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… mapping this intricate network of regulatory “switches” in plants at a large scale was akin to trying to chart every … these barriers are falling. As  published online in  Nature Plants  on July 15, researchers have developed multiplexed … the identification of dozens of unique cell types in plants such as  Arabidopsis and sorghum. Together, these …

… also have industrial applications, including bioenergy. All plants make terpenoids, which carry out a diverse array of … function of zealexins and related compounds for other plants, including those cultivated for bioenergy. The … pathway may be especially amenable to transfer into other plants because some of its enzymes can transform diverse …

… a regulator of lipid metabolism in microalgae .  Nature Plants 1: 15107 Lupiáñez DG, Kraft K, Heinrich V, Krawitz P, … De novo transcriptome assembly of drought tolerant CAM plants, Agave deserti and Agave tequilana. BMC Genomics  14, … Tringe SG, Visel A , Woyke T, Wang Z, Rubin EM (2011). Metagenomic discovery of biomass-degrading genes and genomes …

… were subjected to a monthlong drought, and then half the plants were watered just before harvesting. As HAL2 has adapted to severe summer droughts, these plants were better able to uptake soil water compared to the other plants. The team used QTL mapping to find the genomic …

… history of a pivotal plant as well as the evolution of seed plants, the fern’s distant cousin. Ceratopteris richardii, … space and genome biology . The undeniable power of plants, and the lessons they can teach us, are why the U.S. … directing development of reproductive structures in seed plants were essentially co-opted from those directing spore …

… only “true fungi”? A(nswer): Our focus is on fungi, algae, plants, and the microbial world but we also annotated … there a tool in this platform to search fungal genomes in metagenomes? A: Search in metagenomes is available from another JGI portal, IMG:  …

… type of microbes that break down plant matter. This means plants don’t fully decompose in peatlands, and so carbon … for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team from Duke University, then tested … plant kingdom. Specifically, researchers found that female plants within a species tended to weather pH stress from …

… evolved to establish symbiotic relationships with plants (mycorrhizae), and particularly how fungi that feed … Impact The analysis enables researchers to understand how plants and fungi developed symbiotic relationships, and how the mutualistic associations allow host plants, such as candidate  bioenergy feedstock crops, to …