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F1000 Factor 3.0

New Finding

A conserved mutation in an ethylene biosynthesis enzyme leads to andromonoecy in melons.
Boualem A, Fergany M, …, Dogimont C, Bendahmane A
Science 2008 Aug 8 321(5890):836-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Daniel Gallie

Evaluated 2 Jan 2009

	Exceptional
F1000 Factor 14.5

Hypothesis

New Finding

Controversial

Genome-wide non-mendelian inheritance of extra-genomic information in Arabidopsis.
Lolle SJ, Victor JL, Young JM, Pruitt RE
Nature 2005 Mar 24 434(7032):505-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Frank Lyko / Shigeru Iida / Kay Schneitz / Judy Wall / Marjori Matzke / James Carrington / Jose Luis Riechmann / Christian Hardtke / John Bowman / James Hu / Caren Chang / Venkatesan Sundaresan / Philip Benfey / Stephan Beck / Magnus Nordborg / Neelima Sinha / Martin Parniske / Elena Alvarez-Buylla / Elizabeth Kellogg / Elizabeth Hood
Dissenters | Alejandro Sanchez-Alvarado
First evaluation 24 Mar 2005 | Latest evaluation 24 May 2005

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Tech Advance

The photoreversible fluorescent protein iLOV outperforms GFP as a reporter of plant virus infection.
Chapman S, Faulkner C, …, Oparka KJ, Christie JM
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Dec 5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]

Selected by | Andy Maule
Evaluated 19 Dec 2008

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F1000 Factor 6.0

Hypothesis

Enrichment of tomato fruit with health-promoting anthocyanins by expression of select transcription factors.
Butelli E, Titta L, …, Luo J, Martin C
Nat Biotechnol 2008 Nov 26(11):1301-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Alisdair Fernie with Takayuki Tohge

Evaluated 2 Jan 2009

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F1000 Factor 6.6

Confirmation

Hypothesis

New Finding

Gibberellin-induced DELLA recognition by the gibberellin receptor GID1.
Murase K, Hirano Y, Sun TP, Hakoshima T
Nature 2008 Nov 27 456(7221):459-63 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Nathan Nelson with Alexey Amunts / Hao Wu with Qian Yin / Eric Lam

First evaluation 8 Dec 2008 | Latest evaluation 6 Jan 2009

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Hypothesis

New Finding

Inaugural Article: AGO1-miR173 complex initiates phased siRNA formation in plants.
Montgomery TA, Yoo SJ, …, Ahn JH, Carrington JC
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Dec 23 105(51):20055-62 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Motoaki Seki with Yukio Kurihara

Evaluated 2 Jan 2009

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Tech Advance

A guide to choosing vectors for transformation of the plastid genome of higher plants.
Lutz KA, Azhagiri AK, Tungsuchat-Huang T, Maliga P
Plant Physiol 2007 Dec 145(4):1201-10 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]

Selected by | Vitaly Citovsky with Alexander Krichevsky

Evaluated 2 Jan 2009

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F1000 Factor 3.0

Tech Advance

Expression of non-toxic mutant of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin in tobacco chloroplasts.
Kang TJ, Han SC, …, Kim YS, Yang MS
Protein Expr Purif 2004 Nov 38(1):123-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Vitaly Citovsky with Alexander Krichevsky
Evaluated 23 Dec 2008

	Must Read
F1000 Factor 4.8

New Finding

Plant Pattern-Recognition Receptor FLS2 Is Directed for Degradation by the Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase AvrPtoB.
Göhre V, Spallek T, …, Mansfield JW, Robatzek S
Curr Biol 2008 Dec 9 18(23):1824-32 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Thierry Gaude with Dr Yvon Jaillais / Pierre De Wit

First evaluation 18 Dec 2008 | Latest evaluation 6 Jan 2009

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F1000 Factor 3.0

New Finding

Arabidopsis protein disulfide isomerase-5 inhibits cysteine proteases during trafficking to vacuoles before programmed cell death of the endothelium in developing seeds.
Andème Ondzighi C, Christopher DA, …, Chang SC, Staehelin LA
Plant Cell 2008 Aug 20(8):2205-20 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Daniel Gallie

Evaluated 2 Jan 2009

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