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Biology Editor Penelope Webb, PhD
In-house Editor Diana Marshall
Welcome to BMC Plant Biology published by BioMed Central
BMC Plant Biology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of cellular, tissue-level, organismal, functional and developmental aspects of plants.
BMC Plant Biology (ISSN 1471-2229) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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.
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :31
The Arabidopsis ecotype Dijon G is more susceptible to the fungal pathogen Alternaria brassicicola than other varieties, and expresses known defense-related genes after infection, making this a suitable model pathosystem for investigating necrotrophic diseases.
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :29
Comparison of Arabidopsis mutants 'inner no outer' and 'aintegumenta' with wild-type using microarray analysis identified candidate genes expressed specifically in the integuments of ovules providing a useful resource for functional analysis.
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Development-dependent changes in the tight DNA-protein complexes of barley on chromosome and gene level Tatjana Sjakste, Kristina Bielskiene, Marion Roder, Olga Sugoka, Danute Labeikyte, Lida Bagdoniene, Benediktas Juodka, Yegor Vassetzky, Nikolajs Sjakste BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :56 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Cold- and light-induced changes in the transcriptome of wheat leading to phase transition from vegetative to reproductive growth Mark O Winfield, Chungui Lu, Ian D Wilson, Jane A Coghill, Keith J Edwards BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :55 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Characterization of Vitis vinifera NPR1 homologs involved in the regulation of Pathogenesis-Related gene expression Gaelle Le Henanff, Thierry Heitz, Pere Mestre, Jerome Mutterer, Bernard Walter, Julie Chong BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :54 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Identification, characterization and utilization of unigene derived microsatellite markers in tea (Camellia sinensis, L) Ram Kumar Sharma, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Renu Negi, Trilochan Mohapatra, Paramvir Singh Ahuja BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :53 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Serpin genes AtSRP2 and AtSRP3 are required for normal growth sensitivity to a DNA alkylating agent in Arabidopsis Joon-Woo Ahn, Brian J Atwell, Thomas H Roberts BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :52 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Comparison of the transcriptomes of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) in response to the chestnut blight infection Abdelali Barakat, Denis S DiLoreto, Yi Zhang, Chris Smith, Kathleen Baier, William A Powell, Nicholas Wheeler, Ron Sederoff, John E Carlson BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :51 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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A newly-developed community microarray resource for transcriptome profiling in Brassica species enables the confirmation of Brassica-specific expressed sequences Martin Trick, Foo Cheung, Nizar Drou, Fiona Fraser, Edward K Lobenhofer, Patrick Hurban, Andreas Magusin, Christopher D Town, Ian Bancroft BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :50 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Integration of tomato reproductive developmental landmarks and expression profiles, and the effect of SUN on fruit shape Han Xiao, Cheryll Radovich, Nicholas Welty, Jason Hsu, Dongmei Li, Tea Meulia, Esther van der Knaap BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :49 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Proteome analysis of Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.) seeds dormancy breaking and germination: influence of abscisic and gibberellic acids Tomasz A Pawlowski BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :48 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transient effect of weak electromagnetic fields on calcium ion concentration in Arabidopsis thaliana Alexander Pazur, Valentina Rassadina BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :47 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Dynamic changes in transcripts during regeneration of the secondary vascular system in Populus tomentosa Carr. revealed by cDNA microarrays Minjie Wang, Xiaoli Qi, Shutang Zhao, Shougong Zhang, Meng-Zhu Lu BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :215 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Water deficit alters differentially metabolic pathways affecting important flavor and quality traits in grape berries of Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay Laurent G Deluc, David R Quilici, Alain Decendit, Jerome Grimplet, Matthew D Wheatley, Karen A Schlauch, Jean-Michel Merillon, John C Cushman, Grant R Cramer BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :212 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Proteomic analysis of the response of the plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas putida UW4 to nickel stress Zhenyu Cheng, Yi-Yun C Wei, Wilson WL Sung, Bernard R Glick, Brendan J McConkey Proteome Science 2009, 7 :18 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Information flow during gene activation by signaling molecules:
ethylene transduction in Arabidopsis cells as a study system
Jose Diaz, Elena R Alvarez-Buylla BMC Systems Biology 2009, 3 :48 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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An extract of the medicinal mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill can protect against allergy Linda K Ellertsen, Geir Hetland Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2009, 7 :6 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Software
ChlamyCyc: an integrative systems biology database and web-portal for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Patrick May, Jan O Christian, Stefan Kempa, Dirk Walther BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :209 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genomic expression dominance in allopolyploids Ryan A Rapp, Joshua A Udall, Jonathan F Wendel BMC Biology 2009, 7 :18 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology
A rapid method of fruit cell isolation for cell size and shape measurements Peter A McAtee, Ian C Hallett, Jason W Johnston, Robert J Schaffer Plant Methods 2009, 5 :5 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genome wide expression analysis of CBS domain containing proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh and Oryza sativa L. reveals their developmental and stress regulation. Hemant R Kushwaha, Anil K Singh, Sudhir K Sopory, Sneh L Singla-Pareek, Ashwani Pareek BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :200 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Application of GC-MS for the detection of lipophilic compounds in diverse plant tissues Anna Lytovchenko, Romina Beleggia, Nicolas Schauer, Tal Isaacson, Jan E Leuendorf, Hanjo Hellmann, Jocelyn KC Rose, Alisdair R Fernie Plant Methods 2009, 5 :4 (24 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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