Lineage-specific gene radiations underlie the evolution of novel betalain pigmentation in Caryophyllales

Dissecting Molecular Evolution in the Highly Diverse Plant Clade Caryophyllales Using Transcriptome Sequencing

(2015) Ya Yang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Transposon-mediated mutation of CYP76AD3 affects betalain synthesis and produces variegated flowers in four o’clock (Mirabilis jalapa)

(2014) Mariko Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The beet Y locus encodes an anthocyanin MYB-like protein that activates the betalain red pigment pathway

(2014) Gregory J Hatlestad et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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

The rise of operon-like gene clusters in plants

(2014) Svetlana Boycheva et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae

(2014) Maarten J.M. Christenhusz et al.   Phytotaxa

A phylogenetic examination of the primary anthocyanin production pathway of the Plantae

(2014) James J Campanella et al.   Botanical Studies

Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project

(2014) Naim Matasci et al.   GigaScience

Sequence Analysis of the Genome of Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)

(2013) M. Yagi et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality

(2013) D. F. Simola et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Encapsulation of the Most Potent Antioxidant Betalains in Edible Matrixes as Powders of Different Colors

(2013) Fernando Gandía-Herrero et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

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

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

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

(2013) Juliane C. Dohm et al.   NATURE

Architecture and evolution of a minute plant genome

(2013) Enrique Ibarra-Laclette et al.   NATURE

De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

(2013) Brian J Haas et al.   Nature Protocols

iPfam: a database of protein family and domain interactions found in the Protein Data Bank

(2013) Robert D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Draft genome of the kiwifruit Actinidia chinensis

(2013) Shengxiong Huang et al.   Nature Communications

Betalain production is possible in anthocyanin-producing plant species given the presence of DOPA-dioxygenase and L-DOPA

(2012) Nilangani N Harris et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Beetroot juice protects against N-nitrosodiethylamine-induced liver injury in rats

(2012) Violetta Krajka-Kuźniak et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Pigment identification, nutritional composition, bioactivity, and in vitro cancer cell cytotoxicity of Rivina humilis L. berries, potential source of betalains

(2012) Mohammad Imtiyaj Khan et al.   LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

(2012)   NATURE

The beet R locus encodes a new cytochrome P450 required for red betalain production

(2012) Gregory J Hatlestad et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Characterization of recombinant Beta vulgaris 4,5-DOPA-extradiol-dioxygenase active in the biosynthesis of betalains

(2012) Fernando Gandía-Herrero et al.   PLANTA

Faster Smith-Waterman database searches with inter-sequence SIMD parallelisation

(2011) Torbjørn Rognes   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Complex pigment evolution in the Caryophyllales

(2011) Samuel F. Brockington et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phytozome: a comparative platform for green plant genomics

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

Palaeohexaploid ancestry for Caryophyllales inferred from extensive gene-based physical and genetic mapping of the sugar beet genome (Beta vulgaris)

(2011) Juliane C. Dohm et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

SATé-II: Very Fast and Accurate Simultaneous Estimation of Multiple Sequence Alignments and Phylogenetic Trees

(2011) Kevin Liu et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Diversification of P450 Genes During Land Plant Evolution

(2010) Masaharu Mizutani et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

(2010) Morgan N. Price et al.   PLoS One

An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III

(2009)   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Radioprotective activity of betalains from red beets in mice exposed to gamma irradiation

(2009) Xiaoling Lu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Phylogeny of the Caryophyllales Sensu Lato: Revisiting Hypotheses on Pollination Biology and Perianth Differentiation in the Core Caryophyllales

(2009) Samuel F. Brockington et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Novel Venom Proteins Produced by Differential Domain-Expression Strategies in Beaded Lizards and Gila Monsters (genus Heloderma)

(2009) B. G. Fry et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Detection of DOPA 4,5-Dioxygenase (DOD) Activity Using Recombinant Protein Prepared from Escherichia coli Cells Harboring cDNA Encoding DOD from Mirabilis jalapa

(2009) N. Sasaki et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

More than just orphans: are taxonomically-restricted genes important in evolution?

(2009) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Phyutility: a phyloinformatics tool for trees, alignments and molecular data

(2008) S. A. Smith et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Biosynthesis of plant pigments: anthocyanins, betalains and carotenoids

(2008) Yoshikazu Tanaka et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

A Novel Gene Family Controls Species-Specific Morphological Traits in Hydra

(2008) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY