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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, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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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.
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :55
The onset of flowering in wheat involves MADS-box genes and genes in the Gibberellin pathway, as shown by gene expression changes observed over time in plants grown under conditions that mimic a typical British winter.
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :32
Arabidopsis roots exposed to various heavy metal ions or sodium chloride express a number of genes in common as part of a general response that also includes expression of known resistance genes unique to each toxin.
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Sequence diversity in three tomato species: SNPs, markers, and molecular evolution Jose M Jimenez-Gomez, Julin N Maloof BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :85 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Selection of reference genes for quantitative real time PCR expression studies in the apomictic and sexual grass Brachiaria brizantha Erica DUARTE Silveira, Marcio Alves-Ferreira, Larissa ARRAIS Guimaraes, Felipe RODRIGUES da Silva, Vera TAVARES DE CAMPOS Carneiro BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :84 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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A membrane-bound matrix metalloproteinase from Nicotiana tabacum cv. BY-2 is induced by bacterial pathogens Andreas Schiermeyer, Hanna Hartenstein, Manoj K Mandal, Burkhard Otte, Verena Wahner, Stefan Schillberg BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :83 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Ontology-oriented retrieval of putative microRNAs in Vitis vinifera via GrapeMiRNA: a web database of de novo predicted grape microRNAs Barbara Lazzari, Andrea Caprera, Alessandro Cestaro, Ivan Merelli, Marcello Del Corvo, Paolo Fontana, Luciano Milanesi, Riccardo Velasco, Alessandra Stella BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :82 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Phylogenetic analysis and molecular evolution of the dormancy associated MADS-box genes from peach Sergio Jimenez, Amy L Lawton-Rauh, Gregory L Reighard, Albert G Abbott, Douglas G Bielenberg BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :81 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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On the road to diploidization? Homoeolog loss in independently formed populations of the allopolyploid Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae) Jennifer A Tate, Prashant Joshi, Kerry A Soltis, Pamela S Soltis, Douglas E Soltis BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :80 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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DNA ligase 1 deficient plants display severe growth defects and delayed repair of both DNA single and double strand breaks Wanda M Waterworth, Jaroslav Kozak, Claire M Provost, Clifford M Bray, Karel J Angelis, Christopher E West BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :79 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation of Superroot-derived Lotus corniculatus plants: a valuable tool for functional genomics Bo Jian, Wensheng Hou, Cunxiang Wu, Bin Liu, Wei Liu, Shikui Song, Yurong Bi, Tianfu Han BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :78 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Characterization and isolation of a T-DNA tagged banana promoter active during in vitro culture and low temperature stress Efren Santos, Serge Remy, Els Thiry, Saskia Windelinckx, Rony Swennen, Laszlo Sagi BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :77 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Characterization and structural analysis of wild type and a non-abscission mutant at the development funiculus (Def) locus in Pisum sativum L. Kwadwo OWUSU Ayeh, YeonKyeong Lee, Mike J Ambrose, Anne Kathrine Hvoslef-Eide BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :76 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Folksong based appraisal of bio-eco-cultural heritage of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench): A new approach in ethnobiology Firew Mekbib Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009, 5 :19 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Gene expression profiling via LongSAGE in a non-model plant species: a case study in seeds of Brassica napus Christian Obermeier, Bashir Hosseini, Wolfgang Friedt, Rod Snowdon BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :295 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology
Development of a gene silencing DNA vector derived from a broad host range geminivirus Edward M Golenberg, D NOAH Sather, Leandria C Hancock, Kenneth J Buckley, Natalie M Villafranco, David M Bisaro Plant Methods 2009, 5 :9 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Distinctive interactions of the Arabidopsis homolog of the 30 kD subunit of the cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (AtCPSF30) with other polyadenylation factor subunits Suryadevara Rao, Randy D Dinkins, Arthur G Hunt BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :51 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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A BAC-based physical map of the Hessian fly genome anchored to polytene chromosomes Rajat Aggarwal, Thiago R Bennati, Navdeep Gill, Chaoyang Zhao, Ming-Shun Chen, John P Fellers, Brandon J Schemerhorn, Jeff J Stuart BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :293 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Predicting protein-protein interactions in Arabidopsis thaliana through integration of orthology, gene ontology and co-expression. Stefanie De Bodt, Sebastian Proost, Klaas Vandepoele, Pierre Rouze, Yves Van de Peer BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :288 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparative transcriptomics in the Triticeae
Andreas W Schreiber, Tim Sutton, Rico A Caldo, Elena Kalashyan, Ben Lovell, Gwenda Mayo, Gary J Muehlbauer, Arnis Druka, Robbie Waugh, Roger P Wise, Peter Langridge, Ute Baumann BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :285 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Hypothesis
Retention of the virus-derived sequences in the nuclear genome of grapevine as a potential pathway to virus resistance Christophe Bertsch, Monique Beuve, Valerian V. Dolja, Marion Wirth, Frederique Pelsy, Etienne Herrbach, Olivier Lemaire Biology Direct 2009, 4 :21 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Discovery of cis elements between Sorghum and Rice using co-expression and evolutionary conservation Xi Wang, Georg Haberer, Klaus FX Mayer BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :284 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transcriptional profiling in response to terminal drought stress reveals differential responses along the wheat genome Alessio Aprile, Anna M Mastrangelo, Anna M De Leonardis, Gabor Galiba, Enrica Roncaglia, Francesco Ferrari, Luigi De Bellis, Luana Turchi, Giovanni Giuliano, Luigi Cattivelli BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :279 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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