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Reverse genetics of floral scent: application of tobacco rattle virus-based gene silencing in PetuniaBen Spitzer
Robert H Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Plant Physiol 145:1241-50. 2007....- Terpenoid metabolism in wild-type and transgenic Arabidopsis plantsAsaph Aharoni
Plant Research International, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Cell 15:2866-84. 2003..This study further demonstrates the value of Arabidopsis for studies of the biosynthesis and ecological role of terpenoids and provides new insights into their metabolism in wild-type and transgenic plants... - Gain and loss of fruit flavor compounds produced by wild and cultivated strawberry speciesAsaph Aharoni
Plant Research International, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Cell 16:3110-31. 2004..The findings shed light on the molecular evolutionary mechanisms resulting in different flavor profiles that are eventually selected for in domesticated species... - Improvement of water use efficiency in rice by expression of HARDY, an Arabidopsis drought and salt tolerance geneAarati Karaba
Plant Research International, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P O Box 16, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:15270-5. 2007..The results exemplify application of a gene identified from the model plant Arabidopsis for the improvement of water use efficiency coincident with drought resistance in the crop plant rice... - The SHINE clade of AP2 domain transcription factors activates wax biosynthesis, alters cuticle properties, and confers drought tolerance when overexpressed in ArabidopsisAsaph Aharoni
Plant Research International, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Cell 16:2463-80. 2004..We propose that these diverse functions are mediated by regulating metabolism of lipid and/or cell wall components... - Functional characterization of enzymes forming volatile esters from strawberry and bananaJules Beekwilder
Plant Research International, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Physiol 135:1865-78. 2004..This confirmed that the availability of alcohol substrates is an important parameter to consider when engineering volatile ester formation in plants... 
Nontargeted metabolome analysis by use of Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Mass SpectrometryAsaph Aharoni
Business Unit Cell Cybernetics, Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
OMICS 6:217-34. 2002....- Gene expression analysis of strawberry achene and receptacle maturation using DNA microarraysAsaph Aharoni
Business Unit Cell Cybernetics, Plant Research International, PO Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
J Exp Bot 53:2073-87. 2002.... - Novel insight into vascular, stress, and auxin-dependent and -independent gene expression programs in strawberry, a non-climacteric fruitAsaph Aharoni
Business Unit Cell Cybernetics, Plant Research International, P O Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Plant Physiol 129:1019-31. 2002..Novel auxin-dependent genes and processes were identified in addition to transcriptional programs acting independent of auxin mainly related to cell wall metabolism and stress response... - Genetic engineering of terpenoid metabolism attracts bodyguards to ArabidopsisIris F Kappers
Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, Post Office Box 8031, 6700 EH Wageningen, Netherlands
Science 309:2070-2. 2005..These altered plants attracted carnivorous predatory mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis) that aid the plants' defense mechanisms... - Cinnamate metabolism in ripening fruit. Characterization of a UDP-glucose:cinnamate glucosyltransferase from strawberryStefan Lunkenbein
Biomolecular Food Technology, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
Plant Physiol 140:1047-58. 2006.... - Riboswitch-dependent gene regulation and its evolution in the plant kingdomSamuel Bocobza
Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Genes Dev 21:2874-9. 2007..In an evolutionary perspective, a TPP riboswitch is also present in ancient plant taxa, suggesting that this mechanism is active since vascular plants emerged 400 million years ago... - Redirection of flavonoid biosynthesis through the down-regulation of an anthocyanidin glucosyltransferase in ripening strawberry fruitMarkus Griesser
Biomolecular Food Technology, Technical University Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
Plant Physiol 146:1528-39. 2008..These results demonstrate a method to redirect the anthocyanin biosynthesis into flavan-3-ol production to increase the levels of bioactive natural products or modify pigments in plant tissues... - The Arabidopsis DESPERADO/AtWBC11 transporter is required for cutin and wax secretionDavid Panikashvili
Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Plant Physiol 145:1345-60. 2007..Thus, DSO is not only essential for developmental plasticity but also plays a vital role in stress responses... - Volatile science? Metabolic engineering of terpenoids in plantsAsaph Aharoni
Weizmann Institute of Science, PO Box 26, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Trends Plant Sci 10:594-602. 2005..In addition to commercial applications, such transgenic plants should increase our understanding of the biological relevance of these volatile secondary metabolites... - Computational identification of three-way junctions in folded RNAs: a case study in ArabidopsisAdaya Cohen
Department of Computer Science, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
In Silico Biol 8:105-20. 2008..In the test case presented here with, the computational prediction of a three-way junction in Arabidopsis that was speculated to have an interesting functional role is verified experimentally...