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Quiescent center initiation in the Arabidopsis lateral root primordia is dependent on the SCARECROW transcription factor (2016)
Journal Article
Goh, T., Toyokura, K., Wells, D. M., Swarup, K., Yamamoto, M., Mimura, T., Weijers, D., Fukaki, H., Laplaze, L., Bennett, M. J., & Guyomarc'h, S. (2016). Quiescent center initiation in the Arabidopsis lateral root primordia is dependent on the SCARECROW transcription factor. Development, 143(18), 3363-3371. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.135319

Lateral root (LR) formation is an important determinant of root system architecture. In Arabidopsis, LRs originate from pericycle cells, which undergo a programme of morphogenesis to generate a new LR meristem. Despite its importance for root meriste... Read More about Quiescent center initiation in the Arabidopsis lateral root primordia is dependent on the SCARECROW transcription factor.

Recent advances in food allergy (2016)
Journal Article
Alcocer, M. J. C., Ares, S. D. L. C., & López-Calleja, I. (in press). Recent advances in food allergy. Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, 19, Article e2016047. https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-6723.4716

Food allergy is a public health issue that has significantly increased worldwide in the past decade, affecting consumers’ quality of life and making increasing demands on health service resources. Despite recent advances in many areas of diagnosis an... Read More about Recent advances in food allergy.

Approaches to three-dimensional reconstruction of plant shoot topology and geometry (2016)
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Gibbs, J., Pound, M. P., French, A. P., Wells, D. M., Murchie, E. H., & Pridmore, T. P. (2016). Approaches to three-dimensional reconstruction of plant shoot topology and geometry. Functional Plant Biology, 44(1), 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP16167

There are currently 805 million people classified as chronically undernourished, and yet the World’s population is still increasing. At the same time, global warming is causing more frequent and severe flooding and drought, thus destroying crops and... Read More about Approaches to three-dimensional reconstruction of plant shoot topology and geometry.

Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening (2016)
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Uluisik, S., Chapman, N. H., Smith, R., Poole, M., Adams, G., Gillis, R. B., Besong, T. D., Sheldon, J., Stiegelmeyer, S., Perez, L., Samsulrizi, N., Wang, D., Fisk, I. D., Yang, N., Baxter, C., Rickett, D., Fray, R., Blanco-Ulate, B., Powell, A. L., Harding, S. E., …Seymour, G. B. (2016). Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening. Nature Biotechnology, 34, 950-952. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3602

Controlling the rate of softening to extend shelf life was a key target for researchers engineering genetically modified (GM) tomatoes in the 1990s, but only modest improvements were achieved. Hybrids grown nowadays contain 'non-ripening mutations' t... Read More about Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening.

Application of novel analytical ultracentrifuge analysis to solutions of fungal mannans (2016)
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Gillis, R. B., Adams, G. G., Besong, D. T., Machová, E., Ebringerová, A., Rowe, A. J., Harding, S. E., & Patel, T. R. (2017). Application of novel analytical ultracentrifuge analysis to solutions of fungal mannans. European Biophysics Journal, 46(3), 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-016-1159-5

Polysaccharides, the most abundant biopolymers, are required for a host of activities in lower organisms, animals, and plants. Their solution characterization is challenging due to their complex shape, heterogeneity, and size. Here, recently develope... Read More about Application of novel analytical ultracentrifuge analysis to solutions of fungal mannans.

From start to finish: amino-terminal protein modifications as degradation signals in plants (2016)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D. J., Bailey, M., Tedds, H. M., & Holdsworth, M. J. (2016). From start to finish: amino-terminal protein modifications as degradation signals in plants. New Phytologist, 211(4), 1188-1194. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14105

The amino- (N-) terminus (Nt) of a protein can undergo a diverse array of co- and posttranslational modifications. Many of these create degradation signals (N-degrons) that mediate protein destruction via the N-end rule pathway of ubiquitin-mediated... Read More about From start to finish: amino-terminal protein modifications as degradation signals in plants.

Derivation of irrigation requirements for radiological impact assessments (2016)
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Almahayni, T., & Crout, N. M. (2016). Derivation of irrigation requirements for radiological impact assessments. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 164, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.06.022

When assessing the radiological impacts of radioactive waste disposal, irrigation using groundwater contaminated with releases from the disposal system is a principal means of crop and soil contamination. In spite of their importance for radiological... Read More about Derivation of irrigation requirements for radiological impact assessments.

RBOH-mediated ROS production facilitates lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis (2016)
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Orman-Ligeza, B., Parizot, B., de Rycke, R., Fernandez, A., Himschoot, E., Van Breusegem, F., Bennett, M. J., Périlleux, C., Beeckman, T., & Draye, X. (2016). RBOH-mediated ROS production facilitates lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis. Development, 143(18), 3328-3339. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.136465

Lateral root (LR) emergence represents a highly coordinated process in which the plant hormone auxin plays a central role. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been proposed to function as important signals during auxin-regulated LR formation, however... Read More about RBOH-mediated ROS production facilitates lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis.

A heavy metal P-type ATPase OsHMA4 prevents copper accumulation in rice grain (2016)
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Huang, X.-Y., Deng, F., Yamaji, N., Pinson, S. R., Fujii-Kashino, M., Danku, J., Douglas, A., Guerinot, M. L., Salt, D. E., & Ma, J. F. (2016). A heavy metal P-type ATPase OsHMA4 prevents copper accumulation in rice grain. Nature Communications, 7(12138), https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12138

Rice is a major source of calories and mineral nutrients for over half the world’s human population. However, little is known in rice about the genetic basis of variation in accumulation of copper (Cu), an essential but potentially toxic nutrient. He... Read More about A heavy metal P-type ATPase OsHMA4 prevents copper accumulation in rice grain.

Valuing increased zinc (Zn) fertiliser-use in Pakistan (2016)
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Joy, E. J., Ahmad, W., Zia, M. H., Kumssa, D. B., Young, S. D., Ander, E. L., Watts, M. J., Stein, A. J., & Broadley, M. R. (2017). Valuing increased zinc (Zn) fertiliser-use in Pakistan. Plant and Soil, 411(1-2), 139–150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-2961-7

Background and Aims: Use of zinc (Zn) fertilisers may be cost-effective in increasing crop yields and in alleviating dietary Zn deficiency. However, Zn fertilisers are underutilised in many countries despite the widespread occurrence of Zn-deficient... Read More about Valuing increased zinc (Zn) fertiliser-use in Pakistan.