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1. Somatic Embryogenesis of Pine Species: From Functional Genomics to Plantation Forestry

   Several economically important tree species belong to the genus Pinus and many of them form the ecological base of forest ecosystems. Pine wood is...

   Hely Häggman, Jaana Vuosku, ... Karoliina Niemi in Somatic Embryogenesis

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2. Screening and Analysis of Pollen Tube Mutations

   Although the cytology of the cellular aspects of male gametophytic development has been very well described for several species, molecular...

   Hélène Guermonprez, Fabien Nogué, Sandrine Bonhomme in The Pollen Tube

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3. Telomeres in fungi

   Telomeres are the functional elements concluding and defining each linear chromosome in eukaryotes. They play an essential role in protecting genetic...

   Marita Cohn, Gianni Liti, David BH Barton in Comparative Genomics

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4. The genome of the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii: annotation and evolutionary implications

   The 9.2 Mb genome of the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii consists of seven chromosomes carrying 4718 protein coding genes, 194 tRNA genes, at...

   Sophie Brachat, Fred Dietrich, ... Peter Philippsen in Comparative Genomics

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5. Schizosaccharomyces pombe comparative genomics; from sequence to systems

   The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is becoming increasingly important as a model for the characterization and study of many globally...

   Valerie Wood in Comparative Genomics

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6. Transcriptome analysis in abiotic stress conditions in higher plants

   Drought, high salinity, and low temperature are major environmental factors that limit plant productivity. Plants respond and adapt to these stresses...

   Motoaki Seki, Ayako Kamei, ... Kazuo Shinozaki in Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress

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7. Signal transduction in plant cold acclimation

   Temperate plants respond to low temperature by activating a cold acclimation program leading to enhanced tolerance to freezing temperatures. This...

   Pekka Heino, E. Tapio Palva in Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress

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8. Plant salt tolerance

   Soil salinity adversely affects crop productivity and quality. The success of breeding programs aimed at salinity tolerant crop varieties is limited...

   Viswanathan Chinnusamy, Jian-Kang Zhu in Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress

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9. Plant responses to heat stress

   The heat stress response is characterized by inhibition of normal transcription and translation, higher expression of heat shock proteins (hsps) and...

   Priti Krishna in Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress

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10. Sensors of abiotic stress in Synechocystis

    Systematic mutagenesis of histidine kinases in combination with DNA microarray technology has allowed us to identify sensors for cold, hyperosmotic...

    Koji Mikami, Iwane Suzuki, Norio Murata in Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress

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11. Abscisic acid signalling

    Signalling of abscisic acid (ABA) in plants is characterized by an amazing number of secondary messengers that are part of the pathway or modulate...

    Alexander Christmann, Erwin Grill, Michael Meinhard in Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress

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12. Genome evolution: Lessons from Genolevures

    In the past years, yeast genome-sequencing programs have been widely developed. Two of them, namely Genolevures I and II, were devoted to the...

    Monique Bolotin-Fukuhara, Serge Casaregola, Michel Aigle in Comparative Genomics

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13. Dietary silymarin improves performance by altering hepatic lipid metabolism and cecal microbiota function and its metabolites in late laying hens

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    Liver lipid dysregulation is one of the major factors in the decline of production performance in late-stage laying hens. Silymarin (SIL),...

    Yanghao Guo, Yudong Xu, ... ** He in Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

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14. Structural features of fungal genomes

    Eighteen fungal genomes have been sequenced to date from a variety of taxonomic groups, with fifteen Ascomycota, two Basidomycota and one...

    Phatthanaphong Wanchanthuek, Peter F. Hallin, ... David Ussery in Comparative Genomics

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15. Sterol Endocytosis and Trafficking in Plant Cells

    Structural sterols are integral components of biological membranes. They regulate membrane permeability and fluidity, and they influence the...

    Miroslav Ovečka, Irene K. Lichtscheidl in Plant Endocytosis

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16. Comparison of Molecular Mechanisms of Somatic and Zygotic Embryogenesis

    Somatic embryogenesis has been used as a model system to understand the mechanisms regulating plant embryogenesis. The morphological and...

    Miho Ikeda, Hiroshi Kamada in Somatic Embryogenesis

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17. Extracellular Guidance Cues and Intracellular Signaling Pathways that Direct Pollen Tube Growth

    Fertilization in flowering plants requires that a pollen tube deliver two sperm to the female gametes, which develop in ovules buried deep within...

    Mark A. Johnson, Elizabeth Lord in The Pollen Tube

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18. SNAREs in Plant Endocytosis and the Post-Golgi Traffic

    In eukaryotic cells, the transport vesicles carry various cargo proteins from a donor compartment to a target compartment, and discharge the cargo...

    Masa H. Sato, Ryosuke L. Ohniwa, Tomohiro Uemura in Plant Endocytosis

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19. Plant Vacuoles: from Biogenesis to Function

    The plant vacuolar system is far more complex than originally expected and multiple sorting pathways leading to various types of vacuoles can be...

    Jean-Marc Neuhaus, Nadine Paris in Plant Endocytosis

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20. Endocytosis in Guard Cells

    Stomatal movement requires large and repetitive changes to cell volume and consequently surface area. These alterations in surface area are...

    Ulrike Homann in Plant Endocytosis

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