A number of novel strategies were employed to examine the role of indoleacetic acid (IAA) in
regulating floral organ abscission in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Analysis of auxin …

Plant tissue culture is a highly versatile technique which leads to micropropagation of
thousands of plantlets from a small portion of the mother plant in vitro. This review for the first …

Inducible expression is a versatile genetic tool for controlling gene transcription, determining
gene functions and other uses. Herein, we describe our attempts to create several inducible …

Pollen grains protect the sperm cells inside them with the help of the unique cell wall, the
exine, which exhibits enormous morphological variation across plant taxa, assembling into …

The plastidial methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway is an essential route for plants as
the source of precursors for all plastidial isoprenoids, many of which are of medical and …

Reporter gene assays are widely used to study cellular signaling and transcriptional activity.
Few studies describe the use of reporter genes for studying cellular responses on complex …

Sugars regulate the expression of many genes at the transcriptional level. In Arabidopsis
thaliana, sugars induce or repress the expression of> 1800 genes, including the STP1 …

Findings: Auxin depletion occurs during natural developmental processes which end in
organ abscission (leaf and flower senescence, fruit ripening, and self-pruning) and stress …

The promoter and 5′‐untranslated region (5′ UTR) play a key role in determining the
efficiency of recombinant protein expression in plants. Comparative experiments are used to …

Abscission facilitates growth and reproduction and improves plant defenses against
pathogens. This tightly regulated process is triggered by environmental cues and hormones …