motile and rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated THG-SMD2.3T, was isolated from a soil sample collected in a tangerine field, Republic of Korea. According to the 16...
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Chitinophaga aurantiaca sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample from a tangerine field
A Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated THG-SD5.5T, was isolated from a soil sample collected in a tangerine field, Republic of Korea. According to t...
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QTL map** in Vigna radiata × Vigna umbellata population uncovers major genomic regions associated with bruchid resistance
Mungbean (Vigna radiata), genus Vigna, is an economically important legume crop that is valued for its protein-rich dry seeds. However, bruchid infestation causes severe threat to seed storage in terms of deterio...
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Open AccessGinseng Genome Database: an open-access platform for genomics of Panax ginseng
The ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) is a perennial herbaceous plant that has been used in traditional oriental medicine for thousands of years. Ginsenosides, which have significant pharmacological effects on h...
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Immunogenicity of an S1D epitope from porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and cholera toxin B subunit fusion protein transiently expressed in infiltrated Nicotiana benthamiana leaves
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) belongs to the Coronaviridae family and causes acute enteritis in pigs. A fragment of the large spike glycoprotein, termed the S1D epitope (aa 636–789), alone and fused with...
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Completion of the mitochondrial genome sequence of onion (Allium cepa L.) containing the CMS-S male-sterile cytoplasm and identification of an independent event of the ccmF N gene split
Cytoplasmic male-sterility (CMS) conferred by the CMS-S cytoplasm has been most commonly used for onion (Allium cepa L.) F1 hybrid seed production. We first report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence conta...
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Open AccessResequencing of Capsicum annuum parental lines (YCM334 and Taean) for the genetic analysis of bacterial wilt resistance
Bacterial wilt (BW) is a widespread plant disease that affects a broad range of dicot and monocot hosts and is particularly harmful for solanaceous plants, such as pepper, tomato, and eggplant. The pathogen re...
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Complete genome sequencing and analysis of Capsicum annuum varieties
Peppers (Capsicum spp.), economically important crops of the nightshade family, are used as vegetables, spices, and medicines. Bacterial wilt (BW), one of the most devastating bacterial plant diseases, causes hea...
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Production of monoclonal antibodies against 53-kDa protein of Porphyromonas gingivalis in transgenic rice cell suspension culture
Periodontitis is a bacterial infection-induced inflammatory disease that affects the tissues surrounding the teeth and is the main cause of tooth loss in adults. Porphyromonas gingivalis, a black-pigmented gram-n...
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Phylogenetic relationship of 40 species of genus Aloe L. and the origin of an allodiploid species revealed by nucleotide sequence variation in chloroplast intergenic space and cytogenetic in situ hybridization
Aloe species, which have been used as medicinal plants, belong to the Asphodelaceae family consisting of 530 species. In this study, genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among...
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Impact of the consecutive days of visible wilting on growth and yield during tassel initiation in maize (Zea Mays L.)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major crop with different uses but shows significant susceptibility to drought stress. Recent climate change has caused prolonged drought stress, but in most countries maize production re...
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Yield of maize (Zea mays L.) logistically declined with increasing length of the consecutive visible wilting days during flowering
Under future climate conditions, the frequency and severity of drought are expected to increase. Maize (Zea mays L.) is susceptible to drought, especially at flowering. The objective of this study was to investig...
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Sphingobium soli sp. nov. isolated from rhizosphere soil of a rose
Strain THG-SQA7T, a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from rhizosphere soil of a rose in PR China. Strain THG-SQA7T is closely related to the members of the genus Sphi...
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Novosphingobium aquaticum sp. nov., isolated from lake water in Suwon, Republic of Korea
A novel Gram-stain negative, yellow coloured, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile bacterium designated as THW-SA1T, was isolated from lake water near Samsung apartment, Suwon, Republic of Korea. The phylogen...
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Hydrogenophaga luteola sp. nov. isolated from reed pond water
A yellowish colored, Gram-staining negative, strictly aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated THG-SQE7T, was isolated from reed pond water in Shangqiu, PR China. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analy...
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Taibaiella yonginensis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil of Yongin city
A novel bacterial strain, designated as THG-SC4T, was isolated from a soil sample collected from Yongin city in South Korea. Cells of the strain were Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile. The strain ...