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Transgenic approaches to crop improvement by Dunwell, Jim M.

“…Transgenic crops are now grown commercially on several million hectares, principally in North America. To date, the predominant crops are maize (corn),…”
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genetic linkage map of an apple rootstock progeny anchored to the Malus genome sequence by Fernández-Fernández, F, Antanaviciute, L, van Dyk, M. M, Tobutt, K. R, Evans, K. M, Rees, D. J. G, Dunwell, J. M, Sargent, D. J

“…An apple rootstock progeny raised from the cross between the very dwarfing ‘M.27’ and the more vigorous ‘M.116’ (‘M.M.106’ × ‘M.27’) was used for the…”
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Microbial Relatives of the Seed Storage Proteins of Higher Plants: Conservation of Structure and Diversification of Function during Evolution of the Cupin Superfamily by DUNWELL, J. M, KHURI, S, GANE, P. J

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Germin, a protein marker of early plant development, is an oxalate oxidase by Lane, B.G, Dunwell, J.M, Ray, J.A, Schmitt, M.R, Cuming, A.C

“…Germin is a homopentameric glycoprotein, the synthesis of which coincides with the onset of growth in germinating wheat embryos. There have been detailed…”
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Cupins: A New Superfamily of Functionally Diverse Proteins that Include Germins and Plant Storage Proteins by Dunwell, Jim M.

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Land plants and DNA barcodes: short-term and long-term goals by Chase, Mark W, Salamin, Nicolas, Wilkinson, Mike, Dunwell, James M, Kesanakurthi, Rao Prasad, Haidar, Nadia, Savolainen, Vincent

“…Land plants have had the reputation of being problematic for DNA barcoding for two general reasons: (i) the standard DNA regions used in algae, animals and…”
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Cupins: the most functionally diverse protein superfamily? by Dunwell, J.M, Purvis, A, Khuri, S

“…The cupin superfamily of proteins, named on the basis of a conserved beta-barrel fold ('cupa' is the Latin term for a small barrel), was originally discovered…”
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Morphogenesis and regeneration from stomatal guard cell complexes of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) by NOBRE, J, KEITH, D. J, DUNWELL, J. M

“…The development of a regeneration system from cotton stomatal guard cells directly on epidermal strips is described. The most important factors affecting…”
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Evolution of functional diversity in the cupin superfamily by Dunwell, Jim M, Culham, Alastair, Carter, Carol E, Sosa-Aguirre, Carlos R, Goodenough, Peter W

“…The cupin superfamily of proteins is among the most functionally diverse of any described to date. It was named on the basis of the conserved β-barrel fold (‘…”
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A high efficiency technique for the generation of transgenic sugar beets from stomatal guard cells by Hall, Robert D, Riksen-Bruinsma, Tjitske, Weyens, Guy J, Rosquin, Inge J, Denys, Pascale N, Evans, Ian J, Lathouwers, Jean E, Lefèbvre, Marc P, Dun well, Jim M, Tunen, Arjen van, Krens, Frans A

“…An optimized protocol has been developed for the efficient and rapid genetic modification of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). A polyethylene glycol-mediated DNA…”
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Novel food products from genetically modified crop plants: methods and future prospects by Dunwell, Jim M.

“…Summary Using a variety of in vitro techniques, it is now possible to isolate a selected gene sequence from any source and introduce it into any major crop…”
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Germin is a manganese containing homohexamer with oxalate oxidase and superoxide dismutase activities by Dunwell, Jim M, Pickersgill, Richard W, Woo, Eui-Jeon, Goodenough, Peter W, Marvier, Allison C

“…Germin is a hydrogen peroxide generating oxalate oxidase with extreme thermal stability; it is involved in the defense against biotic and abiotic stress in…”
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Phylogeny, function, and evolution of the cupins, a structurally conserved, functionally diverse superfamily of proteins by Khuri, S, Bakker, F T, Dunwell, J M

“…The cupin superfamily is a group of functionally diverse proteins that are found in all three kingdoms of life, Archaea, Eubacteria, and Eukaryota. These…”
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A Study of Gene Dispersal Via Pollen in Nicotiana tabacum Using Introduced Genetic Markers by Paul, E. M., Capiau, K., Jacobs, M., Dunwell, J. M.

“…1. Agrobacterium tumefaciens was used to introduce two marker genes (kanamycin resistance and β glucuronidase) into tobacco. 2. These plants were grown in a…”
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Degradation of oxalic acid by transgenic oilseed rape plants expressing oxalate oxidase by Thompson, C. (Zeneca Seeds, Bracknell, Berks. (United Kingdom). Dept. of Plant Biotechnology), Dunwell, J.M, Johnstone, C.E, Lay, V, Ray, J, Schmitt, M, Watson, H, Nisbet, G

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Anther culture of Hordeum vulgare L.: a genetic study of microspore callus production and differentiation by DUNWELL, J. M, FRANCIS, R. J, POWELL, W

“…The inheritance of the ability of barley anthers to produce microspore-derived callus in vitro was investigated. The genotypes selected were the two spring…”
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Patents and transgenic plants by DUNWELL, J. M

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Future prospects for transgenic crops by Dunwell, J M

“…Transgenic (genetically modified) crops are grown at present on more than 40 million hectares in 13 countries around the world. These `first generation'…”
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Stomatal guard cells are totipotent by Hall, R.D. (DLO-Center for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.), Riksen-Bruinsma, T, Weyens, G, Lefebvre, M, Dunwell, J.M, Krens, F.A

“…It has been successfully demonstrated, using epidermis explants of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), that stomatal guard cells retain full totipotent capacity…”
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Field performance of derived generations of transgenic tobacco by CALIGARI, P. D. S, YAPABANDARA, Y. M. H. B, PAUL, E. M, PERRET, J, ROGER, P, DUNWELL, J. M

“…Two inbred cultivars of Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco). 'Samsun' and 'Xanthi', were transformed with the plasmid pBI 121 using Bin 19 in Agrobacterium…”
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