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myo-Inositol metabolism in plants
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Here, an attempt is made to enlist new interest in all facets of myo-inositol metabolism and its place in plant biology.About:
This article is published in Plant Science.The article was published on 2000-01-14. It has received 649 citations till now.read more
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Phytate: impact on environment and human nutrition. A challenge for molecular breeding
TL;DR: Biochemical data for purified and characterized phytases isolated from more than 23 plant species are presented, the dephosphorylation pathways of phytic acid by different classes ofphytases are compared, and the application of phytase in food and feed is discussed.
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Unravelling cell wall formation in the woody dicot stem.
TL;DR: Populus is presented as a model system for the study of wood formation and high-resolution analysis of auxin distribution across cambial region tissues suggests that auxin provides positional information for the exit of cells from the meristem and probably also for the duration of cell expansion.
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Phytic acid and phosphorus in crop seeds and fruits: a global estimate.
TL;DR: Low phytate mutants, that are now available for some key staple food crops such as maize and barley, offer potential benefits in such areas as the sustainability of lands used to grow crops, the mineral nutrition of humans and animals, and reduction in pollution of waterways.
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In Posidonia oceanica cadmium induces changes in DNA methylation and chromatin patterning
TL;DR: The data demonstrate that Cd perturbs the DNA methylation status through the involvement of a specific methyltransferase, linked to nuclear chromatin reconfiguration likely to establish a new balance of expressed/repressed chromatin.
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Origin and seed phenotype of maize low phytic acid 1-1 and low phytic acid 2-1
Victor Raboy,Paola F. Gerbasi,Kevin A. Young,Sierra D. Stoneberg,Suewiya G. Pickett,Andrew T. Bauman,Pushpalatha P.N. Murthy,William F. Sheridan,David S. Ertl +8 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that phytic acid metabolism during seed development is not solely responsible for P homeostasis and indicate that the phYtic acid concentration typical of a normal maize seed is not essential to seed function.
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Hydroxyl radical scavenging activity of compatible solutes
TL;DR: Of the compatible solutes tested, sorbitol, mannitol, myo-inositol and proline were effective hydroxyl radical scavengers and Glycinebetaine was ineffective.
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Strategies for engineering water-stress tolerance in plants
TL;DR: Water deficit is the commonest environmental stress factor limiting plant productivity, and the ability of plants to detoxify radicals under conditions of water deficit is probably the most critical requirement.
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Structural and Functional Roles of Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol in Membranes
Martin G. Low,Alan R. Saltiel +1 more
TL;DR: Glycosylated forms of phosphatidylinositol, which have only recently been described in eukaryotic organisms, are now known to play important roles in biological membrane function and may also be involved in signal transduction mechanisms for the hormone insulin.
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Seed Development and Germination
Jaime Kigel,Gad Galili +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the implications of seed-associated mycoflora during storage biochemical processes during osmotic priming of seeds improvement of protein quality in seeds overproduction of essential amino acids in seeds artificial seeds.