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The glycosyltransferase repertoire of the spikemoss Selaginella moellendorffii and a comparative study of its cell wall by Harholt, Jesper, Sørensen, Iben, Fangel, Jonatan, Roberts, Alison, Willats, William G T, Scheller, Henrik Vibe, Petersen, Bent Larsen, Banks, Jo Ann, Ulvskov, Peter

“…Spike mosses are among the most basal vascular plants, and one species, Selaginella moellendorffii, was recently selected for full genome sequencing by the…”
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Selaginella and 400 Million Years of Separation by Banks, Jo Ann

“…Selaginella (spikemoss) is an enigma in the plant kingdom. Although a fascination to botanists at the turn of the twentieth century, members of this genus are…”
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The evolution of the shoot apical meristem from a gene expression perspective by Banks, Jo Ann

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Vacuolar Arsenite Transporter Necessary for Arsenic Tolerance in the Arsenic Hyperaccumulating Fern Pteris vittata Is Missing in Flowering Plants by Indriolo, Emily, Na, GunNam, Ellis, Danielle, Salt, David E, Banks, Jo Ann

“…The fern Pteris vittata tolerates and hyperaccumulates exceptionally high levels of the toxic metalloid arsenic, and this trait appears unique to the…”
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Three Genes Define a Bacterial-Like Arsenic Tolerance Mechanism in the Arsenic Hyperaccumulating Fern Pteris vittata by Cai, Chao, Lanman, Nadia A., Withers, Kelley A., DeLeon, Alyssa M., Wu, Qiong, Gribskov, Michael, Salt, David E., Banks, Jo Ann

“…Arsenic is a carcinogenic contaminant of water and food and a growing threat to human health in many regions of the world. This study focuses on the fern…”
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Dissecting the components controlling root-to-shoot arsenic translocation in Arabidopsis thaliana by Wang, Chengcheng, Na, GunNam, Bermejo, Eduardo Sanchez, Chen, Yi, Banks, Jo Ann, Salt, David E., Zhao, Fang‐Jie

“…Arsenic (As) is an important environmental and food-chain toxin. We investigated the key components controlling As accumulation and tolerance in Arabidopsis…”
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Abscisic acid controlled sex before transpiration in vascular plants by McAdam, Scott A. M., Brodribb, Timothy J., Banks, Jo Ann, Hedrich, Rainer, Atallah, Nadia M., Cai, Chao, Geringer, Michael A., Lind, Christof, Nichols, David S., Stachowski, Kye, Geiger, Dietmar, Sussmilch, Frances C.

“…Sexual reproduction in animals and plants shares common elements, including sperm and egg production, but unlike animals, little is known about the regulatory…”
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Construction of a bacterial artificial chromosome library from the spikemoss Selaginella moellendorffii: a new resource for plant comparative genomics by Wang, Wenming, Tanurdzic, Milos, Luo, Meizhong, Sisneros, Nicholas, Kim, Hye Ran, Weng, Jing-Ke, Kudrna, Dave, Mueller, Christopher, Arumuganathan, K, Carlson, John, Chapple, Clint, de Pamphilis, Claude, Mandoli, Dina, Tomkins, Jeff, Wing, Rod A, Banks, Jo Ann

“…The lycophytes are an ancient lineage of vascular plants that diverged from the seed plant lineage about 400 Myr ago. Although the lycophytes occupy an…”
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Novel Arsenate Reductase from the Arsenic Hyperaccumulating Fern Pteris vittata by Ellis, Danielle R, Gumaelius, Luke, Indriolo, Emily, Pickering, Ingrid J, Banks, Jo Ann, Salt, David E

“…Pteris vittata sporophytes hyperaccumulate arsenic to 1% to 2% of their dry weight. Like the sporophyte, the gametophyte was found to reduce arsenate [As(V)]…”
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Sex Determination in Ceratopteris richardii Is Accompanied by Transcriptome Changes That Drive Epigenetic Reprogramming of the Young Gametophyte by Atallah, Nadia M, Vitek, Olga, Gaiti, Federico, Tanurdzic, Milos, Banks, Jo Ann

“…The fern is an important model for studies of sex determination and gamete differentiation in homosporous plants. Here we use RNA-seq to assemble a…”
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Localizing the Biochemical Transformations of Arsenate in a Hyperaccumulating Fern by Pickering, Ingrid J, Gumaelius, Luke, Harris, Hugh H, Prince, Roger C, Hirsch, Gregory, Banks, Jo Ann, Salt, David E, George, Graham N

“…The fern Pteris vittata accumulates unusually high levels of arsenic. Using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and XAS imaging, we reveal the distribution of…”
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GAMETOPHYTE DEVELOPMENT IN FERNS by Banks, Jo Ann

“…The fern gametophyte has interested plant biologists for the past century because its structure and development is simple and amenable to investigation. Past…”
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Deciding among green plants for whole genome studies by Pryer, Kathleen M, Schneider, Harald, Zimmer, Elizabeth A, Ann Banks, Jo

“…Recent comparative DNA-sequencing studies of chloroplast, mitochondrial and ribosomal genes have produced an evolutionary tree relating the diversity of…”
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Characterization of MADS homeotic genes in the fern Ceratopteris richardii by Hasebe, M. (National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan.), Wen, C.K, Kato, M, Banks, J.A

“…The MADS genes encode a family of transcription factors, some of which control the identities of floral organs in flowering plants. To understand the role of…”
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Sex determination in plants by Juarez, Cristina, Ann Banks, Jo

“…Sex determination is an important developmental event in thelife cycle of all sexually reproducing plants. Recent studies of sex determination in many plant…”
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Fern genomes finally here by Banks, Jo Ann

“…The reference genomes of two fern species shed light on fern genome evolution and fern-cyanobacterial symbiosis, paving the way for understanding the unique…”
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Cell growth dynamics in two types of apical meristems in fern gametophytes by Wu, Xiao, Yan, An, Yang, Xi, Banks, Jo Ann, Zhang, Shaoling, Zhou, Yun

“…SUMMARY In contrast to seed plants, the gametophytes of seed‐free plants develop pluripotent meristems, which promote and sustain their independent growth and…”
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Parallels in lignin biosynthesis: a study in Selaginella moellendorffii reveals convergence across 400 million years of evolution by Weng, Jing-Ke, Banks, Jo Ann, Chappel, Clint

“…A hallmark of vascular plants is the development of a complex water-conducting system, which is physically reinforced by the heterogeneous aromatic polymer…”
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Conservation and diversification of HAIRY MERISTEM gene family in land plants by Geng, Yuan, Guo, Lei, Han, Han, Liu, Xing, Banks, Jo Ann, Wisecaver, Jennifer H., Zhou, Yun

“…SUMMARY The shoot apical meristems (SAMs) of land plants are crucial for plant growth and organ formation. In several angiosperms, the HAIRY MERISTEM (HAM)…”
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Timing of meristem initiation and maintenance determines the morphology of fern gametophytes by Wu, Xiao, Yan, An, McAdam, Scott A M, Banks, Jo Ann, Zhang, Shaoling, Zhou, Yun

“…Abstract The alternation of generations in land plants occurs between the sporophyte phase and the gametophyte phase. The sporophytes of seed plants develop…”
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