Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) significantly influences plant
growth, development, and biomass. Increased photosynthesis rate, together with lower …

Derived by endosymbiosis from ancestral cyanobacteria, chloroplasts integrated seamlessly
into the biology of their host cell. That integration involved a massive transfer of genes to the …

Background Plant protoplasts, a proven physiological and versatile cell system, are widely
used in high-throughput analysis and functional characterization of genes. Green …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are obligate biotrophs that supply mineral nutrients to
the host plant in exchange for carbon derived from photosynthesis. Sucrose is the end …

Sucrose is universal in plants and fulfils many roles: transport sugar, storage reserve,
compatible solute and signal compound. Consequently, sucrose synthesis is highly …

Photoassimilates needed for fruit development are supplied from leaves, converted in fruit to
substances relating to the specific quality of the fruit, then accumulate in the fruit. There are …

Based on work with cotton fibers, a particulate form of sucrose (Suc) synthase was proposed
to support secondary wall cellulose synthesis by degrading Suc to fructose and UDP …

Leaves comprise multiple cell types but our knowledge of the patterns of gene expression
that underpin their functional specialization is fragmentary. Our understanding and ability to …

The ability to sense sugars is crucial for the modulation of gene expression in plants.
Despite the importance of this phenomenon, our knowledge of sugar sensing in plants is …

Using expression analysis, the role of the sucrose transporter OsSUT1 during germination
and early growth of rice seedlings has been examined in detail, over a time-course ranging …