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Transcriptional Profiling Implicates Novel Interactions between Abiotic Stress and Hormonal Responses in Thellungiella, a Close Relative of Arabidopsis by Wong, Chui E, Li, Yong, Labbe, Aurelie, Guevara, David, Nuin, Paulo, Whitty, Brett, Diaz, Claudia, Golding, G. Brian, Gray, Gordon R, Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A, Griffith, Marilyn, Moffatt, Barbara A

“…Thellungiella, an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana)-related halophyte, is an emerging model species for studies designed to elucidate molecular mechanisms of…”
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Acquisition of freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis and two contrasting ecotypes of the extremophile Eutrema salsugineum (Thellungiella salsuginea) by Khanal, Nityananda, Moffatt, Barbara A., Gray, Gordon R.

“…Eutrema salsugineum (Thellungiella salsuginea) is an extremophile, a close relative of Arabidopsis, but possessing much higher constitutive levels of tolerance…”
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Recycling of Methylthioadenosine Is Essential for Normal Vascular Development and Reproduction in Arabidopsis by Waduwara-Jayabahu, Ishari, Oppermann, Yasmin, Wirtz, Markus, Hull, Zachary T., Schoor, Sarah, Plotnikov, Alexander N., Hell, Rüdiger, Sauter, Margret, Moffatt, Barbara A.

“…5'-Methylthioadenosine (MTA) is the common by-product of polyamine (PA), nicotianamine (NA), and ethylene biosynthesis in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana)…”
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Differential Mechanisms of Photosynthetic Acclimation to Light and Low Temperature in Arabidopsis and the Extremophile Eutrema salsugineum by Khanal, Nityananda, Bray, Geoffrey E, Grisnich, Anna, Moffatt, Barbara A, Gray, Gordon R

“…Photosynthetic organisms are able to sense energy imbalances brought about by the overexcitation of photosystem II (PSII) through the redox state of the…”
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Phosphorylation of Thellungiella salsuginea Dehydrins TsDHN-1 and TsDHN-2 Facilitates Cation-Induced Conformational Changes and Actin Assembly by Rahman, Luna N, Smith, Graham S. T, Bamm, Vladimir V, Voyer-Grant, Janine A. M, Moffatt, Barbara A, Dutcher, John R, Harauz, George

“…Group 2 late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins, also known as dehydrins, are intrinsically disordered proteins that are expressed in plants experiencing…”
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Nuclear Targeting of Methyl-Recycling Enzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana Is Mediated by Specific Protein Interactions by Lee, Sanghyun, Doxey, Andrew C., McConkey, Brendan J., Moffatt, Barbara A.

“…Numerous transmethylation reactions are required for normal plant growth and development. S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase （SAHH） and adenosine kinase （ADK）…”
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Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of Yukon Thellungiella plants grown in cabinets and their natural habitat show phenotypic plasticity by Guevara, David R, Champigny, Marc J, Tattersall, Ashley, Dedrick, Jeff, Wong, Chui E, Li, Yong, Labbe, Aurelie, Ping, Chien-Lu, Wang, Yanxiang, Nuin, Paulo, Golding, G Brian, McCarry, Brian E, Summers, Peter S, Moffatt, Barbara A, Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A

“…Thellungiella salsuginea is an important model plant due to its natural tolerance to abiotic stresses including salt, cold, and water deficits. Microarray and…”
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Improved Growth and Stress Tolerance in the Arabidopsis oxt1 Mutant Triggered by Altered Adenine Metabolism by Sukrong, Suchada, Yun, Kil-Young, Stadler, Patrizia, Kumar, Charan, Facciuolo, Tony, Moffatt, Barbara A., Falcone, Deane L.

“…Plants perceive and respond to environmental stresses with complex mechanisms that are often associated with the activation of antioxidant defenses. A genetic…”
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Isolation and Characterization of Mutants Defective in Seed Coat Mucilage Secretory Cell Development in Arabidopsis by Western, Tamara L., Burn, Joanne, Wei Ling Tan, Skinner, Debra J., Luke Martin-Mc Caffrey, Moffatt, Barbara A., Haughn, George W.

“…In Arabidopsis, fertilization induces the epidermal cells of the outer ovule integument to differentiate into a specialized seed coat cell type producing…”
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Adenosine Kinase Modulates Root Gravitropism and Cap Morphogenesis in Arabidopsis by Young, Li-Sen, Harrison, Benjamin R, Narayana Murthy, U.M, Moffatt, Barbara A, Gilroy, Simon, Masson, Patrick H

“…Adenosine kinase (ADK) is a key enzyme that regulates intra- and extracellular levels of adenosine, thereby modulating methyltransferase reactions, production…”
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Zinc induces disorder-to-order transitions in free and membrane-associated Thellungiella salsuginea dehydrins TsDHN-1 and TsDHN-2: a solution CD and solid-state ATR-FTIR study by Rahman, Luna N, Bamm, Vladimir V, Voyer, Janine A. M, Smith, Graham S. T, Chen, Lin, Yaish, Mahmoud W, Moffatt, Barbara A, Dutcher, John R, Harauz, George

“…Dehydrins are intrinsically unstructured proteins that are expressed in plants experiencing extreme environmental conditions such as drought or low…”
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Chitinase Genes Responsive to Cold Encode Antifreeze Proteins in Winter Cereals by Sansun Yeh, Moffatt, Barbara A., Griffith, Marilyn, Fei Xiong, Daniel S. C. Yang, Steven B. Wiseman, Sarhan, Fathey, Danyluk, Jean, Yi Qi Xue, Hew, Choy L., Amanda Doherty-Kirby, Gilles Lajoie

“…Antifreeze proteins similar to two different chitinases accumulate during cold acclimation in winter rye (Secale cereale). To determine whether these…”
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Isolation and characterization of ACC deaminase genes from two different plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria by Shah, S, Li, J, Moffatt, B A, Glick, B R

“…We have recently proposed that one way that plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) stimulate plant growth is through the activity of the enzyme…”
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Maintaining Methylation Activities during Salt Stress. The Involvement of Adenosine Kinase by Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A., Kristin J. Alexander, Martina Drebenstedt, Jamie D. Snider, Peter S. Summers, Moffatt, Barbara A.

“…Synthesis of the compatible osmolyte Gly betaine is increased in salt-stressed spinach (Spinacia oleracea). Gly betaine arises by oxidation of choline from…”
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Interactions of Thellungiella salsuginea dehydrins TsDHN-1 and TsDHN-2 with membranes at cold and ambient temperatures—Surface morphology and single-molecule force measurements show phase separation, and reveal tertiary and quaternary associations by Rahman, Luna N., McKay, Fraser, Giuliani, Maximiliano, Quirk, Amanda, Moffatt, Barbara A., Harauz, George, Dutcher, John R.

“…Dehydrins (group 2 late embryogenesis abundant proteins) are intrinsically-disordered proteins that are expressed in plants experiencing extreme environmental…”
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Functional Divergence in the Arabidopsis β-1,3-Glucanase Gene Family Inferred by Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Expression States by Doxey, Andrew C., Yaish, Mahmoud W. F., Moffatt, Barbara A., Griffith, Marilyn, McConkey, Brendan J.

“…Plant β-1,3-glucanases (β-1,3-Gs) (E.C. 3.2.1.39) comprise large, highly complex gene families involved in pathogen defense as well as a wide range of normal…”
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A comparative ultrastructural study of pollen development in Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia and male-sterile mutant apt1-3 by Zhang, Chenhong, Guinel, Frédérique C, Moffatt, Barbara A

“…Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APT) catalyzes the conversion of adenine and cytokinin bases to the corresponding nucleotides. An Arabidopsis thaliana…”
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Inhibition of 5'-methylthioadenosine metabolism in the Yang cycle alters polyamine levels, and impairs seedling growth and reproduction in Arabidopsis by Bürstenbinder, Katharina, Waduwara, Ishari, Schoor, Sarah, Moffatt, Barbara A, Wirtz, Markus, Minocha, Subhash C, Oppermann, Yasmin, Bouchereau, Alain, Hell, Rüdiger, Sauter, Margret

“…The methionine or Yang cycle recycles Met from 5'-methylthioadenosine (MTA) which is produced from S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) as a by-product of ethylene,…”
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Interactions of intrinsically disordered Thellungiella salsuginea dehydrins TsDHN-1 and TsDHN-2 with membranes - synergistic effects of lipid composition and temperature on secondary structure by Rahman, Luna N, Chen, Lin, Nazim, Sumaiya, Bamm, Vladimir V, Yaish, Mahmoud W, Moffatt, Barbara A, Dutcher, John R, Harauz, George

“…Dehydrins are intrinsically disordered (unstructured) proteins that are expressed in plants experiencing stressful conditions such as drought or low…”
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Sustaining S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent methyltransferase activity in plant cells by Moffatt, Barbara A., Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A.

“…Many biochemical reactions in plants involve the transfer of a methyl group from S‐adenosyl‐l‐methionine (SAM). The transfer of the methyl group from SAM…”
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