Edward Alatalo

TL;DR: It is concluded that the presence of SpaC is essential for the mucus interaction of L. rhamnosus GG and likely explains its ability to persist in the human intestinal tract longer than LC705 during an intervention trial.

TL;DR: Of the obtained ESTs, 98% were found in the sequenced P. trichocarpa genome and 74% in other Populus EST collections, which implies that the P. euphratica genome does not contain different genes per se, but that regulation of gene expression might be different and that P. ecstatica expresses a different set of genes that contribute to adaptation to saline growth conditions.

TL;DR: It is shown that lignification occurs after programmed cell death in xylem tracheary elements (TEs) of Zinnia elegans xylogenic cell cultures and that living, parenchymaticxylem cells surrounding the TEs synthesize and transport lignin monomers and reactive oxygen species to the cell walls of the dead TEs, thus enabling the postmortem lignified TEs.

TL;DR: Based on the up-regulation under both pathogen attack and in compression wood, PaPAL2, PaX2 and PaPX3 appeared to have a general stress-induced function and potential genes for monolignol polymerisation were also identified.

TL;DR: The usability of the gerbera microarray is demonstrated as a reliable new tool for identifying novel genes related to specific biological questions and for large-scale gene expression analysis.