Sentences with phrase «in plant development»
This approach takes advantage of the recently discovered powerful molecules known as small RNA, which play a role in plant development and resistance to stress.
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Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have exposed one such interloper by characterizing the unique biochemical pathway it uses to synthesize auxin, a central hormone in plant development.
By isolating a key gene in the remaining plants, scientists found the receptor that aids in plant development and helps repair a plant during major events.
A team of plant geneticists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has identified a protein receptor on stem cells involved in plant development that can issue different instructions about how to grow depending on what peptide (protein fragment) activates it.
In this week's issue of Nature, the Yanofsky team reports the discovery of two weakened SHATTERPROOF genes in Arabidopsis thaliana, a tiny flowering weed geneticists study to isolate genes important in plant development.
2005 — Bob Buchanan — for his major discoveries regarding the regulation of CO2 fixation and the roles of the thioredoxin system in plant development
Our lab exploits leaf and embryo mutants of maize, Arabidopsis and tomato as the foundation in comparative studies of these fundamental processes in plant development.
She stayed involved in research while taking biochemistry classes, completing a summer project on epigenetics in plant development.
Because appropriately timed availability of phosphorus is so essential in plant development, special enzymes called phytases have evolved to help assure proper release of phosphorus from this special storage form.
The scientists noticed that one such molecule, called MIR168a — which is abundant in rice and plays a role in plant development — paired up with a piece of human RNA that helps remove «bad» LDL cholesterol from the bloodstream.
Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis characterized the unique biochemical pathway one plant pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae, uses to synthesize auxin, a central hormone in plant development.