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Gibberellin-to-abscisic acid balances govern development and differentiation of the nucellar projection of barley grains

Weier D., Thiel J., Kohl S., Tarkowská D., Strnad M., Schaarschmidt S., Weschke W., Weber H., Hause B.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY doi:10.1093/jxb/eru289 : , 2014
Keywords: Assimilate transfer, barley endosperm, gibberellin-to-abscisic acid balances, maternal–filial communication, nucellar projection, seg8 barley mutant

Transcriptional and hormonal regulation of petal and stamen development by STAMENLESS, the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) orthologue to the B-class APETALA3 gene

Quinet M., Bataille G., Dobrev P.I., Capel C., Gómez P., Capel J., Lutts S., Motyka V., Angosto T., Lozano R.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 65 : 2243-2256 , 2014
Keywords: APETALA3, B-class gene, flower morphogenesis, hormone regulation, Solanum lycopersicum, STAMENLESS, tomato

A dark-light transition triggers expression of the floral promoter CrFTL1 and downregulates CONSTANS-like genes in a short-day plant Chenopodium rubrum

Drabešová J., Cháb D., Kolář J., Haškovcová K., Štorchová H.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 65 : 2137-2146 , 2014
Keywords: flowering, short-day plant, Chenopodium rubrum, FLOWERING LOCUS T-like, CONSTANS-like, gene expression, light sensitivity

Overexpressed TPX2 causes ectopic formation of microtubular arrays in the nuclei of acentrosomal plant cells

Petrovská, B., Jeřábková, H., Kohoutová, L., Cenklová, V., Pochylová, Ž., Gelová, Z., Kočárová, G., Váchová, L., Kurejová, M., Tomaštíková, E., Binarová, P.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 64 : 4575-4587 , 2013
Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana, AtTPX2, Aurora kinase, fibres, γ-tubulin, importin, microtubules, nuclei, Ran

Overexpressed TPX2 causes ectopic formation of microtubular arrays in the nuclei of acentrosomal plant cells

Petrovská B., Jeřábková H., Kohoutová L., Cenklová V., Pochylová Ž., Gelová Z., Kočárová G., Váchová L., Kurejová M., Tomaštíková E., Binarová P.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 64 : 4575-4587 , 2013
Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana, AtTPX2, Aurora kinase, fibres, γ-tubulin, importin, microtubules, nuclei, Ran

Enhanced drought and heat stress tolerance of tobacco plants with ectopically enhanced cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase gene expression

Macková H., Hronková M., Dobrá J., Turečková V., Novák O., Lubovská Z., Motyka V., Haisel D., Hájek T., Prášil I.T., Gaudinová A., Štorchová H., Ge E., Werner T., Schmülling T., Vanková R.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 64 : 2805-2815 , 2013
Keywords: Abscisic acid, cytokinin, cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase, drought stress, heat stress, tobacco

ML3: a novel regulator of herbivory-induced responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

Fridborg I., Johansson A., Lagensjö J., Leelarasamee N., Floková K., Tarkowská D., Meijer J., Bejai S.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY doi: 10.1093/jxb/ers372 : , 2013
Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana, herbivory, jasmonic acid, Plutella xylostella, salicylic acid, Spodoptera littoralis, VIGS

Ethylene promotes hyponastic growth through interaction with ROTUNDIFOLIA3/CYP90C1 in Arabidopsis

Polko J. K., Pierik R., van Zanten M., Tarkowská D., Strnad M., Voesenek L. A. C. J., Peeters A. J. M.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY doi:10.1093/jxb/ers356 : , 2012
Keywords: Arabidopsis, brassinosteroids, cell expansion, ethylene, hyponasty, ROTUNDIFOLIA3

Embryo growth, testa permeability, and endosperm weakening are major targets for the environmentally regulated inhibition of Lepidium sativum seed germination by myrigalone A

Voegele A., Graeber K., Oracz K., Tarkowská D., Jacquemoud D., Turečková V., Urbanová T., Strnad M., Leubner-Metzger G.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY doi: 10.1093/jxb/ers197 : , 2012
Keywords: Allelochemical, apoplastic superoxide, embryo growth, endosperm cap weakening, gibberellins (GAs), imbibition, Lepidium sativum, myrigalone A (MyA), seed germination, testa permeability

Auxin transport at cellular level: new insights supported by mathematical modelling

Hošek P.*, Kubeš M.*, Laňková M., Dobrev P.I., Klíma P., Kohoutová M., Petrášek J., Hoyerová K., Jiřina M., Zažímalová E.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 63 : 3815-3828 , 2012
Keywords: auxin metabolism, auxin transport, auxin transport inhibitors, 2,4-D, mathematical modelling, tobacco BY-2 cells