The xylem is essential for transporting water across the entire plant body. Its development is heavily regulated by VND genes. Scientists report a new experimental system that shows three VND genes ...

Plants with up to 23% reduction in xylose levels and 18% reduction in lignin content were obtained, whilst normal xylem function was restored. The plants also showed a 42% increase in saccharification ...

Asymmetrically transported auxin-efflux carriers cause a polarized flow of auxin, which leads to the formation of continuous columns of procambial cells. In addition, one or more ...

Colchicine has been demonstrated by ion-exchange and by gelfiltration assay to bind to a protein fraction derived from the higher plant Heracleum mantegazzianum. Colchicine-binding protein from a ...