Cellulose synthase gene expression profiling of Physcomitrella patens

Gene targeting in Physcomitrella patens.

Gene-targeting efficiency in the land plant Physcomitrella patens (Bryophyta) can only be compared with that observed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sequencing programs and microbiological molecular genetic approaches are now being developed to unravel the precise function of plant genes. Physcomitrella patens, as the new 'green yeast', might well become a major tool for functional genomic studie...

Functional Analysis of the Cellulose Synthase Class Specific Region in Physcomitrella Patens

Cellulose synthases are found in a wide range of organisms, from bacteria to land plants. However, the cellulose synthases found in land plants (CESAs) form large, multimeric, rosette-shaped cellulose synthase complexes (CSCs) and have three unique regions not found in other cellulose synthases; the N-terminal zinc-binding domain, the Plant Conserved Region (P-CR) and the Class Specific Region ...

Physcomitrella patens

Arabidopsis and other species, this work has also begun to reveal the levels of evolutionary conservation within the flowering plants and even outside the plant kingdom. What does the future hold for Antirrhinum research? In addition to its continuing role as a genetic model for plant biology and development, several new experimental avenues are beginning to be explored with Antirrhinum. A majo...

Digital Gene Expression Profiling by 5′-End Sequencing of cDNAs during Reprogramming in the Moss Physcomitrella patens

Stem cells self-renew and repeatedly produce differentiated cells during development and growth. The differentiated cells can be converted into stem cells in some metazoans and land plants with appropriate treatments. After leaves of the moss Physcomitrella patens are excised, leaf cells reenter the cell cycle and commence tip growth, which is characteristic of stem cells called chloronema apic...

II intron in Physcomitrella patens