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Engineering crassulacean acid metabolism to improve water-use efficiency by Borland, Anne M., Hartwell, James, Weston, David J., Schlauch, Karen A., Tschaplinski, Timothy J., Tuskan, Gerald A., Yang, Xiaohan, Cushman, John C.

“…•CAM species exhibit high WUE.•Introduction of CAM into crops should enhance WUE and improve carbon balance.•Genome and transcriptome sequencing of diverse…”
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Water deficit alters differentially metabolic pathways affecting important flavor and quality traits in grape berries of Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay by Deluc, Laurent G, Quilici, David R, Decendit, Alain, Grimplet, Jérôme, Wheatley, Matthew D, Schlauch, Karen A, Mérillon, Jean-Michel, Cushman, John C, Cramer, Grant R

“…Water deficit has significant effects on grape berry composition resulting in improved wine quality by the enhancement of color, flavors, or aromas. While some…”
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Exploring the Relationship between Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) and Mineral Nutrition with a Special Focus on Nitrogen by Pereira, Paula Natália, Cushman, John C

“…Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is characterized by nocturnal CO uptake and concentration, reduced photorespiration, and increased water-use efficiency…”
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Sister Group Contrast Using Untargeted Global Metabolomic Analysis Delineates the Biochemical Regulation Underlying Desiccation Tolerance in Sporobolus stapfianus by Oliver, Melvin J, Guo, Lining, Alexander, Danny C, Ryals, John A, Wone, Bernard W.M, Cushman, John C

“…Understanding how plants tolerate dehydration is a prerequisite for developing novel strategies for improving drought tolerance. The desiccation-tolerant (DT)…”
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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism and Epiphytism Linked to Adaptive Radiations in the Orchidaceae by Silvera, Katia, Santiago, Louis S, Cushman, John C, Winter, Klaus

“…Species of the large family Orchidaceae display a spectacular array of adaptations and rapid speciations that are linked to several innovative features,…”
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Five‐year field trial of the biomass productivity and water input response of cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) as a bioenergy feedstock for arid lands by Neupane, Dhurba, Mayer, Jesse A., Niechayev, Nicholas A., Bishop, Carol D., Cushman, John C.

“…Climate‐resilient and highly water‐use efficient crops are needed to meet the future food, feed, fiber, and fuel demands of a growing human population. Cactus…”
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Orchestration of carbohydrate processing for crassulacean acid metabolism by Borland, Anne M, Guo, Hao-Bo, Yang, Xiaohan, Cushman, John C

“…•Chloroplast transporters regulate partitioning of carbohydrate between CAM and growth.•The route of starch degradation is a key point of divergence between C3…”
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Realizing the Potential of Camelina sativa as a Bioenergy Crop for a Changing Global Climate by Neupane, Dhurba, Lohaus, Richard H, Solomon, Juan K Q, Cushman, John C

“…Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz. is an annual oilseed crop within the Brassicaceae family. C. sativa has been grown since as early as 4000 BCE. In recent years, C…”
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Editorial: Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology in Relation to Drought Tolerance or Avoidance in Plants by Yang, Xiaohan, Cushman, John C, Borland, Anne M, Liu, Qingchang

“…Drought stress has been a long-time limitation to crop production that is being exacerbated by climate change and associated reductions in the availability of…”
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Membrane Profiling by Free Flow Electrophoresis and SWATH-MS to Characterize Subcellular Compartment Proteomes in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum by Guo, Qi, Liu, Lei, Yim, Won C., Cushman, John C., Barkla, Bronwyn J.

“…The study of subcellular membrane structure and function facilitates investigations into how biological processes are divided within the cell. However, work in…”
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Metabolomic Profiling in Selaginella lepidophylla at Various Hydration States Provides New Insights into the Mechanistic Basis of Desiccation Tolerance by Yobi, Abou, Wone, Bernard W.M., Xu, Wenxin, Alexander, Danny C., Guo, Lining, Ryals, John A., Oliver, Melvin J., Cushman, John C.

“…Selaginella lepidophylla is one of only a few species of spike mosses （Selaginellaceae） that have evolved des-iccation tolerance （DT） or the ability to…”
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Transcriptomic and metabolite analyses of Cabernet Sauvignon grape berry development by Deluc, Laurent G, Grimplet, Jérôme, Wheatley, Matthew D, Tillett, Richard L, Quilici, David R, Osborne, Craig, Schooley, David A, Schlauch, Karen A, Cushman, John C, Cramer, Grant R

“…Grape berry development is a dynamic process that involves a complex series of molecular genetic and biochemical changes divided into three major phases…”
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Ion accumulation and expression of ion homeostasis-related genes associated with halophilism, NaCl-promoted growth in a halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L by Tran, Dan Q., Konishi, Ayako, Cushman, John C., Morokuma, Masahiro, Toyota, Masanori, Agarie, Sakae

“…A halophyte, the common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.), shows the maximal growth under salinity, in which almost all crops die. The…”
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Sporobolus stapfianus: Insights into desiccation tolerance in the resurrection grasses from linking transcriptomics to metabolomics by Yobi, Abou, Schlauch, Karen A, Tillett, Richard L, Yim, Won C, Espinoza, Catherine, Wone, Bernard W M, Cushman, John C, Oliver, Melvin J

“…Understanding the response of resurrection angiosperms to dehydration and rehydration is critical for deciphering the mechanisms of how plants cope with the…”
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Tissue-specific mRNA expression profiling in grape berry tissues by Grimplet, Jerome, Deluc, Laurent G, Tillett, Richard L, Wheatley, Matthew D, Schlauch, Karen A, Cramer, Grant R, Cushman, John C

“…Berries of grape (Vitis vinifera) contain three major tissue types (skin, pulp and seed) all of which contribute to the aroma, color, and flavor characters of…”
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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Abiotic Stress-Responsive Transcription Factors: a Potential Genetic Engineering Approach for Improving Crop Tolerance to Abiotic Stress by Amin, Atia B, Rathnayake, Kumudu N, Yim, Won C, Garcia, Travis M, Wone, Beate, Cushman, John C, Wone, Bernard W M

“…This perspective paper explores the utilization of abiotic stress-responsive transcription factors (TFs) from crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants to…”
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An Agrobacterium-mediated transformation via organogenesis regeneration of a facultative CAM plant, the common ice plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L by Agarie, Sakae, Umemoto, Makiko, Sunagawa, Haruki, Anai, Toyoaki, Cushman, John C.

“…The common ice plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. provides a useful model for the study of environmentally induced photosynthetic conversion and abiotic…”
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Annotating Genes of Known and Unknown Function by Large-Scale Coexpression Analysis by Horan, Kevin, Jang, Charles, Bailey-Serres, Julia, Mittler, Ron, Shelton, Christian, Harper, Jeff F, Zhu, Jian-Kang, Cushman, John C, Gollery, Martin, Girke, Thomas

“…About 40% of the proteins encoded in eukaryotic genomes are proteins of unknown function (PUFs). Their functional characterization remains one of the main…”
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Proteomic and selected metabolite analysis of grape berry tissues under well-watered and water-deficit stress conditions by Grimplet, Jérôme, Wheatley, Matthew D, Jouira, Hatem Ben, Deluc, Laurent G, Cramer, Grant R, Cushman, John C

“…In order to investigate the unique contribution of individual wine grape (Vitis vinifera) berry tissues and water-deficit to wine quality traits, a survey of…”
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Tolerance of Mannitol-Accumulating Transgenic Wheat to Water Stress and Salinity by Tilahun Abebe, Arron C. Guenzi, Martin, Bjorn, Cushman, John C.

“…Previous work with model transgenic plants has demonstrated that cellular accumulation of mannitol can alleviate abiotic stress. Here, we show that ectopic…”
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