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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 Featured articles

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.
Wikipedia, author Wolfgang Lendl
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.
Credit: Wikipedia commons
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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Research article
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 (20November2009)
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Research article
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 (18November2009)
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Research article
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 (17November2009)
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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 (17November2009)
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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 Triantaphylids
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9:130 (10November2009)
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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 Risueo, Jose I Hormaza, Maria Herrero
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9:129 (29October2009)
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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 GM Cultrera, Federico Martinelli, Luca Sebastiani, Pietro Tonutti
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9:128 (24October2009)
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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, Paz Merelo, Manuel Cercs, Francisco R Tadeo, Manuel Taln
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9:127 (23October2009)
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Research article
Seed storage protein gene promoters contain conserved DNA motifs in Brassicaceae, Fabaceae and Poaceae
Franois Fauteux, Martina V Strmvik
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9:126 (20October2009)
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Research article
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 (20October2009)
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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 (20November2009)
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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 (20November2009)
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Research article
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 (18November2009)
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Research article
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 (18November2009)
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Research article
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 (18November2009)
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Research article
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 (15November2009)
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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 (12November2009)
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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 (11November2009)
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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 (10November2009)
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Research
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 (10November2009)
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