The fruit of melting-flesh peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) cultivars produce high levels of ethylene caused by high expression of Ppacs1 (an isogene of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase), resulting in rapid fruit softening at…
The qualities of tea (Camellia sinensis) are not clearly understood in terms of integrated leading molecular regulatory network mechanisms behind inorganic phosphate (Pi) limitation.
We have identified a recently evolved FLM allele from the accession Kil-0. The insertion of a LINE element in intron 1 of Flmkil-0 resulted in reduced FLM transcript abundance and correlated with an overall acceleration of flowering time…
Shikimate kinase (SK; EC 2.7.1.71) catalyzes the fifth reaction of the shikimate pathway, which directs carbon from the central metabolism pool to a broad range of secondary metabolites involved in plant development, growth, and stress…
The onion (Allium cepa L.) is widely planted worldwide as a valuable vegetable crop. The scales of an onion bulb are a modified type of leaf. The one-layer-cell epidermis of onion scales is commonly used as a model experimental material in…
We sequenced the At3g09660 CDS using RT-PCR on mRNA from Arabidopsis inflorescences. Because of some differences in splicing sites, the At3g09660 CDS slightly differed from the predicted sequence found in the genebank (NM_111800), measured 2…
The ripening of grape berry is generally regulated by abscisic acid (ABA), and has no relationship with ethylene function. However, functional interaction and synergism between ABA and ethylene during the beginning of grape berry ripening…