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Proteomic profile of tepary bean seed storage proteins in germination with low water potential
BackgroundTepary bean ( Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray) is one of the five species domesticated from the genus Phaseolus with genetic resistance to...
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Chemical identification, compositional evaluation, proximate analysis and assessment of storage proteins of Telfairia occidentalis (Hook f.) seed protein isolate
Over the past few decades, there has been an increase in the industrial use of plant protein isolates as functional ingredients to enhance the...
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A deleterious Sar1c variant in rice inhibits export of seed storage proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum
Key messageWe identified a dosage-dependent dominant negative form of Sar1c, which confirms the essential role of COPII system in mediating ER export...
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Stimulus-responsive proteins involved in multi-process regulation of storage substance accumulation during rice grain filling under elevated temperature
BackgroundThe intensified global warming during grain filling deteriorated rice quality, in particular increasing the frequency of chalky grains...
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A Nutritional Crop Factory of Quality Seed Storage Proteins in Finger Millet for Combating Malnutrition
Finger millet is a nutrition-rich crop to combat starvation, malnutrition, and water security for peoples. This enables to explore opportunities to...
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Seed Longevity and Deterioration
The fundamental deteriorative processes that lead to loss of seed viability contrastingly vary between desiccation insensitive (orthodox) and...
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Seed Development and Maturation
In plants, a fascinating set of post-fertilization events result in the development of a dispersal unit known as a seed. During the maturation phase,...
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Legume Seed: A Useful Platform for the Production of Medical Proteins/Peptides
Legumes are one of the most valuable food crops and nutritious staples of many cultures around the world. They are an economical source of...
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Sulfate transport and metabolism: strategies to improve the seed protein quality
Sulfur-containing amino acids (SAA), namely methionine, and cysteine are crucial essential amino acids (EAA) considering the dietary requirements of...
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Molecular Characterisation of Seed Storage Proteins (SSPs) in Grain Amaranth
Amaranth is well recognized as a crop with the highest agri-food potential because its leaves and seeds are highly nutritious and, both can be used...
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Seed Vigour and Invigoration
Seed vigour is an important aspect of seed quality. It is a quantitative trait which is responsible for overall seed performance in terms of rate and...
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Fat storage-inducing transmembrane proteins: beyond mediating lipid droplet formation
Fat storage-inducing transmembrane proteins (FITMs) were initially identified in 2007 as members of a conserved endoplasmic reticulum (ER) resident...
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Seed Dormancy and Germination
Seeds are highly dehydrated, quiescent or resting structures, and carriers of next generation in the life cycle of plants. Seeds have different...
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Seed-Based Production of Recombinant Proteins
The use of plants to produce recombinant proteins has become a promising alternative to current expression systems based on microorganisms and cell...
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Seed Dormancy and Regulation of Germination
Seed germination and dormancy are vital components of seed quality; hence, understanding these processes is essential for a sound seed production...
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The Use of Rice Seed as a Bioreactor
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a prime staple food consumed by half of the world’s population and is an agronomically familiar crop grown on every...
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Purine permease (PUP) family gene PUP11 positively regulates the rice seed setting rate by influencing seed development
Key messagePurine permease PUP11 is essential for rice seed development, regulates the seed setting rate, and influences the cytokinin content, sugar...
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Transcriptome profiling of transgenic rice seeds lacking seed storage proteins (globulin, prolamin, and glutelin) by RNA-Seq analysis
Major seed storage proteins in rice ( Oryza sativa ) are composed of glutelin, prolamin, and globulin. We previously generated four SSP -RNAi lines with...
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Seed-Borne Mycoflora and Their Management
Management of seed-borne mycoflora can be done during seed production, handling, and storage. Among management strategies for controlling seed-borne...
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Seed-Based Production System for Molecular Farming
Seed is an ideal bioreactor for the expression of high-value recombinant proteins. High production can be achieved by taking advantage of established...