The green fluorescent protein

RY Tsien - Annual review of biochemistry, 1998 - annualreviews.org
In just three years, the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria
has vaulted from obscurity to become one of the most widely studied and exploited proteins …

Getting to the roots of parasitism by nematodes

EL Davis, RS Hussey, TJ Baum - Trends in parasitology, 2004 - cell.com
Most phytoparasitic nematodes infect plant roots and some species have evolved
sophisticated interactive relationships with host cells to sustain a sedentary parasitic habit …

A conserved network of transcriptional activators and repressors regulates anthocyanin pigmentation in eudicots

NW Albert, KM Davies, DH Lewis, H Zhang… - The Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Plants require sophisticated regulatory mechanisms to ensure the degree of anthocyanin
pigmentation is appropriate to myriad developmental and environmental signals. Central to …

Organelle pH in the Arabidopsis endomembrane system

J Shen, Y Zeng, X Zhuang, L Sun, X Yao, P Pimpl… - Molecular plant, 2013 - cell.com
The pH of intracellular compartments is essential for the viability of cells. Despite its
relevance, little is known about the pH of these compartments. To measure pH in vivo, we …

Plasma membrane-nucleo-cytoplasmic coordination of a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase promotes EDS1-dependent plant immunity

Y Li, J Xue, FZ Wang, X Huang, BQ Gong, Y Tao… - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
Plants use cell-surface immune receptors to recognize pathogen-specific patterns to evoke
basal immunity. ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY (EDS1) is known to be crucial for …

Functional importance of conserved domains in the flowering‐time gene CONSTANS demonstrated by analysis of mutant alleles and transgenic plants

F Robson, MMR Costa, SR Hepworth, I Vizir… - The Plant …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
CONSTANS promotes flowering of Arabidopsis in response to long‐day conditions. We
show that CONSTANS is a member of an Arabidopsis gene family that comprises 16 other …

Ancient class of translocated oomycete effectors targets the host nucleus

S Schornack, M van Damme… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Pathogens use specialized secretion systems and targeting signals to translocate effector
proteins inside host cells, a process that is essential for promoting disease and parasitism …

A GFP‐mouse talin fusion protein labels plant actin filaments in vivo and visualizes the actin cytoskeleton in growing pollen tubes

B Kost, P Spielhofer, NH Chua - The Plant Journal, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The C‐terminus of mouse talin (amino acids 2345–2541) is responsible for all of the
protein'sf‐actin binding capacity. Unlike full‐length talin, the C‐terminal f‐actin binding …

The Arabidopsis HOS1 gene negatively regulates cold signal transduction and encodes a RING finger protein that displays cold-regulated nucleo–cytoplasmic …

H Lee, L Xiong, Z Gong, M Ishitani… - Genes & …, 2001 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Low temperature is one of the most important environmental stimuli that control gene
transcription programs and development in plants. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the HOS1 locus …

SAUR39, a Small Auxin-Up RNA Gene, Acts as a Negative Regulator of Auxin Synthesis and Transport in Rice

S Kant, YM Bi, T Zhu, SJ Rothstein - Plant physiology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The phytohormone auxin plays a critical role for plant growth by regulating the expression of
a set of genes. One large auxin-responsive gene family of this type is the small auxin-up …