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BMC Plant Biology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of plant biology, including molecular, cellular, tissue, organ and whole organism research.
BMC Plant Biology (ISSN 1471-2229) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Agricola, FSTA, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :125
Nucleotide marker diversity is characterised for 270 single-copy polymorphic loci in cotton, which will be useful for manipulation and transfer of novel alleles in breeding programs to improve desirable agronomic and quality traits.
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :104
Annotation of grapevine Vitis vinifera gene expression data using MapMan ontology to focus on selected metabolic pathways showed that the genes induced by powdery mildew infection encode pathogenesis related proteins and enzymes of flavonoid metabolism.
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :85
Analysis of the available expressed sequence tags (ESTs) for one cultivated and two wild tomato species highlights sets of genes and polymorphisms with potential significance for the evolution and domestication of this important crop.
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Genome-wide analysis of major intrinsic proteins in the tree plant Populus trichocarpa: Characterization of XIP subfamily of aquaporins from evolutionary perspective Anjali B. Gupta, Ramasubbu Sankararamakrishnan BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :134 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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In vivo imaging of the tonoplast intrinsic protein family in Arabidopsis roots Stefano Gattolin, Mathias Sorieul, Paul R Hunter, Roman H Khonsari, Lorenzo Frigerio BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :133 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Genome scale transcriptome analysis of shoot organogenesis in Populus Yanghuan Bao, Palitha Dharmawardhana, Todd C. Mockler, Steven H. Strauss BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :132 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparative analysis of the complete sequence of the plastid genome of Parthenium argentatum and identification of DNA barcodes to differentiate Parthenium species and lines Shashi Kumar, Frederick M. Hahn, Colleen M. McMahan, Katrina Cornish, Maureen C. Whalen BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :131 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Vitamin B6 deficient plants display increased sensitivity to high light and photo-oxidative stress Michel Havaux, Brigitte Ksas, Agnieszka Szewczyk, Dominique Rumeau, Fabrice Franck, Stefano Caffarri, Christian Triantaphylid BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :130 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Pollen development in Annona cherimola Mill. (Annonaceae). Implications for the evolution of aggregated pollen Jorge Lora, Pilar S Testillano, Maria C Risue BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :129 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Computational annotation of genes differentially expressed along olive fruit development Giulio Galla, Gianni Barcaccia, Angelo Ramina, Silvio Collani, Fiammetta Alagna, Luciana Baldoni, Nicol BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :128 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparative transcriptional survey between laser-microdissected cells from laminar abscission zone and petiolar cortical tissue during ethylene-promoted abscission in citrus leaves Javier Agust BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :127 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Seed storage protein gene promoters contain conserved DNA motifs in Brassicaceae , Fabaceae and Poaceae Fran BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :126 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Sampling nucleotide diversity in cotton Allen Van Deynze, Kevin Stoffel, Mike Lee, Thea A Wilkins, Alexander Kozik, Roy G Cantrell, John Z Yu, Russel J Kohel, David M Stelly BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :125 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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High-level HIV-1 Nef transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana using the P19 gene silencing suppressor protein of Artichoke Mottled Crinckle Virus Raffaele Lombardi, Patrizia Circelli, Maria Elena Villani, Giampaolo Buriani, Luca Nardi, Valentina Coppola, Linda Bianco, Eugenio Benvenuto, Marcello Donini, Carla Marusic BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :96 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology article
De novo 454 sequencing of barcoded BAC pools for comprehensive gene survey and genome analysis in the complex genome of barley Burkhard Steuernagel, Stefan Taudien, Heidrun Gundlach, Michael Seidel, Ruvini Ariyadasa, Daniela Schulte, Andreas Petzold, Marius Felder, Andreas Graner, Uwe Scholz, Klaus FX Mayer, Matthias Platzer, Nils Stein BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :547 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Comparative transcripts profiling reveals new insight into molecular processes regulating lycopene accumulation in a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) red-flesh mutant Qiang Xu, Keqin Yu, Andan Zhu, Junli Ye, Qing Liu, Jianchen Zhang, Xiuxin Deng BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :540 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Complexity of genome evolution by segmental rearrangement in Brassica rapa revealed by sequence-level analysis Martin Trick, Soo-Jin Kwon, Su Ryun Choi, Fiona Fraser, Eleni Soumpourou, Nizar Drou, Zhi Wang, Seo Yeon Lee, Tae-Jin Yang, Jeong-Hwan Mun, Andrew H Paterson, Christopher D Town, J CHRIS Pires, Yong Pyo Lim, Beom-Seok Park, Ian Bancroft BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :539 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Non-antibiotic selection systems for soybean somatic embryos:
the lysine analog aminoethyl-cysteine as a selection agent Suryadevara S. Rao, Lewamy Mamadou, Matt McConnell, Raghuveer Polisetty, Prachuab Kwanyuen, David Hildebrand BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :94 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A comprehensive resource of drought- and salinity- responsive ESTs for gene discovery and marker development in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Rajeev K Varshney, Pavana J Hiremath, Pazhamala Lekha, Junichi Kashiwagi, Jayashree Balaji, Amit A Deokar, Vincent Vadez, Yongli Xiao, Ramamurthy Srinivasan, Pooran M Gaur, Kadambot HM Siddique, Christopher D Town, David A Hoisington BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :523 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Computational models in plant-pathogen interactions: the case of Phytophthora infestans
Andres Pinzon, Emiliano Barreto, Adriana Bernal, Luke Achenie, Andres F Gonzalez Barrios, Raul Isea, Silvia Restrepo Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2009, 6 :24 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Database
An expression database for roots of the model legume Medicago truncatula under salt stress Daofeng Li, Zhen Su, Jiangli Dong, Tao Wang BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :517 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Exposure to Euphorbia lathyris latex resulting in alkaline chemical injury: a case report Alexander S Ioannidis, Konstantinos Papageorgiou, Petros S Andreou Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :115 (10 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ]
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Barking up the same tree: a comparison of ethnomedicine and canine ethnoveterinary medicine among the Aguaruna Kevin A Jernigan Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009, 5 :33 (10 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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