Expansin gene loss is a common occurrence during adaptation to an aquatic environment

Plant evolution and environmental adaptation unveiled by long-read whole-genome sequencing of Spirodela

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OsEXPA10 mediates the balance between growth and resistance to biotic stress in rice

(2018) Jiang Tan et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Footprints of parasitism in the genome of the parasitic flowering plant Cuscuta campestris

(2018) Alexander Vogel et al.   Nature Communications

A genomics approach reveals insights into the importance of gene losses for mammalian adaptations

(2018) Virag Sharma et al.   Nature Communications

Large-scale gene losses underlie the genome evolution of parasitic plant Cuscuta australis

(2018) Guiling Sun et al.   Nature Communications

Resolution of deep eudicot phylogeny and their temporal diversification using nuclear genes from transcriptomic and genomic datasets

(2017) Liping Zeng et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Comprehensive definition of genome features inSpirodela polyrhizaby high-depth physical mapping and short-read DNA sequencing strategies

(2017) Todd P. Michael et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Genome-wide analysis of expansin superfamily in wild Arachis discloses a stress-responsive expansin-like B gene

(2017) Larissa Arrais Guimaraes et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genome-wide identification of the expansin gene family in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

(2016) Anming Ding et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

The genome of the seagrass Zostera marina reveals angiosperm adaptation to the sea

(2016) Jeanine L. Olsen et al.   NATURE

Evolution by gene loss

(2016) Ricard Albalat et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Plant expansins: diversity and interactions with plant cell walls

(2015) Daniel J Cosgrove   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Genome-Wide Analysis of Adaptive Molecular Evolution in the Carnivorous Plant Utricularia gibba

(2015) Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Down-Regulation of ZmEXPB6 (Zea maysβ-Expansin 6) Protein Is Correlated with Salt-mediated Growth Reduction in the Leaves ofZ. maysL.

(2015) Christoph-Martin Geilfus et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Utility of the Amborella trichopoda expansin superfamily in elucidating the history of angiosperm expansins

(2015) Victoria H. Seader et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

High Gene Family Turnover Rates and Gene Space Adaptation in the Compact Genome of the Carnivorous Plant Utricularia gibba

(2015) Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the expansin gene family in tomato

(2015) Yongen Lu et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis

(2015) Ray Ming et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The map-based genome sequence of Spirodela polyrhiza aligned with its chromosomes, a reference for karyotype evolution

(2015) Hieu Xuan Cao et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phylogenetic tree of vascular plants reveals the origins of aquatic angiosperms

(2015) Zhi-Yuan Du et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Transcriptome sequencing of three Ranunculus species (Ranunculaceae) reveals candidate genes in adaptation from terrestrial to aquatic habitats

(2015) Ling-Yun Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Evidences of adaptive traits to rocky substrates undermine paradigm of habitat preference of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica

(2015) Fabio Badalamenti et al.   Scientific Reports

Fastest predators in the plant kingdom: functional morphology and biomechanics of suction traps found in the largest genus of carnivorous plants

(2015) Simon Poppinga et al.   AoB Plants

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Soybean (Glycine max) expansin gene superfamily origins: segmental and tandem duplication events followed by divergent selection among subfamilies

(2014) Yan Zhu et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Re-constructing our models of cellulose and primary cell wall assembly

(2014) Daniel J Cosgrove   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Genome-wide analysis of the expansin gene superfamily reveals Brassica rapa-specific evolutionary dynamics upon whole genome triplication

(2014) Panneerselvam Krishnamurthy et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Genome-wide identification and characterization of maize expansin genes expressed in endosperm

(2014) Wei Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Arabidopsis thalianahomeobox 12 (ATHB12), a homeodomain-leucine zipper protein, regulates leaf growth by promoting cell expansion and endoreduplication

(2014) Yoon-Sun Hur et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Status of duckweed genomics and transcriptomics

(2014) W. Wang et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Evolutionary divergence of β-expansin structure and function in grasses parallels emergence of distinctive primary cell wall traits

(2014) Javier Sampedro et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

AtEXP2 Is Involved in Seed Germination and Abiotic Stress Response in Arabidopsis

(2014) An Yan et al.   PLoS One

Ecological and evolutionary significance of genomic GC content diversity in monocots

(2014) Petr Šmarda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Spirodela polyrhiza genome reveals insights into its neotenous reduction fast growth and aquatic lifestyle

(2014) W. Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of Sparganium (Typhaceae): Diversification of a widespread, aquatic lineage

(2013) Joshua D. Sulman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Selaginella moellendorffii has a reduced and highly conserved expansin superfamily with genes more closely related to angiosperms than to bryophytes

(2013) Robert E Carey et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A genome-wide analysis of the expansin genes in Malus × Domestica

(2013) Shizhong Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

A mutation in theexpansin-like A2gene enhances resistance to necrotrophic fungi and hypersensitivity to abiotic stress inArabidopsis thaliana

(2013) Synan Abuqamar et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Architecture and evolution of a minute plant genome

(2013) Enrique Ibarra-Laclette et al.   NATURE

EXPANSINA17 Up-Regulated by LBD18/ASL20 Promotes Lateral Root Formation During the Auxin Response

(2013) Han Woo Lee et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Genome-Wide Analysis of the Expansin Gene Superfamily Reveals Grapevine-Specific Structural and Functional Characteristics

(2013) Silvia Dal Santo et al.   PLoS One

Overexpression of OsEXPA8, a Root-Specific Gene, Improves Rice Growth and Root System Architecture by Facilitating Cell Extension

(2013) Nana Ma et al.   PLoS One

Bacterial Adaptation through Loss of Function

(2013) Alison K. Hottes et al.   PLoS Genetics

The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants

(2012) Angélique D’Hont et al.   NATURE

Genome sequence of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) provides insights into grass evolution and biofuel potential

(2012) Gengyun Zhang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

(2012) Ben Langmead et al.   NATURE METHODS

LBD18 acts as a transcriptional activator that directly binds to theEXPANSIN14promoter in promoting lateral root emergence of Arabidopsis

(2012) Han Woo Lee et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

A novel hybrid gene prediction method employing protein multiple sequence alignments

(2011) Oliver Keller et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Root hair-specific EXPANSIN A7 is required for root hair elongation in Arabidopsis

(2011) Changfa Lin et al.   MOLECULES AND CELLS

Phytozome: a comparative platform for green plant genomics

(2011) David M. Goodstein et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Ethylene negatively regulates EXPA5 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Seung-Hyun Son et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Root hair-specific expansins modulate root hair elongation in rice

(2011) Yu ZhiMing et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

(2010) John P. Vogel et al.   NATURE

Heterogeneity in the chemistry, structure and function of plant cell walls

(2010) Rachel A Burton et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

The evolution of gene duplications: classifying and distinguishing between models

(2010) Hideki Innan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The Sequence Read Archive

(2010) R. Leinonen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Overexpression of the Arabidopsis α-expansin gene AtEXPA1 accelerates stomatal opening by decreasing the volumetric elastic modulus

(2010) Xiu-Qing Zhang et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Genome Evolution Following Host Jumps in the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Lineage

(2010) S. Raffaele et al.   SCIENCE

The evolution of parasitism in plants

(2010) James H. Westwood et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

BLAST+: architecture and applications

(2009) Christiam Camacho et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Brassinosteroids control AtEXPA5 gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) Chan Ho Park et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Class B β-expansins are needed for pollen separation and stigma penetration

(2009) Elene R. Valdivia et al.   SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION

Angiosperm diversification through time

(2008) Susana Magallón et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Unique aspects of the grass cell wall

(2008) J VOGEL   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

How to usefully compare homologous plant genes and chromosomes as DNA sequences

(2008) Eric Lyons et al.   PLANT JOURNAL