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View article: Genetic dissection of nonconventional introns reveals codominant noncanonical splicing code in <i>Euglena</i>
Genetic dissection of nonconventional introns reveals codominant noncanonical splicing code in <i>Euglena</i> Open
Pre-mRNA splicing is essential for eukaryotic gene expression and is achieved through the accurate recognition of exon–intron boundaries. Although nonconventional introns, which do not follow the conventional GT-AG splicing rule, have been…
View article: Transcriptional gene network involved in drought stress response: application for crop breeding in the context of climate change
Transcriptional gene network involved in drought stress response: application for crop breeding in the context of climate change Open
The rapid increase in greenhouse gases has accelerated global warming, causing significant issues related to climate change, biodiversity and agriculture and adversely affecting crop production and food supply. The molecular and physiologi…
View article: BIL7 enhances plant growth by regulating the transcription factor BIL1/BZR1 during brassinosteroid signaling<sup>‡</sup>
BIL7 enhances plant growth by regulating the transcription factor BIL1/BZR1 during brassinosteroid signaling<sup>‡</sup> Open
SUMMARY Brassinosteroids (BRs) are plant steroid hormones that regulate plant development and environmental responses. BIL1/BZR1, a master transcription factor that regulates approximately 3000 genes in the BR signaling pathway, is transpo…
View article: Arabidopsis DREB26/ERF12 and its close relatives regulate cuticular wax biosynthesis under drought stress condition
Arabidopsis DREB26/ERF12 and its close relatives regulate cuticular wax biosynthesis under drought stress condition Open
SUMMARY Land plants have evolved a hydrophobic cuticle on the surface of aerial organs as an adaptation to ensure survival in terrestrial environments. Cuticle is mainly composed of lipids, namely cutin and intracuticular wax, with epicuti…
View article: Regulatory networks in plant responses to drought and cold stress
Regulatory networks in plant responses to drought and cold stress Open
Drought and cold represent distinct types of abiotic stress, each initiating unique primary signaling pathways in response to dehydration and temperature changes, respectively. However, a convergence at the gene regulatory level is observe…
View article: Possibility and Optimized Conditions for Spontaneous Superlattice Formation in Stabilized Zirconia Thin Films Grown Under In Situ Magnetic Field
Possibility and Optimized Conditions for Spontaneous Superlattice Formation in Stabilized Zirconia Thin Films Grown Under In Situ Magnetic Field Open
A specially designed, named Dynamic Aurora pulsed laser deposition (PLD) has been developed to in situ grow thin films in a magnetic field up to 2000 G. Spontaneous superlattice formation occurs in the case of perovskite structure ceramics…
View article: Complex plant responses to drought and heat stress under climate change
Complex plant responses to drought and heat stress under climate change Open
SUMMARY Global climate change is predicted to result in increased yield losses of agricultural crops caused by environmental conditions. In particular, heat and drought stress are major factors that negatively affect plant development and …
View article: The ability to induce heat shock transcription factor-regulated genes in response to lethal heat stress is associated with thermotolerance in tomato cultivars
The ability to induce heat shock transcription factor-regulated genes in response to lethal heat stress is associated with thermotolerance in tomato cultivars Open
Heat stress is a severe challenge for plant production, and the use of thermotolerant cultivars is critical to ensure stable production in high-temperature-prone environments. However, the selection of thermotolerant cultivars is difficult…
View article: Constitutively active B2 Raf-like kinases are required for drought-responsive gene expression upstream of ABA-activated SnRK2 kinases
Constitutively active B2 Raf-like kinases are required for drought-responsive gene expression upstream of ABA-activated SnRK2 kinases Open
Osmotic stresses, such as drought and high salinity, adversely affect plant growth and productivity. The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) accumulates in response to osmotic stress and enhances stress tolerance in plants by triggering multi…
View article: Clock-regulated coactivators selectively control gene expression in response to different temperature stress conditions in <i>Arabidopsis</i>
Clock-regulated coactivators selectively control gene expression in response to different temperature stress conditions in <i>Arabidopsis</i> Open
Plants respond to severe temperature changes by inducing the expression of numerous genes whose products enhance stress tolerance and responses. Dehydration-responsive element (DRE)–binding protein 1/C-repeat binding factor (DREB1/CBF) tra…
View article: ER Stress and the Unfolded Protein Response: Homeostatic Regulation Coordinate Plant Survival and Growth
ER Stress and the Unfolded Protein Response: Homeostatic Regulation Coordinate Plant Survival and Growth Open
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a eukaryotic organelle, is the major site of protein biosynthesis. The disturbance of ER function by biotic or abiotic stress triggers the accumulation of misfolded or unfolded proteins in the ER. The unfold…
View article: Retraction: A Chaperonin Subunit with Unique Structures Is Essential for Folding of a Specific Substrate
Retraction: A Chaperonin Subunit with Unique Structures Is Essential for Folding of a Specific Substrate Open
View article: Functional genomics in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance: From gene discovery to complex regulatory networks and their application in breeding
Functional genomics in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance: From gene discovery to complex regulatory networks and their application in breeding Open
Land plants have developed sophisticated systems to cope with severe stressful environmental conditions during evolution. Plants have complex molecular systems to respond and adapt to abiotic stress, including drought, cold, and heat stres…
View article: Ethanol-Mediated Novel Survival Strategy against Drought Stress in Plants
Ethanol-Mediated Novel Survival Strategy against Drought Stress in Plants Open
Water scarcity is a serious agricultural problem causing significant losses to crop yield and product quality. The development of technologies to mitigate the damage caused by drought stress is essential for ensuring a sustainable food sup…
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The Electronics Division Meeting of the Ceramic Society of Japan has been held annually in Japan since 1981.Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, the 41st Electronics Division Meeting was held on November 4 and 5, 2021 via online.There were…
View article: Preparation and characterization of epitaxially grown yttria-stabilized zirconia thin films on porous silicon substrates for solid oxide fuel cell applications
Preparation and characterization of epitaxially grown yttria-stabilized zirconia thin films on porous silicon substrates for solid oxide fuel cell applications Open
Epitaxial growth of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) thin film on through-hole-type porous silicon [tht-PSi(001)] with vertical pores penetrating from the surface to the back side of the Si(001) substrate was achieved. The in-plane and out…
View article: Correction to: CIN‑like TCP13 is essential for plant growth regulation under dehydration stress
Correction to: CIN‑like TCP13 is essential for plant growth regulation under dehydration stress Open
View article: <i>Arabidopsis</i> TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 12 ortholog NOBIRO6 controls root elongation with unfolded protein response cofactor activity
<i>Arabidopsis</i> TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 12 ortholog NOBIRO6 controls root elongation with unfolded protein response cofactor activity Open
Significance Living organisms continuously rebalance their growth and defense/tolerance machineries upon environmental perturbation and energy limitation, which appear as trade-offs. The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a supposed underl…
View article: CIN-like TCP13 is essential for plant growth regulation under dehydration stress
CIN-like TCP13 is essential for plant growth regulation under dehydration stress Open
View article: Inter‐tissue and inter‐organ signaling in drought stress response and phenotyping of drought tolerance
Inter‐tissue and inter‐organ signaling in drought stress response and phenotyping of drought tolerance Open
SUMMARY Plant response to drought stress includes systems for intracellular regulation of gene expression and signaling, as well as inter‐tissue and inter‐organ signaling, which helps entire plants acquire stress resistance. Plants sense w…
View article: The overexpression of NCED results in waterlogging sensitivity in soybean
The overexpression of NCED results in waterlogging sensitivity in soybean Open
View article: CIN-Like TCP13 is Essential For Plant Growth Regulation Under Dehydration Stress
CIN-Like TCP13 is Essential For Plant Growth Regulation Under Dehydration Stress Open
Plants modulate their shape and growth in response to environmental stress. However, regulatory mechanisms underlying the changes in shape and growth under environmental stress remain elusive. The CINCINNATA (CIN)-like TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/C…
View article: Corrigendum: Drought Stress Responses and Resistance in Plants: From Cellular Responses to Long-Distance Intercellular Communication
Corrigendum: Drought Stress Responses and Resistance in Plants: From Cellular Responses to Long-Distance Intercellular Communication Open
The drought stress responses of vascular plants are complex regulatory mechanisms because they include various physiological responses from signal perception under water deficit conditions to the acquisition of drought stress resistance at…
View article: <i>Arabidopsis</i> group C Raf-like protein kinases negatively regulate abscisic acid signaling and are direct substrates of SnRK2
<i>Arabidopsis</i> group C Raf-like protein kinases negatively regulate abscisic acid signaling and are direct substrates of SnRK2 Open
Significance SNF1-related protein kinase 2s (SnRK2s) are central regulators in abscisic acid (ABA) signaling and stress responses in plants. However, SnRK2 substrates are largely unknown. Here, we identified Arabidopsis group C Raf-like ki…
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Growth of 0.1(Bi,Na)TiO 3 -0.9BaTiO 3 epitaxial films by pulsed laser deposition and their electric properties" Vol.129, No. 7, This cover presents the XRD-RSM and SEM images and hysteresis loop of 0.1(Bi, Na)TiO 3 -0.9BaTiO 3 epitaxial fi…
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The Electronics Division Meeting of the Ceramic Society of Japan has been held annually in Japan since 1981.Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, the 40th Electronics Division Meeting was held on October 12 and 13, 2020 via online.There wer…
View article: Spontaneous superlattice formation and electrical properties of Sr-excess SrTiO<sub>3</sub> thin film deposited on SrTiO<sub>3</sub>(101) by dynamic aurora pulsed laser deposition
Spontaneous superlattice formation and electrical properties of Sr-excess SrTiO<sub>3</sub> thin film deposited on SrTiO<sub>3</sub>(101) by dynamic aurora pulsed laser deposition Open
Epitaxial Sr-excess SrTiO3 (ST) thin film (Sr/Ti = 1.41) was grown on ST(001) and ST(101) single-crystal substrates using dynamic aurora pulsed laser deposition (PLD) under a 200 mT magnetic field. The films spontaneously formed a superlat…
View article: Development of dynamic aurora pulsed laser deposition equipped with reflection high-energy electron diffraction and effects of magnetic fields on room-temperature epitaxial growth of NiO thin film
Development of dynamic aurora pulsed laser deposition equipped with reflection high-energy electron diffraction and effects of magnetic fields on room-temperature epitaxial growth of NiO thin film Open
Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) with an electromagnet (dynamic aurora PLD) and reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) was developed by installing an 11-tuned solenoid coil in a vacuum chamber. This method achieved thin film depo…
View article: Transcriptome Analysis of Chloris virgata, Which Shows the Fastest Germination and Growth in the Major Mongolian Grassland Plant
Transcriptome Analysis of Chloris virgata, Which Shows the Fastest Germination and Growth in the Major Mongolian Grassland Plant Open
Plants in Mongolian grasslands are exposed to short, dry summers and long, cold winters. These plants should be prepared for fast germination and growth activity in response to the limited summer rainfall. The wild plant species adapted to…
View article: Cellular Phosphorylation Signaling and Gene Expression in Drought Stress Responses: ABA-Dependent and ABA-Independent Regulatory Systems
Cellular Phosphorylation Signaling and Gene Expression in Drought Stress Responses: ABA-Dependent and ABA-Independent Regulatory Systems Open
Drought is a severe and complex abiotic stress that negatively affects plant growth and crop yields. Numerous genes with various functions are induced in response to drought stress to acquire drought stress tolerance. The phytohormone absc…