European Research Council(Action Acronym:PhotoRedesign,Action number:854126,Action Title:Rede-signing the Photosynthetic Light Reactions);German Science Founda-tion(DFG)(Transregional Collaborative Research Center 175(TR175)and Excellence Cluster e-conversion);Munich Multiscale Bio-fabrication Network.
Photosynthesis is central to life on Earth,employing sunlight,water,and carbon dioxide to produce chemical energy and oxygen.It is generally accepted that boosting its efficiency offers one promising way to increase c...
The types of mutations and their corresponding frequencies are difficult to measure in complex genomes. In this study, a high-throughput method was developed to identify spontaneous loss-of-function alleles for the re...
The βC1 protein encoded by the Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus-associated betasatellite functions as a pathogenicity determinant. To better understand the molecular basis whereby βC1 functions in pathogenicity, ...
Biotic and abiotic stress lead to elevated levels of jasmonic acid (JA) and its derivatives and activation of the biosynthesis of nicotine and related pyridine alkaloids in cultivated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L....
In plant cells, the Golgi apparatus consists of numerous stacks that, in turn, are composed of several flattened cisternae with a clear cis-to-trans polarity. During normal functioning within living cells, this unusua...
To analyze the kinetics and size of single exo- and endocytotic events in BY-2 protoplasts, we employed cellattached membrane capacitance measurements. These measurements revealed different modes of fusion and fission...
Sphinganine or dihydrosphingosine (d18:0, DHS), one of the most abundant free sphingoid Long Chain Base (LCB) in plants, has been recently shown to induce both cytosolic and nuclear calcium transient increases an...
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated reduced risk of developing cancer upon consumption of diets rich in cruciferous vegetables. This chemoprevention has been largely attributed to the presence of the natural pro...
Extensive changes in plant transcriptome and metabolome have been observed by numerous research groups after transferring plants from optimal conditions to sulfur (S) deficiency. Despite intensive studies and recent...
Stromules are highly dynamic stroma-filled tubules extending from the surface of plastids and occasionally interconnecting individual plastids, allowing the movement of complex biological molecules between the interco...