Most organisms use daily light/dark cycles as timing cues to control many essential physiological processes. In plants, growth rates of the embryonic stem (hypocotyl) are maximal at different times of day, depending on external photoperiod and the internal circadian clock. However, the interactions between light signaling, the circadian clock, and growth-promoting hormone pathways in growth con...

Methods Homogenization and extraction with organic solvents was done in one microcentrifuge tube and accelerated by crushing the plant material in a vibration mill. The extracts from minute amounts of fresh plant material were immediately purified using a solid-phase extraction (C18, C8, OasisTM HLB cartridges)in combination with ion-exchange and/or immunoaffinity purification. A fast chromatog...

Komagataeibacter (formerly Gluconacetobacter) xylinus ATCC 53582 is a plant-associated model organism for bacterial cellulose (BC) biosynthesis. This bacterium inhabits the carposphere where it interacts with fruit through the bi-directional transfer of phytohormones. The majority of research regarding K. xylinus has been focused on identifying and characterizing structural and regulatory facto...

Abstract Light and phytohormone are external internal cues that regulate plant growth development throughout their life cycle. BBXs (B-box domain proteins) a group of zinc finger proteins not only directly govern the transcription target genes but also associate with other factors to create meticulous regulatory network precisely numerous aspects developmental processes in plants. Recent studie...