Search Results - "van der Zaal, Bert J"

An Arabidopsis mutant with high operating efficiency of Photosystem II and low chlorophyll fluorescence by van Tol, Niels, Rolloos, Martijn, Augustijn, Dieuwertje, Alia, A., de Groot, Huub J., Hooykaas, Paul J. J., van der Zaal, Bert J.

“…The overall light energy to biomass conversion efficiency of plant photosynthesis is generally regarded as low. Forward genetic screens in Arabidopsis have…”
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Agrobacterium-Mediated T-DNA Transfer and Integration by Minimal VirD2 Consisting of the Relaxase Domain and a Type IV Secretion System Translocation Signal by Kregten, Maartje van, Lindhout, Beatrice I, Hooykaas, Paul J.J, Zaal, Bert J. van der

“…The VirD2 protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is essential for processing and transport of the T-DNA. It has at least three functional domains: a relaxase…”
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ZFN-mediated gene targeting of the Arabidopsis protoporphyrinogen oxidase gene through Agrobacterium-mediated floral dip transformation by de Pater, Sylvia, Pinas, Johan E, Hooykaas, Paul J J, van der Zaal, Bert J

“…Previously, we showed that ZFN-mediated induction of double-strand breaks (DSBs) at the intended recombination site enhanced the frequency of gene targeting…”
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High-resolution magic angle spinning NMR studies for metabolic characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with enhanced growth characteristics by Augustijn, Dieuwertje, Tol, Niels van, van der Zaal, Bert J, de Groot, Huub J M, Alia, A

“…Developing smart crops which yield more biomass to meet the increasing demand for plant biomass has been an active area of research in last few decades. We…”
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ZFN-induced mutagenesis and gene-targeting in Arabidopsis through Agrobacterium-mediated floral dip transformation by de Pater, Sylvia, Neuteboom, Leon W, Pinas, Johan E, Hooykaas, Paul J J, van der Zaal, Bert J

“…Zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) are artificial restriction enzymes, custom designed for induction of double-strand breaks (DSBs) at a specific locus. These DSBs…”
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Enhancement of Arabidopsis growth characteristics using genome interrogation with artificial transcription factors by Tol, Niels van, Rolloos, Martijn, Pinas, Johan E, Henkel, Christiaan V, Augustijn, Dieuwertje, Hooykaas, Paul J J, van der Zaal, Bert J

“…The rapidly growing world population has a greatly increasing demand for plant biomass, thus creating a great interest in the development of methods to enhance…”
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MeioSeed: a CellProfiler-based program to count fluorescent seeds for crossover frequency analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana by van Tol, Niels, Rolloos, Martijn, van Loon, Peter, van der Zaal, Bert J

“…The formation of crossovers during meiosis is pivotal for the redistribution of traits among the progeny of sexually reproducing organisms. In plants the…”
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Overexpression of a novel Arabidopsis gene related to putative zinc-transporter genes from animals can lead to enhanced zinc resistance and accumulation by Zaal, B.J. van der, Neuteboom, L.W, Pinas, J.E, Chardonnens, A.N, Schat, H, Verkleij, J.A.C, Hooykaas, P.J.J

“…We describe the isolation of an Arabidopsis gene that is closely related to the animal ZnT genes (Zn transporter). The protein encoded by the ZAT (Zn…”
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Zinc finger artificial transcription factor-based nearest inactive analogue/nearest active analogue strategy used for the identification of plant genes controlling homologous recombination by Jia, Qi, van Verk, Marcel C, Pinas, Johan E, Lindhout, Beatrice I, Hooykaas, Paul J J, van der Zaal, Bert J

“…In previous work, we selected a particular transcription factor, designated VP16-HRU, from a pool of zinc finger artificial transcription factors (ZF-ATFs)…”
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Live cell imaging of repetitive DNA sequences via GFP-tagged polydactyl zinc finger proteins by Lindhout, Beatrice I, Fransz, Paul, Tessadori, Federico, Meckel, Tobias, Hooykaas, Paul J.J, van der Zaal, Bert J

“…Several techniques are available to study chromosomes or chromosomal domains in nuclei of chemically fixed or living cells. Current methods to detect DNA…”
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Employing libraries of zinc finger artificial transcription factors to screen for homologous recombination mutants in Arabidopsis by Lindhout, Beatrice I, Pinas, Johan E, Hooykaas, Paul J.J, Zaal, Bert J. van der

“…A library of genes for zinc finger artificial transcription factors (ZF-ATF) was generated by fusion of DNA sequences encoding three-finger Cys₂His₂ ZF domains…”
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Artificial transcription factor-mediated regulation of gene expression by van Tol, Niels, van der Zaal, Bert J.

“…•Changing gene expression levels using artificial transcription factors.•Genome interrogation using low complexity zinc finger artificial transcription…”
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Enhanced targeted integration mediated by translocated I-SceI during the Agrobacterium mediated transformation of yeast by Rolloos, Martijn, Hooykaas, Paul J. J., van der Zaal, Bert J.

“…Agrobacterium mediated transformation (AMT) has been embraced by biotechnologists as the technology of choice to introduce or alter genetic traits of plants…”
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Genome interrogation for novel salinity tolerant Arabidopsis mutants by Tol, Niels, Pinas, Johan, Schat, Henk, Hooykaas, Paul J. J., Zaal, Bert J.

“…Soil salinity is becoming an increasingly large problem in agriculture. In this study, we have investigated whether a capacity to withstand salinity can be…”
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Zinc Finger Artificial Transcription Factor-Mediated Chloroplast Genome Interrogation in Arabidopsis thaliana by van Tol, Niels, Flores Andaluz, Gema, Leeggangers, Hendrika A C F, Roushan, M Reza, Hooykaas, Paul J J, van der Zaal, Bert J

“…Abstract The large majority of core photosynthesis proteins in plants are encoded by nuclear genes, but a small portion have been retained in the plastid…”
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Two novel strategies to assess in vivo meiotic protein expression in Arabidopsis thaliana [version 1; peer review: 3 approved with reservations] by van Tol, Niels, Rolloos, Martijn, Hooykaas, Paul J.J, van der Zaal, Bert J

“…For studies on key meiotic processes such as crossover formation and genome haploidization, the availability of portable promoter sequences for effector…”
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Involvement of Rad52 in T‐DNA circle formation during Agrobacterium tumefaciens‐mediated transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Rolloos, Martijn, Dohmen, Marius H. C., Hooykaas, Paul J. J., Zaal, Bert J.

“…Summary Agrobacterium tumefaciens cells carrying a tumour inducing plasmid (Ti‐plasmid) can transfer a defined region of transfer DNA (T‐DNA) to plant cells as…”
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Engineering zinc finger protein transcription factors to downregulate the epithelial glycoprotein-2 promoter as a novel anti-cancer treatment by Gommans, Willemijn M., McLaughlin, Pamela M.J., Lindhout, Beatrice I., Segal, David J., Wiegman, D.J., Haisma, Hidde J., van der Zaal, Bert J., Rots, Marianne G.

“…Zinc finger protein transcription factors (ZFP‐TFs) are emerging as powerful novel tools for the treatment of many different diseases. ZFPs are DNA‐binding…”
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Effects of different zinc finger transcription factors on genomic targets by Neuteboom, Leon W., Lindhout, Beatrice I., Saman, Ingrid L., Hooykaas, Paul J.J., van der Zaal, Bert J.

“…We have developed a novel vector system for the efficient assembly of polydactyl zinc fingers. Next to proteins that possess short canonical TGEKP linkers…”
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Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones corresponding with mRNAs that accumulate during auxin-induced lateral root formation by Neuteboom, L W, Ng, J M, Kuyper, M, Clijdesdale, O R, Hooykaas, P J, van der Zaal, B J

“…Lateral root formation in root cultures of Arabidopsis thaliana can be initiated by exogenous addition of auxin. In order to find cDNA clones of which the…”
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