Crossroads in the evolution of plant specialized metabolism

Flourishing in Water: The Early Evolution and Diversification of Plant Receptor‐like Kinases

(2021) Zhen Gong et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Experimental identification and in silico prediction of bacterivory in green algae

(2021) Nicholas A. Bock et al.   ISME Journal

An update on the function and regulation of MEP and MVA pathways and their evolutionary dynamics

(2021) Xiaojun Pu et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

The Potential Effect of β-Ionone and β-Damascenone on Sensory Perception of Pinot Noir Wine Aroma

(2021) Elizabeth Tomasino et al.   MOLECULES

Negative regulation of plastidial isoprenoid pathway by herbivore-induced β-cyclocitral in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2021) Sirsha Mitra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant evolution driven by interactions with symbiotic and pathogenic microbes

(2021) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   SCIENCE

Evolutionary History of Plant Metabolism

(2021) Hiroshi A. Maeda et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

The Chemistry of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Revisited: Outlining Their Role in Biological Macromolecules (DNA, Lipids and Proteins) and Induced Pathologies

(2021) Celia Andrés Juan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Metabolic regulation of systemic acquired resistance

(2021) Jürgen Zeier   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

An alternative, zeaxanthin epoxidase-independent abscisic acid biosynthetic pathway in plants

(2021) Kun-Peng Jia et al.   Molecular Plant

The evolution of the phenylpropanoid pathway entailed pronounced radiations and divergences of enzyme families

(2021) Sophie Vries et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Retrograde sulfur flow from glucosinolates to cysteine in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2021) Ryosuke Sugiyama et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unexpected cryptic species among streptophyte algae most distant to land plants

(2021) Iker Irisarri et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Submergence of the filamentous Zygnematophyceae Mougeotia induces differential gene expression patterns associated with core metabolism and photosynthesis

(2021) Janine M.R. Fürst-Jansen et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Origins of strigolactone and karrikin signaling in plants

(2021) Qia Wang et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Underwater CAM photosynthesis elucidated by Isoetes genome

(2021) David Wickell et al.   Nature Communications

Evo-physio: on stress responses and the earliest land plants

(2020) Janine M R Fürst-Jansen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Zygnematophyceae - From living Algae collections to the establishment of future models

(2020) Hong Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Aromatization of natural products by a specialized detoxification enzyme

(2020) Jin-Quan Huang et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Stories of Salicylic Acid: A Plant Defense Hormone

(2020) Pingtao Ding et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The Evolution of Flavonoid Biosynthesis: A Bryophyte Perspective

(2020) Kevin M. Davies et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Origin and Diversity of Plant Receptor-Like Kinases

(2020) Anne Dievart et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

The Penium margaritaceum Genome: Hallmarks of the Origins of Land Plants

(2020) Chen Jiao et al.   CELL

Multiple Metabolic Innovations and Losses Are Associated with Major Transitions in Land Plant Evolution

(2020) Naomi Cannell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

An Ancient COI1-Independent Function for Reactive Electrophilic Oxylipins in Thermotolerance

(2020) Isabel Monte et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Abundance and extracellular release of phytohormones in aeroterrestrial microalgae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) as a potential chemical signalling source

(2020) Gregor Pichler et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Plant terpenoid metabolism co-opts a component of the cell wall biosynthesis machinery

(2020) Adam Jozwiak et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

The Moss Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens: A Model Organism for Non-Seed Plants

(2020) Stefan A. Rensing et al.   PLANT CELL

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

(2020) Jan Vries et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Klebsormidin A and B, Two New UV-Sunscreen Compounds in Green Microalgal Interfilum and Klebsormidium Species (Streptophyta) From Terrestrial Habitats

(2020) Anja Hartmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A High-Quality Genome Sequence of Model Legume Lotus japonicus (MG-20) Provides Insights into the Evolution of Root Nodule Symbiosis

(2020) Haoxing Li et al.   Genes

Oil Body Formation in Marchantia polymorpha Is Controlled by MpC1HDZ and Serves as a Defense against Arthropod Herbivores

(2020) Facundo Romani et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Old Town Roads: routes of auxin biosynthesis across kingdoms

(2020) Nicholas Morffy et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Expanding the molecular toolbox for Zygnematophyceae – transient genetic transformation of the desmid Micrasterias radians var. evoluta

(2020) Hong Zhou et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

The Sensory Significance of Apocarotenoids in Wine: Importance of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase 1 (CCD1) in the Production of β-Ionone

(2020) John J. B. Timmins et al.   MOLECULES

An evolutionarily primitive and distinct auxin metabolism in the lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii

(2020) Shutaro Kaneko et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Evolution of Abscisic Acid Signaling Module and Its Perception

(2020) Yufei Sun et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The evolutionary conundrum of whole‐genome duplication

(2020) Lorenzo Carretero‐Paulet et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

(2020) Bryan T. Piatkowski et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Genomic and fossil windows into the secret lives of the most ancient fungi

(2020) Mary L. Berbee et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Salicylic acid regulates PIN2 auxin transporter hyperclustering and root gravitropic growth via Remorin ‐dependent lipid nanodomain organisation in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2020) Meiyu Ke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Studies of moss reproductive development indicate that auxin biosynthesis in apical stem cells may constitute an ancestral function for focal growth control

(2020) Katarina Landberg et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Azolla ferns testify: seed plants and ferns share a common ancestor for leucoanthocyanidin reductase enzymes

(2020) Erbil Güngör et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ties between Stress and Lipid Droplets Pre-date Seeds

(2020) Jan de Vries et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Strigolactone biosynthesis, transport and perception

(2020) Kiyoshi Mashiguchi et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Plant apocarotenoids: from retrograde signaling to interspecific communication

(2020) Juan C. Moreno et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Functional innovations of PIN auxin transporters mark crucial evolutionary transitions during rise of flowering plants

(2020) Yuzhou Zhang et al.   Science Advances

Balancing trade-offs between biotic and abiotic stress responses through leaf age-dependent variation in stress hormone cross-talk

(2019) Matthias L. Berens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Loliolide, a carotenoid metabolite, is a potential endogenous inducer of herbivore resistance

(2019) Mika Murata et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Highly Sensitive SPE Derivatization–UHPLC–MS Approach for Quantitative Profiling of Carotenoid-Derived Dialdehydes from Vegetables

(2019) Jianing Mi et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Evolution of coumaroyl conjugate 3‐hydroxylases in land plants: Lignin biosynthesis and defense

(2019) Annette V. Alber et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Cellular responses to reactive oxygen species are predicted from molecular mechanisms

(2019) Laurence Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Isochorismate-derived biosynthesis of the plant stress hormone salicylic acid

(2019) Dmitrij Rekhter et al.   SCIENCE

Strigolactone synthesis is ancestral in land plants, but canonical strigolactone signalling is a flowering plant innovation

(2019) Catriona H. Walker et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

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

(2019) Myoung‐Hoon Lee et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Metatranscriptomic and metabolite profiling reveals vertical heterogeneity within a Zygnema green algal mat from Svalbard (High Arctic)

(2019) Martin Rippin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A reference genome for pea provides insight into legume genome evolution

(2019) Jonathan Kreplak et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Isolation of natural fungal pathogens from Marchantia polymorpha reveals antagonism between salicylic acid and jasmonate during liverwort-fungus interactions

(2019) Hidenori Matsui et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Jasmonate-Related MYC Transcription Factors Are Functionally Conserved in Marchantia polymorpha

(2019) María Peñuelas et al.   PLANT CELL

Auronidins are a previously unreported class of flavonoid pigments that challenges when anthocyanin biosynthesis evolved in plants

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

Evolution of the Auxin Response Factors from charophyte ancestors

(2019) Raquel Martin-Arevalillo et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genomes of Subaerial Zygnematophyceae Provide Insights into Land Plant Evolution

(2019) Shifeng Cheng et al.   CELL

One thousand plant transcriptomes and the phylogenomics of green plants

(2019)   NATURE

A ligand-independent origin of abscisic acid perception

(2019) Yufei Sun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Anchorene is a carotenoid-derived regulatory metabolite required for anchor root formation in Arabidopsis

(2019) Kun-Peng Jia et al.   Science Advances

PBS3 and EPS1 Complete Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis from Isochorismate in Arabidopsis

(2019) Michael P. Torrens-Spence et al.   Molecular Plant

Plant Phenylalanine/Tyrosine Ammonia-lyases

(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

First Data on the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Phenolic Compounds in the Model Hornwort Anthoceros agrestis

(2018) Gonzalo Soriano et al.   CRYPTOGAMIE BRYOLOGIE

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

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

Great moments in evolution: the conquest of land by plants

(2018) Stefan A Rensing   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Ligand-receptor co-evolution shaped the jasmonate pathway in land plants

(2018) Isabel Monte et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Evolution of chalcone isomerase from a noncatalytic ancestor

(2018) Miriam Kaltenbach et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Class C ARFs evolved before the origin of land plants and antagonize differentiation and developmental transitions in Marchantia polymorpha

(2018) Eduardo Flores-Sandoval et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant evolution: landmarks on the path to terrestrial life

(2018) Jan de Vries et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Jasmonic and salicylic acid response in the fern Azolla filiculoides and its cyanobiont

(2018) Sophie de Vries et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

A peroxisomal thioesterase plays auxiliary roles in plant β-oxidative benzoic acid metabolism

(2018) Funmilayo Adebesin et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

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

(2018) Daniel Lang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Out of Water: The Origin and Early Diversification of Plant R-Genes

(2018) Yuxia Gao et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A siphonous morphology affects light-harvesting modulation in the intertidal green macroalga Bryopsis corticulans (Ulvophyceae)

(2018) Vasco Giovagnetti et al.   PLANTA

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

The timescale of early land plant evolution

(2018) Jennifer L. Morris et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The biomass distribution on Earth

(2018) Yinon M. Bar-On et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Arctic, Antarctic, and temperate green algae Zygnema spp. under UV-B stress: vegetative cells perform better than pre-akinetes

(2018) Andreas Holzinger et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Origin and evolution of the nuclear auxin response system

(2018) Sumanth K Mutte et al.   eLife

Terpenoid Secondary Metabolites in Bryophytes: Chemical Diversity, Biosynthesis and Biological Functions

(2018) Feng Chen et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Insights into the Evolution of Multicellularity from the Sea Lettuce Genome

(2018) Olivier De Clerck et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Transient genetic transformation of Mougeotia scalaris (Zygnematophyceae) mediated by the endogenous α-tubulin1 promoter

(2018) Merle Regensdorff et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Blumenols as shoot markers of root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2018) Ming Wang et al.   eLife

A single JAZ repressor controls the jasmonate pathway in Marchantia polymorpha

(2018) Isabel Monte et al.   Molecular Plant

Origin and evolution of the plant immune system

(2018) Guan-Zhu Han   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Something ancient and something neofunctionalized—evolution of land plant hormone signaling pathways

(2018) John L Bowman et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Harnessing lignin evolution for biotechnological applications

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

Strigolactone biosynthesis is evolutionarily conserved, regulated by phosphate starvation and contributes to resistance against phytopathogenic fungi in a moss, Physcomitrella patens

(2017) Eva L. Decker et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Photoprotection in a monophyletic branch of chlorophyte algae is independent of energy-dependent quenching (qE)

(2017) Gregor Christa et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Enhanced Desiccation Tolerance in Mature Cultures of the Streptophytic Green Alga Zygnema circumcarinatum Revealed by Transcriptomics

(2017) Martin Rippin et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Identification of Jasmonic Acid and Jasmonoyl-Isoleucine, and Characterization of AOS, AOC, OPR and JAR1 in the Model Lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii

(2017) Putri Pratiwi et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

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

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

Phylogenomic analysis of gene co-expression networks reveals the evolution of functional modules

(2017) Colin Ruprecht et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Spatial distributions of β-cyclocitral and β-ionone in the sediment and overlying water of the west shore of Taihu Lake

(2017) Xiansheng Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2017) Hugues Renault et al.   Nature Communications

Origin of TAA Genes in Charophytes: New Insights into the Controversy over the Origin of Auxin Biosynthesis

(2017) Facundo Romani   Frontiers in Plant Science

Targeted metabolomics shows plasticity in the evolution of signaling lipids and uncovers old and new endocannabinoids in the plant kingdom

(2017) María Salomé Gachet et al.   Scientific Reports

Quantitative determination of α-ionone, β-ionone, and β-damascenone and enantiodifferentiation of α-ionone in wine for authenticity control using multidimensional gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric detection

(2016) Johannes Langen et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Control of cytokinin and auxin homeostasis in cyanobacteria and algae

(2016) Eva Žižková et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Learning the Languages of the Chloroplast: Retrograde Signaling and Beyond

(2016) Kai Xun Chan et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Photosystem II Subunit PsbS Is Involved in the Induction of LHCSR Protein-dependent Energy Dissipation inChlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2016) Viviana Correa-Galvis et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Repellent and Attractive Effects of α-, β-, and Dihydro-β- Ionone to Generalist and Specialist Herbivores

(2016) L. A. Cáceres et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Cooperative functioning between phenylalanine ammonia lyase and isochorismate synthase activities contributes to salicylic acid biosynthesis in soybean

(2016) M. B. Shine et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

PIN2-like proteins may contribute to the regulation of morphogenetic processes during spermatogenesis in Chara vulgaris

(2016) Aneta Żabka et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Transcriptome Profiling of the Green Alga Spirogyra pratensis (Charophyta) Suggests an Ancestral Role for Ethylene in Cell Wall Metabolism, Photosynthesis, and Abiotic Stress Responses

(2016) Bram Van de Poel et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Convergent evolution of caffeine in plants by co-option of exapted ancestral enzymes

(2016) Ruiqi Huang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Streptophyte Terrestrialization in Light of Plastid Evolution

(2016) Jan de Vries et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Synthesis and Function of Apocarotenoid Signals in Plants

(2016) Xin Hou et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A strigolactone signal is required for adventitious root formation in rice

(2015) Huwei Sun et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Ancient origin of the biosynthesis of lignin precursors

(2015) Leen Labeeuw et al.   Biology Direct

The Evolutionary Origin of a Terrestrial Flora

(2015) Charles Francis Delwiche et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Stomatal Guard Cells Co-opted an Ancient ABA-Dependent Desiccation Survival System to Regulate Stomatal Closure

(2015) Christof Lind et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microbiomes of Streptophyte Algae and Bryophytes Suggest That a Functional Suite of Microbiota Fostered Plant Colonization of Land

(2015) J. J. Knack et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Biodiversity of NPQ

(2015) Reimund Goss et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Familiar Ring to It: Biosynthesis of Plant Benzoic Acids

(2015) Joshua R. Widhalm et al.   Molecular Plant

Carotenoid Metabolism in Plants

(2015) Nazia Nisar et al.   Molecular Plant

Auxin Produced by the Indole-3-Pyruvic Acid Pathway Regulates Development and Gemmae Dormancy in the LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha

(2015) D. Magnus Eklund et al.   PLANT CELL

PIN-Dependent Auxin Transport: Action, Regulation, and Evolution

(2015) Maciek Adamowski et al.   PLANT CELL

Insights into the Origin and Evolution of the Plant Hormone Signaling Machinery

(2015) Chunyang Wang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Evolution of root-specific carotenoid precursor pathways for apocarotenoid signal biogenesis

(2015) Michael H. Walter et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Biochemical characterization of allene oxide synthases from the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and green microalgae Klebsormidium flaccidum provides insight into the evolutionary divergence of the plant CYP74 family

(2015) Takao Koeduka et al.   PLANTA

Algal ancestor of land plants was preadapted for symbiosis

(2015) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2015) Chuanli Ju et al.   Nature Plants

Phytohormone Profiling across the Bryophytes

(2015) Lenka Záveská Drábková et al.   PLoS One

Green algae in alpine biological soil crust communities: acclimation strategies against ultraviolet radiation and dehydration

(2014) Ulf Karsten et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

An important role of the pepper phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene (PAL1) in salicylic acid-dependent signalling of the defence response to microbial pathogens

(2014) Dae Sung Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Detection of flavonoids in microalgae from different evolutionary lineages

(2014) Koen Goiris et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Dehydration, temperature, and light tolerance in members of the aeroterrestrial green algal genusInterfilum(Streptophyta) from biogeographically different temperate soils

(2014) Ulf Karsten et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Dihydroactinidiolide, a High Light-Induced β-Carotene Derivative that Can Regulate Gene Expression and Photoacclimation in Arabidopsis

(2014) Leonard Shumbe et al.   Molecular Plant

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

Carlactone is converted to carlactonoic acid by MAX1 inArabidopsisand its methyl ester can directly interact with AtD14 in vitro

(2014) Satoko Abe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Origin of plant auxin biosynthesis in charophyte algae

(2014) Chunyang Wang et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

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

The evolution of phenylpropanoid metabolism in the green lineage

(2013) Takayuki Tohge et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Unusual phenolic compounds contribute to ecophysiological performance in the purple-colored green algaZygogonium ericetorum(Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) from a high-alpine habitat

(2013) Siegfried Aigner et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

The genome of the recently domesticated crop plant sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

(2013) Juliane C. Dohm et al.   NATURE

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

Evolution of photoprotection mechanisms upon land colonization: evidence of PSBS-dependent NPQ in late Streptophyte algae

(2013) Caterina Gerotto et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Stable transformation and reverse genetic analysis ofPenium margaritaceum: a platform for studies of charophyte green algae, the immediate ancestors of land plants

(2013) Iben Sørensen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Peroxisomal ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter COMATOSE and the Multifunctional Protein ABNORMAL INFLORESCENCE MERISTEM Are Required for the Production of Benzoylated Metabolites in Arabidopsis Seeds

(2013) J. D. Bussell et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Export of Salicylic Acid from the Chloroplast Requires the Multidrug and Toxin Extrusion-Like Transporter EDS5

(2013) M. Serrano et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Xanthophyll Cycle Pool Size and Composition in Several Cosmarium Strains (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) are Related to their Geographic Distribution Patterns

(2013) Marija Stamenković et al.   PROTIST

Evolution of the plant–microbe symbiotic ‘toolkit’

(2013) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Towards revealing the functions of all genes in plants

(2013) Seung Yon Rhee et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Shikimate and Phenylalanine Biosynthesis in the Green Lineage

(2013) Takayuki Tohge et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Chemodiversity in Selaginella: a reference system for parallel and convergent metabolic evolution in terrestrial plants

(2013) Jing-Ke Weng et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Desiccation stress and tolerance in green algae: consequences for ultrastructure, physiological and molecular mechanisms

(2013) Andreas Holzinger et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Biosynthesis of allene oxides in Physcomitrella patens

(2012) Julia Scholz et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of the Green Algae

(2012) Frederik Leliaert et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Genomes of Stigonematalean Cyanobacteria (Subsection V) and the Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis from Prokaryotes to Plastids

(2012) Tal Dagan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Polar auxin transport: an early invention

(2012) K. J. M. Boot et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A peroxisomally localized acyl-activating enzyme is required for volatile benzenoid formation in a Petunia×hybrida cv. ‘Mitchell Diploid’ flower

(2012) Thomas A. Colquhoun et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Changes in Phenolic Compounds and Cellular Ultrastructure of Arctic and Antarctic Strains of Zygnema (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) after Exposure to Experimentally Enhanced UV to PAR Ratio

(2012) Martina Pichrtová et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Structure and Dynamics of the Isoprenoid Pathway Network

(2012) Eva Vranová et al.   Molecular Plant

Coexistence of plant and algal energy dissipation mechanisms in the mossPhyscomitrella patens

(2012) Caterina Gerotto et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Origin of strigolactones in the green lineage

(2012) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Algal evolution in relation to atmospheric CO2: carboxylases, carbon-concentrating mechanisms and carbon oxidation cycles

(2012) J. A. Raven et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Contribution of CoA Ligases to Benzenoid Biosynthesis in Petunia Flowers

(2012) A. Klempien et al.   PLANT CELL

Benzoylation and sinapoylation of glucosinolate R-groups in Arabidopsis

(2012) Shinyoung Lee et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Phylloquinone (vitamin K1) biosynthesis in plants: two peroxisomal thioesterases of lactobacillales origin hydrolyze 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoyl-coa

(2012) Joshua R. Widhalm et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Chemical Quenching of Singlet Oxygen by Carotenoids in Plants

(2012) F. Ramel et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The primary module in Norway spruce defence signalling against H. annosum s.l. seems to be jasmonate-mediated signalling without antagonism of salicylate-mediated signalling

(2012) Jenny Arnerup et al.   PLANTA

Completion of the core  -oxidative pathway of benzoic acid biosynthesis in plants

(2012) A. V. Qualley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carotenoid oxidation products are stress signals that mediate gene responses to singlet oxygen in plants

(2012) F. Ramel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of jasmonate and salicylate signal crosstalk

(2012) Jennifer S. Thaler et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

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

Hormonal Modulation of Plant Immunity

(2011) Corné M.J. Pieterse et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Evolution and Diversity of Plant Cell Walls: From Algae to Flowering Plants

(2011) Zoë A. Popper et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Origin of land plants: Do conjugating green algae hold the key?

(2011) Sabina Wodniok et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Transcriptional analysis of cell growth and morphogenesis in the unicellular green alga Micrasterias (Streptophyta), with emphasis on the role of expansin

(2011) Katrijn Vannerum et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Strigolactones regulate protonema branching and act as a quorum sensing-like signal in the moss Physcomitrella patens

(2011) H. Proust et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Strigolactone Positively Controls Crown Root Elongation in Rice

(2011) Tomotsugu Arite et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses

(2011) Nevin D. Young et al.   NATURE

The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa

(2011) Xiaowu Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The Arabidopsis lyrata genome sequence and the basis of rapid genome size change

(2011) Tina T Hu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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

(2011) Philippe Lamesch et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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 Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Cyanobacteria

(2011) S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2011) J. A. Banks et al.   SCIENCE

Enzyme Promiscuity: A Mechanistic and Evolutionary Perspective

(2010) Olga Khersonsky and Dan S. Tawfik   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Abscisic Acid: Emergence of a Core Signaling Network

(2010) Sean R. Cutler et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Multigene Phylogeny of the Green Lineage Reveals the Origin and Diversification of Land Plants

(2010) Cédric Finet et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Origins and Early Evolution of the Mevalonate Pathway of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in the Three Domains of Life

(2010) J. Lombard et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolution and Cytological Diversification of the Green Seaweeds (Ulvophyceae)

(2010) E. Cocquyt et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Simultaneous Repression of CCR and CAD, Two Enzymes of the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway, Results in Sterility and Dwarfism in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2010) Johanne Thévenin et al.   Molecular Plant

The genome of Theobroma cacao

(2010) Xavier Argout et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The moss Physcomitrella patens contains cyclopentenones but no jasmonates: mutations in allene oxide cyclase lead to reduced fertility and altered sporophyte morphology

(2010) Michael Stumpe et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The origin and evolution of lignin biosynthesis

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

TheChlorella variabilisNC64A Genome Reveals Adaptation to Photosymbiosis, Coevolution with Viruses, and Cryptic Sex

(2010) Guillaume Blanc et al.   PLANT CELL

Physiological Effects of the Synthetic Strigolactone Analog GR24 on Root System Architecture in Arabidopsis: Another Belowground Role for Strigolactones?

(2010) C. Ruyter-Spira et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Correction: Genome Erosion in a Nitrogen-Fixing Vertically Transmitted Endosymbiotic Multicellular Cyanobacterium

(2010) Liang Ran et al.   PLoS One

Physcomitrella patens mutants affected on heat dissipation clarify the evolution of photoprotection mechanisms upon land colonization

(2010) A. Alboresi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The origin and dynamic evolution of chemical information transfer

(2010) S. Steiger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

Carotenoid breakdown products the—norisoprenoids—in wine aroma

(2009) Maria Manuela Mendes-Pinto   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

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

(2009) Giovanni Emiliani et al.   Biology Direct

Blue Color Formation of Cyanobacteria with β-Cyclocitral

(2009) Ken-Ichi Harada et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Jasmonates act with salicylic acid to confer basal thermotolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) Shannon M. Clarke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Involvement of snapdragon benzaldehyde dehydrogenase in benzoic acid biosynthesis

(2009) Michael C. Long et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

A plant thiolase involved in benzoic acid biosynthesis and volatile benzenoid production

(2009) Alex Van Moerkercke et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

An Aldehyde Oxidase in Developing Seeds of Arabidopsis Converts Benzaldehyde to Benzoic Acid

(2009) M. Ibdah et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cytoarchitecture of the desiccation-tolerant green alga Zygogonium ericetorum

(2009) A. Holzinger et al.   PROTOPLASMA

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

(2009) A. Z. Worden et al.   SCIENCE

In search of monophyletic taxa in the family Desmidiaceae (Zygnematophyceae, Viridiplantae): the genus Cosmarium

(2008) A. A. Gontcharov et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Mechanism and regulation of the violaxanthin cycle: The role of antenna proteins and membrane lipids

(2008) Peter Jahns et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

TAA1-Mediated Auxin Biosynthesis Is Essential for Hormone Crosstalk and Plant Development

(2008) Anna N. Stepanova et al.   CELL

Salicylic acid production in response to biotic and abiotic stress depends on isochorismate inNicotiana benthamiana

(2008) Jérémy Catinot et al.   FEBS LETTERS

PHYLOGENY OF THE CONJUGATING GREEN ALGAE BASED ON CHLOROPLAST AND MITOCHONDRIAL NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE DATA

(2008) John D. Hall et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Southern African Biological Soil Crusts are Ubiquitous and Highly Diverse in Drylands, Being Restricted by Rainfall Frequency

(2008) Burkhard Büdel et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Inhibition of shoot branching by new terpenoid plant hormones

(2008) Mikihisa Umehara et al.   NATURE

Strigolactone inhibition of shoot branching

(2008) Victoria Gomez-Roldan et al.   NATURE

Characterization and Biological Function of the ISOCHORISMATE SYNTHASE2 Gene of Arabidopsis

(2008) C. Garcion et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

Caffeine and related purine alkaloids: Biosynthesis, catabolism, function and genetic engineering

(2007) Hiroshi Ashihara et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY