Yangdou Wei

TL;DR: 3,3-diaminobenzidine polymerizes instantly and locally as soon as it comes into contact with H2O2 in the presence of peroxidase, and it was found that, by allowing the leaf to take up this substrate, in-vivo and in-situ detection of H2 O2 can be made at subcellular levels.

TL;DR: The current study confirms the important role of DGAT in regulating the quantity of seed triacylglycerols and the sink size in developing seeds and shows for the first time that seed-specific over-expression of the DGAT cDNA in wild-type Arabidopsis enhances oil deposition and average seed weight, which are correlated with DGAT transcript levels.

TL;DR: The TAG1 cDNA was over-expressed in yeast, and its activity as a microsomal DGAT confirmed, and the insertion mutation in the TAG1 gene in mutant AS11 results in its altered lipid phenotype.

TL;DR: An important role for monolignol biosynthetic genes in effective CWA formation against pathogen penetration is indicated, and possible insights into how lignin biosynthesis contributes to host defense are discussed.

TL;DR: The role of monolignol biosynthesis in CWA-mediated defence against powdery mildew penetration into cereals is demonstrated here using RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated gene silencing and enzyme-specific inhibitors and fluorescence emission spectra analyses revealed that genesilencing hampered host autofluorescence response at fungal contact sites.