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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Pushpa Khanal, Pirta Hotulainen
Summary: Dendritic spines are small protrusions along neuronal dendrites where most excitatory synapses are located. The density of dendritic spines changes significantly during brain development, with alterations corresponding to aberrant brain function in various neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. BAR domain-containing proteins, MIM/Mtss1 and SrGAP3, are involved in spine initiation, but the potential roles of other BAR-domain proteins in this process require further exploration.
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Sayuri Ando, Mika Nomoto, Hidekazu Iwakawa, Simon Vial-Pradel, Lilan Luo, Michiko Sasabe, Iwai Ohbayashi, Kotaro T. Yamamoto, Yasuomi Tada, Munetaka Sugiyama, Yasunori Machida, Shoko Kojima, Chiyoko Machida
Summary: Arabidopsis ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 (AS2) is crucial for the formation of flat symmetric leaves. AS2 represses the expression of ETTIN/AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 (ETT/ARF3) gene. The formation of AS2 bodies is tightly linked to the morphology and functions of the nucleolus.
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Xiaomei Shu, David P. Livingston, Robert G. Franks, Rebecca S. Boston, Charles P. Woloshuk, Gary A. Payne
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Zhongchi Liu, Robert G. Franks
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(2015)
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Developmental Biology
Bhupinder Sehra, Robert G. Franks
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Elen Oneal, John H. Willis, Robert G. Franks
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Emma Larsson, Christina J. Roberts, Andrea R. Claes, Robert G. Franks, Eva Sundberg
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FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2020)
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Silvia Manrique, Francesca Caselli, Luis Matias-Hernandez, Robert G. Franks, Lucia Colombo, Veronica Gregis
Summary: REM13, REM34 and REM46 were identified as genes involved in flowering time regulation and cell division rate during this process through co-expression analysis of the REM family. It was found that REM34 and REM46 interact with each other and may work together to regulate cell division. These findings provide new insights into the functional analysis of the REM family and their biological roles.
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Silvia Manrique, Alex Cavalleri, Andrea Guazzotti, Gonzalo H. Villarino, Sara Simonini, Aureliano Bombarely, Tetsuya Higashiyama, Ueli Grossniklaus, Chiara Mizzotti, Ana Marta Pereira, Silvia Coimbra, Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Elisabetta Onelli, Simona Masiero, Robert G. Franks, Lucia Colombo
Summary: The gynoecium plays a critical role in the reproduction of flowering plants by containing ovules and tissues necessary for pollen germination and growth. Research has shown that HISTONE DEACETYLASE 19 (HDA19) is essential for the differentiation of ovules and the reproductive tract (ReT) by regulating the expression of SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM). This study provides valuable insights into plant organogenesis and tissue differentiation.