Cell‐type‐aware regulatory landscapes governing monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus

C Li, M Colinas, JC Wood, B Vaillancourt… - New …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
In plants, the biosynthetic pathways of some specialized metabolites are partitioned into
specialized or rare cell types, as exemplified by the monoterpenoid indole alkaloid (MIA) …

A protoplast-based transient gene expression assay for the identification of heat and oxidative stress-regulatory genes in perennial ryegrass

S Lei, Y Zhu, W Jia, J Zhang, Y Chi, B Xu - Plant Methods, 2024 - Springer
Background With the accumulating omics data, an efficient and time-saving transient assay
to express target genes is desired. Mesophyll protoplasts, maintaining most stress …

Critical parameters for robust Agrobacterium‐mediated transient transformation and quantitative promoter assays in Catharanthus roseus seedlings

LF Cole‐Osborn, E Meehan, CWT Lee‐Parsons - Plant Direct, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Agrobacterium‐mediated transient expression methods are widely used to study gene
function in both model and non‐model plants. Using a dual‐luciferase assay, we quantified …

Transient gene expression in petunia flower petals as a toolbox

H Duan - The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Agroinfiltration-mediated transient expression is widely used in plant gene functional
studies. In this study, the functionality of a metabolic engineering construct containing …

PRIDA, a protoplast-based assay for efficient identification of oxidative-and heat-stress regulatory genes

S Lei, L Zeng, W Jia, J Zhang, Y Chi, B Xu - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background: Rapidly identifying candidate genes potentially involved in stress tolerance is
crucial for functional genetic studies in non-model plant species. Agrobacterium-based …