Physical, metabolic and developmental functions of the seed coat

Signalling events regulating seed coat development

(2014) Duarte D. Figueiredo et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Transporters involved in source to sink partitioning of amino acids and ureides: opportunities for crop improvement

(2014) M. Tegeder   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Transcriptional circuitry underlying seed coat development in Arabidopsis

(2014) Deirdre Khan et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Endosperm transfer cell-specific genes and proteins: structure, function and applications in biotechnology

(2014) Sergiy Lopato et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Development of endosperm transfer cells in barley

(2014) Johannes Thiel   Frontiers in Plant Science

The role of the testa during development and in establishment of dormancy of the legume seed

(2014) Petr Smýkal et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Ubiquitin-mediated control of seed size in plants

(2014) Na Li et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Embryo and endosperm, partners in seed development

(2013) Clément Lafon-Placette et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Molecular mechanism of manipulating seed coat coloration in oilseed Brassica species

(2013) Cheng-Yu Yu   JOURNAL OF APPLIED GENETICS

Phylogenetically distant barley legumains have a role in both seed and vegetative tissues

(2013) Israel Julián et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Functional delineation of rice MADS29 reveals its role in embryo and endosperm development by affecting hormone homeostasis

(2013) Saraswati Nayar et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Programmed cell death during quinoa perisperm development

(2013) María Paula López-Fernández et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Boosting Seed Development as a New Strategy to Increase Cotton Fiber Yield and Quality

(2013) Yong-Ling Ruan   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Diverse accumulation and distribution of nutrient elements in developing wheat grain studied by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry imaging

(2013) Bei Wu et al.   Metallomics

Photosynthetic entrainment of the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock

(2013) Michael J. Haydon et al.   NATURE

Glucose–TOR signalling reprograms the transcriptome and activates meristems

(2013) Yan Xiong et al.   NATURE

Void space inside the developing seed ofBrassica napusand the modelling of its function

(2013) Pieter Verboven et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Ubiquitin Receptor DA1 Interacts with the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase DA2 to Regulate Seed and Organ Size in Arabidopsis

(2013) T. Xia et al.   PLANT CELL

Seed Architecture Shapes Embryo Metabolism in Oilseed Rape

(2013) Ljudmilla Borisjuk et al.   PLANT CELL

Structural and physiological characterization during wheat pericarp development

(2013) F. Xiong et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

A Role for MORE AXILLARY GROWTH1 (MAX1) in Evolutionary Diversity in Strigolactone Signaling Upstream of MAX2

(2013) R. J. Challis et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Intersection of transfer cells with phloem biology—broad evolutionary trends, function, and induction

(2013) Felicity A. Andriunas et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Phloem: the integrative avenue for resource distribution, signaling, and defense

(2013) Aart J. E. van Bel et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Regulation of assimilate import into sink organs: update on molecular drivers of sink strength

(2013) Saadia Bihmidine et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Regulation of Seed Germination and Seedling Growth by Chemical Signals from Burning Vegetation

(2012) David C. Nelson et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Glucosinolates in plant protection strategies: A review

(2012) Tanja Bohinc et al.   Archives of Biological Sciences

Trichomes as models for studying plant cell differentiation

(2012) Changxian Yang et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Maternal Control of Nutrient Allocation in Plant Seeds by Genomic Imprinting

(2012) Liliana M. Costa et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Control of Seed Germination by Light-Induced Histone Arginine Demethylation Activity

(2012) Jung-Nam Cho et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A combined histology and transcriptome analysis unravels novel questions on Medicago truncatula seed coat

(2012) Jerome Verdier et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Reactive oxygen species form part of a regulatory pathway initiating trans-differentiation of epidermal transfer cells in Vicia faba cotyledons

(2012) Felicity A. Andriunas et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Karrikin and Cyanohydrin Smoke Signals Provide Clues to New Endogenous Plant Signaling Compounds

(2012) Gavin R. Flematti et al.   Molecular Plant

Fertility in barley flowers depends on Jekyll functions in male and female sporophytes

(2012) Volodymyr Radchuk et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

An imaging method for oxygen distribution, respiration and photosynthesis at a microscopic level of resolution

(2012) Henning Tschiersch et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Metabolic engineering of sugars and simple sugar derivatives in plants

(2012) John W. Patrick et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

The MADS29 Transcription Factor Regulates the Degradation of the Nucellus and the Nucellar Projection during Rice Seed Development

(2012) L.-L. Yin et al.   PLANT CELL

Molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy

(2012) KAI GRAEBER et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Surveying the plant’s world by magnetic resonance imaging

(2012) Ljudmilla Borisjuk et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Maternal control of seed size by EOD3/CYP78A6 in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2012) Wenjuan Fang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Siliques Are Red1 from Arabidopsis Acts as a Bidirectional Amino Acid Transporter That Is Crucial for the Amino Acid Homeostasis of Siliques

(2012) F. Ladwig et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Live and Let Die - The Bsister MADS-Box Gene OsMADS29 Controls the Degeneration of Cells in Maternal Tissues during Seed Development of Rice (Oryza sativa)

(2012) Xuelian Yang et al.   PLoS One

MtPAR MYB transcription factor acts as an on switch for proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula

(2012) J. Verdier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Economic impacts and impact dynamics of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton in India

(2012) J. Kathage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rare allele of OsPPKL1 associated with grain length causes extra-large grain and a significant yield increase in rice

(2012) X. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Development of flange and reticulate wall ingrowths in maize (Zea mays L.) endosperm transfer cells

(2012) Paulo Monjardino et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Formation of the vascular system of developing bean (Phaseolus limensis L.) seeds according to nuclear magnetic resonance microtomography

(2012) I. S. Vinogradova et al.   Russian Journal of Developmental Biology

SWEET! The Pathway Is Complete

(2012) D. M. Braun   SCIENCE

Genetic bases of rice grain shape: so many genes, so little known

(2012) Rongyu Huang et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Arabidopsis Seed Coat Mucilage is a Specialized Cell Wall that Can be Used as a Model for Genetic Analysis of Plant Cell Wall Structure and Function

(2012) George W. Haughn et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Analysis of Gene Expression Patterns during Seed Coat Development in Arabidopsis

(2011) Gillian Dean et al.   Molecular Plant

Natural substrates of plant proteases: how can protease degradomics extend our knowledge?

(2011) Liana Tsiatsiani et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Dynamic 13C/1H NMR imaging uncovers sugar allocation in the living seed

(2011) Gerd Melkus et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Combined Noninvasive Imaging and Modeling Approaches Reveal Metabolic Compartmentation in the Barley Endosperm

(2011) Hardy Rolletschek et al.   PLANT CELL

Parent-of-Origin Effects on Gene Expression and DNA Methylation in the Maize Endosperm

(2011) A. J. Waters et al.   PLANT CELL

Regulation and Flexibility of Genomic Imprinting during Seed Development

(2011) Michael T. Raissig et al.   PLANT CELL

Glucose and ethylene signalling pathways converge to regulate trans-differentiation of epidermal transfer cells in Vicia narbonensis cotyledons

(2011) Felicity A. Andriunas et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Pleiotropy and its dissection through a metabolic gene Miniature1 (Mn1) that encodes a cell wall invertase in developing seeds of maize

(2011) Prem S. Chourey et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Polycomb group proteins are required to couple seed coat initiation to fertilization

(2011) P. Roszak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extensive, clustered parental imprinting of protein-coding and noncoding RNAs in developing maize endosperm

(2011) M. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High-Resolution Analysis of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Arabidopsis Endosperm

(2011) Philip Wolff et al.   PLoS Genetics

Relationship, evolutionary fate and function of two maize co-orthologs of rice GW2 associated with kernel size and weight

(2010) Qing Li et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Phytaspase, a relocalisable cell death promoting plant protease with caspase specificity

(2010) Nina V Chichkova et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A Detailed Survey of Seed Coat Flavonoids in Developing Seeds ofBrassica napusL.

(2010) Bathilde Auger et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Development of maternal seed tissue in barley is mediated by regulated cell expansion and cell disintegration and coordinated with endosperm growth

(2010) Volodymyr Radchuk et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Sugar Input, Metabolism, and Signaling Mediated by Invertase: Roles in Development, Yield Potential, and Response to Drought and Heat

(2010) Yong-Ling Ruan et al.   Molecular Plant

Mapping of Tonoplast Intrinsic Proteins in Maturing and Germinating Arabidopsis Seeds Reveals Dual Localization of Embryonic TIPs to the Tonoplast and Plasma Membrane

(2010) Stefano Gattolin et al.   Molecular Plant

An epidermal-specific ethylene signal cascade regulates trans-differentiation of transfer cells in Vicia faba cotyledons

(2010) Yuchan Zhou et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

What is stress? Concepts, definitions and applications in seed science

(2010) Ilse Kranner et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

ZmPIN1-Mediated Auxin Transport Is Related to Cellular Differentiation during Maize Embryogenesis and Endosperm Development

(2010) C. Forestan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Karrikins enhance light responses during germination and seedling development in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2010) D. C. Nelson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tocochromanols: Rancid lipids, seed longevity, and beyond

(2010) N. Smirnoff   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Family life at close quarters: communication and constraint in angiosperm seed development

(2010) Gwyneth Christina Ingram   PROTOPLASMA

Identification and development of a functional marker of TaGW2 associated with grain weight in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

(2010) Zhenqi Su et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

The cell biology of tetrapyrroles: a life and death struggle

(2010) Nobuyoshi Mochizuki et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A cellular study of teosinte Zea mays subsp. parviglumis (Poaceae) caryopsis development showing several processes conserved in maize

(2009) Marina Dermastia et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Analysis of the chemical composition of cotton seed coat by Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) microspectroscopy

(2009) Hejing Yan et al.   CELLULOSE

Genetically encoded biosensors based on engineered fluorescent proteins

(2009) Wolf B. Frommer et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Defensin-like polypeptide LUREs are pollen tube attractants secreted from synergid cells

(2009) Satohiro Okuda et al.   NATURE

Early gene expression programs accompanyingtrans-differentiation of epidermal cells ofVicia fabacotyledons into transfer cells

(2009) Stephen J. Dibley et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The oxygen status of the developing seed

(2009) Ljudmilla Borisjuk et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant defensins—Prospects for the biological functions and biotechnological properties

(2009) André de Oliveira Carvalho et al.   PEPTIDES

Function and Expression Pattern of the   Subunit of the Heterotrimeric G Protein in Rice

(2009) Y. Izawa et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Defensin promoters as potential tools for engineering disease resistance in cereal grains

(2009) Nataliya Kovalchuk et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

The Maize Transcription Factor Myb-Related Protein-1 Is a Key Regulator of the Differentiation of Transfer Cells

(2009) E. Gomez et al.   PLANT CELL

MATE Transporters Facilitate Vacuolar Uptake of Epicatechin 3'-O-Glucoside for Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis

(2009) J. Zhao et al.   PLANT CELL

The Arabidopsis MYB5 Transcription Factor Regulates Mucilage Synthesis, Seed Coat Development, and Trichome Morphogenesis

(2009) S. F. Li et al.   PLANT CELL

ENDOSPERM DEFECTIVE1 Is a Novel Microtubule-Associated Protein Essential for Seed Development in Arabidopsis

(2009) C. Pignocchi et al.   PLANT CELL

Combined MRI-PET dissects dynamic changes in plant structures and functions

(2009) Siegfried Jahnke et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

AAP1 regulates import of amino acids into developing Arabidopsis embryos

(2009) Ann Sanders et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Miniature1-Encoded Cell Wall Invertase Is Essential for Assembly and Function of Wall-in-Growth in the Maize Endosperm Transfer Cell

(2009) B.-H. Kang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Identification of an Arabidopsis Feruloyl-Coenzyme A Transferase Required for Suberin Synthesis

(2009) I. Molina et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Spatiotemporal Profiling of Starch Biosynthesis and Degradation in the Developing Barley Grain

(2009) V. V. Radchuk et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Genes and Mutations Underlying Domestication Transitions in Grasses

(2009) T. Sang   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Metabolic Role of the Legume Endosperm: A Noninvasive Imaging Study

(2009) G. Melkus et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Local maternal control of seed size by KLUH/CYP78A5-dependent growth signaling

(2009) N. M. Adamski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Towards a systems biology approach to understanding seed dormancy and germination

(2009) S. Penfield et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Study on programmed cell death and dynamic changes of starch accumulation in pericarp cells of Triticum aestivum L.*

(2009) Zhuqing Zhou et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Extensive Demethylation of Repetitive Elements During Seed Development Underlies Gene Imprinting

(2009) M. Gehring et al.   SCIENCE

Ovule development: genetic trends and evolutionary considerations

(2009) Dior R. Kelley et al.   SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION

Effects of APETALA2 on embryo, endosperm, and seed coat development determine seed size in Arabidopsis

(2009) Masa-aki Ohto et al.   SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION

Isolation and initial characterization of GW5, a major QTL associated with rice grain width and weight

(2008) Jianfeng Weng et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Metabolic flux analysis as a tool in metabolic engineering of plants

(2008) Jörg Schwender   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Control of final seed and organ size by the DA1 gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2008) Y. Li et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Natural Variation in the Degree of Autonomous Endosperm Formation Reveals Independence and Constraints of Embryo Growth During Seed Development in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2008) Alexander Ungru et al.   GENETICS

Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication

(2008) Ertao Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

NAC Family Proteins NARS1/NAC2 and NARS2/NAM in the Outer Integument Regulate Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis

(2008) T. Kunieda et al.   PLANT CELL

Regulation of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway by the TTG1/bHLH/Myb transcriptional complex in Arabidopsis seedlings

(2008) Antonio Gonzalez et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Different Hormonal Regulation of Cellular Differentiation and Function in Nucellar Projection and Endosperm Transfer Cells: A Microdissection-Based Transcriptome Study of Young Barley Grains

(2008) J. Thiel et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Transport of Sugars to Developing Embryos Is Not via the Bulk Endosperm in Oilseed Rape Seeds

(2008) E. R. Morley-Smith et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The promoter of ZmMRP-1, a maize transfer cell-specific transcriptional activator, is induced at solute exchange surfaces and responds to transport demands

(2008) Cristina Barrero et al.   PLANTA

Negative feedback regulation of system-1 ethylene production by the tomato 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase 6 gene promoter

(2007) Shih-Hsun Chang et al.   PLANT SCIENCE