Direct control of shoot meristem activity by a cytokinin-activating enzyme
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A novel regulation of meristem activity is described that is executed by the meristem-specific activation of cytokines, where the LONELY GUY (LOG) gene of rice is necessary for maintaining meristem activity. The results have shown that cytokinin-activating enzyme functions as a local paracrine signal rather than as a long-distance signal transported from other organs in the shoot meristem.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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The map-based sequence of the rice genome
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A map-based, finished quality sequence of the rice genome covering 95 percent of the 389 Mb genome, was generated and analyzed by the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (IRGSP). A widespread and recurrent gene transfer from the organelles to the nuclear chromosomes and a total of 37,544 non-transposable-element-related protein-coding sequences were detected.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Conspirators in blight
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A demonstration that the toxin is produced not by the fungus, but by bacteria that live in symbiosis inside it is presented which might help in blight. Seedling blight is a disease in rice due to toxin released by some species of the fungal group Rhizopus that kills root cells, after which the fungus digests the remains of the dead root.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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