Cytosines in eukaryotic DNA is often methylated to yield 5-methylcytosines (mC), which play an important role in controlling gene expression. This is referred as DNA methylation, and its status dynamically changes during plant growth by active methylation and demethylation. DNA glycosylases have been known to possess base excision DNA repair activity, and an Arabidopsis enzyme, ROS1 (Repressor ...

1. Understanding the plant genome. 1.1 Extra Nuclear Genomes 1.2 Structure, Size and Organization 1.3 Synteny and Collinearity of Plant Genomes 2. The science of ‘Genomics’ 2.1 Genome Sequences – the Raw Material 2.2 Structural and Functional Genomics 3. Arabidopsis Genome sequence – The signpost of plant genomics 3.1 Arabidopsis will not feed the world 3.2 The International Rice Genome Sequenc...

To establish a transient gene expression system for investigating the molecular function of genes in mature wheat seeds, we bombarded embryos or aleurones of three hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties Chinese Spring, RL4137 and OS21-5, two diploid wheat (T. monococcum L.) varieties KT3-1 and KT3-5 and a barley (Hordeum vulgare, L.) variety Himalaya with fusion constructs containing ...

1 Department of Molecular Plant Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologı́a CSIC, Madrid, Spain and 2 Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium * Corresponding author. Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, Gent 9052, Belgium. Tel.: þ 32 9331 3914; Fax: þ 32 9331 3809 E-mail: [email protected]...

L. Ge,a W. Peer,b S. Robert,c R. Swarup,d S. Ye,e M. Prigge,a J.D. Cohen,e J. Friml,c A. Murphy,b D. Tang,f and M. Estellea,1 a Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116 b Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 c Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Institute for B...

Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan (M.N.K., W.-N.J., P.E.V.); Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan and Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan (M.N.K., P.E.V.); and Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsi...

Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B–9000 Gent, Belgium (A.G., D.I.); Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus Biotechnology, P.O. Box 1500 (Tietotie 2), FIN–02044 Espoo, Finland (S.T.H., K.-M.O.-C.); and Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacognosy, P.O. Box 56, FIN–00014 University of Helsinki, H...

The groundswell of mergers and acquisitions in the plant biotechnology industry over the last decade has been driven by the research assets required to develop new biotechnology products and by the strong patent system of the United States. These mergers generate concern that the concentration of patents, plant germplasm, and markets for biotechnology among a few firms may be causing a decline ...