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Phenylpropanoid Pathway Engineering: An Emerging Approach towards Plant Defense

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Large tandem duplications affect gene expression, 3D organization, and plant–pathogen response

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Elucidation of resistance signaling and identification of powdery mildew resistant mapping loci (ClaPMR2) during watermelon-Podosphaera xanthii interaction using RNA-Seq and whole-genome resequencing approach

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Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of DIR Genes in Medicago truncatula

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Comparative Analysis of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase in Cucurbitaceae and Expression Studies in Watermelon

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Genome-wide identification, expression profiling, and network analysis of AT-hook gene family in maize

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Lignin‐based barrier restricts pathogens to the infection site and confers resistance in plants

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The Resurgence of Dirigent Story: Time for a Bacterial Chapter

(2019) Siarhei A. Dabravolski   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Differential roles of melatonin in plant-host resistance and pathogen suppression in cucurbits

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Differential expression of SofDIR16 and SofCAD genes in smut resistant and susceptible sugarcane cultivars in response to Sporisorium scitamineum

(2018) Elena Sánchez-Elordi et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A genome-wide analysis of the flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) dirigent protein family: from gene identification and evolution to differential regulation

(2018) Cyrielle Corbin et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Identification and expression analyses of WRKY genes reveal their involvement in growth and abiotic stress response in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

(2018) Xiaozhen Yang et al.   PLoS One

Comparative transcriptome profiling of genes and pathways related to resistance against powdery mildew in two contrasting melon genotypes

(2018) Qianglong Zhu et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Genome-wide analysis of dirigent gene family in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and characterization of CaDIR7 in biotic and abiotic stresses

(2018) Abid Khan et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular Characterization, Evolution, and Expression Profiling of the Dirigent (DIR) Family Genes in Chinese White Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)

(2018) Xi Cheng et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Dirigent proteins in plants: modulating cell wall metabolism during abiotic and biotic stress exposure

(2017) Candelas Paniagua et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Missing Link in Leguminous Pterocarpan Biosynthesis is a Dirigent Domain-Containing Protein with Isoflavanol Dehydratase Activity

(2017) Kai Uchida et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

A Novel Soybean Dirigent Gene GmDIR22 Contributes to Promotion of Lignan Biosynthesis and Enhances Resistance to Phytophthora sojae

(2017) Ninghui Li et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of calcium‑dependent protein kinase and its related kinase gene families in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

(2017) Haifei Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Extracting functional trends from whole genome duplication events using comparative genomics

(2016) Russell A. Hermansen et al.   BIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES ONLINE

Genome-wide analysis and environmental response profiling of dirigent family genes in rice (Oryza sativa)

(2016) Yongrong Liao et al.   Genes & Genomics

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(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Polarized Defense Against Fungal Pathogens Is Mediated by the Jacalin-Related Lectin Domain of Modular Poaceae -Specific Proteins

(2016) Denise Weidenbach et al.   Molecular Plant

CDD/SPARCLE: functional classification of proteins via subfamily domain architectures

(2016) Aron Marchler-Bauer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Dirigent Protein Mode of Action Revealed by the Crystal Structure of AtDIR6

(2016) Raphael Gasper et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Activation of Shikimate, Phenylpropanoid, Oxylipins, and Auxin Pathways in Pectobacterium carotovorum Elicitors-Treated Moss

(2016) Alfonso Alvarez et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The cell biology of lignification in higher plants

(2015) Jaime Barros et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Physcomitrella patens Activates Defense Responses against the Pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

(2015) Guillermo Reboledo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Dirigent Protein-Mediated Lignan and Cyanogenic Glucoside Formation in Flax Seed: Integrated Omics and MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging

(2015) Doralyn S. Dalisay et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

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Non-host disease resistance response in pea ( Pisum sativum ) pods: Biochemical function of DRR206 and phytoalexin pathway localization

(2015) Herana Kamal Seneviratne et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

A metabolomic study in oats (Avena sativa) highlights a drought tolerance mechanism based upon salicylate signalling pathways and the modulation of carbon, antioxidant and photo-oxidative metabolism

(2015) JAVIER SÁNCHEZ-MARTÍN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Identification of early salt stress responsive proteins in seedling roots of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) employing iTRAQ-based proteomic technique

(2015) Wu Li et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

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(2014) Bo Hu et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The dirigent multigene family in Isatis indigotica: gene discovery and differential transcript abundance

(2014) Qing Li et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Lignin and lignans in plant defence: Insight from expression profiling of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase genes during development and following fungal infection in Populus

(2014) Agnieszka Bagniewska-Zadworna et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

The role of the secondary cell wall in plant resistance to pathogens

(2014) Eva Miedes et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Role of protein farnesylation events in the ABA-mediated regulation of the Pinoresinol–Lariciresinol Reductase 1 (LuPLR1) gene expression and lignan biosynthesis in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

(2013) Cyrielle Corbin et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Transcriptomic changes following the compatible interaction Vitis vinifera–Erysiphe necator. Paving the way towards an enantioselective role in plant defence modulation

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Characterization and expression analysis of dirigent family genes related to stresses in Brassica

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Overexpression of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) dirigent1 gene enhances lignification that blocks the spread of Verticillium dahliae

(2012) Haiyan Shi et al.   ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA

Physcomitrella patens activates reinforcement of the cell wall, programmed cell death and accumulation of evolutionary conserved defence signals, such as salicylic acid and 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid, but not jasmonic acid, upon Botrytis cinerea infection

(2012) INÉS PONCE DE LEÓN et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Metabolic engineering of novel lignin in biomass crops

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Cell biology of the plant–powdery mildew interaction

(2011) Ralph Hückelhoven et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Toward a General Model for the Evolutionary Dynamics of Gene Duplicates

(2011) Anke Konrad et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Selective lignin downregulation leads to constitutive defense response expression in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

(2011) Lina Gallego-Giraldo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Erratum: Addendum: Deep surveying of alternative splicing complexity in the human transcriptome by high-throughput sequencing

(2009) Qun Pan et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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(2009) T. L. Bailey et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The powdery mildew fungusPodosphaera fusca(synonymPodosphaera xanthii), a constant threat to cucurbits

(2008) ALEJANDRO PÉREZ-GARCÍA et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Dissection of lignin macromolecular configuration and assembly: Comparison to related biochemical processes in allyl/propenyl phenol and lignan biosynthesis

(2008) Laurence B. Davin et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Molecular characterization of cell death induced by a compatible interaction between Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. linii and flax (Linum usitatissimum) cells

(2008) Christophe Hano et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY