Submissions tagged with Plants
(13 documents)
GabiPD: The GABI Primary Database – a plant integrative ‘omics’ database
The GABI Primary Database, GabiPD (http://www.gabipd.org/), was established in the frame of the German initiative for Genome Analysis of the Plant Biological System (GABI). The goal of GabiPD is to...
Received 20 August 2008 11:20 GMT; Posted 22 August 2008
Posted to: Genetics, Molecular Cell Biology, Bioinformatics
FReD: The floral reflectance spectra database
Floral reflectance measurements are of great value to researchers who need consider the real colour of flowers, for example in the context of how the flowers appear to their pollinators. We have th...
Received 30 April 2008 15:56 GMT; Posted 30 April 2008
Posted to: Evolution and Ecology, Bioinformatics
The unique mouse pollination in an orchid species
The Chinese orchid, Cymbidium serratum, is pollinated by the wild mountain mouse Rattus fulvescens. The flowers use both odor and colour as attractants, and provide labellum as food reward for the ...
Received 22 April 2008 05:07 GMT; Posted 22 April 2008
Posted to: Evolution and Ecology, Earth and Environment
GabiPD: Gabi Primary Database – a plant integrative ‘omics’ database in GABI-FUTURE
GabiPD (http://gabi.rzpd.de) was established within GABI-I and further developed in GABI-II and constitutes a repository and analysis platform for a wide array of heterogeneous data arising from hi...
Received 13 March 2008 12:13 GMT; Posted 13 March 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Structural dynamics and divergence of the polygalacturonase gene family in land plants
A distinct feature of eukaryotic genomes is the presence of gene families. The polygalacturonase (PG) (EC3.2.1.15) gene family is one of the largest gene families in plants. PG is a pectin-digestin...
Received 20 February 2008 06:42 GMT; Posted 29 February 2008
Posted to: Evolution and Ecology, Genetics
Bio-communication of Plants
Plants communicate with a great variety of symbiotic partners, above and below ground. Constant monitoring of signals of biotic origin as well as abiotic environmental influences allows plants to g...
Received 15 December 2007 14:29 GMT; Posted 20 December 2007
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Evolution and Ecology, Molecular Cell Biology
Age and origin of enigmatic megaherbs from the subantarctic islands
Biogeographic relationships in the southern hemisphere have puzzled biologists for the last two centuries. Once joined to form the supercontinent Gondwana, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, New Zealan...
Received 28 October 2007 20:54 GMT; Posted 29 October 2007
Posted to: Evolution and Ecology
PlnTFDB: Plant Transcription Factor Database – Update
PlnTFDB is a publicly available computational resource comprising putative complete sets of transcription factors from plants. The original database listed the putative complete sets of TFs from fi...
Received 24 September 2007 11:25 GMT; Posted 26 September 2007
Posted to: Evolution and Ecology, Bioinformatics
Plant Functional Types and Plant Trait Measurements in the Eastern Ghats, South India
Classifying terrestrial plant species on the basis of function rather than on taxonomy facilitates addressing ecological questions at the scale of ecosystems, landscapes or Biomes. The concept of p...
Received 07 September 2007 11:35 GMT; Posted 07 September 2007
Posted to: Evolution and Ecology
Biological Activities of Extracts from Sumac (Rhus spp.): A Review
Sumac is the common name for a genus (Rhus) that contains over 250 individual species of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae. These plants are found in temperate and tropical regions world...
Received 06 August 2007 22:12 GMT; Posted 07 August 2007
Posted to: Chemistry, Pharmacology