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From Plant Genomics To Plant Biotechnology.
With the appearance of methods for the sequencing of genomes and less expensive next generation sequencing methods, we face rapid advancements of the -omics technologies and plant biology studies: reverse and forward genetics, functional genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, the movem...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
2013.
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing series in biomedicine.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; From plant genomics to plant biotechnology; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; About the contributors; Introduction; 1. From plant genomics to -omics technologies; 1.1 SuperSAGE; 1.2 CAGE
- cap analysis of gene expression; 1.3 -Omics and new advances in plant functional genomics; 1.4 Bibliography; 2. Plant microRNAs; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Transcription of miRNA genes; 2.3 MicroRNA processing; 2.4 Modes of action; 2.5 Evolution of miRNA genes; 2.6 Differences from animal miRNAs; 2.7 miRNA functions.
- 2.8 The potential roles of microRNAs in crop improvement2.9 Bibliography; 3. Epigenetic control by plant Polycomb proteins: new perspectives and emerging roles in stress response; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Conserved multi-protein complexes with histone post-translational modifying activities; 3.3 Polycomb functions in plant development; 3.4 Non-coding RNAs as regulatory cofactors of Polycomb complexes; 3.5 Emerging roles of PcG and ncRNAs in responses to environmental stress; 3.6 PcG protein functions in three-dimensional nuclear organization.
- 3.7 Perspectives: the role of Polycomb in abiotic and biotic stress response3.8 References; 4. Metabolite profiling for plant research; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Methodological approach; 4.3 Metabolomic platform; 4.4 Metabolomics in plant science; 4.5 The future role of metabolomics in crop improvement; 4.6 Conclusion; 4.7 References; 5. The uniqueness of conifers; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Functional differentiation; 5.3 Genome structure and composition; 5.4 Genome function; 5.5 Chemical divergence; 5.6 Meeting the challenge: the system biology approach to unraveling the conifer genome.
- 5.7 Acknowledgements5.8 References; 6. Cryptochrome genes modulate global transcriptome of tomato; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Cryptochrome functions; 6.3 Role of cryptochromes in mediating light-regulated gene expression in plants; 6.4 Cryptochromes influence the diurnal global transcription profi les in tomato; 6.5 References; 7. Genomics of grapevine: from genomics research on model plants to crops and from science to grapevine breeding; 7.1 Use of genetic and molecular markers for studies of genetic diversity and genome selection in grapevine; 7.2 Grapevine breeding; 7.3 Transgene silencing.
- 7.4 Identification and characterization of transgene insertion loci7.5 Integration of vector backbone; 7.6 Stability of inserted transgenes; 7.7 Conclusions; 7.8 Acknowledgement; 7.9 References; 8. Grapevine genomics and phenotypic diversity of bud sports, varieties and wild relatives; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Origin of Vitis vinifera, domestication, and early selection for fruit characters; 8.3 Sources of phenotypic variation in presentday grapevines; 8.4 Genomic tools in the genome sequencing era; 8.5 Current activities in grapevine genome analysis.