Search Results - "Finnegan, E J"

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate by Nicotra, A.B., Atkin, O.K., Bonser, S.P., Davidson, A.M., Finnegan, E.J., Mathesius, U., Poot, P., Purugganan, M.D., Richards, C.L., Valladares, F., van Kleunen, M.

“…Climate change is altering the availability of resources and the conditions that are crucial to plant performance. One way plants will respond to these changes…”
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Season-Long Variation in Expression of Cry1Ac Gene and Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin in Transgenic Cotton Against Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Olsen, K. M., Daly, J. C., Holt, H. E., Finnegan, E. J.

“…The insertion of genes encoding insecticidal Cry1A δ-endotoxins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner variety kurstaki (Bt) into varieties of…”
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DNA methylation in plants by Finnegan, E.J. (Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.), Genger, R.K, Peacock, W.J, Dennis, E.S

“…Methylation of cytosine residues in DNA provides a mechanism of gene control. There are two classes of methyltransferase in Arabidopsis; one has a…”
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Plant DNA methyltransferases by Finnegan, E J, Kovac, K A

“…DNA methylation is an important modification of DNA that plays a role in genome management and in regulating gene expression during development. Methylation is…”
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The L6 gene for flax rust resistance is related to the Arabidopsis bacterial resistance gene RPS2 and the tobacco viral resistance gene N by Lawrence, G.J. (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, ACT, Australia.), Finnegan, E.J, Ayliffe, M.A, Ellis, J.G

“…The L6 rust resistance gene from flax was cloned after tagging with the maize transportable element Activator. The gene is predicted to encode two products of…”
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DNA methylation and the promotion of flowering by vernalization by Finnegan, E.J. (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT, Australia.), Genger, R.K, Kovac, K, Peacock, W.J, Dennis, E.S

“…We have tested the hypothesis that the promotion of flowering by prolonged exposure to low temperatures (vernalization) is mediated by DNA demethylation [Burn,…”
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Reduced DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana results in abnormal plant development by Finnegan, E.J. (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, ACT, Australia.), Peacock, W.J, Dennis, E.S

“…Arabidopsis plants transformed with an antisense construct of an Arabidopsis methyltransferase cDNA (METI) have reduced cytosine methylation in CG…”
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Changes in Cry1Ac Bt Transgenic Cotton in Response to Two Environmental Factors: Temperature and Insect Damage by Olsen, K. M., Daly, J. C., Finnegan, E. J., Mahon, R. J.

“…The efficacy of Cry1Ac Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton plants against field populations of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) has been inconsistent over the…”
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Inactivation of the flax rust resistance gene M associated with loss of a repeated unit within the leucine-rich repeat coding region by Anderson, P.A. (Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, S.A., Australia.), Lawrence, G.J, Morrish, B.C, Ayliffe, M.A, Finnegan, E.J, Ellis, J.G

“…The M rust resistance gene from flax was cloned after two separate approaches, an analysis of spontaneous M mutants with an L6 gene-derived DNA probe and…”
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Isolation and identification by sequence homology of a putative cytosine methyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana by Finnegan, E.J, Dennis, E.S

“…A plant cytosine methyltransferase cDNA was isolated using degenerate oligonucleotides, based on homology between prokaryote and mouse methyltransferases, and…”
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Analysis of alternative transcripts of the flax L6 rust resistance gene by Ayliffe, Michael A., Frost, Donna V., Finnegan, E. Jean, Lawrence, Gregory J., Anderson, Peter A., Ellis, Jeffery G.

“…Summary The L6 rust resistance gene from flax generates at least four transcript classes by alternative splicing of the third intron. The most abundant…”
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Contrasting complexity of two rust resistance loci in flax by Ellis, J.G. (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia.), Lawrence, G.J, Finnegan, E.J, Anderson, P.A

“…DNA probes from the L6 rust resistance gene of flax (Linum usitatissimum) hybridize to resistance genes at the unlinked M locus, indicating sequence…”
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The small RNA world by Finnegan, E Jean, Matzke, Marjori A

“…Small RNAs have burst on the scene as ubiquitous, versatile repressors of gene expression in plants, animals and many fungi. These tiny RNAs ( similar to 21-26…”
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The Molecular Basis of Vernalization: The Central Role of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) by Sheldon, Candice C., Rouse, Dean T., Finnegan, E. Jean, Peacock, W. James, Dennis, Elizabeth S.

“…In Arabidopsis, the MADS-box protein encoded by FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) is a repressor of flowering. Vernalization, which promotes flowering in the…”
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Epialleles — a source of random variation in times of stress by Finnegan, E.Jean

“…With the advent of biotechnology, epigenetics has gained in respectability. Recently, focus has moved away from the problems caused by the epigenetic silencing…”
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DNA methylation, a key regulator of plant development and other processes by Finnegan, E Jean, Peacock, W James, Dennis, Elizabeth S

“…Recent research has demonstrated that DNA methylation plays an integral role in regulating the timing of flowering and in endosperm development. The…”
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Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing Is Not Compromised in the Arabidopsis CARPEL FACTORY (DICER-LIKE1) Mutant, a Homolog of Dicer-1 from Drosophila by Finnegan, E.Jean, Margis, Rogerio, Waterhouse, Peter M

“…Posttranscriptional silencing (PTGS) in plants, nematodes, Drosophila, and perhaps all eukaryotes operates by sequence-specific degradation or translational…”
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A flax transposon identified in two spontaneous mutant alleles of the L6 rust resistance gene by Luck, Joanne E., Lawrence, Greg J., Finnegan, E. Jean, Jones, David A., Ellis, Jeff G.

“…Summary Two spontaneous mutant alleles of the L6 flax rust resistance gene, l6‐X3A and l6‐X117 , contain the same transposable element designated dLute…”
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The FLX Gene of Arabidopsis is Required for FRI-Dependent Activation of FLC Expression by Andersson, Carol R., Helliwell, Chris A., Bagnall, David J., Hughes, Trijntje P., Finnegan, E. Jean, Peacock, W. James, Dennis, Elizabeth S.

“…The Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) gene encodes a MADS box protein that acts as a dose-dependent repressor of flowering. Mutants and ecotypes with…”
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Ectopic hypermethylation of flower-specific genes in Arabidopsis by Jacobsen, S E, Sakai, H, Finnegan, E J, Cao, X, Meyerowitz, E M

“…Arabidopsis mutations causing genome-wide hypomethylation are viable but display a number of specific developmental abnormalities, including some that resemble…”
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