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Functional expression and characterization of cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase from the hornwort Anthoceros agrestis in Physcomitrella patens

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Heat stress response in the closest algal relatives of land plants reveals conserved stress signaling circuits

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Phylogenomics reveals convergent evolution of red-violet coloration in land plants and the origins of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway

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Phenylpropanoid Derivatives Are Essential Components of Sporopollenin in Vascular Plants

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(2020) Erbil Güngör et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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(2019) Ivica Letunic et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Conserved Biochemical Defenses Underpin Host Responses to Oomycete Infection in an Early-Divergent Land Plant Lineage

(2019) Philip Carella et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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(2019) Martin Rippin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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(2019) Helge Berland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mapping the Hydrophobic Substrate Binding Site of Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase from Petroselinum crispum

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(2019) Jaime Barros et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization

(2018) Tomoaki Nishiyama et al.   CELL

The Interrelationships of Land Plants and the Nature of the Ancestral Embryophyte

(2018) Mark N. Puttick et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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(2018) Stefan A Rensing   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Plant evolution: landmarks on the path to terrestrial life

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The Physcomitrella patens chromosome-scale assembly reveals moss genome structure and evolution

(2018) Daniel Lang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Embryophyte stress signaling evolved in the algal progenitors of land plants

(2018) Jan de Vries et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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(2018) Oksana Sytar et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Insights into the Evolution of Multicellularity from the Sea Lettuce Genome

(2018) Olivier De Clerck et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

UVR8-mediated induction of flavonoid biosynthesis for UVB tolerance is conserved between the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and flowering plants

(2018) William A. Clayton et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Harnessing lignin evolution for biotechnological applications

(2018) Hugues Renault et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Gene Duplication Leads to Altered Membrane Topology of a Cytochrome P450 Enzyme in Seed Plants

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How Embryophytic is the Biosynthesis of Phenylpropanoids and their Derivatives in Streptophyte Algae?

(2017) Jan de Vries et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

SG2-Type R2R3-MYB Transcription Factor MYB15 Controls Defense-Induced Lignification and Basal Immunity in Arabidopsis

(2017) William R. Chezem et al.   PLANT CELL

A Novel N-Methyltransferase in Arabidopsis Appears to Feed a Conserved Pathway for Nicotinate Detoxification among Land Plants and Is Associated with Lignin Biosynthesis

(2017) Wei Li et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Biochemical and Structural Analysis of Substrate Specificity of a Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase

(2017) Se-Young Jun et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A phenol-enriched cuticle is ancestral to lignin evolution in land plants

(2017) Hugues Renault et al.   Nature Communications

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Interaction between the mossPhyscomitrella patensandPhytophthora: a novel pathosystem for live-cell imaging of subcellular defence

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(2016) Jaime Huerta-Cepas et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Exploiting the Substrate Promiscuity of Hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:Shikimate Hydroxycinnamoyl Transferase to Reduce Lignin

(2016) Aymerick Eudes et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Molecular and biochemical characterizations of the monoacylglycerol lipase gene family ofArabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Ryeo Jin Kim et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

An essential role of caffeoyl shikimate esterase in monolignol biosynthesis inMedicago truncatula

(2016) Chan Man Ha et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

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(2015) Leen Labeeuw et al.   Biology Direct

Establishment of Anthoceros agrestis as a model species for studying the biology of hornworts

(2015) Péter Szövényi et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Cloning and functional characterization of theArabidopsis N-acetylserotoninO-methyltransferase responsible for melatonin synthesis

(2015) Yeong Byeon et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

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(2015) Jianyi Yang et al.   NATURE METHODS

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(2015) Armin Wagner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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(2015) J. Oliva et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Conservation of ethylene as a plant hormone over 450 million years of evolution

(2015) Chuanli Ju et al.   Nature Plants

InterProScan 5: genome-scale protein function classification

(2014) P. Jones et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Detection of flavonoids in microalgae from different evolutionary lineages

(2014) Koen Goiris et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies

(2014) Lam-Tung Nguyen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Soluble phenylpropanoids are involved in the defense response of Arabidopsis againstVerticillium longisporum

(2014) Stefanie König et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Structural Studies of Cinnamoyl-CoA Reductase and Cinnamyl-Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Key Enzymes of Monolignol Biosynthesis

(2014) H. Pan et al.   PLANT CELL

Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

(2014) Norman J. Wickett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation

(2014) Koichi Hori et al.   Nature Communications

The tobacco genome sequence and its comparison with those of tomato and potato

(2014) Nicolas Sierro et al.   Nature Communications

Gene duplication as a driver of plant morphogenetic evolution

(2013) Stefan A Rensing   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution

(2013) Björn Nystedt et al.   NATURE

The Capsella rubella genome and the genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution

(2013) Tanja Slotte et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The evolutionary paths towards complexity: a metabolic perspective

(2013) Jing-Ke Weng   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Amborella Genome and the Evolution of Flowering Plants

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Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) Is an Enzyme in the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway in Arabidopsis

(2013) R. Vanholme et al.   SCIENCE

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

A Systems Biology View of Responses to Lignin Biosynthesis Perturbations in Arabidopsis

(2012) R. Vanholme et al.   PLANT CELL

Gene functionalities and genome structure in Bathycoccus prasinos reflect cellular specializations at the base of the green lineage

(2012) Hervé Moreau et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The genome of the polar eukaryotic microalga Coccomyxa subellipsoidea reveals traits of cold adaptation

(2012) Guillaume Blanc et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The role of the xanthophyll cycle and of lutein in photoprotection of photosystem II

(2011) Peter Jahns et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

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(2011) Sabina Wodniok et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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(2011) Marie Danielsson et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Functional roles of melatonin in plants, and perspectives in nutritional and agricultural science

(2011) D.-X. Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR): improved gene annotation and new tools

(2011) Philippe Lamesch et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Syringyl Lignin Is Unaltered by Severe Sinapyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Suppression in Tobacco

(2011) A. Barakate et al.   PLANT CELL

Independent Recruitment of an O-Methyltransferase for Syringyl Lignin Biosynthesis in Selaginella moellendorffii

(2011) J.-K. Weng et al.   PLANT CELL

A P450-centric view of plant evolution

(2011) David Nelson et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The charophycean green algae provide insights into the early origins of plant cell walls

(2011) Iben Sørensen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Selaginella Genome Identifies Genetic Changes Associated with the Evolution of Vascular Plants

(2011) J. A. Banks et al.   SCIENCE

Evolution of the Cinnamyl/Sinapyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase (CAD/SAD) Gene Family: The Emergence of Real Lignin is Associated with the Origin of Bona Fide CAD

(2010) Dong-Mei Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

(2010) John P. Vogel et al.   NATURE

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(2010) Xavier Argout et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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(2010) Jing-Ke Weng et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Crystal Structures of aPopulus tomentosa4-Coumarate:CoA Ligase Shed Light on Its Enzymatic Mechanisms

(2010) Yonglin Hu et al.   PLANT CELL

Structure-Function Analyses of a Caffeic AcidO-Methyltransferase from Perennial Ryegrass Reveal the Molecular Basis for Substrate Preference

(2010) Gordon V. Louie et al.   PLANT CELL

Analysis ofTETRAKETIDE α-PYRONE REDUCTASEFunction inArabidopsis thalianaReveals a Previously Unknown, but Conserved, Biochemical Pathway in Sporopollenin Monomer Biosynthesis

(2010) Etienne Grienenberger et al.   PLANT CELL

The Molecular and Physiological Responses of Physcomitrella patens to Ultraviolet-B Radiation

(2010) L. Wolf et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

R2R3-NaMYB8 Regulates the Accumulation of Phenylpropanoid-Polyamine Conjugates, Which Are Essential for Local and Systemic Defense against Insect Herbivores in Nicotiana attenuata

(2010) H. Kaur et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Genomic Analysis of Organismal Complexity in the Multicellular Green Alga Volvox carteri

(2010) S. E. Prochnik et al.   SCIENCE

A horizontal gene transfer at the origin of phenylpropanoid metabolism: a key adaptation of plants to land

(2009) Giovanni Emiliani et al.   Biology Direct

Comparative genome analysis of lignin biosynthesis gene families across the plant kingdom

(2009) Zhanyou Xu et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

The cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene family in Populus: phylogeny, organization, and expression

(2009) Abdelali Barakat et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Crystal Structure of the Human Monoacylglycerol Lipase, a Key Actor in Endocannabinoid Signaling

(2009) Geoffray Labar et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Discovery of Lignin in Seaweed Reveals Convergent Evolution of Cell-Wall Architecture

(2009) Patrick T. Martone et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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(2009) Thomas Vogt   Molecular Plant

Plants and colour: Flowers and pollination

(2009) Renee Miller et al.   OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY

A Novel Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase Is Required for Pollen Development and Sporopollenin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2009) C. de Azevedo Souza et al.   PLANT CELL

Green Evolution and Dynamic Adaptations Revealed by Genomes of the Marine Picoeukaryotes Micromonas

(2009) A. Z. Worden et al.   SCIENCE

Evolution of a Novel Phenolic Pathway for Pollen Development

(2009) M. Matsuno et al.   SCIENCE

I-TASSER server for protein 3D structure prediction

(2008) Yang Zhang   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

A Genomewide Analysis of the Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Family in Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Identifies SbCAD2 as the Brown midrib6 Gene

(2008) A. Saballos et al.   GENETICS

An Improved General Amino Acid Replacement Matrix

(2008) S. Q. Le et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Tapetum-specific location of a cation-dependentO-methyltransferase inArabidopsis thaliana

(2008) Christin Fellenberg et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Independent origins of syringyl lignin in vascular plants

(2008) J.-K. Weng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA