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Main conclusionIsolation of high-quality RNA, including miRNA, from microscopic woody apple bud meristem using laser capture microdissection-based method.It is often challenging to study the expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) or genes in less accessible inner tissues of tree species rich in polyphenols or polysaccharides. Here, we report a laser capt...
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Main conclusionIn this paper, an interaction model of apomixis-related genes was constructed to analyze the emergence of apomictic types. It is speculated that apomixis technology will be first implemented in gramineous plants.Apomixis (asexual seed formation) is a phenomenon in which a plant bypasses the most fundamental aspects of sexual reproduc...
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Unfortunately, one of the author names has been misspelled in the original publication. The correct spelling is Qiping Song.
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Main conclusionThe work offers a comprehensive evaluation on the phylogenetics and conservation of splicing patterns of the plant SPF30 splicing factor gene family.In eukaryotes, one pre-mRNA can generate multiple mRNA transcripts by alternative splicing (AS), which expands transcriptome and proteome diversity. Splicing factor 30 (SPF30), also know...
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Main conclusionAmino acid sequence and crystal structure analyses of Tma12, an insecticidal protein isolated from the fern Tectaria macrodonta, identify it as a carbohydrate-binding protein belonging to the AA10 family of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases, and provide the first evidence of AA10 proteins in plants.Tma12, isolated from the fern Tec...
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Main conclusionPlastid genome engineering is an effective method to generate drought-resistant potato plants accumulating glycine betaine in plastids.Glycine betaine (GB) plays an important role under abiotic stress, and its accumulation in chloroplasts is more effective on stress tolerance than that in cytosol of transgenic plants. Here, we report...
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Main conclusionFor the subsequent assessment of the genetic mechanisms responsible for the resistance of plants to chronic irradiation, the analysis of RAPD-cDNA with the subsequent isolation, cloning, and sequencing of expressed polymorphic sequences is a promising technique. A study was conducted on Bromopsis inermis populations that have been gr...
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Main conclusionTripsacum dactyloides is closely related to Zea mays since Zea perennis and the MTP tri- species hybrid have four possible reproductive modes.Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides L.) and tetraploid perennial teosinte (Zea perennis) are well known to possess genes conferring resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses as well a...
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In the third sentence of “SNP calling and SNPLDB assembly” in “Materials and methods” of the published manuscript, four numbers related to the DNA sequencing data are not correct. The error does not affect any results and conclusions of the article. The four incorrect numbers are 1144.56, 110.87, 3.86 and 4.57, while the correct numbers should be 1...
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Main conclusionThis paper provides an overview on activity, stereospecificity, expression and regulation of pinoresinol–lariciresinol reductases in plants. These enzymes are shared by the pathways to all 8–8′ lignans derived from pinoresinol.Pinoresinol–lariciresinol reductases (PLR) are enzymes involved in the lignan biosynthesis after the initial...
