Search Results - "Bowles, D J"

Ethylene as a signal mediating the wound response of tomato plants by O'Donnell, P.J. (University of York, York.), Calvert, C, Atzorn, R, Wasternack, C, Leyser, H.M.O, Bowles, D.J

“…Plants respond to physical injury, such as that caused by foraging insects, by synthesizing proteins that function in general defense and tissue repair. In…”
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Defense-Related Proteins in Higher Plants by Bowles, D J

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Electrical signalling and systemic proteinase inhibitor induction in the wounded plant by Wildon, D. C, Thain, J. F, Minchin, P. E. H, Gubb, I. R, Reilly, A. J, Skipper, Y. D, Doherty, H. M, O'Donnell, P. J, Bowles, D. J

“…Experiments to distinguish between a phloem-transmissible chemical signal and a physically propagated signal based on electrical activity in wounded plants are…”
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Fusicoccin, 14-3-3 Proteins, and Defense Responses in Tomato Plants by Roberts, Michael R., Bowles, Dianna J.

“…Fusicoccin (FC) is a fungal toxin that activates the plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase by binding with 14-3-3 proteins, causing membrane hyperpolarization. Here…”
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Short chain oligogalacturonides induce ethylene production and expression of the gene encoding aminocyclopropane 1-carboxylic acid oxidase in tomato plants by Simpson, S.D., Ashford, D.A., Harvey, D.J., Bowles, D.J.

“…Oligogalacturonic acids (OGAs), derived from plant cell wall pectin, have been implicated in a number of signal transduction pathways involved in growth,…”
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Coexpression of neighboring genes in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana by Williams, Elizabeth J B, Bowles, Dianna J

“…Large-scale analyses of expression data of eukaryotic organisms are now becoming increasingly routine. The data sets are revealing interesting and novel…”
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A novel tomato gene that rapidly responds to wound‐ and pathogen‐related signals by O'Donnell, Philip J., Truesdale, Mark R., Calvert, Caroline M., Dorans, Alison, Roberts, Michael R., Bowles, Dianna J.

“…Summary The expression of a novel defence‐related gene from tomato which responds rapidly to wound‐ and pathogen‐related signals has been characterised. The…”
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Higher plant glycosyltransferases by Ross, J, Li, Y, Lim, E, Bowles, D J

“…Uridine diphosphate (UDP) glycosyltransferases (UGTs) mediate the transfer of glycosyl residues from activated nucleotide sugars to acceptor molecules…”
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Phylogenetic Analysis of the UDP-glycosyltransferase Multigene Family of Arabidopsis thaliana by Li, Y, Baldauf, S, Lim, E K, Bowles, D J

“…A class of UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) defined by the presence of a C-terminal consensus sequence is found throughout the plant and animal kingdoms…”
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Tomato annexins p34 and p35 bind to F-actin and display nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity inhibited by phospholipid binding by Calvert, C.M. (University of York, York, UK.), Gant, S.J, Bowles, D.J

“…Annexins are a family of proteins found in a range of eukaryotic cell types. They share a characteristic amino acid sequence and a Ca2(+)-dependent affinity…”
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Distribution and Characterization of Recrystallization Inhibitor Activity in Plant and Lichen Species from the UK and Maritime Antarctic by Doucet, Charlotte J., Byass, Louise, Elias, Luisa, Worrall, Dawn, Smallwood, Maggie, Bowles, Dianna J.

“…Extracts from a range of evolutionarily diverse plant and lichen species from the UK and maritime Antarctic have been assayed for inhibition of ice…”
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The activity of Arabidopsis glycosyltransferases toward salicylic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and other benzoates by Lim, Eng-Kiat, Doucet, Charlotte J, Li, Yi, Elias, Luisa, Worrall, Dawn, Spencer, Steven P, Ross, Joe, Bowles, Dianna J

“…Benzoates are a class of natural products containing compounds of industrial and strategic importance. In plants, the compounds exist in free form and as…”
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Posttranslational Processing of Concanavalin a Precursors in Jackbean Cotyledons by Bowles, Dianna J., Marcus, Susan E., Darryl J. C. Pappin, John B. C. Findlay, Eliopoulos, Elias, Maycox, Peter R., Burgess, Jeremy

“…Metabolic labeling of immature jackbean cotyledons with14C-amino acids was used to determine the processing steps involved in the assembly of concanavalin A…”
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Identification and biochemical characterization of an Arabidopsis indole-3-acetic acid glucosyltransferase by Jackson, R G, Lim, E K, Li, Y, Kowalczyk, M, Sandberg, G, Hoggett, J, Ashford, D A, Bowles, D J

“…Biochemical characterization of recombinant gene products following a phylogenetic analysis of the UDP-glucosyltransferase (UGT) multigene family of…”
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glycoprotein precursor of concanavalin A is converted to an active lectin by deglycosylation by Sheldon, P.S, Bowles, D.J

“…We have previously shown that concanavalin A is synthesized as a glycoprotein precursor that is unable to bind to sugars and is processed through six…”
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Identification of Glucosyltransferase Genes Involved in Sinapate Metabolism and Lignin Synthesis in Arabidopsis by Lim, Eng-Kiat, Li, Yi, Parr, Adrian, Jackson, Ros, Ashford, David A., Bowles, Dianna J.

“…Sinapic acid is a major phenylpropanoid in Brassicaceae providing intermediates in two distinct metabolic pathways leading to sinapoyl esters and lignin…”
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Over‐expression of an Arabidopsis gene encoding a glucosyltransferase of indole‐3‐acetic acid: phenotypic characterisation of transgenic lines by Jackson, Rosamond G., Kowalczyk, Mariusz, Li, Yi, Higgins, Gillian, Ross, Joe, Sandberg, Göran, Bowles, Dianna J.

“…Summary An analysis of the multigene family of Group 1 glucosyltransferases (UGTs) of Arabidopsis thaliana revealed a gene, UGT84B1, whose recombinant product…”
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Differential regulation of a glucosyl transferase gene homologue during defence responses in tobacco by Roberts, Michael R., Warner, Simon A.J., Darby, Robert, Lim, Eng-Kiat, Draper, John, Bowles, Dianna J.

“…The regulation of a glucosyl transferase homologue which is rapidly induced during defence responses in tobacco was investigated. Expression of the gene is…”
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Resolution of (+)-abscisic acid using an Arabidopsis glycosyltransferase by Lim, Eng-Kiat, Doucet, Charlotte J., Hou, Bingkai, Jackson, Rosamond G., Abrams, Suzanne R., Bowles, Dianna J.

“…[Display omitted] Abscisic acid (ABA) can exist as two enantiomers, with (+)-ABA as the naturally occurring form. Typically, both enantiomers occur in chemical…”
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The pattern of plant annexin gene expression by SMALLWOOD, M. F, GURR, S. J, MCPHERSON, M. J, ROBERTS, K, BOWLES, D. J

“…Peptide sequence data derived from a plant annexin, P34 [Smallwood, Keen & Bowles (1990) Biochem. J. 270, 157-161] was used to design amplimers for PCR. A…”
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