1. Cadmium decreases crown root number by decreasing endogenous nitric oxide, which is indispensable for crown root primordia initiation in rice seedlings

   • Jie Xiong
   • Han Lu
   • Cheng Zhu

   Original Article 26 June 2009 Pages: 599 - 610

   

2. A branched-chain aminotransferase may regulate hormone levels by affecting KNOX genes in plants

   • Feng Gao
   • Chunzheng Wang
   • Yi Li

   Original Article 01 July 2009 Pages: 611 - 623

   

3. Photorespiratory 2-phosphoglycolate metabolism and photoreduction of O₂ cooperate in high-light acclimation of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

   • Claudia Hackenberg
   • Annerose Engelhardt
   • Martin Hagemann

   Original Article Open access 04 July 2009 Pages: 625 - 637

   

4. Evaluation of the toxicity of stress-related aldehydes to photosynthesis in chloroplasts

   • Jun’ichi Mano
   • Fumitaka Miyatake
   • Masahiro Tamoi

   Original Article 04 July 2009 Pages: 639 - 648

   

5. Identification and characterization of HTD2: a novel gene negatively regulating tiller bud outgrowth in rice

   • Wenzhen Liu
   • Chao Wu
   • Zongxiu Sun

   Original Article 05 July 2009 Pages: 649 - 658

   

6. Conserved microRNAs and their targets in model grass species Brachypodium distachyon

   • Turgay Unver
   • Hikmet Budak

   Original Article 08 July 2009 Pages: 659 - 669

   

7. Identification and characterization of 27 conserved microRNAs in citrus

   • Changnian Song
   • Jinggui Fang
   • C. Thomas Chao

   Original Article Open access 08 July 2009 Pages: 671 - 685

   

8. Overexpression of an Arabidopsis gene encoding a subtilase (AtSBT5.4) produces a clavata-like phenotype

   • Jian-Xiang Liu
   • Renu Srivastava
   • Stephen Howell

   Original Article 09 July 2009 Pages: 687 - 697

   

9. Effects of the multiple polyadenylation signal AAUAAA on mRNA 3′-end formation and gene expression

   • Hsin-Hung Lin
   • Li-Fen Huang
   • Shih-Tong Jeng

   Original Article 14 July 2009 Pages: 699 - 712

   

10. Distinct non-target site mechanisms endow resistance to glyphosate, ACCase and ALS-inhibiting herbicides in multiple herbicide-resistant Lolium rigidum

    • Qin Yu
    • Ibrahim Abdallah
    • Stephen Powles

    Original Article 15 July 2009 Pages: 713 - 723

    

11. Degradation analysis of Reactive Red 198 by hairy roots of Tagetes patula L. (Marigold)

    • Pratibha Patil
    • Neetin Desai
    • Vishwas Bapat

    Original Article 18 July 2009 Pages: 725 - 735

    

12. Altered carbohydrate metabolism in the storage roots of sweetpotato plants overexpressing the SRF1 gene, which encodes a Dof zinc finger transcription factor

    • Masaru Tanaka
    • Yasuhiro Takahata
    • Makoto Tahara

    Original Article 19 July 2009 Pages: 737 - 746

    

13. The endogenous GL3, but not EGL3, gene is necessary for anthocyanin accumulation as induced by nitrogen depletion in Arabidopsis rosette stage leaves

    • Dugassa N. Feyissa
    • Trond Løvdal
    • Cathrine Lillo

    Original Article 21 July 2009 Pages: 747 - 754

    

14. Exogenous nitric oxide enhances cadmium tolerance of rice by increasing pectin and hemicellulose contents in root cell wall

    • Jie Xiong
    • Lingyao An
    • Cheng Zhu

    Original Article 22 July 2009 Pages: 755 - 765

    

15. Hormonal regulation of the basic peroxidase isoenzyme from Zinnia elegans

    • Jorge Gutiérrez
    • María Josefa López Núñez-Flores
    • Alfonso Ros Barceló

    Original Article 22 July 2009 Pages: 767 - 778

    

16. Dynamics of protein expression during pollen germination in canola (Brassica napus)

    • Inder S. Sheoran
    • Eric J. Pedersen
    • Vipen K. Sawhney

    Original Article 23 July 2009 Pages: 779 - 793

    

17. LeFRK2 is required for phloem and xylem differentiation and the transport of both sugar and water

    • Hila Damari-Weissler
    • Shimon Rachamilevitch
    • David Granot

    Original Article 25 July 2009 Pages: 795 - 805

    

18. Transcriptional activation of the maize endosperm transfer cell-specific gene BETL1 by ZmMRP-1 is enhanced by two C₂H₂ zinc finger-containing proteins

    • Joaquín Royo
    • Elisa Gómez
    • Gregorio Hueros

    Original Article 28 July 2009 Pages: 807 - 818

    

19. Identification of a plant-specific Zn²⁺-sensitive ribonuclease activity

    • Denghui Xing
    • Shuisong Ni
    • Qingshun Quinn Li

    Original Article 28 July 2009 Pages: 819 - 825

    

20. The association of homeobox gene expression with stem cell formation and morphogenesis in cultured Medicago truncatula

    • S.-K. Chen
    • S. Kurdyukov
    • R. J. Rose

    Original Article Open access 29 July 2009 Pages: 827 - 840

    

21. Molecular identification of 1-Cys peroxiredoxin and anthocyanidin/flavonol 3-O-galactosyltransferase from proanthocyanidin-rich young fruits of persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.)

    • Ayako Ikegami
    • Takashi Akagi
    • Kentaro Inoue

    Original Article Open access 30 July 2009 Pages: 841 - 855

    

22. Enhanced AGAMOUS expression in the centre of the Arabidopsis flower causes ectopic expression over its outer expression boundaries

    • Maria Cartolano
    • Nadia Efremova
    • Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer

    Rapid Communication Open access 24 June 2009 Pages: 857 - 862