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The BABY BOOM Transcription Factor Activates the LEC1-ABI3-FUS3-LEC2 Network to Induce Somatic Embryogenesis by Horstman, Anneke, Li, Mengfan, Heidmann, Iris, Weemen, Mieke, Chen, Baojian, Muino, Jose M., Angenent, Gerco C., Boutilier, Kim

“…Somatic embryogenesis is an example of induced cellular totipotency, where embryos develop from vegetative cells rather than from gamete fusion. Somatic…”
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Impedance Flow Cytometry: A Novel Technique in Pollen Analysis by Heidmann, Iris, Schade-Kampmann, Grit, Lambalk, Joep, Ottiger, Marcel, Di Berardino, Marco

“…An efficient and reliable method to estimate plant cell viability, especially of pollen, is important for plant breeding research and plant production…”
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Impedance Flow Cytometry as a Tool to Analyze Microspore and Pollen Quality by Heidmann, Iris, Di Berardino, Marco

“…Analyzing pollen quality in an efficient and reliable manner is of great importance to the industries involved in seed and fruit production, plant breeding,…”
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Induction of epigenetic variation in Arabidopsis by over-expression of DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE1 (MET1) by Brocklehurst, Samuel, Watson, Michael, Carr, Ian M, Out, Suzan, Heidmann, Iris, Meyer, Peter

“…Epigenetic marks such as DNA methylation and histone modification can vary among plant accessions creating epi-alleles with different levels of expression…”
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Efficient sweet pepper transformation mediated by the BABY BOOM transcription factor by Heidmann, Iris, de Lange, Brenda, Lambalk, Joep, Angenent, Gerco C., Boutilier, Kim

“…Pepper ( Capsicum L.) is a nutritionally and economically important crop that is cultivated throughout the world as a vegetable, condiment, and food additive…”
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Heterologous expression of the BABY BOOM AP2/ERF transcription factor enhances the regeneration capacity of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) by Srinivasan, Chinnathambi, Liu, Zongrang, Heidmann, Iris, Supena, Ence Darmo Jaya, Fukuoka, Hiro, Joosen, Ronny, Lambalk, Joep, Angenent, Gerco, Scorza, Ralph, Custers, Jan B. M, Boutilier, Kim

“…Gain-of-function studies have shown that ectopic expression of the BABY BOOM (BBM) AP2/ERF domain transcription factor is sufficient to induce spontaneous…”
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Functional conservation and maintenance of expression pattern of FIDDLEHEAD-like genes in Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum by Efremova, N, Schreiber, L, Bar, S, Heidmann, I, Huijser, P, Wellesen, K, Schwarz-Sommer, Z, Saedler, H, Yephremov, A

“…In Arabidopsis, loss of function of the epidermis-specific FDH gene coding for a putative beta-ketoacyl-CoA synthase results in ectopic organ fusions in…”
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Auxin biosynthesis maintains embryo identity and growth during BABY BOOM-induced somatic embryogenesis by Li, Mengfan, Wrobel-Marek, Justyna, Heidmann, Iris, Horstman, Anneke, Chen, Baojian, Reis, Ricardo, Angenent, Gerco C, Boutilier, Kim

“…Somatic embryogenesis is a type of plant cell totipotency where embryos develop from nonreproductive (vegetative) cells without fertilization. Somatic…”
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The BABY BOOM Transcription Factor Activates the LEC1-ABI3-FUS3-LEC2 Network to Induce Somatic Embryogenesis1[OPEN] by Horstman, Anneke, Li, Mengfan, Heidmann, Iris, Weemen, Mieke, Chen, Baojian, Muino, Jose M., Angenent, Gerco C., Boutilier, Kim

“…BBM and other AIL transcription factors induce somatic embryogenesis in a dose- and context-dependent mechanism and through direct transcriptional regulation…”
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Pepper, sweet (Capsicum annuum) by Heidmann, Iris, Boutilier, Kim

“…Capsicum (pepper) species are economically important crops that are recalcitrant to genetic transformation by Agrobacterium (Agrobacterium tumefaciens). A…”
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TET3‐mediated demethylation in tomato activates expression of a CETS gene that stimulates vegetative growth by Hollwey, Elizabeth, Out, Suzan, Watson, Michael R., Heidmann, Iris, Meyer, Peter

“…Expression of the mammalian DNA demethylase enzyme TET3 in plants can be used to induce hypomethylation of DNA. In tomato lines that express a TET3 transgene,…”
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Applied and Fundamental Aspects of Baby Boom-Mediated Regeneration by Heidmann, Iris

“…Somatic embryogenesis is an efficient method to regenerate and propagate plants from somatic tissue. Somatic embryo formation is usually initiated under a…”
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TET 3‐ mediated demethylation in tomato activates expression of a CETS gene that stimulates vegetative growth by Hollwey, Elizabeth, Out, Suzan, Watson, Michael R., Heidmann, Iris, Meyer, Peter

“…Abstract Expression of the mammalian DNA demethylase enzyme TET 3 in plants can be used to induce hypomethylation of DNA . In tomato lines that express a TET 3…”
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Treatment with propionic and butyric acid enhances expression variegation and promoter methylation in plant transgenes by ten Lohuis, M, Galliano, H, Heidmann, I, Meyer, P

“…Two phenotypic marker genes (A1 and GUS) were employed to monitor the influence of small chain fatty acids on transgene expression in petunia and tobacco. In…”
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Differences in DNA‐methylation are associated with a paramutation phenomenon in transgenic petunia by Meyer, Peter, Heidmann, Iris, Niedenhof, Ingrid

“…The transgenic petunia line 17‐R contains one copy of the maize A1 gene which mediates brick‐red pelargonidin pigmentation of the flower. A white derivative,…”
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pollen-specific DEFH125 promoter from Antirrhinum is bound in vivo by the MADS-box proteins DEFICIENS and GLOBOSA by Lauri, A, Xing, S, Heidmann, I, Saedler, H, Zachgo, S

“…The Antirrhinum DEFH125 MADS-box protein is expressed in maturing pollen and thus likely participates in the regulation of pollen development. Here, we…”
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A new petunia flower colour generated by transformation of a mutant with a maize gene by Meyer, P, Heidmann, I, Forkmann, G, Saedler, H

“…Petunia hybrida is one of the classical subjects of investigation in plants in which the pathway of anthocyanin biosynthesis has been analysed genetically and…”
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A protocol for transformation and regeneration of Antirrhinum majus by Heidmann, Iris, Efremova, Nadia, Saedler, Heinz, Schwarz‐Sommer, Zsuzsanna

“…A transformation and regeneration protocol for Antirrhinum majus that allows recovery of transgenic plants within seven months is described. Four different…”
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A repetitive DNA fragment carrying a hot spot for de novo DNA methylation enhances expression variegation in tobacco and petunia by Lohuis, Michael ten, Müller, Andreas, Heidmann, Iris, Niedenhof, Ingrid, Meyer, Peter

“…Summary A 1.6 kb repetitive DNA sequence (RPS) from Petunia hybrida was identified that destabilizes expression of a GUS marker transgene. Following…”
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Endogenous and environmental factors influence 35S promoter methylation of a maize A1 gene construct in transgenic petunia and its colour phenotype by Meyer, P, Linn, F, Heidmann, I, Meyer, H, Niedenhof, I, Saedler, H

“…30,000 transgenic petunia plants carrying a single copy of the maize A1 gene, encoding a dihydroflavonol reductase, which confers a salmon red flower colour…”
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