Section edited by David Lightfoot and Keiichi Mochida
This section covers all aspects of the genome structure and function of plants, including crop species.
Research article
Dimorphic seeds from Suaeda aralocaspica exhibit different germination behaviors that are thought to be a bet-hedging strategy advantageous in harsh and unpredictable environments. To understand the molecular mec...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:806
Published on: 19 October 2017
Research article
Haynaldia villosa (H. villosa) has been recognized as a species potentially useful for wheat improvement. The availability of its genomic sequences will boost its research and applicat...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:791
Published on: 16 October 2017
Research article
Sterile and fertile flowers are important evolutionary developmental phenotypes in angiosperm flowers. The development of floral organs, critical in angiosperm reproduction, is regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs)....
BMC Genomics 2017 18:783
Published on: 13 October 2017
Research article
The role of histone modifications in the DNA damage response has been extensively studied in non-plant systems, including mammals and yeast. However, there is a lack of detailed evidence showing how chromatin ...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:778
Published on: 12 October 2017
Research article
Molecular characterization is important for efficient utilization of germplasm and development of improved varieties. In the present study, we investigated the genetic purity, relatedness and population struct...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:777
Published on: 12 October 2017
Research article
After cereals, root and tuber crops are the main source of starch in the human diet. Starch biosynthesis was certainly a significant target for selection during the domestication of these crops. But domesticat...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:782
Published on: 12 October 2017
Research article
Asparagine is a very important nitrogen transport and storage compound in plants due to its high nitrogen/carbon ratio and stability. Asparagine intracellular concentration depends on a balance between asparag...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:781
Published on: 12 October 2017
Research article
Deciphering the genetic architecture of a species is a good way to understand its evolutionary history, but also to tailor its profile for breeding elite cultivars with desirable traits. Aligning QTLs from div...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:776
Published on: 12 October 2017
Research article
Sugarcane is an emerging dual-purpose biofuel crop for energy and sugar production, owing to its rapid growth rate, high sucrose storage in the stems, and high lignocellulosic yield. It has the highest biomass...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:773
Published on: 11 October 2017
Research article
The harsh environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau gives Tibetan hulless barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum) great ability to resist adversities such as drought, salinity, and low temperature, and makes it a go...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:775
Published on: 11 October 2017
Research article
Wheat is one of the three major cereals that have been domesticated to feed human populations. The composition of the wheat grain determines the functional properties of wheat including milling efficiency, bre...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:766
Published on: 11 October 2017
Research article
Sugarcane smut caused by Sporisorium scitamineum is one of the most severe fungal diseases in the sugarcane industry. Using a molecular biological technique to mine sugarcane resistance genes can provide gene res...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:771
Published on: 11 October 2017
Research article
Regulation of pre-mRNA splicing diversifies protein products and affects many biological processes. Arabidopsis thaliana Serine/Arginine-rich 45 (SR45), regulates pre-mRNA splicing by interacting with other regul...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:772
Published on: 11 October 2017
Research Article
The elucidation of novel transcripts and their expression in response to various stress conditions is necessary to understand the transcriptional network of plants as an adaptation to biotic and abiotic stress...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:761
Published on: 6 October 2017
Research article
BMC Genomics 2017 18:754
Published on: 25 September 2017
Research article
The HD-Zip family has a diversity of functions during plant development. In this study, we identify 33 HD-Zip transcription factors in grape and detect their expressions in ovules and somatic embryos, as well ...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:744
Published on: 21 September 2017
Research article
The fasciclin-like arabinogalactan proteins (FLAs) belong to the arabinogalactan protein (AGP) superfamily and are known to play different physiological roles in plants. This class of proteins was shown to par...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:741
Published on: 20 September 2017
Research article
During low temperature exposure, temperate plant species increase their freezing tolerance in a process termed cold acclimation. This is accompanied by dampened oscillations of circadian clock genes and disrup...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:731
Published on: 16 September 2017
Methodology article
Theobroma cacao L., native to the Amazonian basin of South America, is an economically important fruit tree crop for tropical countries as a source of chocolate. The first draft genome...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:730
Published on: 15 September 2017
Research article
Suaeda salsa (S. salsa) is a euhalophyte with high economic value. S. salsa can produce dimorphic seeds. Brown seeds are more salt tolerant, can germinate quickly and maintain the fitn...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:727
Published on: 13 September 2017
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