The Plant Cell, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Feb., 2004), pp. 406-421 (16 pages) Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates many aspects of plant growth and development, yet many ABA response mutants present only subtle ...

Researchers developed a tool to precisely control plant growth hormones, revealing a surprising link between these hormones and the plant’s internal clock.

Meiotic recombination assures genetic variation during breeding. During meiotic prophase I, chromosomes are organized in a loop-base array by a proteinaceous structure called meiotic chromosome axis ...

Arabidopsis thaliana is the model system of choice for plant molecular geneticists. Forward genetic screens in Arabidopsis offer a powerful means for the functional characterization of various aspects ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

A common lab plant that’s been poked and put under microscopes for decades may seem unlikely to keep secrets. But in widely studied Arabidopsis thaliana, scientists have identified the “cantil” — a ...

Population genetics theory tells us that we should expect LD to vary greatly over the genome simply because of random history. Nevertheless, some general patterns are expected. Most notably, LD will ...

Researchers at Waseda University have identified a motor protein that plays a key role in how plants cope with salty soils.

Twenty-five years ago, the release of the first complete Arabidopsis thaliana genome marked a pivotal turning point in plant ...

The protective function of a plant type-2 metallothionein was analysed after expression in Escherichia coli and in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. BjMT2 from Brassica juncea was expressed in E. coli ...

You wouldn't look at it twice. Thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, is the meekest of weeds. You need a magnifying-glass to see its feeble flowers. The leaves are minimal and confined mainly to a ...

A common weed in the cabbage family has anticancer properties and could be the answer to developing new and better treatments for the disease. Alessandra Devoto, a professor at Royal Holloway, ...