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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

Distribution, biological activities, metabolism, and the conceivable function of cis-zeatin-type cytokinins in plants

Silvia Gajdošová, Lukáš Spíchal, Miroslav Kamínek, Klára Hoyerová, Ondřej Novák, Petre I. Dobrev, Petr Galuszka, Petr Klíma, Alena Gaudinová, Eva Žižková, Jan Hanuš, Martin Dančák, Bohumil Trávníček, Bedřich Pešek, Martin Krupička, Radomíra Vaňková, Miroslav Strnad, Václav Motyka
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 62 : 2827-2840 , 2011
Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana, cis-zeatin, cytokinin, cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase, growth-limiting conditions, oat, tobacco BY-2 cells, trans-zeatin

The phosphatidylcholine-hydrolysing phospholipase C NPC4 plays a role in response of Arabidopsis roots to salt stress

Kocourková D., Krčková Z., Pejchar P., Veselková Š., Valentová O., Wimalasekera R., Scherer G.F.E., Martinec J.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 62 : 3753-3763 , 2011
Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana, diacylglycerol, phospholipase C, salt stress

The role for the exocyst complex subunits Exo70B2 and Exo70H1 in the plant-pathogen interaction.

Pecenková T, Hála M, Kulich I, Kocourková D, Drdová E, Fendrych M, Toupalová H, Zársky V.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY : , 2011
Keywords: elicitor, exocyst, immunity, papilla, pathogen, secretion, vesicles

Over-expression of a zeatin O-glucosylation gene in maize leads to growth retardation and tasselseed formation.

Rodo AP, Brugiere N., Vankova R., Malbeck J., Olson J.M., Haines S.C., Martin R.C., Habben J.E., Mok D.W.S., Mok M.C.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 59: : 2673-2686 , 2008
Keywords: cytokinin, Zea mays, corn, zeatin O-glucosyltransferase, tasselseed, plant development